The Flora London Marathon provides....

Finishers' medals Main Race32,000

Finishers' medals -Mini Marathon2,500

Goody Bags for runners Main Race32,000

Goody Bags for runners Mini Marathon2,500

Lorries transporting runners' kit50

Portable toilets (incl, start, course,

Mini Marathon and finish) 950

Urinal trough440ft

Urinal trailers3

Barriers in metres20,900 metres

Marshals at the start1,100

Marshals at the finish2,500

Marshals on the course3,050

St John Ambulance volunteers1,200

Ambulances68

First Aid Stations39

Stretchers500

Petroleum jelly88lbs

Sandwiches for runners Main Race32,000

Sandwiches for runners Mini Marathon2,500

Water stations23, one every mile from 3 miles into the course

Special drink stations8 - for the elite runners (where their chosen drinks are placed if required)

Lucozade Sport Stations5 - isotonic energy drink is available to runners at every 5 mile point from 5 miles

Bottles of waterover 710,000 bottles in total are distributed at the start, on the course and at the finish

Lucozade Sport (isotonic energy drink)120,000 33cl soft packs at the start and on thecourse

Blue line paint marking the course300 litres 3 stripe line

Pubs on the 26.2 mile course76

Pubs hosting charities 52

2001 Marathon background figures

32,009 participants finished in the 2001 Flora London Marathon (30,314 in the Main Race and 1,695 completing the adidas Mini London Marathon) - making it the largest mass participation event in the UK

475,453 runners have completed the Marathon since 1981