All of the celebrities who are running the London marathon 2025: From soap stars to TV legends and a comedian who is joining forces with McFly star
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Plenty of celebs will be taking part in this year's London Marathon alongside thousands of runners.
A record number of people applied to take part in this year's London Marathon, with more than 840,000 applications received.
But only 56,000 runners are due to complete the whopping 26.2 miles - the largest amount of people so far.
Joe Wicks is returning to support his new charity the Body Coach Foundation after previously claiming he would 'never' do a marathon again after his painful run in 2015.
Comedian Romesh Ranganathan and radio star Adele Roberts are back for the second year running, with plenty of first timers alongside them.
From soap stars to reality stars, TV personalities and fitness fanatics, MailOnline lists all the stars who will be taking part in the 2025 London Marathon on Sunday.
Comedian Joel Dommett (L) and McFly star Harry Judd (R) are joining forces at the 2025 London Marathon on Sunday
From soap stars to reality stars, TV personalities and fitness fanatics, MailOnline lists all the stars who will be taking part in the 2025 London Marathon on Sunday (Adele Roberts pictured)
Joe Wicks
After promising himself he would 'never' do a London Marathon again following an incredibly 'painful' experience running it in 2015 - Joe Wicks is back.
The fitness fanatic will be running alongside three winning members of the public who applied to join him on this year's run for his the Body Coach Foundation.
Sharing the news on Instagram in January, Joe said: 'This year, I’m going to be running the TCS 2025 London Marathon.
'I did the marathon only once back in 2015 and it was one of the most painful experiences I’ve ever had, and I promised myself I would never do it again.
'But this year I have a really special reason and extra motivation to run it. I have just launched the Body Coach Foundation - a brand new charity aimed at helping communities and individuals get moving for their physical and mental health.
After promising himself he would 'never' do a London Marathon again after an incredibly 'painful' experience running it in 2015 - Joe Wicks is back
The fitness fanatic will be running alongside three winning members of the public who applied to join him on this year's run for his the Body Coach Foundation
'This is something I’ve wanted to do for a really long time, and I’m proud to share that The Body Coach Foundation is now an officially registered charity.
'I’ll be sharing more about the charity soon and how you can apply for support and grants, but to help kick-off the fundraising myself and a small team will be running the 2025 London Marathon.
'We had 3 spots available for people to give them the chance to run for my new charity and over 1000 people applied.
'I choose the successful applicants randomly and I called them by surprise this week to tell them the news that they’ll be running with me this year…'
Romesh Ranganathan
Romesh Ranganathan is challenging himself once again, this time for Teenage Cancer Trust
Romesh Ranganathan is challenging himself once again, this time for Teenage Cancer Trust.
Sharing his journey on Instagram, he wrote: 'Yep, you heard me right. I’m back for London Marathon attempt 2. This time, I’ve got @runna keeping me in check.
'I’m running for the incredible @teenage_cancer. If you’d like to donate you can do so in my bio. Thank you for your support.'
The comedian previously ran in aid of mental health charity CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably) - which he has been a patron of since October 2023 after struggling with his own mental health himself.
Adam Woodyatt
EastEnders legend Adam Woodyatt has already hit £4,200 in donations for Alzheimer's Research UK
The soap star will be running alongside his son Samuel and has been sharing his journey on social media ahead of the big day
EastEnders legend Adam Woodyatt has already hit £4,200 in donations for Alzheimer's Research UK.
The soap star will be running alongside his son Samuel and has been sharing his journey on social media ahead of the big day.
He wrote: 'It’s now Easter Sunday and I posted this in my story on Friday so some of you may have already seen it but the sentiment and reason for posting it again are still the same.
'Jet Lag is still playing havoc with my sleep so #Maranonia is starting to creep in but I’ll do a couple of little runs next week just to keep my legs ticking over before the on the 27th.'
Dr Alex George
Former Love Island star and mental health advocate Dr Alex George has been sharing updates on his marathon training throughout the past year
Dr Alex will be running for the Anthony Nolan charity after losing his friend Freya Barlow to leukemia at medical school
Former Love Island star and mental health advocate Dr Alex George has been sharing updates on his marathon training throughout the past year.
He recently completed 26km last month to gear him up for the big day.
Dr Alex will be running for the Anthony Nolan charity after losing his friend Freya Barlow to leukemia at medical school.
He shared on Instagram: 'I can’t believe the London is a month tomorrow, my first ever marathon! I will be running for @anthonynolancharity after losing my friend Freya Barlow to leukemia at medical school.
'They save lives through the bone marrow register, if you could donate it would mean a lot. Link is in my bio.'
Joel Dommett and Harry Judd
Joel Dommett (R) is also amongst the runners taking part in this year's marathon for Brain Tumours Support alongside McFly's Harry Judd (L), who is running for Children's Trust
The comedian and TV presenter has been sharing his progress with fans on social media in recent months
Joel Dommett is also amongst the runners taking part in this year's marathon for Brain Tumours Support alongside McFly's Harry Judd, who is running for Children's Trust.
The comedian and TV presenter has been sharing his progress with fans on social media in recent months.
He said: 'I am running for Brain Tumor Support. They are an incredible charity that helped me and my wife out personally when my mother-in-law had a brain tumor.
'I would love you to donate if possible. I am trying to run the marathon in sub three hours along with Harry Judd'.
Alexandra Burke
Alexandra Burke is taking on the iconic road race for Diabetes UK & Melissa Bell Foundation and has already raised an incredible £4,967
As she comes to the end of her training, the singer was overcome with emotion on social media after her final long run
Alexandra Burke is taking on the iconic road race for Diabetes UK & Melissa Bell Foundation and has already raised an incredible £4,967.
As she comes to the end of her training, the singer was overcome with emotion on social media after her final long run.
She wrote: 'Ran my last longest run on Sunday. I can't tell you how emotional it made me feel... knowing the marathon is only less than a week away...
'I can't put into words how the hardwork and dedications has made my heart and soul feel. Blood, sweat and tears have happened daily for me - for months with this training schedule.
'It's been brutal! The highs and the lows. Wow. Just wow! I can't believe I'm running the London marathon ofr my mummy & @diabetesuk'
Kelly Brook
Kelly Brook will be taking part in the 26.2 mile run with her husband Jeremy Parisi for Radox UK
Kelly Brook will be taking part in the 26.2 mile run with her husband Jeremy Parisi for Radox UK.
Sharing her nerves ahead of the marathon, she wrote on Instagram: 'I'm not a runner in fact I've never ran more than 5k so this was a huge achievement today!!
'Rocky & Apollo would be proud. 20k completed it @londonmarathon @radoxuk'
Adele Roberts
Adele Roberts will complete her incredible World Marathon Majors at the London Marathon after already running 26.2 miles in Boston, Tokyo, Berlin, Chicago and New York
Adele Roberts will complete her incredible World Marathon Majors at the London Marathon.
She has plans to become the first, and fastest woman with an ileostomy to run all six marathons.
Ahead of the London Marathon, Adele has already completed all five marathons in Boston, Tokyo, Berlin, Chicago and New York.
In 2023, Adele Roberts received a Guinness Record as she became the fastest person to ever run the race with a stoma bag.
