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Why does everyone want to run the London Marathon?

Why does everyone want to run the London Marathon?

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It's London Marathon week, and all week, The
Sports Agents will be finding out why it's the world's most
popular race...

Gabby and Mark catch up with four time-Olympian and Commonwealth
10,000m champion, Eilish McColgan, who's running
her first ever marathon almost 30 years after her mum won the
race. She's broken all of her mum's other records - so can she
break this one? And what's it like being an elite marathon
newbie, learning how to take on gels and beat the wall?

Former England cricket captain Andrew Strauss
will be running for the Ruth Strauss Foundation, in honour of his
late wife. Does he think he can beat his ex-England team-mate
Alastair Cook? Will he be trying the run-walk method again? And
what's it like being a celebrity runner at London?

Plus, we react to Leeds and
Burnley's promotion to the Premier
League - and try to figure out what on earth is a fire
beast?! And we react to Shelly-Ann
Fraser-Pryce's showing the other parents how it's down
at school sports day.

The 2026 TCS London Marathon ballot opens Friday 25 April to
Friday 2 May. For more information go to tsclondonmarathon.com.

Executive Producer: Adonis Pratsides

Producer: Sophie Penney

Video Producers: Sam Trudgill

Social Media Editor: Calum Scotland

Guest Booker: Kirsty Giddings

Tom Hughes is Editor for The News Agents podcast network

Vicky Etchells is the Commissioning Editor for Global

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