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Hello and a very warm welcome to the 37th Bank of Scotland Great Scottish

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Run. Across the weekend, in the might be and junior run, the family

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mile and toddler dash and today's events the 10 k and half marathon

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close to 30,000 people are taking part. Today we have two elite races

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as well and the men's in particular, should be a real ding-dong battle

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between local favourite Callum Hawkins and the defending champion

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Moses Kipsiro. We will have Olympic heroes dropping in in the course of

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the morning and into the early afternoon. I am in George Square,

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the start place, it is absolutely buzzing, the streets of Glasgow are

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packed with spectator, and the runners are gathering ready to get

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going in this celebration of sport here in Glasgow.

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Before they get going it is time to reflect on some tragic events that

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took place in Glasgow over the weekend. Yesterday, some Rangers

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fans were on a bus that overturned and one of the fans sadly lost his

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life. Then on Friday night boxer Mike Towel lost his life taking part

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in a sport he loved. We send our thoughts and condolences to the

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friend and family involved in those horrific events.

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Today, here in George Square at the Great Scottish Run, we celebrate the

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human endeavour, the hundreds of thousands of pounds raised for

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charity and between now and quarter to two, this is what is coming up

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here on the programme. I am running in memory of Graham

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Bryce, and who. Inspiration to everybody. I am raising Monday for

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the British Heart Foundation. Remember people shouting for me. I

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thought my life was over, doing 10 k from where I have come from, for me

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it is a big achievement. One of the things I like about this

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is the able-bodied community linking with the community who face

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challenges we don't normally face. February, March time we noticed

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there was a run going through Pollok Park, I thought it was perfect

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because Pollok Park to us meant so much.

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Going through finish line the first time was wonderful. I thought if I

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can do it once, I can keep on doing it. Just that kind of initial, I

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can't do it any more, actually I can.

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Yes, some real great stories are of human endeavour. Lots of money raise

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for charity, David Curry will be out and about talking to athletes and

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people raising money. He is with one now who is working for the Glasgow

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hospice and doing pretty well at it. One of the great things the many

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great things about the Great Scottish Run is it brings the

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generosity of the public to the fore. The big heartedness and hearts

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don't come bigger than this. It is Harvey The Heart you are running

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today for Glasgow hospice but you are running to try and break a world

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record, fill me in In the world record is 1 hour 37 minute, so today

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we are trying to beat that by one hour 36.5 minutes. You already hold

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I believe the marathon record, so this should be a piece of cake. It

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was three hours 17 minutes which is fast, so we hope we can achieve

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today. I believe your rival Bobby the Bee isn't running so, it is all

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down you today. Bobby the Bee, he holds the record but today Harvey

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takes a wing off the bee. All the very best Harvey. Aka Frank. Thank

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you. Bobby the bee against Harvey a

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ding-dong battle. We will see halfy doing great work as is David Currie,

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we will hear more as we go through the morning. We are also going to be

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lucky that some Olympians are dropping by. Two will be beside me

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in a moment, Callum Skinner and Katie Archibald. Let us remind

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ourselves of their golden moments from Rio.

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The United States, against Great Britain, what an Olympic final we

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have on our hands here. And the one Clem for mark, advantage slightly,

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to the United States. Katie Archibald on the front for Great

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Britain, she is such a powerful rider.

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Into the finishing straight and up towards the line, gold for grin.

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They smashed the world record. Nobody has ergone faster, but those

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four women there. Phil hands, it will be Callum Skinner. We are under

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way in the final. Will it be a blistering first lap from Hundreds.

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Callum Skinner just beautifully placed to take over, as Jason Kenny

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hand it over, it is so close. It is Callum Skinner, who is going to

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claim the gold medal. The gold medal goes to Great Britain. The Olympic

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champions again. Callum Skinner, bringing it home for

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Britain on the back of Hinds and Kenny i what a ride, what a start to

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this velodrome campaign in Rio. Yes, fantastic memories are from

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there, I am glad to say they are joining us live. Column, I will come

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to you first, see you winning the gold medal there but you have that

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silver medal as that you won in the individual against Jason Kenny, very

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successful Olympics for you. It was a bit surreal. Compared to the

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previous World Championships which were disappointing it was amazing to

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come to a games and make such progression and come together so

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well as a team. London we were sixth in world, and to end up being in the

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best in the world is a turn round. Katie, from your point of view you

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had been World Champion and European champion in the team as well. Going

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into the Olympics, a lot expected of you, but to deliver was amazing.

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Totally. Similar to column, we hadn't had, we got a bronze medal at

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the World Championships so all eyes were on the Americans who were the

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world record holders so it was cool to reassert ourselves and make that

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stamp. They have the velodrome in Glasgow now, and has that had an

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impact on you guy, you train down south but having the velodrome, has

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that made an impact on yourable to bring back gold medals. We started

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at Meadowbank in Edinburgh. By the next Olympics you will see the

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effect of that Velodrome where you have kids who say I went there and

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now I am here, when I have made an aim for the Commonwealth game, I am

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training at the moment, it is a world class facility that allows

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Scotland to be one of the best nations in the world. Jason Kenny

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was able to push Sir Chris Hoy off his pedestal in terms of the sprint,

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but you are there now, and you are pushing him, maybe push him off. He

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is hugely successful as a rider. He is probably the best the sport has

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seen. His dominance has been phenomenal. He deserves to be

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Britain's most successful Olympian. On the other hand, the Monday store

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has just fallen over. That is great thing about live television! There

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is no better person to chase in training than Jason, he hoes you

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where you need to be, I am fort natural I can chase him and get

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closer. You guys are here and you are supporting this event, the half

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marathon and the 10 k in particular, I know you have been out and about

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and speaking to athlete, what is the general sense and the feeling

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around? We have been meeting a lot of the runners, looking to is a good

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time. I am yet to see the people who are dead competitive. It is a big

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event. There is about 30,000 people running over the weekend, and really

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encouraging to see such a community participation. And yourself as well,

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column, you are an inspirational figure, you have the gold medal and

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silver medal there. The thing, the Tories, people are overcoming

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adversity, raising money for charity. I am sure everyone has a

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personal reason as to why they take part, whether it is for charity, or

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to prove it to themselveses or their family. People say they take

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inspiration. I take inspiration from them as well. Listen, guy, thank you

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for joining us today, thank you for being ambassador, so not just

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Olympic heroes, Paralympic heroes as well. David is we one. I am with

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Derek Ray Paralympic marathon run e not long that back from the sun of

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Roy owe back to the streets of Glasgow. I landed back in Scotland

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last Tuesday, so just getting my head round everything back home and

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getting used to the cold. Are acclimatised? Yes it is different to

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Rio! Back to what I am used to. Having peaked for the marathon in

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Rio, have you been doing training for this, how do you see it going? I

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just kept training as I was before I went out. I was on a week before the

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marathon, I kept that going with the intention of running today. I will

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have a break after this one today, I think. Set yourself a target for

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today time wise? No I am going to go round and enjoy it. See how the legs

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are feel after the trip in Brazil and the flying home, I am feeling

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relatively in good shape so I will see how the legs feel after the

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race. You have come a long way, you only started running to get fit for

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football. That is right. It has been a whirlwind few year, I have only

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been involved in parasports for two years, I never imagined I would be

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in this position, so I love what I do, I love the aspect of being fit

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and training and working hard, so it is not a chore, it is a pleasurier

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for me. Best of luck and hopefully I will catch you at the finish. --

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pleasure. Derek is one of the guys taking part

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today. As you can see the start line is is a pretty busy place here in

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Glasgow. George Square, everyone is lining up for the half that are

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Monday, it is getting under way in probably seven or eight minutes

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time. All the supporters are here as you can see. It's a huge event and a

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long way to go, 13.1 miles. Jane Lewis is at the half way stage at a

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very misty Pollok Park. Located in the south of the city,

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this is the largest park in Glasgow. Famed for its wonderful woodland and

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gorgeous gardens and high land cows, and also home to this place, Pollock

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house, a stunning or-January mansion built in 1752. The house was the

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ancestral home of the Maxwell family for 700 year, but 50 years ago the

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family gifted it to the city of Glasgow. Now the house is open to

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the public but no time for the runners to pop in, and enjoy a quick

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tour round the house today, hopefully though, we will be able to

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enjoy the scenery as they are running through the park, knowing

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they are half way there. It is pretty misty over there in

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Pollok Park, here at George Square the sun is out, although we are kind

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of in the shade but it is out behind us. David is out and about speaking

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to guys who are smiling and putting some sunshine on the faces of the

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whole people taking part in the Great Scottish Run today.

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DC here with a more famous DC. December Clarke. The last time I saw

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you running you had an Olympic torch in your hand. That is right. It was

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through George Square here, so that was an amazing memory, it was from

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that I thought I better do this properly, that was 300 metres and

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today is 10 k, so many memories broig back. I can't wait for this.

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You played a big part in the Commonwealth game, you played a

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small part. I was there for the opening and closing ceremony. I was

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basically the janitor. Seeing the big events come to Scotland, it has

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encouraged me and many others to say I am going to give it a go. That is

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what today is about. You have a wee bit of patter going round with other

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runners or will you go head down. I can't do anything without talking. I

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want the patter. I have told people I'm a proper runner because I have

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two watch, that is all I have got. They don't tell the time, I can't

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wait for it. You want the encouragement, and a bit of

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cheering. All the best, see you at the finish. See you at the finish.

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Yes, how many watches does he need? I am with one of our commentary

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team, the former world 10 k and half marathon champion, Liz McColgan.

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First you are originally from Dundee, living in Doha, you haven't

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got any socks on, are you not freezing. It's a bit cold. I am

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happy to be here, one of my favourite race, I won it so many

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moons ago, but great to see such a crowd and atmosphere. We will look

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forward to the elite races but let us reflect on the Olympics.

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We had a pretty cute show -- pretty good show of Scottish athletes. We

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had great success in Rio. Not just the athletes that got there. But

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everybody thinks it just happened this year. There were eight athletes

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in the Bank of Scotland training squad that were identified in 2006.

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These kids have grown up now. It is fantastic to see them come together

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and see the success they have had. We had some great performances,

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people making finals, and it was just fantastic to see. There is a

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lot more to come. A pretty good performance to get that far with

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injuries. Eilidh came to me. She was injured. She was running in the

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pool. To actually make an Olympic final after 35 miles a week was

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amazing. Our head is now in the right place to say she can do 25

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laps, it isn't a big marathon. She is going to be able to run that

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distance. It will begin. A couple of gold medals and bronze medals, as

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well. It is shining all three. From the Paralympians to the elite

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athletes. We have a great set of athletes. And we have the support.

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That makes the difference. When we get the support, the athletes can go

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on and be competitive and now they are getting medals. Let's look ahead

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to the women's elite race and remind ourselves of who is taking part.

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Let's talk about the women's race. You won this a while ago, as you

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said. It is a mouthwatering prospect today, especially with the women's

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race, we will talk about the men's in a minute. We have highlighted

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some, but who do you reckon? It'll be competitive. The three Kenyan

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girls, you can toss a coin to see which one is going to win. But for

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me, Betsy Saina has a great track record. The other girls have done

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some road racing, she hasn't, she had a fantastic run in the 10,000

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metres. The world record was broken in Rio. She ran just outside 30

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minutes. If she is in that type of shape she will be difficult to beat.

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It will be an interesting race with the track runners. The men's race

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will be interesting, as well. Last year's runner-up was Callum Hawkins

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and he spoke to Jane early on. -- earlier on.

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Callum this is your third Great Scottish Run. You've had a fantastic

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year. Everybody saw what you did in the real Olympics. Leading in the

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men's marathon at the halfway stage. -- Rio Olympics. He finished ninth,

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which was a remarkable result for you. How much confidence do you take

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from that? How do you build on that? It has given me so much confidence.

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It has spurred me on to really go for it now. Looking forward to

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Tokyo. It is about the fine margins, the 1% gains, I have just got to

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look at everything I am doing like diet, strength and condition,

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training itself, and just trying to improve on it. I love this course.

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Two of my three quickest times have been here. Everybody was shouting my

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name. It was crazy. This is my first-ever half marathon. It sparked

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me to move up to the marathon. Was this to set the tone for what was

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going to come for you? Definitely. I did not quite run as fast as I was

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hoping for. I was planning for my first marathon in Frankfurt. The

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confidence was not quite there. But I came here, I ran a great PB, got

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close to the best ever Scottish result. I qualified for Frankfurt.

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From there, I qualified for London. Can you win it this year? I'm not

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sure, but I will definitely go for it. Hopefully I will get a PB, maybe

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even quicker, hopefully challenge for the win. Maybe even win it. May

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be coming year, we'll see. -- maybe, yeah, we will see. This is the start

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of the half marathon. Some of the elite runners warming up in George

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Square, Glasgow. I know you are impressed with what Callum Hawkins

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has done, the way he has developed as an athlete. I have known him and

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his brother since he was a wee lad. I've always been impressed with him.

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A gutsy run. Probably not the most talented, but he digs in, gives 100%

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no matter what. All the way through as a junior, he has always shone

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through as a potential. I am excited to see what he can do in the

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marathon because that is his event. He was runner-up here last year, he

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got ninth in the Olympics, great performance for him, can he win this

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today, become the first Scottish male to win the Great Scottish Run?

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I reckon he has a great opportunity today. We need a Scottish winner,

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the last time we had one was in 1993. It depends on how he has

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recovered from the Olympics. Knowing him as an athlete I don't think he

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would have come here if he wasn't already recovered and ready to go.

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He hasn't -- Moses hasn't run the best this year, so I think Callum

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Hawkins can take the opportunity. Let's hear from the defending

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champion, Moses Kipsiro, who is not fully fit coming into this.

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I'm not so fit. But, maybe 50%. To me, I look forward to defend my

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title. Missing the real Olympics did not work for me. I was injured. 50%

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fit for the Great Scottish Run. Is 50% Victor Moses enough to win it?

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Yeah, I am looking forward to win. Yeah. Maybe by Sunday, it will maybe

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be 60%. CHUCKLES

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Hopefully. But I am looking forward to defending. It is extraordinary.

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Even if he isn't fully fit I reckon he is going to have a great chance

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to carry on. Let's talk about Moses Kipsiro, the sort of guy he is come

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his ability as an athlete. An amazing guy. He says he isn't fully

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fit, but he could still win this, couldn't he? He has had a difficult

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year. He ran a marathon and finished fourth. Then he has malaria. He was

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really ill. He has come back. He's in good shape. Just not at his best.

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For him to be against Callum Hawkins, and Callum Hawkins is in

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good shape, it will be tough. This is part of his preparation for the

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New York Marathon. It is a matter of seeing just how fit he is. Callum

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Hawkins could hang onto him. I think he has a weakness in his changes. He

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is not as dominant as we would expect. We will have to let you go

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to the commentary booth. Thanks for the moment. This is the Great

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Scottish Run, but there is another runner who could win this today,

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this fellow runs for a great Scottish club.

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The club is 112 years old. Based in the East End of Glasgow. Long, long

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history. Many famous runners have passed through our doors. Famous

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athletes. We have had a winner from the Commonwealth Games. Karen

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Sharpe, his daughter Lindsey is doing some great stuff. Famous

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athletics in Scotland and in the UK. This is a new home. We moved here

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about 20 years ago. This is legacy in action. We will be over the moon

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to have this on our doorstep. And let's make sure we are here in

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another 100 years. We are a family club. What we do is we endeavour to

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help everybody to settle. I came to the training and I thought Lindsey

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had different levels. With the different levels you can pretty much

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fit right in. It is welcoming. We have a good balance between

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grassroots athletics and an elite side. Everyone comes along. Everyone

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is really friendly. It has built up a good reputation. Really fast

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runners. And the fast runners want to come here, and chase our tails.

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If you are an international athlete and you've just moved over to

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Scotland, you want to be running with good runners. They spotted that

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they came straight to the Harriers. In 2008 the world cross-country

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championships were in Edinburgh. Very famous story. It has been

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around the press that after that a number of athletes from Eritrea came

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to Scotland. We got a phone call saying that they have some refugees

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for us. Saying that they had qualified for the Olympics. The

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London one is the most famous one for us. He was a young boy. He was

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out with his friend. He stood on a landmine. His friend was killed. He

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was badly injured. He fought for his life. He has a wee scar on his

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forehead. A very interesting story. It shows you that with determination

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you can do anything for yourself. He is from Eritrea. He runs for a

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great Scottish club. Today is not just about the half marathon, there

:26:05.:26:08.

is a ten kilometre, as well. David is with a couple who will be taking

:26:09.:26:11.

part today. This dynamic duo are the McDonald's,

:26:12.:26:17.

Carolyn and Jamie. Jamie, you are blind, so you run with Carolyn, very

:26:18.:26:24.

much a team effort. Absolutely. We share this little dressing gown

:26:25.:26:30.

cord. She guides me through the ten K. It is OK for me, it is stressful

:26:31.:26:35.

for her. She is getting you through, but she might be guided by you,

:26:36.:26:40.

because this is your first, isn't it? That's right. Do you have to

:26:41.:26:45.

talk through it? I mainly have to put up with his jokes.

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CHUCKLES It is a very chatty hour and a half.

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LAUGHTER And you are running for a charity?

