2023 London Marathon. The 2023 London Marathon was the 43rd running of the annual London Marathon on 23 April 2023. It was the first time since 2019 that the event will be run in the spring, as the previous three races were run in autumn due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The marathon distance is officially 42.195 kilometres (26.219 mi) long as sanctioned by World Athletics.[ The London Marathon is run over a mainly flat course, starting in Blackheath.The course begins at three separate points and they converge just before 3 miles (4.8 km) into the race.] At just after 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) into the race, the runners reach the 19th-century clipper Cutty Sark docked in Greenwich and at about halfway into the race, the runners cross Tower Bridge[before heading east into Shadwell and Canary Wharf. After winding through Canary Wharf, the route returns through Shadwell on the other side of the road to which it entered before passing through Tower Hill.[ The runners enter the underpass in Blackfriars before running along the Thames Embankment, past Westminster and onto Birdcage Walk.The course then runs parallel to St James's Park before turning onto The Mall and finishing in front of Buckingham Palace.
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