2:00pm Sunday 23rd March 2014 in Sport
Winner: Blackheath and Bromley athlete Michael Skinner won the Breakfast Run 16-mile race on Sunday
Whole Foods Market Breakfast Run winner Michael Skinner revealed local knowledge gave him the edge as he triumphed in Market Square on Sunday.
The 34-year-old Blackheath & Bromley athlete and Great Britain international clocked one hour eight minutes 42 seconds to win the 16-mile race with Ben Shearer a distant second in 1:29:26.
Lucie Custance claimed the women's race win in 1:42:09, with Annie Emmerson coming home 4:55 behind her in second.
'I really enjoyed it,' said Skinner, who finished 51st at the world cross country championships in Poland last year.
'I live really close by so I know the course and run it quite a lot, but it was really nice to get out and race it today.
'The conditions were pretty perfect. I enjoyed it.'
Trish Jones won the eight-mile event in an impressive 45:35 as she finished 1:55 ahead of men's race winner Tom Higgins.
'The first bit was very windy, but I paced with the 16 mile guys for a bit and was really happy with my run,' she said.
More than 2,600 athletes - including former Miss World And I'm a Celebrity contestant Amy Willerton - took to the streets of Kingston for the most well known of the Human Race Pace Series events.
Most athletes use the event as a warm-up to the London Marathon on April 13.
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