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A lonely fun runner treks across Tower Bridge, hotly pursued by the marathon clean-up operation <B>Ollie Meats</b>

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A single female runner heads the other way to the male competitiors after 13/21miles at Wapping <B>Conor Cotter</b>

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The wombles leave the common to put themselves to the test in the marathon <b> Mike Dryland </b>

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Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay takes a breather after around 22 miles near St Katherine's dock <B>Alex Shackleton</b>

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A solitary onlooker watches as a runner carries the Union Jack on their way round the course <B>Jonathan Yee</b>

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Two fun runners feel the strain as their costumes begin to stop being funny <B>N J Ingham</b>

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An aerial shot of the runners taken from the Millennium Bridge <B>Cecilly Porritt</b>

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A charity runner poses with her medal after completing the gruelling course <B>Jim Green</b>