2016 Virgin Money London Marathon Media Guide – Section 6

VIRGIN MONEY LONDON MARATHON 2016

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Starters & Finishers

Year Total Accepted Starters Finishers Wheelchair IPC W Cup Total finishers applicants applicants finishers finishers inc WC & IPC1981 20,000 7,747 7,055 6,255 0 6,2551982 90,000 18,059 16,350 15,116 0 15,1161983 60,000 19,735 16,500 15,776 17 15,7931984 70,000 21,142 16,992 15,649 26 15,6751985 83,000 22,274 17,500 15,841 32 15,8731986 80,000 25,566 19,261 18,030 37 18,0671987 80,000 28,364 21,485 19,545 41 19,5861988 73,000 29,979 22,469 20,889 43 20,9321989 72,000 31,772 24,452 22,652 49 22,7011990 73,000 34,882 26,500 24,953 60 25,0131991 79,000 33,485 24,500 23,393 42 23,4351992 83,000 34,250 24,500 23,783 50 23,8331993 68,000 35,820 25,000 24,448 47 24,4951994 72,000 37,379 26,000 25,194 48 25,2421995 79,000 39,097 27,000 25,326 51 25,3771996 68,000 39,173 27,134 26,761 45 26,8061997 78,000 39,813 29,500 29,135 54 29,1891998 96,000 42,228 30,663 29,924 48 29,9721999 87,000 43,774 31,582 30,809 40 30,8492000 93,000 42,596 32,620 31,658 40 31,6982001 92,000 43,517 31,156 30,286 32 30,3182002 99,000 46,083 33,297 32,906 44 32,9502003 111,000 45,629 32,746 32,281 43 32,3242004 108,000 45,219 32,746 31,983 29 32,0122005 132,000 47,969 35,600 35,260 40 35,3002006 119,000 47,020 33,578 33,224 26 33,2502007 128,000 50,039 36,396 35,699 31 35,7292008 120,000 48,630 35,037 34,602 35 34,6372009 155,000 49,995 35,884 35,366 38 35,4042010 163,000 51,378 36,956 36,632 34 36,6662011 163,926 50,532 35,303 34,836 36 34,8722012 170,150 50,200 37,227 36,774 38 36,8122013 167,449 48,323 34,631 34,311 46 24 34,3812014 169,682 49,872 36,337 35,911 41 25 35,9772015 172,888 51,696 38,020 37,641 57 42 37,7402016 247,069 53,152 962,849 1,340 91 964,280

964,280 runners have completed the London Marathon since it started.A record 37,740 people finished in 2015 after 38,020 had started, the largest field so far.

06 THE MASS EVENT


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Mass Facts & Figures

Finishers’ medals – main race 40,000 Finishers’ medals - mini marathon 2,000Finishers’ bags for runners – main race 40,000Finishers’ bags for runners – mini marathon 2,000Goody bag items 600,000Pink Lady apples 40,000 (in finishers’ bags)

Operational vehicles (hired) 115TNT lorries transporting runners’ kit 40Renault Kadjar cars carrying media, VIPs and staff 16Portable toilets (incl. start, course, mini marathon and finish) 1,263Urinal bays at start 400

Blue line paint marking the course 300 litres – 3-stripe lineBarriers in metres 50,000 metresBarrier Tape 116,000 metresRoadside signs 279Ball bearings in finish cones 3.2 million

Marshals at the start 1,000Marshals at the finish 2,000Marshals on the course 1,500Marshals at drinks stations 2,500

St John Ambulance volunteers 1,200 (incl. 30 cycle response specialists and 200 healthcare professionals)Ambulances 45St John Ambulance treatment centres 59First aid stations 52First aid kits 100sStretchers 300Sterile gloves 5,000 pairsIce packs for sprains and strains 500Petroleum jelly 250 tubs; 100lbsBaby oil 200 bottlesPlasters 2,000Foil blankets 40,000

Water stations 23, one every mile from three milesElite drink stations 8 – for the elite runners where their chosen drinks are placed if requiredLucozade Sport stations 5 – isotonic energy drink is available to runners at 5, 10, 15, 19 and 23 miles; 149,100 100% recyclable 380ml bottles Lucozade Sport (isotonic energy drink) 38,000 bottles of isotonic drink are distributed at the start and 38,000 in finishers’ bags.Lucozade Sport Carbo Gels 50,000 at miles 14 and 21Tables at drink stations 671Bottles of Buxton Natural Mineral Water Around 750,000 recyclable bottles in total are distributed at the start, on the course and at the finish

Pubs on or near to the course 84Pubs hosting charities as part the London Marathon scheme 50Live music sites on the course 42Official cheering zone mile 23

Rubbish bags filled after the race more than 5,000Runners’ blogs 7,200 – c. 20 per cent of runners

Road closure leaflets delivered 200,000



Celebrities

The challenge of completing the London Marathon has attracted many well-known names and famous faces over the years, and celebrities have become an increasingly visible and important part of the charity fund-raising element of the mass race.

