The 2023 London Marathon will take place on Sunday, with 50,000 amateur and professional athletes gearing up to complete the 42.2-mile route around the capital.
This will be the 43rd London Marathon and the event will return to its traditional April slot. It was rescheduled to October during the Covid-19 pandemic and will remain there in 2022.
Voting for next year’s event will also begin this weekend. Here’s everything you need to know to take part in the 2024 London Marathon.
How to register for the London Marathon 2024?
Next year the London Marathon will take place Sunday, April 21, 2024.
Opening vote Saturday, April 22, 2023. You can login via London Marathon website here.
Participation in the survey is free, but you will need to pay the full entry fee of £69.99 to secure your spot if you pass.
If you decide to donate to the London Marathon Foundation during the voting period, you will automatically be included in the second voting, doubling your chances of a place. Your entry fee will also be reduced from £69.99 to £49.99 if you pass any of the votes. If you fail both votes, you will still receive the £60 Winter Sweatshirt.
There is a separate ballot for international contributions and they are also more expensive: £120 plus a £26 carbon offset fee.
In addition to voting, you can secure your place in the marathon through charity. Browse the list of charities on the London Marathon website and find the charity you are interested in, then contact them to see if they can offer you a seat.
Usually there are more people interested in charity than there are free places for charity. As such, charities often select members based on their connection to the charity and how much money they can realistically raise.
You can also request a Good For Age entry based on previous marathon results. The qualifying period for the London Marathon 2024 started on 3 October 2022 and will end on 30 September 2023. Qualification times can be found here.
What are the chances of getting a seat?
Over 450,000 people have signed up for the 2023 London Marathon, which means roughly one in nine applicants have secured a spot, although some are professional athletes or people who have been accepted under the Good For Age program, so the chances of landing were at their very best. case a little lower.
On the London Marathon website, the organizers say: “We are drawing the TCS London Marathon completely randomly, just like in the national lottery, so everyone has an equal chance – it really depends on the luck of the draw!
“If you want to increase your chances of entering the TCS London Marathon, you can donate your entry fee if you vote in the UK, as voters who do so will enter a second draw for another chance at a seat.
“You can also apply for a charity seat while you wait for the results of the vote – if you end up with a voting seat and a charity seat, you can return your charity seat and still raise money for them like a runner. . “.
When will the London Marathon 2023 take place?
The marathon will take place on Sunday, April 23, primarily wheelchair and professional races. The following times are announced:
- 8:50 am – Elite wheelchair racing for men and women
- 9:00 am – Elite women’s racing
- 9:40 – Elite men’s races and mass start
Mass event expected Start around 10 am, a series of launch waves to clear a course forward. Everyone is expected to cross the start line at 11:30.
Competitors will be given one of four different beachheads – red, green, blue or yellow – from which they can start. If you are going to attend, this information must be included in your registration email, which must be received by Friday, April 14th. The color of the numbers on your start number corresponds to your assemblage point.
Professional athletes usually take just over two hours to complete the course, but many amateurs take three to five hours. Participants have a maximum of eight hours to complete the course.
What is the London Marathon course?
The marathon course starts at Greenwich and Blackheath and runners are assigned one of three starting lines.
They will converge three miles from some of London’s most famous landmarks and end at a shopping center across from Buckingham Palace.
The first leg passes through Charlton, Woolwich and Greenwich, past Cutty Sark at mile six.
They then pass Deptford, Surrey Quays, Rotherhithe and Bermondsey before crossing Tower Bridge just after mile 12.
From here it returns east towards Limehouse, making a large loop around Canary Wharf and the Isle of Dogs before heading back through Shadwell to Tower Gate.
The last kilometers of the runners are along the Thames, past St. Paul’s Cathedral, through Blackfriars and the Temple.
You will pass by the London Eye and the Houses of Parliament before stopping at Buckingham Palace.
Source: I News
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