Richard Gerrard won the Manx Telecom Parish Walk for a fifth time on Saturday.

Having been forced to withdraw from last year’s event because of a back injury, Gerrard bounced back in style to claim his fifth title since 2012.

Gerrard completed the 85-mile distance in a time of 15 hours 25 minutes and 10 seconds, crossing the finish line on Douglas Promenade shortly after 11.25pm.

His nearest challenger was last year’s winner Liam Parker completed the gruelling endurance event in 16 hours and 53 seconds, nearly 14 minutes in front of third-placed man Peter Miller.

The 2017 women’s winner Karen Chiarello finished at Peel - as expected due to her attempted a 100-mile centurion walk at the NSC in August.

For a long time it looked as if this year’s women’s honours would go the way of Ewa Kowalewska who was going well in 11th overall at Maughold.

However, by Onchan Bernie Johnson had overtaken her and opened up a gap of just over three minutes which she maintained to the finish to claim 12th overall and the women’s honours.

Next week’s Isle of Man Examiner will carry initial reports on the event, with a special eight-page supplement in next week’s Manx Independent, with full results and interviews.