Emmerdale actor Tony Audenshaw and model Nell McAndrew are two of the quickest celebrities ever to complete the course – Audenshaw once romped home in 2:55:06 while in 2012 McAndrew finished in 2:54:39, more than good enough to mix it with the serious club runners in the UK championship race.

Chris Newton became the quickest celebrity ever in 2014, the world champion cyclist finishing well ahead of the field in 2:45:10. Newton went even quicker in 2015 when he crossed the Finish Line in 2:39:27 followed home by Formula 1’s Jenson Button, who clocked a swift 2:52:30.

TV presenter Abu Griffiths was the quickest female celebrity in 3:26:54 while model Christy Turlington Burns was only 20 minutes behind in 3:46:45. BBC Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans crossed the line in 4:53:15 and Bank of England governor Mark Carney ran 3:31:35 before declaring it “one of the most exhilarating experiences of my life”.

Finishing times are only one concern for celebrity entrants, of course, as the race to raise funds is often their primary goal. Former rower Sir Steve Redgrave once held the record for most money raised in a single London Marathon. The Olympic legend amassed £1.7 million, later surpassed by Steve Chalke who raised £2,330,159.38 for Oasis UK in 2011.

Celebrities Running in 2016

A typical array of celebrities will be running in 2016. Coming from the worlds of TV, show business, film, music, sport and media, they all have their own target times and will aim to raise as much money and publicity as possible for their chosen charities. A full up-to-date list of all the celebrities entered for this year’s race, and their charities, can be found in the Media Resources section of the London Marathon website: www.virginmoneylondonmarathon.com.

Here are a few names to look out for:

Kelly Holmes: the double Olympic champion takes on the 26.2-mile challenge for the first time to raise money for five charities. Britain’s most successful female middle distance runner, Holmes won 800m and 1500m gold at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games and still holds the British records for both distances. She’s hoping to raise £250,000 for The Dame Kelly Holmes Trust, Myeloma UK, MIND and two local Kent charities.

Radio 2 presenter and new Top Gear host Chris Evans will also run for a second time after clocking 4:53:15 last year. He is running with his wife Natasha to raise money for BBC’s Children in Need appeal.

Joining Holmes on the Start Line will be British actress Natalie Dormer, star of the hit HBO series Game of Thrones and blockbuster film The Hunger Games: Mockingjay. Dormer is running for Charity of the Year NSPCC, and hoping to beat her 2014 time of 3:50:57.

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Former footballers Danny Mills (below) and Clarke Carlisle make their London Marathon debuts in aid of the Bobby Moore Fund, which supports Cancer Research UK’s work to beat bowel cancer. This year marks the 50th anniversary of England’s World Cup win, triumphantly captained by Moore, and they are raising funds in his memory.

Ashley James, Gary Poulton and Baasit Siddiqui are three faces from the world of reality television taking on the London Marathon for the first time this year.

James is a former star of Channel 4’s Made in Chelsea and currently hosts her own show on Hoxton Radio. She is running for the charity Marie Curie. A semi-finalist in the 2015 edition of BBC’s The Apprentice, Poulton (below) is raising money for Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity, as is Siddiqui who, along with his dad Sid and brother Umar, is one of the stars of Channel 4’s BAFTA-award winning Gogglebox.

London Marathon veteran and long-standing cast member of ITV’s Emmerdale, Chris Chittell (below), heads up a team of TV actors all running for the charity Bloodwise, formerly known as Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research. Among the stars of the small screen running alongside Chittell will be Gwilym Lee, currently appearing in ITV’s long running drama Midsomer Murders, and Richard Harrington, from the Welsh police drama, Hinterland.

News and sports presenters are well represented with Sophie Raworth (BBC News), Jonathan Pearce (BBC’s Match of the Day) and Sean Fletcher (ITV’s Good Morning Britain) all taking up the challenge once again.

Raworth (below) will be running for the fifth time, while Pearce takes on his seventh London Marathon for The Lily Foundation, the charity established in memory of his niece Lily. Fletcher returns for the second time to raise money for Beating Bowel Cancer in memory of his late mother.

The full lists of celebrities and media presenters running the 2016 Virgin Money London Marathon are available in the Media Resources section of the London Marathon website: www.virginmoneylondonmarathon.com



Guinness World Records

Guinness World Records, the global authority on record-breaking, has supported many individuals who have attempted records while running the marathon. Since 2007 Guinness has officially partnered the London Marathon to adjudicate record attempts in the mass event and present successful record-breakers with certificates.

A team of eight Guinness officials are on the course throughout the day to judge any records and provide immediate news of successful efforts.

More Guinness World Records were broken in 2011 than at any previous London Marathon with 35 successful attempts. In 2015 more than 100 runners made record attempts and 33 new records were achieved by runners wearing all kinds of costumes, from a graduation gown to a wetsuit, a whoopee cushion and Sonic the Hedgehog.

The first record fell to Paul Martelletti who became the fastest marathon-running superhero when he flew across the line in a marvelous time of 2:30:12 dressed as Superman.

Neil Casey was not far behind when he knocked nearly two minutes from the record for finishing a marathon in a nurse’s uniform. Casey raised the pulses as he finished in 2:46:48.

