Runners are heading for the start line in an event which is being billed by organisers as “an important step in the return of mass participation sporting events”.
Runners and spectators who are taking part in the Reunion 5K at Kempton Park, Surrey, on Saturday will help to provide scientific data on Covid-19 transmission levels.
They will be involved in a socially-distanced or a non-socially distanced 5K run.
It is the only running event in the Government’s Events Research Programme, which is helping to test and build plans for the safe return of mass participation sport and events.
Runners during the 2019 Virgin Money London Marathon (Paul Harding/PA)