Virgin Money London Marathon - Club and Championship places open

Club runners Virgin Money London Marathon

Athletics clubs registered with England Athletics, Scottish Athletics, Welsh Athletics and Athletics Northern Ireland can now apply for club entries into the 2017 Virgin Money London Marathon - Club secretaries will need to submit their application by Monday 28 November at 5pm. Championship places are also open.

Club entries

The Virgin Money London Marathon is once again be supporting affiliated clubs in the UK by allocating Club Marathon Places to them for the 2016 race. 

Athletics clubs registered with England Athletics, Scottish Athletics, Welsh Athletics and Athletics Northern Ireland can apply for club entries into the 2017 Virgin Money London Marathon. The number of entries given to each club is based on the number of affiliated first claim registered members over the age of 18 the club has.

Online club entries for the 2017 Virgin Money London Marathon are now open.
  

Club Marathon places

  • 1-99 members               1 place
  • 100-199                         2 places
  • 200-299                         3 places
  • 300 +                              4 places
      

How do I apply?

Club secretaries will need to submit their application by Monday 28 November at 5pm
If successful, they will be sent a username and password to register their club runners into the event.

It is the club secretary’s responsibility to ensure runners are entered and completed by the closing date of Monday 16 January 2017 at 5pm.
Failure to register will result in the runner not gaining an entry into the event.

Championship entries

If you're a member of an Affiliated Athletics Club and you achieve(d) a championship-qualifying performance for a marathon (or half marathon) in 2015 or 2016, you can now apply for a championship entry place in the 2017 Virgin Money London Marathon.

You needed to have completed a marathon (or half marathon) in the same time, or faster than, the times listed below – these are the official championship qualifying performance times. Your qualifying time must have been achieved after 1 January 2015:

  • Men: full marathon time sub 2h45, half marathon time sub 1h15    
  • Women: full marathon time sub 3h15, half marathon time sub 1h30


Runners will need to submit their application by the closing date of Monday 9 January 2017 at 5pm. If successful they will then need to complete the online registration form by the closing date of Monday 23 January at 5pm.