Sarah Dudgeon was the first woman record-breaker as she clocked 3:08:54 to become the fastest marathon runner in a female nurse’s uniform.

Just 10 minutes later, Jennifer Sangster clocked a lip-licking 3:18:23 to record the fastest marathon as a love heart.

The first fruit costume to squeeze beneath the finish gantry was worn by Elizabeth King who finished in a ripe and juicy 4:13:24 while dressed as a strawberry.

Thomas Jones ran a plucky 4:26:12 to become the quickest ever marathon runner dressed as a musical instrument. Jones strung a guitar costume over his shoulders to complete the distance.

Jerry Knox had his hands full as he bounced home in 4:10:44 to break the record for fastest man dribbling two basketballs.



Records also fell for the fastest in a three-person costume (Andy Church, Laura Jones and Hear Smith in 4.56.24) and the fastest three-legged marathon by a female duo (Debbie Leeland and Paula Marshall in 4:45:21).

The London Marathon is a Guinness World Record breaker in its own right as it is officially the largest single annual fund-raising event in the world. It first set the record in 2007 and has broken it every year since, a remarkable nine-year sequence. In 2015 runners raised £54.1 million for charities, meaning that a total of more than £770 million has been raised by London Marathon runners since 1981.

A list of all the 2015 Guinness World Record Breakers can be found at: www.guinnessworldrecords.com

This year

Some 70 runners will be attempting to break 60 Guinness World Records in this year’s race.

These attemptees have all registered on the Set a Record section of the Guinness website: www.guinnessworldrecords.com/set-a-record

Everyone who registers receives a response from Guinness, including guidelines on how to try to break the record and the time they need to beat.

Among the many records being attempted this year are:

• fastest marathon in a replica astronaut suit – Jonathan Scott from ESA and Libby Jackson from the UK Space Agency will do their ‘Tim Peake on Earth’ impressions while the real spaceman runs on a treadmill thousands of miles away.

• fastest marathon in Highland dress – Scott Boyd will wear the tartan and sporran as he clambers after a place in the record books, while Corin Leach goes for fastest marathon wearing a Ghillie suit (female).

• fastest marathon by two runners handcuffed together – Jason Bullman and Lucy Williams will be on the run for this record, while Chris Colier may be on their heels – he’s going for fastest marathon in riot gear.

• fastest marathon dressed as a circus strongman – Steven Reading dons the tunic and tash while his feet do the heavy lifting.

For a full list of this year’s Guinness World Record attemptees go to the Media Resources page of www.virginmoneylondonmarathon.com.

Staff from Guinness World Records will be based at the media centre on race day, confirming records and awarding certificates. The GWR press office can provide the stories behind various record-breaking runners.

More information, including a full list of the record attempts planned this year, is available from the VMLM and GWR press teams. Contact GWR press officer:Doug Male: Tel. 07866 371615Email: [email protected]: www.guinnessworldrecords.comTwitter: @GWR



MPs who ran in 2015 TimeAlun Cairns Con, Vale of Glamorgan 3:38:25Dan Jarvis Lab, Barnsley Central 3:44:55Edward Timpson Con, Crewe and Nantwich 3:56:42Graham Evans Con, Weaver Valley 5:28:30Richard Drax Con, South Dorset 6:18:09

MPs running in 2016 PBAlistair Burt Con, Bury North 4:14:48 (1984)Alun Cairns Con, Vale of Glamorgan 3:34:16 (2014)Simon Danczuk Suspended Lab, Rochdale DebutGraham Evans Con, Weaver Vale 4:43:56 (2014)Dan Jarvis Lab, Barnsley Central 3:44:55 (2015)Jamie Reed Lab, Copeland 4:38:47 (2014)Amanda Solloway Con, Derby North DebutEdward Timpson Con, Crewe & Nantwich 3:42:24 (2014)

Politicians

MPs & the Marathon

Sixty-nine Members of Parliament have run the London Marathon and MPs have been present in all 35 races bar one, each of them encouraged and ably organised by former lobby correspondent Mike Steele.

Matthew Parris holds the record as the fastest MP, a fact of which he is enormously and rightly proud. His five London Marathon times (1981-85) are all faster than the next best, Doug Henderson.

Having run 10-apiece, Dick Douglas and Gary Waller jointly hold the record for the highest number of London Marathons completed as an MP. Douglas went on to complete a further 11 London Marathons after he left Parliament, then at the age of 70 decided that his 21st in 2002 would be his last.

Alistair Burt will join them this year when he runs his 10th. Burt holds the record among MPs for the longest time between his first and his most recent Marathons – 1984 to 2008, 24 years – a record he is about to smash this year when he extends his London Marathon career to 32 years stretched over four decades.

Conservative Alun Cairns was the fastest in 2015, the Vale of Glamorgan MP slightly slower than in 2014 but still the best of the Members. Dan Jarvis, then Labour’s Shadow Justice Minister, improved his best for the second time to come in ahead of Cairns’ Tory colleague Edward Timpson, now Minister of State for Children and Families.

