Great Scottish Run

:00:07. > :00:14.Great Scottish Run What can I tell you about Glasgow? Glasgow is a city

:00:15. > :00:20.of buildings, some ancient and grand, some contemporary and

:00:20. > :00:24.challenging. It's a city of ships and shipbuilders, with a famous old

:00:24. > :00:28.river running right through its heart. They say Glasgow made the

:00:28. > :00:34.Clyde and the Clyde made Glasgow. It is a city that constantly transforms

:00:34. > :00:38.itself. During the past 12 years, close to £6 billion have been spent

:00:38. > :00:44.on the redevelopment of the waterfront. But its roots are strong

:00:44. > :00:51.and it is Scotland's cultural power house, the first UK city to be named

:00:51. > :00:56.city of culture. It has a proud sporting heritage. Glasgow hosted

:00:56. > :01:08.the world's first international football match in 1872 - Scotland

:01:08. > :01:13.versus England, a 0-0 draw and next year it Hopeses the common wealth --

:01:13. > :01:19.hosts the Commonwealth games. And for one weekend only this city

:01:19. > :01:21.becomes a city of runners. They will tell their own story and they will

:01:21. > :01:38.tell Glasgow's story. What a better way to describe this

:01:38. > :01:43.city than Neil Oliver. As he said, it is the people that make Glasgow

:01:43. > :01:48.what it is and thousands of them are gathered in George Square awaiting

:01:49. > :01:55.the start of their run. Hello and a warm welcome to George Square for

:01:55. > :01:59.the 34th Bank of Scotland Great Scottish Run. In nine months time

:01:59. > :02:05.the eyes of world will be on this city as it hosts the Commonwealth

:02:05. > :02:09.game and many people will be volunteering to make Hewer the games

:02:09. > :02:15.are a success. -- sure the games are a success. And almost 30,000 runners

:02:16. > :02:20.are taking part for a weekend which is a festival of running. Already

:02:20. > :02:26.there have been five events, the junior and mini-runs. But in half

:02:26. > :02:31.app hour -- an hour it is the big one toe half marathon. And here

:02:31. > :02:41.already we have thousands of runners gathering to take part in their big

:02:41. > :02:49.run. We have club and fun runners. Haile Gebrselassie will be the the

:02:49. > :02:53.man who lead the race, followed by 11,500 runners here at George Square

:02:53. > :03:03.and one man down there is our reporter David Currie. I'm in George

:03:03. > :03:08.Square, the heart of Glasgow in the shadow of the Scott monument with

:03:08. > :03:14.with some other great Scots with me. The gentlemen of four para. It is

:03:14. > :03:19.not long until the race starts, you should get into your running kit?

:03:19. > :03:26.This is our standard running kit. We train all year round in boots. But

:03:26. > :03:34.hold on, you have trainers on. I think your a slacker. The reason is

:03:34. > :03:38.I'm doing the marathon at the end of the month to raise awareness for the

:03:38. > :03:43.wounded soldiers. This is a training run for me. I hope to get a good

:03:43. > :03:49.time. Maybe not beat the elite runners, because I'm getting a bit

:03:49. > :03:55.time. Maybe not beat the elite older now. You're running with these

:03:55. > :04:03.packs. You have a carry out in there? That is carbohydrates in

:04:03. > :04:09.there. It is standard 37 pound kit. Is this a training run for you guys,

:04:09. > :04:14.or is there some other purn? It is a good bit to get in the public eye,

:04:14. > :04:18.we are always looking for new recruits and always training and

:04:18. > :04:23.trying to do, because we do overseas training all year round and get

:04:24. > :04:27.deployed on a regular basis and most of us have been on operations. That

:04:27. > :04:31.is what we do, we train throughout the year. Do you think there will be

:04:31. > :04:35.some young men and ladies watching this race and they will see you

:04:35. > :04:39.running with these packs, thinking, tell you what, I fancy a bit of

:04:39. > :04:44.that? I hope they will be inspired. Because that is what we are here to

:04:44. > :04:53.do. To train, maintain and inspire. Dedicate yourself to a cause. Our

:04:53. > :04:57.cause is four para. We are all full-time workers. We will give our

:04:57. > :05:09.all today. Thank you. All the best and I will be watching you. We will

:05:09. > :05:15.all be watching you and David will be at the start until all the

:05:15. > :05:25.runners are away. We have Rhona McLeod on the course. She is in hell

:05:25. > :05:32.Houston -- bell alieu ston park. For the runners, that is miles five and

:05:32. > :05:40.six which are more twisty and Turney after the long flat strep of Paisley

:05:40. > :05:43.-- stretch of Paisley Road West. I don't think Haile Gebrselassie and

:05:43. > :05:51.the others will be stopping for me, but after that there are people

:05:51. > :05:56.taking part with inspiring and heartbreaking stories. I will be

:05:56. > :06:00.having a chat with them and I'm a bit jealous of everybody taking

:06:00. > :06:09.part. I was supposed to be doing it. But I'm going to have a great time

:06:09. > :06:20.here talking to everyone. Coming up, Alan Wells and Liz McColgan will be

:06:20. > :06:27.joining me. Lifz Liz will also be in the commentary box. Haile

:06:27. > :06:36.Gebrselassie will have competition from Joseph Birech and British

:06:36. > :06:48.runners Chris Thompson and Andrew Lemoncello. Susan Partridge will run

:06:48. > :06:51.and Steph Twell and Claire Ross will go head-to-head. And we hear from

:06:52. > :06:57.and Steph Twell and Claire Ross will Jessica Ennis about her preparations

:06:57. > :07:03.for the Commonwealth Gameses and a guide to the city from Neil Oliver

:07:03. > :07:08.and we hear from some of the 30,000 runners for their reasons for

:07:08. > :07:14.running. People like tomorrows a Armstrong. -- Thomas Armstrong. I'm

:07:14. > :07:20.Tommy Armstrong and they all know me as Tommy The Clown ap this is my

:07:21. > :07:25.run. I got into running 1984. I was a football referee and people, men

:07:25. > :07:30.in the work were saying there is a big run coming up. It was a

:07:30. > :07:37.marathon. They said, Tommy, you can do it, because you're a referee. I

:07:37. > :07:43.said you must think I'm an idiot. After I refused to do it they called

:07:43. > :07:48.me a chicken and every where I went, its was chicken and chicken. So I

:07:48. > :07:53.ran and it kept me fit and I got the bug. Running as far as I'm concerned

:07:53. > :08:00.keeps you fit and healthy and I don't smoke and I don't drink. So

:08:00. > :08:04.and I enjoy raising money for charity when I'm running. I say,

:08:04. > :08:11.this is the main thing in my running system. Up to the end of last year I

:08:11. > :08:15.have raised £164,000. I'm 72 now and people say you don't look the age.

:08:15. > :08:22.Well, that is due to running. When I put my clown outfit, they say, here

:08:22. > :08:27.is Tommy again, so means I won't be last. I'm always last, because I

:08:27. > :08:32.look after the ones at the back that are not used to it and make sure

:08:33. > :08:42.they finish the race. I don't care if I'm last. Doesn't bother me, I

:08:43. > :08:48.get the same medal as the man at the front! There are pictures of Thomas

:08:48. > :08:50.about half an hour ago setting off as he said he would at the back of

:08:50. > :08:58.about half an hour ago setting off the course. Raised £164,000 over the

:08:58. > :09:05.years. I'm sure he will raise more this morning. Also out on the course

:09:05. > :09:13.are the wheelchair racers. They got under way earlier. 11,500 runners

:09:13. > :09:17.have entered the half marathon. We have still got 20 minutes until the

:09:17. > :09:30.race and David is at George Square with one runner doing their first

:09:30. > :09:37.ever half marathon. Yes I'm with Alison and friends. What is going on

:09:37. > :09:45.here? We are Team Roger, we together and we have been training for this

:09:45. > :09:56.challenge. I'm representing Kidney Kids Scotland. Team Roger, explain?

:09:56. > :10:03.It is code for don't stop. You're known for your exploits in the pool,

:10:03. > :10:06.how serious a runner are you. A recreational runner. You look in

:10:06. > :10:13.great shape. I have been doing some training, but I'm here to enjoy the

:10:13. > :10:17.day and take in the atmosphere. A fierce competitor in the pool and

:10:17. > :10:24.you were known for it. How fiercely will you be competing today, do you

:10:24. > :10:29.have a time target? I don't have a time. I don't believe you. I want to

:10:29. > :10:34.get around in one piece. I Royal Bank doing my -- I have been doing

:10:34. > :10:36.my research and I know you have a fear of clowns. I have to tell you I

:10:36. > :10:44.my research and I know you have a have seen one or two clowns running

:10:44. > :10:51.here. Hope I don't see them. We are looking forward to the common wealth

:10:51. > :10:59.Gameses and swimming will be major event. How do you think Scotland are

:10:59. > :11:03.coping for that? Scotland has great prospects, not just in swimming, but

:11:03. > :11:08.in all the sports. To be at home in front of your home crowd is

:11:08. > :11:14.spectacular. I swam in Manchester and it wasn't quite a home crowd and

:11:14. > :11:19.we had a lot of support. As a Glaswegian, you are not jealous and

:11:19. > :11:24.think I wish this had happened ten years ago? Yes of course, but my

:11:24. > :11:29.time has been and I'm moving on to the next challenges and I will be

:11:29. > :11:35.there to support them. Will you have an official role? I will be working

:11:35. > :11:39.for the host broadcaster. I will be there and I will be excited about

:11:39. > :11:53.that. Thank you and friends thank you. Good luck today. This year the

:11:53. > :11:59.course has Swaininged. -- has changed. Our special guest is

:11:59. > :12:03.Katherine Grainger, who will start the course has been on the course

:12:03. > :12:09.looking at the sights the runners will see along the way. George

:12:09. > :12:15.Square is the traditional starting point for the Great Scottish Run. It

:12:15. > :12:22.features many of the city's public statues, including queen Victoria

:12:22. > :12:29.and Walter Scott. Heading away from the start The route crosses the

:12:29. > :12:36.River Clyde over the Kingston Bridge, the busiest road bridge in

:12:36. > :12:45.Europe. At four miles it passes Ibrox,

:12:45. > :12:52.games. Ibrox will host the rugby sevens. A competition dominated by

:12:52. > :13:01.New Zealand, who have won all the medals so far. And then past Bell,

:13:01. > :13:09.houston Park. And then they will medals so far. And then past Bell,

:13:09. > :13:13.turn back into turn and pass the BBC headquarters at Pacific Quay. And

:13:13. > :13:24.they head back over the Clyde. Ahead headquarters at Pacific Quay. And

:13:25. > :13:28.of them will be the SECC, home to six of the Commonwealth sports. The

:13:28. > :13:38.complex houses two of Glasgow's recognisable building, including the

:13:38. > :13:44.Clyde oughter to yum and the new -- auditorium and the new Glasgow

:13:44. > :13:47.hydro. And then the riverside museum, Scotland's museum of travel

:13:47. > :13:56.hydro. And then the riverside and transport and the winner of the

:13:57. > :14:01.European museum of the year. And then the Glenlee. This Tall Ship has

:14:01. > :14:06.been a tourist a I traction since it was opened to the public in 1999. It

:14:06. > :14:11.is one of only five Clyde-built sailing ships afloat anywhere in the

:14:11. > :14:14.world. Then along the river towards the finish at Glasgow Green, where

:14:14. > :14:26.world. Then along the river towards the runners are greeted by the

:14:26. > :14:36.McLellan arch and then in the shadow of the Nelson arch. Katherine

:14:36. > :14:43.Grainger joins us. It is an incredible course. It was great to

:14:43. > :14:50.walk it. You get to see some iconic venues. And just seeing it, it show

:14:50. > :14:54.cases the city. You were involved in the London Olympics. Understanding

:14:54. > :14:59.what it is like to have a home crowd, next year the Commonwealth

:14:59. > :15:03.games will have a home crowd, it is a big event isn't it, it makes such

:15:04. > :15:09.a difference when they're involved? Yes, we knew the crowds would be

:15:09. > :15:12.difficult. When you are in front of a home nation, the crowd is

:15:12. > :15:17.different. In London it was different on a scale we couldn't

:15:17. > :15:21.predict. The passion and volume were just unlike anything we have seen

:15:21. > :15:27.and the athletes at the Commonwealth games will experience that. The

:15:27. > :15:32.venues will be packed and you get a crowd that just wills you on and

:15:32. > :15:37.want to see your success and celebrate with you. It is a once in

:15:37. > :15:41.a lifetime opportunity. I think Glasgow has a bit of a pride about

:15:41. > :15:48.the fact that as an audience they can make a lot of noiss noise and a

:15:48. > :15:52.lot of rock bands say they have the best crowds. Do you think the

:15:52. > :15:57.Glasgow people will rise to the occasion? I have no doubt they will

:15:57. > :16:00.rise. They will love it! I'm the same, I'm based down south and

:16:00. > :16:06.people I have met from all over the country talk about events in

:16:06. > :16:11.Glasgow, whether again it is cultural or sporting. The feeling

:16:11. > :16:24.just in the city and never mind organised events, it is a very proud

:16:24. > :16:28.city and people love coming here. Let's talk about today's event, the

:16:28. > :16:32.Great Scottish Run. 30,000 people Let's talk about today's event, the

:16:33. > :16:36.are taking part over the weekend, extraordinary. Mass participation

:16:36. > :16:43.events in sport, I would imagine, if something you are in favour of.

:16:43. > :16:46.Yeah. You have a phenomenal range. You got the best runners in the

:16:46. > :16:51.world right down to people who have never done a competition in their

:16:51. > :16:58.life, and everyone can take part. We have got fancy dress, people in

:16:58. > :17:06.Lycra, the complete range. To be on the starting line alongside heroes

:17:06. > :17:11.of athletics, and you can all have done nothing but run to school, it

:17:11. > :17:16.is brilliant. It is not about the time you get, it is about being with

:17:16. > :17:18.thousands of other people, raising money for great causes and enjoying

:17:18. > :17:23.the day. I can't let you go without money for great causes and enjoying

:17:23. > :17:27.asking what you plan to do with the rest of your career. You haven't

:17:27. > :17:34.told us if you will be in a boat again. I'm not keeping a secret. I

:17:34. > :17:38.am still undecided. It has been over a year, but a year when I have done

:17:38. > :17:43.a load of great things. There has not been time to process it. There

:17:43. > :17:52.are great opportunities there, both in and out of rowing. I still enjoy

:17:52. > :17:56.being fit and doing exercise. It would be lovely to see you in a boat

:17:56. > :18:00.again, but thank you for joining us today.

:18:01. > :18:08.I am with Richard Wright said, the paralytic champion -- Richard

:18:08. > :18:14.Whitehead, the Paralympic champion. You are all kitted out but you are

:18:14. > :18:19.not running. Not today, no. I have done all my running. I recently ran

:18:19. > :18:27.from John O'Groats to lands end. But today I am here supporting the

:18:27. > :18:34.20,000 runners. I am an ambassador for the Bank of Scotland, promoting

:18:34. > :18:36.running and sport ahead of next year, and supporting the Paralympic

:18:36. > :18:45.running and sport ahead of next sport here. You have done a marathon

:18:45. > :18:50.of marathons. Have you recovered? A bit tired, mentally and physically.

:18:50. > :18:55.But I have met some amazing people. When I started, some of the stories

:18:55. > :19:00.I was getting from members of the public made me where lies that the

:19:00. > :19:07.legacy of 2012 is still here. You are here to inspire people, I

:19:07. > :19:09.guess. We have got to make sure they are safe today. The important thing

:19:09. > :19:18.guess. We have got to make sure they is to cross the line in the best

:19:18. > :19:22.shape you can. I have had a couple of words with some of the runners.

:19:22. > :19:27.They all look ready to go. There are lots of lines for the toilets,

:19:27. > :19:33.people are ready for the start! It is going to be a great day. You are

:19:33. > :19:39.all kitted out. No chance of a late entry? I would love to. The

:19:39. > :19:49.atmosphere makes me want to get to the start line, but not today.

:19:49. > :19:53.Richard, thank you. One of the wonderful things about

:19:53. > :19:58.the Great Scottish Run is millions of pounds will be raised for charity

:19:58. > :20:02.over the weekend. Many people are running for poignant reasons. One

:20:02. > :20:06.family and group of people are running in memory of their brother,

:20:06. > :20:12.who tragically died running this event last year. Rod, UI his

:20:13. > :20:21.brother. Tell me about your brother and wife you are running. -- you are

:20:21. > :20:27.his brother. We had done a few races in the past. At the last minute, we

:20:27. > :20:34.decided to run this race last year. Tragically, he didn't finish. A lot

:20:34. > :20:39.of his colleagues were keen to get involved and run the race again this

:20:39. > :20:43.year and finished the race he didn't finish last year. We have all set

:20:43. > :20:49.out to do this is a group for charity and to finish the race in

:20:49. > :20:51.his honour, as a tribute to him. And the charity is for cardiac risk in

:20:51. > :20:59.the young. Tell us about that. It aims to raise

:20:59. > :21:05.awareness in young people. Up to 12 people per day die of it. It is not

:21:05. > :21:11.as well-publicised as some -- some of the others, because people tend

:21:11. > :21:15.to be young and died during physical activity. We had a previous friend

:21:16. > :21:20.who died of similar things. We wanted to raise awareness for the

:21:20. > :21:26.charity. You have got a big group of family

:21:26. > :21:35.and friends here. Jamie, tell us about Aubry, the kind of guy he was.

