‘It’s one of the best things about London’: Locals on the London Marathon

We ask Londoners how they feel about their city’s marathon.

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00:00Yeah, so I've run the London Marathon a couple of times before.

00:04It's one of the most amazing events I've ever been part of from start to finish.

00:09You have strangers cheering you along the way.

00:12The organisation is fantastic from the time you get to Greenwich and drop your bag off.

00:19No problem, it makes money for charity.

00:22I've had friends who've done it a few years ago, made money for charity.

00:28No, I've got no problem with that.

00:29The medals are there, the support is amazing.

00:34Running a marathon is a difficult thing.

00:37You have to put a lot of training in.

00:39But yeah, over 50,000 people manage to do it every year.

00:43I think it's a testament to the support that Londoners have.

00:49I'd recommend anyone who wants to go and see a spectacle, a sporting spectacle,

00:55to make their way down there and cheer the people who are putting in the effort.

00:59that's okay.

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