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Great Scottish Run What can I tell you about Glasgow? Glasgow is a city

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of buildings, some ancient and grand, some contemporary and

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challenging. It's a city of ships and shipbuilders, with a famous old

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river running right through its heart. They say Glasgow made the

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Clyde and the Clyde made Glasgow. It is a city that constantly transforms

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itself. During the past 12 years, close to £6 billion have been spent

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on the redevelopment of the waterfront. But its roots are strong

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and it is Scotland's cultural power house, the first UK city to be named

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city of culture. It has a proud sporting heritage. Glasgow hosted

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the world's first international football match in 1872 - Scotland

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versus England, a 0-0 draw and next year it Hopeses the common wealth --

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hosts the Commonwealth games. And for one weekend only this city

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becomes a city of runners. They will tell their own story and they will

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tell Glasgow's story. What a better way to describe this

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city than Neil Oliver. As he said, it is the people that make Glasgow

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what it is and thousands of them are gathered in George Square awaiting

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the start of their run. Hello and a warm welcome to George Square for

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the 34th Bank of Scotland Great Scottish Run. In nine months time

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the eyes of world will be on this city as it hosts the Commonwealth

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game and many people will be volunteering to make Hewer the games

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are a success. -- sure the games are a success. And almost 30,000 runners

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are taking part for a weekend which is a festival of running. Already

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there have been five events, the junior and mini-runs. But in half

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app hour -- an hour it is the big one toe half marathon. And here

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already we have thousands of runners gathering to take part in their big

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run. We have club and fun runners. Haile Gebrselassie will be the the

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man who lead the race, followed by 11,500 runners here at George Square

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and one man down there is our reporter David Currie. I'm in George

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Square, the heart of Glasgow in the shadow of the Scott monument with

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with some other great Scots with me. The gentlemen of four para. It is

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not long until the race starts, you should get into your running kit?

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This is our standard running kit. We train all year round in boots. But

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hold on, you have trainers on. I think your a slacker. The reason is

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I'm doing the marathon at the end of the month to raise awareness for the

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wounded soldiers. This is a training run for me. I hope to get a good

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time. Maybe not beat the elite runners, because I'm getting a bit

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time. Maybe not beat the elite older now. You're running with these

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packs. You have a carry out in there? That is carbohydrates in

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there. It is standard 37 pound kit. Is this a training run for you guys,

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or is there some other purn? It is a good bit to get in the public eye,

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we are always looking for new recruits and always training and

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trying to do, because we do overseas training all year round and get

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deployed on a regular basis and most of us have been on operations. That

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is what we do, we train throughout the year. Do you think there will be

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some young men and ladies watching this race and they will see you

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running with these packs, thinking, tell you what, I fancy a bit of

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that? I hope they will be inspired. Because that is what we are here to

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do. To train, maintain and inspire. Dedicate yourself to a cause. Our

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cause is four para. We are all full-time workers. We will give our

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all today. Thank you. All the best and I will be watching you. We will

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all be watching you and David will be at the start until all the

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runners are away. We have Rhona McLeod on the course. She is in hell

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Houston -- bell alieu ston park. For the runners, that is miles five and

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six which are more twisty and Turney after the long flat strep of Paisley

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-- stretch of Paisley Road West. I don't think Haile Gebrselassie and

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the others will be stopping for me, but after that there are people

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taking part with inspiring and heartbreaking stories. I will be

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having a chat with them and I'm a bit jealous of everybody taking

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part. I was supposed to be doing it. But I'm going to have a great time

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here talking to everyone. Coming up, Alan Wells and Liz McColgan will be

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joining me. Lifz Liz will also be in the commentary box. Haile

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Gebrselassie will have competition from Joseph Birech and British

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runners Chris Thompson and Andrew Lemoncello. Susan Partridge will run

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and Steph Twell and Claire Ross will go head-to-head. And we hear from

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and Steph Twell and Claire Ross will Jessica Ennis about her preparations

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for the Commonwealth Gameses and a guide to the city from Neil Oliver

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and we hear from some of the 30,000 runners for their reasons for

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running. People like tomorrows a Armstrong. -- Thomas Armstrong. I'm

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Tommy Armstrong and they all know me as Tommy The Clown ap this is my

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run. I got into running 1984. I was a football referee and people, men

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in the work were saying there is a big run coming up. It was a

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marathon. They said, Tommy, you can do it, because you're a referee. I

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said you must think I'm an idiot. After I refused to do it they called

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me a chicken and every where I went, its was chicken and chicken. So I

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ran and it kept me fit and I got the bug. Running as far as I'm concerned

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keeps you fit and healthy and I don't smoke and I don't drink. So

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and I enjoy raising money for charity when I'm running. I say,

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this is the main thing in my running system. Up to the end of last year I

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

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Well, that is due to running. When I put my clown outfit, they say, here

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is Tommy again, so means I won't be last. I'm always last, because I

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look after the ones at the back that are not used to it and make sure

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they finish the race. I don't care if I'm last. Doesn't bother me, I

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get the same medal as the man at the front! There are pictures of Thomas

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about half an hour ago setting off as he said he would at the back of

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about half an hour ago setting off the course. Raised £164,000 over the

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years. I'm sure he will raise more this morning. Also out on the course

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are the wheelchair racers. They got under way earlier. 11,500 runners

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have entered the half marathon. We have still got 20 minutes until the

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race and David is at George Square with one runner doing their first

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ever half marathon. Yes I'm with Alison and friends. What is going on

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here? We are Team Roger, we together and we have been training for this

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challenge. I'm representing Kidney Kids Scotland. Team Roger, explain?

