London Marathon 2018: Which celebrities are running in this year’s marathon?
LONDON MARATHON 2018 is set to be one of the hottest on record and as thousands of runners prepare to hit the road which celebrities are running in this year’s marathon?
London Marathon 2018: Which celebrities are running in this year’s marathon?
This Sunday’s London Marathon is expected to be one of the hottest on record, with temperatures set to reach 24C.
Among the thousands of runners are a long list of celebrities who will be taking on the heat to beat the 26.2 mile course.
Everyone from TV personalities, to radio DJs, actors, and everything in between, are taking part to raise money for charity.
Her Majesty will step onto a special podium in front of the Round Tower in the grounds of Windsor Castle to push the start button at 10:00 am.
Her Majesty The Queen will be the official starter for the 2018 London Marathon.
Sir John Spurling, Chairman of London Marathon Events Ltd, said: “We are deeply honoured that Her Majesty The Queen has accepted the invitation to start the 2018 London Marathon.
“Especially as this will happen 110 years after the 1908 Olympic Marathon was started at Windsor Castle by the then Princess Mary, grandmother to The Queen.”
Prince Harry will also attend the marathon after the Queen has set the runners on their way as the official starter.
Harry, Patron of The London Marathon Charitable Trust, will make the presentations to the winners of the elite men, women, wheelchair and IPC races.
Chris Evans will be running again
Which celebrities are running in this year’s marathon?
Chris Evans
Best known for this Radio 2 show, The Chris Evans Breakfast Show, Chris Evans is taking on the challenge for charity.
He is switching out rubber tyres for running shoes after his recent work on BBC’s Top Gear show.
Taking on his fourth London Marathon, Chris is running for Children in Need, a charity he has helped raise millions for over the years.
Scott Mills
Radio 1 DJ Scott Mills will be running the marathon this year.
Stepping away from the mic on The Scott Mills Show, he will be running for Heads Together.
Radio 1 DJ Scot Mills
Ashley James prepares for the London Marathon
Marathon veteran Gordon Ramsay
Gordon Ramsay
A veteran of the London Marathon, Gordon Ramsay will be taking part again, running for Great Ormond Street Hospital.
The celebrity chef has a history with long-distance running, having once run ten consecutive marathons running up to 2009.
Katie Price
The former model will be tackling this year’s marathon dressed up as a lung, to raise awareness for her charity, the British Lung Foundation.
It’s been nearly ten years since Katie Price took on the marathon, in 2009, but she will be running for her mother, who was diagnosed with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.
Katie Price will be running again
Contestants from GBBO will be running
The Bakers Dozen
Several stars from the hit show, the Great British Bake Off will be burning the calories at this years marathon.
Seals Gbormittah and Frances Quinn, the 2013 series winner, will be joined by Chetna Makan, Jane Beedle, Kate Henry, Michael Georgiou, Mat Riley, Alvin Magallanes, Ian Cumming, Enwezoer Nzegwu, Beca Lyne-Pirkis, Richard Burr and Tom Gilliford.
They will all be running for various charities including Macmillan Cancer Support and World Vision.
Joel Dommett
Comedian and presenter Joel Dommett is known for his appearance in the 2016 series of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! Dommett returned to the I’m a Celeb team in 2017 as a presenter on the after show Extra Camp.
He will be running for Teenage Cancer Trust.
Comedian Joel Dommett
Tom Lister will be racing
BBC News at One presenter Sophie Raworth
Tom Lister
Lister rose to prominence as Emmerdale villain Carl King who was killed off in 2012. He has since moved into the West End, starring in various productions including a revival of 42nd Street.
He is running for Hope for Justice
Sophie Raworth
Raworth is a seasoned runner having taken part in marathons across the globe.
The BBC News at One presenter will be among the runners taking part.
Baasit Siddiqui
Baasit and his family shot to fame on the Channel 4 program Gogglebox where he, alongside his dad and brother, commentate on the week’s TV.
Siddiqui will be running his third marathon in a row for Cash for Kids.
Googlebox's Baasit Saddiqui