VIDEO: More than 1,000 take part in Bradford City Runs

Runners young and old took part in four events - a kids' race, 5km, 10km and a half marathon.

The number of runners tackling the route - which started on Godwin Street and finished in City Park - was more than double the amount that entered last year.

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Matthew Nowell, 34, who runs with Saltaire Striders, and Victoria Ryan, 36, won the men's and women's 5km. The winners in the 10km were Tom Midgley, 28, of Otley AC, and Mags Beever, 35, of Stainland Lions Running Club.

The winner of the half-marathon was 24-year-old Frank Beresford, of Otley Athletic Club (AC). He said: "It was a good course, quite up and down. The half-marathon is my favourite distance - it was enjoyable."

Second and third were Will Kerr, 38, of Saltaire Striders, and Jonathan Walton, 45, of Leeds City.

Mr Kerr said of the winner: "I kept up with him for three laps, then he kicked on. I enjoyed it."

Mr Walton added: "It was brilliant. I got my personal best. There was good support on the route."

Tom Midgley, 28, of Otley AC, was first home in the 10k, beating his clubmate Liam Dunne, 40, into second.

He said: "It was a really good race - I never normally win!"Mr Dunne said: "It is a brilliant event. It was tough-going."Matthew Akpan, 25, of Leeds, completed the 10k top three.

Mags Beever, 35, of Stainland Lions Running Club, and Caz Farrow, 40, of Ilkley Harriers, were the top two women in the 10k. Mags said: "It is exciting."

Caz added: "It's nice to get a position - I didn't expect it."

Matthew Nowell, 34, who runs with Saltaire Striders, won the men's 5km. Mr Nowell, who works at Bradford College, said: "It is always nice to win stuff."

Gerard Mills, 46, of Bradford Airedale Athletic Club, finished second behind Mr Nowell. He said: "I am very happy with that - I gave it my best shot.

Darren Midgley, 41, of Queensbury Running Club, completed the top three. He said: "I enjoyed it. It is a nice little route with some short, sharp climbs to keep it interesting.

Victoria Ryan, 36, was the first woman home in the 5km. She said: "It was really good, I really enjoyed it. I was really surprised to come first.

Second behind Victoria was 36-year-old Clare Stonehouse, of Oakenshaw, who suffered a burst lip and cuts to her hands and knees in a fall. She said: "I am overly excited with second place - it is fantastic."
Masood Chowdhury, 41, was one of 25 runners from Islam Bradford. He said: "We wanted to show we are part of the community and to support the Crocus Cancer Appeal."

Bradford South MP Gerry Sutcliffe, who set the runners on their way at the start line, said: "It is a great pleasure to be involved with a wonderful event that is so well organised.

"I think the main thing is that it helps get people fit and active. And to have more than double the number of entrants is brilliant. It is heading the right direction and we want to make it even bigger and better."
The Lord Mayor of Bradford Councillor Mike Gibbons said: "It's a fantastic turnout, absolutely fabulous. And it is tremendous to see so many people out supporting their children, friends and family."

In total, 1,104 people signed up to do the runs, with 138 collecting in aid of the Telegraph & Argus Crocus Cancer Appeal

Telegraph & Argus editor Perry Austin-Clarke said: "It was great to see so many people running through the streets of Bradford to support City Runs. The organisers were hoping to attract 1,000 runners this year and I’m delighted they succeeded.

"Forty per cent of all race entry fees will be going to the Crocus Appeal this year, so to have so many people taking part is brilliant news for the fundraiser as well. There were also 138 people running specifically for the Crocus Appeal whose efforts are appreciated by everyone involved in the campaign.
"Well done, and thank you, to everyone who took part."

Also among the runners was PC Damieon Pickles, 43, who pushed a wheelbarrow around the half-marathon route while wearing a policeman's helmet. It was his 13th half-marathon.

