Great Manchester Run Athletics

always been a trail blazing city. 100 years on from the Industrial

Revolution it is all about the music. Now, Manchester's leading the

way in a sporting revolution. The 2002 Commonwealth Games signalled a

new era. Without them, it was said the London Olympic and Paralympic

Games would never have happened. Since then, pretty much every major

sporting event has been held here. Manchester is home to the multi-gold

medal winning British cycling team. Today, it's running that's in the

spotlight as 40,000 people of all abilities take to the streets. The

city of industry, music and now Good morning to you and welcome to

the Great Manchester Run. It is another beautiful morning here in

the north-west. It is a mixed blessing. If you're one of the

40,000 or so people on Oxford Street you're probably wishing it was a

little cooler but if you're a supporter, you think it is about

perfect. Over a quarter of a million people have taken part in this race

since it first started in 2003. It is the largest UK 10K race. You've

Olympic champions, world champions, top level world runners, stars of

the small screen. People dressed in crazy outfits and heart warming and

inspirational stories. Steve Cram, palm Dickenson and Denise Lewis and

Paul Jones are out and about. I am ear here with David Ryan. Who are

you running for and how much money are you trying to raise? Northern

air hospital radioam I'm looking to raise about �1,000. David's story is

one of thousands. Everyone running here has a special reason for doing

so as I'll find out a little later. Good luck everyone. A among the

thousands of runners are some famous faces from Emmerdale to Coronation

Street, 5 live to life on Mars. I'll speak to some later up here on the

speak to some later up here on the VIP bus.

Lots more coming from Phil and Denise through the next couple of

hours. I'll speak to Paula Radcliffe shortly. First, here's what's coming

up this morning. Always high quality elite races. We've Haile

Gebrselassie Hyland Tish annish dib abab. We've a special guest, former

Bolton Wanderers Fabrice Muamba a year on from that shocking cardiac

arrest he suffered whilst playing Spurs. There are more inspirational

stories like Kirsty Howard who's raised millions for charity in the

process of her run. We'll follow the progress of the tens of thousands of

compet Triaz whether they are striving for a personal best or just

looking to have a fun day out. There was quite a bit of sporting

excitement on Deansgate yet as well. We'll look back on the best of the

action from the great City Games. However fast or slow you are, the

finishing line is always a welcome sight. We're head thering now to

speak to Paula Radcliffe. 11 years ago now since you won gold in the

Commonwealth Games. You must have happy memories? Very happy memories.

It doesn't feel like 11 years ago. We were both on that night. Just so

many special memories of the at MOT fear -- atmosphere in that stadium.

The way the crowd God behind me. I wasn't fortunate enough to take part

last year. Manchester is a very special place. Seb Coe said it,

without the success of Manchester, we never would have had London?

Manchester showed we could do it in this country. What a great show and

how supportive the British public was of sporting events. What a great

show it could be and really gave us the boost we could do it in London

and we proved we could very well. Let's come on today and into the

elite races. Until We say his best days are behind him, but he is still

breaking records all the time. He just keeps getting faster and

stronger. He slowed down a little bit, but he is coming back faster

and faster. He also needs to watch the others in the race. It is going

to be a tough race. Let's talk about the women's race, Tirunesh Dibaba,

she is talking about stepping up for the marathon. She has already shown

she can run very well on the roads, she has run a very fast 15

kilometres on the ropes, she is keen to come here today and she looks

really, really strong. She wanted to run London and was not able to get

there because of that injury that flared up just before. She is fired

up for a good track season and also wants to learn more about running on

the roads. It is nice to see Helen back out here running, she won two

macro years ago, it would be great to see her use it as a springboard

for a very strong summer. It would be good to see her come out and run

well. And of course Gemma Steel behind her. Thanks for the moment,

let's take a look at what starts when the women's race starts

shortly. In about half an hour it is the men's elite. Well, the first

event of the day is the wheelchair race which started just before we

came on air. An all British line-up and a favourite looks to be Simon

Lawson, the defending champion here in Manchester. Jane Egan in the

women's race looks to defend her title. It promises to be highly

competitive. I will be catching up with the winner at the end. Sub

recent Rumbold was here. He miraculously survived a cardiac

arrest after his heart stopped beating. We will hear from him but

for now Denise Lewis is on the front line with runners raising money for

his charity. I am here with Phil Mason and some of the runners from

the hearts and goals charity. Still, I know it is your first time

running here, tell us a little bit about the charity and what its aims

are. It is a partnership between Bolton Wanderers and North West

ambulance. We are trying to put defibrillators into public places

and to make people aware of this silent killer, 100,000 people die

every year from sudden cardiac arrest. I was not aware of that

until what happened. It is a major killer in this country. It is such

an important part of what you are trying to raise here, bringing

attention to what is a silent killer. Absolutely. When someone

collapses it is a terrible thing. The good news is, he is alive, well

and here today. We want to make sure other people have instant access to

defibrillators. I wish you and the rest of the runners all the best. I

hope you raise lots of money today. The elite runners are just behind

me, Tirunesh Dibaba is just to my Ethiopian superstar Tirunesh

Dibaba. Five-time world Cross country champion and three-time

Olympic champion. She won the double at the Beijing Olympics, then we

claimed her 10,000 crowd in London last year. Her closest challengers

include two British athletes. Helen Clitheroe won the great Manchester

run two macro years ago and has represented Great Britain at two

Olympic Games. Gemma Steel was seventh in last year's half Marathon

Championships. She has also won the European Cross country bronze in

2011. Another athlete to watch out for is from Latvia. She has twice

now. A great atmosphere down here, thousands watching at the top of

Oxford Street. It is good morning to our commentary team. Hello to Paul

Dickenson and Steve Cram. Good morning, everybody. The sun is

shining down on all of the athletes. Helen Clitheroe, good to see her

here. Gemma Steel looking for a good race, Susan Partridge will be

representing Great Britain at the world Championships, Emma Pallant, a

very talented youngster who has moved to the triathlon but is

looking for a good performance. Perfect conditions best day of the

year. Fabrice We'll be getting them under way shortly. I think all of us

really excited to see how Tirunesh Dibaba is going to perform. I heard

Paul talk about her earlier on, events these days. Getting

introduced to all of the people. Susan will be going to Moscow. Only

three women selected for the world Championships. She ran just inside

the time in the London Marathon this year. Gemma Steel, a very talented

athlete who has really come on in the last two macro years. She knows

this course well, as indeed does Jelena Prokopcuka. I was like for a

walk along the towpath yesterday and I saw her for -- preparing for this

race today. Helen Clitheroe, she had a disappointing year last year after

a brilliant 2011. She had intended to move up to the marathon in

London, but after a bit of glue it curtailed her preparations. Her

marathon debut was postponed until later in the year, as indeed was the

debut of Tirunesh Dibaba. Perhaps the greatest distance runner on the

track. Tirunesh Dibaba heads up this women's elite field. The course

record, incidentally, also set by an Ethiopian. Fabrice Muamba Gets them

under way. No pacemakers today, it will be all down to their own

efforts. An opportunity for some quick times. A slight breeze, but

almost perfect conditions. You hear some non-elite athletes talking

about how hot it is. It is not that for whatever reason. The first six,

700 metres, they just wind their way down behind where we are sitting in

Deansgate. They basically had out towards Old Trafford and down to

Salford quays, which is now the home of BBC sport. That tall building

there, we are right in front of there. We are sitting right in front

of the finish line. They take a left turn, you can probably see Old

Trafford, there it is. Of course, it has been in the headlines for all

sorts of reasons. Sir Alex Ferguson has finally drawn the curtain on a

fantastic career. A fast course, really out and back. A course which

certainly has the potential for a few of these athletes to go very

quickly. Tirunesh Dibaba has tucked herself in nicely. Let's give Paula

another go. Testing, one, two macro, three. I was saying, a beautiful day

for running a marathon. It is. For these athletes out here now, perfect

conditions. Not too warm, but a beautiful, sunny day to show off

Manchester. At the moment it does not look like Tirunesh Dibaba is

keen on pushing the pace too fast. Somebody called Paula Radcliffe has

the best time ever recorded for ten K on the roads. I think anything low

31 minutes, she would be happy with. I am curious as to where she is at

right now. We know she had some problems with the mileage, we have

always suspected it might be an issue for her. Of course, now she

has a big track season ahead of her, she is may be caught between the two

macro a little bit. Helen Clitheroe may be the same. She is going to run

another race in New York. Let's here from Helen herself. It feels great

this year, for me it is really about getting back into racing. Last year

I was pulling out of races. I had to have quite a long period of time. It

is about getting back into racing and getting that feeling again. I

have no expectations about what I am going to do in this race, I just

want to enjoy the experience and get back into racing mode again. It is

difficult, Paula, when you've been such a good track athlete to make

that mental transition, to think of yourself as a marathon runner, road

racer. Oh, hang on, a bit of a trip there. Nasty fall, there. It is not

Susan Partridge. She's still in the pack. Bib bib just took an advantage

to get a bit of a lead and a jump on the field. It was pretty slow

through the first kilometre. There was a tangle of feet and somebody

went down. I think as soon as Tirunesh Dibaba moved to the front

there was a change of positions. Let me have another look to see if I can

work out who caused it. Let's go back to the wheelchair.

wheelchairs have been going for a little over 20 minutes. Leveredles,

Simon Lawson it is who comes into the home straight first well ahead

of anybody. He has over a minute's lead. Victory number two in the

Great Manchester Run for 30-year-old Simon Lawson, who's the defending

champion. Started off tentatively as Stuart Bloor and Hogg took it on.

