How Far Is The London Marathon?

The London Marathon is 26.2 miles in length in kilometres this works out to around forty two kilometres. It is the length that killed the first ever marathon runner in Greece.
The other known facts and figures related to the London Marathon that took place in the year 2005 include the fact that thirty thousand runners participated, a staggering seven hundred and ten thousand bottles of water were consumed, four hundred and forty feet of urinal space was used by the runners, each runner shed a little over a litre of water by sweating and with over forty thousand runners in the year 2006 it is the biggest marathon in the world.
The second biggest Marathon after the London Marathon is the New York City Marathon. In the year 2006 the New York City Marathon had approximately thirty seven thousand participants.