:21:35. > :21:40.He was a man who loves to run. I think the mark of the man is the

:21:40. > :21:46.amount of people we have got here to run in his memory.

:21:46. > :21:51.Tell me also about your mum and run in his memory.

:21:51. > :21:56.dad. I believe they are running in the ten K. They set off about half

:21:56. > :22:00.an hour ago. They are walking as a tribute with some of their friends.

:22:00. > :22:04.It is the first time they have done anything like this. Quite a big feet

:22:04. > :22:08.for them, but they said they were looking forward to it. They were

:22:08. > :22:14.smiling as they crossed the starting line, so I think they were happy.

:22:14. > :22:19.What you are doing is fantastic. I am sure today will be difficult for

:22:19. > :22:23.you, but it is good to raise money for the charity. Congratulations and

:22:23. > :22:27.well done. As I mentioned, the elite races headed by Haile Gebrselassie,

:22:27. > :22:32.one of the greatest distance runners in the world. He will start the

:22:32. > :22:36.field today in the elite race. We caught up with him yesterday when he

:22:36. > :22:48.came down to the junior event to start the mini race.

:22:48. > :22:57.He is the world's greatest distance runner. I have a question. When did

:22:57. > :23:06.you start running? I started when I was 14.

:23:06. > :23:11.A wonderful year. This is my first time here since I started running.

:23:11. > :23:20.It is lovely, nice weather, the kids are here today.

:23:20. > :23:35.Nowadays, because of computers, kids are sitting at home. When they see

:23:36. > :23:46.their friends, they do what they want. I have four kids. I try to get

:23:46. > :24:07.them to run at home. Wonderful. I want to win here, because I have

:24:07. > :24:12.never run in Scotland. He is at the forefront of a rich

:24:12. > :24:16.heritage of Ethiopian athletes in a country in which he is revered,

:24:16. > :24:22.quite rightly. 27 world records. Extraordinary. Last year we

:24:22. > :24:26.travelled to Addis Ababa, his hometown, to find out why the

:24:26. > :24:42.country is able to produce so many great athletes.

:24:42. > :24:58.Imagine when I was eight years old in the countryside. Nobody.

:24:59. > :25:05.Everybody wants to run because they know how many great runners we have.

:25:05. > :25:09.They want to be like them. Most students, when they go to school,

:25:09. > :25:15.they walk. They have that natural reason to run.

:25:15. > :25:23.Running here is like a culture. If you ask me how money Ethiopians are

:25:23. > :25:34.running here in this country, oh, not 1000, maybe a million. A day

:25:34. > :25:38.without running is not a day. It is an inspiration for the young

:25:38. > :25:40.generation. Gebrselassie is like Beckham in the

:25:40. > :25:55.UK. If they follow the footsteps of

:25:55. > :26:03.Gebrselassie, it is wonderful. I'm so proud. People in the Western

:26:03. > :26:08.world don't have a true image of our country.

:26:08. > :26:14.We had a war, chart, lots of problems. Now it is different. Yet

:26:15. > :26:18.in Addis Ababa, you can see everywhere there is construction.

:26:18. > :26:33.This is the other side of Ethiopian. We have to educate more people. We

:26:33. > :26:38.can see a different Ethiopian. This is where I'm training every day in

:26:38. > :26:48.the afternoon, where I am the master. I am competing because I

:26:48. > :27:00.need to sweat. This goes up to 25 kilometres per hour. A world record

:27:00. > :27:06.in here. It is good for comparison, where I, for the new generation. I

:27:06. > :27:14.don't think this new generation will challenge me easily.

:27:14. > :27:18.There he is, Haile Gebrselassie, looking very fit. 40 years old and

:27:18. > :27:21.looking to win the first ever Great Scottish Run. As far as he is

:27:21. > :27:26.concerned, an amazing athlete. He is Scottish Run. As far as he is

:27:26. > :27:34.looking very well. Somebody who knows him well is Liz McColgan. Such

:27:34. > :27:39.an inspiration, isn't he? Not only a great run about putting so much back

:27:39. > :27:43.into his country. It is amazing. It is the first time he has been to

:27:43. > :27:49.Scotland. He was not sure, he thought the weather might be hard to

:27:49. > :27:54.take! It is actually quite warm for Scotland. He is in a good field. It

:27:54. > :27:59.will be interesting to see how the race develops. You are part of the

:27:59. > :28:04.commentary team, so you are hoping for a ding-dong battle.

:28:04. > :28:09.It is the first time we have got the Scottish girls here who are going to

:28:09. > :28:12.be competing at the wealth Games. It is exciting to get them joining the

:28:12. > :28:18.others. Let's talk about the Commonwealth

:28:18. > :28:24.Games. We are nine months away. You, of course, will have your own

:28:24. > :28:28.experience of winning on home ground. You want back in Edinburgh

:28:28. > :28:33.in 1986. We will remind you of that, if we can. -- G1, back in Edinburgh

:28:33. > :28:48.in 1986. What a great moment for the host

:28:48. > :28:53.nation. Absolutely great memories for you. I

:28:53. > :29:00.can't watch that without filling up. How do you feel, seeing that? It is

:29:00. > :29:04.so far removed but it was one of the greatest moments of my life. The

:29:04. > :29:08.Scottish athletes are going to have the opportunity that I had, and it

:29:08. > :29:10.is amazing. Obviously I coach my daughter so I am excited about her

:29:10. > :29:15.going to the Commonwealth Games. daughter so I am excited about her

:29:15. > :29:20.Hopefully she is in a good position for medals. It will be a fantastic

:29:20. > :29:24.experience. The people of Glasgow have got behind it. It is something

:29:24. > :29:32.we are really taking the days to get there. She was down here yesterday

:29:32. > :29:38.for the junior race. She is trying to inspire the next generation. Just

:29:39. > :29:43.in terms of any Scottish British athlete to win on home soil, just

:29:43. > :29:49.give us a sense of how big a deal that can be. It is massive. I was

:29:49. > :29:55.Scotland's only track gold medallist in 1986 and it was life changing for

:29:55. > :29:59.me. The event has moved on. The spectators are bigger. The arenas

:29:59. > :30:03.are better. You are getting more media coverage. It is a different

:30:03. > :30:08.ball game to when I was there. It is going to be bigger and in every way.

:30:08. > :30:14.Going back to my daughter, she began here. She ran the kids race here.

:30:14. > :30:19.Now she is 10th in the world. It is amazing that it shows that kids can

:30:19. > :30:23.do it from Scotland. They had just got to have the determination. It

:30:23. > :30:39.would be great to get more of it. We deserve it. I'm really excited about

:30:39. > :30:44.today. Ailish With Eilish, as a mum, watching her getting ready for a

:30:44. > :30:50.race, is it worse knowing you can't do anything about it? It is

:30:50. > :30:59.different being a mum and a coach is a double whammy. Eilish had a lot of

:30:59. > :31:05.injuries last year and the problem was I learned how to control my

:31:05. > :31:12.nerves. As a mother, it is nerve racking, but I love seeing her

:31:12. > :31:16.running. I think she is a tremendous athlete. She has a great running

:31:16. > :31:21.style. It is amazing that your child can do that. You have got the proud

:31:21. > :31:25.parent thing going on as well. We are all very proud of the athletes

:31:25. > :31:31.taking place. You have to get yourself down to the commentary box,

:31:31. > :31:39.it is about ten minutes away, but if you run, a minute and a half I

:31:39. > :31:44.think. Aim with Arlene Clarke of the Brightest Star charity. Tell me

:31:44. > :31:52.about the charity. It was set up after I lost my son Jack. He was a

:31:52. > :31:58.healthy happy boy, who went to bed one night and then the next day his

:31:58. > :32:04.heart had stopped, because of an ordinary flu virus. How many people

:32:04. > :32:10.are running in the green shirts? We have over 200. The support has been

:32:10. > :32:17.fantastic. It is a great experience to see everyone out. Look out for

:32:17. > :32:22.the green balloons, is that it? Yes and lots of shouting and singing.

:32:22. > :32:27.This a Jack's army. It must be an emotional day? Yes, I'm so proud of

:32:27. > :32:32.what is happening, but I don't want to be doing it for the reason I am,

:32:32. > :32:38.I would do everything to have Jack here. And you're raising a lot of

:32:38. > :32:44.cash, or is it more about awareness? Now, we need both. For me I can't

:32:44. > :32:48.understand that children die when they're healthy because of a virus.

:32:48. > :32:55.So it is raising awareness and there is a lack of support for bereaved

:32:55. > :33:03.parents. Can we have a big cheer from Jack's Army? There will be a

:33:03. > :33:07.lot of cheering today. Millions of pounds raised for charity over the

:33:07. > :33:11.weekend and people dig deep and their friend and family are digging

:33:11. > :33:14.into their pockets as well. It is extraordinary the things that go on

:33:14. > :33:19.here. It will be a brilliant race. We are a few minutes from the start.

:33:19. > :33:24.At the top of the programme, you heard from Neil Oliver about how

:33:24. > :33:30.much he loves this city. Let's hear more from him and see what Glasgow

:33:30. > :33:33.means to him. Like many other places, Glasgow is one that you have

:33:33. > :33:38.to be careful about not claiming to belong there if you don't really.

:33:38. > :33:44.I'm not a Glaswegian. My father was born in Glasgow and my mum was born

:33:44. > :33:51.in Renfrew on the other side of the River Clyde. Our family legend has

:33:51. > :33:56.it they were both in attendance as babies for the launching of the

:33:56. > :34:02.Queen Mary, one of the great ships launched from the Clyde. My

:34:02. > :34:07.favourite building is the Kelvingrove Museum and art

:34:07. > :34:11.galleries. For one thing it is a stunningly beautiful, red, sand

:34:11. > :34:16.stone building, it is within park stunningly beautiful, red, sand

:34:16. > :34:20.land. One of the fabled open green spaces that Glasgow is famous for.

:34:20. > :34:26.It is what the building contains. It is a wonderful collection. As an

:34:26. > :34:30.archaeologist, it has many objects that were important to me as a

:34:30. > :34:34.student and as a working archaeologist. If I was taking

:34:34. > :34:38.someone around Glasgow, someone who has never visited, I would make a

:34:38. > :34:45.point of letting them see the area known as the Merchant City. It is a

:34:45. > :34:51.grid of streets and tall buildings, very striking. It is actually the

:34:51. > :34:58.model that was then used again by the builders of New York City, that

:34:58. > :35:05.famous gridwork. The Merchant City came into being during the 18th

:35:05. > :35:13.century when Scottish merchants trading in tobacco mainly, became

:35:13. > :35:16.rich and built great warehouses and headquarters in the Merchant City.

:35:16. > :35:21.It is great to take people and show them that place and remind them that

:35:21. > :35:23.there was a time when Glasgow was one of the most glamorous, one of

:35:23. > :35:32.the wealthiest cities in Britain, if one of the most glamorous, one of

:35:32. > :35:35.not in the world. Glasgow was known as the second city of the British

:35:35. > :35:41.Empire. It has been central to British and Scottish history. No

:35:41. > :35:47.less a person than Voltaire, the French philosopher said, it is to

:35:47. > :35:51.Scotland that we look for our idea of civilisation. Glasgow was at the

:35:52. > :35:56.heart of that. It was at a time when Scotland and Glasgow shone brighter

:35:56. > :36:01.than they ever have at any other time. To be a Glaswegian then,

:36:01. > :36:07.preferably a wealthy one, must have been quite something. It used to be

:36:07. > :36:14.said and if you speak to the right people, it is said Glasgow made the

:36:14. > :36:17.Clyde and the Clyde made Glasgow. It refers to efforts to dredge it so

:36:17. > :36:22.Clyde and the Clyde made Glasgow. It ships could use the river. It was

:36:22. > :36:28.not just the trade on the ships that made the city wealthy, it was

:36:28. > :36:34.shipbuilding. At a one time the majority of world's ships were built

:36:34. > :36:39.on the Clyde and any time anyone took delivery of a Clyde ship it

:36:39. > :37:01.always had a Scottish engineer looking after the thing. So when

:37:01. > :37:12.Gene Roden Berks nberry was kweeting star -- -- Rodenberry created star

:37:12. > :37:17.strebg he had Scottie in the engine room. Now we have Haile Gebrselassie

:37:17. > :37:25.with us. This is your first experience of Scotland. How have you

:37:25. > :37:31.been enjoying yourself so far? I don't understand why I didn't come

:37:31. > :37:35.for many years of my athletics. As you see, it is a lovely atmosphere.

:37:35. > :37:40.You have been along here all weekend and involved with the junior races

:37:40. > :37:44.and you have been starting them. Are you getting a sense that there is

:37:44. > :37:49.talent and love for athletics here in Scotland? Yes, what I seen

:37:49. > :37:54.yesterday was amazing. Those youngsters, you can see something.

:37:54. > :37:59.You expect something from those kids. I started you know like their

:37:59. > :38:05.age. You never know, in the future one of them could become a champion.

:38:05. > :38:08.A champion of the world. A mean Olympic champion. It is

:38:08. > :38:11.extraordinary. We saw you at the Great North Run last month and you

:38:11. > :38:16.put in a wonderful performance there. What is that keeps you going

:38:16. > :38:21.and performing at this top level. Because this doesn't happen by

:38:21. > :38:26.accident, it is about hard work? Yes, what is important, it is not a

:38:26. > :38:33.competition. For me it is important is the training. When I do my

:38:33. > :38:38.training and keep that discipline and commitment and hard work.

:38:38. > :38:42.Without discipline, no commitment. Without commitment, no hard work. So

:38:42. > :38:46.I have to keep those things and then come for competition and it is not

:38:46. > :38:51.that difficult. In some of the films that we made with you, you talked

:38:51. > :38:55.not only about physical fitness, but emotional fitness and the importance

:38:55. > :39:02.that is to you and how running brings that to you and could bring

:39:02. > :39:06.that to everyone. Running brings to me everything. Believe it or not,

:39:06. > :39:12.running brings for everyone everything. People have to think now

:39:12. > :39:18.what running gives me. They have to not just have their daily life.

:39:18. > :39:23.Because of many reasons. Now, technology brings good things at the

:39:24. > :39:30.same time also a disadvantage. What is that? To kids and people are in

:39:30. > :39:36.the office all day and it is too much and people have to sweat and go

:39:36. > :39:40.out and run at least 30 or 40 minutes a day. We have a delay to

:39:40. > :39:44.the start of the race, I believe there a problem with one of the

:39:44. > :39:49.roads in Glasgow. Does that make it difficult for you, because you're

:39:49. > :39:57.warmed up, does a delay get in the way? This is just normal. Every

:39:57. > :40:03.where you go, you have this problem. I expect it to happen. The good

:40:03. > :40:11.thing is we start the race. Well we are going to start. It will be OK

:40:11. > :40:16.soon. Tell me about who you're hoping to win against today. You

:40:16. > :40:22.have Joseph Birech who has won twice in Glasgow and we have a wasp trying

:40:22. > :40:29.to attack us! Do you think you have the making of Joseph Birech? He is

:40:29. > :40:34.experienced on this course. We will see. And Andrew Lemoncello is being

:40:34. > :40:38.introduced to the crowd. We won't hold you up any longer, but Haile

:40:38. > :40:42.Gebrselassie, thank you for joining is us and all the best for today. We

:40:42. > :40:46.are going to hear from lots of people today and why they're taking

:40:47. > :40:53.part in the race and we are going to join a young man who fought back

:40:53. > :40:57.from a life-threatening illness and is running to raise money for a

:40:57. > :41:02.project that was thought up by his grandfather. We were just sitting

:41:02. > :41:07.one night waiting for Kevin coming home for tea when he got the call to

:41:07. > :41:13.say he had had an accident playing football. I believe I got up for a

:41:13. > :41:16.header, with the other defender and something happened to the attacker.

:41:16. > :41:22.I don't know. It with auz freak incident. We were not too concerned,

:41:22. > :41:28.because he is a bit accident-prone. But when we arrived at the hospital

:41:28. > :41:34.we realised it was a serious accident. We sat in the waiting room

:41:34. > :41:39.for a long time and I thought this isn't good. That it must be serious

:41:39. > :41:46.and we found out he had a bad brain injury. He was in an induced coma.

:41:46. > :41:54.The doctors explained that the prognosis was not good. And he had

:41:54. > :41:57.long fight ahead of him. Kevin is a big guy, fit as anything, for me to

:41:57. > :42:02.long fight ahead of him. Kevin is a see him, as his girlfriend of seven

:42:02. > :42:04.years at that time, in a bed with wires and things coming out of him,

:42:04. > :42:09.I was devastated. I was put in a wires and things coming out of him,

:42:09. > :42:15.coma for about three to four weeks. And then obviously, just gradually

:42:15. > :42:22.came around. Finally, it got better and I started talking. They were

:42:22. > :42:27.worried about how I would be, if I could speak and be able to walk. The

:42:27. > :42:33.actual, the first time we saw a bit of light at the end of the tun is

:42:33. > :42:44.when he was up in his chair in hospital. He just... Scheebgy wee

:42:44. > :42:50.things -- cheeky wee things, pinching kiss and at one point he

:42:50. > :42:57.pinched my bum! Because of his low pulse rate and fit tns, we helped --

:42:57. > :43:03.fitness level, and low pulse we helped that pull him through.