But he's pulled away from everything. A fine victory.

I think it was Christelle Daunay whopping went down. She was caught

from behind. Straight up. You mentioned the pace wasn't that

quick. Hopefully not too much damage done. Seems OK. A slow first

kilometre. Tirunesh Dibaba decided enough was enough. She already has

an eight or nine metre lead. A little surge. She looks like she

means business. She looks like she's pushing on and making a hard, honest

race for it. Heroin Terre preparations would have been a

little perturbed. She's a little fragile in her lower legs. She's

concentrating back on the track. Second place finisher in the

wheelchair race, Phil hog. Simon Lawson, who eventually won this

event pulled away. That's a victory for Lawson by well over a minute.

Meanwhile, still heading away from the finish line Tirunesh Dibaba,

second kilometre about five seconds quicker. All down to her. Gemma

Steel leading the chasing group. Jelena Prokopcuk Clitheroe and

Pallant all in there. Looks like already they will be settling for a

battle for second place. So, 3: 15, 3: 09, six sect of seconds quicker.

She put a lot of work in preparing for London. As you were saying,

Paula, I think the suspicion is she may not, as talented as she is, the

work required might be something her body's not just up to. Nothing wrong

with her attitude. As you said, she's a little fragile or has been

in the past. That's the thing about the marathon. You need to have the

talent to run the distance but your body needs to about able to

withstand the training. Tirunesh Dibaba has had trouble when she's

tried to pick up the mileage and run on the road. Helen's slightly

different. Helen's heart will always lie on the track in the shorter

distances. She does have amazing range stretching from 1500 metres,

she won the European Cup in Gateshead in 2000. Going all the way

up to hopefully the marathon but definitely the half marathon. I

think she ran a half in New Orleans and it didn't go as well as she

would have hoped. She felt like the preparation wasn't there to go into

London and she still wanted to run well and run well on the track this

year. Of course, all of that discussions centres around Mo Farah

to some extent. You can see the same thing. Not everybody has made the

accepted transition up the distances. It is not as easy as

everybody thinks it is. It is not just about ability. They have great

ability. It is whether your body can stand up to the rigours of marathon

training week in, week out, month in, month out. Tirunesh Dibaba doing

what she does best over 10,000 metres. She's pulling away easily.

The others had a little go to stay with her. Decided it wasn't the best

tech particular. If you want to come second in this race you accept

Tirunesh Dibaba's already the winner. That was 3K. It might have

been quicker. Around about the three minute kilometre split. She's

picking it up. She looks like she's running very easily and smoothly. It

is very decentive. She's covering the ground pretty fast. The girls

behind have decided they are in a different race and she's in her own

personal time trial to see what she can do out there today. Yes, 3.3.

She'd have to average 3.6 or 3.7. Big lead early on for Tirunesh

Dibaba. I'm here on the VIP bus with Tina

O'Brien, star of Coronation Street, Waterloo Road and Strictly Come

Dancing. You're teaching as well as acting? Yes, I'm teaching drama to

children which I love. This is a special occasion. You're a local

girl. Running to raise funds for a local cause? The Manchester

Children's Hospital. We're raising money for raising money to have a

doctor a Clown Doctor in the hospital all the time so they can do

things with the children, make balloons, make the children smile.

Especially when they are going through such hard times. What kind

of preparations do you put into today? Try to run a lot but I

haven't run for the past few days so I'm nervous now. I think the

adrenaline and crowd support will Keefe everyone going. You're nervous

but when you start running and see the back of everyone's T-shirts and

who they are running for, it makes you emotional. Proud to be from

here? Very proud and to have such a beautiful day. Enjoy it. Good luck.

Well done an raising money for a great cause. Thank you. I'm really

excited. Great sights back at the start. They

are all gathering waiting for their turn to get on to the streets here.

But Tirunesh Dibaba has a clear road ahead of her and behind her. This is

the chasing group. Gemma Steel, Jelena Prokopcuk on the far side.

Helen Clitheroe closest to the camera. Katie Brough in the pack

there. It is interesting, isn't it, athletes come in and want to run

against the great athletes. Of course, what happens is as soon as

she goes they are pretty much in their own race. As she is running

past, I'm not sure how much of a football fan she is. Certainly

plenty of the other Ethiopian and Kenyan runners follow the

Premiership football a lot. Are big fans. A lot say, who's your

favourite team and they go "Manchester united." ! Doesn't

matter where you go in the world. Maybe Tirunesh Dibaba looking

forward to running past Old Trafford. More likely she's looking

for the 5km split. She seems pretty focussed out there. Making sure

she's running the pace she wants to. We saw a slight incline and now

there's a slight downhill. That's as much up and down as it gets. It is a

pretty fast course. She's able to get her rhythm going. She's

definitely through the 5k and pushing on to close in negative

splits finishing comfortably inside that course record. Ahead of that

pack, just watching further down the road, Katie Brough is dropping off

that pack. A little surge from Jelena Prokopcuk. There she is.

Jelena Prokopcuk and Gemma Steel, then Helen clothe rear. Katie Brough

is falling off a little bit. There are no real hills here. A slight

climb up to old faff Ford and then slightly downhill coming into

Salford Quays. Really perfect conditions. Slight breeze out there

but really nothing to speak of. Gemma, she's threatened to burst

through. She's on the world cross-country team. Somebody who I'm

sure has a lot of abilities. She's really come on a lot in the last few

years. She's a very good athlete. She's very strong. Deceptively quick

as well. I saw her up in the training camp last year training

really well at the beginning of the year. She came down to this race, I

think, and raced disappointingly. She was struggling to get over some

post-viral fatigue all year. Didn't really get the year she wanted to

last year. She has started to turn that round and is in pretty good

shape. It will be interesting to see what she can do. She probably races

best on the road when she doesn't have to put her head to split times.

Just thinks about running hard and racing, basically. Coached by John

Nuttall. A lot of the British athletes have come back from a stint

abroad for training. Altitude training part of the British team's

endurance programme. Used well over the last few years. Salford Quays

area. A bit quiet on a Sunday morning. I hope there's some people

working at the BBC there anyway! A lot of these city 10Ks are fast

courses but they don't always go through well populated areas for

obvious reasons. Sometimes it is a bit of a lonely trek for the

athletes. Going well. Very well. Going well. Slowed down a

little. She's probably on pace there. She is for about 31.20. She

needs to pick it up a little in the second half if she wants to attack

that course record. She seems to be just happy to cruise along. I'm not

sure she's as focussed as she said she is on that time. She's out for a

nice Sunday morning run. Then go back racing on the track with a bit

of a strength trial-out today. Tirunesh Dibaba will have a pretty

good track season ahead depending on where she decides to race. Her

sister have already won the Diamond league five kilometres. It will be

interesting to see when the arguments start in the family about

who might be representing Ethiopia her little sister is fast improving.

Gemma Steel pushing on with the second group but they are a long way

has become a major event. We are in the 10th anniversary year, and over

the years this city has taken the run into its heart. Today's event

was tinged with sadness because this week Manchester lost one of its own.

Drummer Lee Rigby lost his life in an act of violence which was so

unprecedented it has brought the whole country together to mourn his

loss. He was born in this city and live just down the road. He was

actually supposed to be here this weekend, and now Manchester and all

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 68 seconds

watching will stand silent for one remembrance of Drummer Lee Rigby.

But of course so many people have all sorts of stories why they are

competing today, lots of people with personal tragedies raising millions

of pounds for chat -- for charity. We will be telling you more of those

stories later on. Tirunesh Dibaba, serenely progressing back towards

those scenes. Back towards the city centre. As Paula was saying, not as

quickly as we might have thought. Once you have that sort of lead,

perhaps there will be bigger races in the future, so a nice performance

today will give her a lot of confidence. At the moment she has

got a big, big lead. So, we are about ready for the start of the

maths race and of course the elite men's as part of that. A good field

we have got here, headed up by Haile Gebrselassie. He is well loved here.

