
Next weekend, over 40,000 people will pin on their numbers, limber up, and hit the streets for the 2024 London Marathon. Many of those people will be running for charities, some will have secured their places through a Good for Age entry, a few are members of England Athletics affiliated running clubs, a handful are elites, and some are lucky ones whose names were picked from over half a million entrants into the general entry ballot.
However they got there, every person will have to adhere to certain rules, some of which might come as a surprise. Here are seven things that you absolutely shouldn't do at the London Marathon