Final Instructions
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CONTENTS
Before Race Day The Start Areas Registering for the race and collecting What to expect when you arrive 04 your running number 15 at your Start Area
Visiting the Virgin Money London The course Marathon Expo Everything you need to know 06 Everything you need to know 17 about the course to plan your visit
The Finish On Race Day How to find your friends after Essential advice to ensure you 20 you’ve made it to the Finish 09 have an amazing race
Medical Advice General Travel Information Please read our medical advice Useful travel advice for runners 22 carefully before Race Day 10 and spectators
Thanks to our Partners & Sponsors Getting to the Start Areas A big thank you to the Virgin Money London Your transport options for getting 39 Marathon Sponsors and Partners 11 to the Start Areas
04 Before Race Day
FINAL INSTRUCTIONS Before Race Day
Your main aim between now and Race Day on Sunday 22 April is to plan your weekend and collect your running number from the Virgin Money London Marathon Expo. The following pages will explain how to do this
Collecting your YOUR RUNNING NUMBER running number Take care of your running number and fill in the medical information on the reverse You were emailed your registration side of the number. form, which shows your running number, together with these instructions. PLEASE Do not tamper with your number in PRINT OUT THIS EMAIL – you will need any way – please note that duplicate it to collect your running number and numbers cannot be issued under kitbag when you register at the Expo at any circumstances. ExCeL in east London.
You must bring photographic identification with you to collect your running number. Please The acceptance slip sent to remember you in December is not valid. to bring a On your registration form, form of ID you will find a Charity Survey questionnaire. Please complete this before you arrive at Registration.
While preferring you to register in person, we recognise that in some cases this may be impossible. You can nominate someone to collect your running number for you.
The person you nominate must have the following: a letter, written and signed by you, authorising that person – by name – to collect your number. You must also PROVIDE THEM WITH A CLEAR PHOTOCOPY OF YOUR DRIVING LICENCE OR PASSPORT SHOWING YOUR NAME AND YOUR SIGNATURE.
The person collecting your running number should also have suitable photo identification (such as passport or driving licence) with them. Failure to comply with these instructions may lead to your running number not being issued. Please note, an individual can only pick up one running number in addition to their own. Before Race Day 05
What should You must be fit and well to run I do if I am ill a marathon. Severe exertion FINAL INSTRUCTIONS or injured? during or soon after any kind of fever is extremely dangerous. See the medical advice starting on page 22 for more details on Before Race Day health and distance running. Do not take any chances with your health: if you find yourself in this situation you must (continued) withdraw – even if this is the first time you have been accepted for the Virgin Money London Marathon after years of trying.
If you need to withdraw from the 2018 WHERE DO I REGISTER? OVERSEAS RUNNERS Virgin Money London Marathon, we will You must register and collect your running There are special desks for overseas guarantee you an entry for the 2019 Virgin number before Race Day (Sunday 22 April). runners at Registration, which will be Money London Marathon, providing that clearly signposted. you follow these simple instructions: go Registration is at the Virgin Money to virginmoneylondonmarathonballot. London Marathon Expo, which is held at HOW TO GET TO EXCEL LONDON com/withdraw and complete the online ExCeL London. The address is: ExCeL London is connected to the Jubilee withdrawal form no later than Saturday line at Canning Town via a three-minute 21 April at 20:00. You will then be sent a EXCEL LONDON DLR (Docklands Light Railway) journey to confirmation email outlining the process 1 WESTERN GATEWAY ExCeL’s dedicated station Prince Regent. required to apply for a guaranteed place ROYAL VICTORIA DOCK Prince Regent DLR station is adjacent to in 2019. LONDON E16 1XL the ExCeL London eastern entrance. Please note that entry fees are not You can register and collect your running You are advised to avoid Custom House refundable under any circumstances number at the Virgin Money London station, which is adjacent to ExCeL’s western as stated in the terms and conditions. Marathon Expo at the following times: entrance. Please note that Custom House However, we do offer this option to apply station will be closed on Saturday 21 April. for a guaranteed entry for the following Wednesday 18 April 11:00-20:00 year to everyone who got their place Thursday 19 April 10:00-20:00 ExCeL is also connected directly to the through the ballot, but then has to Friday 20 April 10:00-20:00 Central, Northern, Circle, District and withdraw. This means it is not necessary Saturday 21 April 09:00-17:00 Waterloo & City lines at Bank and the Circle to go through the ballot process again. and District lines at Tower Hill via the DLR. Please note that it is only possible to ExCeL is in London Underground Zone 3. withdraw and apply for a guaranteed Please ensure you allow place once. If you take up a guaranteed yourself enough time to get We strongly advise that you purchase place for 2019 and then withdraw again, to Registration before 17:00 on a return ticket or Travelcard or use an you will not be eligible for a guaranteed the final day, as it will close Oyster or contactless payment card as place in 2020. promptly at 17:00. No race ticket purchasing facilities are limited packs will be issued after 17:00 at ExCeL. All valid London Underground You are eligible to apply for a guaranteed and you will not be able to tickets are accepted on the DLR. entry for 2019 unless you have already take part. carried your entry over from the 2017 race Please try to register on Wednesday or or if the entry was received from a charity Thursday if you live in or around London. or sponsor. You must meet the deadlines You will be asked to provide photographic This will allow Friday and Saturday for outlined in the process below and pay ID such as a driving licence or passport. runners from further afield. the entry fee for the 2019 Virgin Money With your number and kitbag you will also London Marathon. be given a set of final instructions. Please After registering, take some time to look read them carefully. round the Virgin Money London Marathon Runners who withdraw will receive an Expo – the biggest of its kind in the UK. email link for a guaranteed place for the 2019 race by Monday 4 June 2018. If you YOUR KITBAG have not heard from us by Tuesday 5 At Registration you will be given an June 2018 please telephone our Helpdesk envelope containing your running on 020 7902 0200 on Tuesday 5 June number and an adhesive numbered and certainly no later than Wednesday sticker. You will also be given a drawstring 20 June 2018. Failure to do so will result Race Day kitbag. The sticker must be in loss of entry. The closing date for fixed to the front of the kitbag on the area completion of the online guaranteed indicated; you will use this kitbag for your entry form is 17:00 on Friday 22 June 2018. belongings on Race Day. 06 Visiting the Expo
FINAL INSTRUCTIONS Visiting the
Virgin Money Sports London Massage Marathon Expo