Wilson Kipsang was favourite in the marathon last year, took the bronze

medal in the end. And Moses Kipsiro from Uganda. Another man who is

thinking of moving up to the marathon, they are all thinking of

doing it. He ran about 23 kilometres in the Warsaw Marathon before

dropping out, getting a little taste of what it is all about. Mo Farah

will be running a ten kilometres in London tomorrow before his first big

track appearance next week. Looking forward to that. Moses Kipsiro from

Uganda, a brilliant commonwealth games contestant. Won the 5000 and

10,000 in Delhi three years ago Wilson Kipsang looks so good.

Certainly was the favourite going into the Olympics, did not run well

on the day, was impetuous early on and paid for it later. He had a

disappointing London Marathon this year. You cannot really use the word

disappointment too much with Haile Gebrselassie, it has been one long

career of success after success. A real beaming smile on his face. He

is about 53 now, I think. It says 39 there. We are not quite sure exactly

what his ages. Anyway, it is great to see him here. Around 40,000 will

take part today in this great right through the morning, cannot

fit them all on the roads at the same time. These privileged few of

the 40,000 get to set everybody off and get a clear run ahead of them.

After that it will be a clear, long procession as people enjoy their

chance to take part in a fantastic the rafters, we had the city gains

yesterday down at Deansgate. It was well supported and the sun has come

out over the weekend. It has been a great weekend for athletics in

Manchester and a great day to be setting out on this ten K. Look at

all those people waiting their turn patiently. They will be released out

on this route. Out to Old Trafford, into Salford, turn around and come

back. And they head back past all of the thousands heading in the other

direction. So, Fabrice Muamba is going to have a sore hand at the end

of this if he keeps doing that. Rates to see him here. As you are

probably aware, representatives from every single football club are

running to raise money. Fabricius has become a real inspirational

figure himself, of course. -- Mark Fabrice Muamba. Tirunesh Dibaba, how

is she doing? She is still running very very smoothly. She is not

focused too much on the time the lead at halfway was already 38

seconds. She is probably looking ahead to what she has got coming up.

She is not trying to go too far ahead. We are looking at Jelena

predominantly marathon runners. Your lane has run a fast time, she has

come back to run pretty fast in Japan in spring of this year.

Tirunesh Dibaba is comfortable, I do not think she is focused on running

too fast. She is still running at a fairly decent pace and she will

certainly pick that up in the closing 2-macro kilometres. Christel

tornado has recovered well, from that fall, she did not panic. She

was well off that second group and has done a good job of picking them

off. We are neither a minute behind Tirunesh Dibaba. The finish is

slightly uphill, but really only slightly. If she turns on some of

that remind pace that she has she could get close to that 31.7. She is

well capable of running a sub three minute for a final kilometre.

Especially as she turns into Deansgate and sees the crowd. As we

look back we see Gemma Steel and Helen Clitheroe. Now we're going to

slot into the men's race I think. will see to nicht above are going in

side. And Moses Kipsiro leading them out a little bit at the moment. We

keep talking about the great Haile Gebrselassie, but Wilson Kipsang is

a great athlete. He had a really disappointing London Marathon. I

knew he had had a few problems with his preparations, but he is a good

runner, he is a good road racer as well. This will be quite

interesting. Absolutely. Yesterday Haile Gebrselassie was talking about

gunning for the Masters world over 40s. He ran in Switzerland last week

and he ran fast. He is in good shape. But he says if he really goes

for that time he puts himself in danger of being shot down in the

Dibaba going in the opposite direction, leading that women's race

by over a minute. She has not got far to go now. There she is, 800

metres. If you look at the clock, she is aiming for 31.07. That is a

possibility. That is definitely within her, she has picked it up.

She has obviously had a little bit of an inkling and thought, I can run

three minutes easily. Slightly uphill from the roundabout. She will

come within sight of us very shortly, but I think this is on for

the course record. I think so. You could see she was starting to use --

lose a little bit of focus, there was no one there to push her along.

But she can see the finish, she can work out times that she should be

running and she is well capable of closing close to 2.20. We might see

under 31 minutes here. Just easing off an enthusiastic supporter there,

but he would not have lasted much longer at the pace she is going. She

will come under the railway bridge and have a couple of hundred metres

to go. Sensing the finish. She is moving very, very quickly indeed.

Her personal best is 31.30, that is slow slow compared to what she can

do on the track. Not many people have similar times on the road and

the tracks. One last look behind, but this is how is easily.

Absolutely, just looking to see if we can see her turning into

Deansgate. She is really focused, you can see the determination on her

face. She is looking up to see if she can see the clock. She is

focused on getting that course record and will give everything in

the closing stages. Just 100 metres to go for Tirunesh Dibaba, the

Olympic champion stretching out again. Fastest in the world this

year, and a new course record, winning in style, what a super

finish. Very, very strong over the last couple of kilometres. Showing

her class, showing her ability and showing why she is the world's best.

No wonder you were looking at that. Very, very good indeed. We will get

an official time, but it could be about eight I think. That is pretty

impressive because it was the .15 in the first kilometre. I think she

will be in and around what she wants. She has run not much over 15

minutes for the last five kilometres and the qualification for the 5000

metres for the World Championship this year is about 15.15. Here is

our second placed athlete Jelena Prokopcuka. She has bounced back

from that spring marathon to come back in good shape. She is probably

not looking too much at a track season this year, she will be

looking more towards a marathon. I think she has run here in Manchester

2-macro or three times at least. But she has run strongly today.

takes second place, and Christelle Daunay will be coming in in second

place. She did not panic, a nice performance. A good performance from

her very close to her personal best. Official times will be there later.

Gemma Steel looked for a long time like she was going to do really

well. She will be the first British athlete, will she get forth? Under a

bit of pressure, just about have enough in the end. Helen Clitheroe,

not quite what she would have expected after a good stint of

training at altitude, well outside 33 minutes. I do not think she will

be too happy with that. She was pacing in Shanghai last week, so

maybe that is still in her legs a little bit. Hopefully it will not

affect the rest of her season. women's race completed, the men is

just getting warmed up. Haile Gebrselassie has decided he just

wants to push it on a little bit. What a familiar sight that is as

they stormed past Old Trafford. Closed for the summer, certainly as

far as football is concerned. Most of them are off on their holidays.

You can see Haile looking around at the other guys saying we need to

pick this up a little bit and make sure the pace stays honest. Kipsiro,

Kipsang then Stephen Mokoka. Let's hear from Haile Gebrselassie highly.

When you come to Manchester, always you feel like you're here to do

sport. Manchester is a sports city. Big clubs in the world here in

Manchester. If you look at the city itself, people are running. Here in

the BUPA Manchester run, people are running the whole day. Last year,

after I finished all my race and everything, still people starting.

Amazing. Ready as ever. The only split we can give you for sure three

3K. That was 8: 28. Which isn't that fast but it is solid enough. Highly

will -- hily will want to make sure he wins this. He has won in the past

but the course record stands from 2007. Mo did training with Kogo for

a while? I think he did.Haile leading them through in a good pace.

Jonny Mellor dropped off that lead group. It is fantastic Lebed is

still producing good performances. I can't call people old. They are way

younger than me. It is getting the big thing. People carrying on.

Haile, no reason he shouldn't if he can perform at this level. 14: 08

through 5K. He's comfortably on pace to beat that world over-40 pace. It

is held by Katerini from Portugal. He will be thinking about winning

the race. Barring any disasters he knows he can beat that today. He

needs to keep focus. I think we'll see negative splits. I think we'll

see these guys really race now they are past halfway with a fast couple

of closing kilometres. That group still tightly packed but Lebid

struggling a bit. Will be interesting to see if Kipsang can

challenge hi hi. He is a great athlete. Let's get his thoughts. See

what he was expecting today. Very happy to be invited to this race. It

is my fast time. To compete in Manchester. I think my training has

been going very well. Now I can see the weather is good, with the strong

guys and I hope tomorrow we are going to have a good race and my

expectation is to run a good time. You know I was in Kenya with the

British endurance squad back in January. I watched a track session

which Wilson Kipsang was in. He had to be pointed out to me. They did

about 15,000 metre reps. He wasn't in the front of the group. I

remember thinking goodness me, at that point Wilson Kipsang is one of

the fast fastest marathon runners ever, it shows you the talent and

ability that was there. It was a tough workout in January. He was

working really hard on that day. shows you the depth and strength

they have in Kenya. Wilson Kipsang's strength lies on the road. He will

have come away from London disappointed. He didn't really get

involved in the almost suicidal early pace and ran his own pace but

still didn't come through as strongly as he would have hoped. He

looks like he's engaging a lot more today, out for a fast race and

committing fully to this run. Kipsiro looks like he's starting to

struggle a bit or watch a bit more how hie's running the race. Le Birks

id has lost touch with the group but is still running strongly in fifth.

