Runners braved the possibility of further wet and windy weather conditions while participating in the oldest road running race of its kind in the country.
However, despite the weather being very wet overnight, conditions had improved as sunshine and a blue sky greeted hundreds of tenacious competitors taking part in the 70th annual Brampton to Carlisle 10-mile road race.
This road race event marks the second event since its return in 2021 after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic.
The Brampton to Carlisle race is the oldest 10-mile road race in the UK.
Over its time it has attracted some more famous faces, such as Steven Cram, who won the race in the 80s.
The now-retired track and field athlete is known as having been one of the world’s most dominant middle-distance runners during that period.
As well as winning the Brampton to Carlisle road race, Cram also conquered some rather less humble achievements, such as being the first man to run 1,500m in under three and a half minutes and winning silver in the 1,500m at the 1984 Olympics.
The event started this year at a new start time of 10am (usually 11:30am) and competitors made their way from William Howard School in Brampton to the finish at Eden Bridges in Carlisle.
According to RunABC North, a running news source, the Brampton to Carlisle 10-mile road race, which is officially known as the 'Wm Coulthard & Co Ltd Brampton to Carlisle 10 Mile Road Race', and is organised by Border Harriers & Athletic Club, was first competed in 1952.
The course takes the competitors from Brampton to Carlisle via the B6264 and is fast and accurately measured by a UK Athletics accredited measurer.
This year the top three were, in order from first to third, Philip Sesemann from Leeds City Athletic Club with a time of 48:48, Kieran Walker from North East Project with a time of 49:28, and Adrian Bailes from Birtley Athletic Club with a time of 49:44.
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