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This is an awesome charity that gives money to parents of terminally

:26:59.:27:01.

ill children so they can do nice things with them. It is lovely. The

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best of luck to both of you. Thanks very much. Some truly great stories,

:27:07.:27:15.

some great couples, and some great amounts of money raised. This

:27:16.:27:18.

morning the wheelchair race took place. At 9:43am it got underway. A

:27:19.:27:26.

fantastic race it was, as well. The streets of Glasgow packed with

:27:27.:27:29.

supporters cheering them along the way. Add a couple of other Olympic

:27:30.:27:37.

heroes starting the ten kilometre race earlier this morning, as well.

:27:38.:27:42.

Again, that was just before 10am this morning. We will start the half

:27:43.:27:50.

marathon very soon. These guys have been raising money over the years

:27:51.:27:52.

and doing incredibly well in Glasgow. I am delighted to say that

:27:53.:27:58.

I'm joined by a Commonwealth champion, Charlie Flynn. Charlie,

:27:59.:28:01.

good to have you here at the Great Scottish Run. Not taking part

:28:02.:28:04.

because you have a dodgy leg. That's right, I'm not running the day. I

:28:05.:28:13.

have fractured my foot. What happened? I was out running, and I

:28:14.:28:17.

just fractured my ankle. And a pothole. That was it. Tough going if

:28:18.:28:23.

you are a boxer because you need to get up on your toes. I take it that

:28:24.:28:27.

has put the boxing career on the back foot. I was meant to be

:28:28.:28:30.

fighting this week coming. With Ricky Barnes in the Hydro. It was my

:28:31.:28:36.

first title shot. It was a big kick for me. But it happens, injuries, so

:28:37.:28:41.

I just roll with the punches and get on with it. Absolutely. Today you

:28:42.:28:47.

are not running. You will be here to start the half marathon. I know

:28:48.:28:50.

you've been talking to a lot of people come hearing some stories

:28:51.:28:53.

about people overcoming all sorts of things to take part in a race like

:28:54.:28:59.

this. It is inspirational, is it not? It is great to see. There is a

:29:00.:29:03.

guy down there come he is running, I think he has broken his arm, he is

:29:04.:29:07.

running, do you know what I mean? It is good to see people enthusiastic

:29:08.:29:11.

and having fun in sport. Everybody is buzzing. It is brilliant to see.

:29:12.:29:18.

It is. But it is a tough weekend for boxing. On Friday night Michael

:29:19.:29:23.

Towle was taking part in a bout in Glasgow and sadly he lost his life.

:29:24.:29:30.

-- Michael Towell. It is a tragic thing to happen in sport, but in

:29:31.:29:34.

your sport I imagine it is tough to take. It is tough to see. It is

:29:35.:29:39.

upsetting. Every box around the world, when you hear something like

:29:40.:29:43.

that, it is heartbreaking. You know how much effort and time they put

:29:44.:29:47.

into the sport. And it is just heartbreaking to see it happen in

:29:48.:29:53.

any sport. Such a tragedy in boxing. It never happens, ever, do you know

:29:54.:29:58.

what I mean? Disaster. A terrible story. It is good to see you.

:29:59.:30:02.

Hopefully you will be back fighting fit, get that foot sorted. Cheers,

:30:03.:30:08.

man, thanks. Let him another inspirational story, another fellow

:30:09.:30:11.

taking part in the Great Scottish Run today.

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My name is John and this is my run. I joined the army when I was 16. I

:30:16.:30:22.

was a junior soldier and since then I have pretty much spent 24 years in

:30:23.:30:26.

the army. My claim to fame, back then was I

:30:27.:30:31.

was the youngest soldier in the first guff war, aged 17 and three

:30:32.:30:36.

months. I suffered a stroke in early 90, didn't know it was a stroke,

:30:37.:30:44.

funnily enough. Just recently, I suffered a second stroke, which was

:30:45.:30:47.

the result of a hole in my heart. After the second stroke I was at the

:30:48.:30:53.

prime of my career. I left obviously through medical reason, I was

:30:54.:30:58.

medically discharge add few years ago, until then I started to get

:30:59.:31:02.

back in to running and fitness. It has knocked me back, certainly,

:31:03.:31:07.

knocked me back in terms of my own fitness and wellbeing. You know, but

:31:08.:31:10.

however it has made me realise there is is a lot more to life than just

:31:11.:31:17.

being negative all the time. There was a time in my life, that

:31:18.:31:22.

gap where I was stuck in a void, you couldn't see any way out of it.

:31:23.:31:27.

Overcoming the psychological barriers of the stroke and the

:31:28.:31:30.

freedom of being out and running, and the fact I can do it again, you

:31:31.:31:34.

know, so just that initial, I can't do it any more, actually I can, I

:31:35.:31:39.

have just accepted it and moved on. I am never going to look back, it is

:31:40.:31:42.

all about moving forward. John Owens, a great story, we wish

:31:43.:31:58.

him all the best today. Here go, almost 15,000 people on the streets

:31:59.:32:01.

of Glasgow are just about to go out there and start to take part in the

:32:02.:32:07.

Great Scottish Run. They are challenging themselves, raising

:32:08.:32:11.

thousands pleasure charity, running pleasure mums, dads, uncles auntie,

:32:12.:32:16.

you name it, everyone has their own reason pleasure being here.

:32:17.:32:30.

Front of nose runners are the elite athletes and they are almost ready

:32:31.:32:40.

to go. It is time to hand over to our commentators Liz McColgan

:32:41.:32:43.

alongside Brendan foster and first, Rob Walker.

:32:44.:32:49.

Thank you very muchment good morning, welcome to this great

:32:50.:32:53.

celebration of Scottish sport, much: A celebration of one of the world's

:32:54.:32:59.

friend least cities, two top quality elite races to come here, 30,000

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people taking part in this festival of distance running, all across the

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entire weekend. And we have great Scottish hopes in this men's race.

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There is Betsy Saina, fifth in that epic Rio 10,000 metre Olympic final.

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Chris Thompson, Brendan and saw any more the hotel. He is confident.

:33:26.:33:31.

Relaxed. He is a European silver-medallist. Next, to a young

:33:32.:33:39.

lady, Commonwealth silver in 2010. Second here 12 months ago, can she

:33:40.:33:48.

go one better? Doris Changeiywo. And the double Commonwealth champion

:33:49.:33:52.

over 10,000 metres, says she 50% fit. Judging by that smile I reckon

:33:53.:33:58.

it is more like 80 or 90. Moses Kipsiro.

:33:59.:34:04.

And what a great location to the female line up, pleasure this race,

:34:05.:34:09.

she got a brilliant silver in Beijing last year, in the marathon,

:34:10.:34:16.

Kiprop. She is the fourth fastest marathon runner this year.

:34:17.:34:23.

And what a 12 months it has been pleasure Scotland's Callum Hawkins.

:34:24.:34:27.

Eighth in London, beat the reigning world record holder, ninth in Rio,

:34:28.:34:33.

can he secure Scotland's first victory in this event in the men's

:34:34.:34:40.

field? Here we go then, 10s of thousands ready pleasure their

:34:41.:34:45.

adventure and journey through the streets of Glasgow, they will be

:34:46.:34:50.

roared on every step of the way. The 37th edition of the Great Scottish

:34:51.:34:57.

Run is about to get going. On your marks... What a great sight

:34:58.:35:13.

and what a great sound. This event has grown from strength to strength,

:35:14.:35:19.

over the years. It will take some of them two-and-a-half, maybe even

:35:20.:35:23.

three hour, but that doesn't matter. Brendan, this is what great distance

:35:24.:35:27.

running is about, of course we are interested in the two brilliant

:35:28.:35:30.

elite fields going pleasure glory at the front, but we are also

:35:31.:35:34.

interested in the masses, those who will take a little longer than the

:35:35.:35:39.

athletes going pleasure glory to get round this great, great course.

:35:40.:35:44.

Well, old fashioned sport used to be about people standing on the

:35:45.:35:48.

sidelines, and watching. Nowadays it is about having top class sports men

:35:49.:35:54.

participating with ordinary people. Ordinary people, doing extraordinary

:35:55.:35:57.

things if you look at the start, the start is narrowed so they come

:35:58.:36:01.

through slowly, when they come through the start line it opens up.

:36:02.:36:05.

They have places to run, paces to run and the idea is every one has a

:36:06.:36:10.

journey they can remember and talk about, I think, they can measures do

:36:11.:36:15.

pleasure their own reason, they can do pleasure supportinger people,

:36:16.:36:17.

that do it pleasure charity, a lot do it pleasure both, pleasure

:36:18.:36:21.

charity an pleasure themselves, and you lock at them coming through the

:36:22.:36:25.

line, watching, checking their watches, making sure they know

:36:26.:36:29.

exactly what they are doing, as we look up the road there, the climb,

:36:30.:36:36.

the start of St Vincent Street. You can see them climbing. It is down to

:36:37.:36:41.

the river after that, and a lot of course takes place along the banks

:36:42.:36:47.

of the River Clyde. Yes, they will take in some of

:36:48.:36:55.

Glasgow's most fabulous landmarks. There will be great support all

:36:56.:36:59.

round the course here, just got a glimpse of Harvey, the mascot going

:37:00.:37:03.

pleasure the half marathon record, we will keep you posted on how he

:37:04.:37:08.

goes. Moses Kipsiro, he wears number one and how refreshing that we have

:37:09.:37:13.

a genuinely world class Scottish distance runner who has a chance of

:37:14.:37:17.

winning this race. I thought he ran with such confidence in the Olympic

:37:18.:37:27.

marathon, even heading the Eliud Kipchoge round the half way stage.

:37:28.:37:32.

Callum Hawkins is a big talent, he is a developing talent, he could be

:37:33.:37:36.

a big name pleasure the future, if Moses Kipsiro is beneath 100%, I don

:37:37.:37:43.

believe he down at 50 by the way, but certainly, Callum Hawkins has a

:37:44.:37:46.

great opportunity to do something special here. 12 months on. So, a

:37:47.:38:00.

brilliant course here. Start up St Vincent Street. Then down over the

:38:01.:38:10.

Clyde, over Kingston Bridge. Then snaking their way out towards Pollok

:38:11.:38:17.

Park. City's biggest park, home to Burrell Collection. High land

:38:18.:38:25.

cattle, a mountain bike circuit. Then up through Bellahouston Park.

:38:26.:38:29.

Past the House For an Art Lover, before making their way back to the

:38:30.:38:33.

heart of the city. Coming back across the Squinty Bridge. See some

:38:34.:38:38.

great shots of that and then extra loop at the finish, who will be

:38:39.:38:42.

coming home to the applause of the crowd? Well, certainly those

:38:43.:38:48.

gathered will be hoping it is Callum Hawkins, but a long, long way to go.

:38:49.:38:53.

There is the mascot, just front left there. His journey will take a lot

:38:54.:38:59.

longer than the elites here. We were talking about having a great race,

:39:00.:39:04.

Scotland, and other athletes from Great Britain, Chris Thompson

:39:05.:39:10.

against the best of Uganda and it is Callum Hawkins, alongside Chris

:39:11.:39:19.

Thompson. And Tewelde, who stayed? Scotland in 2008. Moses Kipsiro, the

:39:20.:39:25.

defending champion here in Glasgow, on the right of frame. Also, just at

:39:26.:39:32.

the back of that group Joel who was fourth in the Brighton marathon in

:39:33.:39:40.

2:11.51. He is obscured by Chris Timpson, there is a declaration of

:39:41.:39:43.

intent here, we have six athletes away and clear from the rest of the

:39:44.:39:47.

field. They have gone through the first

:39:48.:39:54.

mile there. The elite athletes, Chris Thompson the red vest, his

:39:55.:39:58.

career at the same time as Mo Farah in the early days and sadly over the

:39:59.:40:03.

year, Chris has battled with injuries but he has contained

:40:04.:40:05.

himself, he has come back with renewed confidence. He is running

:40:06.:40:08.

well at the moment and he is looking forward to this race, but next to

:40:09.:40:13.

him in the black vest, Callum Hawkins. Callum is really intent on

:40:14.:40:18.

this one today. What a glorious performance, what a terrific time he

:40:19.:40:22.

had in Rio, what a pleasure it was to see Callum Hawkins finishing

:40:23.:40:26.

second in this race last year, and then move Tong world class, when he

:40:27.:40:30.

led the Olympic field through the half way point, ran an exceptional

:40:31.:40:36.

run, finishing seventh in the Olympic Games and I think this young

:40:37.:40:40.

man has a great feature ahead of im. He is next to athletes who have won

:40:41.:40:46.

medals in major championships on the track. Moses Kipsiro, winning the

:40:47.:40:52.

10,000 metres in Glasgow. There Betsy Saina, of Kenya, a small

:40:53.:40:56.

figure who ran a phenomenal race in that credible race, in the women's

:40:57.:41:02.

10 thousand metre, the world record went and Betsy Saina finishing just

:41:03.:41:06.

over 30 minute, one of the fastest 10,000 metres of all time. She is

:41:07.:41:11.

keen to step up to the marathon, she says her route from the 10,000

:41:12.:41:14.

metres on the track to the marathon is going to include a haar marathon

:41:15.:41:19.

and today this is her chance. 10,000 metres in Rio. World record race,

:41:20.:41:25.

world record performance. And her in fifth place. Here she is today,

:41:26.:41:30.

trying to show that her feature, lies at the marathon. Really was a

:41:31.:41:37.

brilliant performance from all of the women who finished in the top

:41:38.:41:46.

ten, in Rio. That extraordinary first gold of the games, Almaz Ayana

:41:47.:41:50.

with that world record. Betsy Saina has laid down her early marker here.

:41:51.:41:53.

She has been there or thereabout, she was seventh at the world indoors

:41:54.:41:59.

earlier this year. 3,000 metre, was in the top eight, Beijing last year.

:42:00.:42:06.

But this as Brendan says could be the beginning of an exciting

:42:07.:42:10.

journey. Back with the men, it was 4.45 pleasure that opening mile. So

:42:11.:42:15.

round about 62 minute, so sensible pacing. And we have the two adopted

:42:16.:42:20.

Scots in that group. Alongside Callum Hawkins. We heard the very

:42:21.:42:28.

moving story about Tewelde who was injured in a landmine accident back

:42:29.:42:33.

home and came back to full health and fitness, finished in the top 20

:42:34.:42:41.

of the world junior cross-country. We from another runner wearing

:42:42.:42:46.

eight. Tewelde there just front and left, and Callum Hawkins just had a

:42:47.:42:51.

look over his shoulder there, almost as if to say, come on guys, don't

:42:52.:42:55.

trip my heels but it's a sensible pace here. The great thing is from a

:42:56.:42:59.

story perspective, all of the big names that we would expect to be at

:43:00.:43:03.

the front are there, they are running sensibly, they are running

:43:04.:43:07.

within themselves and that this has the make ocean a great race. A great

:43:08.:43:11.

performance already. Liz McColgan has run, almost run from the start

:43:12.:43:15.

line there, she has joined us at the finish. Our pleasure to welcome Liz,

:43:16.:43:19.

you are in good form this morning at the start. Now you are at the finish

:43:20.:43:24.

watching the real action. Yes, glad to be here and it is great to see

:43:25.:43:28.

the British boys up there trying to push the pace with the Kenyans and

:43:29.:43:32.

the Ugandan, so it is looking like it will be an interesting race. Liz,

:43:33.:43:39.

just as we look at Betsy Saina, as you indicate a at the beginning she

:43:40.:43:43.

has a real opportunity to do something special as a result of

:43:44.:43:48.

running just outside 30 minutes, pleasure that extraordinary 10,000

:43:49.:43:52.

metres in Rio, it could be the beginning of a great career on the

:43:53.:43:56.

roads. She has no real back ground in road running, she came from the

:43:57.:44:01.

track, she has not moved away yet. She will be doing World

:44:02.:44:06.

Championships at 10,000 metres and there is a massive difference.

:44:07.:44:10.

Pleasure me I think she is a classy runner and I think she will run a

:44:11.:44:13.

fairly quick time on this course. Liz, as we look that the group

:44:14.:44:17.

there. She is in a good position. She can fix on the men, help herself

:44:18.:44:25.

along, it is an advantage to have a pacemaker. That 10 thousand metres

:44:26.:44:31.

in Rio. Almaz Ayana shattering that world record. What was your view?

:44:32.:44:37.

It was amazing. When I ran the Chinese break the record. To see

:44:38.:44:45.

that she was 100 metres ahead of the Chinese girls blew me away. I am a

:44:46.:44:51.

stickler for drug testing. Ethiopian do not follow the procedures. I

:44:52.:44:57.

don't think it should be designed defined as a world record, but that

:44:58.:45:03.

is my view. -- I don't think it should be defined as. I think it was

:45:04.:45:08.

the fastest ever ten kilometre run on the track for, you know... For,

:45:09.:45:17.

what was it, 31 minutes? When you looked at the personal bests all the

:45:18.:45:22.

way down the field, 12, 13, 14, they were all registering personal bests.

:45:23.:45:31.