Strictly speaking, none of the politicians who ran last year were MPs on Race Day (26 April) as the House of Commons was formally dissolved on 30 March for the General Election campaign. If any of last year’s entrants had lost their seats on 7 May 2015 they would not have been counted as Marathon MPs, but all five finishers were later successful at the polls.

Eight MPs are running this year including four of last year’s quintet, the evergreen Burt and two debutants – Amanda Solloway and Simon Danczuk. Solloway is a Parliamentary newcomer having been elected for the first time last May.

The Conservative Party again provides the majority of running MPs, the blue-red split falling five-two in the Tories’ favour with Labour’s suspended Member for Rochdale, Mr Danczuk, making up the numbers.

Cairns, now Secretary of State for Wales, once again starts as the fastest entrant, his personal best just eight minutes quicker than fellow Conservative Edward Timpson. On paper Dan Jarvis is the fastest Labourite on the start line.



The fastest MPsMatthew Parris Con, Derbyshire West 2:32:57 1985Doug Henderson Lab, Newcastle upon Tyne North 2:52:24 1989John McFall Lab, Dumbarton 3:08:24 1988Rhodri Morgan Lab, Cardiff West 3:14:44 1988Paul Marsden Lib Dem, Shrewsbury & Atcham 3:18:01 2004Dennis Canavan Lab, Falkirk West 3:19:04 1985Robert Spink Con, Castle Point 3:31:15 1995Jim Murphy Lab, East Renfrewshire 3:31:44 2013Alun Cairns Con, Vale of Glamorgan 3:34:16 2014Chris Bryant Lab, Rhondda 3:34:19 2007Howard Stoate Lab, Dartford 3:36:28 2000Chris Pond Lab, Gravesham 3:37:54 1999Alan Howarth Con, Stratford-on-Avon 3:41:41 1985Edward Timpson Con, Crewe and Nantwich 3:42:24 2014Greg Mulholland Lib Dem, Leeds North West 3:42:51 2012Jonathan Aitken Con, Thanet East 3:43:00 1982David Lock Lab, Wyre Forest 3:44:36 1998Dan Jarvis Lab, Barnsley Central 3:44:55 2015David Heathcoat-Armory Con, Wells 3:55:45 1987Jo Swinson Lib Dem, East Dunbartonshire 3:57:00 2011

MPs who have run the London MarathonSitting MPs who have run 22 (13 Conservative, 8 Labour, 1 Liberal Democrat)Former MPs no longer at Westminster 45Former MPs now peers 1Former MP, now deceased 1Total 69

A full record of all the MPs who have run the marathon can be found in the Media Resources section of the London Marathon website: www.virginmoneylondonmarathon.com

Running MPs (left to right) Alistair Burt, Alun Cairns and Graham Evans with news reader Sophie Raworth (centre) and London Marathon Event Director Hugh Brasher (far right)



Name Age group 2015 time London PB1 Chris Finill 55-59 2:52:39 2:28:272 Michael Peace 60-64 3:50:38 2:38:233 Roger Low 70+ 4:24:27 2:33:474 Dale Lyons 70+ 4:36:16 3:06:485 Stephen Wehrle 65-69 4:56:09 2:59:596 Charles Cousens 70+ 5:00:24 2:55:297 Jeffrey Aston 65-69 5:05:15 2:29:348 Terence Macey 65-69 5:16:53 2:58:189 Malcolm Speake 70+ 5:37:38 2:45:1010 William O’Connor 65-69 5:43:26 2:34:2911 David Walker 65-69 6:12:31 2:45:4812 Kenneth Jones 70+ 6:53:07 2:55:38

Twelve made the photo call at the Green Start for the 35th London Marathon on 26 April 2015: Chris Finill, Jeff Aston, Bill O’Connor, Steve Wehrle, Charles Cousens, Pat Dobbs, Terry Macey, Mike Peace, Malcolm Speake, David Walker, Dale Lyons.

The Ever Presents

Twelve of the many hundreds of thousands of people who have run the London Marathon over the years have finished every race from the first in 1981 to the 35th on 26 April last year. They are known as the ‘Ever Presents’.

This informal group was first acknowledged after the 15th London Marathon in 1995, when it numbered 42. They were awarded with a special commemorative medal, a sweatshirt and guaranteed acceptance in future London Marathons. They cover a whole spectrum of running backgrounds, come from all walks of life, different locations and assorted occupations, although many are now retired.

At the top of the list is Chris Finill who received a Guinness World Record certificate in 2010 for “the most consecutive editions of the same World Marathon Majors marathon completed in under three hours”.

All but one of the remaining 12 have broken three hours for at least one of their London Marathons. Fourteen finished the 2014 race but David Fereday was forced to call it a day last year and did not make the start line, while the 26.2 challenge was finally too much for Pat Dobbs who dropped out.

The Real Marathon Men: London Marathon Everpresents, written by Dale Lyons, one of the surviving 12, was published in January 2014. As well as providing a factual record, it tells the stories behind the Ever Presents’ stats – the tales of triumph and disappointment, the lives away from running, and the spirit that keeps them going.

Below is a full list of ever-present names with their times from the 2015 race and their London PB. More information at www.everpresent.org.uk.



