Saturday 12th. Movember 2011 - Greenwich Park – London.

And they’re off! MoRunning has stormed out of the blocks for 2011 with a record crowd turning out for the opening event in Greenwich Park London.
More than 1000 runners lined up in all sorts of costumes and get up to celebrate the Mo! All went to support the great cause that is Movember and men’s health, and most off all, to have fun!

There were fabulously decked out people everywhere.

We have been lucky to have a really nice weather compared to the first edition in 2009 where it was pourring rain until the start, here we had a perfect running weather, neither too hot or too cold.

As we were expecting a lot of MoRunners, registrations had open early to make sure we can give out all the race numbers.

For this 3rd edition we sold out the event and we believe we reached the maximum of runner we can fit on this race course to make it nice and not too overcrowded.

It was nice to see all the MoRunners putting the last touch to their outfit or starting to warm up.

We loved David costume (above)! “It’s all about sports!” he said. “Sports coat, and, well, sports as in running!” Classy, yet sporty, we say!

Caroline and her friends managed a nice coordinated outfit style.

Richard and Oliver took team running to a new level! Their tandem costume was a standout around the course!

Now, down to the serious side of things. This year we had some really fast runners. Krango, the MoRunning and Fix Events Race Director (pictured above) had his work cut out leading the MoRunners around the course! Eventual winner James did his best to catch Krango, and, word has it, almost gave him a hurry up tap on the back up the Greenwich ‘killer hill’!!

Team Movember is doing the show before running back to the finish and giving goodies to all the finishers!

Annika Eiremo chasing Gerard Mccan, winner in his age category and 8th. overall.

Some people dressed up to go hard, others donned the look of their favourite childhood hero! It must have been hot in the Cookie Monster suit, but he ran a great race! And was still full of energy after the race chanting “C is for cookie!!!! C is for cookie!!!!” as he took a ride on the ‘Old Spice’ horse!

Some ran with Mo’s painted on their t-shirts and others ran, well, just painted all over like The Orange MoRunner and his cohorts!

They came strong, they won!

MoRunners, you must have seen them on the course with their black Tshirts. The RunDemCrew is a running club of social runners based in the 1948 Space. One day Glenn contacted us :  - “Guys, I have a team to register.”   – “Cool Bro! Bring it on! How many are you?” – “44″  - “Doh!”

We were astonished! Out of the blue, Glenn had put together the largest team we ever saw entering one of our event and we discovered the really high spirit of Team RDC.

And to just make it a complete success, James Broderick, winner of the race is formal RunDemCrew member!

So, we want to make a big up to the Run Dem Crew and to Glenn Hancock your team leader. You are awesome!

Glenn Hancock, Team RDC, enjoying the great atmosphere.

Here’s our winner, James Broderick from RunDemCrew who dominated the hills and finished in 38mn11s.

Congratulations as well to Annika Eiremo who was the first woman home in 42mn02s. Gee wiz mo running bros, she really gave you a run for your money! First woman over the line with 3min advance on the 2nd, and 11th runner overall!! Awesome effort!

One of our favorite catchline within the MoRunning crew is “Do you feel the Mo’Love?”. Seriously who would have thought that those lovely 2 MoRunners felt it so much they embrace while cruising around,

This is what MoRunners do after having a blast, They have a little breakfast on the grass.

Finally, congratulations must be passed on to all of you. For whether you ran individually or as a team, and in fancy dress or with the most awesome of mo’s, you did so much more than just run. When you Mo Runners come together you create a vibe, an ambience, a feeling – of community, of festive fun and fitness. In coming together you create awareness for men’s health, and on this particular Saturday, you celebrated the start of 2011 Mo Running in style.

We felt a hell of a lot of Mo’Love, and for that, we thank you.

If you want to share your thoughts, feel free to do so on the Event Facebook page or in the comments area.

A big up at our partners who are helping us to put this event together.

All the watermarked photos in this post are courtesy of Ian, IES Photography who was there to snap your best stride. So if you are looking for a specific picture, just ask him.