It looks as though he is struggling with the pace a fraction. A lifetime

:45:32.:45:36.

best, inside 30 minutes, a third Olympic medal for her, and it was

:45:37.:45:40.

the bronze this time. To emulate the double gold and bronze. Even getting

:45:41.:45:48.

third was an amazing performance. It was and she came back from

:45:49.:45:51.

pregnancy. It was her first race after having her child, so it was a

:45:52.:46:01.

great performance. Descending on that motorway section. One of

:46:02.:46:10.

Britain's representatives in the marathon, three Scots representing

:46:11.:46:13.

Britain, Callum Hawkins and his brother Derek. And look at him...

:46:14.:46:27.

Just using a few -- losing a few yards. He cannot let them go away

:46:28.:46:36.

that early, Tewelde. He was our representative in Rio. His other

:46:37.:46:47.

compatriot, at the back of that group of four. The men's race has

:46:48.:46:50.

developed early. Callum Hawkins will enjoy this journey at the moment

:46:51.:46:55.

because he is getting good support and he deserves it. Yes, he's been

:46:56.:47:00.

running well. But great to see Thompson up front. He has been

:47:01.:47:08.

inconsistent. That is the way the sport is, Chris Thompson has had

:47:09.:47:11.

major injuries and he has never developed to his potential.

:47:12.:47:14.

Hopefully we will see him in the marathon in London. Good point. His

:47:15.:47:24.

achievements have almost been forgotten as the bit in light of the

:47:25.:47:29.

great performances of Mo Farah over the years. I feel he has a point to

:47:30.:47:38.

prove. He is looking strong. He is a good-looking athlete. He is strong

:47:39.:47:42.

and he is upright. It is a nice style. Real class from Chris

:47:43.:47:46.

Thompson. He will be pleased at the moment he is leading this sort of

:47:47.:47:53.

Arrow of five athletes. Tewelde Is struggling. He dropped out of the

:47:54.:47:59.

Rio marathon with sore feet. It was only a few weeks ago when he ran a

:48:00.:48:03.

fair distance in brutal conditions. Perhaps it is understandable that

:48:04.:48:06.

his battle for glory seems to be over. He has had a bad injury to his

:48:07.:48:11.

Achilles heel. Recovery from that will be sore. We have seen a great

:48:12.:48:20.

start from Betsy Saina. Helah Kiprop got that fabulous silver medal in

:48:21.:48:23.

the World Championship marathon last year. She dropped out of the Olympic

:48:24.:48:28.

marathon. She ran most of the race, she dropped out between 35 and 40

:48:29.:48:34.

with breathing issues. Doris Changeiywo, just the right of the

:48:35.:48:37.

picture, last year's runner-up behind the fantastic Edna Kiplagat.

:48:38.:48:54.

We have a little drive. Moses Kipsiro driving up the pace. Chris

:48:55.:48:58.

Thompson was at the front of that quintet of athletes. He is happy to

:48:59.:49:03.

drop behind the two East Africans. Moses Kipsiro on the right. And

:49:04.:49:09.

Joel, who ran so well in Brighton this year, he is just ahead of Moses

:49:10.:49:15.

Kipsiro. I certainly don't buy the fact he is 50% fit. There was a

:49:16.:49:18.

twinkle in his eye on the start line. Nobody lines up for a race at

:49:19.:49:27.

50% fit, surely? He said 50%, and then he said he would win the race.

:49:28.:49:31.

He is in preparation for the New York Marathon. He probably won't be

:49:32.:49:39.

as fit as he has been in the past. But he will be fit enough to go out

:49:40.:49:48.

there and run 62 minutes. We have heard your thoughts on that amazing

:49:49.:49:56.

10,000 metres last month in Rio with the record set by Ayana. Callum

:49:57.:50:07.

Hawkins, and the evidence of what he produced in Rio, is not 1 million

:50:08.:50:10.

miles away from being a major medal contender for the marathon. I

:50:11.:50:14.

thought it was a brilliant run. Callum Hawkins is an exciting

:50:15.:50:18.

runner. I have known him since he was a young lad. In 2006 he ran in

:50:19.:50:23.

the junior squad. It was put together. He has matured all the way

:50:24.:50:28.

through. He has had result as a junior. He is fulfilling his

:50:29.:50:33.

potential. This is his distance. He has the right mix. He is mentally

:50:34.:50:37.

strong, which makes him different from a lot of the other British

:50:38.:50:40.

guys. I think this race is starting to get interesting now. The young

:50:41.:50:50.

Kenyan keeps testing them. He seems to be able to move into contention

:50:51.:50:55.

quite quickly. Callum Hawkins is being asked some questions. Closing

:50:56.:50:58.

it down quite neatly. But that last mile, four minutes 39 seconds, and

:50:59.:51:06.

that is quick. Again, Chris Thompson, who is running pretty

:51:07.:51:10.

well, realises that four minutes 39 seconds is a bit too quick for him.

:51:11.:51:14.

He has let it go, relaxed a little, and now moving back to the lead. The

:51:15.:51:21.

two African athletes run in bursts. That can be demanding. You have got

:51:22.:51:25.

to be smart, clever and confident to allow those little bursts to get a

:51:26.:51:30.

few yards away from you, but then settle down and come back gradually.

:51:31.:51:34.

It is better to move gradually than go in bursts. Definitely. And it

:51:35.:51:38.

also helps to know the course. That smile is slightly downhill. Callum

:51:39.:51:43.

Hawkins has run this a couple of times. He knows about it. He held

:51:44.:51:48.

back, he opened up a little bit, now he is back on it again. That is

:51:49.:51:52.

best, keep consistency in your running, that is what he is doing.

:51:53.:51:59.

Yeah, Chris Thompson, felt as though perhaps he started a little bit too

:52:00.:52:06.

quickly in this year's Great North Run. But he is looking comfortable

:52:07.:52:13.

behind Callum Hawkins. Between Moses Kipsiro and Kimutai. We did have sex

:52:14.:52:28.

in this group -- we did have six in this group. Tewelde Has now become

:52:29.:52:36.

detached in fifth place. We are really gearing up to a fascinating

:52:37.:52:42.

race with two Britons and two East Africans upfront. The question will

:52:43.:52:46.

be how dominant will Callum Hawkins be? Or will we see Moses Kipsiro and

:52:47.:52:54.

Kimutai probing off the front and testing for weaknesses? Callum

:52:55.:53:00.

Hawkins is a smart racer. He would like one pace. That is why he got

:53:01.:53:08.

ninth position in the Olympics. He keeps a good pace. He ran smartly.

:53:09.:53:13.

He is doing it again. Concentrating on what he is doing. He has his race

:53:14.:53:22.

plan. He just goes off and delivers. Betsy Saina running really well in

:53:23.:53:25.

this women's race. She has a sizeable lead in the early stages.

:53:26.:53:31.

Just remind ourselves, she has only run one half marathon, it was in

:53:32.:53:36.

Boston a couple of years ago. She is coming here with huge confidence and

:53:37.:53:43.

fabulous track speed in her legs. She has made the best use of her

:53:44.:53:47.

time since Rio, she has had a little bit of rest, so she will be

:53:48.:53:51.

difficult to beat. I think she is in the kind of shape to test the course

:53:52.:53:55.

record today. That will be interesting to see, just how she

:53:56.:53:59.

goes later on in the race. Just on that very point, we've just had the

:54:00.:54:04.

statistics through for the first five kilometres. 60 minutes six

:54:05.:54:09.

seconds. She is on course for about 70 minutes and 30 seconds. That is a

:54:10.:54:13.

good pace and she is setting down the early marker. -- 16 minutes and

:54:14.:54:20.

six seconds. A cracking first five kilometres from the women. And the

:54:21.:54:29.

men, also getting towards the five kilometre point. We will give you

:54:30.:54:33.

the splits very shortly. But look at this, once again, a little probe off

:54:34.:54:40.

the front. Kimutai, very high neck lift. Callum Hawkins looks nice and

:54:41.:54:45.

steady in second in front of Moses Kipsiro. If you more metres have

:54:46.:54:50.

grown between them and Chris Thompson. -- a few more. It could be

:54:51.:54:56.

that Chris has decided that this extra injection of pace is not to

:54:57.:55:00.

his liking and he wants to go more conservatively. Or it could be an

:55:01.:55:03.

indication that he is starting to struggle. I don't think Chris is in

:55:04.:55:09.

the shape he was a few years ago. He had an Achilles operation last year.

:55:10.:55:13.

He has struggled to get to that. He is a sub 28 minute ten kilometres

:55:14.:55:18.

run, but he is nowhere near that. It'll be interesting to see how he

:55:19.:55:24.

gets the strength back that he used to have as he runs more miles. But I

:55:25.:55:28.

don't think he is in the shape for it today, that's for sure. And it is

:55:29.:55:34.

around a 62 plus change race at the moment. If he is at his best he

:55:35.:55:40.

would be up with the leaders. One by one they have begun to drop off the

:55:41.:55:47.

pace. Kimutai Is leading. He has a very high new left and low stride.

:55:48.:55:53.

Callum Hawkins is steady and relaxed in second place alongside Moses

:55:54.:55:57.

Kipsiro. That was the 12-macro last year with the other way round, Moses

:55:58.:56:02.

Kipsiro finishing ahead of Callum Hawkins. -- that was the 1-2 last

:56:03.:56:12.

year, but the other way around. It would be a wonderful story if you

:56:13.:56:16.

won it, and a cracking end to his season if he was able to finish it

:56:17.:56:23.

off, Callum Hawkins. This is a slight downhill, so quite quick.

:56:24.:56:26.

Callum Hawkins knows the course. He will be pacing it to what is best

:56:27.:56:31.

for him. It is a bit too early for the Kenyan is to be pushing it and.

:56:32.:56:37.

Still a lot of race to go. -- pushing it on. A couple of miles

:56:38.:56:47.

inside the park. Callum Hawkins knows his way around the course.

:56:48.:56:55.

This race is getting going. We are in the early stages. It is a bit

:56:56.:56:59.

premature to talk about the first Scottish winner. But at the end of

:57:00.:57:02.

the day there are a couple of athletes who are determined and they

:57:03.:57:07.

are not from Scotland. One man carrying things, as he carried

:57:08.:57:11.

things so well as we saw him run a fantastic race in Rio. The

:57:12.:57:18.

confidence and athlete gets -- the confidence that an athlete gets from

:57:19.:57:22.

racing in the Olympics. Since last year, Callum Hawkins finished second

:57:23.:57:27.

here, he went on to qualify for the Olympic Games, did a fantastic

:57:28.:57:32.

performance at the Olympic Games, and that is why his career kicked

:57:33.:57:36.

off. This park was voted the best park in Europe. If you spend any

:57:37.:57:41.

time in Glasgow, you will know that this park is cute and recreationally

:57:42.:57:46.

is brilliant. Lots of facilities in there. The people of Glasgow use

:57:47.:57:51.

this park to their advantage. We have a race going on in the park.

:57:52.:57:54.

Callum Hawkins is competing there now. You were touching on this in

:57:55.:58:03.

your chat before the race began, Liz. A brilliant group of Scottish

:58:04.:58:07.

athletes forming part of the British team in Rio. From the female

:58:08.:58:11.

perspective, Lindsey Sharp in the final of the 800, nine times inside

:58:12.:58:19.

two minutes this year. Laura, three minutes and 57 seconds in the

:58:20.:58:25.

diamond league, winning the race in Paris for the 1500 metres. Eilidh

:58:26.:58:36.

Did the lead late in the relay, so it is a great crop of young Scottish

:58:37.:58:44.

athletes at the moment. -- lead leg. When these kids were 13, 14, they

:58:45.:58:49.

were identified as part of the Scotland squad. They have developed

:58:50.:58:54.

since 2006. It is fantastic to see. It is a site for me to see because I

:58:55.:58:59.

have known them so long. It is great that they have fulfilled the

:59:00.:59:02.

potential that was identified ten years ago will stop it just shows

:59:03.:59:08.

that if you have investment indeed you get results at the end of the

:59:09.:59:12.

day. -- ten years ago. It was great to see so many spots on that team.

:59:13.:59:18.

In Callum Hawkins. In Chris Thompson has dropped off the back of that

:59:19.:59:25.

leading trio. There is an interesting sub plot moving fade. It

:59:26.:59:29.

is not just about whether Callum Hawkins with beat the double

:59:30.:59:34.

Commonwealth champion Moses Kipsiro, we will keep here and eye on the

:59:35.:59:43.

clock, we has an eye on the Scottish record set in the Great North Run

:59:44.:59:47.

back in 1987. There is a bit of history on the table if Callum

:59:48.:59:53.

Hawkins can keep his pace going. Meanwhile Betsy Saina, she had a

:59:54.:59:59.

lead of 39 seconds over Helah Kiprop at the Ak split. She is dropping one

:00:00.:00:06.

or two classy male athletes who have been operating at accidental

:00:07.:00:09.

pacemakers pleasure her, she is going really well. It was 16.07 at 5

:00:10.:00:23.

k, that is on gours a new course record superseding that set by Edna

:00:24.:00:30.

Kiplagat. Course records, the Scottish champions we wait and see,

:00:31.:00:33.

the second half of a half marathon is where the medals are given out

:00:34.:00:39.

and where the details are, appear, Betsy Saina is certainly the class

:00:40.:00:43.

athlete of this women's field, and he is running strongly now, she is

:00:44.:00:47.

running like she ran on the track, just over 30 minutes pleasure 10,000

:00:48.:00:52.

metre, when we think about it Paula Radcliffe's British record was just

:00:53.:00:55.

over 30 minutes as well. So we are talking about the highest class and

:00:56.:00:59.

we look at the men's race, and there we are looking at the high class of

:01:00.:01:02.

Callum Hawkins, now, just contending there, just happy to share the pace,

:01:03.:01:07.

happy to share the lead and the means race there, we can see three

:01:08.:01:13.

of them. The women's race we are looking at one athlete running as

:01:14.:01:19.

fast as she can. Beautiful place to run. And a great

:01:20.:01:25.

place to race as well. Brendan mentioned Pollok Park, the

:01:26.:01:29.

city's largest park, home to the Burrell Collection. Global artwork

:01:30.:01:34.

can be viewed. Cracking place pleasure day out if you do come to

:01:35.:01:38.

Glasgow, mountain bike circuit as you can see high land cattle as

:01:39.:01:42.

well. But none of that will be of any interest to these athletes right

:01:43.:01:49.

now. Maybe Kipsiro just having to answer a couple of questions here,

:01:50.:01:52.

he had a disappointing run in Hamburg earlier this year, that

:01:53.:01:57.

result of two hours 14 can be a bit misleading because he was suffering

:01:58.:02:01.

with malaria, went through half way the leaders in 62 plus and ran 72

:02:02.:02:04.

minutes for the second half of the race, so he looks as though he is

:02:05.:02:08.

over that malaria and he is brilliant and you know, we think

:02:09.:02:11.

back to the great performances, what a story it was pleasure him, Liz in

:02:12.:02:17.

the, that fabulous stadium here inner the Commonwealth Games when he

:02:18.:02:21.

defended his title by just 3 hundredth of a second. When gets it

:02:22.:02:26.

right he is brilliant, Kipsiro. He has a lot of good track speed as

:02:27.:02:31.

well. He transitioned into the marathon really good. I think if

:02:32.:02:35.

Callum has any chance of beating it, it will be today. He had a little

:02:36.:02:39.

problem with his ankle as well earlier on, so he isn't 100 percent,

:02:40.:02:45.

but even him being 80% might be good enough to win today.

:02:46.:02:51.

So second place in the women's race, we have been talking about the lead

:02:52.:02:58.

of Betsy Saina. It is Helah Kiprop in second place, wearing 125. Fourth

:02:59.:03:03.

fastest woman in in the world this year over the marathon. Long, loping

:03:04.:03:09.

stride, disappointed dropping out of the marathon with Downing Streeting

:03:10.:03:12.

-- breathing difficulties, she is a long way adrift in second place.

:03:13.:03:17.

When she was going to Rio she was one of favourite, she won the Tokyo

:03:18.:03:22.

marathon, going in there, Kenyan team obviously very strong team,

:03:23.:03:27.

this lady was possibly one of the favourites and sadly wasn't able to

:03:28.:03:33.

do it. Sheer the men now, Callum Hawkins, just letting them make

:03:34.:03:36.

their move, relaxing, he is running confidently, that is the difference,

:03:37.:03:40.

that is what I have seen in just over a year, I have seen Callum

:03:41.:03:44.

Hawkins running in races with world class runners and being intimidated

:03:45.:03:48.

by them, I am seeing him today, looking as though he has that extra

:03:49.:03:51.

confidence, he has the ability. We know that, we have seen him do that,

:03:52.:03:56.

there he is, head down, working hard, trying to make a few yards

:03:57.:03:59.

pleasure change, he is challenging them and running well. He is running

:04:00.:04:04.

really well, he is on personal best time as well at this moment in the

:04:05.:04:08.

race. This is the hardest part of the course. It is kind of uphill.

:04:09.:04:12.

You see them leaning in to pick the cadence up a bit. He has a great

:04:13.:04:16.

opportunity here, he was only 10 seconds off the Scottish record this

:04:17.:04:20.

year and I think he is in shape to run FAer this year, let us ho hope

:04:21.:04:24.

the competition can push him and he can get that record.

:04:25.:04:32.

29,18 going past the 10 k point and they are on course pleasure around

:04:33.:04:37.

about 62, maybe a bit inside at the moment, so so far so good, as far as

:04:38.:04:42.

