Belfast City Marathon: 'To run within your own city is just amazing'

The 2024 Belfast City Marathon has seen a record number of entrants aiming to complete the 26.2-mile course.

More than 5,000 marathon participants and 12,500 relay runners - each running one of the route's five legs - had entered.

Kenyans Mathew Kiplimo Kembo and Beatrice Jepkemei won the men's and women's races.

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