A world record 578,000 people entered the ballot for the 2024 event, making it the most popular marathon in the world.
A world record 578,000 people entered the ballot for this year’s event which takes place on Sunday, making it the most popular marathon in the world.
David Weir, who will be racing his 25th consecutive London Marathon on Sunday and has won eight times, said he had not expected the change to happen in his lifetime. Jasmin Paris, the first woman to complete the ultra-endurance Barkley Marathons, will start the elite women’s race at 9.25am on Sunday before Dame Kelly Holmes, who won two gold medals at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, starts the elite men’s race and mass event at 10am.
Romesh Ranganathan will run the London Marathon the day after starting his new Radio 2 Saturday morning show Former Doctor Who actor Christopher Eccleston will run for Big Issue while Ruth Wilson, star of His Dark Materials, Luther and The Affair, is raising money for Alzheimer’s Research UK, the charity which supported her family after her father’s dementia diagnosis.
Hardest Geezer Russ Cook, who finished running the entire length of Africa on April 7, will take part in support of the Running Charity.
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