THE EXPO The Centre Stage will also host a range You don’t have to be an elite or of guest appearances and Q&As with the Olympic athlete to benefit from a world’s most inspiring runners, including sports massage. criminal court judge Craig Mitchell, who started a running club on LA’s notorious A sports massage is designed to Skid Row and trained a group of addicts stimulate circulation of blood and and criminals to run marathons around lymph fluids to the parts of the body the world, fighting homelessness and that are involved in the activity you addiction as they did so. are planning – in this case, running a marathon. Entry to the 2018 Virgin Money London See page seven for more Centre Stage Marathon Expo is FREE, so bring your details and for the full show schedule, Another benefit of good massage family and friends – and tell all your visit virginmoneylondonmarathon. is the release of muscle tension running companions to come along, com/centre-stage as well as restoration of the even if they are not taking part. musculoskeletal balance, which PLANNING YOUR VISIT will not only help your performance Leading athletic brands are present, The Virgin Money London Marathon Expo on Race Day but will help avoid as are a multitude of other exhibitors is held at ExCeL London, the biggest and injuries caused by any imbalances. showing and selling everything from best venue in the country, with easy run boosting food to the latest wearable access from ExCeL’s dedicated DLR As you ease off the training in the technology devices. One of the biggest station, Prince Regent. week preceding the race, a session on stands is devoted to the Virgin Money the table would be a great addition London Marathon Superstore with this The Expo attracts 80,000 visitors every to your preparation. Not only will year’s range of New Balance souvenir year. With more than 15,000 visitors your muscles respond better after and technical clothing. each weekday and more than 25,000 treatment but a little pampering will on Saturday, you may want to consider also relax you before Race Day and International races, charities, running visiting in the week to avoid Saturday’s calm any nerves you may have. magazines and a vast range of health crowds. If you have to come to the and fitness products and services will also Expo on Saturday, before 10:00 is the The treatments available at the be represented at the Expo. Check them quietest time. Massage Area are stimulatory rather out on virginmoneylondonmarathon. than deep-tissue massage so you com and leave yourself plenty of time to EXPO OPENING TIMES won’t end up limping away from the explore the stands. Wednesday 18 April 11:00-20:00 table and our trained masseurs are Thursday 19 April 10:00-20:00 well aware of what you will be facing ON STAGE AT THE EXPO Friday 20 April 10:00-20:00 on Sunday 22 April. All the therapists You can also take on board some expert Saturday 21 April 09:00-17:00 at the Expo are fully qualified and advice at the Centre Stage presentations have many years of experience, they during the Expo. Entrance to the Expo is through the all have an interest in running and doors marked ‘N3’ off the main central many have been with us at the Expo Throughout the day there will be a full concourse of ExCeL. You can’t miss it. for more than 14 years. programme of informative presentations, plus interviews with elite athletes, Come and share your Virgin Money With sessions at just £15 for 15 minutes including world record holder Mary London Marathon experience with more or £30 for half an hour, don’t waste Keitany and running experts like top than 80,000 like-minded people at the this opportunity – come along and let coach Martin Yelling. running event of the year! one of our 25 therapists look after you. Centre Stage at Expo 07
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On Centre Experts’ Stage at the Expo Show
Make sure you head along to the Centre Stage while you’re at the Expo. The Centre Stage will feature a range of informative talks and interviews, including a chance to meet the celebrities running this year as well as the world’s fastest marathon runners who will be battling for the win on Race Day
Our panel of experts will be providing Throughout the four days of Expo, qualifying to represent Team GB. And great advice for your final preparations the Centre Stage timetable will be make sure you see Great Britain’s six to get you Race Day ready. The Experts’ packed with inspirational talks, expert time Paralympic gold medallist David Show lasts 45 minutes and will start at marathon advice and famous faces Weir, who is going for his eighth London the following times: sharing their top tips and celebrating Marathon title. the #SpiritOfLondon (see page 26). Wed 18 Thu 19 Fri 20 Sat 21 A visit to Centre Stage, after you’ve INSPIRING STORIES 11:30 10:30 10:30 09:30 collected your running number at Expo, Meet David Wyeth and Matthew Rees, 13:30 12:30 12:30 11:30 is not to be missed! For the complete who epitomised the #SpiritOfLondon 15:30 14:30 14:30 13:30 Centre Stage timetable, please visit in last year’s race when Matthew 17:30 16:30 16:30 15:30 virginmoneylondonmarathon.com/ sacrificed his own finish time to help 18:40 18:30 18:30 centre-stage David down The Mall to the Finish Line. The footage of the pair stole the nation’s CELEBRITY INTERVIEWS hearts after going viral and was named MAKE THE MOST OF RACE DAY Be inspired and entertained by interviews one of the ‘Moments of the Year’ at the Don’t miss invaluable advice from with some of the famous faces taking on 2018 National Television Awards. Geoff Wightman, former Commonwealth the 2018 Virgin Money London Marathon Games marathon runner and London including BBC Radio 2 presenter Vassos Teenage Cancer Trust is the official charity Marathon announcer for the past 25 years Alexander, women’s marathon running of the year and inspirational fundraiser – except in 1993, when he ran it himself! pioneer Kathrine Switzer, the UK’s fastest Jane Sutton will be sharing her story. She Geoff will guide you through the plans ever marathon runner, Steve Jones is once again running in memory of her to make and the pitfalls to avoid on the (whose record of 2:07:13 set in 1985 may son Stephen, this year in a bobsleigh team big day. be under threat from Sir Mo Farah at this costume with three other participants. year’s race), and George Lamb whose entertaining podcast, Mo-Joe, has BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS PREPARE YOUR MIND AND BODY centred around his marathon coaching On Saturday 21 April, Centre Stage Motivational marathon coach Martin from Mo Farah and Joe Wicks. at Expo will feature two British Sign Yelling will reveal how to adopt a Language interpreters throughout the positive mindset to run 26.2 miles, along MEET THE ELITES day to offer deaf or hard of hearing with practical tips for warming up and Catch interviews with elite athletes participants accessibility to the show. fine-tuning your final preparations. including race favourites Mary Keitany The following Experts’ Show times will be and Eliud Kipchoge. Olympic track interpreted: 09:30, 11:30, 13:30 and 15:30. legend Tirunesh Dibaba, who was FUEL TO RULE the runner-up at last year’s London There will also be exclusive guest Sport and exercise nutritionist and Marathon, will also be appearing on interviews with celebrity and elite author Anita Bean will advise you on Centre Stage for an exclusive interview runners, interpreted at 10:45 and 14:45. what to eat and drink in the lead up to along with British runners Charlotte To find out more about the interview Race Day and during the marathon Purdue and Jonny Mellor, who are guests and the Experts’ Show please itself to ensure your hydration and hoping to make the team for the visit virginmoneylondonmarathon. nutrition strategies don’t fail you. European Championships this summer. co.uk/centrestage
London 2017 World Championships WIN GREAT PRIZES… RUNNER’S WORLD PACE TEAM runner Tracy Barlow will be on stage … in games sponsored by New Balance. Official Race Day pacers from Runner’s sharing her experience of running the World magazine will offer pacing London Marathon. She first took part PLUS advice to help you achieve your target in 2011 as a charity fundraiser, when Watch inspiring video footage from the marathon time and give you all the she dipped inside four hours. In 2017 history of the London Marathon, along information you need to know about she ran again, finishing in 2:30:46 and with #SpiritOfLondon interview clips. joining a pacer. 08ContinentalExpo Advertorial Exhibitor List // VMLM
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FINAL INSTRUCTIONS Fitting Your IPICO On Race Day Sports Tag
Plan ahead! Read the following instructions carefully ahead of the big day
Your running number Tag timing device must be fixed to your running shoe in accordance with the You must pin your running number to the instructions (see the panel on the right). front of your T-shirt or running vest. Your running number has a number between If you need additional instructions, or wire 1 and 8 printed in the bottom right corner. twist ties to fix the IPICO Sports Tag, these This indicates your zone at the start can be collected from the information (you’ll find a map of the ‘Start Zones’ on point located in the assembly area at page 16). each Start.
