81st Manchester Road Race: Image Gallery

MANCHESTER, CT — Those expecting the traditional competition, pageantry, partying and plain old fun from the Manchester Road Race were not disappointed on Thanksgiving morning.

The 81st edition of the famed 4.748-mile race was all that.

The highlight was a women's duel between Buze Kejela and Molly Huddle. Huddle took Queen of the Hill honors, but it was Kejela who won the battle over the last mile in her Manchester debut to win the race in record time.

Kejela's 23:57 and Huddle's 23:58 both broke the course record set by the late Emelie Mondor.

The overall winner was Paul Chelimo with a time of 21:32. He out-kicked Kirubel Erassa (21:34) and Chris Thompson (21:36) over the last mile to take the 2017 title.

Thompson was King of the Hill.

Get the full race results here.

Check out the image gallery for a close look at the images from the 81st Manchester Road Race from competition to costumes.

More than 12,500 participated in the race.

Photo Credit: Chris Dehnel