Kenya's Emmanuel Mutai won the men's race in two hours four minutes and 39 seconds - breaking the London record. Compatriot Mary Keitany won the women's race in in David Stone, 41, from Exmouth, Devon, ran as Superman in Mr Stone said: "It was great out there because there was so much support.
Everyone was shouting 'Superman', there were arms going up in the air. It was absolutely brilliant. David Rathband, the Northumbria police officer who was blinded by gunman Raoul Moat, was one of those taking part. Other runners included couple Andrew Ford and Katrina Scaife, from Brighton, who took time out at the mile mark to get married at a Docklands hotel.
He said: "They're ranging from the fastest man juggling a football to the quickest marching band. It's an incredible sight seeing all these fantastic individuals taking part in this great day. Chef Michel Roux junior, was taking part in his 17th marathon but he said: "It doesn't get any easier.
This time I managed just under four hours which is pretty slow for me, but I've had a lot of issues training. Our week Training Plans will guide you right through to the Start Line. Please swipe to see more. Skip to main content. Past London Marathon results Find out how you or a loved one fared in the London Marathon on our results pages — just click on the years below to search. Results correction If you believe your result requires amending in any way, please fill out our corrections form below.
Need help? Read more. The 10th and 25th percentile mark had been on an improving trend until this year; whereas the 50th, 75th and 90th percentile points seems to have varied quite a bit with no significant data trend. An Athletics Weekly article from demonstrates a number of stats on these benchmarks for British runners but looking at the times for the 10th and 25th percentile finisher times I wonder where general trend is for improvement is coming from?
My only suggestions are two fold. The first is that we seem to be having another running boom over the past few years and that is bringing more people into the sport.
The second could be the improvement in the standards of other big city marathons in the UK. I have been a runner since the early s and there were no shortage of big city marathons at that time but when you look at the professionalism of the big races now being staged Brighton, Manchester, Bournemouth etc it is allowing more runners to race to their potential and thus create a wider base of faster running talent in the UK.
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