Human Interest Stories

More than three-quarters of all runners at the London Marathon now raise money for charity, and more than £50 million is raised every year. The event itself holds a Guinness World Record for one-day charity fundraising, a record it has broken each year for the last nine years. The 2015 record total was £54.1 million while the total raised over the last 35 years has passed £3/4 billion and now stands at some £770 million.

Many of those who run to raise money do so because they, or someone close to them, have experienced illness or tragedy, and they want to honour someone’s memory, or give something back to the organisations and charities which helped them. For many, taking on the London Marathon is just one challenge in a whole host of challenges over a period of time, or merely one stage in an ongoing fund-raising campaign. For others it’s the climax of a personal journey.

You can find summaries of many of this year’s ‘human interest’ stories in the Media Resources section of the London Marathon website. These are just a few:

Becky DoyleDoyle co-founded the charity, Liam’s Smiles, with her husband, former Birmingham City goalkeeper Colin Doyle, after their son Liam contracted bacterial meningitis aged just seven weeks in July 2010. Now five, Liam has spent many weeks in hospital being treated for pneumococcal septicaemia, Strep B meningitis and Ataxia. While Liam kept smiling, Becky started running to raise money and awareness and will run her first marathon this year with a team that includes Birmingham City manager Gary Rowett.

Steve OtlaySteve Otlay is running for the first time in aid of The Running Charity which helped save him from homelessness and substance misuse – a period when he lived in a tent and weighed just seven stone. He is now a qualified personal trainer while the charity, the UK’s first to use running to help homeless and vulnerable yong people, is expanding beyond London to work in other towns and cities. London Marathon Events Limited awarded The Running Charity £50,000 to support its work.

Michael McCabeMichael McCabe’s London Marathon challenge launches him into a head-to-head challenge with British astronaut Tim Peake to see who can cross the Finish Line first – the Earth-bound 62-year-old University of Portsmouth mathematics and astronomy lecturer, or his orbiting 44-year-old former student who will be running the Digital London Marathon weightless on a treadmill aboard the International Space Station. “My best marathon time in 2015 was 3 hours and 26 minutes, so I’ll need to train hard if I want to beat Tim,” says McCabe, who has run 33 marathons over the past 15 years, including 10 in London. Peake ran the 1999 London Marathon in 3:18:50.

The University of Portsmouth is internationally recognised for its leading research work on brain tumours. Peake’s seven months in space will expose him to harmful cosmic rays that increase his cancer risk by three per cent. Yet experiments on the ISS will help fight cancer. “I’m hoping donations to Cancer Research UK and Brain Tumour Research will double if I win this modern day space race,” says McCabe.

Orin LewisOrin Lewis is running in honour of his son Daniel De-Gale who captured the hearts of the nation when he appeared on national news in 1999, aged six, as the first black person to receive a life-saving stem cell bone marrow transplant from an unrelated donor. Daniel won his fight against leukaemia but passed away in 2008. Orin is hoping to raise £20,000 for the African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust (ACLT), founded 20 years ago by Orin and his wife, Beverley De-Gale.

Roger BackhouseBackhouse is a member of the 24-strong ‘Team Blind as a Bat’ which is running for RP Fighting Blindness, a charity which funds research into the treatment of retinitis pigmentosa, a genetic disease which causes deterioration of sight and often leads to blindness. Backhouse, one of the charity’s trustees, suffers from RP himself. His team includes visually impaired runners, accompanied by their guides, and Lord Sebastian Coe’s children, Madeline and Harry. They are hoping to raise £175,000 to support Professor Robin Ali at University College London’s Institute of Ophthalmology, a world-respected medical researcher and leading expert in gene and stem cell therapy.

For more information on these and many other human interest stories go to the Media Resources section of the London Marathon website, or contact a member of the London Marathon media team.



Runners by Age

Age Group Men Women All18-19 215 153 36820-29 5,609 5,275 10,88430-39 10,491 7,006 17,49740-49 10,145 5,814 15,95950-59 4,488 2,172 6,66060-69 1,089 385 1,47470-79 218 71 28980-89 17 4 21

Totals 32,272 20,880 53,152

Oldest Runners

The oldest man is:Samuel Starbrook, 85, born 18 September 1930

The oldest woman is:Iva Barr, 88, born 23 October 1927

Youngest Runners

The youngest man is:Jake Smerdon, 18 years 18 days, born 06 April 1998

The youngest woman is:Rebecca Manners, 18 years 0 days, born 24 April 1998

Runners who have birthdays on Race Day

Men Women Total121 81 202

Oldest & Youngest All Time

Oldest winner (men): Allister Hutton (GBR) 1990 (35 yrs 278 days)Oldest winner (women): Joyce Smith, (GBR) 1982 (44)

Youngest winner (men): Sammy Wanjiru (KEN) 2009 (22)Youngest winner (women): Małgorzata Sobanska (POL) 1995 (25)

Oldest finisher (men): Fauja Singh 2004 (93)Oldest finisher (women): Jenny Wood-Allen 2002 (90)



