Want to see the 26-mile London Marathon route completed in an astonishing five minutes? Of course you do.

Created by sponsor Virgin Money, the video was made using a GoPro camera fitted to the lead car of the elite women's race in 2013.

We’re exhausted just watching this timelapse video – so very good luck to all the runners taking on the course at normal speed this Sunday!

Virgin Money London Marathon website

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