The event has an average finish time of 38 minutes and 44 seconds – about 10 minutes behind the UK average.
“We’re about 60% tourists here, they come from all over the country, in fact all over the world,” Mr Rawson said.
“It’s known as being the slowest event in the UK.”
He said the event gets more walkers than runners and that the focus is on creating a sense of community and wellbeing, rather than finishing times.
“We’ve built a community within a community,” he said.
“A regular group of people that run, a regular group of people that volunteer.
“You don’t have to run here you can walk around, enjoy yourself, have a laugh and a joke with the volunteers and have a good time.”
