The 2017 Virgin Money London Marathon in numbers

Here are some of the stats for the 2017 Virgin Money London Marathon. 1. Shelter 230 runners and a target of £450,000. https://twitter.com/shelter/status/856167300738818048   2. Save the Rhino 54 runners, 14 of them in rhino costumes. https://twitter.com/savetherhino/status/856098280052273152   3. JustGiving JustGiving reported that the majority of traffic to its site at lunchtime on the day of the London Marathon was coming in via mobile devices. https://twitter.com/JGcauses/status/856117705367310336 It demonstrated some of the donations coming in: https://twitter.com/jgcauses/status/856131812246122496 It also reported a peak of 3 donations per second: https://twitter.com/JustGiving/status/856549549510344704 The total for the Marathon weekend on its site was £4.5m in donations. This includes non-Marathon related donations. £2.3m of this total was given to London Marathon runners' causes, an 11% increase on last year's total. https://twitter.com/JGcauses/status/856473759548674048   4. Leonard Cheshire Disability 90 runners are expected to raise £200,000.   5. More marathons? If you missed out on the London Marathon, or have got the bug and want more, there are at least 10 European capitals where you can sign up for a marathon in 2017. https://twitter.com/standardnews/status/856786107098333184   Got any stats for your charity's fundraising? Or online giving platform? Let us know in the comments below.  

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