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It is code for don't stop. You're known for your exploits in the pool,

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how serious a runner are you. A recreational runner. You look in

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great shape. I have been doing some training, but I'm here to enjoy the

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day and take in the atmosphere. A fierce competitor in the pool and

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you were known for it. How fiercely will you be competing today, do you

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have a time target? I don't have a time. I don't believe you. I want to

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get around in one piece. I Royal Bank doing my -- I have been doing

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my research and I know you have a fear of clowns. I have to tell you I

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my research and I know you have a have seen one or two clowns running

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here. Hope I don't see them. We are looking forward to the common wealth

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Gameses and swimming will be major event. How do you think Scotland are

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coping for that? Scotland has great prospects, not just in swimming, but

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in all the sports. To be at home in front of your home crowd is

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spectacular. I swam in Manchester and it wasn't quite a home crowd and

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we had a lot of support. As a Glaswegian, you are not jealous and

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think I wish this had happened ten years ago? Yes of course, but my

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time has been and I'm moving on to the next challenges and I will be

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there to support them. Will you have an official role? I will be working

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for the host broadcaster. I will be there and I will be excited about

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that. Thank you and friends thank you. Good luck today. This year the

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course has Swaininged. -- has changed. Our special guest is

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Katherine Grainger, who will start the course has been on the course

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looking at the sights the runners will see along the way. George

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Square is the traditional starting point for the Great Scottish Run. It

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features many of the city's public statues, including queen Victoria

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and Walter Scott. Heading away from the start The route crosses the

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River Clyde over the Kingston Bridge, the busiest road bridge in

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Europe. At four miles it passes Ibrox,

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games. Ibrox will host the rugby sevens. A competition dominated by

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New Zealand, who have won all the medals so far. And then past Bell,

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houston Park. And then they will medals so far. And then past Bell,

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turn back into turn and pass the BBC headquarters at Pacific Quay. And

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they head back over the Clyde. Ahead headquarters at Pacific Quay. And

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of them will be the SECC, home to six of the Commonwealth sports. The

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complex houses two of Glasgow's recognisable building, including the

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Clyde oughter to yum and the new -- auditorium and the new Glasgow

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hydro. And then the riverside museum, Scotland's museum of travel

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hydro. And then the riverside and transport and the winner of the

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European museum of the year. And then the Glenlee. This Tall Ship has

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been a tourist a I traction since it was opened to the public in 1999. It

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is one of only five Clyde-built sailing ships afloat anywhere in the

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world. Then along the river towards the finish at Glasgow Green, where

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world. Then along the river towards the runners are greeted by the

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McLellan arch and then in the shadow of the Nelson arch. Katherine

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Grainger joins us. It is an incredible course. It was great to

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walk it. You get to see some iconic venues. And just seeing it, it show

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cases the city. You were involved in the London Olympics. Understanding

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what it is like to have a home crowd, next year the Commonwealth

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games will have a home crowd, it is a big event isn't it, it makes such

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a difference when they're involved? Yes, we knew the crowds would be

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difficult. When you are in front of a home nation, the crowd is

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different. In London it was different on a scale we couldn't

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predict. The passion and volume were just unlike anything we have seen

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and the athletes at the Commonwealth games will experience that. The

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venues will be packed and you get a crowd that just wills you on and

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want to see your success and celebrate with you. It is a once in

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a lifetime opportunity. I think Glasgow has a bit of a pride about

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the fact that as an audience they can make a lot of noiss noise and a

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lot of rock bands say they have the best crowds. Do you think the

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Glasgow people will rise to the occasion? I have no doubt they will

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rise. They will love it! I'm the same, I'm based down south and

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people I have met from all over the country talk about events in

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Glasgow, whether again it is cultural or sporting. The feeling

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just in the city and never mind organised events, it is a very proud

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city and people love coming here. Let's talk about today's event, the

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Great Scottish Run. 30,000 people Let's talk about today's event, the

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are taking part over the weekend, extraordinary. Mass participation

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events in sport, I would imagine, if something you are in favour of.

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Yeah. You have a phenomenal range. You got the best runners in the

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world right down to people who have never done a competition in their

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life, and everyone can take part. We have got fancy dress, people in

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Lycra, the complete range. To be on the starting line alongside heroes

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of athletics, and you can all have done nothing but run to school, it

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is brilliant. It is not about the time you get, it is about being with

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thousands of other people, raising money for great causes and enjoying

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the day. I can't let you go without money for great causes and enjoying

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asking what you plan to do with the rest of your career. You haven't

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told us if you will be in a boat again. I'm not keeping a secret. I

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am still undecided. It has been over a year, but a year when I have done

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a load of great things. There has not been time to process it. There

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are great opportunities there, both in and out of rowing. I still enjoy

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being fit and doing exercise. It would be lovely to see you in a boat

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again, but thank you for joining us today.

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I am with Richard Wright said, the paralytic champion -- Richard

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Whitehead, the Paralympic champion. You are all kitted out but you are

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not running. Not today, no. I have done all my running. I recently ran

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from John O'Groats to lands end. But today I am here supporting the

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20,000 runners. I am an ambassador for the Bank of Scotland, promoting

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running and sport ahead of next year, and supporting the Paralympic

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running and sport ahead of next sport here. You have done a marathon

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of marathons. Have you recovered? A bit tired, mentally and physically.

