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Sportsmen (0) have run marathons* for more than a hundred years.
In March 1981, the first London Marathon (1) started.
7,747 people (2) competed in it. People (3) run the distance since 1981. It (4) began from Windsor Castle* to the White City Stadium in London. It (5) is 42,195 kilometres long. Women (6) compete marathons till 1984. Since the 1990s marathon running (7) has been a very popular sport. People (8) run marathons in their spare time. The record for the London Marathon (9) is 2 hours 8 minutes and 16 seconds in 1985. The London Marathon (10) is an international competition and street festival, all in one.