Aimee Fuller
BBC Sport reporter on BBC Radio 5 Live

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The London Marathon is beautiful because it is for anyone. You start small and you build up and you work through the hardest part of the year in winter, when it is dark and rainy and wet. It makes standing on that start line, in April, even sweeter.

It is something we can measure and scale. It doesn’t matter if you’re doing it in sub-three hours, if you’re an elite runner, if you’re a beginner – it doesn’t matter how long it takes. That is what unites everyone. It is the power of sport on that day.

It is an Olympics for all and gives us a sense of mass participation. You are a part of something that is just bigger than you – it is about the mass movement of people and it is a healthy place to be.