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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.
Over 11,000 people
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At the starting line it was announced that there were about 28,000.
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.
He ran it in 1991 with a time of 2:56:20
At the 2008 Games in Beijing, 95 men and 81 women started their respective marathon ... 76 men and 69 women finished the race. At the 2004 Games in Athens, 101 men and 82 women started their respective marathon ... 81 men and 66 women finished the race.
The fastest men's time recorded at London was run in 2011 by Emmanuel Mutai in a time of 2:04:40.
The two most popular long distance races are the London Marathon and the Great North Run.