London Marathon 2025: route, runners and everything else you need to know

Our guide to the elites, record breakers and ever presents as 56,000 brave souls race in largest one-day fundraising eventThe 45th running of the London Marathon gets under way in Greenwich on Sunday morning, a diverse multitude of elite athletes, costumed fun-runners, wheelchair competitors, the capital’s streets thronging with supporters over 26.2 miles, all cheering home the biggest field – 56,000 souls – to take part in this celebrated event.Central London’s traffic m