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
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