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Written by Adam Augustyn

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Last Updated: Mar 7, 2024 • Article History

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London Marathon, annual 26.2-mile (42.2-km) footrace through the streets of London that takes place in April. The event was first held in 1981 and is one of the world’s six major marathons, along with the Berlin, Boston, Chicago, New York City, and Tokyo races. The course of the London Marathon has starting points in Greenwich Park and Blackheath and weaves through several inner boroughs south of the Thames before crossing the river at the Tower Bridge. It then moves east and circles the Isle of Dogs before turning west to finish on the Mall near Buckingham Palace. Mexico’s Dionicio Cerón, ...(100 of 138 words)

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