In the hour before the race, the area around this year's temporary Race HQ slowly filled with runners and their families and friends . .

. . and the team from Elite Physical Medicine were ready to ease those tired muscles . .

. . the IT was ready for late entries and later of course, the results . . and the prizes and many cakes were ready too . .

. . Steve was making sure the marshals were ready . . and these blue bags were ready to be handed to the runners when they completed the race . .

. . this crèche for marshals' children was very popular . . and EPM were already busy . .

. . and with the queue for the loo getting longer and longer, I made my way to where I wanted to take my photos of the start . .