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The 2024 London Marathon was the 44th running of the London Marathon; it took place on 21 April 2024. [1] The route included notable landmarks Buckingham Palace , Cutty Sark , Tower Bridge and Canary Wharf .
The London Marathon returns in 2024 with another action-packed day of elite and charitable racing.. The annual road race in the English capital is again held in a traditional slot in April, with ...
The London Marathon was not the first long-distance running event held in the city, which has a long history of marathon events. The Polytechnic Marathon (also known as the Poly) was first held in 1909. [12] The current London Marathon was founded in 1981 by Olympic champion and journalist Chris Brasher and athlete John Disley.
The events were run over distances of 1 mile (1.6 km) and 2.6 kilometres (1.6 mi), and over 8,000 children ran, the most competitors at any London mini-marathon. [38] The main mass participation event started in waves between 10:00 and 11:30 BST. [39] There were 49,272 starters, more than any previous London Marathon.
More than 50,000 people are expected to finish this weekend’s London Marathon, a record number over the course of the race’s 43-year history.
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The Big Half is an annual road running event over the half marathon distance (21.1 km), held in central London, United Kingdom.The event, first held in 2018, initially took place in early March, a few weeks before the London Marathon, but after the COVID-19 pandemic switched to dates in late August/early September.
The ballot for next year’s TCS London Marathon has opened on the eve of the 2024 event. A world record 578,000 people entered the ballot for this year’s event which takes place on Sunday ...