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A full marathon is the 26.2 miles that you run for example the London marathon is a full marathon
The London marathon ( I am watching it on TV as I type this !) starts on Blackheath in SE London. It is run over 26 miles 385 yards. This distance has nothing to do with Phidipides & the battle of Marathon. It was the distance run from Windsor to White city in the London Olympics in 1908.
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It took Greg Billingham just over 7 days to complete the 2007 London marathon and 8 full days to complete the 2008 London marathon. He is the first person in the World to ever run a marathon in slow motion and really is the slowest runner in the World,
The fastest marathon by a woman (2:15:25) was run by Paula Radcliffe in the 2003 London Marathon.
Over 11,000 people
He ran it in 1991 with a time of 2:56:20
It's considered as the biggest marathon in the world... 32'000 who reached the finish - sorry, not really the answer... but if you consider furthermore those who go to help there... it certainly "affects" (in positive sense I hope) the population.
The fastest men's time recorded at London was run in 2011 by Emmanuel Mutai in a time of 2:04:40.
Athletes in a marathon run 26 miles. Athletes in a marathon run 26 miles.
The two most popular long distance races are the London Marathon and the Great North Run.
The event was first run on 29 March 1981 and has been held in the spring of every year since. Since 2010, the race has been sponsored by Virgin Money, as the Virgin London Marathon. The 32nd London Marathon took place on 22 April 2012, and the 33rd is planned for 21 April 2013.