The weather wasn't the best but that didn't stop an elite field of some of GB's finest marathon runners from giving their all this morning in a shot at glory and sealing a place at this summer's Tokyo Olympics. The route round Kew Gardens was completely closed to the public and journalists alike - but fortunately photographers were allowed in to capture the action.
The male and female runners set off
Fourteen women and fifteen men went off at the gun
It's unusual for elite men and women to start a race together.
Early spring
From Runners World for lululemon?
In sync.
See the female runners here.
No time for sights
From Runners World for lululemon.
And on Aadan
Top race results from the 2025 Berlin Marathon.
All the time for Thompson
Travis Barker has an impressive 5K time.
Flower Power
Surely running at a venue as scenic as this has to knock a couple of seconds per mile off your time?
Off the pace
The pace makers take the leading group including Ben Connor and Dewy Griffiths with them...and leave the others behind.
First time out
Being a Peloton instructor in New York clearly isn't enough of a challenge for former RW cover star Becs Gentry who, at 35 years old, decided to try for the first time to qualify for an international championships.
Easy does it
The leading women bunch together, with Becky Briggs at the front and Lily Partridge at the back.
No country for old men?
Not on Chris Thompson's watch. Here he is showing how much booking his plane seat to Tokyo - and running a PB to boot at the age of 39 - means to him.
What's the Japanese for 'say cheese'?
Most of us would be staggering to the nearest pillar for support but Stephanie Davis has time to grin down a camera lens after winning in 2:27:16, well inside the qualifying time of 2:29:30.
A cut above
Women's marathon winner Stephanie Davis celebrates with her award alongside second place Natasha Cockram (R) and third place (L) Rosie Edwards.
Let's hear it for the boys
Mens marathon winner Chris Thompson celebrates with his award alongside second place Ben Connor (R) and third place Mohamud Aadan (R).