You must not use someone else’s NO TAG, NO TIME! STEP 1 number, nor let someone else use yours. If you do not wear your Tag then the Loosen the laces of one of Number swapping is strictly prohibited system will not record you finishing and your running shoes. for a number of reasons, the most we will be unable to provide you with a important of which is the danger and finishing time. You must wear the Tag to confusion it can cause in the event of an get an official finishing time at the race. incident on the course. Please make sure that you run across the mats at the Start Line, at the split The information you provided in the locations throughout the race and at the registration process included your next of Finish Line. kin and emergency contact information. First aid crews on the course provide The Virgin Money London Marathon details of those that have had to drop accurately times every single runner by out of the race, those receiving medical means of a transponder and an IPICO attention, including their location, and if Sports Tag worn on the runner’s shoes. STEP 2 they have been taken to a hospital. When you cross the Start Line you will run Thread the wire twist ties over a mat on the road, which will register under the laces. In the event of a serious incident, we your time as you pass over it. There is contact the named next of kin and another mat under the Finish Line gantry. emergency contact. If your place is being used by someone else, then Official results and times will be based the emergency services and medical on the elapsed time taken by each professionals waste valuable time and runner between the Start Line and Finish your action might cause great distress and Line. There are also timing mats at each concern to your closest friends/family. 5K-point as well as half way. It is your responsibility to wear the IPICO Sports DON’T FORGET YOUR NUMBER Tag correctly in order to get an official Do not forget your running number. finishing time. There are no spare running numbers at STEP 3 the Start. When you cross the Finish Line you do not Thread the IPICO Sports Tag need to hand back your IPICO Sports Tag. onto the wire twist ties. If you forget your number and still insist on taking part, our marshals will remove BEFORE LEAVING HOME you from the race before you cross the Make sure you have the following items Finish Line. They are instructed to do this with you before leaving home: in order to prevent non bona fide runners who do not have a place in the event Running number and safety pins; joining in and attempting to cross the line to receive a Finisher’s medal. IPICO Sports Tag, wire twist ties and instructions on how to fix it to your IPICO SPORTS TAG shoe (better still, put it on your shoe Your IPICO Sports Tag will be issued before you leave – see the panel on to you at Registration. In the envelope the right); STEP 4 with your running number are wire twist Secure the IPICO Sports Tag by ties to attach the IPICO Sports Tag to Your kitbag and baggage label with twisting the ties firmly together. your running shoe. Your IPICO Sports your running number printed on it. 10 General Travel Information
Where and when to Start
FINAL INSTRUCTIONS General Travel Information
Running Numbers 401 to 2650 are Championship Men and Women competitors. Your number will be blue RUNNERS TRAVELLING BY TRAIN Take the earliest train you can; all trains on a white background and you will start The easiest way to get to the three Start are busy on Race Day morning, but the at the Blue Start on Blackheath. Use Areas (Blue Start, Red Start and Green later ones are especially so. Blackheath station if you are travelling Start) is to travel by train. Runners do NOT by train (see page 11 for information on need a ticket on Southeastern services DOCKLANDS LIGHT RAILWAY getting to the Start Areas by train). to the stations that serve the Start Areas: The DLR enables runners to travel to Greenwich, Blackheath or Maze Hill. (Your Greenwich from various stations north Please note that your Final Instructions race number is confirmation of travel.) Free and south of the river. Services on Sunday (which you will collect at Registration) travel is valid from London Termini only. 22 April will start earlier at 05:30 from will include details of the special Tower Gateway and Lewisham and 07:00 arrangements for you at the start. See page 11 for information on getting to from Bank and all other DLR routes. the Start Areas by train. Numbers 2651 to 23370, 24471 to 25810 At the time of going to press, there and 59481 to 62800 also have a blue SPECTATORS TRAVELLING BY TRAIN is planned industrial action on the number on a white background and will Spectators are required to purchase a DLR network on Race Day, Sunday 22 start from the Blue Start. Use Blackheath ticket to travel on Southeastern. April. We are monitoring this situation station if travelling by train. closely and will be in touch via email to FARES FROM LONDON TERMINI update runners as further information Numbers from 23371 to 24470 and To Greenwich/Blackheath/Maze Hill becomes available. 25811 to 30920 will have a green Oyster/Contactless From £2.80 number on a white background and Anytime cash single From £4.90 For further info call 0343 222 1234 or visit will start from the Green Start on Travel Card Zones 1-6 £12.70 tfl.gov.uk/journeyplanner (Service and Blackheath. Use Maze Hill station if network charges apply. See tfl.gov.uk/ travelling by train. ENGINEERING WORK terms for details.) Engineering work to improve and Numbers 30921 to 33380 are Fast Good maintain the railway network will be LONDON OVERGROUND for Age competitors. Your numbers will taking place between: For weekly updates before the event and be red on a yellow background. You Paddock Wood and Ashford real-time travel information on Race Day, will assemble at the Fast Good for Age International. visit tfl.gov.uk area, which is outside the main gates of Ashford International and Folkestone Greenwich Park. Runners cannot gain West (until 07:05 only) NATIONAL RAIL SERVICES access to this area via the Red Start Ramsgate and Minster / Sandwich Information about all the engineering assembly area. Use Blackheath station if (until 07:00 only) works on the weekend of the race can be you’re arriving by train. found at nationalrail.co.uk/service_ LONDON UNDERGROUND & DLR disruptions/CurrentAndFuture.aspx Numbers 33381 to 59480 will have a London Underground and Docklands red number on a white background Light Railway are also offering free travel MBNA THAMES CLIPPERS and will start from the Red Start, which to runners until 17:00 on Race Day for MBNA Thames Clippers run River assembles inside Greenwich Park. those who need to connect with mainline Bus services every 20 minutes from Use Greenwich or Maze Hill stations if stations. Again, you will need to show central London to Greenwich Pier, travelling by train. your running number to station staff. where it’s just a short walk to the Friends, family and other spectators will Start Areas. For more information, need to purchase tickets as normal. visit mbnathamesclippers.com
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FINAL INSTRUCTIONS Getting to the Start Areas by train
GETTING TO THE START AREAS BY TRAIN As previously mentioned, the easiest way to get to the three Start Areas (Blue Start, Red Start and Green Start) on Sunday 22 April is to travel by train.
To help you to find your way on Race Day, there are marshals at the exits of all stations and on the routes to the Start Assembly Areas. Allow 15-20 minutes to walk from the station to the assembly area for all three Starts.
TRAVELLING FROM CENTRAL LONDON Trains depart central London from Victoria, Charing Cross, London Bridge and Waterloo East to Blackheath for the Blue Start; and from London Bridge and Cannon Street to Greenwich for the Red Start and to Maze Hill for the Green Start.
Marshals at all stations will direct you onto the appropriate trains for each start. The journey takes between 12 and 20 minutes, with trains leaving every few minutes from 06:47 onwards. Please see the train timetable on page 12 to plan your journey. As outlined above, Southeastern has Charing Cross, Waterloo East, London If you need to travel to Blackheath kindly agreed to allow you, as an official Bridge or Victoria. There are no services (for the Blue Start and Fast Good for entrant to the 2018 Virgin Money London to Blackheath from Cannon Street. Please Age), you can travel from Charing Marathon, to travel free of charge see the train times on page 12 or visit Cross, Waterloo East, London Bridge or between the following stations and southeasternrailway.co.uk Victoria stations. upon the following conditions: you may travel between Charing Cross, Waterloo Your authority to travel on the above train For Greenwich and Maze Hill (for the Red East, Cannon Street, London Bridge and services will be your official running number and Green Starts), use London Bridge or Victoria Stations and either Greenwich, for the Virgin Money London Marathon, Cannon Street. Maze Hill or Blackheath stations on which you must produce for inspection Sunday 22 April 2018. upon request by a member of staff. Travel on all of the above trains is free to competitors. You must present your You may not embark or disembark at You must not allow anyone else to use running number to a member of staff any intermediate stations. your running number to travel on the at the station in order to take advantage railways. The special concession is only of this offer. GETTING TO GREENWICH & MAZE HILL for you as an entrant of the 2018 Virgin For Greenwich and Maze Hill you need Money London Marathon. Friends and relatives must pay the to travel from either London Bridge or normal fare. However, these trains are Cannon Street. There are no services You may only travel between the hours extremely busy, and non-runners are not to these locations from Charing Cross, of 06:45 and 10:00 on Sunday 22 April encouraged to travel to the start. Waterloo East or Victoria. 2018. The Board Passenger Conditions of Carriage shall apply, save as may be varied Please note also that spectators are not GETTING TO BLACKHEATH by this notice. Any property or possessions permitted into the Start Assembly Areas. For Blackheath you need to travel from will be carried at your own risk. 12 Race Day Train Timetable
FINAL INSTRUCTIONS Race Day Train Timetable
London Marathon Services Summary 2018 by Route and Terminal
London London London London London Bridge Blackheath Greenwich Maze Hill Charing Cross Waterloo East Cannon Street Victoria
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FINAL INSTRUCTIONS Getting to the Start Areas by coach
Transport to the Start – cars
If you are travelling to the Start Areas by Wales Road. Please note all coaches coach, please see the map on page 14 dropping off should depart to the south and consider the information below. through Blackheath Village only. We do not advise travelling to the Start Areas by car, but if there is To ensure smooth access to COACHES FROM CENTRAL LONDON no other alternative you should the Start Areas, please visit (PARKING/DROP-OFF): remember the following: virginmoneylondonmarathon.com to apply for a coach pass by 12 April. You USE DASHED ORANGE ROUTE Roads in the area will close from can apply for a 2018 coach pass by going Coaches should use the Coach Park/ 06:00, with local diversions in to the ‘Event Info’ tab, then clicking on Drop-Off area and access via Lee High operation in the Greenwich, ‘Runner Info’. Road > Eltham Road > Westhorne Avenue Charlton and Deptford areas. > A2 (Rochester Way Relief Road) to the All passes must be displayed clearly on Kidbrooke Interchange and progress There is limited parking available the vehicle’s dashboard on arrival at the northbound along Kidbrooke Park Road on Blackheath. Start Areas. onto Shooters Hill Road and Prince of Wales Road. If you intend to leave your car at Please inform your driver that, due to the Start, you will need to retrieve road closures around Blackheath and COACHES FROM CENTRAL LONDON it after the event once you have Greenwich, all coach parties planning (DROP-OFF ONLY): reached the Finish in The Mall. to park or drop-off at the Start Areas There is NO parking in the vicinity should use the designated coach park USE PURPLE ROUTE of the Finish. and coach drop-off areas marked on Coaches wishing to use the Drop- the map on page 14 and travel on the Off only area, should access via the following routes: A2 Blackheath Hill (eastbound) and progress along Shooters Hill Road to COACHES ARRIVING FROM BLACKWALL the drop-off point at the junction with TUNNEL A102 (NORTH) AND M25 Goffers Road. Coaches will depart via (SOUTH) (PARKING/DROP-OFF): Blackheath Hill (westbound).
