What's OngalleryChester Marathon 2015 in picturesBookmarkShareWhat's OnByMike Fuller17:14, 4 OCT 2015Updated16:39, 28 SEP 2016Chester Marathon 2015 gets under way1 of 68Paul Newbrook of Mickle Trafford who was running the marathon in memory of his dad who died last year of cancer. Paul works for SP Energy and was raising funds for Cancer Research2 of 68Paul Newbrook of Mickle Trafford who was running the marathon in memory of his dad who died last year of cancer. Paul works for SP Energy and was raising funds for Cancer Research3 of 68Paul Newbrook with Dave Stewart of Blackburn who ran the marathon dressed as Ironman4 of 68Mr Marathon aka Robert Young, of London, who has run more than 460 marathons and won the 2015 Trans Continental 3,100 race between Los Angeles and Washington DC by more than 30 hours. (He has a website Marathon man UK) This was his third Chester Marathon5 of 68Chester Marathon 2015 gets under way6 of 68Chester Marathon 2015 gets under way7 of 68Chester Marathon 2015 gets under way8 of 68Chester Marathon 2015 gets under way9 of 68Chester Marathon 2015 gets under way10 of 68With the town crier is Evelyn Steele of Curzon park with her grandchildren Angus Steele, four, and Olivia Steele, seven. the children's dad, Alasdair Steele, grew up in Chester and attended Abbey Gate College. Chemical engineeer Alasdair now lives in Nottingham with his family but visited Grandma so he could run the Chester Marathon while the children did the mini marathon11 of 68Mum and daughter Alison Barrett, left, and Hazel Shackeleton of Warrington tackled the metric marathon12 of 68Friends Clara Smith, three, Genevieve Smith, five, both of Christeleton and Edith Storey, five and Martha Storey, five, of Newton ran the mini marathon13 of 68Finish line marshalls, Carolyn Butt, Jacky Humphreys and Ann ball, all of Ellesmere Port Running Club14 of 68PhD student Jonty Norris of Chester and his girlfriend Natalie Wheat before the start iof the metric marathon15 of 68From left, Jim Jones, Neil Finegan, Derek Morris and Chris Fitzpatrick all of Helsby Running Club #greenarmy, who tacked the metric marathon16 of 68Donna Geer and Emily Smith of Helsby Running Club #greenarmy, who tacked the metric marathon17 of 68The metric marathon gets under way18 of 68Metric marathon fun runners19 of 68Metric marathon fun runners20 of 68Chester Marathon race angels who look after runners in distress21 of 68Lesley Woodhead, of the Babygrow Appeal and Eve Finlay get ready to wave of the mini marathon runners22 of 68The Babygrow Appeal fundraising team23 of 68Mini marathon runners ready for the off24 of 68The start of the mini marathon25 of 68Runners ready to start the mini marathon26 of 68Runners get under way for the mini marathon27 of 68Push chair competitors in the mini marathon28 of 68The winner of the mini marathon29 of 68Mini marathon runners sprint to the finish line30 of 68One of the mini marathon runners nears the finish line31 of 68Being carried in the mini marathon32 of 68John Dawber's six-year-old son Joseph proudly shows off his medal. Joseph attends Overleigh St Mary's and the family live in Hough Green, Chester33 of 68Countess of Chester Hospital's Babygrow Appeal's Lesley Woodhead ready to hand out the medals34 of 68Sharon Johnson and her daughter Abigail, four, of Lache Park Chester quench their thirst after the mini martahon. Sharon is a hairdresser and Abigail attends Overleigh St Mary's School. Sharon also volunteered to work on the car park with Renegade Explorer Scouts35 of 68Lennon Davies with his mum Kirsty, of Wrexham collect their mini marthon medal from the Countess of Chester Hospital's Babygrow Appeal volunteer Emma Cross36 of 68Men's marathon winner David Rigby crosses the line37 of 68Men's runner up Daniel Chan punches the air38 of 68Women's marathon winner Samantha Amend39 of 68Women's marathon runner up Carla Molinaro comes home40 of 68Top three finishers in the women's marathon winner Samantha Amend (left), second-placed Carla Molinaro (centre) and Hannah Jones41 of 68Winners of the men's and women's marathon races David Rigby and Samantha Amend42 of 68Eve Finlay of the Countess of Chester Babygrow Appeal with Chester Triathlon Club runner Jason Keys, 44, of Saltney and Sarah Hodgson of the Babygrow Appeal43 of 68Runners at the start of the mini marathon on Sunday, October 4 (Image: Kevin Hughes)44 of 68Runners at the start of the mini marathon on Sunday, October 4 (Image: Kevin Hughes)45 of 68Runners get underway in the metric marathon on Sunday, October 4 (Image: Kevin Hughes)46 of 68Runners at the start of the mini marathon on Sunday, October 4 (Image: Kevin Hughes)47 of 68Runners at the start of the mini marathon on Sunday, October 4 (Image: Kevin Hughes)48 of 68The Town Crier with mini marathon competitor Bella Watkin Jones, aged three, on Sunday, October 4 (Image: Kevin Hughes)49 of 68Babygrow Appeal volunteer Emma Cross dreams of winning the 2016 Chester Marathon (Image: Kevin Hughes)50 of 68Girls from the Countess of Chester's Babygrow Appeal celebrate at the Chester Marathon on Sunday, October 4 (Image: Kevin Hughes)51 of 68Runners in the top 10 cross the finish line of the Chester marathon on Sunday, October 4 (Image: Kevin Hughes)52 of 68Runners in the top 10 cross the finish line of the Chester marathon on Sunday, October 4 (Image: Kevin Hughes)53 of 68Runners in the top 10 cross the finish line of the Chester marathon on Sunday, October 4 (Image: Kevin Hughes)54 of 68The winner of the Metric marathon comes home on Sunday, October 4 (Image: Kevin Hughes)55 of 68One of the metric mile runners gets away on Sunday, October 4 (Image: Kevin Hughes)56 of 68Wrexham runner Daniel Preston crosses the line for a top 10 finish on Sunday, October 4 (Image: Kevin Hughes)57 of 68Top ten runners cross the finish line on Sunday, October 4 (Image: Kevin Hughes)58 of 68Top ten runners cross the finish line on Sunday, October 4 (Image: Kevin Hughes)59 of 68Top ten runners cross the finish line on Sunday, October 4 (Image: Kevin Hughes)60 of 68Dewi Roberts of Denbigh who ran for Claire House Hospice (Image: Kevin Hughes)61 of 68Chris Hyman of Flint running for Dee Striders with his medal (Image: Kevin Hughes)62 of 68Dom Clarke, a training officer at RAF Valley, with his medal (Image: Kevin Hughes)63 of 68Runners finish the metric marathon on Sunday, October 4 (Image: Kevin Hughes)64 of 68Runners finish the metric marathon on Sunday, October 4 (Image: Kevin Hughes)65 of 68Runners finish the metric marathon on Sunday, October 4 (Image: Kevin Hughes)66 of 68Runners finish the metric marathon on Sunday, October 4 (Image: Kevin Hughes)67 of 68Crossing the marathon line on Sunday, October 4 (Image: Kevin Hughes)68 of 68