Hundreds of runners put their best foot forward this morning and braved cold but bright conditions for the annual Shrewsbury Half Marathon.
They lined up at 9am to do either the 13.1-mile standard marathon distance or the shorter metric half marathon of 13.1 kilometres which was being offered for the first time.
Around 76 running clubs from around the country were represented including the Shrewsbury-based Shropshire Shufflers who turn up every year and were fresh from running the London Marathon last weekend. He said:"We had a good turnout in London last weekend and race internationally as well but this is a good event, we don't have far to go and always enjoy it."Four ITU nurses from Royal Shrewsbury Hospital set up a running group during lockdown and meet regularly for social and running purposes - they were running the half-marathon together.
"It was a good way to meet up regularly out of work, de-stress and get some exercise when we weren't really doing much else at the time - one of us is running the half marathon for the first time but we have all been training for quite a long time together so we want to enjoy it."
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