I heard leading into London he had problems in training and he had

missed a bit of work, Kipsang. You wouldn't commit if you were doubtful

about your preparation. That was such a blistering early pace. Yes,

he still ran 2: 07. But by the high standards being set it was a

disappointing performance. He had his big chance in London. He was in

good shape. I think he messed that up. Way to impet ewous early on. I

know he said he didn't really like the course but I think it was his

tactics on the day which lost him the gold medal. I didn't judge the

race right. He didn't show the same skills and the same talent he had

when he'd run in Frankfurt, when he'd run very close to the world

record there. He came away a little disappointed from that. Maybe went

into the training for the London Marathon this year a little more

fired up and hit a few bumps, a few little niggles which meant he didn't

have that confidence starting in London. When they started so fast,

he was just afraid to go with it knowing he didn't have the

background in there. Lots of people will not be running as fast as thee

guys but certainly running a good race. Someone I'm waiting to see run

her first 10K race is Denise Lewis. One day? Well, it is not long to go

before the masses start their race. I've been joined by Nathan. Who are

running for today and why? A charity called Bubetty Pride. It is a school

in Tanzania. We hope to raise money for volunteering in the school and

so our students can have a trip out there and do some volunteering out.

There Looking very smart. How are you feeling? Very nofshous but

excited. Looking forward to it. of you luck, wish you well.

MrMuamba has been joined by MrRutherford. Greg says he still

hasn't really calmed down yet. He's heading off to America next week for

a big long jump competition. He's enjoying being introduced as the

Olympic champion. He'll be that for the rest of his life. Greg will be

ajoying the sights. -- enjoying the sights. For a 10K you can't have

40,000 people out there at the same time. They are set off in different

ways. All wearing white numbers this group here. All very well organised.

So, around 25 minutes after the elites and first group got underway,

the second wave about to go. Watches at the ready. SIREN BLARES

Brilliant. Back at the front. Haile still pushing on. Looks like we've

lost the South African, Stephen Mokoka. We've Kipsang and Kipsiro

still there. Kipsang looking like he's struggling a little. A pace put

on. There's a rise as they come towards old -- Old Trafford. Kipsang

looks like he's having to work to stay with these two. You saw the

expression on his face change from the very smooth, in control, relaxed

face earlier to a little frown. He's maybe just slotting in behind to get

a sheltered ride. There owes not too much wind out there today. Where

Kipsiro was looking like he was struggling, now for me, it's Kipsang

Lebid in fifth place on his own. Suehiro Ishikawa, the Japanese

athlete still leading the rest. He's a long way behind Lebid. He's

working hard. He definitely look likes it. He always looks like he's

really strained. He doesn't look comfortable at all. He's fooled me

at times thinking he won't come through and he does. So, just about

a couple of kilometres to go for these guys. Just over. And Kipsang

just having a little glance behind. That's never a good thing. There's

the 8km split. 22: 26. Kipsiro's been in good form this year. Fourth

in a freezing cold race. Kipsiro spends a lot of his time in Kenya

training. He knows quite a few of the Kenyan athletes pretty well.

Kipsiro does train out in Kenya quite a bit. Mo Farah has linked in

with him quite a few times to train. Wilson Kipsang and Moses Kipsiro

will know each other pretty well. It will be interesting to see how early

hi hi will wind this up a little bit. He's probably not as confident

in his closing 100 metres finish as he would have been a few years back.

Hi hi not looking distressed but that right arm there always starts

to get a little more acsen you too eighted. We all have little things

when we become tired which are more noticeable. He says he did that

because he carried his books to school in that arm. Why you would

want to three your books around, who knows. I suppose it is the way I

would nod my head and it would get worse. He's still looking controlled

and relaxed out there. He's cutting across Moses Kipsiro out there.

Wilson Kipsang's rallying a little. Looked as though he was struggling

but Wilson Kipsang may be anticipating the finish. We know

Moses Kipsiro can finish quickly. Not sure whether Kipsang sprinting

is there. Frankfurt was his break through a few years ago. Kipsang

looking relaxed. Haile well aware of the danger. He's had this his own

way on many occasions here in Manchester. He's won this on-Five-0

cakeses. Will it be five in a row for Haile here? Can he hold off the

challenge from these two? ? These two maybe expected Haile to have

picked it up a bit more before this now and are wondering whether she

should pick up the pace or keep in reserve anything which may happen in

the finishing stages. But it is making your mind up time. They must

be inside the last kilometre now. Just past 9km point. This bit Haile

has an advantage. If you know how the finish pans out you know when to

make your effort. Egg one of the others to make an effort and you can

respond off that. He has an advantage here over Kipsang and

Kipsiro. He's done it so many times before. This will be late. It is not

a break them and come cruising in waving to the crowd. It will be a

big effort over the last few hundred metres. As the crowds are gathering

here, there are a lot of people here at the finish line now. They are

being told what's happening. They are aware there are three men in

contention here. They've less than half a mile to go. Cross the main

road, cross the roundabout. Take a little left. From that point on they

can... See the finish. Kipsang, Kipsiro and hi highly. It is a long

run into the finish. Ken sang decided to push it on. Haile, just

for the moment, struggling to go with that. A couple of years ago he

would have covered that easily. He just doesn't have the same pop in

his legs. He has a lot on his plate, a lot of different businesses

running in Ethiopia. Typically his day is get his training done in the

morning, then go into work. He told me yesterday he's opening up a

coffee plantation. That he is -- that's his latest project. He's

certainly not training at the level he was four or five or six years

ago. The first expression does not change that much, he had given up

the lead, he has given up the win. Unless he unleashes something

brilliant, it is between Wilson Kipsang and Moses Kipsiro. As they

come under the railway bridge we will be able to see them come into

sight. This is going to turn into a big sprint finish. Wilson Kipsang,

the marathon runner, has he got the pace? A sprint to the line. And now

he starts to move away, Wilson Kipsang trying to respond to Moses

Kipsiro, but he is not going to catch the Ugandan. The Ugandan wins

the great Manchester run, and the great Haile Gebrselassie, for once,

hast to take a lower position. A pretty good performance. The years

catch up for everybody. I am not sure how proud he is to be the

quickest man over the age of 40 at ten kilometres. In the end, just a

little bit of pace lacking. focus now is more on coming to these

races, having fun, running fast, but he is not committed to the same

level of training he used to be. One thing he can definitely say is that

he is over 40. His birthday was April the 18th, so he is 40. There

is some discussion that he may be a little bit older than that. He is

doing amazingly well, and he is pretty much committed to coming back

next year as well. Well, it was not five in a row. He was beaten by two

very good athletes. Moses Kipsiro runners. Johnny has done well to

come before him. A must -- a much better performance from Wilson

Kipsang. Athletes are coming in thick and fast now. Stephen

Scullion, we have just seen finishing there. A good day to post

sometimes. There were quite a lot of British men out there who will be

hoping, the 30 minute mark has just gone. That is always a good

benchmark, under 30 minutes. This is probably one of the best road races

this country has ever seen over this distance. The runners will continue

coming in here. James Walsh, left of the picture. I thought he might have

done a little bit better today. Just inside 31 minutes. They are going to

continue for the next couple of hours because the streets are

filling up with the massed ranks of this ten kilometre race. But there

are, the final result of the elite athlete to cross the line. A little

bit of a procession, but what a procession for Tirunesh Dibaba, a

new course record putting her ninth on the all-time list. Gemma Steel, a

good performance from her in fourth place. Two very good races in the

wheelchair event. Simon Lawson retained his title. In the women's

event, Nikki Emerson just finished in a sprint with Jane Egan. And Liz

line. They will be coming through for many hours to come. Phil Jones

is with a gaggle of five live presenters. BBC five live gang doing

the BBC proud today. You will know their boy -- -- you will know their

voices well. What was it like taking part in the race today. It was sunny

and hot, I could have done with it raining. We want to get in there and

get it over and done with. I mention the heat, but Michelle, you have

some extra ventilation. I certainly do, in the form of a massive hole.

So what is the story behind that? asked my boyfriend to iron my top

this morning, and this is how he handed it back to me. She just

wanted to flash her bra, I think. is normally very good at ironing,

but I do not know what happened this morning. No such mishaps for you

this morning, Phil? No, the only problem is I am carrying an injury.

