LONDON (AP) — The London Marathon could become a two-day event in 2027 so more people can take part.
Organizers say they are “continually exploring innovative ways” to make the event bigger “while delivering positive benefits for London.”
“We are looking at the intention for the London Marathon to take place across two days,” organizers said. “No approval has been given at this stage.”
British newspaper The Guardian reported the men’s and women’s elite races could be held across the weekend, and a total of 100,000 runners taking part.
More than 1.1 million people applied through the public ballot to run in this year's race on April 26. That’s a 36% year-on-year increase and nearly doubles the application pool from 2024.
The 2025 event raised around 87 million pounds ($116 million), with 56,640 runners crossing the line.
The London mayor’s office said it would work with London Marathon partners “to consider if it might be possible to host an event that will run across two days next year.”
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FILE - Lukas Bates wearing a costume of the Queen Elizabeth Tower (known as Big Ben) runs with the crowd towards the finish line of the 39th London Marathon in London, Sunday, April 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
CROWLEY, La. (AP) — Spring is peak crawfish season in Louisiana, an industry worth about $300 million.
However, the industry is struggling this year due to a shortage of seasonal foreign workers, and some are blaming President Donald Trump’s administration for what they say has been a failure to authorize enough guest workers in time.
Large-scale crawfish producers use guest workers, many from Mexico and Central America, to shell and freeze the freshwater catch that is often pulled from swampy rice fields — physically demanding tasks that American workers are generally unwilling to do.
This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
A crawfish boat harvests a crawfish pond in Crowley, La., Thursday, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Stephen Smith)
Alan Lawson walks through a room that normally has 110 workers in the Bocage Crawfish processing facility in Crowley, La., Thursday, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Workers walk between buildings at the Bocage Crawfish processing facility in Crowley, La., Thursday, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A worker peels crawfish in the Bocage Crawfish processing facility in Crowley, La., Thursday, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Alan Lawson enters the Bocage Crawfish processing facility in Crowley, La., Thursday, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Juan Antonio harvests crawfish traps in a crawfish pond in Crowley, La., Thursday, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Juan Antonio harvests crawfish traps in a crawfish pond in Crowley, La., Thursday, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Colin Lawson walks between his family's crawfish ponds in Crowley, La., Thursday, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Juan Antonio harvests crawfish traps in a crawfish pond in Crowley, La., Thursday, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Juan Antonio harvests crawfish traps in a crawfish pond in Crowley, La., Thursday, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Juan Antonio harvests crawfish traps in a crawfish pond in Crowley, La., Thursday, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Juan Antonio displays a crawfish harvested in Crowley, La., Thursday, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Juan Antonio harvests crawfish traps in a crawfish pond in Crowley, La., Thursday, March 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
