Singer Katherine Jenkins, cricketer Andrew Strauss and McFly's Harry Judd were among the well-known names running.

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Fox plays Marty McFly, a teen itching to break loose from his dull family.

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In Back to the Future II, Marty McFly travels to the distant future of 2015.

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The 22-year-old, from Renfrewshire, had been competing in the cross-country phase of the prestigious four-star event aboard her grey gelding McFly.

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After developing her live act and material further she won the Cornwall's Got Talent competition and shared stages McFly and Gabriella Cilmi.

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As Marty McFly can tell you, very small changes in the past can lead to pretty big ripple effects in the future.

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He's the young designer behind an also young label poised to make Marty McFly's vacuum-powered jacket from Back to the Future Part II a real-life retail item.

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Happy Marty McFly Day!

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