I had to shave my legs to get some treatment on it. Hopefully it will

hold up and I am looking to get in in around 27 minutes! Is that a true

story, about the leg I mean? Do not put your camera down on my legs, my

legs are hairier and far whiter. It is beautiful weather, we are used to

this in this part of England, aren't we? It will be a great day. The last

time we saw you at the Great North Run you had a fantastic race.

beat this guy. We try not to mention it too often. He has something to

prove today. You can tell you work in sport, the competitive nature is

coming out. Have a fantastic race. Thanks for talking to us. Good

banter from the BBC crowds, one or two pathetic excuses as well. Who

irons their shirts before they run? They will be joining the masses, a

lot of them already out there on the roads. They will be out there for

the next couple of hours, everyone getting a chance to complete the ten

K. The streets will be filled, and it is a great event. This is the

11th addition of the event. It has just got bigger and bigger each

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very long ago. Nicola tragically lost her son not very long ago.

Rueben's charity was set up Rueben's charity was set up two days

after he passed away. Two days after he passed away. We could not donate

his organs due to the fact he had cancer, we discovered he had a

tumour whilst we were on our holidays last year, and he passed

away one week later. Two days after we lost him, we launched we could

not donate his organs due to the fact he had cancer, we discovered he

had a tumour whilst we were on our holidays last year, and he passed

away one week later. Two days after we lost him, we launched Rubens

retreat, and that will be a home from home Rubens retreat, and that

will be a home from home for children with life-threatening

illnesses. For children with life-threatening illnesses. It is a

support for parents and siblings who lose their child. It is a support

for parents and siblings who lose their child. We are trying to raise

�1 million. We are trying to raise �1 million. We really want people to

dig deep and support you. We really want people to dig deep and support

you. We are on Facebook and Twitter, and Rudin has his own

website which was a virtual gift for him we are on Facebook and Twitter,

and Rudin has his own website which was a virtual gift for him at

Christmas last year. We are working really hard to raise the money. At

Christmas last year. We are working really hard to raise the money. I

gave up my job in six weeks ago to work full-time on I gave up my job

and six weeks ago to work full-time on this charity, it is so rewarding,

people are so wonderful. This charity, it is so rewarding, people

are so wonderful. We have 163 runners and I want to say a massive

thank you to them all and for everyone who is supporting and

donating. We have 163 runners and I want to say a massive thank you to

them all and for everyone who is supporting and donating. Tell me

what this woman is like, an incredible spirit about her? Tell me

what this woman is like, an incredible spirit about her? You

have heard of wonder woman? She is amazing. You have heard of wonder

woman? She is amazing. We are so touched at the BBC for offering us

this opportunity. We are so touched at the BBC for offering us this

opportunity. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. We are thrilled

to be here, it is just amazing. If you are within 20 minutes of

Manchester, get down here, it is rocking. We are thrilled to be here,

it is just amazing. If you are within 20 minutes of Manchester, get

down here, it is rocking. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. So often

we have heard of the motivation for people to run on behalf of other

people, so often we have heard of the motivation for people to run on

behalf of other people, I am surprised there that no one asked

Denise if she was going to run it one day, no pressure. I am surprised

there that no one asked Denise if she was going to run it one day, no

pressure. The messages keep flooding in. The messages keep flooding in. I

have had a message from Rachel Allen I have had a message from Rachel

Allen who says, who says, please wish Catherine a good day. Please

wish Catherine a good day. It is a good day for a lot of people out

there. It is a good day for a lot of people out there.

Yesterday there was a lovely reception for Haile Gebrselassie and

some of the other stars just setting the scene for what's happening

today. We've heard one lot of people running on behalf of somebody else.

That's the theme. We'll hear from a man now who's running today to

celebrate his recovery from a very serious illness last year. Like so

many other people, he's also come up with an original way to get

sponsored. I'd felt generally unwe will for a week or so. Like I had a

bit of a cold. I went to the doctors a couple of times. I'd started not

being able to breathe properly. They sent me to A&E and from there to

intensive care. A day later on to a ventilator and then an he can mow

machine on critical care. That's the last I can remember for three weeks.

I was unconscious. For a young person like Sam to get pneumonia to

the point where a breathing machine is failing to oxygen eight you the

outlook was grim. He was dying. was extremely sick when he came in.

ECMO is basically oxygen eighting the blood outside the body. It

involves a pipe pumping blood round the body through the oxygenator,

then the blood goes back into the body. Lots of blood transfusions of

red blood cells. He received lots of platelets which is a different blood

component. At the time you see bags going up you don't really think how

the blood's got there in the first place. Just amazing care and the

most hi-tech wonderful stuff going on. It was amazing. When I first

came round, I was so weak I could barely move my body around. I can

remember brushing my teeth and not being able to move my hand so I had

to move my head to brush my teeth at one point. He had no stamina or

endurance he'd not moved, breathed stretched for three weeks.

nurses kept saying do you want to watch St V. The first thing I saw

was the London Marathon. I was in floods of tears. I really didn't

think I'd be able to walk again. That's quite hard to battle with

when you are used to having a structured regime and challenging

goals that you can achieve easily. There were moments where it was hard

for him to lift his spirits to be motivated to carry on. Having seen

the marathon when I was ill and the emotions it stirred up I thought,

right, I'll do the London Marathon. Now the next challenges are the 10K

on Sunday. I'm doing a half Half Ironman Triathlon in August.

managed to run the London Marathon in three hours 20 minutes. That is

astonishing for somebody whose lungs were such a mess a year ago.

wanted to do something to help the ECMO team. I had a lot of blood

transfusions when I was there. I thought rather than ask people for

money why not ask people to pledge to become blood donors. That's where

it came from. We've set up our website which is Pledge A Pint. We

are trying to get 500 new blood donors to donate for us. I've

pledged mine. The thermometer's going up. It is great to say I've

done that. It has gone from my vanes into that pot. There may be another

Sam out there who needs it. He's a real success zorb story. I am a

non-runner. I'd like to do it in less than one hour ten. Which is

almost double the time. He ale be by my side. Sam will keep me steady and

we'll go over the line together. really is just a stunning day here

in Manchester. Runners going past Old Trafford. If you're from the red

side happy but a little less if you're from the blue side. Streaming

through. Earlier on, we saw some superb elite racers. This is what

were the elite wheelchair racers. It was Stuart Bloor, from a Stockport,

who got things underway. Then it was a two-horse race between Simon

Lawson and Phil Hoggs as they passed Old Trafford it was the defending

champion Simon Lawson who sped away to win by over a minute. A brilliant

time. As far as the women were concerned, Nikki Emerson gaining

victory over last year's champion, just, Jane Egan. I am on and Nikki.

Defended your title and pretty comfortably? I was happy with

today's race. Nicer conditions than last year. I think I went quicker

than last year. You left a lot of clear distance between you and the

rest of the field? Phil was pretty close early on. After about two

miles I broke lose. I had a nice cushion towards the end. Nikki,

closer for you? Really close. Nice to have it that close in a women's

race. A nice tactical day. You gave me a smile at the start. To say

hello. Was that a confidence smile? I've just come back from injury.

I've been training really hard. I was really excited to race today.

Maybe not confident but hopeful. Well done to both of you.

Fab Reece Muamba got the women's elite race off at the very beginning

of the morning's proceedings. Not long before Tirunesh Dibaba found

herself moving to the front. There was a Stunell in behind Azores

jostled for position. Christelle Daunay from France stumbled. She got

up and did well to get herself back involved in the race. But Tirunesh

Dibaba was away. It was never really going to be a race at the front

other than a procession for the double Olympic champion. The only

question was how quick would she run. It was a big personal best for

her. It was a new course record. It was the ninth fastest ever 10km on

the road. The winner of the women's race Tirunesh Dibaba beside me.

She'll speak through an interpreter. How did you feel it went. ? A superb

run? TRANSLATION: It was a fantastic race

for me. I believe I ran a good race. It was a good run for me. We'd hoped

to see you Tirunesh run in London but you had problems with an injury.

Everything is fine now? TRANSLATION: I had an injury but I

have recovered from that. Today I run very well and showed that I am

in a good position and I'm planning to run London next year. We're

looking forward to seeing you in London next year. Will that be your

first marathon? TRANSLATION: Yes, it will be my

first marathon. What about the rest of this summer season?

TRANSLATION: I'll be running the 5,000 next week to qualify for

Moscow. Tirunesh, brilliant to see you here today. Very well done.

Thank you. From one great champion to another.

All eyes were on Haile Gebrselassie to see whether he could win this

race for the sixth time. He's won it the last four years in a row. But

the years are catching up with him a little. Another sub target was the

fact he's beyond the age of 40 and could he break the world age best

for that. No doubt about that happening but Wilson Kipsang and

Moses Kipsiro, the track champion forged away in the last kilometre.

