Sportsmen have run
marathons for more than a hundred years. In March 1981, the first London Marathon
started. 7,747 people competed in it. People have
run/have been running the London Marathon since 1981. It is the distance from Windsor Castle
to the While City Stadium in London.
It is 42,195 kilometres
long. Women didn’t run marathons
till 1984. Since the 1990s marathon running has been a very popular sport. People run marathons in their spare time. The record for the London Marathon
was 2 hours 8 minutes and 16 second
in 1985. The London Marathon is an
international competition and street festival, all in one.