With just under a kilometre remaining, these entrants still had enough energy to put on a show and have some fun.

I hope you all have lots of fun over the festive period. All the best everyone!

I found myself in amongst the press at the Santa Dash as actress Cherylee Houston, who plays Izzy Armstrong in the world’s current longest running soap, Coronation Street, did a bit of promo work before the run got under way.

Runners filter down towards the start line of the 5km ‘Santa Dash’ at Heaton Park, Manchester. In a very bold and un-digitalCG move, I stood right in the way and let the wave of Santas wash over me, thinking it’d make for an interesting image…