:43:03. > :43:07.Thankfully I have built up my fitness again and got into it and

:43:07. > :43:14.started with clients again and started to recover. Over time, and

:43:14. > :43:18.over time and I think I'm OK now. My friends say I wasn't fully

:43:18. > :43:22.recovered, but I think I am. We feel proud, because he is a fighter and

:43:22. > :43:27.he had to learn to walk again to talk again to feed to co-all the --

:43:27. > :43:32.do all the things that we take for granted. He has come a long way from

:43:32. > :43:38.that to what he is doing now. The charity is Kilbride hospice. The

:43:38. > :43:44.reasons are a few reasons. The main reason is my papa helped set it up

:43:44. > :43:48.and found it. He fought all his life to make it happen. And it has

:43:48. > :43:52.finally happened. After my papa passed away, my dad took over as

:43:52. > :43:57.chairman. So it is close to my heart. It is the closest charity to

:43:57. > :44:04.my heart and makes me want to go and do this run and raise money for

:44:04. > :44:09.them. He's devoted to the Kilbride hospice. It was his grant father's

:44:09. > :44:13.hospice. He helped to found it. And any chance he has to give back to

:44:13. > :44:18.anything, that motivates him more. He is not a selfish person. He is

:44:18. > :44:25.always thinking of the other person. He never puts himself first. A very

:44:25. > :44:29.selfless man. Some truly inspirational stories and we will

:44:29. > :44:36.hear from other racers during the day as to why they're taking part.

:44:36. > :44:43.We are hearing five minutes to the start of the half marathon. Earlier

:44:43. > :44:54.today the wheelchair race rode off around 9. 30. It was a picture from

:44:54. > :45:01.9. 30. Simon Lawson crossed the line first. And Sammi Kinghorn was first

:45:01. > :45:10.over the line for the girls. They're live with David now.

:45:10. > :45:16.It took me about an hour to walk live with David now.

:45:16. > :45:22.down here! Congratulations and an incredible time you put in. Yes,

:45:22. > :45:28.five minutes faster than last year. How did that happen? I don't know!

:45:28. > :45:34.Just the hard work and training, I guess. It was a tough race. But it

:45:34. > :45:39.was good. A lot of hills, especially the first, that was tough.

:45:40. > :45:47.What did you make of the atmosphere as you went around? It was amazing.

:45:47. > :45:54.Just as you start to feel tired, you coming to an area with loads of

:45:54. > :45:59.people out. You must be delighted with knocking five minutes of your

:45:59. > :46:09.time. Definitely. I thought maybe 302I would do. -- maybe 32 I would

:46:09. > :46:14.do. I was selected last week to take part in the 1500 metres for the

:46:14. > :46:20.Commonwealth Games. Simon, an Englishman of the men's event. How

:46:20. > :46:26.do the race go for you? The race went pretty well for me. I did it in

:46:26. > :46:32.20 former knit and 12 seconds. Not the fastest time I have done but I

:46:32. > :46:38.was pleased. -- 24 minutes and 12 seconds. She was saying there were a

:46:38. > :46:45.lot of hills. There were, right at the start. Once you go over the

:46:45. > :46:53.hill, it was quite open after that. And a hospitable Scottish crowd

:46:53. > :47:00.giving you a good reception? Yes, I got a good reception from the fans.

:47:00. > :47:06.You are not sure if you are taking part in the Commonwealth Games. Can

:47:06. > :47:14.I persuade you? I would like to, if I can qualify. I am a road distance

:47:14. > :47:19.person, like half marathon ons -- half marathons. Thank you, both.

:47:19. > :47:46.Back to you. He has set his sights on winning his

:47:46. > :47:53.first Great Scottish Run. He were not have it all his own way. -- he

:47:53. > :48:02.will not. To talk us through it, Brendan Foster, Paul Dickenson, and

:48:02. > :48:06.Liz McColgan. The streets are packed for this Bank

:48:07. > :48:16.of Scotland Great Scottish Run. Haile Gebrselassie in the front

:48:16. > :48:21.there. Most of the elite athletes are there, ready and waiting, as

:48:21. > :48:26.they have been for some time. Good conditions, good underfoot. A lack

:48:26. > :48:32.of humility, which is always good. Susan Partridge, 10th place in the

:48:32. > :48:43.World Championships marathon. That was excellent. Then one of Great

:48:43. > :48:52.Britain's rising stars for the road, Steph Twell. Three times Junior

:48:52. > :48:59.cross country champion. Good to see her getting back to fitness. And

:49:00. > :49:11.Freya Ross, representing Great Britain in the Olympics.

:49:11. > :49:21.Andrew Lemoncello, based in the United States, he has already won

:49:21. > :49:32.one of the great series in 2013, in Edinburgh. And the Commonwealth

:49:32. > :49:43.champion, John Kelai of Kenya. He really has got some good opposition.

:49:43. > :49:45.Joseph Birech, he is attempting to become the first man ever to win it

:49:46. > :49:51.three times in a row. Then the man become the first man ever to win it

:49:51. > :49:55.everybody has been waiting for. Been there, done it, got the T-shirt, got

:49:55. > :49:59.the medals, got 27 world records. He there, done it, got the T-shirt, got

:49:59. > :50:10.has won everything the race has thrown at him. So, Katherine

:50:10. > :50:17.Grainger will start this race. Somewhat delayed. The Great Scottish

:50:17. > :50:26.Run is underway. Make no mistake about it, Haile Gebrselassie might

:50:26. > :50:30.be 40 years old but there is no doubt he wants to win this race. He

:50:30. > :50:35.goes into every competitive environment at his disposal. He

:50:35. > :50:43.always wants to win. As they head off towards the river and the

:50:43. > :50:48.Kingston Bridge, it is a fairly steady incline over the first part

:50:48. > :50:54.of the cause. I don't expect the first mile to be terribly quick.

:50:54. > :50:59.They come streaming over the line. It will be some time before these

:51:00. > :51:04.athletes start. We have heard quite a few stories of the money being

:51:04. > :51:08.raised well where it is going to go to, the heartfelt stories connected

:51:08. > :51:19.with the raising of the money. So many stories to be told. More on

:51:19. > :51:28.that later. The last British woman to win this race was Liz McColgan.

:51:28. > :51:32.In 1992, she won the race, set one of the fastest times ever on this

:51:32. > :51:41.course. She is coming down from George Square. We will be speaking

:51:41. > :51:45.to her in a moment. Sitting alongside me, a man who must be

:51:45. > :51:49.delighted with what is happening here so far this morning, Brendan

:51:49. > :52:00.Foster. Good morning to you. BRENDAN FOSTER: Good morning, Paul. You see

:52:00. > :52:06.the elite group working away. The women's any men's races are mixed

:52:06. > :52:11.together. It is a great opportunity for the leading women. Look at this

:52:11. > :52:13.climb. It looks as though they are disappearing into the distance when

:52:13. > :52:18.they get over the top. The men are disappearing into the distance when

:52:18. > :52:22.already pursuing this. It is about 300 metres to the top of the hill.

:52:22. > :52:29.From there, the course is relatively flat. It may demonstrate is a -- it

:52:29. > :52:43.is a course for a good time. The elite field names are going

:52:43. > :52:51.across the bottom. Some good athletes from Scotland. Andrew

:52:51. > :53:00.Lemoncello, the leading Scottish runner. Katherine Grainger is going

:53:01. > :53:05.to be there for some time. The streets of Glasgow look rather

:53:05. > :53:15.crowded there, Paul. They certainly do. A few frustrated people there

:53:15. > :53:16.thinking, when, oh, when, and my going to get to go over the starting

:53:16. > :53:30.line? -- am I going. This group is going to get to go over the starting

:53:30. > :53:35.led by Haile Gebrselassie. John Kelai is in the white next to him.

:53:35. > :53:43.Andrew Lemoncello is having a look around. In that group as well,

:53:43. > :53:48.wearing green, is Chris Thompson. Brendan, you would like to have a

:53:48. > :53:53.word about Chris Thompson and one of the leading women, Steph Twell.

:53:53. > :54:00.There is Chris Thompson. He is in the green vest. He lives in

:54:00. > :54:13.Oregon a lot of the time. He runs well. When he came over, he ran 27:

:54:13. > :54:17.40. Something happened, he wasn't selected for the World

:54:17. > :54:21.Championships. He was really disappointed and disillusioned,

:54:21. > :54:26.almost to the point of questioning whether he should keep going. Chris

:54:26. > :54:32.Thompson is now out to prove himself on the roads. He's good athlete. It

:54:32. > :54:35.with European silver medallist behind Mo Farah a couple of years

:54:35. > :54:56.ago. He says he is fit. Haile Gebrselassie had a different

:54:56. > :55:00.path, but similar. It took him a while to accommodate the marathon.

:55:00. > :55:08.There is the women's lead group. Susan Partridge recently ran a

:55:08. > :55:23.personal best for 10,000 metres. Wanjiku is a good athlete. Freya

:55:23. > :55:26.Ross was Britain's representative at the Olympic Games in London last

:55:26. > :55:33.year. She looks as though she is going to have a great future in the

:55:33. > :55:37.marathon. She is coached by Steve Jones. She missed a lot of training

:55:37. > :55:42.this year, as we can hear the bagpipes. Susan Partridge has had a

:55:42. > :55:47.remarkable transformation. This is a big race for her. She is coming in

:55:47. > :55:51.in good form and with great confidence. The masses are still

:55:51. > :55:58.coming over the start line. They are moving freely.

:55:58. > :56:02.Susan Partridge has already been selected for the Commonwealth Games.

:56:02. > :56:08.The bulk of their track and field team has already been picked. A lot

:56:08. > :56:12.of the runners have got, what, another 10-15 minutes before they

:56:12. > :56:15.get over the start line. These guys are well ahead of. Six minutes into

:56:16. > :56:32.their racing. Haile Gebrselassie leads. Junkie like surprise marathon

:56:32. > :56:38.champion. -- John Kelai. Andrew Lemoncello is right on the back of

:56:38. > :56:44.that group. He might find the going a bit tough here, because there is

:56:44. > :56:46.no doubt that Haile we want to push on and push on for as long as

:56:46. > :56:50.possible. Emmanuel Bett is there as on and push on for as long as

:56:50. > :56:57.well. He's the world's fastest 10,000 metre runner last year.

:56:57. > :56:59.Already, Haile Gebrselassie is trying to put distance between

:56:59. > :57:06.Already, Haile Gebrselassie is himself and the rest. In the old

:57:06. > :57:12.days he was a fearsome sprint finish. He tells me that these days

:57:12. > :57:19.he finds it difficult to do Sprint training. Now he feels his asset is

:57:19. > :57:26.his strength. He has decided, well, I might not sprint faster any more

:57:26. > :57:30.but I am going to test them over the distance. Behind them is the danger,

:57:30. > :57:37.and Emmanuel Bett of Kenya. He was the fastest at in 2012. He was

:57:37. > :57:44.unlucky not to make the team for the Olympic Games. Haile leading

:57:44. > :57:51.Emmanuel Bett. Lamdassem, the Spaniard, is just behind them. I can

:57:51. > :57:57.see Chris Thompson working hard to stay in touch. Next to him, junkie

:57:57. > :58:07.like in the Commonwealth marathon champion, and behind him, Jesus

:58:07. > :58:11.Espana. -- John Key life. -- John Kelai.

:58:11. > :58:28.He needs to try to close the gap. It is Gebrselassie. Just a few yards

:58:28. > :58:33.there, jetting away from the pack, hopefully not for too much longer,

:58:33. > :58:37.if the Scottish athlete, Andrew Lemoncello. While they are doing

:58:37. > :58:42.that, another Scottish athlete, Susan Partridge, is really

:58:42. > :58:51.stretching now and testing Wanjiku, next to her. Behind them is Freya

:58:51. > :58:56.Ross. Susan Partridge is looking comfortable. Freya Ross is looking

:58:56. > :59:05.very determined indeed. Polline Wanjiku, the young Kenyan, she only

:59:05. > :59:10.got eight call up on Thursday. She won in Nottingham half marathon. Now

:59:10. > :59:15.she begins to make a move. Freya Ross just coming up on the shoulder

:59:15. > :59:21.of Susan Partridge. At the moment it is Wanjiku. Back to the men. Haile

:59:21. > :59:33.Gebrselassie is leading, as we suspected. He wanted to make his

:59:33. > :59:36.presence felt in the race. They are crossing the Kingston Bridge, which

:59:36. > :59:44.is right in front of them. Gebrselassie, as like everybody

:59:44. > :59:50.else, one of those seven. Andrew Lemoncello is trying to hold onto

:59:50. > :59:57.that group, Brendan. He needs to work harder here. I'm delighted to

:59:57. > :00:04.say that the great Liz McColgan has run a faster time than anybody on

:00:04. > :00:12.this field today. She has come down from the start in George Square to

:00:12. > :00:20.join us. Is she ready to speak? Good to be here? LIZ McCOLGAN: A great

:00:20. > :00:24.day for running today. The conditions are really good. It could

:00:24. > :00:29.be a fast course if they attack it right. It is looking good for the

:00:29. > :00:37.athletes out there. Where you going well from George Square? I could

:00:37. > :00:44.easily have jumped in! But I had my jeans on so there was no way it was

:00:44. > :00:48.my day today. I had a good chat with some of the girls at the start, and

:00:48. > :00:57.Chris. It was good to have a catch up. We are looking at the men's race

:00:57. > :01:02.and we have the great Haile Gebrselassie. He is such a star. On

:01:02. > :01:07.the start line, unlike you in your day, he smiles and says hello to

:01:07. > :01:14.everyone and he is so happy. I remember Liz McColl gap, head --

:01:14. > :01:21.McColgan, head down, getting ready. Yes, everyone is different and there

:01:21. > :01:32.is no right way or wrong way. Iful with Hayley running today, he --

:01:32. > :01:39.with Haile Gebrselassie running, he still loves it. He has a great

:01:39. > :01:46.opportunity to win today. The front three pulling away from Chris

:01:46. > :01:49.Thompson and the rest. At the start they're still there in their

:01:50. > :01:56.thousands, creeping towards the starting point. That is only about

:01:56. > :01:59.seven metres wide. Anybody who thinks that it will make a

:01:59. > :02:05.difference, because of their starting time, don't worry they have

:02:05. > :02:12.got chips on their feet. Not the edible sort! That is the racing

:02:12. > :02:19.chips they all wear, as we see Susan Partridge and Freya Ross. The three

:02:19. > :02:24.solitary competitors in the women's race. Just easing away from the rest

:02:24. > :02:30.of the women. And of course this is a mixed race and look how much --

:02:30. > :02:34.how much distance they have put between themselves and the rest. You

:02:34. > :02:39.must be delighted to see Susan Partridge the way she ran in the

:02:39. > :02:45.marathon in the World Championships. Yes, she is a Championship performer

:02:45. > :02:52.and has proved it time and time again. She races really well. But

:02:52. > :02:58.Sonia Samuels was also 16th. So great to see the two girls out there

:02:58. > :03:03.and that they have recovered. Freya is on the road back from a bad

:03:03. > :03:08.injury. So a lot of changes in her life. So it is good to see her

:03:08. > :03:18.getting stuck in. The two top Scottish marathon runners already,

:03:18. > :03:26.Susan Partridge selected for the Commonwealth Games. But Freya Ross

:03:26. > :03:33.has to stay in contention. Bett of Kenya is testing again. The three

:03:33. > :03:38.have opened a gap and I can see Chris Thompson trying to close the

:03:38. > :03:44.gap. This is important for Chris, the three star athletes, that second

:03:44. > :03:52.mile is 4.44, so they have picked up the gap. This is a difficult time

:03:52. > :03:55.for Chris. I think he will be a good marathon runner and he needs good

:03:55. > :03:59.experience on the road. In your position, Liz, what would you

:03:59. > :04:05.thinking about Chris, does he have to close the gap quickly? Well, he

:04:06. > :04:11.has had a topsy-turvy season. He started well running 28 minutes on

:04:11. > :04:16.the track. But he never got to go to the World Championship. He is coming

:04:16. > :04:20.back off a three-week break, so he is not at his fittest. But he is a

:04:20. > :04:29.good competitor and this gap isn't going to close. I think his will be

:04:29. > :04:33.a solo run. Tinge marathon will -- I think the marathon will be his

:04:33. > :04:38.distance. It is exciting to see him do the half marathon in Glasgow.

:04:38. > :04:48.When he moves up, I think he will be quick over the marathon. I the men

:04:48. > :04:53.turning right back towards the river. Emmanuel Bett the only one of

:04:53. > :04:58.the three who didn't take a drink. So confident that his form is going

:04:58. > :05:12.to be maintained over the next couple of miles, Haile Gebrselassie

:05:12. > :05:17.looking comfortable in second place and Lamdassem is rung well. Chris

:05:17. > :05:22.Thompson is way off the back of the pace there. But he too is well ahead

:05:22. > :05:31.of chasing group. At the moment in the men's race, Bett and the man who

:05:31. > :05:43.is known as Haile Gebrselassie and then Llan Das Cem. -- Lamdassem.

:05:44. > :05:49.Bett was the fastest 10,000 metre running last year. So he is in good

:05:49. > :05:53.form. Lamdassem, we have seen him running against Haile Gebrselassie

:05:53. > :06:00.in Manchester and he tracked him all the way. It was only a sprint finish

:06:00. > :06:03.from Haile Gebrselassie that won him that one. But Haile Gebrselassie is

:06:03. > :06:07.not hanging around. He knows his strength is his strength and he

:06:07. > :06:11.needs to pile it on and try and keep them going and these athletes

:06:11. > :06:15.processing well. Haile Gebrselassie them going and these athletes

:06:15. > :06:21.conscious he was happy to lead for 12 miles in the Great Scottish Run

:06:21. > :06:30.and Liz, it is still a pleasure to watch him run. Yes he has that

:06:30. > :06:33.Ethiopian lope when he runs. It is great to watch. He makes it look so

:06:33. > :06:44.easy. 14. 40 at the mark for Haile Gebrselassie.