USE ORANGE ROUTE To ensure smooth arrival for Coaches should use the Coach Park/ coaches at the start, please visit Drop-Off and access via the A2 virginmoneylondonmarathon.com Kidbrooke Interchange and progress to apply for a coach pass and ask northbound along Kidbrooke Park Road your coach driver to display it on the onto Shooters Hill Road and Prince of vehicle’s dashboard. 14 Coach Routes To The Start Areas
FINAL INSTRUCTIONS Coach routes to the Start Areas
Blackwall Tunnel Maze Hill Cutty Sark N Romney Road Park Vista Creek Road
Greenwich Maze Hill Greenwich Royal Hill Burney Park Street The Avenue
Crooms Hill Avenue Bower
B lackh St John’s Park
Hyde Vale e Start Line ath
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Red Start Line Charlton Way Blue Start Line Central Shooters Hill Road A2 - Rochester Way Coach Drop Of Kidbrooke Park Road London Shooters fHill Road
P Goffers Road P Blackheath Prince of Wales Road
Lee High Road Tranquil Vale
Blackheath
Kidbrooke
A2 - Rochester Way
Lee High Road Lee Road
M25 (JCT 2) Etham Road
Westhorne Avenue
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Red Start Area Blue Start Area Green Start Area
Route from Greenwich & Maze Hill Route from Blackheath Station Route from Maze Hill Station to stations to Red Start to Blue Start Green Start
Red Start Zones Blue Start Zones Green Start Zones
Coach route to the start from Coach/car route to the start from Coach/car route to the start from from central London (Drop-Off Only) central London (Parking) Blackwall tunnel A102 (north) & M25 (south) (Parking & Drop-Off) When You Arrive At The Start 15
08:55 FINAL INSTRUCTIONS World Para Athletics Marathon World Cup in association Race with the Virgin Money London Start Marathon elite wheelchair When you arrive Times race – Blue Start
09:00 at the Start Areas World Para Athletics Marathon World Cup (ambulant athletes) – Blue Start
Large blimps will be flown over each of the lorry, you will not be able to retrieve 09:15 the three Start Areas, and signs and a your belongings until you arrive at the Virgin Money London Marathon for PA system will help you to find your way finish. Therefore, please ensure that Elite Women – Blue Start around. There are toilets, Buxton Natural you have all you require for your run Mineral Water, Lucozade Sport and tea BEFORE leaving your kitbag with the 10:00 and coffee available at all three Starts. lorry. You should then move towards Elite Men and the British the Start Zones. Athletics and England Athletics Ensure your running number is clearly Championships for Men and displayed before entering the assembly Many runners wear old clothes or a bin Women – Blue Start area. Please note, only runners with the liner to keep warm before the start. If corresponding coloured number will be you discard these items when you start 10:00 allowed into the appropriate assembly running, please do so carefully so as Virgin Money London Marathon area. This is a runners-only area; not to hinder the runners behind you. Mass Start – Blue, Red and spectators are not permitted into the Bin liners are slippery when wet! All Green Starts Start Assembly Areas. discarded clothing is collected and sent for reuse and recycling. KITBAGS & BAGGAGE LORRIES Please DO NOT leave your bag or other THE START ZONES property unattended, not even briefly, Running numbers are issued on prior to depositing it at the baggage lorry. a random basis, to assist with The baggage retrieval at the finish. DON’T The PA systems at each start will tell Please line up in the numbered List HERE ARE A FEW THINGS NOT you when to put your kitbag onto the Start Zone (1-8), which has been TO DO ON RACE DAY: appropriate baggage vehicle in the allocated to you on the basis of Start Area. your predicted finish time. Please Do not urinate in people’s note this cannot be changed. front gardens; use the All lorries are labelled with a range of toilets provided. numbers corresponding to runners’ Marshals will ask to look at the Start Zone numbers. So for example, if your running number marked on your running number number is 27,582, you should hand your and will only allow runners to enter the Be careful not to set off too bag in at the lorry with the number range corresponding zone at the start. quickly – pace yourself! 27,000-27,999. Do not attempt to promote yourself to Staff on the lorries will only accept the a faster zone – start in the correct zone, You do NOT need to drink at official Virgin Money London Marathon start steadily and you will be much more every water or Drinks Station. kitbag, which was handed to you at likely to enjoy your run. THINK before you DRINK. Registration. No other bags or belongings should be attached, and no oversize If you are running in an elaborate bags or suitcases will be accepted – fancy-dress costume, you must #DrinkDrainDrop all items must fit within the kitbag position yourself at the rear of zone 8 We work to recycle as many bottles provided and have room for this to at the Red or Blue Starts so as not to as we can and you can help. be fastened securely. Kitbags are impede other runners who want to run Please note that bottles are easier sorted into number order to allow for as fast as they can. to recycle if they are empty so easy retrieval at the finish. remember to #DrinkDrainDrop – No animals or wheeled vehicles/devices squeeze out any remaining liquid Ensure you have stuck your self-adhesive of any kind are allowed on the marathon and drop your empty bottle . Please running number label to the kitbag where course, other than wheelchairs that discard bottles to the side of the indicated, and that you have drawn and have been permitted to participate. road. Local authority cleansing tied the drawstring cord to prevent any Anyone who disregards this rule will be teams will collect the discarded items from falling out. disqualified, removed from the course bottles, which will then be sent and banned from participating in any for recycling. Once you have deposited your kitbag on future London Marathon. 16 The Start Areas
Blackwall Tunnel Maze Hill The N Cutty Sark Romney Road Park Vista Start Creek Road ational Mariti e M se Areas
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Crooms Hill Bower Avenue Bower
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A Red StartCharlton Line Way E F Blue Start Line A Shooters Hill Road Central UK Coach Drop Of A2 - Rochester Way A London Shooters Hill f Road Kidbrooke Park Road
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Prince of Wales Road Goffers Road Blackheath
NEW FOR 2018 – WAVE STARTS The Virgin Money London Marathon Team has been otel carrying out a detailed analysis of our start procedures Tranquil Vale for the past two years and, followingLee High Road this study, we will be introducing wave starts across all three starts in 2018. This means there will be short gaps in the start release process to allow the course ahead to clear, thus providing an enhanced experience for all participants. Blackheath
You do not need to do anything other than follow the instructions of the marshals. The final participants to begin their race will cross the Start Line at 10:40.
