• TCS London Marathon 2026 Application for International runners

  • Thank you for your interest in running the 2026 TCS London Marathon for MACS. This application form is your chance to tell us about yourself and why you'd like to run the London Marathon for MACS. Please try to give us as much detail as you can, including your fundraising plans, the fundraising target you have set yourself, and reasons for applying with MACS. This will help us decide if we can offer you one of our charity places.

    Once submitted, you will receive an acknowledgement of your submission and a response from us within 7 days. Thank you for applying to run for MACS and we look forward to welcoming you to our team! 


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    • Running 
    • Fundraising 
    • Please use the section below to tell us about your fundraising plans and ambitions to help us decide if we can offer you a place on our team. 

      To give you some guidance, our international runners usually raise a minimum of around £3,000. We will give first refusal of international places to runners who aim to raise this amount. Please make sure to let us know how much you think you can raise in the section below. We will use this information to help us select runners for our team so please tell us as much as you can about your fundraising ambitions and plans. 

      Additionally to your sponsorship from family and friends, please consider fundraising in your workplace (including matched funding), support from any clubs or community groups you may be involved with, online sales (e.g. eBay or Facebook Marketplace) and any fundraising events or activities you may be planning. 

    • Communications 
    • If accepted onto our Team, we will be in frequent contact about the London Marathon by email to help you prepare for your event, as well as ocassionally by phone (text and calls).  

      Besides the London Marathon event, MACS would love to keep in touch to keep you informed about our work, other events and ways to support us. If you are happy to hear from us, please confirm your marketing preferences below. 

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    • Terms & Conditions

    • By submitting this form you confirm that you will be at least 18 years of age on the date of the marathon, are in good health and well enough to participate, and know of no reasons why you shouldn't participate in physical activity. By entering the London Marathon, you agree to participate in accordance with the standard 2026 TCS London Marathon regulations.

      If offered a place, you will be happy to pledge to raise the fundraising target you have set above as a minimum (excluding Gift Aid) for MACS, with 50% of this total being raised by 31st January 2026. This milestone is set to help you stay on track to reach your target. If you are unable to reach this milestone, MACS reserves the right to release the place to a different runner.

      If you are unable to participate and would like to defer your place to 2027, MACS will make every effort to secure you a place in the next London Marathon (this is subject to the place being made available to us by the London Marathon organisers) as long as your fundraising milestone has been reached in time.

      To secure your place you will be asked to submit a £100 deposit payment, which consists of a £61.20 a non-refundable registration fee (which is inclusive of 10.20 VAT) and a £38.90 donation to MACS. 

      MACS is a registered charity 1161897 in England and Wales.

      Data Protection

      Your data will not be sold and will only be shared with those 3rd party organisations that provide services that you specifically sign up for, to the extent and for the duration required for them to adequately provide those services. You can read our Privacy Policy. Should you have any concerns, or if there is any further information you require, please do not hesitate to contact us at enquiries@macs.org.uk.

       

      MACS will have photographers and videographers present on the day to capture images and video footage of Team MACS runners as per our Media Use Policy here.

    • Please note that these electronic confirmations are equally as binding as an original manual paper signature.

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