OLYMPIC long jumper Chris Tomlinson and legendary runner Paul 'Lord Smythe' Smith ran for charity with 330 others in memory of Gavin Duffy earlier today.

Mr Duffy, of Billingham, who was 29, was a popular amateur sportsman who died in a road collision on holiday in Dubai almost exactly a year ago, on November 22, 2013.

The 5k race at Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park in Billingham was part of the Winter Trails series of runs organised by Stockton Borough Council to encourage fitness.

However money was also raised for charities, including Zoe's Place Baby Hospice in Middlesbrough.

Tomlinson, 33, from Middlesbrough, a three times Olympic long jumper and British indoor record holder, donated £1 for every runner who beat him, a total of £186.

Another runner agreed to anonymously donate £1 for every runner who ran the race in under 20 minutes.

Paul 'Lord Smythe' Smith, originally of Easington but now living at Sherburn Hill, near Durham, also took part. Mr Smith, who has run on 2,884 consecutive days and recently ran to 100 war memorials across County Durham to raise money for Royal British Legion and Help For Heroes, ran alongside Mr Tomlinson for most of the race.

He said: "Chris is a sprinter and long-jumper was was puffing a bit on his way round, but you could really see his competitive spirit at the end. In the last 200 metres he just shot off and left us all standing.

"Gavin Duffy's parents were there and there were charities taking part so it was a really moving, great event."

The first memorial race was held last year as people helped raise money to bring quantity surveyor Mr Duffy's body back home. Last year about 150 people took part, a figure almost doubled this time with both a junior and a senior race.