Marta is a Burgess regular who sometimes leads the warm-down at the end. Photo credit Geoffrey. With the London Marathon, a 26-mile race taking place on 26th, in the year ending 2026, it was always destined to be a special one. World Records in the men's and women’s races, two sub-2-hour marathoners and a marathon attendance pb lead the list of firsts from the day. Behind these extraordinary headlines, there were so many stories of triumph and success, with Burgess parkrunner