CRunCH teams up people who want to run the Virgin London Marathon with charities that have guaranteed places to offer.
We also match runners who have their own place (via the Club system or the Public Ballot) with the charity of their choice.
If you have arrived here without a particular cause in mind, you can choose from a wide range of charities offering around 1,000 guaranteed places to people willing to raise sponsorship funds. If you have been directed here by your favourite charity, you will be taken straight to its application form when you click on the button below.
If selected, you will be asked to sign a Pledge Form committing to raise an agreed amount. Since 1997, CRunCH has found places for many thousands of runners who together have raised more than £10 million pounds for good causes (an average per runner of more than £1,600).
Most of these runners would otherwise have missed the chance to take part because fewer than one in six entrants is successful in the Public Ballot.
A MESSAGE ABOUT THE ONLINE BALLOT
As usual, the online Ballot for places was heavily over-subscribed and reached its limit of 130,000 soon after opening in late April. If you did not apply, your only way into the Marathon now is to apply for a Golden Bond place, so you should start looking at the charities offering places here.
If you did apply, you will hear your fate from the Marathon by the end of September. Because more than 100,000 applicants are rejected every year, we recommend the twin-track approach of applying for both a Ballot place, and also via CRunCH for a charity place.
Applied via CRunCH before? Please note:
- If you are already on the CRunCH system as a result of dropping out of the 2011 Marathon and intend to rollover your place to 2012 , please DO NOT RE-APPLY. We will contact you to tell you what you need to do.
- If you have used the CRunCH system in the past but are making a new application for 2012 - i.e. not a rollover from 2011 - please DO NOT sign in above at "ALREADY APPLIED" but start a completely new application. You can use the same email address but you must choose a new password. Choosing the same password as you used previously will invalidate your entry.
