look behind you
there's the man you're chasing
look behind you
let's go human racing
human racing
let's go racing now

That's what besnooded pop midget Nik Kershaw sang on 1984's 
'Human Racing'. 

Insightful though he was, could even Nik have predicted the scale of last night's event – the Nike 10K Human Race?  It was the world's biggest ever running event with tens of thousands of runners taking part in 25 cities round the world…
Melbourne:


Taiwan (featuring Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou):


Vancouver:


London, er, not actually running:


 And in London there were, as you would expect, a few folks from Wieden + Kennedy:
 

We'll publish the W+K leaderboard rankings with the fastest times when we have them collated.

Eagle-eyed readers will be able to spot a few familiar W+K faces in the above line-up.

One style icon gets to grips with another: Kevin Chesters gets a call on his super- slim Mobira.
This was actually the first handheld mobile phone. Launched by Nokia in 1987, it retailed for a wallet-coshing 4,500 euros.
As used by leaders everywhere:
 

"Chesters? It's Gorby here."