The 2024 London Marathon has started off on the right foot

Over 500,000 people have signed up for the 2024 London Marathon lottery

Runners pass through the Cutty Sark at around km 10 of the 2023 London Marathon (photo: Chloe Knott)

The lottery for the 2019 London Marathon had an absurd number of entries: 457,000 people, a record so far for the London race and in the pre-pandemic phase. Remember this one that was beaten with an even more absurd amount for the 2024 edition, scheduled to take place on April 21: 578,374 subscribers, which makes the desire to run the London Marathon the greatest in the world.

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Hugh Brasher, Events Director for the TCS London Marathon, had this to say: “This is amazing. This new record reflects the inspirational effect of the London Marathon that took place on April 23rd. We saw a record number of finishers, 48,600, on race day and over 8,200 kids at the London Mini Marathon the day before. We work to inspire people to stay active at all ages and abilities, and these figures show what the London Marathon weekend is capable of. The unique camaraderie and togetherness that participants feel when they are part of the race continues to elicit an extraordinary desire from people to be a part of it. It’s an event that inspires people to run and raises millions for charity.”

Superlatives aside from what the race director said, the entry numbers for the race lottery are truly off the charts.

And know that not even half of the number of vacancies are reserved for the draw, since the organization’s priority is those who choose to raise funds for charity in exchange for entering the race. As an example, we can say that only the 2022 edition raised BRL 368 milliona number that should be surpassed by this year’s edition, which had around 8,000 runners more than last year.