Runners by OccupationOccupation Men Women TotalAccountant 1,460 845 2,305Actor 69 62 131Administrative and Clerical Support 361 966 1,327Administrator 261 663 924Advertising 110 77 187Agriculture 42 16 58Airline Cabin Crew 10 23 33Airline Pilot 19 3 22Ambulance Service 27 14 41Analyst 226 114 340Apprentice 13 4 17Architect 176 56 232Armed Forces 315 62 377Artist 84 76 160Banker 767 255 1,022Banker (City of London) 263 72 335Beautician / Hairdresser 12 119 131Builder / Construction 1,022 47 1,069Building Society 10 3 13Building Trade 298 7 305Business Owner / Entrepreneur 1,098 381 1,479CEO / COO 135 23 158Catering 232 159 391Chairman / President of Company 162 21 183Civil Aviation - Cabin Crew 13 21 34Civil Servant 166 123 289Clergy 31 5 36Clerical 38 52 90Communications 137 120 257Consultant 1,021 387 1,408Data Processing / MIS Manager 54 4 58Data Processing / Systems Analyst 104 27 131Data Processing Engineer 30 6 36Data Processing Manager 70 12 82Data Processing Programmer 44 4 48Dental Assistant 1 14 15Dentist 70 57 127Designer 313 189 502Doctor 440 354 794Driver 382 25 407Economist 43 6 49Editor 69 63 132Education - Support 87 266 353Electrician 294 2 296Engineer 1,179 97 1,276Engineer - Civil 152 16 168Engineer - Electrical 172 7 179Engineer - Mechanical 305 12 317Events and Operations 51 81 132Film Maker 51 10 61Finance and Investment - Support 163 97 260Financial Analyst 509 150 659Firefighter 299 35 334Forestry / Game Keeping 9 0 9Haulage 36 2 38Health Service 105 255 360Health and Fitness 102 223 325Healthcare - Professional 267 689 956Healthcare - Support 86 161 247Homemaker 26 390 416Hospitality 47 51 98Hotel 51 41 92Hotel and Leisure Industry 34 27 61Housewife 4 378 382IT Professional 1,003 127 1,130IT Support 103 26 129Insurance 283 116 399Investment Broker 53 10 63Labourer 90 3 93Lawyer / Barrister 171 165 336Lecturer 151 122 273



Legal - Support 36 74 110Legal Profession 365 335 700Librarian 4 6 10Local Government 124 87 211Machinist / Plant worker 138 12 150Manager 1,078 537 1,615Manufacturing - Production Management 138 21 159Manufacturing - Shop Floor 52 1 53Marketer 212 253 465Marketing 399 398 797Mechanic 44 0 44Media and Publishing 199 171 370Military Services 228 31 259Musician 77 39 116Newsperson 28 11 39Nurse 105 689 794Other 4,255 2,812 7,067Paramedic 31 26 57Pharmacist 34 30 64Photographer 34 16 50Physician 4 2 6Physiotherapist 45 74 119Pilot 35 3 38Plumber 70 0 70Police 584 296 880Politician 19 5 24Postal Worker 59 8 67Printer 14 1 15Programmer 63 5 68Psychiatrist 6 6 12Public Relations 92 143 235Public Service - Manager / Professional 371 282 653Public Service - Support 138 111 249Public Transport 59 10 69Publishing 36 26 62Radio / TV 120 68 188Recreation Worker 3 5 8Restaurants 87 37 124Retail - Manager 192 86 278Retail - Support 112 138 250Retail Trade 343 172 515Retired 616 280 896Sales - Professional / Manager 1,177 232 1,509Sales - Support 59 51 110Salesperson 365 158 523Scientist 257 200 457Secretary 10 276 286Security 43 7 50Self Employed 403 284 687Shop Worker 30 25 55Skilled Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery 73 22 95Social Worker 34 55 89Solicitor 74 74 148Sportsperson 159 81 240Stock Exchange 10 1 11Stockbroker 36 3 39Student 662 774 1,436Surveyor 189 29 218Systems Analyst 40 9 49Taxi Driver 29 0 29Teacher / Education 1,178 1,765 2,943Trade and Craft 172 27 199Transportation 173 17 190Travel and Tourism 104 95 199Unemployed 82 60 142Waiter / Waitress 6 19 25Web Designer / Developer 52 5 57Writer / Journalist 87 70 157Youth / Community Worker 38 38 76