Callum Hawkins is concerned. There is Tewoldebrhan Mengisteab. He is

:04:43.:04:46.

just off the back of that group, behind Chris Thompson, who is

:04:47.:04:49.

fourth, Chris Thompson is out of sight at moment. Just maybe visible

:04:50.:04:55.

behind Moses Kipsiro. A long way back in fourth place, Chris

:04:56.:04:58.

Thompson. But Callum Hawkins, going well at the moment. Looking relaxed,

:04:59.:05:02.

looking confident, reminds me there was a great moment in the London

:05:03.:05:17.

Marathon where he went past the reigning world record Dennis

:05:18.:05:28.

Kimetto. The Scottish record 62.28. Beautiful day here in Glasgow, the

:05:29.:05:33.

sun just penetrating the tree line there. Than head just goes down a

:05:34.:05:39.

little bit and he is great to watch, Callum Hawkins, there is real

:05:40.:05:43.

aggression in the way he run, he is not an intimidated athlete is he. I

:05:44.:05:49.

just watched that, he has gone through 10 k in 29,18 which is about

:05:50.:05:53.

28 seconds outside his personal best pleasure 10 k, that is one distance

:05:54.:05:57.

he will revise his personal, the half way point, he is running almost

:05:58.:06:01.

as fast as he has ever done before, so he is clearly in top form. When

:06:02.:06:05.

you train pleasure the marathon, you do find that you get that extra

:06:06.:06:10.

strength, and nine times out of ten your 10 k improves because you have

:06:11.:06:14.

more strength to hold your top speed. With Callum now, he is

:06:15.:06:21.

improving all over the distances now because he has that inner strength

:06:22.:06:25.

from the mile, he is a very competitive guy and he has a really

:06:26.:06:29.

good racing head on him pleasure his young age. I don't think this young

:06:30.:06:36.

man Kipsiro. He said by Sunday it might be 80% fit. It looks as though

:06:37.:06:41.

it is close to what it was last time. Callum Hawkins running

:06:42.:06:45.

strongly and well in the black vest in second place, he puts his

:06:46.:06:50.

suddenly puts his sunglasses up on the top of his head. He says it is

:06:51.:06:54.

business time. I will have to run against this guy. This is the

:06:55.:07:00.

Commonwealth champion, Moses Kipsiro, he won by inches in 2014.

:07:01.:07:05.

Callum Hawkins, that the time was much more than a spectator. Last

:07:06.:07:10.

year, he was intimidated by Kipsiro. He had seen him. There the beautiful

:07:11.:07:16.

sight. You can see the mist lifting alongside the river. You can see the

:07:17.:07:21.

sun shining there. You can see the second placed athlete Kiprop,

:07:22.:07:25.

getting advice and encouragement from Bradford there, looks like the

:07:26.:07:29.

Harriers vest. He is waving to the crowd. There is the leader Betsy

:07:30.:07:33.

Saina running powerfully, running strong, she has got club athletes,

:07:34.:07:38.

Walker, I don't know which club she from, he is there a few yards ahead.

:07:39.:07:42.

She has been tracking hum pleasure most of the way. You can tell by her

:07:43.:07:47.

cadence, intensity she is running to try and run a personal best. It is

:07:48.:07:55.

going to catapult her up into the world rankings, She has only just

:07:56.:08:00.

broke 69 two years ago, she is a classier lady than that, she is the

:08:01.:08:03.

type of runner that could on a really flat course probably run

:08:04.:08:09.

close to 65.30. I was just watching Jack Walker, the

:08:10.:08:15.

unofficial pace make earthquake he got his moment of fame there. Former

:08:16.:08:22.

Scottish indoor champion over 8 hundred metres eSaina had good

:08:23.:08:28.

athletes to chase. The shades go back down over the eyes of Callum

:08:29.:08:32.

Hawkins. There was a move from Kipsiro when we last saw them, that

:08:33.:08:38.

the stage, after they had gone up an incline Kimutai allowed a few metres

:08:39.:08:43.

to grow between Callum Hawkins, once again the trio are reunited, as they

:08:44.:08:47.

begin to think about the second half of the race, they have done most of

:08:48.:08:53.

their work in Pollok Park and they think about moving to Bellahouston

:08:54.:08:56.

Park, towards that House For an Art Lover, and this is a really

:08:57.:09:01.

intriguing race to watch, through athletes at different stages of

:09:02.:09:05.

their career with different strengths and weaknesses. Three of

:09:06.:09:10.

them separated by just a single metre, and this has the makings of a

:09:11.:09:15.

really really fascinating second half of this distance race as Callum

:09:16.:09:19.

Hawkins just on right of frame there, never afraid to take it to

:09:20.:09:24.

the east Africans. What a battle in prospect in the second half of the

:09:25.:09:27.

race. We are only just past the half way point. We still from the the

:09:28.:09:33.

three athlete there's in the line. Kimutai has pushed it on, dropped

:09:34.:09:37.

off pleasure a little while. Kipsiro has tried to have a go. Now into the

:09:38.:09:42.

serious and the deep end of the race Callum Hawkins is not intimidated at

:09:43.:09:47.

all this time. The athlete who has improved so much physically and I

:09:48.:09:49.

think even more mentally, because he looks like an athlete who is meant

:09:50.:09:54.

to be among the talented other runners. Kipsiro, the Commonwealth

:09:55.:09:58.

champion. The great Birmingham winner Kimutai from 2014. Next to

:09:59.:10:02.

him in the yellow Vettel and there we are looking at the heard from the

:10:03.:10:06.

women's race. I think she is running a really good time. 32 minutes for

:10:07.:10:11.

the first 10 k, that is impressive. She is nearly two minutes ahead of a

:10:12.:10:17.

class feel, Doris Changeiywo will potter. There is Betsy Saina. I

:10:18.:10:26.

think there is another athlete in Kiprop, but there, there we are

:10:27.:10:30.

looking at Saina, running powerfully, on her own now, her

:10:31.:10:36.

against the distance. Betsy Saina looking good after the 10 k point, a

:10:37.:10:41.

long way to go, but at the moment, she is running well inside 68 minute

:10:42.:10:46.

pace so it is possible that we may see a new course record, but a long

:10:47.:10:51.

way to go. She still has seven miles to contend with, she has a massive

:10:52.:10:56.

lead, so a different dynamic, the women's race is a solo leader, Betsy

:10:57.:11:00.

Saina, in the men's race we still have the three at hotels locked

:11:01.:11:03.

together as they contemplate the second half of the race.

:11:04.:11:18.

Callum Hawkins on the inside. And decided to take it on here. So much

:11:19.:11:39.

confidence. He is looking really really comfortable. As Brendan was

:11:40.:11:43.

saying he went through very aggressively through 10 k, not too

:11:44.:11:49.

far behind his lifetime best and Moses Kipsiro realises, I think we

:11:50.:11:55.

know now he is getting towards 100 percent shape as opposed to the 50

:11:56.:12:00.

he claimed. If he is to win pleasure a second year, he will have to do it

:12:01.:12:05.

the hard way. Lids's father has been his coach pleasure a long time. His

:12:06.:12:10.

brother Derek is a top athlete ran in the Olympic Games with him. They

:12:11.:12:13.

will be excited about this. That is a great training group. They also

:12:14.:12:19.

have a third brother in between both that is a good runner. His dad has

:12:20.:12:25.

done a great job on coaching all three. Derek had a bit of a fracture

:12:26.:12:29.

in his spine unfortunately going into Rio, he was lucky you go there

:12:30.:12:34.

and finish, so great strength of character Togo and finish the race

:12:35.:12:38.

but column has always been outstanding, he, you know, running

:12:39.:12:42.

this race today, he knows that if he doesn't get away from the two

:12:43.:12:47.

Kenyan, like within the last mile, they have a quicker 10 k than him.

:12:48.:12:52.

That will be on his mind. That is why after eight miles he is pushing

:12:53.:12:55.

the pace, because he is trying to win the race. You You have seen him

:12:56.:13:01.

come through as a young man, has he always been an athlete, has he been

:13:02.:13:06.

aggressive. Has he always tried to win races? He has been a guy that

:13:07.:13:10.

knows how to run the best pleasure him, it might not be winning races

:13:11.:13:13.

all the time, because you know, I think as a youngster you have to

:13:14.:13:17.

grow into yourself and find out how you race and how you win, this has

:13:18.:13:22.

done all the background work, he is in a place where he knows from

:13:23.:13:25.

training what it takes pleasure him to run best from him. She is a very

:13:26.:13:30.

individual runner. He doesn't care whatter people do. He works his race

:13:31.:13:36.

plan with his dad and he delivers what the agreement is with his dad

:13:37.:13:40.

and you have seen that with the way he is racing. He is not letting any

:13:41.:13:44.

of the other two guys disrupt what his plan s and you know, they is

:13:45.:13:48.

what this great character is and that is what excites me about him.

:13:49.:13:52.

He is such an individual character, he is not cared to go up there and

:13:53.:13:58.

push when he is supposed to He look like he is is trying to break away,

:13:59.:14:04.

he is pushing hard. He could settle next to Kipsiro. So far, he hasn't,

:14:05.:14:11.

Callum Hawkins hasn't got a title to his name. At that level. When you

:14:12.:14:16.

get better and stronger and you get mentally stronger, that is when you

:14:17.:14:19.

are able to compete and challenge people. Make them run the way you

:14:20.:14:24.

want to run. There is a lady next to me who used to run like that. An

:14:25.:14:29.

endurance runners were made not born. A sprinter is born. You have

:14:30.:14:34.

your fast twitch. With an endurance runner you need to find people who

:14:35.:14:39.

are sub born, a bit full of energy and you need years to develop them.

:14:40.:14:44.

It does noment happen overnight. Callum has been running since 2006.

:14:45.:14:47.

He has moved through all the age groups and shown investment in the

:14:48.:14:52.

years is working. Well, we can see Betsy Saina running

:14:53.:14:57.

strongly in the women's race, clear of the field, running powerfully,

:14:58.:15:01.

looking like the athlete we saw run just outside 30 minutes for 10,000

:15:02.:15:05.

metres on the track. She looks impressive. She looks committed. She

:15:06.:15:11.

is staring ahead, the road ahead and meanwhile in the men's race, it is

:15:12.:15:14.

pretty serious, I think Callum Hawkins is making a bid to try and

:15:15.:15:19.

get grey the others. There there is Callum Hawkins, making a few yards

:15:20.:15:22.

on the chasing group nowment can he break them at this point. A long way

:15:23.:15:28.

would be the way to do it. He has moved, and quickly got a little few

:15:29.:15:33.

yards and is Kipsiro coming done pressure is now it looks to me as if

:15:34.:15:36.

Callum Hawkins is making a serious effort. He split the group up. It is

:15:37.:15:42.

down to two. Down last year's champion, Moses Kipsiro, an athlete

:15:43.:15:46.

who is known well around the world. Commonwealth champion, won this race

:15:47.:15:50.

last year, last yearical launch was second and now, he is going pleasure

:15:51.:15:51.

the first time. You can tell what impact this new

:15:52.:16:09.

pace has had. It looks like Moses Kipsiro is having to take in to stay

:16:10.:16:15.

in Callum's shadow. And as they turn the corner you get the impression

:16:16.:16:19.

that Joel Kimutai, really good marathon runner in his own right,

:16:20.:16:22.

has become detached from the leading two. He is in the shadow of the

:16:23.:16:28.

trees there. Callum Hawkins trying to wind it up. As you were saying,

:16:29.:16:38.

Liz, he's an athlete with really intense mental strength. And that

:16:39.:16:42.

could help here. He is not afraid of Moses Kipsiro. As we saw in the

:16:43.:16:45.

Olympic marathon when he went to the front. He's not afraid of

:16:46.:16:49.

reputations, not afraid to run his own race, and he's doing a great job

:16:50.:16:52.

here trying to put himself in pole position. This is a really good

:16:53.:16:56.

declaration of intent from the confident Scot. He is running his

:16:57.:17:04.

best. He came into this race hoping to get near the record. We've not

:17:05.:17:10.

had a British winner since 1993, so it would be fantastic to get one

:17:11.:17:15.

today. You can just send it, the elastic band that ties them together

:17:16.:17:19.

is being stretched a little by Callum Hawkins. But he's got to keep

:17:20.:17:23.

going now. A beautiful shot with the shadow just ahead. Callan, chase

:17:24.:17:26.

your shadow, that's the way to do it, get ahead of it, then you will

:17:27.:17:31.

have a few more yards. Callum just needs a few more yards. We know how

:17:32.:17:35.

powerful Moses Kipsiro can be in a finish. We know how powerful he will

:17:36.:17:41.

be in the last mile. Here is the tenth mile, and here is Callum

:17:42.:17:44.

Hawkins, and athlete who has grown in stature in every sense. In 12

:17:45.:17:49.

months, really, and there he is, avoiding the water station, just now

:17:50.:17:54.

with a bit of a chance. Can he now when it went just over three miles

:17:55.:17:58.

to go? There is still a lot of running to do. There is a class

:17:59.:18:02.

athlete following him. He's getting ready to run a marathon, so I'm not

:18:03.:18:07.

sure Moses Kipsiro will be worried about the distance. But a brave

:18:08.:18:11.

effort by Callum Hawkins. Time will tell. No Scot has ever won this

:18:12.:18:19.

race. Certainly as far as the men are concerned. Liz, of course, won

:18:20.:18:26.

the women's race back in 1992. But this is what the future of British

:18:27.:18:30.

and Scottish distance running needs to see. Young men who are not afraid

:18:31.:18:37.

to take on the East Africans, as Liz proved 25 or so years ago. As Paula

:18:38.:18:42.

Radcliffe proved at the turn of this century. The East African athletes

:18:43.:18:46.

can be beaten, and the Europeans and western athletes should have the

:18:47.:18:50.

belief that with the right training they can challenge the very best in

:18:51.:18:56.

the world. Liz, this is so good to see, a Briton, European, a Scot

:18:57.:19:00.

fighting against the classy East African. And equal to him. And maybe

:19:01.:19:06.

even better than him today. Definitely. I've set the deer is

:19:07.:19:09.

that there is no reason why a European cannot beat the canyons. --

:19:10.:19:15.

I have said this years ago. Callum took himself off his technology

:19:16.:19:22.

programme which works for him. He has taken time to develop. He is

:19:23.:19:28.

running really strong. I think he's not ready just yet, but another four

:19:29.:19:34.

years you will see this guy may be attack the British land record. I

:19:35.:19:38.

think he has the ability if he gets it right. That is the fastest mile,

:19:39.:19:45.

the ninth mile, the fastest of the race, four minutes 21 seconds by

:19:46.:19:49.

Callum Hawkins. But he has not broken the Ugandan. The Ugandan

:19:50.:19:53.

champion, the Commonwealth champion, and there you see how quick he is

:19:54.:19:57.

moving around the corner. Once again. And now the test is on for

:19:58.:20:01.

Callum. He's made a huge effort. Four minutes and 21 seconds at this

:20:02.:20:06.

stage of a half marathon, a formidable effort, but now what he

:20:07.:20:11.

needs to do is just do one more time -- do it one more time. He has to

:20:12.:20:16.

test Moses Kipsiro in the next few miles. You can see the athletes on

:20:17.:20:20.

the one side, and the famous Ibrox Stadium in the background. Rangers

:20:21.:20:23.

football club, back in the Scottish Premier League. Fantastic stadium

:20:24.:20:31.

there, these days. They are a team and their way back. But there is

:20:32.:20:37.

Callum Hawkins of Scotland. They will both be feeling that this is a

:20:38.:20:43.

world-class pace. And it is a world-class effort from Callum

:20:44.:20:46.

Hawkins. He knows he needs to try and drop the defending champion,

:20:47.:20:49.

Moses Kipsiro, because perhaps he senses that if Moses Kipsiro is

:20:50.:20:57.

still there with two, 300 metres to go, maybe the Ugandan's speed will

:20:58.:21:02.

get him across the line. But it is a fantastic effort to turn second

:21:03.:21:05.

place last year into a victory this time around. But they will both be

:21:06.:21:10.

feeling this. This is where the Demons come in to play and the

:21:11.:21:13.

mental strength gets ever more important as they head towards the

:21:14.:21:17.

climatic element of the race. They are coming up to ten miles. That is

:21:18.:21:21.

a true distance. We will see an interesting time from Callum Hawkins

:21:22.:21:26.

at the ten mile point. And there it is, four minutes and 28 seconds. A

:21:27.:21:31.

really impressive time at ten miles. Callum Hawkins is now being tested.

:21:32.:21:34.

