About 40,000 people have taken to the streets for this year’s Great Manchester Run.
Huge crowds watched as elite athletes lined up alongside fun runners for either the 10km (6.1 miles) race or the longer half-marathon course.
Among those taking part were Race Across the World participants, who raced in memory of former contestant Sam Gardiner, who died in a crash near Manchester a year ago.
Sam’s mum, Jo Gardiner, said it was a “very moving” day and she had “already cried twice”.
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