Spot the Celebrities at the 2010 Virgin London Marathon

UPDATE Check out the actual celebrity 2010 Virgin London Marathon finishing times here

So yesterday there was the announcement of two withdrawals from the 2010 Virgin London Marathon.

The first was Martin Lel, who has previously won in 2005, 2007 and 2008 with a PB of 2:05:15. Lel was aiming to be the first man in history to win the London Marathon 4 times but had to pull out due to suffering prolonged pain in his right shin during training.

The second was Katie Price, or Jordan who started training two weeks ago and was aiming to beat her last years time of 7hours and 11minutes.

Comparing the coverage of these two withdrawals, its clear what is important to the national press regarding one of the world’s premier sporting events. Aside from the money raised for charities, the most important aspect of the marathon is exposure for celebrities and wannabes, forget about the elite inspirational athletes who actually will win the race.

In order to join in the celebrity exposure we have given you a run down of those taking part and their predicted times. Don’t know when these times were given, because as any runner knows when you enter in October you are always over optimistic so you can start in a good pen, and nearer the date you always predict slower so you don’t disappoint yourself or  your supporters.

So if you are competing on the 25th you can use the list to motivate yourself over who you will not allow yourself to be beaten by. If you are supporting on the streets you can guesstimate when you will see these running celebs. And if you won’t be anywhere near London on the day you can try and work out who these ‘famous’ people are.

UPDATE Check out the actual finishing times here

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