London Marathon 2019 Live
Date: Sunday, April 28
Time: 4:15 a.m. ET (women), 5 a.m. ET (men)
Starting location: Greenwich Park (London)
TV: NBC Sports Network
Stream: fuboTV (Try for free), NBCSports.com, NBC Sports app, NBC Sports Gold
When the London Marathon begins on Sunday, it won't just feature the latest talent of the Abbott World Marathon Majors. It'll also showcase one of the strongest elite fields in marathon history.
That's according to the Virgin Money-sponsored event, which covers 26.2 miles as part of the six-race global Majors competition that also includes the Boston and Chicago Marathons. Buoyed by a sporting festival and a running field that's grown to more than 35,000 finishers in recent years, the London Marathon is a world-class display of stamina and some of the city's finest landmarks, with the course weaving through roads near Big Ben, Hyde Park, the Tower of London and Buckingham Palace.
Among the biggest names set to participate: Three-time London Marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge, who set the marathon's course record (2:03:05) in 2016, set the world marathon record (2:01:39) in Berlin just this past September and has gone one his last nine marathons; four-time Olympic gold medalist and 2018 Chicago Marathon champion Mo Farah; Ethiopian star Shura Kitata, who finished second in London and New York City in 2018; and Emily Sisson, who had the second best half-marathon finish for American women earlier this year.
Here's everything you need to know to catch Sunday's big event, which begins with the women's elite race at 9:15 local time:
How to watch
The surge of the adrenaline, the smell of the vaseline, the shine of the silver foil blanket - it's London Marathon time on the streets of the UK's capital city. 26.2 gruelling miles in all, it's one of the world's most famous long-distance road races and thankfully getting a 2019 London Marathon live stream is a heck of a lot easier than trying to compete in the thing.
And the 2019 edition is likely to be one of the most watched in recent years, thanks to the presence of one Sir Mo Farah. Yep, Mo's back again.
But with the fastest marathon time of 2hrs 1mins 39secs set by Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge in Berlin last year, he's the one to watch. Will it be misery or the Mobot? Either way, TechRadar will tell you how to live stream all the Marathon action.
But the London Marathon isn't just about the so-called elite runners. It's the fun runners, wheelchair athletes and plethora of weird and wacky fancy-dress costumes that make the event so iconic. Around 40,000 people will be running today, the vast majority fulfilling long held dreams.
And the great news is that getting a live stream of the 2019 London Marathon is really easy, as the BBC has the rights to show it in all its glory - just as it has since the inaugural year in 1981. And even if you live outside the UK keep reading as we’ll show you how to live stream the London Marathon 2019 from wherever you are in the world.
