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Team Ed eclipse rivals in Race The Sun

More than 200 runners took part in the Race The Sun round the Island relay race, organised to raise funds for The Children’s Centre.

The event - sponsored by the Mann Made Group - involved teams of up to 10 aiming to run 98 miles around the Raad ny Foillan coastal path between sunrise and sunset.

The first runners set off from Peel Promenade in the early hours of Saturday morning with the runners on the final leg arriving back in Peel for the finish in the early evening.

The race was won by a team from the Department of Education - competing as Team Ed - in a time of 13 hours 18 minutes.

There was also a ‘Golden Shoe’ prize to the team which raised the most money for the charity and this went to the AXA squad which collected more than £800 in sponsorship.

1, Team Ed, 13hr 18min 01sec; 2, Helios Heroes, 13:50.41; 3, SMP, 13:51.33.

For detailed results with times of each leg of the relay go to: www.manxtimingsolutions.com

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