Following a steady decline since the late 1980's, this year's Easter Athletics Festival sees a big revival in numbers.
Over 250 entries have been received for the three races over the weekend - that's a 150% increase on 12 months ago.
Events will be held in Port Erin tomorrow evening, Peel on Saturday afternoon and Douglas Promenade will be used on Sunday.
One of the organisers, Chris Quine, says the growth is down to a change of format, and a lot of promotional work over the winter months:-
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