| HARED | Ran hard, about to finish the race |
| SHEPHERDS | They pressed Henry hard, about to look after the flock (9) |
| INADA | Oldest man to finish the Ironman World Championship and first person in the 85 to 89 category to finish the race, Hiromi ___ |
| TENSE | Figures to finish the race in a state of excitement |
| AGENDA | Commander about to finish the things to be done (6) |
| PHOTO | Hop about to finish the picture |
| ICE | One about to finish the cake (3) |
| HARRIDAN | I ran hard to escape the scolding old woman (8) |
| CERISE | Finish the race with an increase in colour (6) |
| IRIS | Flag, can't quite finish the race |
| EELS | Swimmers finish the race all breathless (4) |
| INTERVIEWWHEEZE | Sound of a job seeker who ran hard to get to an appointment on time? |
| JOHNOGROATS | It's extremely British to jog, so ran hard for exercise |
| OGROATS | Unnatural to jog, so ran hard on 19Ac (4,7) |
| JOHN | Unnatural to jog, so ran hard on 19Ac (4,7) |
| NARWHAL | Ran hard with law change to get an arctic mammal |
| PIRANHA | During trip I ran hard to find flesh-eater (7) |
| POUNDEDTHEPAVEMENT | Ran hard in the marathon |
| TOMDICKANDHARRY | Whittington, chasing cat, ran hard all over the place with unknown, random blokes |
| RHINE | Run hard, in the end, to match an important European runner (5) |
