They’re all super

GREY skies may have threatened the Great Scottish Run, but it wasn’t enough to dampen these runner’s spirits, as more than 24,000 of them took to the city’s streets.

Celebrating its 30th year, yesterday’s event was the biggest yet, drawing in a record-field of 24,089 people taking part in the 10k and half marathon races.

Coronation Street and Taggart star John Michie, STV’s Raman Bhardwaj, Debi Edward and Rona Dougall and Clyde 1 presenter Shebahn Littlejohn were among the celebrities pounding the pavements from George Square to Glasgow Green.

And Tony Gately, brother of the late Boyzone star Stephen, who died in 2009, ran the 10k in his memory and to raise awareness of charity, Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY).

It’s the largest mass participation sporting event in the country, which also saw 1.5k and 3k junior races and a 100m Toddler Dash on Saturday.

And 3000 young people took part in Friday’s school’s challenge.

Thousands of first-time runners joined seasoned sprinters to raise money for a variety of good causes and charities, including Macmillan Cancer Support, the Anthony Nolan Trust, the Cystic Fibrosis Trust and the Yorkhill Children’s Foundation.

Kirsty Christie, 36, an employability advisor from Shawlands, took part for the first time to raise funds for Chest, Heart and Stroke Scotland.

She said: “My mum had a stroke last October and she’s now paralysed down her right side and is unable to speak.

“The charity has been brilliant, offering lots of advice and support.”

Mark Fitzpatrick, 26, and Kirsty Bell, 29, from Stevenston, were running for family friend, three-year old Millie Glen, from Symington, who suffers with a mystery condition leaving her unable to swallow, speak, hear or walk properly.

Kirsty said: “We feel very proud to run for her, she’s an inspiration and we want to support her parents, Lisa and John, in any way we can.”

Runner Elaine Cook, 40, from Skelmorlie, made it a family