‘Record Numbers Apply for 2025 London Marathon’

BBC reports:

Event organisers said more than 840,000 applications had been received, smashing the previous record of 578,000 set by last year’s ballot.

The London Marathon is the largest marathon in the world, with 54,218 starters and 53,700 finishers for their 2024 edition, which was held just this past weekend.

Given what I just posted about the growth of trail running I now wonder if trail running is growing on the back of a general running boom, or if the “new” visuals of trail running is driving people to running in general.