• The London Marathon (also known as the TCS London Marathon for sponsorship reasons) is an annual marathon held in London, England. Founded by athletes...
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    The 2010 London Marathon was the 30th running of the annual marathon race in London, England, which took place on Sunday, 25 April. The elite men's race...
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    set by Peres Jepchirchir on April 21, 2024 at the London Marathon in the elite women's race. Marathon races were first held in 1896, but the distance was...
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    Eliud Kipchoge (category London Marathon male winners)
    and 2010 Commonwealth Games. He switched to road running in 2012 and made the second-fastest half marathon debut ever, at 59:25. In his marathon debut...
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    The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of 42.195 kilometres (c. 26 mi 385 yd), usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered...
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  • The 2020 London Marathon was the 40th running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on 4 October 2020. Due to the COVID-19...
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    Marathon (Demotic Greek: Μαραθώνας, Marathónas; Attic/Katharevousa: Μαραθών, Marathṓn) is a town in Greece and the site of the Battle of Marathon in...
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  • The London Marathon, one of the six World Marathon Majors, has been contested by men and women annually since 29 March 1981. Set over a largely flat course...
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  • finished at the 2017 Boston Marathon. Series XI started at the 2017 London Marathon and finished at the 2018 London Marathon. It began being sponsored by...
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  • The 2016 London Marathon was the 36th running of the annual marathon race in London, England, which took place on Sunday, 24 April. The men's elite race...
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    Kelvin Kiptum (category Kenyan male marathon runners)
    second-fastest marathon in history at 2:01:25, 16 seconds outside the world record, at the 2023 London Marathon (WMM). At the 2023 Chicago Marathon six months...
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    The 2009 London Marathon was the 29th running of the annual marathon race in London, England, which took place on Sunday, 26 April. The elite men's race...
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  • The Mumbai Marathon (known as the Tata Mumbai Marathon for sponsorship reasons by Tata Group), is an annual international marathon held in Mumbai, India...
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    Paula Radcliffe (category London Marathon female winners)
    winner of the London Marathon (2002, 2003, 2005), three-time New York Marathon champion (2004, 2007, 2008), the 2002 Chicago Marathon winner and the...
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    The 2010 Boston Marathon was the 114th running of the annual marathon race in Boston, United States and was held on April 19. The elite men's race was...
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    The 2011 London Marathon was the 31st running of the annual marathon race in London, England, which took place on Sunday, 17 April. The elite men's race...
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    Marathon Petroleum Corporation is an American petroleum refining, marketing, and transportation company headquartered in Findlay, Ohio. The company was...
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  • The 2014 London Marathon was the 34th running of the annual marathon race in London, England, which took place on Sunday, 13 April. The men's elite race...
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    The Boston Marathon bombing, sometimes referred to as simply the Boston bombing, was an Islamist domestic terrorist attack that took place during the 117th...
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  • completed an organized marathon. For elite athletes and others known primarily for running marathons, see List of marathoners or Category:Long-distance...
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    Important sporting events held in London include the FA Cup Final, the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, and the London Marathon. It became the first city to...
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    "Virgin London Marathon 2012 Tracking and Results". "Model shows she's good with figures". The Times. London. 12 December 2004. Retrieved 20 May 2010.[dead...
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    David Weir (athlete) (category London Marathon male winners)
    gold medals at the 2008 and 2012 Paralympic Games, and has won the London Marathon on eight occasions. He was born with a spinal cord transection that...
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    Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai (category London Marathon male winners)
    the 2008 and 2009 London Marathons, but managed to reach the podium at the 2009 World Championships, claiming the silver medal. His 2010 racing saw him finish...
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  • The New York City Marathon, currently branded as the TCS New York City Marathon for sponsorship reasons, is an annual marathon (42.195 km or 26.219 mi)...
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    The Battle of Marathon took place in 490 BC during the first Persian invasion of Greece. It was fought between the citizens of Athens, aided by Plataea...
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    Mo Farah (category British male marathon runners)
    the London Marathon, Farah won the inaugural London Big Half Marathon, his first race in six months. On 22 April 2018, Farah came third in the London Marathon...
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    Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich (category London Marathon male winners)
    also won the London Marathon twice (2012 and 2014), New York Marathon (2014), and Tokyo Marathon (2017). His best time over the half marathon distance is...
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  • Marathon des Sables, or MdS, (French for Marathon of the Sands) is a seven-day, about 257 km (160 mi) ultramarathon, which is approximately the distance...
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    Ryan Hall (runner) (category American male marathon runners)
    long-distance runner who held the U.S. record in the half marathon from 2007 to 2025. With his half marathon record time (59:43), he became the first U.S. runner...
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