If you have been marathon training ahead of tackling the London Marathon for the first time this year, you’ll have spent a few months preparing yourself for the physical demands of running 42.2km (we hope!). You may also have prepared mentally by working out strategies for pushing through when the going gets tough.
There are, however, aspects of the London Marathon that are hard to prepare for if you haven’t done it before. With more than 40,000 people on the course and several times that number lining the London Marathon route to cheer them on, it’s one of the best races in the world. Even if you’ve completed one or two other races the chances are they won’t have entirely prepared you for what you’ll experience on the streets of the UK’s capital.