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But I have met some amazing people. When I started, some of the stories

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I was getting from members of the public made me where lies that the

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legacy of 2012 is still here. You are here to inspire people, I

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guess. We have got to make sure they are safe today. The important thing

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guess. We have got to make sure they is to cross the line in the best

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shape you can. I have had a couple of words with some of the runners.

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They all look ready to go. There are lots of lines for the toilets,

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people are ready for the start! It is going to be a great day. You are

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all kitted out. No chance of a late entry? I would love to. The

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atmosphere makes me want to get to the start line, but not today.

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Richard, thank you. One of the wonderful things about

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the Great Scottish Run is millions of pounds will be raised for charity

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over the weekend. Many people are running for poignant reasons. One

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family and group of people are running in memory of their brother,

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who tragically died running this event last year. Rod, UI his

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brother. Tell me about your brother and wife you are running. -- you are

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his brother. We had done a few races in the past. At the last minute, we

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decided to run this race last year. Tragically, he didn't finish. A lot

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of his colleagues were keen to get involved and run the race again this

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year and finished the race he didn't finish last year. We have all set

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out to do this is a group for charity and to finish the race in

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his honour, as a tribute to him. And the charity is for cardiac risk in

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the young. Tell us about that. It aims to raise

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awareness in young people. Up to 12 people per day die of it. It is not

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as well-publicised as some -- some of the others, because people tend

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to be young and died during physical activity. We had a previous friend

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who died of similar things. We wanted to raise awareness for the

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charity. You have got a big group of family

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and friends here. Jamie, tell us about Aubry, the kind of guy he was.

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He was a man who loves to run. I think the mark of the man is the

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amount of people we have got here to run in his memory.

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Tell me also about your mum and run in his memory.

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dad. I believe they are running in the ten K. They set off about half

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an hour ago. They are walking as a tribute with some of their friends.

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It is the first time they have done anything like this. Quite a big feet

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for them, but they said they were looking forward to it. They were

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smiling as they crossed the starting line, so I think they were happy.

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What you are doing is fantastic. I am sure today will be difficult for

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you, but it is good to raise money for the charity. Congratulations and

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well done. As I mentioned, the elite races headed by Haile Gebrselassie,

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one of the greatest distance runners in the world. He will start the

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field today in the elite race. We caught up with him yesterday when he

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came down to the junior event to start the mini race.

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He is the world's greatest distance runner. I have a question. When did

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you start running? I started when I was 14.

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A wonderful year. This is my first time here since I started running.

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It is lovely, nice weather, the kids are here today.

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Nowadays, because of computers, kids are sitting at home. When they see

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their friends, they do what they want. I have four kids. I try to get

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them to run at home. Wonderful. I want to win here, because I have

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never run in Scotland. He is at the forefront of a rich

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heritage of Ethiopian athletes in a country in which he is revered,

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quite rightly. 27 world records. Extraordinary. Last year we

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travelled to Addis Ababa, his hometown, to find out why the

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country is able to produce so many great athletes.

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Imagine when I was eight years old in the countryside. Nobody.

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Everybody wants to run because they know how many great runners we have.

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They want to be like them. Most students, when they go to school,

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they walk. They have that natural reason to run.

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Running here is like a culture. If you ask me how money Ethiopians are

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running here in this country, oh, not 1000, maybe a million. A day

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without running is not a day. It is an inspiration for the young

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generation. Gebrselassie is like Beckham in the

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UK. If they follow the footsteps of

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Gebrselassie, it is wonderful. I'm so proud. People in the Western

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world don't have a true image of our country.

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We had a war, chart, lots of problems. Now it is different. Yet

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in Addis Ababa, you can see everywhere there is construction.

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This is the other side of Ethiopian. We have to educate more people. We

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can see a different Ethiopian. This is where I'm training every day in

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the afternoon, where I am the master. I am competing because I

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need to sweat. This goes up to 25 kilometres per hour. A world record

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in here. It is good for comparison, where I, for the new generation. I

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don't think this new generation will challenge me easily.

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There he is, Haile Gebrselassie, looking very fit. 40 years old and

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looking to win the first ever Great Scottish Run. As far as he is

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concerned, an amazing athlete. He is Scottish Run. As far as he is

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looking very well. Somebody who knows him well is Liz McColgan. Such

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an inspiration, isn't he? Not only a great run about putting so much back

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into his country. It is amazing. It is the first time he has been to

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Scotland. He was not sure, he thought the weather might be hard to

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take! It is actually quite warm for Scotland. He is in a good field. It

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will be interesting to see how the race develops. You are part of the

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commentary team, so you are hoping for a ding-dong battle.

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It is the first time we have got the Scottish girls here who are going to

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be competing at the wealth Games. It is exciting to get them joining the

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others. Let's talk about the Commonwealth

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Games. We are nine months away. You, of course, will have your own

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experience of winning on home ground. You want back in Edinburgh

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

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in 1986. What a great moment for the host

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nation. Absolutely great memories for you. I

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can't watch that without filling up. How do you feel, seeing that? It is

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so far removed but it was one of the greatest moments of my life. The

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Scottish athletes are going to have the opportunity that I had, and it

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is amazing. Obviously I coach my daughter so I am excited about her

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going to the Commonwealth Games. daughter so I am excited about her

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Hopefully she is in a good position for medals. It will be a fantastic

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experience. The people of Glasgow have got behind it. It is something

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we are really taking the days to get there. She was down here yesterday

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for the junior race. She is trying to inspire the next generation. Just

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in terms of any Scottish British athlete to win on home soil, just

:29:39.:29:43.

give us a sense of how big a deal that can be. It is massive. I was

:29:43.:29:49.

