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Jenson Button will take part in his first London Marathon this April.

Button is known to be a keen marathon and triathlon competitor but has never attempted the race through the streets of London. That will change when he lines up for the Cancer Research UK team on April 26, hoping to beat his personal marathon best of 2:58 and raise £5,000 in the process.

Running alongside the F1 veteran will be Manor sporting director Graeme Lowdon. The marathon takes place in the break between the fourth race of the season in Bahrain and the Spanish Grand Prix.

Jenson Button heads celebrity field for 2015 Virgin Money #LondonMarathon: https://t.co/WRkjtdTb1n — LondonMarathon (@LondonMarathon) March 6, 2015

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