:06:44. > :06:52.Lamdassem has moved into second place. Ahead of Bett. And Haile

:06:52. > :06:54.Gebrselassie just seems so Dom fortable -- comfortable running at

:06:54. > :06:58.the front. You can see the gap fortable -- comfortable running at

:06:58. > :07:14.between him and Chris Thompson as we go back to the women. The three main

:07:14. > :07:20.protagonists there. Susan Partridge looks so comfortable at the front.

:07:20. > :07:29.We had the split times from our statistician and they have just run

:07:29. > :07:35.the fastest mile of the race for the men. Susan Partridge looks as if she

:07:35. > :07:40.has closed the gap and now we are down in a race. This is a race and

:07:40. > :07:45.Susan Partridge, the leading Scottish distance runner this year

:07:45. > :07:49.with last year's top Scottish athlete in third and now getting

:07:49. > :07:54.competitive. But look at Susan part rinl, she is taking -- Partridge,

:07:54. > :08:02.she is taking the opportunity of following the men. She is hanging in

:08:02. > :08:07.with the pace and that is Sonia Samuels husband, that will be a good

:08:07. > :08:13.pace maker. He will help the girls out. But Susan did run a 10k last

:08:13. > :08:23.week one second off her personal best. So she is in good shape. Back

:08:23. > :08:34.to the men's race here and it is those three who have got away, lamb

:08:34. > :08:40.December Cem -- Lamdassem is there. You can see the gap between these

:08:40. > :08:45.leading three and Chris Thompson in fourth. If you look in the

:08:45. > :08:52.background, you can see the famous Ibrox stadium, the home of Rangers

:08:52. > :08:58.FC. That will be used for the Commonwealth Games. The leader at

:08:58. > :09:09.the moment, Haile Gebrselassie. It reflects, I reflect 110 years ago at

:09:09. > :09:23.Ibrox it was the scene of one of great feats in racing, Alex Shrub

:09:23. > :09:28.broke records at six, she, seven and eight mile and he set a world record

:09:28. > :09:35.and it was the first world record over the hour run. And the current

:09:35. > :09:42.record holder for the current hour run is Haile Gebrselassie. So here

:09:42. > :09:50.we are in Glasgow, Alf Shrub was recognised as the greatest distance

:09:50. > :10:00.runner in the 1900s. And this man is recognised as the greatest distance

:10:00. > :10:06.running athlete. Alf Shrub is a member of the England athletics Hall

:10:06. > :10:10.of Fame. If there was an Ethiopian Hall of Fame, no doubt who would be

:10:10. > :10:20.first on the list. Haile Gebrselassie has set 27 world

:10:20. > :10:28.records. But Pauline Mangiku has been dropped and Partridge and Ross

:10:28. > :10:32.are looking strong. Yes, this is probably Freya's first competitive

:10:32. > :10:37.race back after injury and it is only seven weeks since Susan did her

:10:37. > :10:42.marathon at the worlds. So it is great to see them both running for

:10:42. > :10:45.Scotland in the Commonwealth Games. What do you think about the

:10:45. > :10:49.selectors coming in early and saying the Scottish team will be selected

:10:49. > :10:56.now and they know that they have been picked and they will compete.

:10:56. > :10:59.Could they ease off? I think it is early myself. I think they have

:10:59. > :11:03.filled up slots in a lot of places and they have cut off the

:11:03. > :11:07.opportunity for others to qualify. But you know, good luck to those

:11:07. > :11:11.that have been selected. Because now they can sit back and think I don't

:11:11. > :11:17.need to worry about doing trials and I can train. I think it is early in

:11:17. > :11:23.the day to do selections like that. There speaks the authority. Liz was

:11:23. > :11:26.the former chairman of the Scottish Athletics Federation and if she had

:11:26. > :11:29.been in charge, nobody would have been picked yet. I think you have

:11:29. > :11:35.got to give people fair opportunities and that is what

:11:36. > :11:40.trials are for. As an athlete is that a couple of seconds off the

:11:40. > :11:43.time, knowing others have been selected, I think it is unfair. We

:11:43. > :11:49.saw Ibrox away to the right hand selected, I think it is unfair. We

:11:49. > :12:00.side. But is in is the long distance view of the leading three. Haile

:12:00. > :12:05.Gebrselassie, lamb December Sam and -- Lamdassem and Bett. There is

:12:05. > :12:08.hardly a couple of feet between them. Haile Gebrselassie still at

:12:08. > :12:15.the front and still leaning forward. He has got that fairly wild right

:12:15. > :12:21.hook action in his right arm there. Just having a look. But he is

:12:21. > :12:30.getting no help with this at all. They did four miles in 18. 49. The

:12:30. > :12:41.last mile was 4. 40. Now, he wants help. But lamb December Sam and Bett

:12:41. > :12:46.-- Lamdassem and Bett don't want to take it up. Now he has gone racing

:12:46. > :12:52.past. I think Haile Gebrselassie said, I have done my share, you do

:12:52. > :12:58.some of yours. That was a bit exuberant of Emmanuel Bett and now

:12:59. > :13:03.he has opened up a gap. He has set off like a startled rabbit and has

:13:03. > :13:08.gone away. Now Haile Gebrselassie is chasing. You can see he has

:13:08. > :13:15.increased the pace. Just to close that gap. He doesn't want him ten

:13:15. > :13:22.yards down the road. He wants to be on his shoulder. When you're Haile

:13:22. > :13:29.Gebrselassie you're allowed to do that. Lamdassem has been dropped.

:13:29. > :13:35.The leafy avenue there. It has taken a while for Haile Gebrselassie to

:13:35. > :13:42.get back on terms with Emmanuel Bett. But Lamdassem is way behind

:13:42. > :13:48.now: Haile Gebrselassie may have had to produce too much of a burst to

:13:48. > :13:53.get back on level terms. He wants it to be known that Bett is not away.

:13:53. > :13:56.And we look back at the women and Susan Partridge is opening a gap

:13:56. > :14:02.between herself and Freya Ross. The Susan Partridge is opening a gap

:14:02. > :14:11.women are on for a good pace and Freya looks as if she is struggling.

:14:11. > :14:18.They went through 5k in 16. 37. Ross was 16. 38. The other Scottish

:14:18. > :14:26.competitor was way back in fourth in 17. 20. And to gie you an idea as to

:14:26. > :14:33.where that would sit on the all time list. Paula Radcliffe holds the

:14:33. > :14:44.record at 65. 40 and Liz McColgan is the second fast, 67.11. So they're

:14:44. > :14:48.going to have to get close to 70 minutes to get close. This was one

:14:48. > :14:56.of the events that Liz preferred. She was a great 10,000 runner, world

:14:56. > :15:03.champion, but the in between the 10,000 and the marathon, the half

:15:03. > :15:09.marathon was an vent you enjoyed. Yes it suited my style and the half

:15:09. > :15:12.marathon was the best distance, because you were running at a good

:15:12. > :15:20.pace and you still got the intensity of a track runner. #10i9 is a good

:15:20. > :15:35.-- so it is a good mix. You normally see some good 10k runners being able

:15:35. > :15:42.to shift over the half marathon. Emmanuel Bett, he is testing himself

:15:42. > :15:45.today. He hasn't had a brilliant year this year. He has had a decent

:15:45. > :15:48.10,000 metre race. But he hasn't been able to mix it as much as he

:15:48. > :16:02.would like. He was injured recently. He was fourth in the Kenyan trials.

:16:02. > :16:12.Gebrselassie knows about him. He said to me yesterday, I hope he

:16:12. > :16:16.isn't as fast as he was last year. He is doing what Haile told him. I

:16:16. > :16:23.think Haile will take his turn fairly soon. Together they are

:16:23. > :16:30.working away from Lamdassem. Certainly, Gebrselassie is doing a

:16:30. > :16:35.sensible thing by getting back on level terms with Emmanuel Bett. He

:16:35. > :16:39.is sticking with him. Lamdassem is some way behind. Certainly hasn't

:16:39. > :16:44.given up the ghost. He is 40 metres behind Gebrselassie and Emmanuel

:16:44. > :16:56.Bett. Gebrselassie is making Emmanuel Bett know he is there. Just

:16:56. > :17:01.going around Bellahouston Park. Conditions are still almost perfect

:17:01. > :17:10.for road running. Turning right into the park. These two and Lamdassem

:17:10. > :17:15.are well ahead of everybody else. You can see the difference in the

:17:15. > :17:19.cadence and stride between Emmanuel Bett and Gebrselassie. Gebrselassie

:17:19. > :17:26.is desperate to get some water down him. This time, Emmanuel Bett does

:17:26. > :17:32.take some water on board. We are in the magnificent Bellahouston Park. I

:17:32. > :17:37.remember the world Cross Tran -- cross-country Championships here

:17:37. > :17:43.many years ago. It rained all day. The athletes ran in the old

:17:43. > :17:49.cardboard style numbers. Leaves will remember. All of the numbers fell

:17:49. > :17:54.off. -- Liz McColgan will remember. They all I had -- they all had

:17:54. > :18:08.shreds hanging from their shirts. Those were the days. Susan Partridge

:18:08. > :18:11.is just beginning to pull away a little bit from Freya Ross. You were

:18:11. > :18:24.saying earlier, aliens, -- that he little bit from Freya Ross. You were

:18:24. > :18:30.has got a personal best of around the same time. Just

:18:30. > :18:45.slower than Susan Partridge. LIZ McCOLGAN: Freya Ross has just come

:18:46. > :18:55.back from injury. Susan is in good nick. Nick Samuels is a 1500 metre

:18:55. > :19:00.runner, and so he is going for a different time today.

:19:00. > :19:05.Just looking there at Chris Thompson. He is still in fourth

:19:05. > :19:11.place in the men's race as we get back to Susan Partridge.

:19:12. > :19:23.BRENDAN FOSTER: She is running well now. It was tough for her at the

:19:23. > :19:28.World Championships. She stuck to her task. She ran cautiously and

:19:28. > :19:33.sensibly and came through. Afterwards she was thrilled to

:19:33. > :19:36.finish 10th. For her, looking to the Commonwealth Games, that was

:19:36. > :19:43.absolutely wonderful. There are the men together. Haile Gebrselassie and

:19:43. > :19:47.Emmanuel Bett, they are pulling ahead of Lamdassem, the Spanish

:19:47. > :19:51.athlete. These two are tracking together, racing together, sharing

:19:51. > :19:58.the pace. They want to encourage the pace to keep going. I know Haile was

:19:58. > :20:02.conscious of the sprint finish. Because he is not able to do speed

:20:02. > :20:08.training at this time of his career, because he gets injured, he has to

:20:08. > :20:15.try to win these races at the halfway point or just beyond. We

:20:15. > :20:20.have got a race on here now. Emmanuel Bett against Haile

:20:20. > :20:27.Gebrselassie. We saw them running through the streets of Newcastle

:20:27. > :20:34.with Mo Farah. It suggests to me once again that Emmanuel Bett is

:20:34. > :20:39.injecting a bit of pace again. They are heading back to the river.

:20:39. > :20:47.We saw what happened at the great North run. They stretched away and

:20:47. > :21:00.injected a bit of pace along the seafront. We saw what happens to Mo

:21:00. > :21:05.Farah. He lacked a bit of age. -- bit of age.

:21:05. > :21:11.The two younger men allowed Haile to -- bit of age.

:21:11. > :21:21.set the pace. It was a great race to watch. LIZ McCOLGAN: He ran really

:21:21. > :21:30.well. We tend to forget he is 40. When you have trained as hard as he

:21:30. > :21:35.has. His training has changed. He is doing more sustained and steady

:21:35. > :21:37.running. You are seeing it in his racing now. He lacks the speed at

:21:37. > :21:58.the end that he used to have. He has set a best time for several

:21:58. > :22:03.distances. He has six best times and various distances for people over

:22:03. > :22:10.the age of 40. He has produced some remarkable times. He is still on the

:22:10. > :22:13.shoulder of Emmanuel Bett. 31 minutes of running garden, and there

:22:13. > :22:18.are the athletes coming down to Bellahouston Park on the other side

:22:18. > :22:24.of the road. I think Haile will get much more

:22:24. > :22:31.cheering than Emmanuel Bett, coming down this way. Haile has been in

:22:31. > :22:36.town for three days in the ass taken the place by storm. -- and he has

:22:36. > :22:54.taken the place by storm. We will get the official time. This

:22:54. > :23:02.is an interesting development. Susan Partridge is the leader in the

:23:02. > :23:08.women's race. The gap is opening. She has put about 25 metres on her

:23:08. > :23:15.there. LIZ McCOLGAN: The two girls training Colorado. I think Susan is

:23:15. > :23:22.in the shape of her life. She has really recovered well.

:23:22. > :23:31.Nick Samuels there, alongside Susan Partridge. He is finding life quite

:23:31. > :23:37.difficult. He has got a personal best just outside of 70 minutes. I

:23:37. > :23:41.wonder if Susan Partridge can get on level terms with him. That is quite

:23:41. > :23:55.a useful time in itself. I'm sure she knows she is on for a

:23:55. > :24:02.personal best herself. He will help to pull her through.

:24:02. > :24:13.Freya Ross there, behind Susan Partridge. Just having a look back

:24:13. > :24:18.down and the masses, who are beginning to come away from the

:24:18. > :24:29.river. Just to give you an idea of the overall situation... Haile

:24:29. > :24:33.Gebrselassie is just in the lead. Lamdassem is seven seconds behind

:24:33. > :24:35.these guys, maybe more. Chris Thompson, clearly in fourth place at

:24:35. > :24:38.these guys, maybe more. Chris the moment. He is head of Jesus

:24:38. > :24:58.Espana. -- he is head. Haile Gebrselassie now seems

:24:58. > :25:05.confident enough to go into the lead.

:25:05. > :25:11.BRENDAN FOSTER: He is now thinking about how he can win this race. It

:25:11. > :25:17.is not world shattering pace at the halfway point. Haile knows that if

:25:17. > :25:24.Emmanuel Bett is near top form, he is going to be hard to shake off. He

:25:24. > :25:31.is thinking, if I don't get rid of him in the next couple of miles,

:25:31. > :25:37.he's going to haunt me towards the finish. Haile Gebrselassie is not

:25:37. > :25:41.just a great athlete but a fantastic competitor. We have seen the best of

:25:41. > :25:50.Haile. There is Freya Ross in second place in the women's race, coming

:25:50. > :25:52.back to form. I hope she has got some information. Susan Partridge is

:25:52. > :25:56.running really well in the lead. Look at the style of Freya Ross. She

:25:57. > :26:01.looks to be in control. She is returning to form now. She had a

:26:01. > :26:06.great run in the Olympics two years ago, but has struggled since.

:26:06. > :26:11.Going with the injuries she has had, this is a positive run for her. I

:26:12. > :26:18.will never forget the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh in 1986.

:26:18. > :26:22.They don't realise how fantastic it will be to represent Scotland in the

:26:22. > :26:27.Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. That is an experience you will never get

:26:27. > :26:35.a game. It is amazing. It was life changing for me. Whether

:26:35. > :26:41.you win a medal or not, just to run in front of your home crowd is going

:26:41. > :26:46.to be the best feeling ever. They are fortunate to have the Games in

:26:46. > :26:52.Glasgow. It is great to see how the time has changed. I ran along the

:26:52. > :26:56.canal last night, and I couldn't believe the restaurants and the new

:26:56. > :27:01.buildings. It is great for the city. I can see you are still getting

:27:01. > :27:06.itchy when you see the women's races.

:27:06. > :27:10.There are two Liz McColgans, one who is relaxed and giving us great

:27:10. > :27:15.commentary and vice, and the other who is twitching. I just love

:27:15. > :27:19.athletics. I love athletes to perform. When

:27:19. > :27:23.athletics. they perform well, it is exciting. I

:27:23. > :27:31.get excited by performance. That is what I was all about. That is why it

:27:31. > :27:37.is fantastic to see Haile. Tell you something, looking at the

:27:38. > :27:44.split times, Susan Partridge's personal-best at 10,000 metres is

:27:44. > :27:50.33.18. Today she has run 33.25. She is in the form of her life. She has

:27:50. > :27:56.been running really well. She was surprised last week to be only a

:27:56. > :28:02.second off her personal best. She ran very come to be in that race.

:28:02. > :28:06.She has improved. It is exciting to see her running so well. When the

:28:06. > :28:10.Commonwealth Games comes, I'm she will be right up there in the middle

:28:10. > :28:21.positions. She is coached by Dylan last major international winner in

:28:21. > :28:27.the marathon. -- by the last major international winner.

:28:27. > :28:34.The lone figures in the front, Emmanuel Bett in the blue, Haile

:28:34. > :28:41.Gebrselassie, the greatest distance runner of all time, in second place.

:28:41. > :28:49.They are not many countries in the world where Haile has run and not

:28:49. > :28:54.one. Scotland is one of them. He is staggered at the response he got.

:28:54. > :29:01.Everybody knows Haile Gebrselassie. 20 years ago, he set his first world

:29:01. > :29:05.record. Since then he has gone on to break 27 world records. They

:29:05. > :29:11.certainly know about him. They know about him in Glasgow. They are great

:29:11. > :29:18.sports fans. Next year, we will see they are great fans of the

:29:18. > :29:23.Commonwealth Games. The last event was a bit of a disappointment.