Scotland's only track gold medallist in 1986 and it was life changing for

:29:49.:29:55.

me. The event has moved on. The spectators are bigger. The arenas

:29:55.:29:59.

are better. You are getting more media coverage. It is a different

:29:59.:30:03.

ball game to when I was there. It is going to be bigger and in every way.

:30:03.:30:08.

Going back to my daughter, she began here. She ran the kids race here.

:30:08.:30:14.

Now she is 10th in the world. It is amazing that it shows that kids can

:30:14.:30:19.

do it from Scotland. They had just got to have the determination. It

:30:19.:30:23.

would be great to get more of it. We deserve it. I'm really excited about

:30:23.:30:39.

today. Ailish With Eilish, as a mum, watching her getting ready for a

:30:39.:30:44.

race, is it worse knowing you can't do anything about it? It is

:30:44.:30:50.

different being a mum and a coach is a double whammy. Eilish had a lot of

:30:50.:30:59.

injuries last year and the problem was I learned how to control my

:30:59.:31:05.

nerves. As a mother, it is nerve racking, but I love seeing her

:31:05.:31:12.

running. I think she is a tremendous athlete. She has a great running

:31:12.:31:16.

style. It is amazing that your child can do that. You have got the proud

:31:16.:31:21.

parent thing going on as well. We are all very proud of the athletes

:31:21.:31:25.

taking place. You have to get yourself down to the commentary box,

:31:25.:31:31.

it is about ten minutes away, but if you run, a minute and a half I

:31:31.:31:39.

think. Aim with Arlene Clarke of the Brightest Star charity. Tell me

:31:39.:31:44.

about the charity. It was set up after I lost my son Jack. He was a

:31:44.:31:52.

healthy happy boy, who went to bed one night and then the next day his

:31:52.:31:58.

heart had stopped, because of an ordinary flu virus. How many people

:31:58.:32:04.

are running in the green shirts? We have over 200. The support has been

:32:04.:32:10.

fantastic. It is a great experience to see everyone out. Look out for

:32:10.:32:17.

the green balloons, is that it? Yes and lots of shouting and singing.

:32:17.:32:22.

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

:32:22.:32:27.

what is happening, but I don't want to be doing it for the reason I am,

:32:27.:32:32.

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

:32:32.:32:38.

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

:32:38.:32:44.

understand that children die when they're healthy because of a virus.

:32:44.:32:48.

So it is raising awareness and there is a lack of support for bereaved

:32:48.:32:55.

parents. Can we have a big cheer from Jack's Army? There will be a

:32:55.:33:03.

lot of cheering today. Millions of pounds raised for charity over the

:33:03.:33:07.

weekend and people dig deep and their friend and family are digging

:33:07.:33:11.

into their pockets as well. It is extraordinary the things that go on

:33:11.:33:14.

here. It will be a brilliant race. We are a few minutes from the start.

:33:14.:33:19.

At the top of the programme, you heard from Neil Oliver about how

:33:19.:33:24.

much he loves this city. Let's hear more from him and see what Glasgow

:33:24.:33:30.

means to him. Like many other places, Glasgow is one that you have

:33:30.:33:33.

to be careful about not claiming to belong there if you don't really.

:33:33.:33:38.

I'm not a Glaswegian. My father was born in Glasgow and my mum was born

:33:38.:33:44.

in Renfrew on the other side of the River Clyde. Our family legend has

:33:44.:33:51.

it they were both in attendance as babies for the launching of the

:33:51.:33:56.

Queen Mary, one of the great ships launched from the Clyde. My

:33:56.:34:02.

favourite building is the Kelvingrove Museum and art

:34:02.:34:07.

galleries. For one thing it is a stunningly beautiful, red, sand

:34:07.:34:11.

stone building, it is within park stunningly beautiful, red, sand

:34:11.:34:16.

land. One of the fabled open green spaces that Glasgow is famous for.

:34:16.:34:20.

It is what the building contains. It is a wonderful collection. As an

:34:20.:34:26.

archaeologist, it has many objects that were important to me as a

:34:26.:34:30.

student and as a working archaeologist. If I was taking

:34:30.:34:34.

someone around Glasgow, someone who has never visited, I would make a

:34:34.:34:38.

point of letting them see the area known as the Merchant City. It is a

:34:38.:34:45.

grid of streets and tall buildings, very striking. It is actually the

:34:45.:34:51.

model that was then used again by the builders of New York City, that

:34:51.:34:58.

famous gridwork. The Merchant City came into being during the 18th

:34:58.:35:05.

century when Scottish merchants trading in tobacco mainly, became

:35:05.:35:13.

rich and built great warehouses and headquarters in the Merchant City.

:35:13.:35:16.

It is great to take people and show them that place and remind them that

:35:16.:35:21.

there was a time when Glasgow was one of the most glamorous, one of

:35:21.:35:23.

the wealthiest cities in Britain, if one of the most glamorous, one of

:35:23.:35:32.

not in the world. Glasgow was known as the second city of the British

:35:32.:35:35.