Kidbrooke KEY
Changing Tents, Baggage, Tea & Elite Wheelchair Route from Red Start Zones A2 - Rochester Way Coffee, Information, Toilets, Buxton Competitors Greenwich/Maze Hill Natural Mineral Water, Lucozade Sport stations to Red Start
PT Public Toilets Elite Men & Women Route from Blackheath Blue Start Zones station to Blue Start Lee High Road Public Catering Fast Good For Age Competitors Route from Maze Hill Green StartLee Road Zones station to Green Start
Assembly Area Entrance Men & Women UKA & England Athletics competitors
M25 (JCT 2)
Etham Road Westhorne Avenue The Course 17
Blackwall Tunnel Maze Hill N Cutty Sark Romney Road FINAL INSTRUCTIONS Park Vista Creek Road ational Mariti e M se The Course
Maze Hill Greenwich Park Greenwich
Royal Hill Burney The line will be removed by crews who #DrinkDrainDrop your bottle to help Street Getting going! follow the last runners. our work to recycle. reen i h o al The Avenue servator The Blue Start and the Red Start follow
Crooms Hill different routes for the first three miles, If the line is being removed around you, Bower Avenue Bower and then converge on a section of this is a clear indication that you no Three Drinks Stations will be trialling A dual carriageway. The two routes run longer have priority on the highway and compostable cups instead of bottles B lackh St John’s Park alongside each other for the next 800 you must move onto the pavement. (See this year. Water stations at miles 10 and e Start Line Hyde Vale ath metres. Please do not cross over the the section ‘Slow Runners’ on page 19.) 19 and Lucozade Sport at mile 23 will A A A venue central reservation at this point; both offer drinks in compostable cups. We
Green routes are accurately measured and TOILETS suggest you try drinking from a cup in if you switch from one side to the other In addition to the toilets at the Starts, there training before Race Day. A Red StartCharlton Line Way you may find you have run a greater are toilets along the route as follows: E F Blue Start Line A distance. The Green Start merges with To be set up effectively, Drinks Stations Central Shooters Hill Road UK the Blue Route after 1,200m (3/4 mile). Blue Route: Mile 1, mile 2, mile 4 require an adequate stretch of straight Coach Drop Of A2 - Rochester Way A London Shooters Hill f Road and then every two miles up to and road, so not all stations are immediately Kidbrooke Park Road Some short sections of the course have including mile 24. adjacent to mile markers. Each station A traffic running on the opposite side of the will be clearly signed. Wherever possible,
Prince of Wales Road road – these are wide main roads, do not Red Route: Mile 1, mile 2 then as the drinks will be offered from both sides of Goffers Road Blackheath cross over these coned sections. Blue Route. the road.
At various points on the course, slower Green Route: As Blue Route, with the Do not rush for the first table; tables are runners will be directed to switch from exception that the first toilets are at spaced over approximately 80 metres one side of the road to another. This 1.25 miles. and supplies distributed evenly – you will otel Tranquil Vale allows batches of spectators and be better served if you pick your drinks Lee High Road vehicles to escape from the island Please use the toilets provided. Do not up further down a station. Before you caused by the route. Please follow the urinate in people’s gardens or other veer off to the side, remember there are instructions of marshals; the switches do public places. runners behind you! not involve any extra distance for runners. Blackheath DISTANCE MARKERS & TIMING CLOCKS GEL STATIONS The wheelchair athletes start before Each mile and 5K point is clearly Lucozade Sport Carbo Gel stations are on the mass race, so some runners will be indicated, and a clock will show the The Highway at miles 14 and 21.5. Please overtaking the slower wheelchairs during running time, based on the actual start exercise the same care here as you the race. Please give them plenty of room time (not elapsed time). Please note that would at the Drinks Stations. and do not cut across their path. There there is no timing clock at mile 26. will also be other runners with disabilities SHOWERS in the race, keep a look out for them, give DRINKS STATIONS Six shower units are placed on the course them space (andKidbrooke your encouragement) Drinks Stations are situated as follows: and can provide welcome relief in warm as you pass. Buxton Natural Mineral Water is weather. If it is a warm day, please use offered at every mile from mile 3 through the shower units to cool down. THE THIN BLUE LINE to mileA2 - Rochester 25 except Way mile 7 and mile 11. Water A broken blue line painted on the is supplied in 250ml race bottles with a Do not use bottled water from the Drinks road indicates the shortest route flip-top. Lucozade Sport is available at Stations to tip over your head as this and represents the exact and correct miles 7, 11, 15, 19 and 23. It is offered in a reduces drinking water supplies for measured distance. Elite runners and 380ml race bottle with a flip-top. slower runners at the back of the field. Lee High Road Lee Road faster runners follow this line closely; slower runners will find it less important Please discard your bottles to the side The shower units are located at Surrey to do so. Our agreement with the of the road – do not drop them on the Quays (just before 9 miles), The Highway Highways Department in each of the road in front of you where they can be (13 miles), East Ferry Road (17 miles), West boroughs through which the race passes hazardous to runners behind you. Please India Dock Road (20 miles), The Highway is that this line must be removed from the do not throw bottles either – they can again (22 miles) and Upper Thames highway before the roads can reopen. cause injury to others. Remember to Street (23.5 miles).
M25 (JCT 2)
Etham Road Westhorne Avenue 18 The Course
Course High Holborn
Farringdon Road City Whitechapel Road Kingsway Aldgate East
Newgate Street Commercial Road St Paul’s Fleet Street Bishopsgate Aldgate Tower Gateway Bank Canning Town
Regent Street Charing Cross Road St Paul’s Commercial Road Cathedral Fenchurch St Shadwell 21 Strand Map Blackfriars Temple Mansion House West India Dock Road Shaftesbury Avenue Cannon St Limehouse Leicester Square Victoria Embankment Upper Thames Street 24 Monument Tower Gateway 22 Tower Hill 35 Narrow Street All Saints Waterloo Bridge 14 Piccadilly 23 THE HIGHWAY Westferry East India Circus Lower Thames The Highway Poplar High Street 20 Street HALFWAY EAST SMITHFIELD 13 Limehouse Charing Cross Millenium Bridge Piccadilly Southwark Bridge ROAD Poplar 40 Blackfriars Bridge Shadwell Tower of Blackwall Southwark London Aspen Way Embankment Green Park London Bridge Hungerford Bridge West India 15 Quay Whitehall Southwark Street 25 London Bridge Tower Bridge N Colonnade Stamford Street 20 S Colonnade Wapping 30 Blackwall Tunnel The Mall Hourse The Shard Wapping Southwark Rotherhithe Tunnel 19 Tooley Street Brunel Road Canary Canary Wharf
Waterloo 10 Wharf Heron Quays Guards Road Guards
Preston’s Road Preston’s O2 Arena Hyde Park
Finish Line Salter Road St James’s Heron Quays Westminster London Eye Rotherhithe 18 Marsh Wall Rotherhithe 25 Westminster Bridge 11 Borough Westferry Road Grosvenor Place Buckingham 26 Palace St James’s Long Lane 12 MARSH WALL North Greenwich
Blackfriars Road Park Quebec Way South Quay Borough Road Great Dover Street Jamaica Road Houses of Parliament Lambeth North Grove StreetCanada Water 15
St George’s Road Victoria Street Surrey Bermondsey 9 Millennium Way Manchester Road Victoria Quays Road Borough High Street Crossharbour
Lambeth Road Lambeth Bridge New Kent Road Redriff Road A102 - Blackwall Tunnel Vauxhall Bridge Road Elephant & Castle Bermondsey East Ferry Road Woolwich Church Street Surrey Quays 17 4 16 New Charlton 5 Plough Way Bugsby’s Way Woolwich Dockyard
