It’s an early start for the runners this morning – the marathon starts down in Interlaken at 8.30am. Here’s the course they’ll have to tackle.

The fastest runners get to Wengen around 10am. Here’s the leader, Ukrainian Vitaliy Shafar, running down the Dorfstrasse.

As the minutes tick by, more runners arrive.

Wengen is packed with spectators.

Drinks station outside the Alpine Hotel. There are 4000 runners, so they need a lot of paper cups.

Runners pass the timing equipment. All the runners carry timing chips, and as well as recording time, they identify the runners to the commentator so he can give them a shout by name.

There weren’t many runners from Wengen this year, but here’s our mate Steve.

We had a wander home for lunch. From our terrace we can still see lines of runners coming up the mountain.

And here’s the winner. It’s Vitaliy from Ukraine. Having passed through Wengen in the lead, he was never caught.

And the ladies winner, Theres Laboeuf, from Aigle, Switzerland.

A fantastic event, held on a beautiful day.