:dateline:The world’s oldest marathon runner joined more than 27,000 people taking part in the 10th Edinburgh Marathon Festival.
Fauja Singh, 101, retired from running full marathons following his eighth marathon in London in April but took part in the Edinburgh relay.
As well as the relay, there was a full 26 mile marathon, a half marathon, a 10K, a 5K, and junior races.
It is the biggest running event in Scotland.
It is second only to London in UK marathon size.
This year’s Edinburgh marathon featured a line up of some of the finest athletes in the world.
Almost 30,000 runners have been taking part in the two-day marathon festival include�on the start line Zachary Kihara, 33, of Kenya who holds the course record, crossing the finish line in 2:15:46.
Since the Edinburgh Marathon started in 2003 it has had an economic impact of more than �25m for the Scottish capital and has helped raise more than �30m for hundreds of charities.
