London Marathon 2027 · Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 April

Got your place? Take Iten to London.

The first two-day London Marathon, and 100,000 runners on the start lines. Train, race and finish with a handmade Kenyan running band from the town that raised the world's best marathoners.

Find your race-day bandHome nation flags
£15
a band, handmade in Kenya
Free
UK delivery on every order
26.2
miles, Greenwich to The Mall
Back to back Jacks running band
Never Give Up running band

A band for every mile of London

Pick the word you'll need at mile 20, or the flag the crowd will cheer. Light enough to forget about until you need it.

  • For the wall at mile 20

    Never Give Up

    Two words to glance at on the Isle of Dogs, when the legs go quiet and the Embankment still feels a long way off.

    £15.00Shop this band

  • For the PB chaser

    Run Faster

    For the runner with a target time written on the fridge and a training plan to match.

    £15.00Shop this band

  • For the home crowd

    Back to back Jacks

    Union Jack red, white and blue, for the run down The Mall past Buckingham Palace.

    £15.00Shop this band

  • For the medal afterwards

    Kudos Medal Coaster

    Somewhere to show off the London medal that isn't a drawer. A coaster for every day after.

    £18.00Shop the coaster

  • Not sure which they'd choose?

    Gift vouchers

    £5–£50

    Emailed on the day you choose, with your message and a photo. Spend online within 12 months.

    Buy a voucher

Your road to 24 & 25 April

Now: build your base

Most plans run about 16 weeks, so these are easy miles before the real one starts. Pick the word or flag you'll race with.

By 20 December: order for Christmas

Our last posting date for Christmas. The gift for anyone in your house who's running London.

Early January: 16 weeks to go

Most plans start here. Wear the band through every long run so it's part of the routine on the day.

24 & 25 April: race weekend

Greenwich to The Mall. Then it lives on your wrist as the reminder you did it.

Run for your flag

See all the flag bands

From Iten to The Mall

Where champions train

Iten, 2,400 metres up in Kenya's Rift Valley, is where many of the world's best marathon runners live and train.

Made by hand

Beaded by Maasai artisans in Kenya from glass beads. No two quite the same.

Running for charity?

So is your band. For every band sold we make a donation that helps young Kenyan runners.

Through the letterbox

Small, light and posted free anywhere in the UK.

Charity teams and running clubs

Running London as a team? A band each is a small thing that makes a group photo on The Mall look like a team. For bigger groups we can help.

Message us with how many you need and when, and we'll come back with what we can do.

What to write on yours

Most London runners choose a word that gets them through the hardest stretch: Never Give Up for the last 10k, Run Faster for a target time, or their flag for the crowds on the Embankment.

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