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The London Marathon is a popular road marathon London properties
for sale that has been held each year in London since 1981,
usually in April. The race is currently sponsored by Virgin
Money, as the Virgin London Marathon. The 2009 London Marathon
was held on Sunday 26 April.
In addition to being one of the top five international marathons
run over the traditional distance of 42.195 km (26 miles and
385 yards), the London Marathon is also London properties
for sale a large, celebratory sporting festival, second only
to the Great North Run in Newcastle, in terms of the number
of participants. It is one of the World Marathon Majors, a
two-year series of elite marathon racing that also includes
the Boston, Chicago, New York and Berlin marathons.
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London properties for sale an unusual feature
is the very large amounts of money raised for charity, much
more than other marathons.[1] According to the race organisers,
it is now the largest annual fund raising event in the world
with the 2006 participants raising over ?41.5 million for
charity, bringing the total amount raised for charity by runners,
to a grand total of ?315 million.[2] In 2007, 78% of all runners
raised money.
In 2010 the official charity of the London Marathon is CLIC
Sargent.
The London Marathon was founded by the former Olympic champion
and renowned journalist Chris Brasher and John Disley. In
1979, shortly after London properties for sale completing
the New York Marathon Brasher wrote an article for The Observer
newspaper which began:
"To believe this story you must believe that the human
race be one joyous family, working together, laughing together,
achieving the impossible. Last Sunday, London properties for
sale in one of the most trouble-stricken cities in the world,
11,532 men and women from 40 countries in the world, assisted
by over a million black, white and yellow people, laughed,
cheered and suffered during the greatest folk festival the
world has seen."
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London properties for sale
Inspired by the people of New York coming London properties
for sale together for this occasion, he went on to question;
"...whether London could stage such a festival?"[3]
Within a few months, Brasher and Disley were making trips
to America London properties for sale to study the organisation
and finance of big city marathons such as the New York and
Boston Marathons. Brasher signed a contract with Gillette
for ?50,000, established charitable status and outlined six
main aims in the hope to mirror the scenes he witnessed London
properties for sale in New York and establish Britain on the
map as a country capable of arranging major events. The London
Marathon was born.[4]
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