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Flat, fast, PB-friendly Abbott Major from Greenwich to The Mall, past the Cutty Sark, Tower Bridge and Canary Wharf. The 2027 edition is a one-off two-day 'TCS London Marathon Double' (Sat 24 + Sun 25 April 2027) with ~100,000 participants; next_date is the Saturday. Rated the #1 marathon brand of 2025.
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.
The 2027 edition is a one-off: the TCS London Marathon Double, run over Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 April with 100,000 finishers across the two days. The biggest London ever.
The terrain never limits you here. Execution does. Hold an even pace when the crowd and the flat road tempt you out too fast, then fuel early so the finish holds together.
Is London Marathon for you?
- First-timers and bucket-list runners drawn to a world major. Landmark-lined streets and crowds start to finish make the distance an occasion, not just an ordeal.
- Runners chasing a personal best. Flat, sea-level and usually cool, London does the work no course favours can, so your legs and your pacing decide the day.
- Disciplined pacers who can hold back. The crowded start punishes anyone who chases early pace, and rewards runners who run their own splits.
- Runners who fuel well. A flat course tempts an even, fast pace from the gun, so the last 10km comes down to carbs taken early, not to climbs that are not there.
Training plan for London Marathon
A training plan for London Marathon isn't a generic base build. Beina reads the event's exact demands, looks at your specific profile and the time you actually have, and maps a highly adapted plan to the start line.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