Empire. It has been central to British and Scottish history. No

:35:35.:35:41.

less a person than Voltaire, the French philosopher said, it is to

:35:41.:35:47.

Scotland that we look for our idea of civilisation. Glasgow was at the

:35:47.:35:51.

heart of that. It was at a time when Scotland and Glasgow shone brighter

:35:52.:35:56.

than they ever have at any other time. To be a Glaswegian then,

:35:56.:36:01.

preferably a wealthy one, must have been quite something. It used to be

:36:01.:36:07.

said and if you speak to the right people, it is said Glasgow made the

:36:07.:36:14.

Clyde and the Clyde made Glasgow. It refers to efforts to dredge it so

:36:14.:36:17.

Clyde and the Clyde made Glasgow. It ships could use the river. It was

:36:17.:36:22.

not just the trade on the ships that made the city wealthy, it was

:36:22.:36:28.

shipbuilding. At a one time the majority of world's ships were built

:36:28.:36:34.

on the Clyde and any time anyone took delivery of a Clyde ship it

:36:34.:36:39.

always had a Scottish engineer looking after the thing. So when

:36:39.:37:01.

Gene Roden Berks nberry was kweeting star -- -- Rodenberry created star

:37:01.:37:12.

strebg he had Scottie in the engine room. Now we have Haile Gebrselassie

:37:12.:37:17.

with us. This is your first experience of Scotland. How have you

:37:17.:37:25.

been enjoying yourself so far? I don't understand why I didn't come

:37:25.:37:31.

for many years of my athletics. As you see, it is a lovely atmosphere.

:37:31.:37:35.

You have been along here all weekend and involved with the junior races

:37:35.:37:40.

and you have been starting them. Are you getting a sense that there is

:37:40.:37:44.

talent and love for athletics here in Scotland? Yes, what I seen

:37:44.:37:49.

yesterday was amazing. Those youngsters, you can see something.

:37:49.:37:54.

You expect something from those kids. I started you know like their

:37:54.:37:59.

age. You never know, in the future one of them could become a champion.

:37:59.:38:05.

A champion of the world. A mean Olympic champion. It is

:38:05.:38:08.

extraordinary. We saw you at the Great North Run last month and you

:38:08.:38:11.

put in a wonderful performance there. What is that keeps you going

:38:11.:38:16.

and performing at this top level. Because this doesn't happen by

:38:16.:38:21.

accident, it is about hard work? Yes, what is important, it is not a

:38:21.:38:26.

competition. For me it is important is the training. When I do my

:38:26.:38:33.

training and keep that discipline and commitment and hard work.

:38:33.:38:38.

Without discipline, no commitment. Without commitment, no hard work. So

:38:38.:38:42.

I have to keep those things and then come for competition and it is not

:38:42.:38:46.

that difficult. In some of the films that we made with you, you talked

:38:46.:38:51.

not only about physical fitness, but emotional fitness and the importance

:38:51.:38:55.

that is to you and how running brings that to you and could bring

:38:55.:39:02.

that to everyone. Running brings to me everything. Believe it or not,

:39:02.:39:06.

running brings for everyone everything. People have to think now

:39:06.:39:12.

what running gives me. They have to not just have their daily life.

:39:12.:39:18.

Because of many reasons. Now, technology brings good things at the

:39:18.:39:23.

same time also a disadvantage. What is that? To kids and people are in

:39:24.:39:30.

the office all day and it is too much and people have to sweat and go

:39:30.:39:36.

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

:39:36.:39:40.

the start of the race, I believe there a problem with one of the

:39:40.:39:44.

roads in Glasgow. Does that make it difficult for you, because you're

:39:44.:39:49.

warmed up, does a delay get in the way? This is just normal. Every

:39:49.:39:57.

where you go, you have this problem. I expect it to happen. The good

:39:57.:40:03.

thing is we start the race. Well we are going to start. It will be OK

:40:03.:40:11.

soon. Tell me about who you're hoping to win against today. You

:40:11.:40:16.

have Joseph Birech who has won twice in Glasgow and we have a wasp trying

:40:16.:40:22.

to attack us! Do you think you have the making of Joseph Birech? He is

:40:22.:40:29.

experienced on this course. We will see. And Andrew Lemoncello is being

:40:29.:40:34.

introduced to the crowd. We won't hold you up any longer, but Haile

:40:34.:40:38.

Gebrselassie, thank you for joining is us and all the best for today. We

:40:38.:40:42.

are going to hear from lots of people today and why they're taking

:40:42.:40:46.

part in the race and we are going to join a young man who fought back

:40:47.:40:53.

from a life-threatening illness and is running to raise money for a

:40:53.:40:57.

project that was thought up by his grandfather. We were just sitting

:40:57.:41:02.

one night waiting for Kevin coming home for tea when he got the call to

:41:02.:41:07.

say he had had an accident playing football. I believe I got up for a

:41:07.:41:13.

header, with the other defender and something happened to the attacker.

:41:13.:41:16.

I don't know. It with auz freak incident. We were not too concerned,

:41:16.:41:22.

because he is a bit accident-prone. But when we arrived at the hospital

:41:22.:41:28.

we realised it was a serious accident. We sat in the waiting room

:41:28.:41:34.

for a long time and I thought this isn't good. That it must be serious

:41:34.:41:39.

and we found out he had a bad brain injury. He was in an induced coma.

:41:39.:41:46.

