When and Where to Watch the 2020 Virgin Money London Marathon

On Sunday, Oct. 4, the rescheduled London Marathon will be run with elite-only fields completing 19.6 laps of a 1.34-mile circuit around St James’s Park in central London.

When to Watch the 2020 London Marathon

Local start times will be:

Elite Women: 7:15 BST (6:15 GMT),
Elite Men: 10:15 BST (9:15 GMT),
Wheelchair: 13:12 BST (12:12 GMT)

In the US, that translates to:

Elite Women: 2:15 a.m. EDT
Elite Men: 5:15 a.m. EDT
Wheelchair: 8:12 a.m. EDT

Where to Watch the 2020 London Marathon

NBC Sports Network will have live coverage beginning at 2:00 a.m. EDT on Sunday, Oct. 4. The subscription-only NBC Sports Gold will also stream the race live. The Olympic Channel will air a full replay at 2:30 p.m. EDT.

BBC coverage in the UK will start at 7:00 a.m. local time.

International broadcasts can be found here.

Press conferences and pre-race coverage can be found on the London Marathon Youtube channel.

Who to Watch at the 2020 London Marathon

Kenenisa Bekele, the second-fastest marathoner in the world (2:01:41) announced on Friday morning, October 2 that he had to withdraw from the race due to a calf injury. So we’ll have to wait for the highly anticipated match up between him and Eliud Kipchoge (world record 2:01:39,  exhibition 1:59:40).

But there will still be plenty of opportunity for fireworks. The field also contains six other runners — all Ethiopians — who have broken 2:05:

Mosinet Geremew   2:02:55
Mule Wasihun   2:03:16
Sisay Lemma   2:03:36
Tamirat Tola   2:04:06
Marius Kipserem   2:04:11
Shura Kitata  2:04:49

The women’s field is topped by world record-holder Brigit Kosgei (2:14:01).

Kosgei will have competition from five others who have bested 2:20:

Ruth Chepngetich   2:17:08
Roza Dereje   2:18:30
Vivian Cheruiyot   2:18:31
Valary Jemeli   2:19:10
Degitu Azimeraw   2:19:26

Americans in the field include Jared Ward (2:10:45), Sarah Hall (2:22:16), Molly Seidel (2:27:31) and Lindsay Flanagan (2:28:08).