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Aerial view of the River Thames winding through London from Tower Bridge towards the skyline

Ballot results day · You're not in

Rejected

Run it
anyway.

The marathon for the 1.2 million who didn't get in.

The 2027 ballot had a record 1,338,544 applicants for 100,000 places, leaving around 1.2 million turned down. The Rejects Marathon is a 26.2-mile course tracing the shape of the famous Greenwich-to-Westminster route, on open paths and pavements. Run whenever you like within 12 months of buying.

Entry

£30
  • GPS-timed, validated 26.2-mile run
  • A physical REJECT number sent to you
  • 5 metres of tape for your own finish line
  • A physical finisher's medal, posted to you
  • The Rejects app: tracking, audience participation & audio
  • Raise £100 for your charity and we add £10

Run any day within 12 months · your season: Autumn Rejects

Our own event. In no way affiliated to the other 26.2 mile run in town.

100% UNOFFICIAL. The Reject Marathon is in no way affiliated to the other 26.2 mile run in the UK’s capital city. Our event, our rules, our medal.

THE WORST EMAIL OF THE YEAR IS A £10 VOUCHER.

Got the "sorry, not this time" email? Screenshot it, upload it when you enter, and your entry drops from £30 to £20.

−£10

How it works

THE REJECT ROUTE TO GLORY.

01

Enter

£30, or £20 if you show us your ballot rejection email.

02

Get your race pack

A physical REJECT number sent to you, plus 5 metres of tape for your own finish line.

03

Run it any day

Any time you like! The route doesn't need road closures.

04

Finish and get your medal

A physical medal after your run is validated. Then a lovely hot bath.

The full experience →
Rob, a smiling, sweaty runner in a coral t-shirt with race number 168412 pinned to his chest, jogs past blurred onlookers on a sunlit pavement

ANY DAY.
ANY PACE.

Open paths and pavements from Greenwich to The Mall. No cut-off time. No stress to get to the start in time.

A printed Rejects Marathon race number: a red REJECT stamp, the word MARATHON, number 168412, the name John, and the line Greenwich to The Mall, 26.2 miles

Your number, printed and posted to you

ALL THE MILES. NONE OF THE BALLOT.

Wear your rejection with pride.

We send you a physical race number: REJECT, with your number underneath. Subtle? Absolutely not.

Two mates. Five metres. One glorious finish.

Your pack includes 5 metres of event tape. Get two friends to hold it at the end, then run through your very own finish line. Tell them to bring their best cheering voices.

A proper medal at the end of it.

We'll send your medal when you've done the run. Log it on your Rejects app, which gives you the tracking, supporter participation and audio to your day. Independent, yes. But never unsupported.

Make a day of it →

YOUR RACE CREW. IN YOUR POCKET.

  • The route, mile by mile. Greenwich to The Mall on your screen, so you're never wondering where the next turn is.
  • Audio cues in your ears. Where you are, which way to go and how far is left. Put your phone away for a bit.
  • Cheers from supporters as you run. Messages from your supporters arrive while you run. It's hard to stop when you know you're being watched.
  • Donations, live. Every pound pings in as it lands. Nothing speeds up mile 20 like a fiver.
9:415G

Live · Mile 14

2:04:31

"Mile 14. Left onto Tower Bridge. 12.2 to go."

Sam: Rejected? Not today. Keep going!

+£5 from Auntie Sue

Illustrative · app coming soon

9:415G
rejects.run/watch/john

John · REJECT 168412

Live

14.0

miles

8:52

/mile

12.2

to go

Send John a cheer…
Send
Donate to John's charity

Illustrative · coming soon

THE CROWD WATCHES FROM THE SOFA.

Share your link and your friends can follow you live on their phone, laptop or the big telly.

They can send a cheer straight to your ears, and hit donate the moment you start to look a bit wobbly.

A runner breaks through a strip of Rejects Marathon finish tape held up by two friends on a London pavement, red double-decker buses behind them

Rejects Party

NO CROWD? BRING YOUR OWN.

Have a Rejects Party: pick a day, rope in your mates and run it together. Or cheer from the pavement with the finish tape - your pack comes with 5 metres of it for two friends to hold as your finish line.

Invite your crew

Set a day in the Rejects app and invite friends.

Go public

Post when you're starting and see if other rejects fancy joining you. Strangers today, fellow finishers by The Mall.

Invite your crew on WhatsApp

Our big charity goal

LET'S OUT-RAISE THE OFFICIAL RACE.

The official race in the capital raised £73 million last year with 50,000 runners. Brilliant. But there are 1.2 million of us who didn't get in — and if a fraction of us tap up our friends, we could out-raise the entire official event.

Let's see what 1.2 million rejects can do.

The full goal →

Charity

Hit £100. We add £10.

Pick any charity and we set up your JustGiving page in the app. The moment your page hits £100 (Gift Aid included), we add £10 to your cause.

How it works →
REJECTS MARATHONFINISHED26.2 MILES

The medal

(SECOND) BEST MEDAL EVER!

Physical. Earned. Posted to you once the run is validated.

See the medal →

The series

THE GIANTS.

A ballot-free 26.2 for every city that turned you down.

United Kingdom

OPEN

26.2 miles

Greenwich to The Mall. Open for entry.

Enter now →

Germany

SOON

26.2 miles

Coming soon.

Number, tape and medal. Just not yet.

United States

SOON

26.2 miles

Coming soon.

Number, tape and medal. Just not yet.

Japan

SOON

26.2 miles

Coming soon.

Number, tape and medal. Just not yet.

Tell me when the other Giants land.

Dates, routes and prices for the other Giants: coming soon.

Not in? Get in.

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