London Marathon runners to be greeted by Marie Curie’s poignant Daffodil Runner

The Daffodil Runner, commissioned by Marie Curie, the 2026 TCS London Marathon Charity of the Year, at Potters Fields Park, the halfway point of the race (David Parry Media Assignments/PA) - (PA Wire)

A running figure covered with 557 steel daffodils, representing the number of people who die every day in the UK without the end-of-life care they need, will greet TCS London Marathon runners as they collect their bib numbers for Sunday’s event.

The flower is the symbol of Marie Curie, the event’s charity of the year, and The Daffodil Runner sculpture has been designed to make people think about the “growing scale of the end-of-life care crisis”.