Lower Road Mudchute Southern Approach Woolwich Road 3 Pimlico John Wilson Street Woolwich Arsenal Westferry Road
Vauxhall Bridge Kennington Grove Street
Blackwall Lane Island Gardens Woolwich Artillary Place Tunnel 5 Charlton
Vauxhall Woolwich Road Hill Reach 8 Trafalgar Road
Greenwich Foot 6 Deptford Cutty Sark Westcombe Park
Maze Hill Little Heath Cutty Sark for 10 Maritime Greenwich 2 Oval Charlton Park Road 7 2 Creek Road
Maze Hill 1 Crooms Hill The Village Greenwich Greenwich Charlton Woolwich Common The Avenue
Old Dover Road Charlton Way Greenwich South Street St John’s Park Deptford Bridge Start Line 1 Blackheath Hill
Green
Red Start Line Shooters Hill Road Blue Start Line
A2 - Rochester Way Relief Road
Academy Road
Prince of Wales Road
Blackheath
Units are positioned slightly off the Tower of London, the halfway point on Please ask your supporters not to take course so you will need to deviate from The Highway and Westminster. bicycles on public transport if possible as the blue line to pass through. Signs in it will be very busy on Race Day. advance of each unit showing ‘Shower CUTTY SARK 200m Ahead’ will indicate that you are While the ship is undoubtedly a beautiful WALKING approaching. Obviously the road surface backdrop for the race, the crowds it At some point, perhaps through tiredness, will be wet under and around the shower attracts can make spectating here cramp, blisters, etc, you may be forced to unit, so take extra care at these points. uncomfortable and transport in and walk. If this happens to you, please move around Greenwich gets particularly over to the side of the road furthest from SPECTATORS busy. Do tell your travelling supporters to the blue line to allow runners to overtake. Anyone who has taken part in a London give the ship a wide berth – we strongly It is both frustrating and tiring for those Marathon will tell you what an important advise spectators to avoid this area. who are still able to run to have to dodge role the spectators play on the day. around people who are walking. Much like a theatre can’t work without an MILE 15 & MILE 18 audience or a football stadium is nothing This year, there is again a slight Please show consideration to your fellow without the fans, the spectators lining the adjustment to the course between miles competitors and walk at the side of the race route are an essential ingredient in 18 and 19 due to building work at Canary road. Please endeavour to walk in single the mix. Wharf. The very popular viewing spot at file, not in groups, to give more room for Heron Quay roundabout (close to the faster runners to pass. They’ll sing when you’re winning and site of the former City Pride pub) at miles they’ll give you that welcome lift when 15 and 18 will not be available this year. AVOIDING COLLISIONS you’re struggling. Don’t underestimate Access will be restricted and spectators Runners looking to complete the race in the boost you will get from them on should make alternative arrangements. between four and seven hours, who line the day. If you have friends and family up towards the rear of any of the Starts, coming to support you along the While the route through for runners is should be aware that there are standard course, make sure they have read our protected, the ongoing works will be wheelchair users on the course too. Spectators’ Guide. fenced and inaccessible and it will not be possible to see runners at this location. Standard wheelchair users have a There are now very few places on the distinct speed differential from able- course where there are not hundreds All spectators should follow the directions bodied participants, particularly on steep of spectators to cheer you on. Your of our event marshals who will advise downhill sections such as between miles supporters are more likely to catch a and direct people to alternative viewing 2.7 and 3.1. In the past, there have been glimpse of you if they avoid the busy spots. Further details and updates can collisions between chairs and able– spectator areas of Greenwich and Cutty be found on the ‘Spectator Info’ tab on bodied runners, primarily around miles Sark (see below), Tower Bridge and the virginmoneylondonmarathon.com. five to seven, as the faster wheelchairs The Course 19
FINAL INSTRUCTIONS The Course (continued)
passed slower runners. Please be aware you MUST move on to the pavement. follow the Course Closed vehicle around of your fellow participants and allow the course. If you have to drop out, you wheelchairs to pass if they are quicker Please note that if you are slower than should make your way to the nearest than you. seven-hour pace, you will complete the St John Ambulance First Aid point, give event on the pavement. This means them your running number and then SLOW RUNNERS you become a pedestrian; you will be wait for the sweep-up coach to stop London is one of the world’s busiest sharing the pavement with others and and pick you up. cities and we are required to keep to the you will need to cross the roads under schedule for reopening the roads to traffic. normal traffic conditions, as roads start There will be a doctor and Virgin Money to reopen to traffic. London Marathon event support personnel Our event only has priority over the roads on each coach. The team on the coaches on the route for the time that it takes a We understand that everyone wants to will ensure your details are passed on to seven-hour runner to reach the Finish. continue and finish the event and we the Information Point at the Finish. The Course Closed vehicle travels at a keep the Finish Line open until 18:40 (to seven-hour pace and crosses the Start allow eight-hour pace runners to finish). The sweep-up coaches travel the whole Line at 10:40 on Race Day, the same time Please note that participants must cross route at approximately seven-hour pace. as the final participants. the Finish Line by 18:40 to receive a medal You will be dropped off at the Finish and a finish time in the official results. Area and, if you do not require further The Course Closed vehicle is there for treatment, you will be able to retrieve two reasons: The guide below indicates the latest time your kitbag and make your way home. you must reach specific landmarks if you 1. To alert participants that they no longer are likely to complete the Marathon in The alternative is to make your own way have priority on the road and must seven hours or more and reach the Finish back to the finish to collect your belongings. move to the pavement. Line in time to receive a medal and a London Underground, the Docklands Light 2. To advise our teams on the ground, finish time in the official results. Railway and London Buses will honour your and the many contractor vehicles and running number as a free pass to enable cleansing crews, that they can start We will keep the Drinks Stations and you to get back to the Finish. work to derig the course and remove toilets open for as long as we can, but infrastructure such as mile markers, we cannot guarantee the availability of Our marshals at all the Underground barriers, the blue line and so on. these after the times indicated below. and DLR stations on the route will be able We urge slower participants to plan to direct you and give you instructions The guide below shows the latest time ahead and make provision for their own on how to get back to the Finish. They you must reach specific landmarks on drinks and other necessities. will also remove your IPICO Sports Tag the route to maintain a seven-hour pace from your running shoe and put a cross (based on the latest possible start time DROPPING OUT through your running number, so that we of 10:40). If you fall behind this schedule, There are two sweep-up coaches, which know that you have been accounted for.
