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 - involves 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 (May 19) morning with the runners on the final leg arriving back in Peel for the finish in the early evening. Now in its fifth year the event continues to get bigger and better and 22 teams took part this time.  Mark Eastham, Adventure Events Fundraising Coordinator at The Children’s Centre, said:

“Race the Sun has raised over ?40,000 since it began in 2008 with all funds going directly to supporting vulnerable children and young people on the Isle of Man through our Mobex project. Funds are still coming in from this year’s race, but we hope it will raise around ?10,000. Once again we would like to thank everyone who took part and in particular the many runners who raised funds through sponsorship. We’re also very grateful to the Mann Made Group for generously supporting the race for the fourth year, and to the Up and Running store in Douglas for donating prizes for the winners of each leg of the run.”

The race was won by a team from the Department of Education - competing as Team Ed - in a time of 13hrs 18mins. 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. The team result was as follows: 1st - Team Ed - 13hr 18min 01sec; 2nd - Helios Heroes - 13:50.41; 3rd - SMP - 13:51.33; 4th - Search and Select - 13:52.13; 5th - KPMG - 14:09.05; 6th - Team Thomas - 14:27.23; 7th Keen But Mediocre - 14:30.00; 8th - Barclays - 14:32.06; 9th - NSC - 14:38.15; 10th - St Ninian’s High School Staff - 14:45.59; 11th - Poker Stars - 14:54.17; 12th - Running on MT - 15:21.48;; 13th - Motorvation - 15:31.34; 14th - Temps IOM - 15:35.56; 15th - Big Bang Theory - 15:43.36; 16th - The DBC Lions - 16:02.42; 17th - Mann Made - 16:17.18; 18th - PWC - 16:22.30; 19th - Team Pippa - 16:22.44; 20th - The Children's Centre - 16:45.50.

For more information about Race The Sun go to www.thechildrenscentre.org.im
For detailed results with times of each leg of the relay go to www.manxtimingsolutions.com.

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