London Marathon 2018 
The Queen will officially start the race from a podium at Windsor Castle, with the sound relayed to Greenwich to set 40,000 runners on their way

Tower Bridge: Among most recognisable landmarks on marathon route, situated roughly
halfway

Kenya’s Daniel Wanjiru and Mary Keitany, winners of men’s and women’s elite races in 2017, compete again this year


APRIL 22

START
Greenwich Park
Greenwich
Shooters Hill Road
St John’s Park
Charlton
Woolwich
River Thames
Cutty Sark
Deptford
Bermondsey
Tower Bridge
Canary Wharf
Whitechapel
City
Big Ben
Buckingham Palace
FINISH: The Mall
2km 1.2 miles

LONDON


RACE START TIMES
08:55: Wheelchairs
09:15: Elite women
10:00: Elite men
and mass start

5 5 10 15 10 20 15 25 30 20 35 40 25

Key: 5 Mile marker 5 Km marker


MEN 		COURSE RECORDS 		WOMEN
Eliud Kipchoge, KEN, 2016, 2:03:05 	Paula Radcliffe, GBR, 2003, 2:15:25*
*World record

PROFILE (50m)
Woolwich
Greenwich
Tower Bridge
Westferry Circus
Canary Wharf
Tower Hill
Big Ben

Miles 5 10 15 20 26.2
Kilometres 10 15 20 25 30 35 42.2


Source: Virgin Money London Marathon 
Pictures: Getty Images
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