How many people run the London Marathon? Last year 49,272 runners started the race with 43,965 finishing it (that’s 5,307 people who did not complete the course). London Marathon prize money This year for the first time equal prize money will be offered for the wheelchair and able-bodied races. The winner of each elite race…
London Marathon records Kelvin Kiptum broke the course record, with a 2hr 1min 25sec run last year. Paula Radcliffe holds the women’s course record, with a time of 2:15:25, set in 2003. When was the first London Marathon? The first London Marathon took place on March 29, 1981. Inspired by the New York City Marathon’s…
The London Marathon, a fixture of the spring sporting calendar returns this year after a record-breaking number of entrants in the 2023 edition. The race will be the first London Marathon held since the death of Kelvin Kiptum, last year’s men’s winner and world record holder, in a car crash in Kenya. When is the…
The London Marathon, a fixture of the spring sporting calendar returns this year after a record-breaking number of entrants in the 2023 edition. This year for the first time equal prize money will be offered for its wheelchair and able-bodied races. The winners of all four elite races will earn £43,500. London Marathon event director…