THOUSANDS of runners turned out to hit the streets of Wokingham for this year’s half marathon event.
More than 3,000 participants ran in Sunday’s race which started at Cantley Park, while many also turned out to compete in the mini-mile, a family race for children and parents to race together.
Race organiser Chris Sumner, who was in charge of the Wokingham half marathon for a third successive year with Race Solutions, was delighted after another successful event.
He said: “We were really pleased with the event. We’ve been at the site this morning doing the last little bits of cleaning up and we’re delighted with how it all went.
“There were 19 people that finished inside one hour, 10 minutes, which is pretty quick.
“The mini-mile was really good. It is always one of the highlights with the mums and dads running with the kids and it went off perfectly.
“It’s definitely something for us to look at for the future to grow and perhaps get some more children in for the race.”
After another fantastic event for the team, they are already looking ahead to how they can make next year’s race even bigger and better.
Chris continued: “We literally sent out the email this morning telling people to enter now. Because this year we were full and lots of people who wanted to get in couldn’t.
“So we made the point that we are now open and that means they can avoid disappointment for next year.”
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