The 2024 TCS London Marathon, the most popular marathon on the planet and the world’s biggest annual one day fundraising event, was the most successful edition in the 44-year history of the event. On Sunday 21 April 2024, a record number of 53,875 participants completed the famous 26.2 miles from Greenwich to The Mall, shattering London’s existing world record by raising an incredible £73.5 million for charity, led home by Peres Jepchirchir (Kenya) who set a new women’s-only world record. Five days later, London broke another of its own world records with a staggering total of 840,000 people applying for a place in the ballot for 2025, an increase of 43% on the previous year which was the existing world record. One of London’s founding aims is “To have fun and provide some happiness and a sense of achievement in a troubled world”. The 2024 TCS London Marathon truly delivered.