The doctors explained that the prognosis was not good. And he had

:41:46.:41:54.

long fight ahead of him. Kevin is a big guy, fit as anything, for me to

:41:54.:41:57.

long fight ahead of him. Kevin is a see him, as his girlfriend of seven

:41:57.:42:02.

years at that time, in a bed with wires and things coming out of him,

:42:02.:42:04.

I was devastated. I was put in a wires and things coming out of him,

:42:04.:42:09.

coma for about three to four weeks. And then obviously, just gradually

:42:09.:42:15.

came around. Finally, it got better and I started talking. They were

:42:15.:42:22.

worried about how I would be, if I could speak and be able to walk. The

:42:22.:42:27.

actual, the first time we saw a bit of light at the end of the tun is

:42:27.:42:33.

when he was up in his chair in hospital. He just... Scheebgy wee

:42:33.:42:44.

things -- cheeky wee things, pinching kiss and at one point he

:42:44.:42:50.

pinched my bum! Because of his low pulse rate and fit tns, we helped --

:42:50.:42:57.

fitness level, and low pulse we helped that pull him through.

:42:57.:43:03.

Thankfully I have built up my fitness again and got into it and

:43:03.:43:07.

started with clients again and started to recover. Over time, and

:43:07.:43:14.

over time and I think I'm OK now. My friends say I wasn't fully

:43:14.:43:18.

recovered, but I think I am. We feel proud, because he is a fighter and

:43:18.:43:22.

he had to learn to walk again to talk again to feed to co-all the --

:43:22.:43:27.

do all the things that we take for granted. He has come a long way from

:43:27.:43:32.

that to what he is doing now. The charity is Kilbride hospice. The

:43:32.:43:38.

reasons are a few reasons. The main reason is my papa helped set it up

:43:38.:43:44.

and found it. He fought all his life to make it happen. And it has

:43:44.:43:48.

finally happened. After my papa passed away, my dad took over as

:43:48.:43:52.

chairman. So it is close to my heart. It is the closest charity to

:43:52.:43:57.

my heart and makes me want to go and do this run and raise money for

:43:57.:44:04.

them. He's devoted to the Kilbride hospice. It was his grant father's

:44:04.:44:09.

hospice. He helped to found it. And any chance he has to give back to

:44:09.:44:13.

anything, that motivates him more. He is not a selfish person. He is

:44:13.:44:18.

always thinking of the other person. He never puts himself first. A very

:44:18.:44:25.

selfless man. Some truly inspirational stories and we will

:44:25.:44:29.

hear from other racers during the day as to why they're taking part.

:44:29.:44:36.

We are hearing five minutes to the start of the half marathon. Earlier

:44:36.:44:43.

today the wheelchair race rode off around 9. 30. It was a picture from

:44:43.:44:54.

9. 30. Simon Lawson crossed the line first. And Sammi Kinghorn was first

:44:54.:45:01.

over the line for the girls. They're live with David now.

:45:01.:45:10.

It took me about an hour to walk live with David now.

:45:10.:45:16.

down here! Congratulations and an incredible time you put in. Yes,

:45:16.:45:22.

five minutes faster than last year. How did that happen? I don't know!

:45:22.:45:28.

Just the hard work and training, I guess. It was a tough race. But it

:45:28.:45:34.

was good. A lot of hills, especially the first, that was tough.

:45:34.:45:39.

What did you make of the atmosphere as you went around? It was amazing.

:45:40.:45:47.

Just as you start to feel tired, you coming to an area with loads of

:45:47.:45:54.

people out. You must be delighted with knocking five minutes of your

:45:54.:45:59.

time. Definitely. I thought maybe 302I would do. -- maybe 32 I would

:45:59.:46:09.

do. I was selected last week to take part in the 1500 metres for the

:46:09.:46:14.

Commonwealth Games. Simon, an Englishman of the men's event. How

:46:14.:46:20.

do the race go for you? The race went pretty well for me. I did it in

:46:20.:46:26.

20 former knit and 12 seconds. Not the fastest time I have done but I

:46:26.:46:32.

was pleased. -- 24 minutes and 12 seconds. She was saying there were a

:46:32.:46:38.

lot of hills. There were, right at the start. Once you go over the

:46:38.:46:45.

hill, it was quite open after that. And a hospitable Scottish crowd

:46:45.:46:53.

giving you a good reception? Yes, I got a good reception from the fans.

:46:53.:47:00.

You are not sure if you are taking part in the Commonwealth Games. Can

:47:00.:47:06.

I persuade you? I would like to, if I can qualify. I am a road distance

:47:06.:47:14.

person, like half marathon ons -- half marathons. Thank you, both.

:47:14.:47:19.

Back to you. He has set his sights on winning his

:47:19.:47:46.

first Great Scottish Run. He were not have it all his own way. -- he

:47:46.:47:53.

will not. To talk us through it, Brendan Foster, Paul Dickenson, and

:47:53.:48:02.

Liz McColgan. The streets are packed for this Bank

:48:02.:48:06.

of Scotland Great Scottish Run. Haile Gebrselassie in the front

:48:07.:48:16.

there. Most of the elite athletes are there, ready and waiting, as

:48:16.:48:21.

they have been for some time. Good conditions, good underfoot. A lack

:48:21.:48:26.

of humility, which is always good. Susan Partridge, 10th place in the

:48:26.:48:32.

World Championships marathon. That was excellent. Then one of Great

:48:32.:48:43.

