Running has not always been popular.
It was not in the mid -1970s when a jogging tree took off throughout the United Kingdom.
Inspired by trends in the United States, there was an increase in interest in the road career such as leisure activity and a way of staying and healthy.
It is estimated that a million people are now considered runners, participating in new events, from fun races to marathons.
In the first London marathon in 1981, some 7,000 people taught part.
Fast advance four decades and more than one million people have entered only the London 2026 marathon ticket.
Demand growth reflects the national tendency to be active. As a society, we are generally moving more now than ever. According to the Sport England Active Lives survey last month, the number of people who practice sports and participate in physical activity between November 2023 and November 2024 in England was at the highest registered level.
And while the number of adults who run is under the seventh pre-candid peak, according to Sport England, 350,000 year after year to six and a half million has grown.
This suggests that, although the total number is not as high as it has bone, many of those who run with more fervor than before, given the growth of participation in the events.
The Minister of Sports, Stephanie Peacock, added: “Having directed the London Marathon a few years ago, I have seen the physical, mental and social benefits that it brings.
The elite broker Phily Bowden, who was the third British female house in Elite Carrera de London Marathon Elite last Sunday, said: “I like to say that I was there before it was great.
“It is definitely growing.
“When you start running, if you are not fit and you don’t do any cardio, it is difficult and will not necessarily be very fun during the first six to eight weeks.
“But once you get a level of physical aptitude and you can really go out and enjoy a career or enjoy a session, it is the best. So I love that other people have taken advantage of that and discovered it.”
So is it just a fashion or will it stay?
Bowden, who has an eye on another marathon specialization this year, thinks he is here to stay.
“We have all seen how to run can help our mental health and how a large part of our routine can be. So I hope that while the memories of that work, the race stays.
“I think that now that career clubs are bigger, there are more people who do it and there are more people who share on social networks, luckily that is enough to maintain that trend.”