The Bupa London 10,000 is a great race presented by the London Marathon and beginning and ending in St. James’s Park. It also takes place on part of the course likely to be used for the 2012 Olympic Marathons.
Up to 10,500 fun runners, celebrities and charity fund raisers took part in the 2011 race, be part of that crowd next year.
The race starts on Birdcage Walk and follows an anti-clockwise route around the City of Westminster and the City of London via Parliament Square, Embankment, Blackfriars Bridge, Queen Victoria Street, Cannon Street, Great Tower Street, Crutched Friars, Fenchurch Street, Leadenhall Market, Cornhill, Queen Victoria Street, Puddle Dock, Embankment, Horseguards Avenue, Whitehall and via Trafalgar Square to the Finish in The Mall.
Runners pass many of London’s famous sights, including Westminster Abbey, Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, The London Eye, Cleopatra’s Needle, Tate Gallery, Millennium Bridge, The Monument, Lloyds of London, Leadenhall Market, Bank of England, Mansion House, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Horseguards, Nelson's Column and Admiralty Arch. Buckingham Palace acts as the backdrop to the start and finish.
The 2012 race will be held on Sunday 27th May, starting at 11am.
Online entry for the Bupa London 10,000 is open. Dyslexia Action and It's ME! need you to to take part in 2012 race and run for us and make a difference to the lives of people with dyslexia. Dyslexia Action also has guaranteed space in the 2012 Bupa London 10,000 contact Lucy McNally for more information and to secure your place.