Miles run so far as part of training: 15
After the tremendous high I got when I realised I would be running in next year's Flora London Marathon for Epilepsy Action now comes the reality and Boy it doesn't come more real than this...
- The race is 26 miles and 385 yards long in total
- It has been a major participant event since it was first run by 6,500 people, mainly novices, in 1981. It now has 32,000 finishers and is the biggest marathon in the world.
- A total of 700,443 runners have completed the London Marathon since it started while a record 35,694 people finished in 2007, making it the largest ever.
- Finishers have raised, it is estimated, more than £360 million in sponsorship for numerous charities over the years – a record-breaking £46.5 million was raised for good causes in 2007 alone making the London Marathon a Guinness world record-holder as the largest single annual fund raising event in the world.
- In 2007, 78% of the runners raised money for charity.
I have no idea how many will be raising money for the 2009 Flora London Marathon but I am one!
