London Marathon 2025: How to sign up for next year’s ballot

If the London Marathon festivities over the weekend have inspired you to don your running shoes and take part yourself, here's how you can sign up for the 2025 ballot.

Sunday’s race was one of the largest marathons in the capital yet, with around 50,000 runners taking part.

More than a million have completed the course since the first race in 1981. 

The public ballot for next year's race is already open and offers hopeful participants a chance to join in on the capital festivities next year if they are one of the lucky entries drawn.

Below is everything you need to know about the London Marathon 2025 ballot and how to sign up.

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How to sign up for the 2025 London Marathon ballot

Those wanting to run in next year’s event can sign up to the 2025 London Marathon ballot via the website Let's Do This.

The ballot is drawn at random and those lucky enough to be selected will be offered a chance to run in next year’s race.

It is free to sign up for the ballot but if you do get offered a place you’ll need to pay the full entry fee of £69.99.

The public ballot will be open for applications for only a few more days as the official closing date is April 27, 2024. 

If you didn’t manage to get a spot in the public ballot, it may not be the end of your marathon journey as there are a few other ways of taking part including running for a dedicated charity and raising money for it.

A number of charities are given set entry places each year. However, those selected will need to agree to raise a minimum amount of money for the charity they are representing.