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FLORA LONDON MARATHON
NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT
The Flora London Marathon provides ....
- Finisher’s medals – Main Race 31,500
- Finisher’s medals - Mini Marathon 2,500
- Goody Bags for runners – Main Race 31,500
- Goody Bags for runners –Mini Marathon 2,500
- Lorries transporting runner’s kit 50
- Portable toilets (incl, start, course, Mini Marathon and finish) 950
- Urinal trough 440ft
- Urinal trailers 3
- Barriers in metres 20,900 metres
- Marshals at the start 1,100
- Marshals at the finish 2,500
- Marshals on the course 3,050
- St John Ambulance volunteers 1,200
- Ambulances 68
- First Aid Stations 39
- Stretchers 500
- Petroleum jelly 88lbs
- Sandwiches for runners – Main Race 31,500
- Sandwiches for runners – Mini Marathon 2,500
- Water stations 23, one every mile from 3 miles into the course
- Special drink stations 8 - for the elite runners (where their chosen drinks
are placed if required)
- Liquid Power stations 5 - isotonic energy drink is available to runners at
every 5 mile point from 5 miles
- Bottles of
water over 710,000 bottles in total are distributed at the start, on the course
and at the finish
- London Marathon Liquid Power isotonic energy drink 120,000 33cl soft packs at the start and on the course
- Blue line paint marking the course 300 litres – 3 stripe line
- Pubs on the 26.2 mile course 76
- Pubs hosting charities 52
2000 Marathon Background figures
33,379 participants finished in the 2000 Flora London Marathon (31,648 in the
Main Race) - making it the largest mass participation event in the UK
445,129
runners have completed the Marathon since 1981
PLEASE NOTE WE ARE NOT THE ORGANISERS OR SPONSORS OF THE RACE
The Official
London Marathon web-site
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