Thousands of people lined the streets of a seaside town to cheer on runners taking part in a historic marathon.
Exactly 100 years ago, 51 competitors lined up outside Hastings town hall for the start of the town’s first marathon.
Yesterday 1,908 runners did the same, with Hastings and Rye MP Michael Foster firing the starting gun.
The 26.2 mile course was exactly the same as when the race was first run in December 1908.
The first Hastings runner across the line back then was George White, while Edmund Catt won the silver cup.
The overall winner of the race was WT Clarke, of the Sefton Harriers from Liverpool, in 2 hours 37 minutes and 16 seconds.
He was one of six Olympic runners who took part in the marathon.
The town hosts a half-marathon in March, but decided to recreate the full marathon to mark the centenary of the event.
Race director Eric Hardwick said he wanted it to be the “experience of a lifetime” for the runners.
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