London Marathon 2025 - Everything You Need To Know

Records will beryllium nether threat erstwhile nan 45th version of nan London Marathon takes spot connected Sunday.

Stacked elite fields will person people and world records successful their sights, pinch a £98,000 prize disposable to anyone successful successful achieving nan second successful nan men's and women's races.

This year's arena is aiming to break nan world record for nan astir participants successful a marathon, pinch much than 56,000 group expected to compete.

That grounds had been nan 55,646 finishers astatine past year's New York Marathon, but this month's Paris Marathon recorded 56,950 participants.

The streets of London will beryllium packed pinch group moving for causes adjacent to their hearts, immoderate pursuing their ain records and being shouted passim nan 26.2 miles by electrical crowds.

Here's everything you request to cognize astir nan 2025 London Marathon, including really to travel it unrecorded crossed nan BBC.

The people originates astatine Greenwich Park and ends connected The Mall, wherever runners will transverse nan finishing statement aft passing Buckingham Palace.

The mostly level way takes successful respective different London landmarks, including Tower Bridge, Canary Wharf and Big Ben.

Kenya's Alexander Mutiso Munyao won nan men's title successful 2 hours 4 minutes 1 2nd past year, pinch compatriot Peres Jepchirchir victorious successful a women's only world grounds of 2:16:16.

Eliud Kipchoge, who became nan first jock to tally a marathon successful nether 2 hours successful 2019 and is wide regarded arsenic nan top region runner successful history, returns to nan London Marathon for nan first clip since 2020.

The grounds four-time victor is joined successful nan elite men's title by defending champion Munyao and Ethiopia's Olympic champion Tamirat Tola, but Kipchoge's long-time rival Kenenisa Bekele was a precocious withdrawal.

Half marathon world grounds holder Jacob Kiplimo makes his debut aft becoming nan first personification to tally a half marathon successful nether 57 minutes successful February.

World grounds holder Ruth Chepngetich and 2024 victor Jepchirchir have withdrawn from this year's elite women's race.

But a stacked line-up still features 2 of nan 3 fastest women successful history successful Olympic champion Sifan Hassan and Paris 2024 metallic medallist Tigst Assefa.

All 4 reigning Olympic and Paralympic marathon champions will beryllium present, pinch Swiss athletes Marcel Hug and Catherine Debrunner contesting nan elite wheelchair events.

Hug, who won a 3rd consecutive Paralympic marathon successful 2024, bids for a seventh - and 5th consecutive - London Marathon triumph, while compatriot Debrunner intends for a 3rd London triumph pursuing 5 golds astatine Paris 2024.

The title winners will person £41,000, while a £112,000 prize will beryllium paid to immoderate man moving nether 2:02:00 aliases female nether 2:15:00.

Olympic and world triathlon champion Alex Yee will make his highly anticipated marathon debut.

With Emile Cairess forced to retreat because of injury, Mahamed Mahamed and Philip Sesemann are among nan British men aiming to prima towards nan front.

Eilish McColgan will make her debut astatine this year's London Marathon, competing complete 26.2 miles for nan first clip aft wounded prevented her information successful 2023.

Among nan Britons joining McColgan successful nan women's title are Charlotte Purdue, Rose Harvey and Phily Bowden.

Record eight-time victor David Weir returns for his 26th consecutive quality successful nan men's wheelchair race.

In nan women's event, past year's Boston Marathon champion Eden Rainbow-Cooper will purpose to amended connected her champion London decorativeness of 3rd successful 2022.

London Marathon people records:

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Those participating successful this year's London Marathon will stock nan people pinch Britain's astir successful Olympian of each clip - seven-time golden medal-winning cyclist Sir Jason Kenny.

Also among nan sporting royalty coming will beryllium erstwhile England cricketers Sir Andrew Strauss and Sir Alastair Cook, moving for nan Ruth Strauss Foundation - nan kindness group up pursuing nan decease of Strauss' wife.

Comedian Romesh Ranganathan returns aft his debut past twelvemonth to raise money for Teenage Cancer Trust, while vocalist Alexandra Burke runs for nan first clip successful support of Diabetes UK.

Well-known footballers including erstwhile Arsenal and England midfielder Jack Wilshere, erstwhile Chelsea and England skipper John Terry, and erstwhile Juventus and Italy defender Leonardo Bonucci are taking part.

A grounds 840,318 group applied to return portion successful this year's London Marathon via nan nationalist ballot, pinch much than 56,000 expected to compete connected nan day.

The title is nan world's largest yearly one-day fundraising event, pinch much than £1.3bn raised for kindness since 1981.

There will beryllium 103 participants attempting to break 87 Guinness World Records astatine this year's London Marathon.

Broadcaster and DJ Adele Roberts, already nan fastest female pinch a stoma to complete nan London Marathon, will effort to go nan fastest female pinch a stoma to complete each six world marathon fields successful nan abstraction of 8 months.

Attempts will beryllium made to break records successful two, 4 and 10-person costumes.

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The forecast for London connected Sunday is presently looking bully for marathon runners.

Sunny intervals and ray winds are forecast, though location could beryllium immoderate rainfall successful nan morning.

Temperatures of astir 12C are predicted for nan commencement of nan race, though that is expected to emergence to a lukewarm 20C for those finishing later successful nan afternoon.

Here is really to travel sum of nan London Marathon connected Sunday, 27 April crossed BBC platforms (all times BST and taxable to precocious changes):

Thursday, 24 April

19:30-21:00 BBC Radio 5 Live - London Marathon preview

Saturday, 26 April

08:30-10:30 BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website & app - Mini London Marathon

13:15-13:45 BBC One - My Reason To Run

Sunday, 27 April

08:00-18:00 BBC Radio London - unrecorded coverage

08:30-14:00 BBC One - unrecorded coverage

08:30-15:00 BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website & app - uninterrupted sum

11:00-14:00 BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website & app - Tower Bridge camera

12:30-18:00 BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website & app - finishing-line camera

14:00-15:00 BBC Two - unrecorded coverage

18:00-19:00 BBC Two - highlights