Events/London Marathon

London Marathon

Running

Date

Sat, 24 Apr 2027

Venue

Greenwich/Blackheath → The Mall, London, UK

Countdown

April

Distance

42.195km

Total climb

40m

One of the six Abbott World Marathon Majors, rated the #1 marathon brand of 2025. It runs from Greenwich to The Mall, past the Cutty Sark, over Tower Bridge and home along the Embankment.

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The course

The route

Point-to-point and pancake-flat: 42.195km with only around 40m of undulation, from Blackheath through Docklands to a finish on The Mall by Buckingham Palace. Sea-level and PB-friendly, usually run in cool late-April weather.

Weather

Late-April, Greenwich/Blackheath → The Mall

15°CTypical high

5°CTypical low

-1°CColdest in 20 years

30%Days with rain

Highs around 15°C and lows around 5°C, but it has dropped to -1°C. Rain on 30% of days. Pack for the cold end, not the average.

NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day

Training

Training for the London Marathon

We don't do generic plans. We combine deep knowledge of this race's demands with your recent training, then build a plan with you that progresses as you do.

Beina integrates directly with your existing tools to understand your current fitness, and synchronise your planned sessions.

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What London throws at you

Typical sessions

A flat, fast course with nowhere to hide: the pace never eases, so raw aerobic fitness and even splits have to carry you the whole way.

A congested start with tens of thousands of runners, where the first 5km is crowded and pacing discipline matters as much as fitness.

The wall at around 30km: on a flat course a steady, fast pace is tempting, and only early, consistent fuelling holds the closing miles together.

Exposed wind along the Thames Embankment and through the Docklands loop in the back half.

What your weeks look like

Typical sessions

The marathon-pace long run: 30 to 34km with 15 to 20km at goal marathon pace, fuelling exactly as you will on race day.

Progressive long runs: 26 to 32km starting easy and closing the last 8 to 10km at marathon pace, to teach running fast on tired legs.

Threshold intervals: 3 to 4 x 3km at threshold with short recoveries, lifting the ceiling so marathon pace feels easier.

A weekly long tempo of 40 to 60 minutes at marathon pace, plus a mid-week medium-long run of 14 to 18km easy.

Not a generic schedule

Typical sessions

Built from your current fitness and the time you actually have

Adapts every week as Beina learns how you respond

Syncs your sessions straight to Garmin and Wahoo

One clear next session, never a wall of spreadsheet

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