:29:23. > :29:28.Glasgow is already injecting some much-needed impetus. The Games in

:29:28. > :29:41.Glasgow are going to be wonderful. Haile said, why aren't Ethiopian in

:29:41. > :29:45.the Commonwealth? ! It is bad enough having Kenya in

:29:45. > :29:54.there, in the sense that all of their distance runners will be going

:29:54. > :29:57.for gold medals. If you are, that would be a step too far. These two

:29:57. > :30:09.are so far ahead. -- Ethiopian. Just getting a good view of how far

:30:09. > :30:14.ahead they are of Lamdassem and Chris Thompson as everyone else. As

:30:14. > :30:18.they come past this magnificent building. Well, I was there last

:30:19. > :30:23.night watching Rod Stewart! Fantastic show. And he finished with

:30:23. > :30:29.Sailing, and we were all joining in and they were showing pictures of

:30:29. > :30:37.boats being launched, the Queen Mary being launched on the Clyde. And

:30:37. > :30:45.there is the Finney ston crane, a symbol of shipbuilding. Haile said

:30:45. > :30:51.he wouldn't come to see Rod Stewart, he said I have to get to bed,

:30:51. > :30:55.because I'm racing. The crane in the background and then these

:30:55. > :30:59.ultramodern buildings. The latest you saw there, the Hydro, it is an

:30:59. > :31:07.ultramodern buildings. The latest extraordinary building, Bren dan. It

:31:07. > :31:16.has just opened and Rod Stewart has been on there and Fleetwood Macwere

:31:16. > :31:21.on and it is a fantastic arena and it will be a centre piece of

:31:21. > :31:27.Commonwealth Games. They will have the gymnastics and the boxing. But

:31:27. > :31:31.this dockland area has been re-developed. Liz was saying when

:31:31. > :31:37.she was out are upping, even during the night it is a picture. But it is

:31:37. > :31:44.a wonderful transformation of this great city with the shipbuilding and

:31:44. > :31:46.engineering history and now we are seeing modern architecture at its

:31:47. > :31:57.best. That is 14 seconds slower than the

:31:57. > :32:03.very quick 4.22 for the mile between six and seven miles that. Was the

:32:03. > :32:10.fastest mile of the race so far. But very steady and Haile Gebrselassie

:32:10. > :32:16.will not let go. He can't let go now. They're through nine miles as

:32:16. > :32:21.we look back at Susan Partridge, running the race of her life. If she

:32:21. > :32:32.can keep at the same pace. She looks as if she has slowed. Yes, she has

:32:32. > :32:38.slowed. She went through 10k a few seconds off her personal best. And

:32:38. > :32:43.we have the other Scottish goal in 34. 37. So their going at a good

:32:43. > :32:47.pace. So she is going to tire. But she is on her own, so that might be

:32:47. > :32:53.difficult on this course as she turns down. There will be some good

:32:53. > :32:58.times. Freya Ross will run a terrific time if she can keep at

:32:58. > :33:03.that pace. They're through eight miles. This will be an interesting

:33:03. > :33:06.race. There is a four-minute difference in the lifetime best

:33:06. > :33:13.race. There is a four-minute between Susan Partridge and Freya

:33:13. > :33:21.Ross. So you would expect there to be a gap. I wonder how far back

:33:21. > :33:24.Freya Ross is. I can't quite see her at the

:33:24. > :33:30.have gone through the eight-mile mark. Despite the fact that we are

:33:30. > :33:37.seeing Susan Partridge is slowing, she is actually keeping it together

:33:37. > :33:44.with a pretty good pace there. The men on the other hand are just

:33:44. > :33:49.through the 15 kilometre mark. Emmanuel Bett, the same time given

:33:49. > :33:53.for Haile Gebrselassie. So again is still there. We have a different

:33:53. > :33:58.monitor up there and I can see that Haile Gebrselassie is running

:33:58. > :34:04.alongside Bett. Lamdassem 25 seconds behind them. One thing is for sure.

:34:04. > :34:08.We are not going to get a three-time winner here. In this Bank of

:34:08. > :34:13.Scotland Great Scottish Run. It will be a new winner. And Haile

:34:13. > :34:20.Gebrselassie, the first time he has ever raced here. I wonder if he can

:34:20. > :34:26.win it? It is all going to be down to a Great North Run type of finish

:34:26. > :34:31.isn't it? Haile Gebrselassie just alongside Bett. I wonder whether

:34:31. > :34:36.Bett is feeling the pace at the moment. Again just looking very

:34:36. > :34:44.comfortable. For this stage of the race, Brendan? Well the athletes are

:34:44. > :34:49.on schedule here for about a 61 minutes, which will be the fastest

:34:49. > :34:53.time run on this course. But who will win and will they go faster in

:34:53. > :35:04.the later stages? They're on scheduled for a good #250i78. --

:35:04. > :35:11.time. A Haile is running the same pace as in the Great North Run. They

:35:11. > :35:21.are approaching the 10-mile point. Looking at the list of previous

:35:21. > :35:26.winners. Kenyan winners have taken what, about eight or nine of the

:35:26. > :35:32.last ten or 11 races all together. At the moment, it is Ethiopia

:35:32. > :35:38.against Kenya. No surprise there. As they head off left away from that

:35:39. > :35:43.area that we have just had a look A I wonder whether Haile Gebrselassie

:35:43. > :35:47.learned something from the Great North Run. This is where he lost it

:35:47. > :35:52.on that occasion. I think that is where Mo Farah last it too in the

:35:53. > :35:57.Great North Run. A slight down hill stretch, whiches not only -- which

:35:57. > :36:03.is not only stretching the athletes. Haile Gebrselassie looking around.

:36:03. > :36:09.He does want more help. Which Bett is not prepared to do at the moment.

:36:09. > :36:14.He does want more help. Which Bett Here they are as they turn on to the

:36:14. > :36:22.river. Here is the 10-mile point as we see the steel hulled three

:36:22. > :36:29.mastered Glenlee that was built on the river in 1896 and has been

:36:29. > :36:34.restored and is now part of this wonderful Maritime Museum. The

:36:34. > :36:39.riverside museum has many of the maritime possessions here. The time,

:36:39. > :36:47.46 minutes on the clock. Just through ten miles, 46. 26. This a

:36:48. > :36:54.sub-61 pace. That is the fastest run we have seen in the Great Scottish

:36:54. > :37:01.Run and these two as they pass the wonderful sight of the Glenlee. A

:37:01. > :37:07.twist on the corner. Round the museum of transport and then along

:37:07. > :37:14.the river bank. Basically, there is the man in third, Lamdassem. From

:37:14. > :37:21.Spain. He has run the majority of the race totally on his own. So it

:37:21. > :37:28.has been a pretty lonely existence for him. Some way behind Emmanuel

:37:28. > :37:33.Bett and again. Chris Thompson is a long way behind and in fact he is

:37:33. > :37:38.now in fifth place as we see Susan Partridge and Espana, the Spanish

:37:38. > :37:45.European medallists, who has moved ahead of him and by a good 15

:37:45. > :37:52.seconds or so. Susan Partridge, just coming past the Hydro. And those

:37:52. > :37:55.panels on the side there light up in the evening. I don't know what

:37:55. > :38:01.colour it was last night when you were there, Brendan? It was green

:38:01. > :38:06.and white, it was Rod Stewart putting his Celtic colours on show.

:38:06. > :38:13.He was putting footballs into the crowd and I was hoping to catch one,

:38:13. > :38:19.but he wasn't able to get as far as the pack seats where I was. -- back

:38:19. > :38:26.seats. What do you mean the cheap seats. No they were the good seats!

:38:26. > :38:31.Still no sign of Freya Ross. So she is a long way ahead of second place

:38:31. > :38:37.at the moment. And Liz, Susan Partridge heading toward a good

:38:37. > :38:44.season in 2013 and building up now for 2014. There is the fourth place

:38:44. > :38:48.man. That is Espana. We said he was ahead of Chris Thompson by 15

:38:48. > :38:55.seconds or so. I think it must be more than that now. He is on his way

:38:55. > :39:02.back after operations on the bone right next to his Achilles tendon.

:39:02. > :39:08.He wants to be back on the track next year. He said I would love Mo

:39:08. > :39:15.Farah to run the 10,000 next year and leave the 5,000 for me. Well, he

:39:15. > :39:21.is a former champion at the 5,000 and he beat Mo in the World

:39:21. > :39:26.Championships. Now we have about eleven or 12 minutes left and as we

:39:26. > :39:30.head back into the city, the crowds are collecting down towards the city

:39:30. > :39:36.centre. And they're heading in there and now it is about thinking about

:39:36. > :39:44.how you might win it. Ten minutes of running left for these athletes. I

:39:44. > :39:48.wonder... It is interesting to see Andrew Lemoncello in sixth. He has

:39:48. > :39:51.always struggled with jet lag. So this is the first time he has

:39:51. > :39:56.decided, he flew in late yesterday and he stayed up all night and he

:39:56. > :40:01.didn't want to get into the British way of sleeping. So this is has it

:40:01. > :40:07.worked or not worked. Looking at the time it looks as if it has not been

:40:07. > :40:13.a good choice by staying up all night. Well, he knows his body and

:40:13. > :40:17.how it reacts to jet lag better than anyone. But I think most people w

:40:17. > :40:24.heard that thought it was a lilt bit extreme to go to the lengths that

:40:24. > :40:32.apd went to. -- Andrew Lemoncello went to. But now it is down to

:40:32. > :40:37.wills, and who wants it most? Haile Gebrselassie, every time we see him,

:40:37. > :40:43.he takes a couple of paces out of Bett and then Bett gets back to him

:40:43. > :40:48.and then Haile Gebrselassie goes again. I wonder if he is testing him

:40:48. > :40:54.a bit. But it is a straight line now down to Glasgow Green and the

:40:54. > :41:00.finish. Just behind where we are sitting here. Two solitary figures

:41:00. > :41:04.there battling it out. Susan Partridge, now, is she tiring a bit?

:41:04. > :41:05.there battling it out. Susan Look at the gap between herself and

:41:06. > :41:09.Freya Ross. Its almost a minute. But Look at the gap between herself and

:41:10. > :41:15.Susan Partridge is suffering? Yes, she did go off rather fast, but she

:41:15. > :41:21.is still looking strong and she is holding it together. It is a good

:41:21. > :41:25.run from Freya in second, on her way back from injury. So two solid

:41:25. > :41:31.performances so far. We have been lucky with the weather. Although it

:41:31. > :41:37.is raining, it is quite humid and it is great conditions. Freya Ross

:41:37. > :41:44.there, her split time at 15k, she looks to me as if she is heading for

:41:45. > :41:50.a personal best. Her best is 72 minutes. Susan Partridge best is 70

:41:50. > :41:56.minutes and 30 second. Susan Partridge is very close to her best.

:41:56. > :42:04.Hers is the ninth fastest time ever by a British athlete over a half

:42:04. > :42:09.marathon. Now, she has got Mick Samuels for company. And if he is

:42:09. > :42:12.helpful, that will be a real advantage to Susan Partridge. She is

:42:12. > :42:15.working hard and determined to keep it going and to try and run this

:42:16. > :42:21.time and she has a new-found confidence. That is what happens

:42:21. > :42:24.when you run well in a major international Championship. She is

:42:24. > :42:27.now based in Leeds, but she is proud of representing Scotland and will be

:42:27. > :42:32.looking forward to the Commonwealth Games. Thifs is an announcement. --

:42:32. > :42:35.this is an announcement that she is going to be competitive in the

:42:35. > :42:40.marathon in the Commonwealth Games and the people of Scotland will be

:42:40. > :42:50.delighted to hear. They certainly will. Just having a look at the

:42:50. > :42:56.athletes lower down the table. Pauline Wanjiku is getting closer.

:42:56. > :43:00.That is an important step in the right direction for Steph Twell. If

:43:00. > :43:07.she can get third, that will be a boost to her confidence leading into

:43:07. > :43:12.the Commonwealth Games seasons. Steph again too has had a very mixed

:43:12. > :43:17.season this year. She had an awful injury and had to get pins put into

:43:17. > :43:20.her ankle and it has took her a long time to get pack. So it is great

:43:20. > :43:25.that she is out here attempting the time to get pack. So it is great

:43:26. > :43:32.half marathon. Well, it is anybody's guess as to who can take this one.

:43:32. > :43:37.Haile Gebrselassie or Emmanuel Bett. I wouldn't want to put money on it

:43:37. > :43:45.at this stage in the race, but they seem to have increased the pace as

:43:45. > :43:51.we go back to the Glenlee and that is where Susan Partridge is. What a

:43:51. > :43:56.fine prospect Susan Partridge has turned out to be. She is looking a

:43:56. > :44:04.little bit tired. But she has got some help there from Mick Samuels

:44:04. > :44:10.and both of them going well. And past the riverside and here is a

:44:10. > :44:18.move by Haile Gebrselassie. Haile is trying to win this and he has opened

:44:18. > :44:24.a gap. But Emmanuel Bett is a fast finisher and Haile's power at the

:44:24. > :44:29.finish has diminished. And Haile is pouring it on. This is a a real

:44:29. > :44:35.strong move and the first serious move to try and win the race. Bett,

:44:35. > :44:39.don't forget, was last year's fastest 10,000 metre runner in the

:44:39. > :44:45.world. He looked to be full of running earlier and ran aQuaye --

:44:45. > :44:49.away quickly. I thought he was overpowering high y. They have just

:44:49. > :44:54.over a mile to go and they're coming into the city centre and people will

:44:54. > :44:58.be able to see on the television screens as they pass the newspaper

:44:58. > :45:03.headquarters there. And there is Haile, no time to read the papers

:45:03. > :45:08.today. Time to get going. And the crowds are moving and settling down

:45:08. > :45:11.and seeing the yellow vest of great man who has never run in Scotland

:45:11. > :45:26.and I don't think there is any country where he has run in which he

:45:26. > :45:31.has not won a race. LIZ McCOLGAN: It is a pleasure to watch him. He looks

:45:31. > :45:41.so comfortable. That is what you have to have in distance running.

:45:41. > :45:42.You can't force it. You can see his right arm is

:45:42. > :45:44.You can't force it. working. His left arm is fairly

:45:44. > :45:49.static. Yesterday he explained that working. His left arm is fairly

:45:49. > :45:56.when he ran to school as a kid, he carried his books and his left arm.

:45:56. > :46:00.He was driving with his right arm. He says he has tried to get rid of

:46:00. > :46:04.that action where the right arm works and the left arm sits there

:46:04. > :46:15.passively, but he says, I've never been able to do it. I don't think

:46:15. > :46:23.I've ever seen any athlete but is perfect. -- that is perfect. But he

:46:23. > :46:29.has shown what perfection in running in. It is hard training, working,

:46:29. > :46:33.and a dodgy arm! The man with a dodgy arm has taken

:46:33. > :46:41.100 metres out of Emmanuel Bett in the last mile or so. But he is

:46:41. > :46:45.paying a price for it. Maybe if we can have a look back and see what

:46:45. > :46:55.the gap is. You will get a good idea. There we are. It is a good 100

:46:55. > :46:59.metres, isn't it? Gebrselassie has broken and just the right time as

:46:59. > :47:12.they had along the embankment. Inside the last mile. Glasgow Green

:47:12. > :47:17.is ahead of them. Just in the distance, on the right-hand side,

:47:17. > :47:22.you can see Glasgow Green. There you are, the marquees are where we are,

:47:22. > :47:28.and that is what they are aiming for. It is not far to go.

:47:28. > :47:32.Gebrselassie is the man that everybody is hoping can win it here.

:47:32. > :47:36.It will bring a boost to road running in Scotland, that is for

:47:36. > :47:41.sure. You can't say he doesn't deserve it. Neither does Susan

:47:41. > :47:48.Partridge. She really has performed well here. It has been an individual

:47:48. > :47:52.race. She just looks full of determination, as she has from the

:47:52. > :47:58.start. It looks as though she might be getting away from the man who has

:47:58. > :48:02.paced her all the way, Nick Samuels. She is just ahead of him. Nick is on

:48:02. > :48:07.his own now on the other side of the road. Susan Partridge looks as

:48:07. > :48:12.though she has got some of that great and determination back again,

:48:12. > :48:16.that she had in the beginning. She is running well now. 70 minutes

:48:16. > :48:19.is her target. She has got the She is running well now. 70 minutes

:48:19. > :48:23.conditions to do that. She hasn't She is running well now. 70 minutes

:48:23. > :48:27.got the competition. She has had good help from Nick Samuels

:48:27. > :48:32.alongside her. They're here is, just drifting to the far side. Susan

:48:32. > :48:36.Partridge, well, you would have to say she is one of the most improved

:48:36. > :48:44.athlete in Britain this year. 10th in the World Championships. There,

:48:44. > :48:51.overhead, you can see the yellow vest of Haile Gebrselassie with a

:48:51. > :48:58.couple of minutes' running ahead of him. There were three of them

:48:58. > :49:03.together. Lamdassem was a bit of a danger. He is only a few seconds

:49:03. > :49:12.outside the 61 minute pace. The course record in 61 minutes and ten

:49:12. > :49:17.seconds. He told us he was here to win this race. It looks as though he

:49:17. > :49:29.is going to win the race. Can he said a record? Can it be the fastest

:49:29. > :49:34.half marathon ever in Scotland? 61.10 is the record. He wore them

:49:34. > :49:40.down. He realised he had to be ahead of the field. He injected a quick

:49:40. > :49:44.mile between 11 and 12 miles. 4.39 was a quick one. That did the damage

:49:44. > :49:52.to Emmanuel Bett, who was looking dangerous. Look at his action. Even

:49:52. > :50:01.after all these years, he has got a beautiful action. The records he has

:50:01. > :50:06.set have been formidable. There he goes, under the bridge. The yellow

:50:06. > :50:25.vest appears on the other side. Now these people are re-lies

:50:25. > :50:34.Key is going to hear the applause in a few seconds. -- he is. He can just

:50:34. > :50:38.about see the finish from here. A few hundred metres to go for the

:50:38. > :50:45.greatest. He has just got enough energy left to put on a little bit

:50:45. > :50:52.of a show at the end. 200 metres. Haile Gebrselassie is doing here

:50:52. > :50:58.what he could do in South Shields. On that occasion he was beaten by

:50:58. > :51:05.two good athletes indeed. This time it is going to be so, so close. Just

:51:05. > :51:15.61.10 is the record. Can he get inside it? Surely he can. Haile

:51:15. > :51:26.Gebrselassie, very close... That is a course record! Gebrselassie wins.