They had it to themselves and in the end it was Kipsiro who broke away to

take the win. Alongside me I have the winner of

the men's race Moses Kipsiro and Haile Gebrselassie. Moses, it was a

great race. Were you always confident you had the sprint at the

end? Yes, the race -- race was comfortable. I enjoyed it. When it

came to one kilometre to go I thought I have to wait to finish

then I sprint. They were saying it is not an easy finish. You have to

time it right? There are marks with 200 metres to go. I knew now it is

almost now finishing. Then I saw the finishing and started sprinting.

Great job. Let he in come to you Haile. You couldn't keep up with

those boys? Difficult. They follow me and in the last 2km they

sprinted. This is normal. I cannot change the gear from second to

third. The gear is hard to change at this age. The consolation is you

have a world record for over-40? Is it good or bad? On one hand it is

good. I'm so happy, of course. I tried to win. It didn't work. Still,

I came back with something. A word about the atmosphere and crowd? It

is a great event? Great fans. Cheering. The weather was perfect.

It was really very nice. There are many people shouting Haile

Gebrselassie, and I enjoyed it. I say they are shouting for Haile

Gebrselassie and also me! I congratulate Haile Gebrselassie he's

a very goat athlete. When I started run running he was my hero. I wanted

to be like him. Today, I'm very happy to run with Haile. A pleasure.

Great job, Moses. Last question to you Haile. Back next year?

course. Fantastic year. What can I do. I'm happy to come back and run

here. I'm sure Brendan will have the contract out ready for you to sign.

Thank you both very much. That was a lovely interview. What a charming

man Moses Kipsiro is. Smiling about interviewing with Tirunesh Dibaba.

Here's a graphic with the best Gemma and Helen are alongside me. A

sprint finish. How happy were you? Reasonably happy. I find this course

quite tough. After last year, had a bit of a cold but I did better than

last year. I wanted a bit more really. After the run at Bristol a

few weeks ago and running 32: 15. Yeah. Just wasn't the day today

unfortunately. Helen? I've run a lot quicker on this course in the past.

I'm quite pleased with my result. I've had a few niggles coming into

the race. Even on Tuesday, I was in the physio getting sorted. So thanks

to him I got round in one piece and my body felt pretty good. I'm really

pleased with the result today even though it is a lot slower but it

shows I'm in the right step. I've another 10K in two weeks' time in

New York. You're both off to New York. What follows for the rest of

the summer season? I have to try and get on the track and get more speed.

Maybe a few 5Ks on the track. Yeah. Hopefully. And for you, Helen?

looking to do a couple of 5Ks in July. Then start marathon training

in October. That's the plan for me this summer. Thank you and well

done. Even if you're not perhaps quite as happy as you'd hoped to be?

Thank you. Thank you. Some fine running and pushing across

the elite races but that's only part of the Manchester run. Kirsty

carried the torch with David Beckham into the opening ceremony in the

Commonwealth Games and has run in every Manchester run since wearing

the number one. In that whole night, you suddenly became famous

around the whole world. What was that like? It was amazing. It was a

really good night, and I did not know David was going to be there

until I got there. Kirsty is an amazing young lady and she has been

part of the Francis house story. She was first filmed when she was six,

sitting on the lawn. People did not think she was going to live very

long, and that began the Kirsty appeal. And for many years it was

about raising money to secure the future of Francis house. Since then

she has been getting on with her own life, she has got her GCSEs, she has

gone to college. She is on high levels of oxygen and in a

wheelchair, but she is enjoying being a teenager. Francis house is

one of many hospices around England and Wales, we provide respite

support and end of life care to families who have children with

life-threatening conditions. Medical interventions and advances in

medical -- in medication mean that many of our young people are over

the age of 16 and need the support we can give. We are hoping to open

the building next door to double the size of our respite capacity, and

improve our end of life support for young people. And do it in a more

adult environment. It is to look after more teenagers so they have

space away from young people. There are computers, you can do more stuff

and watch films that you want to watch not watching what younger

people want to watch. It is going well so far, we have raised 1.5

million so far. We need to raise 3.6 million. She has taken part in every

Great Manchester Run. What is it like for you at the start of the

race? All of those people there cheering and supporting you? I feel

excited, it is really good that all the supporters have turned out to

see us. It is a really good day out and you get to see all the runners.

I am here with Keely and Jonathan. How has the town been affected by

the murder of Lee Rigby? It is a close community. The support from

the hometown has been really good, floral tributes coming in, church

services happening. It has been a real shock to the community, to be

honest. He is in our thoughts today, definitely. In everybody's thoughts

and minds. But you are actually not running for him, even though he is

close to your heart. You are raising funds for a local school. Yes, we

are running for our two Sun schools. But I am sure everyone running will

be thinking of Lee Rigby. Yes, I think we would echo that. For many

runners, the events of this week will be very much in their thoughts.

So many charities out there who benefit to the tune of millions of

pounds thanks to these running events. It has been one of the great

stories over the last 15-20 years. Yes, they are personal challenges,

but so much good is done by so many people taking part in such events.

It all got under way earlier on, we saw Greg Rutherford joined on the

starter's rostrum by Fabrice Muamba. He has been a tremendous

inspiration to many of the runners today. Just over a year ago he was a

seemingly fit and healthy premiership footballer, then one day

fighting for his life after collapsing on the pitch. Fabrice

Muamba is rushed to intensive care after the quarter-final against

Spurs is suspended. Tonight he is described as seriously ill.

emotional Fabrice Muamba returns to the Reebok Stadium seven weeks after

suffering a cardiac arrest during which his heart stopped beating. One

year later, he is in Manchester headlining a publicity event for the

Great Manchester Run, and for his new campaign hearts and goals. It is

a miracle he is here at all. It is difficult because you do not know

exactly how to make an adjustment. Retiring from football so early. To

me, it has been a challenge, but at the same time I embrace it. I think

I have the power to speak about it because it happened to me. I know a

lot of people have been affected by this issue. Hopefully we can find a

way to resolve this problem. Sudden cardiac arrest is the UK's biggest

killer. He is now an ambassador to and has set up hearts and goals to

raise awareness of his condition and spread the word about an important

piece of kit that could save lives. If you watch closely the video of

what happened to me at White Hart Lane, one thing that helped me was a

inspired over 100 people to run for him in the Great Manchester Run

today. 92 of them are representing each of the Premier league clubs.

I am an inspiration to you, thank you. But I see myself as just a guy,

a guy who used to play football. Stopped playing football for health

issues. One man taking part have been a constant source of support to

him. What was incredible was to see somebody who was almost dead, to

make the remarkable recovery that he did, then to take on this role and

say, actually, this is an opportunity. I thought, I have never

done a run before, it is a bit of a challenge. For a lot of people ten

kilometres is easy, but for me it is a bit of an uphill struggle. I am

very honoured and thankful that people would take time out of their

busy schedule, come here and get together to run. I wish them all

good luck. I am looking forward to seeing them. Thank you. You have had

a busy morning, and you have had such a huge reception, what has it

been like? The reception has been great, there has been a good turnout

and the weather is great. Your charity, you have been such a great

ambassador for it. We are trying to raise awareness. Today I have a good

number of people running to raise money. Hopefully we will go out

there and give it our best shot. must find it overwhelming. It is

just over a year since the incident that changed your life. I am just

grateful to be alive and to be able to share moments with my family and

friends. You have to take it in and look at the bigger picture. I am

here now and I am able to enjoy life. It has been great to see you,

so many crowds, and hoping to raise a lot of money for the incredible

charity. The charity alone, so many people die every single year.

Hopefully we can make sure a defibrillator is available for as

many people as possible. We want to put them in as many places as we

can. It is great to see you. course, Fabrice Muamba was saved by

the swift action of medical personnel. There are many of them

here today looking after all of the runners. It is a warm day, lots of

water are being taken on board. Particularly for those who have worn

fancy dress costumes. Anyone wearing fancy dress today will be very, very

hot indeed. Some people getting to start. You cannot get everyone on

the roads at the same time, so people are given particular start

times according to the numbers they are wearing. They are all wearing

different coloured numbers. And it from Emmerdale. Phil got a chance to

Run without the Emmerdale going. A whole swathe of them here on the VIP

bus. Nice sunny weather, is that good for you? I do not know. I do

not run very much. I am not used to this. We see you all the time in

fancy dress, today the getup is, what? It is meant to be a monkey. It

seemed a good idea when it was freezing cold this week, but not

such a good idea to date. Nicola Wheeler, you have just come back

from a set injury. Yes, this is my first run since then. I love

Manchester, so it is great. Are you feeling OK, will you be all right?

do not know, but it is for charity. She will get round easily, she will

drag us all around. I thought you were a beaver. It looks very 70s.

thought it was Russ Abbot. Whatever it is, you always enter into the

spirit of it and you are running for a great cause. All the best. They

have already been out there and completed their race. We are sitting

at the finish line, they are streaming in front of us. I went for

a little jolt yesterday, lovely weather. Paula, where would you be

in this? For the first part, very slow then I tend to speed up a bit.