Moses Kipsiro has allowed him a chance. He led him a few yards, but

:21:35.:21:41.

not too many, and now Moses Kipsiro, with three miles is thinking about

:21:42.:21:45.

what we'd seen him do many times before. Four minutes 20 seconds for

:21:46.:21:51.

that mile, an incredible of pace for him, and he has been desperate to

:21:52.:21:55.

win this race. And within the last couple of miles, and athlete of the

:21:56.:21:58.

calibre and with the championship ability, he has suddenly come into

:21:59.:22:04.

his own. Callum hasn't been in this territory, running this quick with

:22:05.:22:09.

such a classy athlete behind him. But he is determined. He is having

:22:10.:22:15.

another go. He is going again. Callum Hawkins is in uncharted

:22:16.:22:20.

territory here. Four minutes and 21 seconds, four minutes and 20

:22:21.:22:23.

seconds, he has never been at this stage of a half marathon at this

:22:24.:22:27.

kind of pace. Let's remind ourselves, Moses Kipsiro is not only

:22:28.:22:31.

three-time, world champion, he is a world cross-country silver

:22:32.:22:35.

medallist. A world cross-country bronze medallist. He got a bronze in

:22:36.:22:41.

the series heat of Osaka over 5000 metres in 2007. He is world-class.

:22:42.:22:46.

At a range of distances. On a range of services. And at the moment

:22:47.:22:50.

Scotland's Callum Hawkins is equal to him and on course, perhaps, for a

:22:51.:22:56.

very good personal best. Liz, you have been at this point in many

:22:57.:23:00.

times -- Liz, you have been at this point many times in your career,

:23:01.:23:04.

tell us about breaking down your opponent and tell us about your

:23:05.:23:08.

experience. Callum knows how quick Moses Kipsiro is. He is trying to

:23:09.:23:13.

get the gap. But it isn't big enough. Everything Callum is trying

:23:14.:23:17.

to throw out Moses, he keeps holding it. Callum will be thinking, how am

:23:18.:23:21.

I going to get away here? He is trying to keep pushing. The next

:23:22.:23:29.

mile needs to be Callum moving forward to try and win it. He knows

:23:30.:23:34.

what to do, you can see, but Moses Kipsiro is just keeping up with

:23:35.:23:39.

everything he is throwing down. Do you think he is just moving

:23:40.:23:42.

alongside him as a reminder that he is still there, or is that this

:23:43.:23:46.

tactic just say, you have not me yet? -- is that his tactic. He wants

:23:47.:23:55.

to run at a comfortable pace. As comfortable as he can. He is using

:23:56.:23:58.

this race for New York. It is a big part of his preparation. He wants

:23:59.:24:04.

success here so he can't leave you with some confidence. I think Callum

:24:05.:24:09.

has gone out to try and get this record. He has the ability to be

:24:10.:24:14.

really, really strong at the end of the race. This is very important,

:24:15.:24:18.

this race, for Callum at this moment. The site and views just

:24:19.:24:25.

remind you how fast these two men are running. Sometimes television

:24:26.:24:29.

can make things look a bit too easy. As far as the club runners are

:24:30.:24:33.

concerned among us, this would almost be akin to a flat out sprint.

:24:34.:24:39.

Four minutes and 21, four minutes and 20, Callum Hawkins asking all of

:24:40.:24:42.

the questions and Moses Kipsiro is doing everything right the moment.

:24:43.:24:47.

But he is giving him self and opportunity for what would be a

:24:48.:24:48.

memorable scalp. A personal best en route. An

:24:49.:25:13.

impressive 46 minutes and 24 Callum Hawkins. But he is not satisfied

:25:14.:25:17.

with that. He wants a personal best and a half marathon. I'm sure he

:25:18.:25:22.

wants to win this one, he is trying to win it. -- an impressive 46

:25:23.:25:26.

minutes and 24 seconds for Callum Hawkins in a 10,000 race as part of

:25:27.:25:34.

his records. This is a huge race, and he is a huge talent, as well.

:25:35.:25:39.

Whilst we have the battle between Callum Hawkins and Moses Kipsiro,

:25:40.:25:44.

let's have a look at Betsy Saina and Helah Kiprop. Betsy Saina with a

:25:45.:25:49.

huge lead over Helah Kiprop. This is a different race. This is Betsy

:25:50.:25:53.

Saina against the clock. Whereas it is Hawkins directly up against Moses

:25:54.:25:59.

Kipsiro. Betsy Saina is in tenth place overall, that is how well she

:26:00.:26:04.

has been running over the first ten kilometres. But it is a matter of

:26:05.:26:09.

times in the women's race because Betsy Saina is way out in front. And

:26:10.:26:14.

look at this, Callum Hawkins looks, to me, as though he has broken Moses

:26:15.:26:20.

Kipsiro. A long way to go, still, but he has been pushing, he has been

:26:21.:26:25.

probing for weaknesses. He has been asking the questions. And this is a

:26:26.:26:30.

crucial, crucial half mile now for Moses Kipsiro. Does the elastic band

:26:31.:26:36.

snap? It hasn't quite yet but it is heading that way. Callum Hawkins,

:26:37.:26:40.

head down, staring ahead, working so hard, that gap looks to be very

:26:41.:26:44.

exciting from Callum Hawkins's point of view. A record ten mile en route,

:26:45.:26:50.

en route to a personal best in a half marathon. Is he en route to

:26:51.:26:55.

victory, Liz? He has pulled through now. This is him putting his effort

:26:56.:27:00.

in to win the race. For me, for Callum, it is great to see how he

:27:01.:27:04.

has recovered from that Olympic Games. It is really good information

:27:05.:27:09.

for him for future successes in the event. He needs to know how his body

:27:10.:27:14.

reacts, how it recovers, and he has recovered exceptionally well after

:27:15.:27:18.

that amazing race he had in Rio. Callum Hawkins, just coming up to

:27:19.:27:21.

what the locals referred to as the Squinty Bridge, the Clyde Arc, the

:27:22.:27:28.

first new road bridge to be built over the Clyde in almost 40 years.

:27:29.:27:38.

Hawkins, at the moment, look at that, it has been that relentless

:27:39.:27:43.

pace from this young Scot that has done the damage. Moses Kipsiro

:27:44.:27:47.

cannot be completely discounted. He is world-class on the roads,

:27:48.:27:52.

cross-country, and on the track. At the moment, Callum Hawkins looks

:27:53.:27:54.

like he is going from strength to strength. And if he manages to keep

:27:55.:28:01.

going here he will be on course for a massive personal best and a big

:28:02.:28:09.

Scottish record, as well. Both men now back alongside the banks of the

:28:10.:28:14.

Clyde. Callum Hawkins beginning to grimace. But understandably so. He

:28:15.:28:18.

is in uncharted territory here, Liz, ten miles, 11 miles, this is great

:28:19.:28:24.

mileage from Callum Hawkins. I will tell you what I've just noticed.

:28:25.:28:28.

With those split times in those first three miles, I think he has

:28:29.:28:33.

run a personal best 5000 metres in the last 5000 metres. -- in those

:28:34.:28:40.

last three miles. His record the 5000 metres is not particularly

:28:41.:28:45.

quick. But 40 minutes in 5000 metres is a personal best for him. I think

:28:46.:28:51.

he has run under 14 minutes in those last 5000 metres. To be honest, that

:28:52.:28:56.

is amazing running. Any athlete would be pleased with that at this

:28:57.:29:00.

stage of a race, it is incredible, isn't it? It shows great strength of

:29:01.:29:05.

character. He has known for a while that it is 62 minutes. He knows he

:29:06.:29:09.

can do that. It is great to see him go out and do this race. He has gone

:29:10.:29:15.

out with a great race plan and he has delivered it. There is still a

:29:16.:29:20.

bit of time to go. It is not clear-cut yet. But I would say that

:29:21.:29:22.

this looks a winning margin. There is the shot of Moses Kipsiro,

:29:23.:29:31.

the long loping stride. We have seen him come back from impossible

:29:32.:29:37.

margins before, but as the camera pulls out programme, you can see how

:29:38.:29:42.

much -- pulls out. You can see how much damage the 5 k has done. He is

:29:43.:29:46.

is a long way isolated in second place. He looks tired. He looks

:29:47.:29:54.

slow. He did look really labouring there, and there Callum Hawkins,

:29:55.:30:00.

incredibly, personal best 10 miles and I think a personal best pleasure

:30:01.:30:05.

5,000 metres to the last 5,000 metre, on his way along the river

:30:06.:30:12.

bank, can he run under 62 minutes? Pleasure the half marathon? --

:30:13.:30:16.

pleasure the half marathon. It is clearly hurting him. He is grafting

:30:17.:30:21.

now, he has done a lot of damage to Kipsiro but he has done some damage

:30:22.:30:26.

to himself. He is labouring pleasure the first time but it is within his

:30:27.:30:31.

sight. Can he keep it going, can hold it. Amazening thinks can happen

:30:32.:30:36.

in the latest stages of distance run, you can see the 12th mile, that

:30:37.:30:43.

injection of pace, it is taking its total on Callum Hawkins. He is in

:30:44.:30:46.

great company here, he has beaten well on the way to beating the

:30:47.:30:50.

Commonwealth champion, when I think about it you know, there have been

:30:51.:30:55.

great Scottish marathon runners and distance runner, Callum is joining

:30:56.:31:00.

people like Don McGregor gore and Jim Alder and the great Liz

:31:01.:31:04.

McColgan. Freya Ross was our best athlete in the Olympic games in

:31:05.:31:09.

2012. Alistair Hutton holds the record. He holds the Scottish record

:31:10.:31:15.

pleasure the half marathon, Callum Hawkins, is he on the way to eclipse

:31:16.:31:21.

what Alistair Hutton has done? He is hurting. If you run really fast in

:31:22.:31:25.

the middle of a race it takes its toll eventually.

:31:26.:31:31.

Liz, we know it has been a good year from Callum Hawkins, it looks as

:31:32.:31:35.

though it is turning into a great finish to his year here at the Great

:31:36.:31:40.

Scottish Run. How significant would it be, assuming he manages to keep

:31:41.:31:45.

going here and produce a big lifetime best and a big scalp in

:31:46.:31:49.

beating Moses Kipsiro. This is a really important race pleasure him.

:31:50.:31:53.

He, as I said earlier he is still young, he is still learning the

:31:54.:31:56.

event but he is coming into his own now and he is learning how to win

:31:57.:32:01.

race, how it feels at the end of testify races when he is committing

:32:02.:32:06.

himself early in the race, it is all going to make him the whole package

:32:07.:32:10.

pleasure when he does attack the marathon in four years type. He is

:32:11.:32:14.

working hard there, it is never easy. But if you look, he is working

:32:15.:32:21.

hard he is still moving forward. He has flowing, so I think it is a

:32:22.:32:25.

winning margin pleasure him. It is how much he can break the record by

:32:26.:32:27.

now. They remember him from the

:32:28.:32:41.

Commonwealth Games in 2014. We are looking at Callum Hawkins. He is

:32:42.:32:45.

hurting now. He has worked so hard pleasure this. Moving forward. He

:32:46.:32:52.

has flowing, so I think it is a winning margin for him. It is how

:32:53.:32:55.

much he can break the record by now. They remember him from the

:32:56.:32:57.

Commonwealth Games in 2014. We are looking at Callum Hawkins. He is

:32:58.:33:00.

hurting now. He has worked so hard for this. Less than a mile to go.

:33:01.:33:03.

You can see the effort, how much it means for him. You can see how he

:33:04.:33:06.

has prepared to hurt himself to try and win this, to win it, the first

:33:07.:33:08.

Scottish distance runner, to win the Great Scottish Run half marathon, is

:33:09.:33:12.

he going to do that? It look like he is. Is he going to run it as

:33:13.:33:15.

personal best, look like he is. How quick can he run? Can he Blake that

:33:16.:33:20.

record? If you are a fan of distance running, and fan of British and

:33:21.:33:24.

Scottish distance running, -- break. This is so exciting to see. For so

:33:25.:33:32.

many years people have criticised our distance runners and said there

:33:33.:33:36.

isn't enough strength and depth. Callum Hawkins could signal the

:33:37.:33:41.

beginning of a new era for British and Scottish distance running, so

:33:42.:33:46.

talented, so confident and he has raced this withel aggression and

:33:47.:33:49.

self-belief. -- with real.

:33:50.:34:01.

There under the bridge now, there goes Callum Hawkins. Almost within

:34:02.:34:08.

sight of Glasgow Green, where everyone is gathering. He will get a

:34:09.:34:12.

tremendous reception when he comes into Glasgow Green, he has run a

:34:13.:34:17.

terrific race, you can see he is digging again, 400 metres remaining

:34:18.:34:21.

for Callum Hawkins. Personal best en route and he is getting the crowd to

:34:22.:34:25.

cheer for him. He deserves this, just under the hour so far, here

:34:26.:34:30.

comes Callum Hawkins. Less than 300 metres to go, he is into the area

:34:31.:34:35.

where he can now relax, he can get the crowds to cheer, he is is

:34:36.:34:39.

running a phenomenal time, it is an incredible performance, look that

:34:40.:34:45.

the. He will be close to 60 minutes. Callum Hawkins is announcing his

:34:46.:34:50.

arrival at the very top of world distance running.

:34:51.:34:56.

He is going to absolutely smash his lifetime best, the Scottish record

:34:57.:35:01.

6789 we knew this was a young man of immense talent when he finished

:35:02.:35:06.

second here 12 months ago, but second is becoming first here, there

:35:07.:35:11.

is a piece of history being written here along the banks of the River

:35:12.:35:19.

Clyde. Callum Hawkins is finishing 2016 in style. He is sprinting,

:35:20.:35:24.

accelerating, he is a record breaker here in Glasgow today. A staggering

:35:25.:35:31.

run from Callum Hawkins. A new star is born. He can't believe it. That

:35:32.:35:37.

is absolutely incredible. Callum Hawkins, what a run, what a

:35:38.:35:41.

performance, what a day for him, Liz. You have to say something about

:35:42.:35:46.

that. He has came of age. That is an amazing run, if yout that on against

:35:47.:35:50.

Mo Farah, you know, he is two seconds behind but a great finish

:35:51.:35:54.

for Kipsiro because he has had a really hard year and now she back as

:35:55.:36:02.

well, with sub 61. A fantastic run from Callum. I don't

:36:03.:36:05.

think believes that himself he ran that quick. We know how big football

:36:06.:36:09.

and rugby are here in Scotland. Callum Hawkins deserves to be on the

:36:10.:36:14.

front and back pages of the Scottish newspapers tomorrow, that was

:36:15.:36:18.

genuinely world class, Kipsiro relegated to second this time, and

:36:19.:36:23.

Joel Kimutai who probed for weaknesses at the half way stage of

:36:24.:36:27.

the race, he comes home a very tired and relieved third.

:36:28.:36:34.

Well Kimutai made that race in the middle. Callum did it towards the

:36:35.:36:39.

end. Callum Hawkins the second fastest Briton over a half marathon

:36:40.:36:44.

in history, only the great and I mean great Mo Farah is faster than

:36:45.:36:48.

that. That is brilliant ful well done Callum, you deserve every bit

:36:49.:36:53.

of respect, you deserve every bit of publicity you will get. Here comes

:36:54.:36:57.

Chris Thompson. In a good time. Under 62 minutes for Chris Thompson.

:36:58.:37:01.

Another great performance. It is great to see Chris coming through,

:37:02.:37:05.

he is on the road to recovery from a lot of surgery and injury, he did

:37:06.:37:10.

fantastic there. Hopefully another year training and he will be up

:37:11.:37:14.

there mixing it with Callum. Great run there from Chris Thompson. He

:37:15.:37:19.

has lost so many years to injury. At last, he looks as though he is

:37:20.:37:25.

coming back to some good form, but all of them finishing second or

:37:26.:37:29.

third or fourth or fifth best to Callum Hawkins. What is a

:37:30.:37:30.

performance. It is our greatest ever... Betsy

:37:31.:37:57.

Saina he will be unaware of the drama that happened up ahead of her.

:37:58.:38:01.

Callum Hawkins a breakthrough performance and this is another one

:38:02.:38:05.

here from Betsy Saina. We foe how good she was on the

:38:06.:38:13.

track, running just outside 30 minutes, finishing fifth in that

:38:14.:38:16.

world record breaking so,000 metre race in Rio in August. And this is a

:38:17.:38:21.

brilliant performance from Betsy Saina, lifetime best coming into

:38:22.:38:27.

this one, 69.27. She has demolished a world class field here. She has

:38:28.:38:32.

ran several minutes quicker than her personal best, still on for a course

:38:33.:38:37.

record too. But fantastic solo effort as well. She has some company

:38:38.:38:42.

early on but she ran the majority of the race on her own, she is looking

:38:43.:38:46.

a bit tired now, you will do at this pace, I think now she will be

:38:47.:38:50.

looking towards when she is going to do a marathon now. I was going to

:38:51.:38:55.

ask you that question, assuming she finishes here, with the kind of pace

:38:56.:39:00.

she has put together so far, she has the makings of a brilliant marathon

:39:01.:39:07.

runner. She She has the credential, he van 30.05. 30.05. Great endurance

:39:08.:39:13.

and I think this is her first proper attempt as doing road racing, she is

:39:14.:39:17.

going to come away with a world class time as well, so it has been a

:39:18.:39:22.

great effort for her, so it will be a great transition from track on to

:39:23.:39:26.

the roads now. Helah Kiprop in second place.

:39:27.:39:31.

