2013 London Marathon - Complete Coverage

Photo Credit: Victah Sailer/PhotoRun 2013 London Marathon Champions Priscah Jeptoo & Tsegaye Kebede

The London Marathon is the richest marathon in the world and is arguably more committed to its elite field than any other marathon in the country. Of course when the long-time race director is a past world record holder at 10,000m, it makes sense that he cares about the elite field and enjoys the prospect of trying to set new records at his own event. Admittedly the race director we refer to, David Bedford, has stepped down from his leadership role in the marathon as of 2012/2013, that spirit remains.

How did it all play out? Read the full stories:
The Men's Race
The Women's Race

The Elite Race Post-Race Writeups The Men's Race: For the second year in a row, the men's field went out well ahead of world record pace - but for the second year in a row it was not to be. Eight men ran through the half marathon in 1:01:34; and four men were still on WR pace as they passed mile 30K in 1:27:49. But the men could barely hold on and ran 1:04:30 for the second half. After being outkicked for third spot in 2012 and being passed over for an Olympics berth; Tsegaye Kebede did the kicking and busted into the lead ahead of a slowing Emmanuel Mutai. Kebede wins, Mutai runner-up and Ayele Abshero is third. Read the full story: The Men's Race The Women's Race: Tiki Gelana, the Olympic Gold Medalist and fastest woman in the field suffered a collision with a wheelchair and ultimately slowed to barely finish - had she not collided...who knows... Instead, after a slow first half, Priscah Jeptoo, the Olympic Silver Medalist and 2012 London Marathon third finisher, pushed the pace and ran away from the field to easily win in 2:20:15. Edna Kiplagat was second in 2:21:32 and Yukiko Akaba took third place in 2:24:43. Read the full story: The Women's Race We wrote the articles below pre-race, but they're still interesting to put it all in perspective... Race Preview The Fields/The Preview The men's race features some of the fastest in the world and 8 of 10 of the previous London Marathon field, the three Olympic medalists and the fastest man to ever run a marathon - all vying to prove they are the best. The women's field holds four women who have run sub-2:20 and a couple more who have come close. Only once have two women run better than 2:20 in the same women's-only marathon. Could we see that or better at London - we're sure they'll be going for it. Get Race Insight, a detailed starter list with accomplishments and More: Read the Marathon Preview / Starter Lists Previous Head-To-Head Performances/Meetings Many of the elite athletes at the 2013 London Marathon have faced off at other marathons. Take a look at our head-to-head display of all of the past meetings of these runners - you can learn a lot about these athletes by seeing how they've performed against each other in the past. Previous Elite Head-To-Head Performances Athlete Bios MarathonGuide.com has compiled biographies for many of the top men and women in the field - who they are, why you should care. These are some of the best marathoners in the world - some are race-hardened veterans and others are still fighting to show that they are the best of the best. Anything can happen on race day and it helps to understand who these men and women are. Men's Race - The Top Competitors Women's Race - The Top Competitors

Video Features Want to know what the London Marathon experience is like? From the elite race to the commoners race, we've compiled video footage that will help: athlete interviews, recaps of past races, inspirational stories, historical footage, and more... Athletes Interviews Race History Course Inspiration    What Others Are Writing... We're not the only ones who love this race, and we're not the only one covering it, but we hand-deliver links to press releases and news articles not written by the MarathonGuide.com staff, just for you. London Marathon Press Releases London Marathon News    Past Years... MarathonGuide.com has been covering the London Marathon since 2007. Our past coverage can tell you what has been the past strategy and from history we can learn about the future... London Marathon 2012 London Marathon 2011 London Marathon 2010 London Marathon 2009 London Marathon 2008 London Marathon 2007