Mahamed Mahamed and Eilish McColgan retain their UK Athletics Marathon Championships in London

At the 2026 UK Athletics Marathon Championships held at the London Marathon, Mahamed Mahamed defended his national title with a lifetime best of 2:06:14, finishing tenth overall and moving to second on the UK all-time list behind Mo Farah. Patrick Dever took silver in 2:06:18 and Weynay Ghebresilase claimed bronze in 2:06:28, the latter setting a Scottish record. In the women's race, Eilish McColgan successfully defended her title by finishing seventh overall in 2:24:51, despite battling a painful blister from the halfway point of only her second career marathon.