Results

5k Race: 1 Matthew Nowell 16.54; 2 Gerard Mills 17.07; 3 Darren Midgley 18.08; 4 Richard Durn 18.22; 5 James Wilkinson 18.39; 6 Owen Lloyd 20.01; 7 Atif Ullah 21.23; 8 Rohail Ullah 21.44; 9 Michael Mcinnes 21.43; 10 Samir Ullah 21.48; 11 Philip Townsend 21.57; 12 Sam Upham 22.00; 13 Matthew Mcloughlin 22.16; 14 Ben Emmott 22.17; 15 James Coates 22.12; 16 Stephen Fitz-Costa 22.15; 17 Neil Baxter 22.23; 18 Victoria Ryan 22.47; 19 Yahya Said 23.39; 20 Hassan Hussain 23.31; 21 Alastair Wills 24.12; 22 Yaser Said 24.06; 23 Richard Walker 24.47; 24 Kieran Petty 24.18; 25 Clare Stonehouse 24.29; 26 Sajid Mehmood 24.15; 27 Chris Patterson 24.33; 28 Rachel Parker 24.37; 29 Conor Summers 24.38; 30 Natalie Marley 24.58; 31 Richard Stonehouse 25.03; 32 Jonathan Winter 25.42; 33 Alex Jennings 25.35; 34 Taran Sohal 25.45; 35 Thomas Coates 25.36; 36 Julie Richardson 25.44; 37 Jake Samociuk-Barnes 26.33; 38 Stephen Brook 26.04; 39 Wayne Brannan 26.14; 40 Mandeep Kaur 27.16; 41 Suzy Taylor 26.59; 42 Deborah Ogunlokun 26.59; 43 Chris Sheard 27.37; 44 Alfie Patterson 26.54; 45 Jamie Winter 27.04; 46 Sheriff Oyefolu 27.36; 47 Richard Walker 27.31; 48 Eyitayo Titiloye 27.52; 49 Kike Solanke 27.55; 50 Jaroslavs Labjonoks 27.36; 51 Alexis Brennan 27.59; 52 Andrew Perkins 27.59; 53 Aqeel Adnan 28.05; 54 Adnan Munsif 27.41; 55 Karen Delgado 28.22; 56 Stanislavs Kozlovskis 27.53; 57 Rohit Raj 27.55; 58 Michael Whitworth 28.15; 59 Mohammed Issat 28.23; 60 Emily Wilkes 28.53; 61 Jacob Wheeler 28.34; 62 Jamil Chaudhry 28.52; 63 Navdeep Hayer 29.12; 64 Amy Donovan 29.13; 65 Emily Murphy 29.23; 66 Jemma Roe 29.30; 67 Viktorija Balabka 29.06; 68 Jav Amirat 29.20; 69 Ann Mckerchar 29.10; 70 Paul Mortimer 29.48; 71 Abid Hussain 29.36; 72 Amy Cooke 30.03; 73 Mohammad Shabbir 29.55; 74 Matthew Cox 30.26; 75 Leoni Meli-Vilath 30.01; 76 Muhammad Abdul 30.02; 77 Eve Keleher 29.40; 78 Vicky Cooke 30.14; 79 Fiona Parker 30.16; 80 Jacqui Rawnsley-Turner 30.15; 81 Sue Gregson 30.09; 82 Mary Patterson 30.07; 83 Jekaterina Kozlovska 30.11; 84 Vicki Ward 30.23; 85 Linda Brook 30.34; 86 Donna Wood 31.01; 87 Kasim Ahmed 30.49; 88 Lynette Emsley 30.51; 89 Yasser Mohammed 30.56; 90 Craig Heward 30.50; 91 Naomi Robinson 31.02; 92 Mark Robinson 31.02; 93 Allison Mortimer 31.20; 94 David Tickner 31.29; 95 Ibrahim Ndabavunye 31.22; 96 Catherine Graham 31.35; 97 Julie Smith 31.48; 98 Marc Fennema 31.54; 99 Ashfaq Ahmed 31.41; 100 Sally Baden-Crook 31.28; 101 Kath Knott 32.11; 102 Rob Fearnley 31.40; 103 Aqeel Ahmed 32.14; 104 Hawarun Hussain 32.26; 105 Kerry Gibbons 32.17; 106 Sadie Godwin 32.22; 107 Emma