What type of event is the London Marathon?
London Marathon London Marathon The London Marathon (currently known through sponsorship as the Virgin Money London Marathon) is a long-distance running event held in London, United Kingdom, part of the World Marathon Majors. The event was first run on 29 March 1981 and has been held in the spring of every year since. Since 2010, the race has been sponsored by Virgin Money. The most recent event was the 2018 London Marathon on 22 April 2018. The date of the next London Marathon is Sunday, 28 April 2019. The race was founded by the former Olympic champion and journalist Chris Brasher and
London Marathon Ever Presents every London Marathon up to and including the 2018 event. From 1981 to 2013 Chris Finill completed every race in under 3 hours, holding a Guinness World Record for this consistent high performance. Dale Lyons raced in a wheelchair in 2015. London Marathon Ever Presents The "Ever Presents" is a group of people to have run the London Marathon at each event since the first event in 1981. As of the 2018 race, there are 11 members of the group. The group was first acknowledged in 1995 after the 15th marathon with 42 members had run each event. A person