FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
27 July: A message from Hugh Brasher,
Event Director, Virgin Money London Marathon
The following message was sent to participants in the 2020 Virgin Money
London Marathon.
Dear Participant
We hope that all is well with you and your loved ones.
Over the past month, we have been working closely with the Department for
Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, the Mayor's Office, UK Athletics, TfL, The
Royal Parks, the emergency services and our many partners in London. We are
extremely grateful to all of the authorities in London for their continued
help and support for the London Marathon.
Some of you will have seen that a pathway for the return of mass
participation running events was published on Tuesday 21 July. As a result,
we expect you will see many more announcements of races going ahead in
August, September and beyond.
Those documents were produced by UK Athletics (our sport's governing body)
in consultation with the medical profession, London Marathon Events (that's
us) and other large mass participation event organisers, and are in line
with the work we have been doing over many months to show how we can
socially distance the Virgin Money London Marathon on Sunday 4 October.
However, there are areas within these documents requiring further
consultation with local NHS Trusts, the emergency services and local
authorities which means we are still unable to confirm our plans for
another 10 days, when that consultation will have been completed.
I realise that this uncertainty is far from ideal and I would like to thank
you for your patience and understanding in these very challenging
circumstances.
We know how important the Virgin Money London Marathon is to you, to
charities and in showing the world the wonderful spirit of London, of Great
Britain and of our running community. So please bear with us while we
finish the extensive work we have been doing to try to enable us to run
together, safely.
I will be in contact with our final decision and the options available to
you no later than Friday 7 August.
Best wishes,
Hugh Brasher
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