As you can see, preview for the race on Sunday

Last year, 53,900 runners ended the race. Hugh Brasher, CEO of London Marathon Events, “the most popular marathon in the world” with an even larger field for 2025. He said last year that 840,000 people applied for this year’s event.

How to watch the Marathon of 2025 London

The London marathon can be streamed on Flootrack in the USA, from Sunday, April 27, at 3:45 a.m.

Start times

• Elite wheelchair race – 3:50 a.m.
• Elite women – 4:05 a.m.
• Elite men – 4:35 a.m.

Fastest competitors in the Elite Women’s Races

Here are some of the favorites in the elite women:

• Tigst Asefa, Ethiopia, 2:11:53
• Sifan Hassan, Netherlands, 2:13:44
• Joyciline Jepkosgei, Kenya, 2:16:24
• Megertu Alemu, Ethiopia, 2:16: 34
• Stella Chesang, Uganda, 2:18: 26
• Haven Hailu Desse, Ethiopia, 2:19: 29
• Susanna Sullivan, USA, 2:21:56
• Charlotte Purdue, Great Britain, 2:22:17