After the surgery there was a little while when I thought I would not get

back to running at all. It makes you appreciate it no matter how slow it

is. I run for about one hour a day at the moment. You still did not

answer the question. Faster than 50 minutes. You could have given people

a great pleasure, people running faster than 50 minutes could have

beaten you! It is nice just to take part and be able to get in amongst

it. It is an important part of my life and I get enjoyment for it and

that is as important as racing sometimes. -- I get enjoyment from

it. It is great to see so many people I enjoying this event.

Thankfully we have got some good weather today, it has been pretty

horrid for the last few weeks. But the sun is shining today in

Manchester. Manchester has really established itself as a great city

of sport. Rather those Commonwealth Games. Paula will remember it well.

2002, that opening ceremony with David beam ham. Seems so long ago.

That was when it really all kicked off, this Great Manchester Run. It

kicked off the following year, 2003. stories to be told. At the end of

it, so much money being raised. They are brave, aren't they? You don't

even know who they are? I'm turning to my child expert here. That's ups

Upsy Daisy from In The Night Garden. And in front, it's Peppa Pig.

do you mean, of course? Do you not know any of them? It is my duty as a

doting grandfather! There is lots of fancy dress. Conditions in the shade

are quite cool. Once you're in the beautiful sunshine, it really is a

wonderful experience. 10K, you were talking about the distance and

Paula's injuries earlier on. This is a good distance for a beginner to

start with? It is. 10K is something really anybody can do in six to

eight weeks if you're already some sort of runner. People do a 5K

first, then the 10K. Then the half marathon or the marathon. We've a

great view of everything down at the finish line in Deansgate. Across

from us, I can see Jonathan Edwards who has a very special guest with

him now. I certainly have. Tomorrow, there's a mini run. Alongside me I

have Harley Lane. He contracted meningitis and lost his limbs.

Harley, are you looking forward to your big day tomorrow? Yes.You're

going to be starting the race? And somebody's told me you might be

taking part as well, is that right? Yes. Have you ever run that far

before? No, you haven't. Have you? don't think so. How have you enjoyed

today so far? Hmm!Who was your favourite? Did you like Haile?

sure. Not sure about Haile. He's getting a bit old. What about your

little brother. How about you? You having fun today? Yeah.We're going

to have a quick word with mum, now. You have a very brave young man

here? He's really brave. I've very proud of him. How do you think he's

looking forward to tomorrow. It's a big day for him? He's really

nervous. It is a big thing but he's looking forward to it. He's getting

more excited as the week's gone on. What has he been through? He lost

his limbs through meningitis. He us a lucky to have been here. He's a

really strong boy, fought through it and come out the other side.

wants to start and take part in the run tomorrow. How do you think that

will go? Hopefully he will do all right. When he was asked to start

the race he said yes, straight away. He was asked if he'd like to do it.

He will finish and he'll do really well. Harley. One last word. Do you

think you'll sleep tonight or will you be too excited? Too excited.I

thought you would be. I have a special guest. MrJohnny peacock.

Johnny. Come down. Have a little word with this brave young man,

Harley. Here. How are you doing? Fine. Johnny won a gold medal in the

Paralympics. Just like you, he had meningitis. I got meningitis when I

was five. It's all cool. Still me. Did you see Johnny run yesterday?

Did you see him in the Paralympics? He was the really quick one. I think

so. He was the one who ran away from everybody. Johnny, tell us about

yesterday. The first time Paralympians have been at the great

city Games. It was great to see inclusion. It is a stepping stone

for. That seeing how it works between Paralympic and able-bodied

events competing side by side. The public enjoy it. I'll happy compete

more and more in those situations. Your first race of the season.

You've had jury, changed your blades? It went well enough. I

wanted to be strong and powerful through the first 30 metres. After

that what happened, happened. It crumbled a bit. I only got to about

60. But I'm happenied with how the start went. How have you woken up

this morning? After the first competition of the day it is grim?

Looking forward to tomorrow. Not feeling too bad. We've got the

Birmingham Grand Prix. Towards the end of next month we've the World

Championships in Lyon. Johnny, thanks for coming along today. And a

big thank you to you, young man. Good luck for tomorrow. OK.Nice

one. Great story. Hope he has a fantastic

day tomorrow even though he looks a little nervous about the whole

thing. Difficult interview for Jonathan there. The city Games

yesterday, the 10K today and the kids get their chance tomorrow. I

hope the rain holds off for them. Forecast isn't as good for tomorrow.

Fingers' crossed it will be OK. We've seen a few global champions in

action already today in the elite races. We're just about to hear the

story of another world champion who's been taking part in this event

from a sport you might not usually associate with running.

The title, 2005, Embassy World Snooker champion Shaun Murphy.

running for the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital charity. A

family member of mine has been coming here since she was very

little, in fact, since she was born. They do great work for kids up and

down the country, not just in Manchester. Any slight bit of help I

can give them is worth it. We are the charity for the largest

Children's Hospital in the UK. We support treatment care and research

at the hospital. It means we are making life a bit easier for our

patients and their families. Hello! How are you all? When I come to the

hospital I try to get involved. If it is seeing kids, having a gate of

snooker with them in the play room. Just to add a bit of brightness to

kids' lives. What could be more important? You're in your United

States onesie. I'm not American!I didn't think you were! It was great

seeing the kids making banners. I was taking them home and put them up

to give me encouragement. She was born with her bladder on the

outside. We come every three months to out patients and this is like our

second home. We call it our posh apartment. It is so humbling, so

nice to see. It is this type of thing that the race is about. It is

not about who crosses the line first and all that. It is about doing good

and nice things for other people. That's the whole point of it.

amazing to have people like Sean come and visit the hospital and our

patients. He's very kindly donated a new snooker table for us for the

teenage zone. It can be quite boring, long stays in hospital for

children. Its really exciting to have interesting visitors and people

who can come to talk to them. Brighten up their day. A bit of a

change really. The children love it when people come in. It gets them

off the ward. Something to look forward to. It was really nice

people like Sean come and see the children and give their time to do

stuff with them. The Manchester run is such a big thing for Manchester.

It stops the city and not much causes the city to stop for a day.

Everybody turns out and supports everybody and gets involved.

Completely out of my comfort zone. Not anything I would see myself

doing when I got involved in snooker years ago. But being involved with

the royal Royal Manchester Children's Hospital here is

something which is very close to my heart. If me running around

Manchester helps, then I'll do it. ALL: : good luck Sean! Thank you.We

saw the Fabrice Muamba story and you're wearing the Bolton Wanderers

colours for Hearts & Goals. How did you come to be involved? After what

happened last year I just had to wear the Bolton shirt to show my

support for Fabrice Muamba. It show you can do anything if you put your

mind to it. After six or seven millings, knowing what Fabrice did

it give me the energy to carry on. Seeing him start the race? He's our

hero. Amazing. All the people who've come out today respect him and

showed him that passion. You have played a great part in this today.

Well done. Thanks a lot.Not 24 hours ago, sir rich Richard Leece

the leader of Manchester City Council was at a reception regaling

us with a story about the organisers saying this will be a great event

but we're really sorry to have shut down your city. Sir Richard replied

that no, it's me who should be thanking you because the city, with

an event like this, is really going to open up. It gets more people into

the city, gets more people involved. It is not only the track events that

took part yesterday and today but more events tomorrow. Manchester is

more events tomorrow. Manchester is more events tomorrow. Manchester is

more events tomorrow. Manchester is alive with sport. A mass of colour

have Steve and Paula alongside me. Paula's looking very glamorous.

Steve, you didn't make much of an effort. Hello. We're on air.

listen togs Rob Walker talking about us. I'm saying Paula's looking

glamorous and you... I'm going training after this. I would suggest

that I could probably go to the start line and run and get quicker

and I'm tressed for it. She looks better than me! She certainly does.

Beautiful day here. Not quite such a beautiful day yesterday in New York

for the Diamond League. Not what you'd combpt for this time of year

in New York. That mete has had bad weather forthe past couple of years.

