1Over eighteen thousand runners crossed the start line of the city marathon just after nine o'clock on Sunday morning.
2The winner, Tsegaye Bekele, spelled B-E-K-E-L-E, finished in two hours, nine minutes and forty two seconds.
3That time was just eleven seconds outside the course record set three years ago by a Kenyan runner.
4The women's race was won by a first time entrant in two hours and twenty six minutes.
5Temperatures climbed to twenty two degrees by midday, causing problems for many of the slower runners.
6Around four hundred volunteers handed out more than fifty thousand bottles of water along the route.
7The fastest British finisher came home in seventh place, just over one minute behind the two race leaders.
8Nearly a third of the runners were raising money for local charities across the region.
9The oldest competitor, aged eighty one, completed the course in five hours and forty minutes.
10Organisers confirmed that next year's race will take place on the first Sunday of April.
11Spectators can track individual runners using the official app, which updates their positions roughly every thirty seconds.