So the elite races have reached their conclusion - now it's all about the remaining 42,000 participants reaching personal goals and raising money for charity.

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Briton Mo Farah said: "I felt great with my start. My aim was to follow the pacemaker, but after 20 miles when he dropped out, the gap opened up and it became hard to close. My aim was to try and reel them back but the wheels came off and I was hanging in there. Congratulations to Eliud and the better man won today."

On the pre-race spat with Haile Gebrselassie: "It didn't distract me at all. What I said is the truth and it was all about the London Marathon today. I didn't mean to take any limelight away from the sport. I think I will just go home and spend time with my kids now. Had I won the race, it would have been a different story, but I think I will take time to think about the next step."

On Eliud Kipchoge: "He is a very special athlete and he is humble. If Eliud can run those sort of times it just gives us another level of possibility. It's a different mindset chasing someone and it takes the pressure off me. Thank you to everyone who supported me and I promise I will be back."

Congratulations to Charlotte on securing the qualifying time for the Olympics in Tokyo with that top 10 finish.

We'll be hearing from Mo Farah next after his fifth-place finish in the men's race...

Britain's Charlotte Purdue, who finished 10th: "I am over the moon with that to smash my personal best is all I could to ask for. I didn't have any thoughts beyond today though. I always get tempted to go with the leaders, but now I run better in the second half so I held back and that worked for me.

"I always promise myself in the last mile that I would never run another step. But this is not my retirement."

Grace: Big respect to everyone running the London Marathon today!

Dec: Watching the London Marathon brings back memories of the years living in London, used to head out to the streets to support the runners, a great day out in London! Huge admiration for everyone who runs or even attempts the marathon!

Chris: Kipchoge finds a space in his mind that I never manage to find in mine. The man is totally in the zone

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Which is an extraordinary number isn't it?

It is a record number of applicants for the London Marathon and well over double the number that went into the 2015 ballot.

Just 56,398 got the nod to line up and an estimated 42,000 made it to the start this morning.

Steve Bland is running the London Marathon in memory of his wife, and our BBC colleague, Rachael Bland who died in September from cancer.

Rachael ran the marathon three times, and had hoped to run the 2018 London Marathon but she wasn't well enough to take part. Steve is running this year alongside five friends.

Go well, Steve.

Big Ben, aka Lukas Bates, is aiming to break the Guinness World Record for the fastest marathon dressed as a landmark building - which towers 1.5m above his head.

The record stands at three hours, 34 minutes and 34 seconds and he's just run over Tower Bridge at a decent time so it's looking good so far for the quantity surveyor, who is running in support of Dementia Revolution!

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The elite races have finished but there's still thousands of runners out on the course and our finish line camera is now up and running so you can spot your friends and family.

It's available online by clicking on the link at the top of this page, as well as on your Connected TVs.

Here's all your watching options:

• BBC One - interviews, features and the masses - until 14:30
• Connected TV and online - Finish line - try to spot friends and family crossing the finish line - 12:30-17:30
• Connected TV & online - uninterrupted coverage - until 14:30

And a special feature coming up later:

• 14:30-16:00 - Playlist - BBC iPlayer and online - a special programme presented by Radio 1's Adele Roberts focusing on the masses, combining pictures and music requests.

Adele Roberts
Radio 1 Presenter on BBC One

The Cutty Sark is something I looked forward to when I ran the race. This is the start of the race for many people because it's where you get into your running and your pace is relaxed. You get energised by the crowd.

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Right, that is the elite called home, time to turn attention to the tide of humanity washing in behind them...

An Englishman, a Scot and a Welshman trot over a finishline line.

The third Briton home is Welshman Dewi Griffiths, coming home 16th in a time of 02:11:46.

Callum Hawkins' time of 02:08:14 is a new Scottish record, breaking Alistair Hutton's 1985 mark of 2:09.16.

Callum Hawkins comes home behind Italy's Yassine Rachik but his performance is good enough for 10th place.

Paula Radcliffe
Women's marathon world record holder on BBC TV

Mo Farah respected the race and ran a really smart race today. There were things in the build-up that meant perhaps took away from his preparation slightly, but he will learn from that.

Mo Farah, grimacing all the way up the home straight, finishes fifth in a time of 2:05:38.

That is short of his time in his win in Chicago in the autumn.

Paula Radcliffe
Women's marathon world record holder on BBC TV

The victory is what he wanted, and he achieved that, but he could have gone a lot quicker. He is still ascending.

Eliud Kipchoge wins in the second fastest marathon of all time!

On a course that twists and turns like London, that is an extraordinary run.

Eliud Kipchoge enters the Mall and his own cornation...