May Day madnesspublished at 13:01 British Summer Time 2 May 2016
Fair play to everyone who stepped out for the Belfast City Marathon today!
Image source, PacemakerGoodbye from all the team. See you on Tuesday from 07:00.
Summary
Belfast City Marathon special - Monday 2 May 2016
About 17,500 runners taking part in 35th annual race
2,700 people running the full race, 1,800 relay teams
First athletes expected to cross finish-line at about 11:00
May Day madnesspublished at 13:01 British Summer Time 2 May 2016
Image source, PacemakerColour and costumepublished at 13:00 British Summer Time 2 May 2016
You've all brightened up this glorious May Day either with your weird and wonderful costumes or with your boundless enthusiasm to power to the finish-line.
Image source, PacemakerThis running lark is tiring workpublished at 12:56 British Summer Time 2 May 2016
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End of twitter postWaiting, waiting, waiting...published at 12:50 British Summer Time 2 May 2016
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End of twitter postAndy legs it in just over three hourspublished at 12:46 British Summer Time 2 May 2016
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End of twitter postBlood sweat and tears for 35 yearspublished at 12:43 British Summer Time 2 May 2016
The city of Belfast was first transformed into a marathon race track in 1982, when just over 3,000 runners took to the streets. Changed times now...
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Why run when you can walk part of the marathon route.
And for those who do, here's the medal they receive at the finish line.
The end is in sight for manypublished at 12:34 British Summer Time 2 May 2016
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End of twitter postNearly there...published at 12:32 British Summer Time 2 May 2016
These runners are just a stone's throw away from the finishing line...
Going the distancepublished at 12:26 British Summer Time 2 May 2016
John Glover (pictured below, left) is the official course measurer, and he says there is no danger of the Belfast race coming up short, as was recently found to have happened in the Greater Manchester Marathon.
"Technically, if I've done my job properly, it'll actually be 42m longer than that,” he says. "We have little a built-in safety factor of of 1m per km."
Milestone man Michaelpublished at 12:22 British Summer Time 2 May 2016
Among today's runners is Michael Pentland, originally from Belfast but now living in Houston in the US, who is competing in his 100th marathon - madness, some might say.
Image source, PacemakerAnd as he approached the milestone, he knew exactly where he wanted to be. "I wanted to come back to Belfast. In 1997, I ran the Belfast Marathon and only ever intended to run one."
So, how's our reporter doing?published at 12:20 British Summer Time 2 May 2016
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End of twitter postCome on, you can do it, keep going!published at 12:16 British Summer Time 2 May 2016
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End of twitter postBreaking the pain barrierpublished at 12:10 British Summer Time 2 May 2016
It's been just over three hours since the runners left the starting-line and many will be starting to feel the burn at this stage.
Image source, PacemakerDr Chris Bleakley from Ulster University says about one in 20 first-time runners will pick up some kind of injury. "When you hit the ground, the ground hits you back," he says.
No shame in coming secondpublished at 12:06 British Summer Time 2 May 2016
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End of twitter postThere's being first, and then there's being firstpublished at 11:59 British Summer Time 2 May 2016
The memory of being the first winner of the Belfast Marathon will stay forever with Greg Hannon.
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He came in at two hours, 20 minutes and 25 seconds and he can still recall the joy of the moment.
Marathon winner feels 'very happy'published at 11:52 British Summer Time 2 May 2016
Kenya's Joel Kipsang Kositany who won this year's marathon said he "feels very happy".
It is the third time he has won the event.
Get your picture snappedpublished at 11:51 British Summer Time 2 May 2016
Our team is snapping away during the marathon today. And we're also on Twitter. You can check out our latest tweets @BBCNewsNI.
But the rest of the runners must keep goingpublished at 11:45 British Summer Time 2 May 2016
Watch: How they made it across the finish linepublished at 11:41 British Summer Time 2 May 2016
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