Double Olympic gold-winning athlete Dame Kelly Holmes will be cheering on thousands of runners this morning taking part in a half marathon.
The Hildenborough star will be the official starter of the Run Kent Tonbridge Half Marathon which gets under way at 9am this morning.
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Organisers, RunThrough Events, say they expect some 2,000 participants to take part in the 13-mile race, alongside shorter 5k and 10k events.
Runners get under way at The Judd School, in Tonbridge.
Dame Kelly – now 54 – won the 800m and 1,500m gold at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.