The action gets under way in the under-15 boys' race, one of eight categories at the 2016 Kent County Cross-Country Championships

Annabel Field, of Dartford Harriers, races in the under-15 event

Under-15 Tait Lamb of Dartford Harriers

Dartford Harriers' Jade Smith races in the under-17/under-20 women's category

Jamie Atkins puts his foot down in the under-17/under-20 men's section for Dartford Harriers

Beth Williams, of Thanet Roadrunners, runs in the under-15 girls' race

Ellese Palmer-Cooper was part of the Thanet Roadrunners under-15 girls' contingent

Phoebe Barker of Tonbridge AC runs in the under-17/under-20 women's race

In red, Medway and Maidstone AC's Cameron Payas

M&M's Lola Wheeler, right, in the under-17/under-20 event

M&M's Quinn Austin, centre, runs in the under-15 boys' race

Three abreast as, from left, Alexander Lingfield, M&M, Connor Burford, Dartford Harriers, and Ben Hall, Invicta East Kent, race in the under-17/under-20 men's category

Tonbridge AC's Finlay Croll races towards the finish line in the under-13 boys' category

Toby Emm of Tonbridge AC in the under-15 boys' race

James Kingston leads a Tonbridge clubmate in the under-15 boys' section

Louise Flynn, of Invicta East Kent, targets under-15 success

Elliott Wraight, of Invicta East Kent, builds a gap to the runner behind in the under-15 boys' contest

Invicta's Alexandra Millard, 159, in the under-15 girls' section

Amy Old in under-17/under-20 competition for Invicta East Kent

Folkestone Running Club's athletes included Morgan West, in the under-15 boys' race

James Long joined West in Folkestone colours

Beech Grove Academy's Lester Hine, green vest, stepping up the pace in the under-15 boys' race