:51:26. > :51:30.61.06. Not only has he done it, he has produced the fastest time ever

:51:30. > :51:36.for the half marathon distance. There is Emmanuel Bett, finishing in

:51:36. > :51:41.second place. A couple of miles back, Gebrselassie just put on a bit

:51:41. > :51:55.of a spurt. Then there was a second one and a half mile later. 61.36.

:51:55. > :52:04.Those two were way, way ahead of anybody else. Lamdassem, a former

:52:04. > :52:13.Moroccan, now running for Spain. He has run the majority of this race

:52:13. > :52:20.totally on his own. That is just outside his lifetime best. We have

:52:20. > :52:34.our first three. Where is the first Briton? The first three there are

:52:34. > :52:38.off to have their photographs taken. We're waiting for Jesus Barna, who

:52:38. > :52:46.just ahead of Chris Thompson. -- Jesus Espana.

:52:46. > :52:52.Whether Chris has managed to make up the 15 seconds, we are not sure.

:52:52. > :52:59.Brendan, what about Haile Gebrselassie? He truly is the

:52:59. > :53:03.greatest. You can't say more than that, can you? BRENDAN FOSTER:

:53:03. > :53:08.Absolutely right. He came here, promised to try and win it. He has

:53:08. > :53:12.never been here before. He's coming here for the first time in his

:53:12. > :53:17.running career at the age of 40, and he has run the fastest time ever in

:53:17. > :53:24.this race. We can see the former European champion, Jesus Espana, who

:53:24. > :53:30.is coming back from serious injury and multiple operations. Now an

:53:30. > :53:35.athlete who has got ambitions to run on the road. He says his big

:53:35. > :53:38.ambition for next year is to win the 5000 metres again at the European

:53:38. > :53:40.Championships. His big hope is that Mo Farah will give it a miss and

:53:40. > :53:46.Championships. His big hope is that only run the 10,000 metres. There he

:53:46. > :53:52.is, Paul. Jesus Espana, way ahead of Chris

:53:52. > :53:59.Thompson. There is Chris Thompson, just coming into the finish area.

:53:59. > :54:07.Jesus Espana is about 100 and metres ahead of him. Certainly good to see

:54:07. > :54:14.this man and Mo Farah on course for a European title again. We think Mo

:54:14. > :54:18.Farah will get out of that one. Jesus Espana wins the battle between

:54:18. > :54:22.him and Chris Thompson. Andrew Lemoncello is putting on a spurt. I

:54:22. > :54:30.wonder if Chris Thompson knows where Lemoncello is. He is gaining with

:54:30. > :54:37.every stride. Chris Thompson is just taking a glance behind him.

:54:38. > :54:45.He is certainly confident of crossing the line in fifth place. He

:54:45. > :54:51.is running this like a triathlete would finish the race. LIZ McCOLGAN:

:54:51. > :55:00.It is strange to see him celebrating fifth place. He is enjoying it. He

:55:00. > :55:06.has used it as a training run. It is going to be interesting to see

:55:06. > :55:10.Chris Thompson run the full marathon distance. Lemoncello crosses in

:55:10. > :55:17.sixth place. A good result for him. Whether the experiment worked in

:55:17. > :55:22.terms of going to bed later to see which works... He stayed up all

:55:22. > :55:27.night and said he would have a nap before the race. I don't know if it

:55:27. > :55:32.works out for him. It is not his quickest time.

:55:32. > :55:40.I bet he is not the only one who stayed up all night. Maybe!

:55:40. > :55:46.Looking back down the course, about a mile and a half behind is Susan

:55:46. > :55:52.Partridge. How much strength has she got left to bring it on home? She

:55:52. > :55:58.has got a lifetime best of 70.32. She ran it earlier on this season.

:55:58. > :56:07.She was well ahead of Freya Ross earlier on. She seems to have

:56:07. > :56:12.regained the length of stride, the cadence, without too much of the

:56:12. > :56:17.problem. She is suffering a bit, make no mistake. She has run its

:56:17. > :56:21.very hard. At the moment Susan Partridge is well in the lead in

:56:21. > :56:30.going for what we hope will be a very fast time.

:56:30. > :56:34.It has only been seven weeks since she did before marathon. Most

:56:34. > :56:39.people's legs are only coming around after about six weeks. Things are

:56:39. > :56:46.people's legs are only coming around looking good for her for the

:56:46. > :56:53.Commonwealth Games, 2014. She has got great times ahead of her

:56:53. > :56:58.now. She has got a confidence boosting season and the glories of

:56:58. > :57:07.victory. Her victory in the Great Scottish Run is assured. She's going

:57:07. > :57:14.for it now. She knows she has got the race in the bag. Then it is

:57:14. > :57:19.about the time. They know what times they do in training. They know what

:57:19. > :57:25.their targets are. Her target today, surely, is a personal best.

:57:25. > :57:30.It is going to be close, though. 70.32 is her personal best. It is

:57:30. > :57:36.going to be very tight on that. She has got to enjoy this victory. These

:57:36. > :57:39.are good times in her career. Susan Partridge spent a lot of time

:57:39. > :57:45.training up here and Glasgow. Recently she has been living and

:57:45. > :57:49.working in Leeds. Here she is, looking good. She is looking really

:57:49. > :57:56.strong. She has been consistent from the

:57:56. > :58:02.start. She looks as though she has load -- has slowed down a bit. She

:58:02. > :58:06.trains in Colorado. It has worked well for her. The consistency and

:58:06. > :58:26.miles there in training have showed. So just one figure we are all

:58:26. > :58:32.looking at now. We plan ahead to look at where Glasgow Green is, and

:58:32. > :58:35.there it is. There is the finishing area. We adjust to the left-hand

:58:36. > :58:41.there it is. There is the finishing side that. So, back to Susan

:58:41. > :58:53.Partridge. -- we are just to the left hand side of that. Freya Ross

:58:53. > :59:03.there, back in second place. She is, goodness only knows how far

:59:03. > :59:09.behind Susan Partridge she is. She seems to have slowed a bit. But her

:59:09. > :59:16.form is suffering too much. The cadence is a bit less. Freya Ross

:59:16. > :59:29.surely is going to batter her lifetime best as well. There is

:59:29. > :59:36.Susan Partridge. Now, come on. She is going to be just outside that

:59:36. > :59:42.lifetime best, I feel. But she is getting close. It could be on. It

:59:42. > :59:48.could be on. She has just got this last turn, then the last 150 metres

:59:48. > :59:56.or so beyond the arch. She could do it. But it is going to be close.

:59:56. > :00:00.Certainly the crowd will be well aware of the fact that she is going

:00:00. > :00:07.to represent Scotland at the Commonwealth Games next year. They

:00:07. > :00:15.will be at her to give her as much support as possible. She is going to

:00:15. > :00:20.be outside 70 minutes. Susan Partridge will get very close to her

:00:20. > :00:25.lifetime best. That will give her confidence and know she can go into

:00:25. > :00:29.the remaining races this season full of running. Maybe did a bit too much

:00:29. > :00:39.earlier on. But it will be very close. 70.32 is the time she is

:00:39. > :00:41.aiming for. No doubt about the fact that Susan Partridge is number one

:00:41. > :00:48.in Glasgow and probably in Britain at the moment and it is going to be

:00:48. > :00:53.just outside. But what a great ricketry -- victory by Susan

:00:53. > :00:57.Partridge in this Great Scottish Run. It shows she is delighted.

:00:57. > :01:02.Freya Ross is coming into the park. That will be a huge lifetime best,

:01:02. > :01:07.Liz and that will delight the Scottish crowd, as well as the

:01:07. > :01:13.athlete herself? Yes, two great performances from the girls. A

:01:13. > :01:18.massive PB for Freya and especially coming back from a bad injury. So it

:01:18. > :01:24.is looking good for Scotland for the Commonwealth Games. For Susan to run

:01:24. > :01:28.just outside a personal best just after completing a marathon is

:01:28. > :01:41.amazing. There is a lot more to come from here. -- her. If Freya Ross can

:01:41. > :01:49.run in this sort of shape for half the distance, well... So Freya Ross

:01:49. > :01:58.comes in second place behind Susan Partridge. She has got a lifetime

:01:58. > :02:06.best of 72. 23 and it will be inside 72 minutes. A great second place for

:02:06. > :02:09.Freya Ross. Belongs to the Chester-le-Street. Pauline Wanjiku,

:02:09. > :02:20.we haven't seen much of her since the first two broke off. But the

:02:20. > :02:27.Kenyan just lost her way a little bit. As they approach Bellahouston

:02:27. > :02:31.Park, that is when the front three split up and they have been running

:02:31. > :02:39.on their own and she is suffering as a result. But

:02:39. > :02:47.outside that sort of time. But when Wanjiku gets third. She will be

:02:47. > :02:58.shattered at the end of this. What a good race it was from Freya Ross and

:02:58. > :03:03.from our winner. Pauline Wanjiku has been running all over Britain. There

:03:03. > :03:09.is Stephanie Twell. She was gaining at one point. But she is back in

:03:09. > :03:13.shape? Yes, it is great to see Steph do the half

:03:13. > :03:21.Commonwealth Games she has been selected for the 5k. I can see her

:03:21. > :03:31.being successful at the fulmar thon. She has had a couple of weeks off

:03:31. > :03:35.and that is a good performance. And three Scottish women in the top

:03:35. > :03:43.four. That says a loot for Scottish distance -- lot for Scottish

:03:43. > :03:48.distance running? Yes and #we6 we have got a lot of men and women run

:03:48. > :03:53.for Scotland that will be in more final and will have the opportunity

:03:53. > :03:56.to win more medals. It is all coming right for us. I think when the

:03:56. > :03:59.Commonwealth Games come, a lot of right for us. I think when the

:03:59. > :04:04.the Scottish people will know these guys and be supporting them and it

:04:04. > :04:13.will be a fantastic experience. I am sure it will. Steph Twell gets

:04:13. > :04:18.fourth place. So applause all round from the front three. Susan

:04:18. > :04:30.Partridge, Freya Ross and Pauline Wanjiku: Steph Twell was gaining on

:04:30. > :04:36.Wanjiku at one point. But she couldn't keep the pace up. But

:04:36. > :04:42.nevertheless the winner, Susan Partridge, can walk off the course,

:04:42. > :04:48.being delighted with her performance. Well there we are, we

:04:48. > :04:56.are back towards the Hydro. No Rod Stewart at this moment in time. But

:04:56. > :05:02.certainly a lot of athletes. That has been quite a morning from the

:05:02. > :05:05.women. One of the greatest athletes there has ever been in Haile

:05:05. > :05:13.Gebrselassie, winning here for the first time in Glasgow and a great

:05:13. > :05:19.tussle between three Scottish athletes and Pauline Wanjiku of

:05:19. > :05:23.Kenya. And now we have got the general public. I hate to call them

:05:23. > :05:30.joggers, they're not joggers, they're serious athletes this lot.

:05:30. > :05:36.But they will be coming around the Hydroand the xibgs centre and the --

:05:36. > :05:40.exhibition centre and the rest of the fantastic buildings in that part

:05:40. > :05:44.of the River Clyde and the crane as well. And of course on the other

:05:44. > :05:48.side of the river, the BBC! They will be coming around there for a

:05:48. > :05:56.while, heading towards the finish. And so far so good with the weather.

:05:56. > :06:02.Well, the wonderful riverside architecture of this hugely

:06:02. > :06:06.transformed city, the Hydro, we will celebrate there next year for the

:06:06. > :06:11.Commonwealth Games. But we have had a message from the Scottish

:06:11. > :06:15.athletes, we have seen three women athletes featuring in the top four.

:06:15. > :06:21.They're looking forward to celebrating Glasgow 2014 and today

:06:21. > :06:24.is about the people of Glasgow. The conditions are good and we have seen

:06:24. > :06:28.some great races and Haile Gebrselassie, the greatest of them

:06:28. > :06:34.all, comes to Scotland for his first run and goes away with a victory and

:06:34. > :06:37.a course record. So we have had a good morning. Lovely pictures there

:06:37. > :06:41.of the finish. The rain has come on good morning. Lovely pictures there

:06:41. > :06:46.fairly lightly. But it is still a beautiful day in Glasgow and a great

:06:46. > :06:52.win for Haile Gebrselassie. What an incredible athlete he is and Susan

:06:52. > :06:57.Partridge a fabtastic -- fantastic win. Earlier we heard from a guy

:06:57. > :07:05.called Kevin Gallacher, who is running to raise money for a charity

:07:05. > :07:11.set up by his grandfather and he is with Rhona. Kevin, you're looking in

:07:11. > :07:16.fine form. Yes, I kept up with a couple of Kenyans for a couple of

:07:16. > :07:19.miles, but then the ham string wouldn't let me go further. What

:07:19. > :07:23.does it mean to be able to take part and be strong and fit after

:07:23. > :07:29.everything you have been through? Just being able to go out and run

:07:29. > :07:34.and do it and finish it. That is the only thing. I think these events are

:07:34. > :07:35.quite emotional. But you have an emotional background to this, which

:07:35. > :07:39.must make things, things going emotional background to this, which

:07:39. > :07:45.through your mind that you wouldn't normally think of? Yes there is

:07:45. > :07:53.people you think of who have passed away. My grandfather passed away and

:07:53. > :07:59.he set up the hospice I am running for. We have an autumn ball in a

:07:59. > :08:04.couple of weeks, so we can raise more money. You're hardly out of

:08:04. > :08:10.breath? I was running, my friend Declan was with he, he disappeared.

:08:10. > :08:17.I think he went down a ditch! But I fine. Do you have a time in mind?

:08:17. > :08:24.I'm going to break my record, because it is my first time running.

:08:24. > :08:31.Well done. Cheers! Well done to Kevin there is the picture at the

:08:31. > :08:39.ten-mile mark the MV Glenlee and the piper piping them around the corner.

:08:39. > :08:43.Think still have a few miles to go. Of course, everyone today has a

:08:43. > :08:47.reason to run this race, over the course of the morning, hundreds of

:08:47. > :08:50.thousands, if not millions, will be raised for charity over this

:08:50. > :09:00.weekend. Everyone has a reason for doing it. Here a group to tell you

:09:01. > :09:08.why they're taking part. I'm Heather, I'm eleven and I'm running

:09:08. > :09:16.the family mile with my mum and dad. I'm Ann, I'm 47 and doing the family

:09:16. > :09:24.mile and the 10k. Hi, aim Audrey and I'm 54 and doing the family mile and

:09:24. > :09:30.running the 10k. I am Calum, I'm 15 and doing the family mile with my

:09:31. > :09:37.mum. I'm raising money to support Viz yinlt and supporting my --

:09:37. > :09:45.Visibility and supporting my partner, pawedry -- Audrey. I have

:09:45. > :09:50.always wanted to race with my mum. So I'm looking forward to the family

:09:50. > :09:56.mile. My mum's dragging me out of bed, but I'm happy to do the family

:09:56. > :10:00.mile and support Visibility. I started to run after I lost my sight

:10:00. > :10:10.and I have been running and supporting my charity and I love it!

:10:11. > :10:15.Yeah! Sight loss hasn't stopped me from doing what I want to do and if

:10:15. > :10:22.people are out there and they want to try something regardless of their

:10:22. > :10:27.disability, just go for it. This is our run! Another beautiful and

:10:27. > :10:32.inspirational story there. Ann, Audrey, Calum and Heather took art

:10:32. > :10:37.in the family -- part in the family mile yesterday. The action started

:10:37. > :10:50.with a mini-run and today's winner, Haile Gebrselassie, was the guest

:10:50. > :11:00.-- guest of honour. It is my first proper race was at the Great

:11:00. > :11:07.Scottish Run back when I was 12 or 13. It was back on Glasgow Green

:11:07. > :11:14.when I did it. It is an event I enjoy. All the kids, they have the

:11:14. > :11:18.numbers and they have the warm ups, it is totally different from the

:11:18. > :11:23.school vents. The amount of children who are here shows how important

:11:23. > :11:33.these events are and it brings everyone together.

:11:33. > :11:56.This is race number three the family race.

:11:56. > :12:35.Well has been a real festival of running this weekend and a moment to

:12:35. > :12:40.save -- savour when the leaders crossed the finishing line. Plenty

:12:40. > :12:51.of messages from everyone watching on TV. From as far afield Azar can

:12:51. > :12:55.saw -- America. But certainly a moment that everybody here will

:12:55. > :13:01.enjoy. The half marathon distance, I think is an excel leapt distance to

:13:01. > :13:06.-- excellent distance to start your career. A marathon maybe too far.

