I went to The Great Manchester Run - here's your full rundown
Today was an amazing day of motivation, inspiration and goal crushing! Here is everything that went on at The Great Manchester Run 2025.
The Great Manchester Run has been going since 2003, with the half-marathon later added in 2017.
There was 35,000 people running today in this sold out event and over 100,000 spectators!
The event started on Portland Street and finished on Deansgate.
Our official starters for the races were 800M Olympian Keely Hodgkinson, Dame Kelly Holmes and Eilish McColgan.
They all did a terrific job of ringing the bell and getting the runners motivated.
The same can also be said for the Heart radio presenters with their back and forth commentary which certainly lifted the crowd.
The music was booming from the motivation stations and there was some amazing food from street vendors.
We were also joined by celebs from Corrie, Emmerdale, Strictly and Traitors.
Despite a cloudy and slightly chilly morning, it really started to heat up in the afternoon with temperatures of around 20 degrees.
For the winners of each category, Jade Hall won in the women’s elite wheelchair and David Weir won in the men’s category.
Josh Birmingham and Melissa Duncan were the half-marathon winners with Josh’s time of 01:06:25 and Melissa’s time of 01:16:27.
Lastly, in the elite field Selemon Barega won the 10K men’s with a time of 00:27:49 and Eisa Medina won in the women’s category with a time of 00:30:42.
Overall, there was an amazing atmosphere around Manchester today for the event. One of my personal highlights has got to be all of the brilliant outfits which brought a smile to all of our faces.
Bring on GMR 2026!