Britain's rising stars for the road, Steph Twell. Three times Junior

:48:43.:48:52.

cross country champion. Good to see her getting back to fitness. And

:48:52.:48:59.

Freya Ross, representing Great Britain in the Olympics.

:49:00.:49:11.

Andrew Lemoncello, based in the United States, he has already won

:49:11.:49:21.

one of the great series in 2013, in Edinburgh. And the Commonwealth

:49:21.:49:32.

champion, John Kelai of Kenya. He really has got some good opposition.

:49:32.:49:43.

Joseph Birech, he is attempting to become the first man ever to win it

:49:43.:49:45.

three times in a row. Then the man become the first man ever to win it

:49:46.:49:51.

everybody has been waiting for. Been there, done it, got the T-shirt, got

:49:51.:49:55.

the medals, got 27 world records. He there, done it, got the T-shirt, got

:49:55.:49:59.

has won everything the race has thrown at him. So, Katherine

:49:59.:50:10.

Grainger will start this race. Somewhat delayed. The Great Scottish

:50:10.:50:17.

Run is underway. Make no mistake about it, Haile Gebrselassie might

:50:17.:50:26.

be 40 years old but there is no doubt he wants to win this race. He

:50:26.:50:30.

goes into every competitive environment at his disposal. He

:50:30.:50:35.

always wants to win. As they head off towards the river and the

:50:35.:50:43.

Kingston Bridge, it is a fairly steady incline over the first part

:50:43.:50:48.

of the cause. I don't expect the first mile to be terribly quick.

:50:48.:50:54.

They come streaming over the line. It will be some time before these

:50:54.:50:59.

athletes start. We have heard quite a few stories of the money being

:51:00.:51:04.

raised well where it is going to go to, the heartfelt stories connected

:51:04.:51:08.

with the raising of the money. So many stories to be told. More on

:51:08.:51:19.

that later. The last British woman to win this race was Liz McColgan.

:51:19.:51:28.

In 1992, she won the race, set one of the fastest times ever on this

:51:28.:51:32.

course. She is coming down from George Square. We will be speaking

:51:32.:51:41.

to her in a moment. Sitting alongside me, a man who must be

:51:41.:51:45.

delighted with what is happening here so far this morning, Brendan

:51:45.:51:49.

Foster. Good morning to you. BRENDAN FOSTER: Good morning, Paul. You see

:51:49.:52:00.

the elite group working away. The women's any men's races are mixed

:52:00.:52:06.

together. It is a great opportunity for the leading women. Look at this

:52:06.:52:11.

climb. It looks as though they are disappearing into the distance when

:52:11.:52:13.

they get over the top. The men are disappearing into the distance when

:52:13.:52:18.

already pursuing this. It is about 300 metres to the top of the hill.

:52:18.:52:22.

From there, the course is relatively flat. It may demonstrate is a -- it

:52:22.:52:29.

is a course for a good time. The elite field names are going

:52:29.:52:43.

across the bottom. Some good athletes from Scotland. Andrew

:52:43.:52:51.

Lemoncello, the leading Scottish runner. Katherine Grainger is going

:52:51.:53:00.

to be there for some time. The streets of Glasgow look rather

:53:01.:53:05.

crowded there, Paul. They certainly do. A few frustrated people there

:53:05.:53:15.

thinking, when, oh, when, and my going to get to go over the starting

:53:15.:53:16.

line? -- am I going. This group is going to get to go over the starting

:53:16.:53:30.

led by Haile Gebrselassie. John Kelai is in the white next to him.

:53:30.:53:35.

Andrew Lemoncello is having a look around. In that group as well,

:53:35.:53:43.

wearing green, is Chris Thompson. Brendan, you would like to have a

:53:43.:53:48.

word about Chris Thompson and one of the leading women, Steph Twell.

:53:48.:53:53.

There is Chris Thompson. He is in the green vest. He lives in

:53:53.:54:00.

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

:54:00.:54:13.

40. Something happened, he wasn't selected for the World

:54:13.:54:17.

Championships. He was really disappointed and disillusioned,

:54:17.:54:21.

almost to the point of questioning whether he should keep going. Chris

:54:21.:54:26.

Thompson is now out to prove himself on the roads. He's good athlete. It

:54:26.:54:32.

with European silver medallist behind Mo Farah a couple of years

:54:32.:54:35.

ago. He says he is fit. Haile Gebrselassie had a different

:54:35.:54:56.

path, but similar. It took him a while to accommodate the marathon.

:54:56.:55:00.

There is the women's lead group. Susan Partridge recently ran a

:55:00.:55:08.

personal best for 10,000 metres. Wanjiku is a good athlete. Freya

:55:08.:55:23.

Ross was Britain's representative at the Olympic Games in London last

:55:23.:55:26.

year. She looks as though she is going to have a great future in the

:55:26.:55:33.

marathon. She is coached by Steve Jones. She missed a lot of training

:55:33.:55:37.

this year, as we can hear the bagpipes. Susan Partridge has had a

:55:37.:55:42.

remarkable transformation. This is a big race for her. She is coming in

:55:42.:55:47.

in good form and with great confidence. The masses are still

:55:47.:55:51.

coming over the start line. They are moving freely.

:55:51.:55:58.

Susan Partridge has already been selected for the Commonwealth Games.

:55:58.:56:02.

