A man will be competing in his own London Marathon – 200 miles from the capital. Wheelchair-user Kalem Bennett, from Hull, was initially accepted for the event, but had to withdraw after organisers said he had not reached the times required for the racing wheelchair competitors.

Although the winners as not as well paid as in some other iconic sporting events, the elite men’s and women’s able-bodied races and men’s and women’s wheelchair races had a prize pot of $308,000 (£243,000) with the winners receiving $55k (£44k) each.