You should head for Embankment station ROADS CLOSED TO PARTICIPANTS where our marshals will direct you back 7:00hr pace (completing 8:00hr pace (pace needed to receive to the Finish Area in The Mall to collect Location the event on the pavements) a medal & official finish time) your belongings. Start 10:40 10:40 London Underground and Docklands Cutty Sark (6.5 Miles) 12:25 12:40 Light Railway (DLR) offer free travel to all Tower Bridge (12.5 Miles) 14:00 14:25 runners until 17:00 on Race Day – simply Canary Wharf (18.5 Miles) 15:40 16:20 show your running number to station Tower of London (22.7 Miles) 16:45 17:40 staff. Friends and family will need to Finish Line Closed 18:40 purchase tickets as normal. 20 The Finish
FINAL INSTRUCTIONS The Finish
Piccadilly Circus Station
ra al ar are Charing Cross Strand Cockspur Street Northumberland Avenue Pall Mall Runner Meet & Greet T Whitehall A-B Green Park Carlton Ad iralt Ar h House Terrace Overseas Runners C Meet & Greet Queen’s Walk Runner Pall Mall Runner Meet & Greet Exit Meet & Greet I-J The Mall C-H orse ards
Horse Guards Road arade Marlborough Road Marl oro h o se ardens uar Horse G ds Av T enue Exit T Runner Meet & Greet i C K-M T Green Park Public Walkway R
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Finish Line Runner Parliament Street Meet & Greet N-Z
Constitution Hill St James’s Park King Charles Street
Victoria Embankment
Great George St in ha Spur Road B ala e A
C Queen Anne’s Gate’s Birdcage Walk Storey’s Gate Westminster E
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Buckingham Gate G ate Petty France KEY St James’s Park Two Way Public CrossingVictoria Point Pedestrians One Way The Route Toilets Secure Area - Runners Only Station One Way Public Crossing Point Route To Runner Meet & Greet St James’s Cafe Information C Changing
THE FINISH LINE Buckingham Palace Road Follow the signs, look out for the colour of very busy, so please note the following The Finish is in The Mall. As you cross your start and collect your baggage from advice. There will be meeting points on the Finish Line, try to keep moving. If you the lorry with your running number range The Mall and in Horse Guards Road and become distressed, our medical staff and displayed on it. Then move away from Horse Guards Parade with areas marked St John Ambulance officers will be on hand the baggage vehicle area and put on by letters of the alphabet – meet at your to care for you. Please make sure you do some warm clothing. family initial or at another pre-arranged not cover your running number with your letter. Overseas runners have their own arms, otherwise we will not be able to Please leave the secure area via the dedicated meet and greet area. identify you in the Finish Line photographs. designated exit point only. If the weather is poor, there are two covered changing For those of you who find large crowds Remember, only participants who finish areas available. Both of these are outside uncomfortable, we have a dedicated by 18:40 (eight hours and 40 minutes the secure Finish Area. Please refer to meeting point just off Whitehall, outside after the 10:00 race start time) will receive the Finish Area map (see above) for the very busy finish area. an official finish time and a medal. further details. For friends and family trying to get into SECURE FINISH THE ROYAL PARKS St James’s Park and the areas around The Finish Area is an 800m long secure The Royal Parks Agency has allowed the finish of the Marathon there are likely area with no public access. Once you us to use Horse Guards Parade, Horse to be queues and delays especially at have crossed the line you will first receive Guards Road and St James’s Park itself peak times. An alternative meeting point your medal. Then you will be offered as a runner meet and greet area and the outside of the Finish Area is advisable. a goody bag, which contains Buxton map above shows the layout of facilities. Spectators should allow extra time due Natural Mineral Water, Lucozade Sport, We are grateful to the Royal Parks Agency to the crowds. a foil blanket, food items and your sized for their assistance and ask that you finisher T-shirt. show your appreciation by treating the Please ask your friends and relatives to area with the respect it deserves and not meet you at one of these meeting points THE FINISH AREA littering the Park and surrounding areas. and ask them NOT to congregate around You should aim to retrieve your the exit from the secure area. This causes belongings from the baggage lorries as RUNNER MEET AND GREET massive congestion for exiting runners quickly as possible. The runner meet and greet area will be as well as other health and safety The Finish 21
FINAL INSTRUCTIONS ( ) The 10 The Finish continued Golden Rules!
issues for the large numbers of people in Also on Horse Guards Parade there will this area. Both the Police and our security be a St John Ambulance Station and personnel are under instructions not to our Information Point, as well as toilets. allow people to congregate here and to We are very limited in terms of space in move them along. this area and would ask that once you have been reunited with your friends and PLAN AHEAD relatives, you move on to allow access to Please make your arrangements to meet runners behind you. friends and relatives carefully – a little forward planning will prove extremely PLEASE REMEMBER... worthwhile. We strongly suggest that Tell your family and friends your running you have a contact landline telephone number and ask them to download number to relay messages to a third the official 2018 Virgin Money London 1) If you are concerned about your party who will be at home and will be Marathon app for iPhone and Android health in the run up to the London able to take calls and pass messages before Race Day. The app will be Marathon, go to see your GP. between you, should your plans go awry. available by 16 April.
2) Do not swap your number with a Please ask any friends or relatives to use The app allows your family and friends friend – we will not know who to contact the Spectator Guide app, which contains to use your running number to track you in an emergency if you do. a map of the Finish Area. along the race route to the Finish Line, which means they will know when to 3) Do not run the Virgin Money London In the unlikely event of the Finish Area come to meet you. Marathon on Sunday 22 April if you feel becoming unavailable as a result of a unwell in any way. serious incident on Race Day or the race To download the app, search for being stopped for some other reason, ‘Virgin Money London Marathon’ in the 4) Do not run in new shoes on Race Day. you are advised to agree an alternative iPhone or android app store, or visit And if you’re wearing fancy dress, make meeting place (our suggestion is not virginmoneylondonmarathon.com/ sure you train in your costume. within a mile of the Finish Area) with spectator-info friends and relatives. This will ensure you 5) Practise drinking on your long have a predetermined place to meet that Your running number is the easiest way training runs – hydration is a will be more accessible. for our Information Point staff to identify fine balance. Don’t start the race you on our database, so please make dehydrated, but nor do you need to Don’t rely on your mobile phone. sure anyone who is meeting you knows aggressively over-hydrate beforehand. Heavy mobile phone traffic on all your running number. networks means you may find it 6) Adapt your goals to the temperature difficult to get a signal in and around CHARITY RUNNERS and humidity on Race Day. If it is hot or the Finish Area. Therefore do not rely Running for a charity that has a reception humid, go slow. on mobile phones as your only means afterwards? Find out where it is – and of communication. how you will get there – in advance. 7) Drink according to your thirst – do not drink too much water or sports drink Remember you will most likely be tired Need to return to your coach for the journey during the race; you do not need to drink and weary, as well as proud of your home? Find out where it will be parked and at every water station. achievement, and meeting your friends how to get there before the race starts. and relatives after the event will be 8) Do not gulp large volumes of fluid difficult among perhaps 100,000 other Arranging to meet your friends and after the race – if you need to rehydrate, runners and relatives if you haven’t made relatives ‘at the finish’ is not adequate try to do so slowly. simple arrangements. and could lead to distress and frustration on both sides. Following the instructions 9) Do not take anti-inflammatories Please note that 50 per cent of runners above will help you to avoid this situation. such as ibuprofen before or during the finish in four hours plus. You are more race. Take paracetamol instead if you likely to run slower than faster than HEADING HOME need painkillers. your predicted time. After crossing the Remember, the Docklands Light Railway Finish Line it will take a minimum of 15 and London Underground will allow free 10) Write your name and emergency minutes and closer to 30 to 40 minutes travel up to 17:00 on their entire network contact details on the back of your to reach the runner meet and greet area. system to Virgin Money London Marathon running number. If you have any Remember to build these factors into runners only. Friends, relatives and medical conditions or take any your arrangements for meeting friends spectators will need to purchase tickets medications, write them down too. and relatives. as normal. 22 Medical Advice
FINAL INSTRUCTIONS Medical Advice
Read the following marathon medical advice carefully before you embark on your next 26.2-mile challenge, says Medical Director Professor Sanjay Sharma
Since 1981, more than one million runners if you have a problem that makes not be instantly available, but continuing have successfully completed the London it a risk to run a marathon. On the to run with these symptoms may shorten Marathon and many more will cross the following pages, you will find further your running career catastrophically! Finish Line safely in years to come. useful and comprehensive advice. Keep it handy and if you would like TRAINING Provided you follow these common- more detailed information on medical Muscular aches and pains occur most sense guidelines, you too will be a picture issues related to the marathon and commonly after an increase in training. of health as you cross the Finish Line of distance running in general, visit Training should be increased gradually the 2018 Virgin Money London Marathon virginmoneylondonmarathon.com. so that you do not suffer prolonged on Sunday 22 April. exhaustion. Separate days of heavy FIT TO COMPETE mileage with one or two days of lighter Leading UK road races like the Virgin Running is good for the heart and while training, or rest days, so that your body can Money London Marathon and the Great more than one million runners have refuel your muscles with muscle glycogen. North Run have come together to create successfully completed the London the runners’ medical resource – a unified Marathon, there have been several To reduce injury risk, vary your training stance on medical issues relating to fatalities from serious heart disease in runs, the running surface (parkland or running and triathlon events. As you runners apparently unaware that they hills), the pace and distance and do know, taking part in these events is had a problem. Their condition could not always use the same pair of shoes. beneficial to your health if you are aware have been detected if they had had Always run facing oncoming traffic of the correct ways to train, drink and eat. medical advice and the relevant heart and be visible – at night wear bright or Participants need to take responsibility tests. A ‘fitness test’ is not sufficient to reflective clothing. for their own health by equipping detect these problems. themselves with the right information. Stress fractures commonly occur in If you have a family history of heart endurance running and generally affect The following simple advice on how to disease or sudden death, or have a high the shin bones but may also affect the hip look after your body will help you to have risk from high cholesterol or high blood bone. Such fractures are more common a safe and healthy race. Make it your pressure, but particularly if you have in women. If you are a runner and have priority to be informed. symptoms of heart disease – such as noticed a gradual increase in hip or groin chest pain or discomfort on exertion, pain with running training or during a MEDICAL PROBLEMS sudden shortness of breath or rapid race you are advised to stop and seek Discuss any medical problems with palpitations – see your GP who can medical attention. Early diagnosis and your GP. This advice supplements arrange for you to have a proper cardiac management will prevent a potentially anything he or she says. See your GP assessment. Such an assessment may more serious injury from occurring. Medical Advice 23
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ILLNESS AND TRAINING If you have ‘flu, a feverish cold or a tummy bug, do not train until you have fully recovered. Then start gently and build up gradually. Do not attempt to catch up on lost mileage after illness or injury – this may cause further damage or illness.