A long way adrift but it has been a good fun the World Championship

:39:32.:39:33.

marathon silver-medallist from last year, as Brendan said earlier, she

:39:34.:39:38.

would have been disappointed with how Herimarathon turned out in Rio,

:39:39.:39:43.

she is a class act and digging in, in second place, she is a long way

:39:44.:39:46.

behind Betsy Saina. Her marathon turned out in Rio, she

:39:47.:40:16.

is a class act and digging in, in second place, she is a long way

:40:17.:40:18.

behind Betsy Saina. Betsy Saina not too far away from

:40:19.:40:20.

the leaf of the finish line. Moses Kipsiro -- Edna Kiplagat's course

:40:21.:40:26.

record, this has been really good run from Betsy Saina. She has been

:40:27.:40:30.

there or thereabouts as far as the podium positions are concerned in

:40:31.:40:33.

last couple of year, not just this year, in Rio but last year in

:40:34.:40:39.

Beijing as well, but maybe, she is finding her true forte here, on the

:40:40.:40:44.

roads of Glasgow, this is an indication that perhaps her best

:40:45.:40:48.

days the of all lie on the roads, and if so, there is a very exciting

:40:49.:40:51.

future for this young woman. Betsy Saina has done this all on her

:40:52.:41:11.

own, she established a lead of 36.37 seconds after 5 k, all on her own

:41:12.:41:20.

here. She will turn shortly and head under the arch. There is the arch

:41:21.:41:29.

and she will come home to rich applause from the crowd. This is a

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brilliant run from Betsy Saina. She too, along with Callum Hawkins, is

:41:35.:41:38.

going to absolutely smash her lifetime best, and she is going to

:41:39.:41:44.

break the course record as well. K, all on her own here. She will turn

:41:45.:41:47.

shortly and head under the arch. There is the arch and she will come

:41:48.:41:49.

home to rich applause from the crowd. This is a brilliant run from

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Betsy Saina. She too, along with Callum Hawkins, is going to

:41:53.:41:54.

absolutely smash her lifetime best, and she is going to break the course

:41:55.:41:57.

record as well. That is a mark held by Edna Kiplagat. Magnificent double

:41:58.:41:59.

well World Champion. 2014 and 2015. Betsy Saina, has been in a class of

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her own here. A totally different race to that which we very much

:42:05.:42:12.

enjoyed in the men's battle for supremacy, Saina has been in a class

:42:13.:42:19.

of her own have the very start. She takes the 2016 Great Scottish Run

:42:20.:42:26.

title in a new course record, just outside 67 minute, that was

:42:27.:42:29.

absolutely brilliant from Betsy Saina, and Liz, we talked about how

:42:30.:42:34.

exciting the potential was for this woman over the half marathon, and

:42:35.:42:41.

she has lived up to the prerace star-studded billings, she is

:42:42.:42:44.

delighted. Is A fantastic and world class performance. There is not many

:42:45.:42:50.

faster times from the girls this year, a good transition for he she

:42:51.:42:53.

looks as though she could put together a good marathon, but not

:42:54.:42:57.

just yet, I don't think she is quite ready yet, she got a bit tired over

:42:58.:43:02.

the last couple of miles and her cadence was not as good, but,

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definitely one to look for in the future.

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So while Betsy Saina poses for the photos, Helah Kiprop now finds

:43:15.:43:18.

herself just a couple of hundred metres from the runners-up spot.

:43:19.:43:26.

Bouncing back well from her dispoint of having to drop out of the Rio

:43:27.:43:30.

Olympic marathon a couple of monthsing a. Helah Kiprop, she is

:43:31.:43:35.

not going to set a lifetime best but this is still a really really class

:43:36.:43:42.

performance here in Glasgow, from the women's runner-up. The

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silver-medallist from last year in Beijing, finishes second here the

:43:49.:43:53.

Glasgow, inside 69 minutes, another fabulous performance, it has been

:43:54.:43:56.

world class and not just from the winner.

:43:57.:44:02.

Kenyan dominance in the lady's race. Doris Changeiywo, very tired in

:44:03.:44:24.

third place. Trying to hang onto that third spot. It has been a good

:44:25.:44:30.

run so far from Great Britain's Beth Potter, fifth in the Commonwealth

:44:31.:44:34.

Games in Glasgow, not too far behind. I think that is Billy

:44:35.:44:37.

Partridge... I don't think that is Beth. Both British runners doing

:44:38.:44:44.

well. In the future, these girls should move up to the marathon. They

:44:45.:44:48.

have shown good potential at ten kilometres. Lily has had some

:44:49.:44:54.

injuries. She suffers from bad hay fever in the summer which interferes

:44:55.:44:59.

with her racing. A marathon move for her would be good. Beth did

:45:00.:45:07.

brilliant in Rio. The Team GB. -- for Team GB. She has had a

:45:08.:45:11.

three-week break. To come back and run her first half marathon after

:45:12.:45:14.

that has shown great strength and character, as well. -- strength of

:45:15.:45:23.

character. Doris Changeiywo, labouring a little bit. It has been

:45:24.:45:27.

a tough pace right from the very start from Betsy Saina. Indeed it

:45:28.:45:39.

was Lily Partridge. Running under the McLennan arch, the oldest

:45:40.:45:43.

artefact on Glasgow Green. Looking over her shoulder, just making sure

:45:44.:45:47.

she finishes on the podium as she did 12 months ago. That is very

:45:48.:45:57.

close to Lily's personal best. She said she would run her first

:45:58.:46:00.

marathon next year when I spoke to her earlier. That is a good comeback

:46:01.:46:07.

from her. And just at the very top is Derek Rae, Scotland's Paralympian

:46:08.:46:11.

who dropped out of the Rio course with real disappointment. Just

:46:12.:46:15.

checking his watch. That is a great run from him. He may be fairly close

:46:16.:46:21.

to his lifetime best, which stands just outside 71 minutes. Meanwhile,

:46:22.:46:27.

Doris Changeiywo, a very tired figure. The Kenyan is just about

:46:28.:46:33.

hanging on here for third place in the women's race. Lily Partridge

:46:34.:46:41.

coming home, not too far outside her best in fourth position. As Derek

:46:42.:46:47.

Rae comes over the line, just waiting to see, he may well have

:46:48.:46:52.

just broken his personal best by a few seconds. We will bring that

:46:53.:46:58.

confirmation. The athlete from Fife. Meanwhile, Doris Changeiywo

:46:59.:47:01.

completed the women's race, coming in in third.

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A great win for Betsy Saina in the women's race. But if you missed it,

:47:08.:47:13.

that is the winner of the men's race. Callum Hawkins, just 24,

:47:14.:47:22.

unbelievable performance from this young fellow, because he was at the

:47:23.:47:26.

Olympics in Rio just a few months ago. He managed to get a ninth place

:47:27.:47:31.

in the marathon. But he ran today in the Great Scottish Run, he was

:47:32.:47:33.

runner-up last year to Moses Kipsiro. Today he started and

:47:34.:47:40.

finished this race in 60 minutes and 22 seconds. It is a new Scottish

:47:41.:47:44.

record. The last Scotsman to win this competition was back in 1990 --

:47:45.:47:50.

back in 1983. It was Peter Fleming with a time of two hours plus, that

:47:51.:48:00.

was back in the day when it was a marathon, it is now a half marathon.

:48:01.:48:05.

Callum Hawkins has won in a world class time. He is delighted and has

:48:06.:48:10.

every reason to be. This is a guy with a massive future. Not only in

:48:11.:48:15.

half marathon, but in marathon, as well. A hugely talented athlete and

:48:16.:48:19.

a very popular win here at Glasgow Green in the Great Scottish Run. --

:48:20.:48:23.

popular winner. What a great site for Scottish

:48:24.:48:32.

sports fans and distance running fans. Callum Hawkins has beaten the

:48:33.:48:38.

three-time Commonwealth champion Moses Kipsiro. A performance of

:48:39.:48:43.

class. A run of aggression. And that, without any doubt, has been a

:48:44.:48:49.

major step up in class for Callum Hawkins. And the great news is there

:48:50.:48:53.

is so much more to come from this young, talented Scot. While Hawkins

:48:54.:49:01.

had to work so, so hard to drop Moses Kipsiro, it was a solo effort

:49:02.:49:08.

from Betsy Saina. Only her second half marathon. And what a fantastic

:49:09.:49:13.

performance. Helah Kiprop finishing second, and Doris Changeiywo

:49:14.:49:18.

finishing third. Lily Partridge running really well, only a few

:49:19.:49:26.

seconds off third place in Glasgow. Battling for Callum Hawkins is

:49:27.:49:29.

truly, truly remarkable. We expected him to do well today, but nobody

:49:30.:49:37.

expected him to win it. -- that win for Callum Hawkins. The course

:49:38.:49:42.

record was Hayley Gabby -- an amazing result for this young

:49:43.:49:53.

Scottish athlete. A great day at Glasgow Green for the Great Scottish

:49:54.:49:57.

Run. It is not just the elite athletes taking part, let's talk to

:49:58.:50:03.

some people running for different reasons. My daughter was born in

:50:04.:50:09.

2015. Shortly after she was born she struggled with her breathing. After

:50:10.:50:15.

about an hour the nurse came to me and asked me to come and see Lauren.

:50:16.:50:20.

She was still in recovery at this stage. About an hour later we got

:50:21.:50:28.

pretty bad news. She had a serious condition. They didn't know if she

:50:29.:50:33.

was going to survive at that stage. I then had to break the news to

:50:34.:50:39.

Wendy which wasn't fun. The first thing, I think, I ask you was, is

:50:40.:50:44.

she going to die? And honestly, at that point, nobody had an answer for

:50:45.:50:50.

us. The issue that they have with babies with that condition is that

:50:51.:50:54.

the organs which should be sitting underneath start to move up and sit

:50:55.:50:58.

in the chest cavity. The challenge we had when Lauren was born was

:50:59.:51:07.

whether there would be enough room for the organs to reach complete

:51:08.:51:15.

capacity. And then she had the hernia. She went from strength to

:51:16.:51:25.

strength. She started thriving. Thriving, yeah, making strides in

:51:26.:51:30.

the right direction. When we finally got her home and didn't matter any

:51:31.:51:36.

more. She was still really tiny. We were just so thankful to have her

:51:37.:51:40.

finally home. You just move on. You forget about it. It was a bit of a

:51:41.:51:46.

surprise, the day she got discharged, that she was coming home

:51:47.:51:51.

so quick. We were thinking, what do we get the doctors and nurses to say

:51:52.:51:58.

thank you. A box of chocolates doesn't quite cut it when they save

:51:59.:52:03.

your child's life. The day we stepped out we knew we would give

:52:04.:52:06.

something back. We have spent the last nine months training and

:52:07.:52:11.

participating in a variety of events and raising money, which will be

:52:12.:52:17.

divided across both the children's Glasgow hospital charity, and also

:52:18.:52:25.

CDH UK, which is a charity for people with the same condition

:52:26.:52:30.

Lauren had. I am not a runner. The longest distance I have done was ten

:52:31.:52:36.

kilometres, so I am a bit nervous about Sunday, but excited at the

:52:37.:52:39.

same time. It is a great conclusion to what has been a brilliant year. I

:52:40.:52:44.

will be so proud of myself when I cross the finish line.

:52:45.:52:50.

Wendy Andy Ryan with their own particular reason for taking part in

:52:51.:52:56.

the Great Scottish Run. -- Wendy and Ryan. For a lot of people, they will

:52:57.:53:09.

be out for a lot longer. Let's have a look at the view from our

:53:10.:53:10.

helicopter. The Squinty Bridge, one of the great

:53:11.:53:33.

landmarks here in Glasgow. The Pacific Quay, the whole area

:53:34.:53:41.

redeveloped over the last 30 or 40 years. And whilst we have enjoyed

:53:42.:53:45.

two really brilliant performances in the elite race, not least of which

:53:46.:53:53.

from Great Britain, and Scotland's Callum Hawkins smashing the Scottish

:53:54.:53:56.

record, beating the world-class Moses Kipsiro. As we can see here,

:53:57.:54:03.

with all of the messages of support and congratulations for the

:54:04.:54:05.

athletes, there are tens of thousands of reasons to celebrate

:54:06.:54:10.

all that this great race represents here in Glasgow. A few of these

:54:11.:54:18.

athletes will no doubt set lifetime bests as they head over the bridge.

:54:19.:54:25.

And some will be raising hundreds of thousands of pounds for their chosen

:54:26.:54:30.

charities. All of them well-deserved. The fabulous

:54:31.:54:36.

Glaswegian hospitality will inevitably awaits them all at the

:54:37.:54:40.

finishing line. This is one of the world's friendliest cities. And it

:54:41.:54:44.

has begun to attract entries from all over the world. Decent athletes,

:54:45.:54:53.

these, coming home around one hour and 20 minutes, one hour and 21

:54:54.:55:04.

minutes. Very good times. A great drive for the Finnish there. --

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finish. All of the landmarks around the quayside raised in this

:55:19.:55:23.

lunchtime sunshine. It has been a superb day here in Glasgow. --

:55:24.:55:35.

bathed in this lunchtime sunshine. And there will be thousands more

:55:36.:55:40.

coming through this way. It really is a glorious day in

:55:41.:55:44.

Glasgow. The Glasgow Green wearing it Sunday best. It is beautiful. It

:55:45.:55:50.

was freezing earlier, lovely and warm now. They don't just have

:55:51.:55:56.

Glaswegians cheering them on, they also have Olympic heroes, as well.

:55:57.:56:00.

One of them is Mark Bennett, a Scotland international rugby player.

:56:01.:56:02.

Let's remind ourselves how he managed to pick up silver and a

:56:03.:56:05.

couple of years ago. The Scotsman with the kick ahead.

:56:06.:56:13.

The balance needs to be good. He pauses, and Great Britain has taken

:56:14.:56:16.

the lead through Bennett. Great Britain are in the Gold final.

:56:17.:56:29.

They will play Fiji. They are already guaranteed

:56:30.:56:31.

something here. We have already made a bit of history. They just have to

:56:32.:56:36.

sort out whether it is gold or silver.

:56:37.:56:44.

It is such a moment in the history of Fiji, the rugby team, and Fiji

:56:45.:56:54.

the country. Because this is their first-ever medal at the Olympic

:56:55.:56:58.

Games. A wonderful moment for Team GB and

:56:59.:57:00.

all of the players. Mark, we just saw that wonderful

:57:01.:57:09.

picture of you getting your silver medal at the Olympics and standing

:57:10.:57:13.

with a big grin on your face. Marvellous memories for you.

:57:14.:57:18.

Absolutely. The whole experience was incredible. Being an athlete there

:57:19.:57:22.

and seeing everybody to compete at the top of their game. And coming

:57:23.:57:25.

out with a silver medal tops everything off. You are only one of

:57:26.:57:30.

the few Scots in that Team GB team, but he certainly flew the flag for

:57:31.:57:37.

the country. It was myself and Mark Roberts in the rugby sevens. It was

:57:38.:57:40.

great, the performance of the whole squad it was excellent, but myself

:57:41.:57:43.

and marketed ourselves proud. No doubt about that. But getting to the

:57:44.:57:47.

final in the rugby sevens for Team GB, and this was the first year that

:57:48.:57:51.

they have rugby sevens in the Olympics, it seemed to be a huge

:57:52.:57:56.

success. Absolutely. To be honest we were not expecting to go and do as

:57:57.:58:01.

well as we did. To get a silver medal was incredible. But abruptly,

:58:02.:58:07.

as a whole, they went amazing in the Olympics. The support from back

:58:08.:58:13.

home. It was huge. The British Lions will come together for the 15 man

:58:14.:58:20.

squad, but this was a seven man squad, so was it difficult to gel as

:58:21.:58:24.

a unit? It is difficult to play with people you don't know. The squad was

:58:25.:58:30.

great. Everybody bonded very well. That transferred to the way we

:58:31.:58:33.

played on the pitch. It took a bit of time to get going. But we surely

:58:34.:58:39.

got there in the end. Let's talk about Glasgow Warriors and Scotland.

:58:40.:58:42.

Warriors have had an OK start of the season. They were knocked out in the

:58:43.:58:47.

semifinal of the pro 12 last year and the year before. You are back in

:58:48.:58:51.

there and doing some damage, as well, with them. We have had a

:58:52.:58:55.

difficult start of the season. We have played some great sites. It

:58:56.:59:00.

started OK. We have a few years before getting it into Europe, so we

:59:01.:59:04.

need to use the next couple of weeks to get going and get running again.

:59:05.:59:10.

-- great sides. It is great to have you here inspiring everybody with

:59:11.:59:19.

your medal. Mark Bennett is a fine fellow.

:59:20.:59:27.

I was involved in a deliberate hit-and-run in 2011. I sustained a

:59:28.:59:37.

serious brain injury through that. I was left for dead. My name is

:59:38.:59:46.

Scott and this is my run. It was a serious one, I was in

:59:47.:59:51.

hospital for almost six months. The daughter -- doctor that was treating

:59:52.:59:56.

us at the time, she said to my mum she didn't have much hope for us, if

:59:57.:00:00.

I did pull through I wouldn't be able to walk.

:00:01.:00:06.

Came out the coma, and I couldn't speak, couldn't talk, couldn't do

:00:07.:00:11.

nothing for mice, couldn't, I couldn't go to the toilet, accuse

:00:12.:00:14.

eventually nothing. I thought my life was over. -- actually nothing.

:00:15.:00:22.

Completely over. I thought I am going to fight this, and my dad and

:00:23.:00:26.

my mum used to say what you going to do? I used to raise my fist because

:00:27.:00:32.

