great run local
Great Run Local helps runners build toward longer events in the Great Run Series
THE BEAUTY of mass participation road races is that Joe Jogger can share the start line and potentially run shoulder to shoulder with the world’s finest runners.
Great Run Local has taken this a step further a few times this year when elite athletes have joined beginners and fun runners at friendly, low-key 2km and 5km events across the UK.
In Manchester back in May, for example, Kenyan distance legends Wilson Kipsang and Edna Kiplagat joined participants at Salford Quays for a Great Run Local event on the eve of the Great Manchester Run and CityGames.