If you have ‘flu it can take as much as a month to recover. If you cannot run 15 miles comfortably one month before DRINKING SAFELY are on a good mixed diet, but additional a marathon, you will not manage it in Drinking too little on the run can lead to vitamin C in small doses is reasonable safety or enjoy it – please do not run if problems, as you need to replace some when fresh fruit and vegetables are in this is the case. of the fluid you lose as sweat. Drinking too short supply. much can be very dangerous and lead to DRINKING hyponatraemia (water intoxication), fits Training (with adequate rest) Fluid lost in sweat must be replaced and even death. helps you to sustain a high level of otherwise your body becomes muscle glycogen if you eat enough dehydrated (short of water) and less Drink when you feel the need and do carbohydrate. If you can, eat within two efficient. Alcoholic drinks, tea and coffee not gulp large volumes of fluids before, hours of your long runs. This helps to are dehydrating. Take plenty of non- during or after the race. Your needs vary rapidly replace the muscle glycogen alcoholic drinks, especially when training with your build, your speed and above all and speeds recovery. in hot weather. Drink enough to keep your the weather. urine a pale straw colour. Do not change your normal diet Faster runners (under 3:30 for a marathon) drastically in the last week before a Drink plenty of liquids after training, on a warm day may need as much marathon, but eat less protein (meat) especially long runs, and practise drinking as a litre of fluid per hour (two pints). and eat more carbohydrate (pasta, during longer training runs. Try Lucozade Slower runners should need to drink less, bread, potatoes, cereals, rice and sweet Sport (which will be handed out during the particularly on a cool day, and should not things), especially for the last three 2018 Virgin Money London Marathon) in drink more than 500ml of fluid per hour. days when you should also be markedly training to see if you like it. It tastes quite reducing your training (tapering). different after 20 miles. Drinking on the run At the Virgin Money London Marathon needs practice. there will be frequent Buxton Natural This loads the muscles with glycogen Mineral Water stations so you do not and delays or prevents you ‘hitting Drink plenty of fluids but preferably no need to drink at every one, just swallow a the wall’. Unless you reduce your alcohol in the two days leading up to a mouthful of water occasionally. If you’ve protein intake, you will not eat enough race. Do not drink excessively just before trained successfully with Lucozade Sport, carbohydrate. (Not all runners are helped a race, during a race or gulp water after a have that as well. by first depleting carbohydrate with a race as you may develop hyponatraemia long run and low carbo diet and then (see ‘Drinking Safely’, below). After the Finish do not drink large loading as this can make your muscles amounts of water. It can be quite normal feel very heavy.) DRINKING ON THE DAY to not pass urine for several hours after Start every race well hydrated and if you a marathon. You can only rehydrate FEELING UNWELL? are not already bursting, drink half a (replace lost fluids) gradually over the Do not run if you feel unwell or have pint (250ml) of water or sports drink in next 24 to 48 hours. Try to eat some salty just been unwell, even if you are raising the half hour before the start. Do not be food as well as spacing out your drinks. money for charity. Most medical greedy and take extra bottles of drinking This way you will not get hyponatraemia emergencies occur in people who have water to pour over yourself as you may be and will still replace the water, salt and been unwell but do not wish to miss the depriving slower runners of much-needed glycogen lost in running the marathon. event. If you feel feverish, have been drinks. If it is hot on the day of the 2018 vomiting, have had severe diarrhoea or Virgin Money London Marathon, additional EATING any chest pains, or otherwise feel unwell, water will be provided and showers will Large doses of supplementary vitamins it is unfair to you, your family and your be set up on the course to help runners to and minerals (such as iron) are not charity to risk serious illness and become cool down. essential and produce no benefit if you a medical emergency. You are unlikely 24 Medical Advice
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to do yourself justice. There will be many AT THE FINISH Professor Sanjay other races. Once you have completed a race, Sharma do not stand about getting cold. Keep ON THE DAY walking, especially if you feel dizzy, and BSc (Hons), MD, Wear appropriate clothes for the weather drink to replace lost liquid. Get your kit FRCP (UK), FESC, when you’re racing. On a cold, wet day you and change into warm, dry clothing. is Professor can become very cold if you reduce your Foil blankets will not stop you from of Cardiology running pace or walk. A hat and gloves will becoming cold. at St George’s, prevent heat loss and are easily carried. University of Keep on drinking slowly and have London and the If it is hot, wear loose mesh clothing, start something to eat. Some runners feel Medical Director of the Virgin Money slowly and, if possible, run in the shade. faint more than half an hour after London Marathon, The Vitality Big Half, Please don’t wear multiple layers and finishing a race, often because they the Vitality London 10,000 and Prudential don’t try to attempt a personal best. Use have taken insufficient fluid and/or RideLondon. Follow Professor Sharma on shoes you know from experience will not not eaten anything. Again, do not Twitter @SSharmacardio give you blisters. drink excessively.
Runners using performance-enhancing The 2007 London Marathon was the hottest compounds that have not been licensed in its 36-year history and was sadly Think Before and regulated properly may experience noteworthy for the death of 22-year-old You Drink serious side effects and increase their David Rogers from hyponatraemia. There risk of developing heart disturbances were 12 other cases of hyponatraemia that culminate in sudden death. There the year before, six of whom required have been well-publicised cases of emergency treatment in hospital. runners inadvertently using compounds in an attempt to help them fight fatigue Again, it is likely that all of these runners during endurance events and this caused drank more than necessary for the hot detrimental effects on their health, resulting conditions, despite the official advice given in their death. by the London Marathon on safe drinking during the race. The 1996 London Marathon In one recent case, toxicology identified was run on a similarly hot day and, while Adequate preparation for a marathon traces of DMAA, which is an amphetamine- there were complaints about the water requires appropriate nutrition, hydration like substance. Although banned in sport, running out, we had no significant cases of and rest. Athletes often consume isotonic, the product was legally available at hyponatraemia. In 2003 there were plenty carbohydrate and protein drinks as well as the time and advertised as a powerful of drinks available for what was another energy gels and bars purchased in sports performance enhancing agent and the warm marathon day but on this occasion and health-food shops in preparation for warnings associated with the potential we had 15 hospital cases of hyponatraemia. the event, which is considered safe practice. harmful ingredients were not highlighted Many runners are drinking too much! on the product. Runners should avoid However, over the last two decades there consuming unregulated substances The Virgin Money London Marathon has have been an increasing number of bought over the internet. many Drinks Stations to ease congestion commercially available compounds that and allow access for the 41,000 expected claim to enhance performance. Some have Certain pain killers termed non-steroidal runners but supplies far more drinks than been found to contain substances banned anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) are needed. This ensures there is enough in other countries and other products (such such as brufen or naproxen can cause for everyone, including the slower runners as steroids) that are banned for use among problems with the kidneys in states of at the back. competitive athletes. Such products are dehydration and should be avoided within usually purchased via the internet and 48 hours of running the marathon. Muscular You do NOT need to drink at every should not be used by anybody training pain during this period should be treated water or Drinks Station. THINK before for a sports event like the marathon. with paracetamol. you DRINK. RELAX, WE’LL LOOK AFTER YOUR SPECTATORS!
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