I couldn't talk. I think a brain injury, you are in

:00:33.:00:37.

recovery for the rest of your life. I have tried to have as normal life

:00:38.:00:42.

as possible and not let it affect me but in the back of your mind you

:00:43.:00:49.

have a brain injury. When you exercise, I use stress and pressure

:00:50.:00:53.

and anger, I couldn't run two years ago. I couldn't even run 1 k. Doing

:00:54.:01:02.

10k from what came from, I couldn't walk, just for me, it is a big

:01:03.:01:08.

achievement. I feel proud and successful because

:01:09.:01:13.

I have done it for a good cause. I am living. I am doing a lot of

:01:14.:01:20.

things I never thought I would do, so positives have come out of it. It

:01:21.:01:25.

has been an amazing recovery and an amazing journey.

:01:26.:01:32.

So Scott, five years ago you suffered a veer brain injure y here

:01:33.:01:37.

you are, October 2016. You have completed your first 10k, how you

:01:38.:01:43.

feeling? I'm knackered but at the same time, I am, I never thought I

:01:44.:01:49.

could ever, this time five year ago, this would have been the furrest

:01:50.:01:56.

away thing in my mind, to think I could be raising funds for charity.

:01:57.:01:59.

Did you think you were going to make it? You said at Ak you were a wee

:02:00.:02:08.

bit... I got to 5k, that is the furthest I had done. I was tempted

:02:09.:02:13.

to walk, then I thought circumstances I stopped at seven,

:02:14.:02:16.

then I went to eight, then I went to nine and I just walked the rest.

:02:17.:02:22.

But where I had to walk, or run or jog, I was determined I was getting

:02:23.:02:28.

it down done because I have raised funds for Headway. It was was just a

:02:29.:02:37.

turn up or not do it. Will you be back next year, doing the half

:02:38.:02:41.

marathon? That could be a possible. Let's hope so. I could raise funds

:02:42.:02:48.

again for Headway. Go and have a nice long rest now. Oh, well

:02:49.:02:53.

deserved. As the mass runners continue on this

:02:54.:02:57.

glorious course in Glasgow, let us take a moment to recap on the elite

:02:58.:03:00.

races starting with the wheelchair race which took place earlier today.

:03:01.:03:06.

Today. The race set off just before 9.30 this morning and took place

:03:07.:03:11.

over a 10k distance. It's a tough old start on the week

:03:12.:03:16.

race, up St Vincent Street, very difficult indeed. It was Patrick

:03:17.:03:21.

Monaghan who managed to get the win. Patrick Monaghan from Ireland. He

:03:22.:03:26.

beat Mark Telford in a very tightly fought race. So Patrick Monaghan is

:03:27.:03:30.

the Great Scottish Run champion 2016. And our man David Currie

:03:31.:03:35.

managed to get a chat with him not long after the finish.

:03:36.:03:43.

Patrick, many congratulations. It was a tight finish but you

:03:44.:03:48.

prevailed. Yes, just about, similar the last year, obviously one place

:03:49.:03:53.

better for both of us. This was your second time doing the Great Scottish

:03:54.:03:59.

Run? Yes I was here last year, it is a great atmosphere so I had to come

:04:00.:04:03.

back. You enjoy it going round the streets of Glasgow. I love it.

:04:04.:04:10.

Cheered on all the way Yes, the dangerous bends come up. Coming hot

:04:11.:04:17.

on the heels of Rio. Yes, I was in Rio, two weeks' ago, hadn't really

:04:18.:04:23.

been well, I had to get moving again. What was wrong with you? I

:04:24.:04:28.

had a virus and a kidney infection. So bad timing. Younsed back with a

:04:29.:04:32.

tremendous win. Yes, it was good to get out. Just good to get the arms

:04:33.:04:37.

going again. What was going through your hind when you were coming up to

:04:38.:04:42.

the finish and it was so close. Just making sure he wasn't coming any

:04:43.:04:49.

closer. So what is next for you? Chicago next week, I don't know

:04:50.:04:54.

Howley go but I will give it my home shot then Dumbarton at the end of

:04:55.:04:59.

the month. You are looking to win that in your home country. Yes, it a

:05:00.:05:04.

great atmosphere as well, so that was my first marathon. Great stuff,

:05:05.:05:10.

thank you and well done today. Fantastic win there, and in the 10k

:05:11.:05:16.

which took place just after the wheelchair race, Jonathan Hopkins

:05:17.:05:23.

managed to win for the men. Let us get a recap of what is going on.

:05:24.:05:30.

During the course of the, so these are pictures of the 10k, let us have

:05:31.:05:34.

a recap of the women's race with the team.

:05:35.:05:43.

Betsy Saina was absolutely brilliant today.

:05:44.:05:49.

She moved away from the rest of the field, she established over a 30

:05:50.:05:54.

second advantage on the first 5k alone. She came flying into the

:05:55.:05:59.

finish, producing a new course record here in Glasgow, 67.22. A

:06:00.:06:05.

marvellous run from a brilliant track runner who has a huge view fur

:06:06.:06:11.

on the roads. Helah Kiprop, she broke 69 minutes for second. And

:06:12.:06:19.

Doris Changeiywo made it a 1-2-3 for Kenya coming home in 71.34. So there

:06:20.:06:26.

is the confirmation of the top ten. Lily Partridge and Beth Potter

:06:27.:06:30.

running well in fourth and fifth. Potter with a new lifetime best in

:06:31.:06:35.

fifth place. Great performances from the six

:06:36.:06:39.

British women packing into the top ten, but nobody could get close to

:06:40.:06:46.

Betsy Saina today. I am thrieted to say I am joined by

:06:47.:06:53.

Betsy S -- delighted. You just blew the field away. Yes, thank you so

:06:54.:06:58.

much. It is really fun when you go out and just go to Scotland for the

:06:59.:07:04.

first time, win a race, to be honest it has been an amazing week, I am so

:07:05.:07:09.

excited and so happy to be in Scotland. It was awesome to run out

:07:10.:07:14.

there. It was a great race, obviously you took vaned Tang nice

:07:15.:07:17.

and elderly and got that lead. How difficult is it to lead from the

:07:18.:07:21.

front when you know the rest of the field are breathing down your neck?

:07:22.:07:26.

Some days like you will never know how far until you try. I thought my

:07:27.:07:31.

personal best is 69.29 so I was like, today, I just want to go out

:07:32.:07:36.

there, I don't know what I am planning, because since Rio, at the

:07:37.:07:40.

Olympics, I haven't done much. I took a break and I started running.

:07:41.:07:44.

I was like I want to go out and have some fun, see the people of Scotland

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on the way, and I just had an amazing time out there. You had

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great fun and we had fun, it was fantastic, congratulations, winner

:07:56.:07:58.

of the Great Scottish Run, well done. Thank you so much to even in

:07:59.:08:03.

Scotland. You guys are awesome, looking forward to coming back,

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thank you so much for having us here. We will look at the men's race

:08:07.:08:13.

now, shall we. It was teed up to be a fabulous race

:08:14.:08:19.

between the best of British, the best of Scottish Callum Hawkins.

:08:20.:08:33.

Against Kimutai. It was Callum Hawkins who produced three

:08:34.:08:40.

blistering miles, 4.21, 4.23 and that did the damage. Kip Ukip began

:08:41.:08:47.

to struggle with the Endeavour and the aggression of Callum Hawkins.

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Who produced the most scintillating moment for Scottish distance

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running, the second fastest British performance in history, obliterating

:08:59.:09:02.

Alistair Hutton's Scottish national record. Kipsiro 60.54 in second. But

:09:03.:09:09.

Callum Hawkins came out on top O for . What a race and what a performance

:09:10.:09:14.

from Callum Hawkins. It has certainly be a year to remember for

:09:15.:09:19.

him. Moses Kipsiro, the winner here in Glasgow last year, relegated to

:09:20.:09:25.

second, Joel Kimutai third and Chris Thompson, an excellent performance

:09:26.:09:28.

coming home inside 62 minutes for four.

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I am delighted to say I am joined by the champion Callum Hawkins. Not

:09:36.:09:38.

only the champion but the course record holder and what a race it was

:09:39.:09:45.

for you? Yes, I can't put it in words, I wasn't expecting anywhere

:09:46.:09:50.

near what I ran. I am just really pleased I went out to win, and that

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is what I did. I didn't really care about dying or not. I was going to

:09:55.:10:00.

win. Didn't want to come second. It was amazing not only you managed to

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beat Moses but you managed to beat the course record which is held by

:10:05.:10:09.

Haile Gebrselassie. Yes, just to have my name on the

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same sentence as one of the greatest endour rans runners ever is

:10:15.:10:17.

incredible. I can't believe what I have done. We can believe what you

:10:18.:10:22.

done, you are runner-up last year you won this year, we wondered how

:10:23.:10:27.

much that marathon took out of you, you got a ninth place, but you had

:10:28.:10:31.

enough spare to come here to Glasgow and just to put in that blistering

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run. Yes, I think, I think my altitude training agrees with me. I

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took two weeks off, no running, I have come back stronger, I reckon.

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You have. You have won this, people are going to look at this, because

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this is a world class time. 60.24 was the time and that was just

:10:52.:10:55.

sensational. Yes. Yes. Just another stepping stone on the road to the

:10:56.:10:59.

Gold Coast and on to Tokyo from there. I hope to build on it. You

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are an amazing athlete. I think you are shocked you have won there. I

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wasn't expecting the time. Came up the straight and saw 60. I thought I

:11:10.:11:14.

was looking at the wrong clock. You weren't looking at the wrong clock,

:11:15.:11:18.

it was the right one, a great win, congratulations I am being told to

:11:19.:11:22.

remind you I used to coach you at shinty and that is what made you

:11:23.:11:29.

tougher. Shinty days! Callum, great run, I am delighted for you and for

:11:30.:11:34.

your dad and brother. Great win. He is the winner, he is here and

:11:35.:11:38.

relaxed and calm, but there is some out there still on the course, and

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Jane is out with one of them. Wendy, you are part of Lauren's warrior,

:11:46.:11:54.

why you doing it I am doing it for my daughter, she was diagnosed with

:11:55.:11:58.

a hernia, she spent three weeks in intensive care. I am running all my

:11:59.:12:03.

friends and family are involved. We have been doing it since January,

:12:04.:12:07.

finishing today, we have raised 7,00 pounds. So we are buzz, it has been

:12:08.:12:12.

a good year. And also raising wear of of what this is about. Yes,

:12:13.:12:21.

raising awareness for CDH. CDH. It is not common. Anything we can do to

:12:22.:12:26.

do our bit. This is your first half marathon, how you finding it, I

:12:27.:12:31.

guess the fact you are, are doing it for a great cause keeps you going. I

:12:32.:12:37.

was nervous about today. I, like all morning I was pacing the floor, as

:12:38.:12:41.

soon as I got to start line, the atmosphere was just amazing. And

:12:42.:12:47.

you, all the worries went out of the window. It is time to get tough, I

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am not going to lie. I am just looking forward to getting to the

:12:52.:12:54.

final stretch. You are on the final stretch. Half way to go. Keep going.

:12:55.:12:59.

Can I say a massive thank you to all my friends and family, they are all

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at the finishing line, I will be there as soon as I can. Thank you

:13:03.:13:08.

Wendy, bye. She might be a while there, because

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she is only half way round at the moment at poll horse, it is a long

:13:12.:13:18.

way to go, she is -- Pollok Park. She is doing a good job and raising

:13:19.:13:22.

a fortune for charity. You can see the heroes coming through the finish

:13:23.:13:26.

line behind me, all of them proud of their effort, they should be. It is

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not just about Sunday, this is an event that runs the whole weekend.

:13:30.:13:33.

Yesterday was a sensational day as well.

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I am raising money for the British Heart Foundation.

:13:41.:13:56.

After running with young Darragh, I felt a bit faint, collapsed and

:13:57.:14:00.

stonesibly died and was lucky enough to have a doctor next to me,

:14:01.:14:05.

paramedics locally and survived against the odds. They have raced

:14:06.:14:12.

over ?135, so they are doing very very good.

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My name is Donna, this is my son, niece and brother-in-law. I am

:14:23.:14:28.

running in memory of Graham Bryce, Donna's late husband, a wonderful

:14:29.:14:36.

person. We are running for the accuse lowing respond lie us the

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society. They do valuable work from people who suffer from the

:14:40.:14:58.

This is Alice, Margaret, Emily, Jack, and Dougie. We are running for

:14:59.:15:07.

the hospital's neonatal unit. When they were born they had a syndrome

:15:08.:15:15.

which only affects identical twins. Basically, the hospital saved their

:15:16.:15:19.

lives. We had a target initially of ?200. Today we have raised more than

:15:20.:15:24.

?600, so they've done really well. Jack was diagnosed with to regroup

:15:25.:15:43.

all the when he was six months old. Since he has gone from strength to

:15:44.:15:52.

strength. -- cerebral palsy. He goes to football twice a week. I never

:15:53.:15:55.

thought he would be able to go, but he has gone. He is very ambitious.

:15:56.:16:03.

He likes any type of sport. He is just a normal boy. He needs SDR

:16:04.:16:07.

surgery. It is cutting the nerves in his spine. We need ?70,000. The

:16:08.:16:18.

operation itself is ?35,000. But we need continued physiotherapy the two

:16:19.:16:22.

years afterwards. We are sitting at about ?4000 and we've only been

:16:23.:16:25.

going two weeks. Some brilliant courses and some

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fantastic stories. Not just today but throughout the entire weekend.

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This is Scotland's biggest mass participation running event. And it

:16:52.:16:56.

really has been all about fun and distance running for all ages. Just

:16:57.:17:01.

as we have seen. There may be some stars of the future. We've seen some

:17:02.:17:05.

magnificent performances from the likes of Callum Hawkins and Betsy

:17:06.:17:10.

Saina, two course records, a new Scottish record for Callum Hawkins.

:17:11.:17:14.

Meanwhile, these men and women are the beating heart of this event,

:17:15.:17:18.

coming out of the shadow of the historic Maclennan arch. Making

:17:19.:17:23.

their way towards the finish. Some still negotiating their way across

:17:24.:17:27.

the magnificently nicknamed Squinty Bridge. So called because it goes

:17:28.:17:31.

across the Clyde in a diagonal fashion. Fantastic words are used,

:17:32.:17:36.

some very descriptive words used, here in Glasgow. There they are,

:17:37.:17:43.

making their way towards the finish, some will have blisters, some will

:17:44.:17:47.

be tired, some will say never again. Well, until they see online that the

:17:48.:17:52.

applications are open the next year's Great Scottish Run on the 1st

:17:53.:17:57.

of October 20 17th it is amazing how quickly you forget the difficult

:17:58.:18:00.

part and you start remembering the great moment when you cross the

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finish line here in one of the world's great cities. -- 2017. The

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city is bathed in sunshine. They are ready to enjoy the fantastic

:18:12.:18:15.

hospitality that has made Glasgow famous for so many years. And there

:18:16.:18:23.

could not be a better accompanying theme tune as they come towards the

:18:24.:18:32.

finish. If you have been with us all the way through our enjoyable

:18:33.:18:35.

morning, you will be aware that David Curry spoke to Francis Gilroy.

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We did not see his face because he was hidden beneath the mascot he was

:18:40.:18:46.

carrying. He was posing as Harvey. The big question is, has he broken

:18:47.:18:49.

the world record for the half marathon? It is currently held by

:18:50.:18:59.

Bobby the Bee. Bobby the Bee will be holding his breath, because he is

:19:00.:19:02.

still waiting to see if he is still the current record-holder. We can go

:19:03.:19:07.

down to the finish. If you were watching earlier you may

:19:08.:19:11.

have seen an interview we did with the Harvey, who is running for the

:19:12.:19:15.

Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice. He was hoping to break the

:19:16.:19:19.

half marathon record, world record for mascots, and here he is. Harvey

:19:20.:19:25.

has crossed the finish line. The big question is, did you do it? I did.

:19:26.:19:33.

One hour and 34 minutes. Well done, quite a substantial chunk of the

:19:34.:19:37.

existing record, I believe. Indeed, by about four minutes. I think it is

:19:38.:19:42.

time we did the big reveal, show who the man is beneath the costume. He

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was -- are you ready? Put it back on!

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CHUCKLES What is next for you? The three

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peaks and the London Marathon. Dressed as Harvey? I think we will

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do it without Harvey this time. But we might take him for the trip. You

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need to get in the shower and get him in the tumble drier, I think.

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Thanks very much. Thank you, cheers, guys! Supreme effort. Amazing

:20:19.:20:25.

everybody who has taken part. But to get a world record for a mascot and

:20:26.:20:30.

radio fours -- raise a fortune to charity is fantastic. Well done to

:20:31.:20:35.

everybody crossing the line. I like standing here on the Great Scottish

:20:36.:20:39.

Run, because people are smiling. Ultimately very happy with what

:20:40.:20:42.

they've done and so they should be. One of the great things about this

:20:43.:20:45.

event is that they have Olympic heroes cheering them on. Let's

:20:46.:20:51.

remind ourselves about what Karen Bennett did in Rio. It is the final.

:20:52.:20:56.