:13:06. > :13:14.But you still get a lot of first timers in a race like this. 11,500

:13:14. > :13:19.people lined up and took to the streets. They took the streets of

:13:19. > :13:22.Glasgow by storm. Certainly, a day to enjoy. It is a great opportunity

:13:22. > :13:27.and there is not a lot of sports that you can get fun runners

:13:27. > :13:32.actually running with the elite and it makes it so accessible to people

:13:32. > :13:38.and you know to do a half marathon is such a challenge and you have got

:13:38. > :13:40.to train for it. But it is something that you can do. It is a fantastic

:13:40. > :14:00.distance to get involved in. Hello, I'm Lee, I'm 38 today and

:14:00. > :14:06.this is my run. A year ago today I was 30 stone, working too hard in

:14:06. > :14:11.the office, living off takeaways and not moving much. I decided to change

:14:11. > :14:17.my life and I have lost ten stone in the last year. As a foster career I

:14:17. > :14:23.have to attend annual medicals last year the doct of and I -- doctor and

:14:23. > :14:29.I decided it was time to change my life. We have two great kids in our

:14:29. > :14:34.xar. It is a short -- care, it is a short time arrangement, but we

:14:34. > :14:39.wanted it to go long-term and I had to make guarantees that I was going

:14:39. > :14:43.to be around to see them through their teenage years. It was not

:14:43. > :14:49.difficult, all I had to do was give up the takeaways, get out walking

:14:49. > :14:54.and keep my calory count to 2,000 a day. So in the last year my family

:14:54. > :15:05.and friends have given me stick, calling me salad muncher and so on.

:15:05. > :15:11.But I think they proud of me. Here is a spoiler alert, I won't win, but

:15:11. > :15:19.if I get round at a brisk pace I will be pleased. I'm going to do

:15:19. > :15:24.this to help them and thank them and to enkunch you to -- encourage you

:15:24. > :15:28.to take up foster caring. So watch is in race, get your jacket on, go

:15:28. > :15:39.for a walk and this time next year you can join me in the Great

:15:39. > :15:43.Scottish Run 2014. We have got plenty more coming on

:15:43. > :15:47.this programme. The half marathon set at about 1130 this morning. The

:15:47. > :15:59.women's race was a cracker. Susan Partridge was the first of the

:15:59. > :16:10.athletes, along with Freya Ross, to be introduced to the crowd. Early

:16:10. > :16:14.doors, it was Susan Partridge. She was being led there by Wanjiku. She

:16:14. > :16:20.eventually fell back from Susan Partridge, who was being shadowed

:16:20. > :16:22.the whole way by Freya Ross. But Freya Ross herself began to fall

:16:22. > :16:30.the whole way by Freya Ross. But behind a bit. The constant figure

:16:30. > :16:37.there of Nick Samuels, running alongside Freya Ross for a long

:16:37. > :16:44.time. Susan Partridge began to forge her way to the head of the field, a

:16:45. > :16:51.long way ahead of anybody. Nick Samuels will still with her when

:16:51. > :16:58.they went past the European Museum of the year, the Riverside Museum,

:16:58. > :17:03.and Indo -- into Glasgow Green. An excellent performance by Susan

:17:03. > :17:15.Partridge, already selected for the Commonwealth Games for Scotland.

:17:15. > :17:19.I am with Susan Partridge, the win of the women's race. Susan, many

:17:19. > :17:27.congratulations. How are you feeling? I feel great. I have just

:17:27. > :17:31.won the race! It was a solo run for much of the race. Is that how you

:17:31. > :17:40.were visualising it before you started? Not really. I thought it

:17:40. > :17:45.would be closer, actually. My main aim was to be competitive, stay at

:17:45. > :17:46.the front for as long as possible and be competitive for as long as

:17:46. > :17:52.possible. I thought it would come and be competitive for as long as

:17:52. > :17:56.down to the last couple of miles, or even a sprint finish, which I didn't

:17:56. > :18:03.fancy at all. After three or four miles I started to head away. You

:18:03. > :18:05.were saying you were at Glasgow Green on Friday in the visualised

:18:05. > :18:15.the end of the race. It didn't turn out as you expected.

:18:16. > :18:19.I thought wouldn't it be great if I had a sprint finish.

:18:19. > :18:24.To be honest, it feels nicer with nobody around. It is so hard when

:18:24. > :18:29.somebody is trying to take it from you.

:18:30. > :18:36.Did you think you would do a personal best if you went harder?

:18:36. > :18:42.Having somebody with me could have given me the extra ten seconds.

:18:42. > :18:48.To be honest, I don't really care. I won the race, which is what I

:18:48. > :18:52.wanted. We had three Scottish runners in the top four.

:18:52. > :18:58.It shows how strong Scottish distance running is. It is a good

:18:58. > :19:02.standard today, and an elite field. We can put out so many strong

:19:02. > :19:08.Scottish runners. Scotland should be excited about the common wealth

:19:08. > :19:14.Games next year. -- Commonwealth Games.

:19:14. > :19:24.BRENDAN FOSTER: In the men's race, Haile Gebrselassie was running for

:19:24. > :19:40.the first time in Scotland. Behind that group, Lamdassem was a danger.

:19:40. > :19:43.The three of them broke away, and suddenly an injection of pace by

:19:43. > :19:45.Emmanuel Bett. He was last year's fastest 10,000 metre runner. Look

:19:45. > :19:49.Emmanuel Bett. He was last year's how he went away. Gebrselassie

:19:49. > :19:54.realised he had some competition here. The two of them were neck and

:19:54. > :20:02.neck as they crossed the Clyde River. Ten miles, and they steal two

:20:03. > :20:08.in contention. Gebrselassie has been trying and testing and realising

:20:08. > :20:18.that he has got to get away from Emmanuel Bett. The crowds were

:20:18. > :20:23.gathering in the centre of town. Gebrselassie broken down. It was a

:20:23. > :20:29.welcome sight for him on his first visit to Scotland on his way to Iraq

:20:29. > :20:32.at time of 61 point 09 seconds. The great man came here and he conquered

:20:32. > :20:43.them. - micro-sick to 1.9 seconds. I am with the winner now,

:20:43. > :20:50.Gebrselassie. I am with the winner now,

:20:50. > :20:54.Congratulations. Thank you very much. Today was wonderful.

:20:54. > :20:58.Congratulations. Thank you very I'm so happy. The weather,

:20:58. > :21:02.everything was perfect. We thought you said the weather

:21:02. > :21:09.might be cute. But for the time of year, it was reasonably warm. I did

:21:09. > :21:17.not expect this kind of weather. Today is a perfect setup.

:21:17. > :21:22.Glasgow is the sort of place that puts a welcome on for everybody. It

:21:22. > :21:28.is raining now, and still lots of people on the course. It is going to

:21:28. > :21:38.get harder for them. It will be fine. I don't think it is

:21:38. > :21:43.that difficult. I hope they enjoy. You said before the race you can't

:21:43. > :21:47.understand why you had never been to Scotland before. Does that mean you

:21:47. > :21:56.would come back for the Great Scottish Run in future? A Scottish

:21:56. > :22:05.record, for me, I am so happy today. I don't know why I didn't run here

:22:05. > :22:10.for a long time. You have also smashed the veterans' record as

:22:10. > :22:26.well. That is 28 world records now. Will you ever slowed down? I can

:22:26. > :22:33.still run faster. Today, as you see, it was nice to smashed the record.

:22:33. > :22:39.I'm sure you will smash many records. It is a joy to see you.

:22:39. > :22:43.David is with the first Scottish finisher in the men's race, Andrew

:22:43. > :22:48.Lemoncello. Andrew, welcome back to Scotland. It

:22:48. > :22:57.is raining. A change from Arizona. How was the race? Good. I am super

:22:57. > :23:05.impressed. The ladies ran superfast. It felt like we were running against

:23:05. > :23:11.the wind. I had a hard day, but any day I can come home and run in front

:23:11. > :23:18.of the Scots is fun for me. And you are super tired as well? I came in

:23:18. > :23:26.yesterday morning, slept during the day. It is 4am, my time. A fantastic

:23:26. > :23:34.taster for the Commonwealth Games next year. The support was the

:23:34. > :23:41.nominal. The crowd just lifted media whole way. -- the support was

:23:41. > :23:48.phenomenal. I couldn't believe how much support I was getting. It was

:23:48. > :23:54.so energising. Ie deciding whether to do the 10K or the marathon at the

:23:54. > :24:03.Commonwealth Games? -- are you deciding. I am leading towards the

:24:04. > :24:09.10K. Running in front of a stadium of 60,000 Scots, you can't beat

:24:09. > :24:15.that. If I can run the marathon time as well and then choose, that would

:24:15. > :24:20.be good options to have. Also, you are running here today for your

:24:20. > :24:27.daughter. Yeah, she is four months old. She was born with Down's

:24:27. > :24:32.syndrome. In two weeks I am going to try to do a record on the world --

:24:32. > :24:39.world record on the treadmill the half marathon. I'm super motivated

:24:39. > :24:48.by her. When it gets tough, I think of her. Super motivated and super

:24:48. > :24:54.tired. Thank you. Well done to Andrew Lemoncello. Time

:24:54. > :25:01.to hear from one of the other 11,500 runners. Gary Tucker's girl is two

:25:01. > :25:07.years old. She has spent much of her short life in hospital. She has

:25:07. > :25:11.severe chronic lung disease. Gary is running his first half marathon to

:25:11. > :25:14.raise money for the York children's charity to say thank you for

:25:14. > :25:20.raise money for the York children's everything the hospital has done for

:25:20. > :25:29.Maria. My wife became pregnant and we went

:25:29. > :25:37.for the first scan. She was wondering, why is her heart beating

:25:37. > :25:43.so fast. It was two heartbeats. That was when we would -- we discovered

:25:43. > :25:52.we were getting twins. At 16 weeks, we went back and discovered there

:25:52. > :26:15.was only one heartbeat. We lost one. It was heartbreaking for us. She was

:26:15. > :26:22.delivered at 32 weeks. They took the bowel out and had a look and there

:26:22. > :26:31.was lots of blockages. They took out the blockages and put it back

:26:31. > :26:36.together. We thought, OK, it might be a few weeks and she can come

:26:36. > :26:42.home. But then she had an eventful night that she had high blood --

:26:43. > :26:53.high BP. She had a clot in her kidney. -- high blood pressure. She

:26:53. > :26:59.now has one normal working kidney. As time went on, we discovered she

:26:59. > :27:04.had chronic lung disease. It wasn't until she was home, really, that we

:27:04. > :27:14.discovered she needed oxygen all the time. Just recently, we have had the

:27:14. > :27:20.mild cerebral palsy diagnosis. Things go through your mind. Why

:27:21. > :27:27.her? She is just an innocent baby. Whether she have to suffer? She has

:27:27. > :27:35.been ventilated three times already. The amount of pain she goes through,

:27:35. > :27:44.it is unbelievable. She would walk in the future. We hope. The signs

:27:45. > :27:53.are good. We just need to be patient and love her and watch over her. She

:27:53. > :28:02.will get there. I'm running for the children's charity. Running for

:28:02. > :28:09.them, man... These people are very good. They did a great job. We are

:28:09. > :28:16.thankful to them for what they have done for our little new one. All of

:28:16. > :28:32.the nurses as well, the doctors, they did a great job.

:28:32. > :28:41.We are with one of the most well-known faces in the field today,

:28:41. > :28:50.Celtic's manager, Neil Lennon. How was it today? It was great fun. It

:28:50. > :28:54.was delightful to have that sense of achievement at the end as well.

:28:54. > :29:00.There are so many great causes here. Running with Gary was great fun

:29:00. > :29:03.today. It was a brilliant morning. Can't speak highly enough of the

:29:03. > :29:15.people who have organised this event. And your time? I broke an

:29:15. > :29:25.hour. I got 54. Next-day, may be broke -- break 50. -- next year,

:29:25. > :29:33.perhaps break 50. Have you been bitten by the running bug? I don't

:29:33. > :29:38.know, but I would like to do a half marathon. It is just very

:29:38. > :29:45.time-consuming and it takes a lot of planning. I'm a busy man. People

:29:45. > :29:51.like yourself keep me busy! How much training did you put in? I did three

:29:51. > :30:06.or four weeks. It was pretty comfortable. Scott Brown was here

:30:06. > :30:13.cheering you on. Was he? No! He will be in for a heavy donation after the

:30:13. > :30:20.last couple of weeks. You are running for a Celtic Charity? No,

:30:20. > :30:28.two. St Margaret Hospice in Clydebank and four in Northern Irish

:30:28. > :30:37.charity. -- and for a Northern Irish charity. Thanks for your time. Neil

:30:37. > :30:42.Lennon's office at Celtic Park will be hosting the opening ceremony for

:30:42. > :30:47.the Commonwealth Games. It will be a huge event for the city and the

:30:47. > :30:54.athletes competing. It is a brilliant venue and I'm sure it will

:30:54. > :30:57.do a brilliant job. Here in Glasgow Green at the Great Scottish Run, the

:30:57. > :31:01.weather is less than ideal. Things have changed somewhat. Behind me

:31:01. > :31:06.people are coming over the line, some walking, some running, some

:31:06. > :31:12.sprinting. And as you can see, they're coming in and they have been

:31:12. > :31:17.running for some time. The Commonwealth Games will be a huge

:31:17. > :31:23.event for the city. Let's hear from some soft stars that -- some of the

:31:23. > :31:38.stars that will be here in nine months time. I'm Sally Pearson. I'm

:31:38. > :31:44.looking forward to competing in Glasgow. I'm looking forward to the

:31:44. > :31:48.Commonwealth Games. I'm looking forward to running in the

:31:48. > :31:53.Commonwealth Games. Britain has a great chance to demonstrate how much

:31:53. > :31:59.they love sport. I have great memories from winning the gold medal

:31:59. > :32:03.in 2010. I hope by next year, God willing, I will be in the

:32:03. > :32:10.Commonwealth Games in Scotland. It is running on British soil. I hope

:32:10. > :32:16.to compete next year. In the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. It

:32:16. > :32:23.will be brilliant for Glasgow and Britain and all the athletes. I'm

:32:23. > :32:27.hoping maybe I will get a gold medal. There are some of the runners

:32:27. > :32:31.coming through at the end of their half marathon today. That is a

:32:31. > :32:37.welcome sight for them. They will see that arch and know they only

:32:37. > :32:42.have a couple of hundred metres. But those guys in the rain, still about

:32:42. > :32:46.three miles to go. The shoulders are dropping a bit. But they know if

:32:46. > :32:55.they dig deep they will make it all the way. A fantastic effort. Smiling

:32:55. > :33:00.they are. And delighted to be here in Glasgow although the liquid

:33:00. > :33:10.sunshine is battering off their head. I'm joined by Keri-anne Payne

:33:10. > :33:17.and David Currie and Colin Gregor. You ran the 10k today? Yes, myself

:33:17. > :33:21.and David did it together. It was nice and we got time to catch up.

:33:21. > :33:26.Because we haven't seen each other for a while. And David was very

:33:26. > :33:30.patient with me and ran with me all the way around. You have now retired

:33:30. > :33:34.from competitive swimming, no Commonwealth Games for you, what was

:33:34. > :33:43.it like running afternooned here with your -- around here with your

:33:44. > :33:49.wife? It was brilliant. Just getting used to using my legs on land was

:33:49. > :33:56.tough. But it was a great achievement to do a 10k and it is

:33:56. > :34:00.funny to think that 10k in the water is easy for us, but running is

:34:00. > :34:04.tough. But it was so easy with the support. Colin, you're involved in

:34:04. > :34:08.the Scotland sevens and you will be playing at Ibrox next year. Tell us

:34:08. > :34:11.how Scotland are doing in terms of preparation. I understand your

:34:11. > :34:18.preparation is not great, because you're injured. Yes the squad are in

:34:18. > :34:24.Australia prepare fog the -- preparing for the Gold Coast sevens.

:34:24. > :34:29.It is the start of a massive years for Scottish sevens. Hopefully we

:34:29. > :34:36.get a good start next weekend and build up to Glasgow next year.

:34:36. > :34:39.Keri-anne, I must talk to you about the Commonwealth Games. Any chance

:34:40. > :34:47.you will compete for England? It would be a dream to go to the

:34:47. > :34:52.Commonwealth Games. I went to Delhi games and came away with a bronze.

:34:52. > :34:56.Now it is a time to work on things outside the pool as well and to get

:34:56. > :35:01.strong and start to work on land stuff as well. So I'm doing one

:35:01. > :35:07.session a day at the moment and we will wa and see how it goes. But I'm

:35:07. > :35:10.looking forward to being part of the Commonwealth Games, no matter what

:35:10. > :35:16.point it will be. But the crowd and the experience today is just a small

:35:16. > :35:21.taste of it. David you know what it is about, on the podium with the

:35:21. > :35:26.gold medal. Give us a sense for what it is like for any athlete to

:35:26. > :35:33.represent their country and to do that on your home soil? We saw in

:35:33. > :35:37.London last summer, it was such a game-changer for sport here. All of

:35:37. > :35:43.a Ied season people started getting -- all of a sudden people got

:35:43. > :35:47.interested in sport and you see the spike in interest, whether it is the

:35:48. > :35:52.30,000 people running. It is just a small indication of that. But when

:35:52. > :35:58.you're on that podium seeing the Saltire flag raised, it is all of a

:35:58. > :36:03.sudden it comes home and I remember thinking, don't cry! But I managed

:36:03. > :36:08.to get through that. It is amazing the impact that four lilt swimming

:36:08. > :36:14.lengths in a swimming pool can have around the other side of the world.

