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Lincolnshire runners among those running London Marathon 2025




Lincolnshire runners will be among thousands at the start line of the London Marathon today (Sunday, April 27).

The 45th edition of the world famous event takes place with more than 56,000 people expected to run the 26.2 mile course.

Participants cross Tower Bridge with the sub 4 hour pace runner during The TCS London Marathon on Sunday 23rd April 2023. Photo: Thomas Lovelock for London Marathon Events/TCS London Marathon
Participants cross Tower Bridge with the sub 4 hour pace runner during The TCS London Marathon on Sunday 23rd April 2023. Photo: Thomas Lovelock for London Marathon Events/TCS London Marathon

Eliud Kipchoge, who became the first athlete to run a marathon in under two hours in 2019, returns to the London Marathon for the first time since 2020. The record four-time winner is joined in the elite men's race by defending champion Munyao and Ethiopia's Olympic champion Tamirat Tola, but Kipchoge's long-time rival Kenenisa Bekele was a late withdrawal.

The elite women’s race features two of the three fastest women in history in Olympic champion Sifan Hassan and Paris 2024 silver medallist Tigst Assefa.

All four reigning Olympic and Paralympic marathon champions will be present, with Swiss athletes Marcel Hug and Catherine Debrunner contesting the elite wheelchair events.

The race winners will receive £41,000, while a £112,000 bonus will be paid to any man running under 2:02:00 or woman under 2:15:00.

But among the elite runners are those running for good causes. Our Lincolnshire runners will be sharing the course with Sir Jason Kenny, the most successful Olympian of all time, along with comedian Romesh Ranganathan, singer Alexandra Burke and footballer Jack Wilshere.

Good luck to all our London Marathon runners, including:

* Laura Coleman-Day, of Witham St Hughs, who will wear her wedding dress to cover the final few miles. She’s running for Anthony Nolan, in memory of her husband.

* Geoff Burgoin, from Wilsthorpe, who is running for Cancer Research UK. Aged 80, he last took part in the event 33 years ago.

* Sian Brown, of Spalding, lost 10 stone after taking up running. She will be taking to the start line in aid of Bowel Cancer UK after the death of her dad Dylan.

* Ed Fancourt, of Stamford, is hoping to finish in the top one per cent for his age group, while also raising funds for Cats Protection.

* Carly Wilkinson, of Spalding, is running for a cause close to her heart - the Lighthouse Project Spalding, a charity dedicated to supporting vulnerable young people.

* Eden Willmott of Gedney Drove End, will be taking part in the 26.2 mile-long trek to support the vital work carried out by World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

* Jenna Holliday lives in Stamford and works as a senior staff nurse at Peterborough City Hospital. When she’s not looking after people who are poorly, she’s training for her marathon effort, in aid of YHA - the Youth Hostels Association

* Morag Roberts, from Stamford, is embarking on her seventh London Marathon - aged 81 - despite having regular chemotherapy. She’s fundraising for Blood Cancer UK.

* Butcher Ben Tindale will be swapping the chopping block for the starting blocks, after losing almost a quarter of his bodyweight. He’s raising money for Alzheimer’s Research UK, a charity close to his own heart, in the process.

* Cancer survivor Clare Ford, who lives in Grantham, will be running to raise money for Lymphoma Action. She was diagnosed with non-hodgkin lymphoma in 2020.

* Strands of Spalding owner Sharon Tear, 53, says she feels very lucky to be running the marathon. She underwent treatment for cervical cancer 10 years ago and will be raising funds for the Spalding and Holbeach fundraising branch of MacMillan Cancer Support, of which she’s been a committee member since 2007.

* Ruth Treharne, from Sleaford, is tackling the London Marathon for Support Dogs after the charity trained a dog for her nephew Sebastian Dean. Known as Sebby, the six year old boy from Grantham is autistic and non-verbal.

Coverage of the event will be on BBC One from 8.30am to 2pm, and on BBC Two from 2pm to 3pm. There are also live streams from Tower Bridge and the finish line on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport app. The elite wheelchair field is on at 9.05am, women’s race at 9.25am and men’s race at 10am.

The ballot for the 2025 TCS London Marathon opened on Friday (April 25) and closes on Friday, May 2.

Marathon Day next year is Sunday, April 26, 2026.



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