Total 32,272 20,880 53,152



Runners by Nationality

Country Code Men Women TotalAnguilla AIA 1 0 1Albania ALB 1 0 1Argentina ARG 10 3 13Australia AUS 84 88 172Austria AUT 16 5 21Bahamas BAH 0 2 2Belgium BEL 57 23 80Bermuda BER 3 12 15Belize BIZ 1 0 1Botswana BOT 2 0 2Brazil BRA 20 15 35Bahrain BRN 2 2 4Brunei Darussalam BRU 1 0 1Bulgaria BUL 3 0 3Canada CAN 46 34 80Cayman Islands CAY 1 0 1Chile CHI 24 7 31China CHN 106 44 150Colombia COL 14 4 18Costa Rica CRC 1 0 1Cyprus CYP 6 2 8Czech Republic CZE 4 0 4Denmark DEN 65 13 78Dominica DMA 0 1 1Dominican Republic DOM 5 4 9Ecuador ECU 3 0 3Egypt EGY 3 0 3England ENG 186 124 310Spain ESP 190 24 214Estonia EST 3 2 5Ethiopia ETH 0 1 1Finland FIN 15 13 28France FRA 516 151 667Faroe Islands FRO 2 0 2United Kingdom GBR 28,745 19,287 48,032Germany GER 214 88 302Guernsey GGY 10 2 12Ghana GHA 0 1 1Gibraltar GIB 8 6 14Guadeloupe GLP 2 0 2Greece GRE 6 3 9Grenada GRN 1 1 2Guatemala GUA 4 1 5Hong Kong HKG 47 20 67Honduras HON 1 0 1Hungary HUN 6 4 10Isle of Man IMN 15 5 20Indonesia INA 10 3 13India IND 21 5 26Ireland IRL 265 122 387Iceland ISL 8 9 17Israel ISR 6 2 8Italy ITA 341 70 411British Virgin Islands IVB 1 0 1Jersey JEY 12 8 20Japan JPN 70 25 95Kenya KEN 2 0 2South Korea KOR 10 1 11Saudi Arabia KSA 2 0 2Kuwait KUW 0 3 3Latvia LAT 1 1 2Lithuania LTU 1 4 5Luxembourg LUX 4 4 8



Macau MAC 1 1 2Madagascar MAD 5 2 7Morocco MAR 10 1 11Malaysia MAS 6 2 8Moldova MDA 1 0 1Mexico MEX 38 28 66Malta MLT 0 1 1Monaco MON 2 0 2Mauritius MRI 2 0 2Netherlands NED 121 41 162Nepal NEP 1 0 1Nigeria NGR 0 2 2Northern Ireland NIR 16 8 24Norway NOR 64 43 107New Zealand NZL 32 20 52Pakistan PAK 1 0 1Panama PAN 1 0 1Paraguay PAR 1 1 2Peru PER 5 0 5Philippines PHI 3 3 6Palestine PLE 0 1 1Poland POL 36 7 43Portugal POR 25 5 30Puerto Rico PUR 1 1 2Qatar QAT 3 2 5Romania ROU 0 1 1South Africa RSA 70 59 129Russia RUS 19 10 29Scotland SCO 31 17 48Seychelles SEY 1 0 1Singapore SIN 25 5 30Slovenia SLO 5 1 6Switzerland SUI 99 40 139Slovakia SVK 3 1 4Sweden SWE 72 38 110Tanzania TAN 1 0 1Thailand THA 1 0 1Turkmenistan TKM 1 0 1East Timor TLS 1 0 1Taiwan TPE 3 1 4Trinidad and Tobago TTO 1 0 1Turkey TUR 4 1 5United Arab Emirates UAE 21 9 30Ukraine UKR 4 1 5United States Minor Outlying Islands UMI 2 1 3Uruguay URU 2 1 3United States USA 295 265 560Uzbekistan UZB 2 0 2Venezuela VEN 2 0 2Wales WLS 28 10 38Zimbabwe ZIM 0 1 1

Total 32,272 20,880 53,152



The Digital Virgin Money London Marathon is a downloadable app which provides runners with a ‘mixed reality’ video of the London Marathon course to watch as they run the 26.2 miles on a treadmill. The video plays back at the speed of the runners who can see the virtual reality avatars of other runners around the world who are also using the app.

The video was created from high-definition films of the 2013 and 2014 London Marathons by digital fitness technology pioneers, RunSocial.

People who run the Digital London Marathon on 24 April may come across a specially created avatar for British astronaut Tim Peake who will be running the marathon in the International Space Station where he is working for the European Space Agency.

Peake, who finished the London Marathon in 3:18:50 in 1999, will become the first person to run a marathon in space if he completes the digital challenge on his ISS treadmill. He will start at 10:00 GMT, the same time as some 37,000 people set off from Greenwich to cover the real route on Earth.

To combat weightlessness, Peake will wear a harness that tethers him to the treadmill as he runs while he watches the HD video of the course on a big screen. The tension on the harness dictates the speed he can run.

“As soon as I got assigned to my mission to the International Space Station I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be great to run the Digital Virgin Money London Marathon from onboard the ISS,’” said Peake, who is running to raise awareness of The Prince’s Trust. “The London Marathon is a worldwide event. Let’s take it out of this world.

“The thing I’m most looking forward to is that I can still interact with everybody down on Earth. I’ll be running it with the iPad and watching myself running through the streets of London whilst orbiting the Earth 400km above the surface and going 27,000km per hour.

“One of the biggest challenges I’ll be facing is the harness system. In microgravity I would float if I didn’t strap myself down to the treadmill so I have to wear a harness system that’s a bit similar to a rucksack. It has a waistbelt and shoulder straps. That has to provide quite a bit of downforce to get my body onto the treadmill so after about 40 minutes, it gets very uncomfortable.

“I don’t think I’ll be setting any personal bests. I’ve set myself a goal of anywhere between 3:30 to 4 hours.”

