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Your Participant Guide, which includes everything you need to know about getting to the Start Line, will be emailed to you several weeks before the event. You can also view it on our site.

You’ll need to collect your Event Pack and New Balance T-shirt (if you opted to receive one) from the TCS London Marathon Running Show from Wednesday 22 to Saturday 25 April.

We’ll email you a unique QR code to collect these items. Your QR code is also available in the 2026 TCS London Marathon App, under ‘My Marathon’ – in the ‘Event Pass’ section.

To see which roads are affected on Event Day, read our road closure info.

To see what adaptive equipment you can use on Event Day and the support we offer, read our participants with disabilities info.

You have eight hours to finish the marathon. If you’re unable to maintain this pace, but wish to continue, you’ll need to move onto the pavement for safety reasons. Our team will support you to the Finish Line. 

Please note that the St James’s Park Finish Line will close at 23:59:59 on Sunday 26 April. If you fall behind the eight‑hour pace, our team may carry out occasional manual bib scans. This simply helps us to keep track of your progress and location once some of the timing equipment begins to be packed away. Thanks for your understanding, and we’ll be cheering you on every step of the way!