:36:14. > :36:17.I was crying when you won your gold! Colin, Scotland invented the game of

:36:17. > :36:20.sevens in Melrose and you're playing Colin, Scotland invented the game of

:36:20. > :36:26.in the Commonwealth Games in the seven, New Zealand have dominated in

:36:26. > :36:32.the world series, any chance Scotland could be getting gold? No

:36:32. > :36:37.pressure! That is the plan. We are training hard and heading that way.

:36:37. > :36:43.New Zealand are a strong team, so hopefully we can avoid them until

:36:43. > :36:47.the final and I think if we have a good season and with home support,

:36:47. > :36:53.I'm sure we will give it a good shot. All the best to you and thank

:36:53. > :36:57.you for joining us. It is a wee bit wet now! Typical Glasgow weather,

:36:57. > :37:03.beautiful this morning and now wet. The runners are still out there and

:37:03. > :37:08.also Hampden Park, Scotland's national stadium, women be home to

:37:08. > :37:14.the -- will be home to the athletics and we will see Jessica Ennis Hill

:37:14. > :37:20.as she explains, whether watching on TV, or pabging -- taking part, they

:37:20. > :37:29.have had a great impact on her career. It is long! Oh has he got a

:37:29. > :37:45.white flag? Yes, he has. Well we seem to have a slight

:37:45. > :37:50.problem with our video tape there. But now ewith will talk you through

:37:50. > :37:54.these pictures. There is people finishing and there is some people

:37:54. > :38:00.out on the course. Plenty of work still to be done for these guys.

:38:00. > :38:04.That is the crane around near the SECC and still some work to be done

:38:04. > :38:09.there. Because the rain has come on. It started nice this morning. The

:38:09. > :38:14.rain has come on and Glasgow felt a bit gloomy first thing and then it

:38:14. > :38:19.got out of bed and put on its Sunday best and welcomed these runners. Now

:38:19. > :38:24.it has put on a bit of rain, just to give everyone a sense of what it can

:38:24. > :38:28.be like here. It can be nice and it can be tricky. But this what is the

:38:28. > :38:32.weather is looking like now. Hopefully we can hear from Jessica

:38:32. > :38:39.Ennis Hill to tell you about the Commonwealth Games and the

:38:39. > :38:45.importance to her career. To Manchester! It is long, it is long.

:38:45. > :38:51.Has he got a white flag? Yes he has. What a triple jump final this is. It

:38:51. > :38:58.is very close. I think Campbell got it. I just remember some amazing

:38:58. > :39:02.performances. It was before I was coming into my senior year and knew

:39:02. > :39:05.my event. But I knew the Commonwealth Games was something I

:39:05. > :39:12.wanted to be part of and thankfully I was able to do that in 2006 and be

:39:12. > :39:17.part of the Melbourne games. Let's hope for distance for Jessica. It

:39:17. > :39:23.was incredible. It was my first taste of a multi-sport environment.

:39:23. > :39:30.So I got to watch some of the different event and then I was able

:39:30. > :39:37.to win a bronze. What moment for young Jessica Ennis. Roll on 20

:39:37. > :39:41.testify. It was a -- roll on 2012. I learned a lot. It was a great

:39:41. > :39:46.stepping stone. I would love to win a gold, specially in Glasgow. It

:39:46. > :39:51.would be amazing to complete my set and so that is what I'm working

:39:51. > :39:55.towards. I have competed in Glasgow and had some great performances in

:39:55. > :39:57.the hurdles and the long jump and the crowd is always behind you,

:39:57. > :40:01.making sure they're supporting you. the crowd is always behind you,

:40:01. > :40:06.I think it will be like that for the Commonwealth Games as well. I think

:40:06. > :40:12.it is brilliant the way they're bringing old and new together. I

:40:12. > :40:17.would love to have a tour of some of the venues. It is great that we have

:40:17. > :40:21.some great ambassadors on board and making the most of this great

:40:21. > :40:25.opportunity to host the games. It is a perfect opportunity for the Great

:40:25. > :40:30.Scottish Run to go past all the venues and to get the public around

:40:30. > :40:34.there and just to have a glimpse at what it is going to be like. So a

:40:35. > :40:40.brilliant event to have there. Jessica Ennis is the Olympic

:40:40. > :40:43.champion! It is a perfect day. You saw how amazing the Olympics was,

:40:43. > :40:49.the Commonwealth Games is going to be the same. You get to see some

:40:49. > :40:54.amazing athletes. The atmosphere and the crowd makes or breaks an vent.

:40:54. > :40:58.We can train as hard as we can, but we need the people there to support

:40:58. > :41:05.us and cheer us on, so we can bring our performance to another level.

:41:05. > :41:09.The Olympic champion, Jessica Ennis! A legacy is important and I think it

:41:09. > :41:13.is going to take time for us to see the full effects of London 2012. But

:41:13. > :41:17.by having events like the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, it

:41:17. > :41:21.helps build on that momentum and keeps it going and gets more people

:41:21. > :41:27.into the sports that we love. So I think it is port and -- important

:41:27. > :41:33.and hopefully we will see a legacy going on in the future. That is

:41:33. > :41:40.Jessica Ennis Hill there. As the runners come through the arch way

:41:40. > :41:47.and do the final 200 metres to the line and there they are hands on

:41:47. > :41:51.head, come pleated exhausted. -- completely exhausted. I am joined by

:41:51. > :41:55.a man who has picked up a Commonwealth Games gold on four

:41:55. > :42:00.occasions. And for Scotland too. Alan Wells, how are we? Very well.

:42:00. > :42:07.You're here for a special reason for this thing that you're holding? Yes

:42:07. > :42:11.it is the Queen's Baton for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. I'm

:42:11. > :42:17.proud to hold it in my hand. I will be joined up in the future with it,

:42:17. > :42:22.which is on Wednesday possibly. You will be down meeting the queen on

:42:22. > :42:27.Wednesday? Yes. There is a few in the group that will be involved with

:42:27. > :42:31.this launch of the queen's message, that will be in the torch. You won't

:42:31. > :42:37.be able to see what is written on it. But as you can see, there is a

:42:37. > :42:43.light on and that light will be lit for the period until January 23rd

:42:43. > :42:47.when it comes into the stadium in Glasgow. This will be live on the

:42:47. > :42:50.BBC as well. We are going to be covering it. I think we come on air

:42:50. > :42:56.about quarter to 11 on Wednesday morning and it will be covered

:42:56. > :43:04.throughout the morning. As the Queen writes a personal mess an and --

:43:04. > :43:11.message and puts it in the Ba tovrn. -- Baton. It will ten people walking

:43:11. > :43:15.with it and it will be flown to Glasgow. On 10th it will be flown

:43:15. > :43:22.out to Delhi and then it will startivities long journey. -- start

:43:22. > :43:28.its long journey. And Mark Beaumont will be reporting on that. Looking

:43:28. > :43:31.back on your career and performing in that blue shirt for that blue

:43:31. > :43:34.vest for Scotland at the Commonwealth Games, how important it

:43:34. > :43:41.is for all the home nations to represent your country? Yes, I think

:43:41. > :43:47.it is. You have got to qualify. You know, as you say, that blue vest was

:43:47. > :43:51.very important and it was my first biggest competition. It is very

:43:51. > :43:56.proud. I was very proud and I was fortunate that I had the ability to

:43:56. > :44:01.come back with a medal and you know, a lot of people behind me supported

:44:01. > :44:06.me. So it is not just getting there, it is actually competing and doing

:44:06. > :44:10.the business. And I have got to say you know, you have got the public

:44:10. > :44:14.behind you for the Scottish athletes, but there will be pressure

:44:14. > :44:19.on these people and you need to give them the support that they need to

:44:19. > :44:25.win the medals and get to finals. We heard from Jessica Ennis Hill and

:44:25. > :44:29.earlier we spoke to Liz McColgan and they both said the Commonwealth

:44:29. > :44:33.Games was a spring board for their careers. It guess it must have been

:44:33. > :44:37.for you? Yes, that was my first big one. You know, you know that you

:44:37. > :44:42.have maybe got a chance and you go into the event and you keep your

:44:42. > :44:48.head down and as I said, you do what you can. You have to focus. There is

:44:48. > :44:51.nothing else comes into your eye sight or hearing. Pit us important

:44:51. > :44:57.-- it is important you keep yourself in your little wee world while

:44:57. > :45:01.you're doing it. It is quite sbeps and the ability to heapest keep your

:45:01. > :45:06.head in that final 100 metres. At the start it is quite intense. And

:45:06. > :45:10.you have got a job to do. You have done it before. You're

:45:10. > :45:13.psychologically programmed for it and that is what is important. If

:45:13. > :45:17.psychologically programmed for it you can keep that focus, you may

:45:17. > :45:28.well achieve it. You did it on four occasions. Great to see you here.

:45:28. > :45:35.Thank you. Do look pretty fresh even now, halfway through. We will see me

:45:36. > :45:40.crawling! We are feeling good just now. Are you getting a lot of

:45:40. > :45:48.attention for what you are trying to do? Yes, everybody has been really

:45:48. > :45:53.supportive. It is nice that everybody is supporting us. I know

:45:53. > :46:00.you want to go and get running, go on, chase your time.

:46:00. > :46:09.My name is David. This is my 21st consecutive great Scottish run. --

:46:09. > :46:14.Great Scottish Run. If I was injured, I have always said I would

:46:14. > :46:18.come along and walk if I had to. It is the biggest run in Scotland. It

:46:18. > :46:23.has been for many years. You get people shouting and screaming. It

:46:23. > :46:30.makes you go too fast. You suffer later on. I was almost 40 before I

:46:30. > :46:36.started running. I was playing football and my car got broken into.

:46:36. > :46:40.Once it was repaired, I thought, well, I am not taking into their

:46:40. > :46:47.game. I started to run to the sports centre. I have got as much

:46:47. > :46:53.admiration for somebody who runs 61 minutes somebody who runs 3.5 hours.

:46:53. > :47:02.It's hard work. 30 miles is doable by anybody. It is amazing what you

:47:02. > :47:07.can do. Running is one of the easiest things you can do. Just get

:47:07. > :47:12.a pair of trainers and do it. And I am with the man himself.

:47:12. > :47:20.David, you got out there and you have done it. How do you feel? Not

:47:20. > :47:28.bad, not bad. It doesn't get any easier. 21 Great Scottish Runs. You

:47:28. > :47:34.have to put the appetite. How was it today? It was good. There was a

:47:34. > :47:40.light Scottish rain, wonderful to run in. Eight minutes faster than

:47:40. > :47:49.last year. How does it compare to your best ever time? 1.32 was my

:47:49. > :47:54.best time. It gives you something to aim for. What was the atmosphere

:47:54. > :48:04.like? Better. It was quiet by the museum. But out on the motorway...

:48:04. > :48:16.What about the new circuit? Flats, faster. Once I am off the bridge,

:48:16. > :48:26.that's my favourite part. Bellahouston Park was good as usual.

:48:26. > :48:29.Gebrselassie won the race. He has only got another 20 to go and he

:48:29. > :48:32.will catch up with you. All the best. See you next year. Yes, you

:48:32. > :49:57.will. The athletes are still pouring

:49:57. > :50:02.through to the finish and they will be doing that for some hours yet.

:50:02. > :50:08.Brendan, a good day for you? It was good to see Gebrselassie on his

:50:08. > :50:13.first visit to Scotland run a half marathon faster than anybody has in

:50:13. > :50:17.Scotland. It was a competitive race. The Scottish theme our athletes were

:50:17. > :50:21.outstanding. I think the Commonwealth Games effect is already

:50:21. > :50:26.taking with the athletes. They are getting ready. Things are looking

:50:26. > :50:32.good for today, this year, and next year.

:50:33. > :50:36.Just to remind everybody, it was Haile Gebrselassie who won the men's

:50:36. > :50:41.race, just ahead of Emmanuel Bett. Susan Partridge finished ahead of

:50:41. > :50:52.Freya Ross of Great Britain and Scotland, of course, and Polline

:50:52. > :50:56.Wanjiku was in third place. It was a very good day for Scottish

:50:56. > :50:59.athletics. LIZ McCOLGAN: It was great for the Scottish athlete and a

:50:59. > :51:04.great day in Glasgow for all the runners out there. It was great to

:51:04. > :51:07.see Freya Ross comeback. She is a great runner. She has had a very bad

:51:07. > :51:44.injury. A good, solid performance. A little check of the watch as you

:51:44. > :51:47.cross the line. A good finish from the boy in purple. Big, smiley

:51:47. > :51:56.faces. Katherine Grainger, you started the race this morning. Happy

:51:56. > :52:01.faces hearing in Glasgow, cheering all over the place. A good day so

:52:01. > :52:04.far? It is amazing. At the start line, you see the excitement, the

:52:04. > :52:11.nerves. The finish line is more dramatic. The get real extremes of

:52:11. > :52:16.emotion. You get Artur Joy, and people immediately in tears. Ash max

:52:16. > :52:28.-- you get Artur Joy. It takes a great amount of work to

:52:28. > :52:32.achieve their goals. The majority of people in the last wave of runners,

:52:32. > :52:38.it is the first time they have done this distance. They are all doing it

:52:38. > :52:43.for good causes. They are taking on this massive challenge and they have

:52:43. > :52:48.completed it. I hope they get a huge Serb orations somewhere. -- a huge

:52:48. > :53:03.celebration somewhere. She is not back yet but it will be a

:53:03. > :53:08.fast time. She will be speeding past any moment. We haven't raced

:53:08. > :53:14.together since Sydney, 2000. That was 13 years ago now. As a crew, we

:53:14. > :53:21.catch up and celebrate past successes. But as part of what sport

:53:21. > :53:27.is. It is the teamwork. Even the runners today, they will have made

:53:27. > :53:30.friends en route. And a mass participation event like

:53:30. > :53:35.this, people are running alongside elite racers today, and just doing

:53:35. > :53:38.that must be brilliant for people to get the chance. In training, you

:53:38. > :53:47.often on your own and pretty miserable. That is it. Most of it is

:53:47. > :53:51.before work or after dark, and you are on your own, maybe with your

:53:51. > :53:55.music. Here, you have got thousands of people around you doing the same

:53:55. > :54:00.thing who may be struggling and that you can help, or maybe they can help

:54:00. > :54:04.you. The crowd is cheering. It can lift you. When I have done races

:54:04. > :54:08.like this, it is the environment you enjoy, not necessarily the distance

:54:08. > :54:14.all the time. That is why people come back. Thank you for taking the

:54:14. > :54:18.time to speak to us today. Some of the racers are coming over

:54:18. > :54:25.the line. Others, unfortunately, are only about Bellahouston Park, where

:54:25. > :54:30.I think Rhona McLeod is. You are the Joker. What are you

:54:30. > :54:35.doing today? I am looking at the city to see if I want to make it

:54:36. > :54:42.mine. This is the most beautiful city. I think I will have it. The

:54:42. > :54:48.running is going very well. I will be here to raise lots of money for

:54:48. > :54:57.the Alzheimer's Society. Why then? In respect to my family and my

:54:57. > :55:05.friends' families. Unless you want the new, you will do know it today.

:55:05. > :55:10.Let me give you -- unless you want me on you, you will donate today.

:55:10. > :55:17.Let me give you my card. I am with Craig Mackay. He was with

:55:17. > :55:24.Allison at the start of the race. You have made it. I don't see

:55:24. > :55:34.Alison. Where is she? I left her behind. You have made it. What are

:55:34. > :55:38.you feeling like? Tired and hungry. Doesn't he look fresh, everyone?

:55:38. > :55:45.They are saying, yes. How much have you raised? So far about £800. We

:55:45. > :55:54.want to try to get to 1000 if we can. Just one of many runners today.

:55:54. > :55:58.Well done, Craig. Everybody very happy as they crossed

:55:58. > :56:04.the line here. Let me give you the results of the elite race. Here we

:56:04. > :56:07.are now. The greatest distance runner of all time, Haile

:56:07. > :56:17.Gebrselassie, from Ethiopia, finishing in 1: 01 .09. He smashed

:56:17. > :56:24.the veterans' record. He took about a minute of that. Emmanuel Bett in

:56:24. > :56:30.second place. Chris Thompson was in fifth place for the men. Andrew

:56:30. > :56:38.Lemoncello, the Scotsman who finished in sixth, he did incredibly

:56:38. > :56:45.well. Look at that. Extraordinary in the women's race. Susan Partridge

:56:45. > :56:55.one in a time of 1: 10.40. Freya Ross finished in second place there.

:56:55. > :56:59.Fourth place was Steph Twell. Fantastic. All of the racers and

:56:59. > :57:02.runners who have been involved in this race today have been putting in

:57:02. > :57:08.a tremendous amount of work. This is the end of the race. They will see

:57:08. > :57:10.that archway and then they will see the Nelson 's column in the middle

:57:10. > :57:17.of Glasgow Green and they will know that fairly soon they are going to

:57:17. > :57:20.have to finish. Next up on the BBC is the World Gymnastics

:57:20. > :57:26.Championships. That is from Belgium. Lots of British champ --

:57:26. > :57:31.interest. Stay here on BBC Two if you can. Look at that. That would

:57:31. > :57:35.break your heart, wouldn't it? Beautiful. These guys are still

:57:35. > :57:40.smiling. They put in a huge amount of effort. They have raised a

:57:40. > :57:46.fortune for charity. Here in Glasgow, the rain has started. It is

:57:46. > :57:50.quite tricky but everybody has had a wonderful day. Congratulations to

:57:50. > :57:51.Haile Gebrselassie and Susan Partridge. Thanks for your company

:57:51. > :57:53.and goodbye for now.