The qualification interval and software course of for each Championship and Good For Age locations will likely be aligned for subsequent 12 months’s version
The TCS London Marathon has introduced new Good For Age instances forward of subsequent 12 months’s version.
In comparison with 2025, the 2026 London Marathon Good For Age qualification marks are three minutes sooner in every age bracket for males and two minutes sooner in every age bracket for ladies.
Nonetheless, in each the 85-89 and 90+ classes, the instances are the identical as final 12 months.
Assembly the qualifying time won’t assure a Good For Age place however merely offers you the chance to submit an software.
Locations will as an alternative be allotted on a ‘quickest first’ foundation comparative to age and the qualifying time.
The whole variety of Good For Age locations for the 2026 London Marathon will likely be capped at 6000 locations – 3000 males and 3000 ladies.
London Marathon (LME)
The qualifying interval for each Championship and Good For Age locations has additionally been aligned and will likely be October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025.
You may solely be eligible for a Good For Age place if you’re a UK resident and your class is predicated on the age you had been once you ran the time, not on the day of the 2026 London Marathon itself.
Qualifying instances should have been run at an in-person occasion that has an authorized marathon course or on the digital 2025 London Marathon.
In-person race programs should have been licensed by UKA, the Affiliation for Worldwide Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS), or a nationwide governing physique for distance operating for the nation through which the race is held.
These are the GFA 2026 marks beneath:
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