You’ll cross the finish line on Whitehall, just before the Cenotaph. The clock will be ticking somewhere between 9:30 AM and 12:30 PM, depending on your pace. Your medal will be bronze (and surprisingly heavy).
Take a moment. Look back at the route you just carved through two thousand years of history. You ran past where Dickens wrote, where Churchill commanded, and where the Beatles walked.
The 8:30 AM start time isn’t just logistics. It’s a gentle nudge to say: the most beautiful things happen early, before the world gets loud. Whether you finish in two hours or three, you’ve added your footsteps to a very old, very grand city.
And that, dear runner, is a start time worth waking up for.
