Maritime Hashtag Minute – Sunday 4th May 2025

Each week, Ben Hopkinson looks back at what’s happened the past 7 days and what was trending on Twitter with the Maritime Hashtag Minute. This week’s #MaritimeHashtagMinute was #LondonMarathon, which took place last Sunday. It was the 45th event and the largest with more than 800,000 applicants. This year’s official charity was Pancreatic Cancer UK, but of course each runner can run for their own charity of choice too. View the Tweets below: 

Yesterday's @LondonMarathon was the largest marathon EVER with 56,640 confirmed finishers along The Mall in London.

👏👏👏👏👏https://t.co/vegg3XtRCL pic.twitter.com/zO0N7lzKqN

— Guinness World Records (@GWR) April 28, 2025

That was a long day 😅 What an experience though. The atmosphere was incredible 🙌🏽 Thanks to everyone who cheered me along today ❤️ London on Marathon Day is just unbelievable.

Massive shout out to everyone who ran, what an achievement. I took in nice and slow and wanted to… pic.twitter.com/1MXIv9IzzM

— Joe Wicks (@thebodycoach) April 28, 2025

Congratulations to every person who ran/walked/crawled across the London Marathon finish line today, you have made us proud to be part of this incredible city! 🏃🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

📸 mr.dennislui pic.twitter.com/8BBGSfZm17

— The London Eye (@TheLondonEye) April 27, 2025

26.2 miles at @LondonMarathon carrying 20kgs, the weight my 6 year old son was when he died from cancer! He was with me every step! Help me get to £25k so we can help more parents going through hell https://t.co/U1m8FxhmIR pic.twitter.com/DuNQes1PfA

— It’s Never You Charity (@ItsNeverYou22) April 27, 2025

Give it up to Lloyd!!!

Today 19 year old Lloyd Martin became the youngest known person with Down syndrome to complete a marathon.

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— Kevin W. (@Brink_Thinker) April 28, 2025

To all the runners at today’s #LondonMarathon . You’ve just realised it’s not about the finish time is it. That can change. That’s life.

It’s about the finish line. 🫡

Well done everyone! pic.twitter.com/4XOuLV7BKR

— Ben Mcbean (@benmcbean) April 27, 2025

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