Over 6,000 runners have raised cash for cancer research

The number of entrants for the annual Race for Life event was the highest in the seven-year history of the city run.

The first race, in 1997, attracted just over 1,000 runners, with last year's event raising over �250,000 for the Cancer Research UK charity.

But organisers say Sunday's race will have raised �300,000 for the charity.

Single lap

In past years the event has been run in June, sometimes in high temperatures.

The run was moved to Sunday because road works are planned for the city centre in June.

The three-mile course was a single lap around Hull's city centre and is one of the few races held on roads. Some of the route was run on the cobbled streets of the "old town".

It started to rain, but it didn't dampen the runners' spirits Sheila Smith, Hull City Council's events officer

Hull City Council's events officer Sheila Smith told BBC News Online the event had been hugely successful, and the runners had shown great camaraderie.

"It was absolutely fantastic and a superb atmosphere.

"We're hoping to have raised around �300,000 for cancer research.

"The weather was good until about two-thirds of the way around the course and then it started to rain, but it didn't dampen the runners' spirits."