Teddington-based Jo Pavey and Mo Farah were in impressive form in the BUPA Great Manchester Run 10km road race on Sunday.

Pavey, 33, the Commonwealth women's 5,000m silver medallist, produced a world-class performance to win the women's race.

She seemed full of confidence as she took control in the final kilometre to win in a personal best 31 minutes 41 seconds, beating Hungary's Aniko Kalovics by one second.

After her victory Pavey was quick to thank Kalovics for breaking up the field at the halfway point.

"She really put the boot in there and four of us pulled away from the rest of the field and made it a great race," said Pavey.

"I was feeling okay despite the pressure and in the last 2km decided to give it a go and began forcing the pace.

"With 400m remaining I tried to use my track speed.

"Although initially I got away, I could hear Kalovics not far behind me.

"With 200m, I couldn't feel my legs and it was if I was starting to go the wrong way, but I managed to hold on.

"I just got there and it is great to have pulled off a win at this level.

"I am really enjoying road running and, of course, winning just makes you feel that little bit better.

"That was a hard race and really tested me, particularly in the closing stages."

Kate Reed, also from Teddington, who forced the early pace, dropped back to finish fifth, but had the satisfaction of taking a minute off her lifetime best with a time of 32:22.

Belgrave's Birhan Dagne finished 13th (34:01).

In the men's race, Mo Farah, the European cross country champion, finished an third, his 28:07 the fastest time by a UK runner since 1996.

Kenyan Micah Kogo, the world's fastest 10km runner this season, broke Haile Gebreselassie's UK all-comers' record by four seconds to win the race in 27:24.

Farah said: "It was good to get third place but I would have liked to have ran under 28 minutes."