Great Manchester Run 2021: Wave start times announced for weekend race

After a year of pandemic-imposed silence, the streets of Manchester are ready to fill again with the rhythm of thousands of feet. The Great Manchester Run returns this weekend, and with it, the quiet art of organizing collective human motion — a color-coded choreography of waves, each carrying its own community of runners from the starting line into the city. From the earliest half-marathoners at dawn's edge to the final 10k wave at half past noon, the event asks something simple of its participants: know your place in the procession, and trust the design.