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Great Bristol Run: 10,000 people take part as races return

Great Run Company Runners at the start of the Great Bristol RunGreat Run Company
The event combined Bristol's 10k and half marathon

A race for visually impaired runners has taken place as a city celebrated the return of mass runs.

Bristol's 10k and half marathon, normally held months apart, were staged together as the Great Bristol Run.

Alongside them there was a special race for blind and partially-sighted runners, each participant running with someone with full vision.

Bristol mayor Marvin Rees took part, running alongside visually-impaired competitor Diane Bentham.

Bristol mayor Marvin Rees and Diane Bentham
Bristol mayor Marvin Rees took part as the running partner of Diane Bentham
Cheering on at the Great Bristol Run
Family and friends of the runners lined the route to show their support

The Bristol 10k is normally held in the spring and the half marathon at the end of the summer, but last year both races were cancelled because of Covid-19.

In this year's events runners took on various routes covering the city centre, harbourside and Avon Gorge.

Chloe Richardson was first woman home in the half marathon, with Omar Ahmed taking the men's title.

Great Run Company Great Bristol Run 2021 family raceGreat Run Company
Parents and children took part in the one-mile family race
Great Bristol Run 2021 competitors
About 10,000 people competed in the different races
Great Bristol Run 2021 visually impaired competitors
Bristol's Lord Mayor Steve Smith presented medals to the visually-impaired runners
Great Run Company Great Bristol Run 2021 women's 10k race top threeGreat Run Company
Hannah Anderson won the women's 10k with Amy Partridge second and Emma Stepto third
Great Bristol Run 2021: Ohmer Ahmed wins the half marathon
Omar Ahmed was the first man across the finish line in the half marathon
Great Run Company Great Bristol Run 2021: Visually impaired competitorsGreat Run Company
Organisers said the visually-impaired event was the first of its kind in the UK
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