Garside 32.34; 108 Natalie Raeside 32.26; 109 Becki Mcdermott 32.59; 110 Anthony Petch 33.24; 111 Farihah Hussain 33.11; 112 Roshanee Adikary 33.16; 113 Caroline Savidge 32.53; 114 Florence Patterson 32.58; 115 Mohammed Ibrahim 33.15; 116 Beverley-Ann Watts 33.16; 117 Lyn Hill 33.17; 118 Aamer Khan 33.27; 119 Marlena Makarewicz 33.39; 120 Zaffar Hussain 33.31; 121 Bev Regan 33.52; 122 Keith Ritchie 34.01; 123 Alison West-Lay 33.29; 124 Daniel Payne 33.41; 125 Gurvin Rafiq 33.55; 126 Naveed Ajaib 33.38; 127 Clair Fitzpatrick 34.03; 128 Lorraine Mcknight 34.04; 129 Sanya Shahid 34.07; 130 Jack Olivant 34.46; 131 Yui Nakano 34.08; 132 Andrew Farrar 35.00; 133 Julie Tickner 34.54; 134 Ashley Kay 35.07; 135 Usman Hussain 34.50; 136 Hannah Spencer 35.01; 137 Karen Fawcett 34.53; 138 Tracey Pinder 34.49; 139 Ismael Muvunyi 35.09; 140 Alison Metcalf 35.25; 141 Sharon Kosgey 35.21; 142 Katherine Farrar 36.00; 143 Rebecca Dillon 35.47; 144 Julie Patterson 35.33; 145 Laura Whitworth 35.47; 146 Natasha Bell 36.30; 147 Kathryn Hornsby 36.29; 148 Chloe Lister 36.33; 149 Charlotte Fitzpatrick 36.48; 150 Clinton Fitzpatrick 36.49; 151 Samantha Zawodny 36.26; 152 Jeanette Sunderland 36.26; 153 Anna Siwak 36.32; 154 Natalia Ibanez 36.53; 155 Emily Bagguley 36.53; 156 Tarran Lamb 36.55; 157 Georgina Bennett 36.58; 158 Helen Neale 37.04; 159 Rachel Earlington 37.12; 160 Nicola Richardson 37.13; 161 Anne Waring 37.38; 162 Annette Mann 37.05; 163 Heather Johnson 37.36; 164 Sophie Wheeler 37.41; 165 Rosario Sanchez 37.58; 166 Freya Leask 37.57; 167 Annie Wong 37.39; 168 Alison Torres 38.18; 169 Leanne Davis 38.12; 170 Jordan Cornes 38.12; 171 Harry Dimitriou 37.53; 172 Mary Mccormack 38.14; 173 Claire Makohin 38.44; 174 Jodie Sagar 38.43; 175 Debbie Richards 38.53; 176 Mohammad Yahyah 38.42; 177 Susan Pullen 38.54; 178 Kate George 39.12; 179 Simon Mydlowski 38.57; 180 Elizabeth Mcculloch 39.12; 181 Sophie Marriott 39.17; 182 Carol Cook 39.30; 183 Emma Semwayo 39.31; 184 Jenny Farrar 40.18; 185 Janine Dunn 40.28; 186 Jessica Try 40.19; 187 Angela Flynn 40.56; 188 Clare Forsyth 40.57; 189 Hayley Sagar 41.14; 190 Natalie Belcher 41.14; 191 Nicole Alleyne 41.04; 192 Ismail Malik 41.25; 193 Katie Butterfield 41.39; 194 Naomi Berry 41.48; 195 Michele Sanderson 41.48; 196 Vicky Butterfield 41.47; 197 Hope Masuge 41.15; 198 Joanne Shepherd 42.13; 199 Tabitha Manibe 42.13; 200 Tanvir Haider 42.34; 201 Mehnaz Kauser 43.31; 202 Susan Smith 44.22; 203 Michelle Blades 45.51; 204 Colin Terry 46.26; 205 Amy Broadbent 49.20; 206 Joanne Ellerton 49.23; 207 Agnes Briggs 01.02.53; 208 Michael Chin-Chan DNF.