The annual ASICS British 10K London Run

The annual ASICS British 10K London Run celebrated its 10th anniversary today on a balmy summer day. Some 25,000 runners gathered to run the race through central London that passes some of London's finest historic and world renowned sights.

The event started at Hyde Park corner with a show of British ceremonial splendour.

The crowds were treated to the mounted band of the Blues and Royals and the band of H.M. Lifeguards performing in the run up to the start, before the race was started with the sound of a cannon fired by members of the Kings Troop Royal Household Artillery.

Runners of all abilities joined some of the sports top athletes on a course which takes in part of the proposed 2012 Olympic route, and the crowds gathered in the sunshine at the finish on Whitehall to watch Ruben Iildogo carry a 1948 Olympic torch over the finish line to take first place more than a minute ahead of his nearest rival, in a time of 29.32.

The first woman to cross the line was Genetesh Tamirat in a time of 35.20.