The Mini London Marathon was first held in 1985 and took place on the same day as the full London Marathon until 2022 when a major revamp of the event took place to make it accessible to more children and young people.
Now a stand-alone event in its own right which takes place the day before the TCS London Marathon, the 2024 TCS Mini London Marathon is on Saturday 20 April and will see about 14,000 children and young people run, walk, jog or push their way around either a one-mile or 2.6K course around St James’s Park in central London.
Previously just an event for the best young athletes in the country, the TCS Mini London Marathon is now open to all, with schools invited to enter children into the event. The aim is for the event to grow each year and by 2030 to have 50,000 participants – the same number as the TCS London Marathon.
The event has retained races for the best young athletes across the UK in the Championship category. Sir Mo Farah, Eilish McColgan, David Weir and Keely Hodgkinson are among the star names to have taken part in the Mini London Marathon in the past. To see a full list of past winners, see here.
The mass event follows and is free to enter. Furthermore, schools receive £10 from our title partner TCS for every participant aged 17 or under who finishes the event. The one-mile route is for children in Reception to Year 7 and the 2.6K route is for those in Years 4 to 12.
For more information on the mass events, visit here.
This year, WWF-UK has become the inaugural partner of the TCS Mini London Marathon and the TCS Mini London Marathon in schools.
The partnership will enable London Marathon Events (organisers of the TCS Mini London Marathon) and WWF-UK to work together to encourage more children and young people to be physically active while inspiring and equipping the next generation to be responsible stewards of our world.
WWF-UK supporter Joe Wicks will be at this year’s event to offer support and encouragement. For more information, see here.
In addition to the TCS Mini London Marathon is the TCS Mini London Marathon in schools which was first held in 2020. The event invites schools to enter their children and young people to run, jog, walk or wheel 2.6 miles in their school setting. The event is free and can be done any time between 15 April and 10 May. Schools are given toolkits to help prepare for the event and receive a trophy afterwards. For more information on the TCS Mini London Marathon in schools, see here.
Now a stand-alone event in its own right which takes place the day before the TCS London Marathon, the 2024 TCS Mini London Marathon is on Saturday 20 April and will see about 14,000 children and young people run, walk, jog or push their way around either a one-mile or 2.6K course around St James’s Park in central London.
Previously just an event for the best young athletes in the country, the TCS Mini London Marathon is now open to all, with schools invited to enter children into the event. The aim is for the event to grow each year and by 2030 to have 50,000 participants – the same number as the TCS London Marathon.
The event has retained races for the best young athletes across the UK in the Championship category. Sir Mo Farah, Eilish McColgan, David Weir and Keely Hodgkinson are among the star names to have taken part in the Mini London Marathon in the past. To see a full list of past winners, see here.
The mass event follows and is free to enter. Furthermore, schools receive £10 from our title partner TCS for every participant aged 17 or under who finishes the event. The one-mile route is for children in Reception to Year 7 and the 2.6K route is for those in Years 4 to 12.
For more information on the mass events, visit here.
This year, WWF-UK has become the inaugural partner of the TCS Mini London Marathon and the TCS Mini London Marathon in schools.
The partnership will enable London Marathon Events (organisers of the TCS Mini London Marathon) and WWF-UK to work together to encourage more children and young people to be physically active while inspiring and equipping the next generation to be responsible stewards of our world.
WWF-UK supporter Joe Wicks will be at this year’s event to offer support and encouragement. For more information, see here.
In addition to the TCS Mini London Marathon is the TCS Mini London Marathon in schools which was first held in 2020. The event invites schools to enter their children and young people to run, jog, walk or wheel 2.6 miles in their school setting. The event is free and can be done any time between 15 April and 10 May. Schools are given toolkits to help prepare for the event and receive a trophy afterwards. For more information on the TCS Mini London Marathon in schools, see here.