before by kipchoge in a race with pacers but in an official race i do think kelvin kiptum could have been the first man to go under two hours. of course that talent was cut short and he was remembered at the start of the race today. of the race today. have you run a marathon of the race today. have you run a marathon before, of the race today. have you run a marathon before, matt? - of the race today. have you run a marathon before, matt? i- of the race today. have you run a marathon before, matt? i have i of the race today. have you run a i marathon before, matt? i have run a few marathons. marathon before, matt? i have run a few marathons. i marathon before, matt? i have run a few marathons. i ran marathon before, matt? i have run a few marathons. i ran one marathon before, matt? i have run a few marathons. i ran one last - few marathons. i ran one last weekend, actually. i m still a little bit stiff today! truth? weekend, actually. i m still a little bit stiff today! w
most inclusive marathon ever and thatis most inclusive marathon ever and that is because all four races in the elite category will take home the elite category will take home the same prize money, a4,004 first, 24,000 the same prize money, a4,004 first, 2a,000 per second and 18,000 for third place. and the last elite category to cross the finish line was the men s and that was another brilliant race and kenya again took the win, crossing the line versus just ahead of ethiopia. so a fantastic time here in the elite category, but you know as well as i do it is notjust about the elites crossing the line first. it is about the charity runners as well, many of whom will be in fancy dress and i reckon in about half an hour, you will see a heavy flow coming round the corner with buckingham palace in the background and heading down the mall. fine palace in the background and heading down the mall- down the mall. one lady is running with a fridge down the mall. one lady is running with a
the london marathon, one of the world s biggest mass participation sporting events, is well under way. the bbc s matt graveling is in london what a day so far and we are yet to have any charity runners come through. we have seen the finish of the elite men and women and wheelchair and there have been some records broken already today. kelvin kiptum has smashed the men s record today in london with the second fastest time ever, the only man who has ever gone faster as the kenyan who won his debut marathon last year and valencia with a really strong second half and that is what he did here in london. a huge second half of the marathon today crossing the line to a three places in front of the second place rival. in the women s, a bit of a shock because track superstar, the railing olympic
next 20 minutes with myself hug dominating that, looking as if he will win for the third time in a run and they are billing the women s race is one of the best fields ever assembled in the world with last years winner coming back to try and compete but what we can say is that one of the elite runners pulled out he held the world record she pulled out within the first three minutes, we thought she might be able to beat the course record. but it is not just about the elite athletes, it s about thousands of charity runners coming here to raise millions of pounds for charity every single gear so let s look around. 0ver there you can see some of the interest that we have in the race every year, world broadcasters, some camera crews from finland and also, less turning around here, lots of camera crews