WRP Tours

WRP Tours WRP Tours organises both road races and tours to events in the UK. Sadly, failing health has, until recently, put paid to the overseas tours.

Company Background

WRP Tours was founded in 1988 by John Joyner and his wife Maggie following John’s early retirement. They had both completed the London Marathon, and spurred on by the experience they began to organise a number of races including the Wyvern 10 road race and the Island Race 2000 as well as the first Ekiden Relay in Britain. Having organised tours to the London Marathon they also

included tours to marathons in Europe and North America. In 2014, Roland Gibbard joined the Partnership with the aim of strengthening the team and re-establishing some additional tours. Roland is an experienced marathoner (2h-20m) and brings a wealth of knowledge to the team. Staffing of the London tour

Practical experience and knowledge are the overriding requirements of WRP staff. Each of the hotels has a core of staff members that not only know their particular hotel but have marathon experience as well. They are on hand to help and give advice and guidance over the weekend. Together they have completed over 200 marathons, with a number of them being experienced race directors in their own right. Hotels

WRP have been using the 4* Novotel chain for over 20 years and in 2015 will be using four of their hotels in central London. They offer an excellent standard of comfort, service and facilities for both runners and spectators. Guests can stay from 1 to 7 days and every year runners from overseas join us for the tour. Charities

Over 50 charities including Children with Cancer, British Heart Foundation and SENSE recommend their runners to use WRP Tours packages which include everything the runner and their spectators may need, including escorted tours of the start, race registration, and the finish. Coaches are provided for all to the start plus a spectator service, and finally post-race showers, massages and food.

12/10/2020

With the situation as it is currently with the pandemic, this has given WRP Tours time to consider it's future and we have decided that now would be a good time for us to call it a day.
This decision has not been taken lightly and we would like to thank everyone who has travelled with us over the last 31 years for allowing us to provide you with your marathon weekend and be part of your marathon journey.
We wish you all the very best for your future running.

16/03/2020

As everyone will be aware by now, the London Marathon has been postponed until October 4th.
We are currently in discussions with our hotels and working out what implications this will have for our clients bookings and unfortunately we will not have any further information until they have got back to us.
Should anyone however wish to cancel their booking now, please refer to our cancellation policy on the website and confirm your intention via email. We will be happy to call you back once we receive this.

17/02/2020

We have today learnt that the start times for the London Marathon have changed this year. They are as follows:-
08:40 Elite Wheelchair Race
08:45 World Para Champs for Ambulant Athletes
08:55 Elite Women's Race
09:30 Elite Men, British Champs and Mass Start

This will mean an earlier start from the hotels. More specific information will be sent out later by London Marathon to runners and by WRP Tours to all our guests.

23/01/2020

Runners for the VMLM should be organising their accommodation at London as places are becoming booked. Trainig should also now have been started,

30/12/2019

WRP Tours hopes everyone had a good Christmas and we wish all our clients, both old and new a very Happy New Year.

30/11/2019

Many of you will be looking for running shoes for Christmas. To ensure the correct fit, buy your shoes in an afternoon when your feet have warmed up. They expand when they get warm - and they certainly will at when you are running.

10/11/2019

Were you unlucky and didn't gain a ballot place in next years London Marathon? Do you still wish you could be in it? Then don't dispair - contact a few charities who may still have places.

04/10/2019

WRP Tours (well Roland actually) will be at the Bournmouth Marathon Festival this weekend (5/6 Oct) as the Event Adjudicator for England Athletics. Spot him in his orange vest and say 'hallo', Happy to answer any questions regarding the 2020 London Marathon.

17/08/2019

The sale of 1 night rooms is exceeding expectations. If this is your preferred option we recommend that you act sooner rather than later.

14/07/2019

Flyers have now been printed for the 2020 London Marathon. If anyone would like some to distribute to races/friends/colleagues etc. then us know.

08/07/2019

Just 19 days to go before we have to have to raise prices. Get in now and pay for the 2020 marathon at 2019 prices.

31/05/2019

So pleased everyone had such a great time in London this year. Now for 2020.
We are offering no price increase for next year if you pay your deposit before August - ideal for gold-bond runners.

17/04/2019

The weather is now warming up and I know not everyone likes running in the heat. However, try and get out in it over the next few days. Your chance to acclimatise a bit because it could be warm on race day - it certainly was last year!

05/03/2019

I am planning that Final Details for this year's London Marathon will be with emailed out at the end of this week.
Hope the training is going well and looking forward to seeing you all in London next month.

03/02/2019

We have cancelled our Islington hotel this week but still have vacancies at both our Waterloo and London West (Hammersmith) hotels.Please contact us if you know of anyone still looking for London Marathon accommodation.

22/01/2019

WRP Tours may be spreading its wings! A charity based in Chicago is interested in joining us in 2020. Watch this space.

13/01/2019

Happy New Year - the Christmas and New Year festivities are out of the way so now is the time that London Marathon runners should start their training if not already done so. Take it easy - you don't need to train every day - every other day is fine for starters.

31/12/2018

We at WRP Tours would like to wish all our guests - both old and new - a very happy New Year and a successful 2019. Time to start training for that spring marathon!

24/12/2018

We would like to wish all our guests - both old and new - a very Merry Christmas from us all at WRP Tours.

08/12/2018

We at WPR Tours appreciate that Christmas can be an expensive time of year and booking your hotel room for the marathon may not be high up on your jobs list! So why not take advantage of our December offer to reserve a room, with the deposit not due until the end of January.

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