50,000 on startline to be joined by 50,000 ‘virtual’ runners Total of 100,000 would eclipse
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London Marathon is set to be the biggest marathon staged, with organisers increasingly hopeful that a full national rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine will enable 100,000 runners to take part in the race on 3 October.
A record 50,000 people will be given the opportunity to run the 26.2 mile course from Blackheath to the Mall in central London – up more than 7,000 on the previous number of finishers – with another 50,000 being offered the chance to run or walk the race virtually across the globe during a 24-hour window.