Runners of both the 5-kilometre race and the 30-kilometre race crossed the start lines Sunday morning to take part in the Around the Bay road race that's in its 124th year.
The annual 30-kilometre race is North America's oldest road race.
The route took runners from downtown Hamilton to Beach Boulevard towards Burlington, then North Shore Boulevard back to Hamilton for the finish line.
According to the race website, Haron Kiptoo Sirma of Toronto took first place of the 30-kilometre race in the men's category with a time of 1:35:10 and Dayna Pidhoresky of Vancouver took first place in the women's category with 1:49:38.
Ross Proudfoot of Peterborough took the men's 5-kilometre race, crossing the finish line at 00:14:36 and Gladys Tarus from Toronto finished first in the women's category at 00:17:46.
There were 3,921 participants in total for the 30-kilometre race and 2,227 participants in the 5-kilometre race.
286 people took place in the two-person relay and 277 in the three-person relay.
Sunday's race began at 9:30 a.m. for the solo 30-kilometre runners and relay participants, while those running the 5-kilometre course started at 9:45 a.m.
Here's a look at how the race went.
This will be the first time Dana Cantarutti will do a race of this distance (30K). She's excited! #HamOnt #atb2018 pic.twitter.com/7xQL1ydJoF
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@LauraClementson
And they're off! The #ATB2018 race is underway here in #HamOnt pic.twitter.com/mCh5fvh6yo
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@LauraClementson
Runners get going on their 30-kilometre race that started at 9:30 a.m. Sunday morning. (Laura Clementson/CBC)
The annual 30-kilometre race is North America's oldest road race. The route takes runners from downtown Hamilton to Beach Boulevard towards Burlington, then North Shore Boulevard back to Hamilton for the finish line. (Laura Clementson/CBC)
Those running the 5-kilometre course will started at 9:45 a.m. (Laura Clementson/CBC)
And that's the 5K off! #ATB2018 #HamOnt pic.twitter.com/icSC3gtVbQ
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@LauraClementson
Tim Buxbaum came out to support his partner, Jessey The Elf, race the 5K today. Jessey is a professional triathlete and is known to run in Christmas-themed attire. pic.twitter.com/C64R6B4W37
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@LauraClementson
Well done to all the #ATB2018 runners today! Enjoyed seeing the #hustle. For anyone interested, this is what champion form looks like #Sirma #fastestofthefast pic.twitter.com/BFaj8pcRpI
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@leCommish
Survived (and did well) at #atb2018. Ran pretty even splits and only walked to eat my chews (and to avoid dying on the last hill). Hurray for a new PR! #teamawesome2018 #frontlineraceteam pic.twitter.com/zoQNuKAEJ3
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@AOuzas05
Great day for #ATB2018 https://t.co/c3cxn2mbaF
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@lj_kirkpatrick
Not this year Mr.Reaper! #ATB2018 #imnotdoneyet pic.twitter.com/TxpcOQYPzI
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@billcusters
Representing #TeamFairview today and happy to report that we ALL made it (even me 😮!!) and no First Aid intervention was required!! #AroundTheBay #ATB2018 #FairviewFam #TeamTD @SumanJ01 @StephanieLuton @mjthompson_td @ShaneKennedy_TD pic.twitter.com/HiGMBAUIwH
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@zedster67
Finished #ATB2018 30k- This race reminds me how much I love #hamont because of the people! So much support from local neighbourhoods, food, music, kids, volunteers. Amazing Day! pic.twitter.com/pIPR0Cjtxz
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@zbpipe
Completed the #ATB2018 5 km walk. It was cold but the energy was amazing. Already looking forward to next year. pic.twitter.com/PMyF7vbhUv
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@MGerrie
First time running the Around The Bay road race! Finished the 5k in 25m and change 😀... will be sore tomorrow #HamOnt #ATB2018 pic.twitter.com/PHQAQhdcjA
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@Rmchugh84
