From which S.E. London open space do participants start the London Marathon?
London Marathon Wheelchair (Men and Women), and Elite Men followed by Mass Race. The marathon is run over a largely flat course around the River Thames, and spans . The route has markers at one mile intervals. Although the race publicity (athlete advice, timing charts and so on) is mile-oriented, the individual timing splits that are available to competitors after the event are kilometre-oriented. The course begins at three separate points: the 'red start' in southern Greenwich Park on Charlton Way, the 'green start' in St John's Park, and the 'blue start' on Shooter's Hill Road. From these points around Blackheath at
2018 London Marathon 2018 London Marathon The 2018 London Marathon (officially 2018 Virgin Money London Marathon) was the 38th annual mass participation London Marathon race and took place on Sunday, 22 April 2018, in London, England. An estimated number of 40,000 runners were expected on the start line on 22 April in the race that was formally started by Queen Elizabeth. It was officially recorded as the hottest London Marathon to date at a peak temperature of . On 23 March 2018, London Marathon Limited, the organisers of the event announced that the Queen would formally start the race by "step[ping] onto a