The London Marathon is a long-distance running event held in London, United Kingdom, part of the World Marathon Majors. The event was first run on 29 March 1981 and has been held in the spring of every year since.

This year a team of Royal Marines will run the marathon on 28th April for the new Royal Marines Museum in Portsmouth.

The new Royal Marines Museum, at the very heart of Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, will place the 355-year history of the Royal Marines firmly within the story of the Royal Navy.

For the first time the story of the Royal Marines a national story, but also a story with impact across the globe will be told in a building appropriate to its scale. The National Museums vision for the museum has developed following extensive audience research, consultation and activity planning and will transform access to this story, developing exciting new programmes and activities, and increasing visitors four-fold.

Watch out for updates from their training in the coming months.