It was cold, windy and wet. There were one or two good performances

There were not that many British athletes there. You almost feel

sorry for New York. It is a great city. But it has the worst of the

Diamond League meetings unfortunately. The weather didn't

help yesterday. You mentioned Andhra ya, we saw how fast Monsho ran.

ran really fast in those conditions. She's going to be a force to be

reckoned with going into Moscow. trip triple jumpers couldn't even

make 16-and-a-half metres it was that windy. Christine attacked the

200. She's in lane six going backwards in the home straight.

Montu is one to beat this year. Interesting to see the way

Christine's approaching this season. She wants to get in the mix more?

Typically she'd come out later in the season and build slowly towards

a peak at the championships. She's trying to force herself to change

the way she runs races to commit a bit more in the first half of the

race. Unfortunately, the conditions there meant she paid the price for

combating. Hopefully that won't put her off trying it in other races.

She's not fit. If you're 100% fit to go into a race like that which the

weather conditions were tough as well. It was not something she

fancied. Siddo ewe didn't start either. Holly Bleasdale didn't

perform all that well. A real mixed bag of a day. Men's 5,000 was

interested. There's a new Ethiopian talent threatening mow Faro. He was

a class a-- mow Faro -- Mo Farah. He ran a brilliant 3,000 metres in

Doha. It was an impressive run. Different conditions. They only ran

13: 10. He did most of it on his own. As the season progress he is

we'll see Mo in Eugene next week. This will be the guy to beat.

think mmm o will be watching him with a fluttering heart? He will.

Trying to get a gauge for how he will race. How he will go up gents

him. He tends to finish the races

strongly like Mo does. He needs to think about his tactics. I do not

think he has made his mind up yet. I think he is going in with both

options, but his first focus will be the 10,000 metres. Let's look at the

men's 800 metres. Andrew had a pretty good start, he had been in

trouble this year with one or two injury problems. I am not sure he

was expecting much from his first couple of races. It was good to come

second, it was a better race for him. Andrew is getting good at

racing people. It is, can you get through the round, get to the final,

as he did last year, and then be competitive in the final. I think

his season will get better as it progresses. One of the big news

stories in British athletics has been the resignation of Peter

Eriksson and Neil Black will be taking the British team to Moscow.

What did you make of that, British athletics have been losing people

pretty fast. For me, it was surprising. Peter Eriksson has been

in this country for 4-macro or five years. To leave the country and take

the job, something is just not right. In that respect it is a

little bit disappointing, it does leave the team a little bit stuck

and a little bit looking around and not knowing who to look to going

into Moscow. He seemed to bring a real cam, reassuring presence to

British athletics. Very different to Charles. But when we saw him in

Gothenberg, there was something which resonated with all of the

athletes. He did a fantastic job with the Paralympic team. The

Paralympic athletes knew him well, once the rest of the team got to

know him they realised, he is a very different character. Someone who is

very personable. It will be difficult at this stage to find a

quick replacement. I think they should wait, do not find a quick

replacement. Take a bit of time to find a new head coach. Thank you for

the moment. Steve, get on with your run, you are looking very fit.

tragically lost their daughter last December. Mum Rebecca, tell us why

you set up the charity. We set up the charity to remember our darling

daughter. We want to make up their children smile like our daughter

did. We are here with 200 of our friends and family. Another 70 from

around the world are swimming and cycling to raise money in her name.

We will be looking out for these pink T-shirts everywhere. And you

have a picture of your daughter on your back. A beautiful little girl.

She really was. Her sister is here as well. We are going to keep

raising money and working hard, but we miss her terribly. What is your

target figure, and how much are you hoping to raise? 50,000 today, keep

them coming. We have raised 50,000 as of today and we are giving the

money to the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital to support clown

doctors going around the wards distracting children when they are

having treatment. You have pink T-shirts here today but you have

people running all over the world. London, New York, Jerusalem and

South Africa. I hope you raise so much money for such a worthy cause.

Thank you so much for talking to us. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome

a player who survived a 17 day marathon at the Crucible to become

champion in 2005. How has he fared on the streets of Manchester

competing in this epic ten K. It is tie, how do you feel? A bit of a

Muppet. I was going to wear the full snooker outfit, but my friends told

me that was not a good idea. Snooker players are perhaps not renowned for

their fitness, how was the run? was the first time I have ever done

anything like this, but I had to pull out because I injured my foot.

It will not be the last time I do something like this, I loved it. I

am doing it for the Royal man to children is charity, I am a patron

and it is a charity very close to my own heart. Through the season I

support them through a snigger prospective with �100 for every

century break that I make. We saw earlier that you had a banner, I

think we have it. The children made this for you. It is so nice. We

donated a snooker table to the play area. I went in and some of the

children had made me cards and this banner as well. This is what it is

all about. Are you hoping this will help your snooker, the fitness

element? Fitness has become more important, we are an eye up to 30

events pro season. -- we are now up. The top players are also the

fittest, and I am probably the only one who lets the side down.

could take the Ronnie O'Sullivan route and just do one tournament a

year. It works for him! Unbelievable what he did. To not compete for one

year, turn right and when the World Championships is a testament to how

I can tell you the entries for next year's race have already been

opened. There we are, there is the will know this person here at my

side. Now a friend of mine. Remind everyone of your story. Three years

ago today I should have been doing this run but I was waiting for a

liver transplant. On the day of the run I was going into theatre to have

my liver transplant because they rang me the night before to say a

liver had become available. Three years on, here I am, running a game.

You have done brilliantly there. are not used to this kind of

weather, but a brilliant day, really enjoyed it. It is a great spectacle.

How many strange sights have you seen out there? I saw two dies

wearing a full body outfit, I do not know how they are breathing. They

got overtook by a turtle. Spiderman ran past me. I am not brave enough

to do anything like that. You are as brave as they come. Talking about

fancy dress reminded me of a certain story about a vicar running in his

running the great Manchester ten K run on behalf of of a waste says

Academy, I am also the chair of the Academy. As chair of the Academy

part of my responsibilities are wandering around the school, taking

assemblies. I love being in that school. He wants the best for all

our children. He goes around the classes, listens to children

reading. They run up to him, hug him. The Times in 2004 said this was

the worst place in Britain to live, but lots of us who live here

disagree. We love living here, it is a great community, great community

spirit. Lots of great people. I am running in my school clerical gear,

I am not one who is often seen in my clerical gear in this community.

Jeans and a sweatshirt is probably more appropriate in this community.

On Monday I was in school assembly showing the pupils what I was going

to be running in. Some of them are hoping for rain, some were hoping it

would be warm, am just hoping I would get back in one piece. I

really enjoy exercise because it helps me to keep fit and to sleep.

The more exercise you do, the more tired you are and it helps when you

go to bed. A number of children over the past few days have been

fundraising. Today was fitness Thursday when they came in in their

PE kits. They just tried to raise that profile of fitness in their

daily lives. We are going to use the money for some outdoor equipment for

our 3-5 -year-olds, this will enrich their time at this school and give

them a school, learning environment to work in. One of the reasons I am

doing the Great Manchester Run is to continue my weight loss. Three years

ago I was over 26 stone. At that point I really needed to do

something about it. Fortunately the medical treatment available I took,

which was a gastric bypass, and I continue to work on my weight loss

and my restriction of food. But also my exercise as well. On Sunday

morning I am leading morning prayer, and within that we have a

baptism of a young child. I will be doing that, doing my church service,

fulfilling the baptism requirements, welcoming this young life into the

Church of England. Then very quickly I will get change, have a car

outside to transport me straight used to get hot just being in the

church, so goodness knows how he will feel running in the sunshine.

It was also very hot yesterday for the great City Games and I am joined

by two of the stars. Before we look back to yesterday, Greg, we are next

to a sprinter. Your comments about beating sprinters, tell us about

that. The other day I said I wanted to try a couple of hundred metres

this year. I feel as if I could run a bit quicker. I got quoted saying I

would be the next best thing in sprinting which is not true at all.

I would not claim I can beat people like this. But I think there are a

few people out there who do Sprint who I think I might have a chance

against. There have been some great sprinter long jumps. Yes, there

have. It can be done, and it has been done. Especially in the relay.

You have just got to be careful what you say. You won comfortably

yesterday, a bit disappointment that -- a bit disappointed you did not

get over eight metres? Yes. I was really keen to get over eight metres

and give the crowd something special. Altogether the competition

was great. By the time we got to the final round I was a little bit tired

because the rounds were so quick. It was a pretty good day out. I want to

jump eight metres every time, but it does not always happen like that.

Technically, how are you at the moment? Yesterday did not look too

hot to be totally honest. Changes take a long time, things have been a

bit disjointed for me this year already. We worked on a few things,

the problem is, going back in a full run in a competition situation you