Emile Cairess and Eilish McColgan headline the British fields for this year’s TCS London Marathon.
A strong British contingent will take to the start line of the TCS London Marathon on Sunday 26 April, spearheaded by Emile Cairess and Eilish McColgan.
Cairess, who’s PB is 2:06:46, will have Mo Farah’s British Record (2:05:11) in his sights. 2:05:39 from 2019, the fastest by a British athlete at the London Marathon. He missed last year’s event through injury and was forced to withdraw from the World Championships in Tokyo mid-race.
After making his debuts at last November’s New York City Marathon, Patrick Dever will also compete. Dever finished an impressive fourth in his marathon debut, and will look to impress again at his second marathon major. They will be joined by Phil Sesemann, who improved his PB to 2:07:10 at the Valencia Marathon last month.
With Mahamed Mahamed, Weynay Ghebresilasie and Tewelde Menges due to race, six British men who have run inside 2:10:00 feature on the start list.
Eilish McColgan returns to the capital after a debut of 2:24:25 last year. Most recently, she set a European Record of 30:07 at the Valencia 10k. She will be joined by Jess Warner-Judd, who like Dever made her debut in New York last year. Warner-Judd finished seventh in 2:24:45. She knows the final part of the course well, having won the Mini London Marathon four times.
Also due to race are Charlotte Purdue and Abbie Donnelly, who has improved to 2:24:11 after making her marathon debut last year.
British Male Elite Field
– Emile Cairess (GBR, 2:06:46)
– Mahamed Mahamed (GBR, 2:07:05)
– Philip Sesemann (GBR, 2:07:10)
– Patrick Dever (GBR, 2:08:58)
– Weynay Ghebresilasie (GBR, 2:09:50)
– Tewelde Menges (GBR, 2:09:58)
– George James (GBR, 2:10:10)
– Jake Smith (GBR, 2:11:00)
– Marc Scott (GBR, 2:11:19)
– Jack Rowe (GBR, 2:12:31)
– Andrew Fyfe (GBR, 2:13:20)
– Alex Milne (GBR, 2:14:03)
– Peter Le Grice (GBR, 2:14:45)
– Sean Hogan (GBR, 2:14:51)
– Christopher Thomas (GBR, 2:14:55)
– Jake Barraclough (GBR, 2:14:55)
– Chris Perry (GBR, 2:14:57)
– David Bishop (GBR, 2:15:16)
– Charlie Sandison (GBR, 2:15:38)
– William Mycroft (GBR, 2:15:54)
– Alfie Manthorpe (GBR, Debut)
British Women Elite Field
– Charlotte Purdue (GBR, PB 2:22:17)
– Rose Harvey (GBR, 2:23:21)
– Abbie Donnelly (GBR, 2:24:11)
– Eilish McColgan (GBR, 2:24:25)
– Jessica Warner-Judd (GBR, 2:24:45)
– Lucy Reid (GBR, 2:26:35)
– Louise Small (GBR, 2:27:48)
– Alice Wright (GBR, 2:28:48)
– Verity Hopkins (GBR, 2:31:19)