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London Marathon 2025: Route, start times, runners, records, weather & how to watch on the BBC

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The 45th edition of the London Marathon takes place on Sunday .

More than 56,000 people are expected to compete in the elite men's and women's races.

The event is aiming to break the world record for the most participants in a marathon.

The course begins at Greenwich Park and ends on The Mall after passing Buckingham Palace .

A record 840,318 people applied to take part in this year 's London Marathon via the public ballot.

The race is the world's largest annual one-day fundraising event, with more than Â1.3bn raised for charity since 1981 .

There will be 103 participants attempting to break 87 Guinness World Records at the race.

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