Hosting the Marathon for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games is a superb opportunity to showcase Birmingham.

The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games is expected to attract a global viewing audience of more than 1.5 billion and images from the Marathon will be shown across the country, the Commonwealth and the world. 

Thousands of people are also expected to line the Marathon course and this will bring an economic boost to the area, with the local hospitality industry expected to benefit in particular.