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The London Marathon

Performed: Aparina Veronika, 10А

Тeacher: Suetina Irina Ivanovna

The 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.

History

The London Marathon was not the first long-distance running event held in the city, which has a long history of marathon events. The Polytechnic Marathon (also known as the Poly) was first held in 1909.The current London Marathon was founded in 1988 by former Olympic champion and journalist Chris Brasher and athlete John Disley

2006 winner Felix Limo (left) and 2005, 2007 & 2008 winner Martin Lel (right).

Organisation

The race is currently organised by Hugh Brasher, son of Chris, as Race Director and Nick Bitel as Chief Executive. Previously David Bedford and Bitel had overseen a period of great change for the race, including amendments to the course in 2005 which saw the cobbled section by the Tower of London replaced with a flat stretch along the Highway

Resources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Marathon
• http://en.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/31258