Hugh Brasher, Event Director of the Virgin Money London Marathon, said: “Tim’s mission will undoubtedly inspire a generation of children to explore science and space. We hope that this extraordinary marathon in space will also inspire that generation to run.”

Peake also invited other runners to ‘train with him’ in the build-up to the race so that his training runs on the ISS treadmill were less lonely. He has been tweeting his training times @astro_timpeake, retweeted by @LondonMarathon.

More information and a video of Tim Peake in training can be found on the London Marathon website: www.virginmoneylondonmarathon.com.

Free images of Peake are available for editorial use from: http://londonmarathon.photoshelter.com/gallery/Tim-Peake-Astronaut/G0000PNtjTlQoLwc/Password: VMLM2015Please credit Virgin Money London Marathon.

The Digital Virgin Money London Marathon



Race Day Temperature (°C)

Race Date 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:0029 Mar 81 10.1 10.2 10.2 10.909 May 82 10.5 11.1 13.4 14.017 Apr 83 10.1 10.0 10.4 10.013 May 84 8.6 10.4 12.2 13.021 Apr 85 6.0 6.9 8.0 8.620 Apr 86 8.1 10.2 15.6 17.010 May 87 10.0 10.6 12.0 12.417 May 88 10.6 13.2 14.6 16.423 Apr 89 8.4 8.5 8.7 10.122 Apr 90 9.4 10.0 10.2 10.921 Apr 91 5.8 7.1 9.4 9.112 Apr 92 11.3 12.1 13.2 13.818 Apr 93 11.8 12.2 13.1 13.817 Apr 94 5.9 6.6 7.5 7.602 Apr 95 8.3 9.6 12.0 14.121 Apr 96 17.6 20.3 20.1 21.013 Apr 97 9.9 11.2 12.0 13.326 Apr 98 11.1 11.2 13.0 12.718 Apr 99 5.9 6.8 7.6 8.416 Apr 00 6.6 8.7 9.9 11.322 Apr 01 7.6 8.4 8.6 10.414 Apr 02 7.6 9.2 10.6 11.213 Apr 03 9.5 11.5 15.0 16.418 Apr 04 9.6 10.2 10.3 11.217 Apr 05 7.7 9.4 10.9 12.323 Apr 06 11.1 11.3 12.1 12.722 Apr 07 16.3 18.6 20.5 21.713 Apr 08 10.4 12.1 8.9 9.526 Apr 09 14.1 14.9 16.1 16.225 Apr 10 11.8 13.8 14.4 15.617 Apr 11 14.1 15.9 18.3 19.922 Apr 12 8.8 10.4 12.5 13.421 Apr 13 7.0 8.9 10.4 12.813 Apr 14 10.5 11.3 12.7 13.726 Apr 15 8.0 8.0 8.0 9.0

Marathon Weather

Runners will be looking for a fine spring day to help them get around the 26.2 mile course. A mild, not hot, day with a light breeze will help the mass runners, most of whom will complete the race in the afternoon. Those conditions will also help the elites run at close to world record pace.

Average weather conditions for the London Marathon up to 2015 give some indication of what to expect on 24 April:• average maximum temperature: 15.6°C• average minimum temperature: 9.2°C• average rainfall: 1.2mm• average sunshine: 5.7 hours.

The event has seen some extremes of weather in the past 10 years. In 2004 it was particularly wet and windy, and Evans Rutto, the eventual winner of the men’s race, slipped and fell in the poor conditions.

The highest temperature of 22.2°C was recorded on two Race Days – in 1996 (21 April) and 2007 (22 April); the lowest of 5.3°C on 18 April 2004.

The wettest Race Day on record was 18 April 2004 when 12.4mm fell, while the sunniest was 26 April 2009 with 12.3 hours of sunshine.



Race Day Relative Humidity (%)

Race Date 09:00 10:00 11:00 12:0029 Mar 81 89 91 94 9409 May 82 65 56 52 5117 Apr 83 87 87 87 7913 May 84 70 56 45 3021 Apr 85 75 74 68 6520 Apr 86 96 94 93 7110 May 87 65 61 56 5017 May 88 80 64 62 5723 Apr 89 92 88 88 7522 Apr 90 93 91 91 8821 Apr 91 62 58 50 5112 Apr 92 82 78 64 6018 Apr 93 81 82 73 6417 Apr 94 84 78 66 5402 Apr 95 78 72 61 5421 Apr 96 51 36 33 2813 Apr 97 58 56 47 4326 Apr 98 72 71 61 6718 Apr 99 83 74 65 5716 Apr 00 75 65 57 5122 Apr 01 68 63 80 4614 Apr 02 58 49 38 3113 Apr 03 77 69 55 5018 Apr 04 89 88 90 8517 Apr 05 64 54 46 4423 Apr 06 78 81 78 8122 Apr 07 48 43 35 3013 Apr 08 65 54 80 7326 Apr 09 55 49 46 4225 Apr 10 82 79 80 7717 Apr 11 68 58 51 4422 Apr 12 76 69 61 5521 Apr 13 67 55 46 5113 Apr 14 55 49 48 4826 Apr 15 80 88 86 79

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