Great Britain have a great chance. Great Britain easing out onto the

:20:57.:21:05.

first, and to the second... Now the call will come. Great Britain in the

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four, Canada in five, New Zealand in six.

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At the moment they are still in last place. They are going to have to

:21:15.:21:21.

really go. It looks like they can pick them off one by one.

:21:22.:21:25.

The great British crew in bronze medal position. They will not settle

:21:26.:21:29.

for that. This is your moment, Great Britain. These are the moments we

:21:30.:21:34.

live for. The crowd are going mad. Are they going to go into the record

:21:35.:21:37.

books with a medal? It looks like it will be silver. They have absolutely

:21:38.:21:44.

done it. One word describes that, sensational. Absolutely sensational.

:21:45.:21:53.

Karen, dancing and the poem -- on the podium and rightly so. Silver

:21:54.:22:05.

with millimetres to spare. I know. Thinking about the race it was nerve

:22:06.:22:10.

wracking. Every time I watch it I get butterflies in my tummy. I don't

:22:11.:22:14.

know if you know, but we were last going through halfway mark. I was

:22:15.:22:20.

never panicked, but I did think, I was aware of where we were. To come

:22:21.:22:23.

through and get silver was incredible. You saw it was a photo

:22:24.:22:31.

finish. Knowing that maybe you have got the bronze and you are waiting

:22:32.:22:35.

for the ten seconds, and you don't know if you have the silver or the

:22:36.:22:39.

bronze, and you think, well, for me, I thought we have the bronze. But to

:22:40.:22:46.

be told we have the silver it was incredible. Absolutely fantastic.

:22:47.:22:50.

Knowing you were in last place at halfway, how can you dig so deep to

:22:51.:22:54.

get back to the point where you are challenging? I think with our crew

:22:55.:23:00.

we had a lot of belief in our crew. Throughout the whole trialling

:23:01.:23:04.

process and throughout the whole year we had a lot of testing and

:23:05.:23:11.

trials. We did about 21 seat races to kind of decide on which ate it

:23:12.:23:18.

was going to be. I think that came back to us all in that race. --. We

:23:19.:23:26.

are such a tight unit. To have that belief and come back, knowing we

:23:27.:23:31.

could do it together... None of us were panicked. But I think

:23:32.:23:34.

everybody's parents would disagree with that. We had the belief. It was

:23:35.:23:41.

real for us. It was good. And that belief ended up with you getting a

:23:42.:23:45.

silver. I know you have been working here, being an ambassador over the

:23:46.:23:49.

weekend. Trying to inspire people to do more in their sport. I'm sure

:23:50.:23:55.

you've heard some amazing stories. Yeah, it's been incredible. So

:23:56.:23:58.

inspirational for me to be here and see all of these people. They

:23:59.:24:02.

probably train day in day out. They have all of the charities they are

:24:03.:24:06.

representing. Some of them have just come to do it and that is their aim.

:24:07.:24:12.

They train all year. And I think it is incredible. They inspire me to do

:24:13.:24:16.

running. I almost feel bad and not doing any exercise today. I take my

:24:17.:24:20.

hat off to them, they are all inspirational and just really,

:24:21.:24:24.

really good. Congratulations. Thank you for coming on. Sensational.

:24:25.:24:28.

David is behind us at the finish with a fellow who has run with some

:24:29.:24:34.

divine intervention. Ladies and gentlemen, I have the

:24:35.:24:37.

first member of the clergy to cross the finish line. It is Ian the mad

:24:38.:24:41.

Monk. You are not a real one, are you? No. What possessed you? I have

:24:42.:24:49.

the world record for the fastest marathon runner dressed as a monk. I

:24:50.:24:56.

thought as it is my hometown I would go for it. There is not a world

:24:57.:25:01.

record for that, is there? Yes, three hours and 27 minutes, and that

:25:02.:25:07.

hopefully me double it up. Just made it by 30 seconds. Is there a lot of

:25:08.:25:11.

competition in the monk running races? The nun is more popular. It

:25:12.:25:22.

is difficult. I might give it a go one day. This is a special day for

:25:23.:25:29.

you, wait, I forgot that you are not a real monk.

:25:30.:25:30.

LAUGHTER Yeah, might have a few drinks. I

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would like to have a shout out the Craig Brown and Davy Jones. Thanks,

:25:36.:25:39.

guys. You are sorted for a Halloween costume. Yes, my wardrobe is full of

:25:40.:25:45.

crazy outfits. I really enjoyed it today. It was great. Great support,

:25:46.:25:51.

great city. Well done and well done in the record. Thank you.

:25:52.:25:57.

It truly is a fantastic day in Glasgow. The sun is shining. It is

:25:58.:26:02.

roasting hot. It does not feel like October. Lots of smiles from people

:26:03.:26:07.

coming over the line, lots of reasons for taking part, and for

:26:08.:26:10.

Holly and Chris it is particularly poignant and emotional.

:26:11.:26:17.

Hamish was diagnosed with cancer in February of last year. We started

:26:18.:26:29.

treatment down in Glasgow after the diagnosis was confirmed he had stage

:26:30.:26:38.

four. He began treatment. Chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery,

:26:39.:26:46.

all taking place in Glasgow. It is definitely any parent 's worst

:26:47.:26:50.

nightmare. We knew what Hamish was facing. We knew the odds were

:26:51.:26:54.

against him. But we also knew we had to keep him going. We were actually

:26:55.:27:04.

between treatment. We were back home in Aberdeen at the time. We had to

:27:05.:27:09.

go into hospital because Hamish wasn't feeling too good, feeling a

:27:10.:27:13.

bit poorly. We went to the hospital in Aberdeen. And that evening, very

:27:14.:27:18.

suddenly, Hamish passed away within the blink of an eye. We thought we

:27:19.:27:26.

were going into hospital with a sore belly, and we left without our boy.

:27:27.:27:37.

And it was... Just your worst nightmare as a parent, to leave

:27:38.:27:43.

without your boy. Hamish was a very funny, cheeky, outgoing little boy.

:27:44.:27:50.

He was just developing his own personality. Yeah, he was very kind

:27:51.:28:00.

and happy. What Hamish passed away we started to do a bit of running.

:28:01.:28:09.

Get a bit of head space. And about February, March time, we noticed

:28:10.:28:14.

there was a run taking place in Glasgow, a half marathon, and I

:28:15.:28:17.

decided I was going to sign up for it. And it just so happens that it

:28:18.:28:22.

was going through Pollok Park, and I thought it was perfect because

:28:23.:28:25.

Pollok Park, to us, meant so much. We spent so many days here when

:28:26.:28:32.

Hamish was allowed off. We couldn't think of a better place to run

:28:33.:28:38.

through. I have thought about it. It is either going to be difficult, you

:28:39.:28:46.

know, knowing where I am, but I feel it is going to be quite a positive,

:28:47.:28:51.

kind of, feeling when I am running through it. Because whenever I do

:28:52.:28:55.

run a lot of times I feel like Hamish is with me, or Hamish is

:28:56.:29:00.

watching, keeping an eye on his daddy, making sure he does it

:29:01.:29:05.

properly. He will be here, sparing you one, throughout Pollok Park.

:29:06.:29:12.

When Hamish passed away we set up a charity in his name. As a charity we

:29:13.:29:24.

provide vouchers, which can be accessed by the children and the

:29:25.:29:29.

cancer ward. A lot of our memories are being out with the hospital and

:29:30.:29:32.

doing things with him. And we were just like other families and their

:29:33.:29:38.

children to be able to make those memories. They don't have to worry

:29:39.:29:41.

about the cost, they don't have to worry about the finances, and they

:29:42.:29:43.

can make happy memories, as well. Well distance running is not just

:29:44.:29:59.

about fitness and times it is sometimes about people finding a

:30:00.:30:03.

reason and a way to carry on through the most terrible personal tragedy

:30:04.:30:09.

and loss, Hamish remembered in the best possible way. Well, the spirit

:30:10.:30:15.

of this great city shines through even the most difficult of

:30:16.:30:21.

circumstances, and shine it has done today, in fabulous sunshine. So many

:30:22.:30:26.

still out on this great course, that has seen records set. It has been a

:30:27.:30:33.

day of history here in Glasgow. Some brilliant journeys still coming to

:30:34.:30:37.

an end. Some having to stop for a walk. I am sure there will be one or

:30:38.:30:41.

two encouraging words from those on the sidelines.

:30:42.:30:46.

Willing them to get to the finish, maybe a pint or an orange juice.

:30:47.:30:53.

There is the McLellan Arch. The oldest artefact on the green.

:30:54.:30:58.

And there is great work that happens here on the green, there is the

:30:59.:31:05.

Clyde. Looking absolutely resplendent and magnificent here in

:31:06.:31:09.

this sunshine. What a place and what a day to come and run 13.1 miles or

:31:10.:31:18.

10k. We will hear from someone who is taking part for the 16th year in

:31:19.:31:22.

a re. Now that is pretty impressive I am sure you will agree. Even more

:31:23.:31:30.

so that she is 75 years old. My name is Rose and this is my run.

:31:31.:31:44.

I am running for the Beatson clinic charity. I started running result of

:31:45.:31:49.

my poor familiry history of heart attacks. My father died of a cardiac

:31:50.:31:56.

arrest when he was 66 and my older brother was also 66. So when I got

:31:57.:32:02.

to be 60 I thought, maybe I should do something about this. I can't

:32:03.:32:06.

help my genetic make up, but I can do something about keeping myself

:32:07.:32:12.

fit. So, I started by noticing a poster

:32:13.:32:19.

on Glasgow subway, it was a tenth anniversary of the women's 10k, and

:32:20.:32:23.

the poster was a pair of training shoes, and underneath it simply

:32:24.:32:28.

said, get them on. And I thought, I couldn't possibly do that. However,

:32:29.:32:36.

I signed up for it, and I did it. I had no idea what to expect, but

:32:37.:32:40.

going through that finish line, the first time was wonderful, I thought

:32:41.:32:43.

if I can do that once, I can keep on doing it.

:32:44.:32:49.

I am 75, so this will be my 16th year. I should like to think that I

:32:50.:32:54.

could keep on going, for a good number of years yet, some people do

:32:55.:32:58.

say that I am an inspiration, I don't think of myself as that, but

:32:59.:33:04.

if I could encourage other people to take more physical exercise, that

:33:05.:33:07.

would be, that would be satisfaction enough.

:33:08.:33:20.

Doesn't Glasgow look superb here this afternoon. The people's Palace

:33:21.:33:26.

here at Glasgow Green. There couldn't be a better advert for the

:33:27.:33:31.

city. Conditions have been perfect for distance running here today.

:33:32.:33:35.

There has been barely a breath of wind. Nice and cool. When the fog

:33:36.:33:41.

cleared, conditions became absolutely perfect. If you are

:33:42.:33:44.

sitting at home and you have been inspired by the great athletes and

:33:45.:33:49.

the joggers and the fun runners and all the big stories. Please come and

:33:50.:33:54.

join us next year, and who knows, maybe you too will be greeted as a

:33:55.:34:00.

hero beneath the McLellan Arch. The entries are open. There is no

:34:01.:34:05.

excuse, put down that big cake, put that cup of tea down, get online and

:34:06.:34:11.

come and join us for this fabulous party, the Great Scottish Run 2017,

:34:12.:34:17.

Sunday October 1st, make a decision. However slowly you will be here to

:34:18.:34:22.

join us next year. It doesn't matter how slowly you run, if you have

:34:23.:34:28.

never run a step in your life, go online, you have a couple of

:34:29.:34:32.

training guides, you run for a minute, you walk for a minute. Don't

:34:33.:34:37.

think about the 13.1 miles just think about the first step, because

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every journey of 1,000 miles starts with a single step and yours could

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be tomorrow. The shots of Glasgow are fantastic.

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When you see the City and the greenery, and you see the

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development along the river, and you see the attitude of need today there

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is a slogan which says people make Glasgow, well, you can see it and

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feel it and breathe it today, people do make this great City of Glasgow.

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Didn't we see that and enjoy that two years ago when Glasgow played

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host to one of the most memorable editions of the Commonwealth Game, I

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remember a great shot of Billy Connolly moving up the Clyde on the

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back a little rig, saying come on in, you're most welcome.

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As the slogan tells you, it really is the people that make Glasgow and

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here is yet another tale of inspiration behind the motives and

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the reasons that so many people have come out to join Scotland's biggest

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mass participation event in 2016. My name is Nelson and this is my run.

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I'm a teacher, which is sometimes fun, but I teach young people with

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social and emotional behavioural difficulties. I run for fun, health,

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changed my life completely, changed my lifestyle completely and it has

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been great benefit to me. In the last five-and-a-half years I

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lost seven stone, I was a much bigger physical shape, so I started

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walking, running a bit. Feel like a completely different person.

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The organisation I have set sip JAPES. Came from a site I saw and

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the marathon, 2014, I saw a modified wheelchair being used to allow young

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people with disability to experience the thrill and atmosphere of the big

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city race the marathon was, when I saw that, it was a deeply moving

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thing for everyone, for me, fellow runners, people watching on the

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sideline, I thought it would be a fantastic thing to bring to

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Scotland. Family and friends have been really supportive. Neighbours

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have been fantastic, people at school and people generosity has

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been terrific. I am so happy that we are launching

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the project. The atmosphere in Glasgow is terrific, I have run it a

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few times and every runner who is on the team has said the same thing.

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What a run to launch this one. I am looking forward to that. It will be

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emotional, of course, two-and-a-half years I have had this dream and it

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will be terrific to see it realised. We have nine people in the team, and

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the rules will be, just to get this and ourself round the course in the

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chair, two pilotings we have a guy called Alan, he is 42. Has cerebral

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palsy. He will do the first half of the course. At the half way mark, a

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girl of 24 Gemma is coming on. She suffers from cerebral palsy, she

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really looking forward to it. To know someone is getting the

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experience that you never thought they would experience, is going to

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be rewarding. One of the things like about this is the able-bodied

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community linking with the community who face challenges we don't

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normally face, and also, hopefully a big boost to self confidence. I know

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running has boosted my own. Nelson explained to us what is going

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on. Fantastic team effort. This is JAPES. We are letting young people,

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adults with a mobility issue to eexperience the thrill in an event.

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What sort of reaction have you been getting from people along the route.

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I imagine big cheers when they see you? Great big cheers. The people in

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Glasgow are fantastic support. When you see a caused like this it is

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truly inclusive. They go hand in hand, amazing.? You are raising as

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much money as you can to get more of these? It is the result of a

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campaign over the summer, but the fundraising goes on, you get our

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page. There is links to our current funding page and it goes on and on.

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This is the launch event and there will be many more. Well done, hats

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off to you. It can't be easy. Good on you. It is easy with a great boss

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like Alan. Good stuff. Brilliant, thanks for

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talking to us. You are half way there, keep going.

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This young gentleman is called Lewis, what is that? A medal. A

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medal. Who won that. Me. You won it, did you. What did you do? A family

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mile. Thought it was your dad's medal. He has not picked his up. You

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have completed the half marathon, well done. Thank you. How did it go.

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It went well. My iPod went after two songs. What songs? Dance music. No

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Deacon Blue or any of that rubbish. No. How did you get round it without

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your music? I just kept doing my watch, using my pacemaker, so I

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concentrated more on my running.some you mean on your watch. Yes. So is

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this your first half marathon? No I did the Great North Run three weeks'

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ago, so that didn't go well. He done a half marathon. Are you

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going to do one one day. Yes I have already done the family mile. You

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are some boy! Well done. You go and get your medal. Absolutely fantastic

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stuff. Did he say Deacon Blue are rubbish? A man of great style and

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taste. That is almost it from the Great Scottish Run 2016. We will be

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back with some sport this afternoon, The Adventure Show is on at 4.50. We

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will have sports seen with the Premiership action today at 6pm and

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repeated tonight at 11.50pm. Let me tell you something about something

:41:42.:41:47.

that is happening later in the year about sports Unsung Heroes.

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In every corner of the country, from remote countryside to urban sprawl,

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there is an unstoppable army make things happen, and they are doing it

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through sport. Building communities, forging friendships, and changing

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lives. In a world that celebrates autumn

:42:16.:42:19.

glory these volunteers are the real heroes.

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Unsung Heroes. Nominate your get inspired unsung

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hero, for BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2016.

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All of these runners that are approaching the finish here in the

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Great Scottish Run will have an unsung hero behind them. The people

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they are supporting, the people that are coaching, the people who are

:42:50.:42:52.

inspiring and you get voting for that unsung hero. It is a fantastic

:42:53.:42:57.

thing. Here it has been a sensational day. Callum Hawkins has

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been amazing. World class, thank you so hutch for your company, from all

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of us here, bye for now. What a great sight. And what a great

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sound. This event has grown from strength to strength over the years.

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She is going really well here. Nearly two minutes ahead. Is Kipsiro

:43:33.:43:41.

coming under pressure now. Sawn has been in a class What a great

:43:42.:43:42.

she is going really well here. Nearly two minutes ahead. Is Kipsiro

:43:43.:43:46.

coming under pressure now. Sawn has been in a class of her own -- Saina.

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Callum Hawkins is announcing his arrival at the very top of world

:43:53.:44:00.

distance running. A new

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Extraordinary scenes here, the atmosphere absolutely electric.

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