The bulk of their track and field team has already been picked. A lot

:56:02.:56:08.

of the runners have got, what, another 10-15 minutes before they

:56:08.:56:12.

get over the start line. These guys are well ahead of. Six minutes into

:56:12.:56:15.

their racing. Haile Gebrselassie leads. Junkie like surprise marathon

:56:16.:56:32.

champion. -- John Kelai. Andrew Lemoncello is right on the back of

:56:32.:56:38.

that group. He might find the going a bit tough here, because there is

:56:38.:56:44.

no doubt that Haile we want to push on and push on for as long as

:56:44.:56:46.

possible. Emmanuel Bett is there as on and push on for as long as

:56:46.:56:50.

well. He's the world's fastest 10,000 metre runner last year.

:56:50.:56:57.

Already, Haile Gebrselassie is trying to put distance between

:56:57.:56:59.

Already, Haile Gebrselassie is himself and the rest. In the old

:56:59.:57:06.

days he was a fearsome sprint finish. He tells me that these days

:57:06.:57:12.

he finds it difficult to do Sprint training. Now he feels his asset is

:57:12.:57:19.

his strength. He has decided, well, I might not sprint faster any more

:57:19.:57:26.

but I am going to test them over the distance. Behind them is the danger,

:57:26.:57:30.

and Emmanuel Bett of Kenya. He was the fastest at in 2012. He was

:57:30.:57:37.

unlucky not to make the team for the Olympic Games. Haile leading

:57:37.:57:44.

Emmanuel Bett. Lamdassem, the Spaniard, is just behind them. I can

:57:44.:57:51.

see Chris Thompson working hard to stay in touch. Next to him, junkie

:57:51.:57:57.

like in the Commonwealth marathon champion, and behind him, Jesus

:57:57.:58:07.

Espana. -- John Key life. -- John Kelai.

:58:07.:58:11.

He needs to try to close the gap. It is Gebrselassie. Just a few yards

:58:11.:58:28.

there, jetting away from the pack, hopefully not for too much longer,

:58:28.:58:33.

if the Scottish athlete, Andrew Lemoncello. While they are doing

:58:33.:58:37.

that, another Scottish athlete, Susan Partridge, is really

:58:37.:58:42.

stretching now and testing Wanjiku, next to her. Behind them is Freya

:58:42.:58:51.

Ross. Susan Partridge is looking comfortable. Freya Ross is looking

:58:51.:58:56.

very determined indeed. Polline Wanjiku, the young Kenyan, she only

:58:56.:59:05.

got eight call up on Thursday. She won in Nottingham half marathon. Now

:59:05.:59:10.

she begins to make a move. Freya Ross just coming up on the shoulder

:59:10.:59:15.

of Susan Partridge. At the moment it is Wanjiku. Back to the men. Haile

:59:15.:59:21.

Gebrselassie is leading, as we suspected. He wanted to make his

:59:21.:59:33.

presence felt in the race. They are crossing the Kingston Bridge, which

:59:33.:59:36.

is right in front of them. Gebrselassie, as like everybody

:59:36.:59:44.

else, one of those seven. Andrew Lemoncello is trying to hold onto

:59:44.:59:50.

that group, Brendan. He needs to work harder here. I'm delighted to

:59:50.:59:57.

say that the great Liz McColgan has run a faster time than anybody on

:59:57.:00:04.

this field today. She has come down from the start in George Square to

:00:04.:00:12.

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

:00:12.:00:20.

day for running today. The conditions are really good. It could

:00:20.:00:24.

be a fast course if they attack it right. It is looking good for the

:00:24.:00:29.

athletes out there. Where you going well from George Square? I could

:00:29.:00:37.

easily have jumped in! But I had my jeans on so there was no way it was

:00:37.:00:44.

my day today. I had a good chat with some of the girls at the start, and

:00:44.:00:48.

Chris. It was good to have a catch up. We are looking at the men's race

:00:48.:00:57.

and we have the great Haile Gebrselassie. He is such a star. On

:00:57.:01:02.

the start line, unlike you in your day, he smiles and says hello to

:01:02.:01:07.

everyone and he is so happy. I remember Liz McColl gap, head --

:01:07.:01:14.

McColgan, head down, getting ready. Yes, everyone is different and there

:01:14.:01:21.

is no right way or wrong way. Iful with Hayley running today, he --

:01:21.:01:32.

with Haile Gebrselassie running, he still loves it. He has a great

:01:32.:01:39.

opportunity to win today. The front three pulling away from Chris

:01:39.:01:46.

Thompson and the rest. At the start they're still there in their

:01:46.:01:49.

thousands, creeping towards the starting point. That is only about

:01:50.:01:56.

seven metres wide. Anybody who thinks that it will make a

:01:56.:01:59.

difference, because of their starting time, don't worry they have

:01:59.:02:05.

got chips on their feet. Not the edible sort! That is the racing

:02:05.:02:12.

chips they all wear, as we see Susan Partridge and Freya Ross. The three

:02:12.:02:19.

solitary competitors in the women's race. Just easing away from the rest

:02:19.:02:24.

of the women. And of course this is a mixed race and look how much --

:02:24.:02:30.

how much distance they have put between themselves and the rest. You

:02:30.:02:34.

must be delighted to see Susan Partridge the way she ran in the

:02:34.:02:39.

marathon in the World Championships. Yes, she is a Championship performer

:02:39.:02:45.

and has proved it time and time again. She races really well. But

:02:45.:02:52.

Sonia Samuels was also 16th. So great to see the two girls out there

:02:52.:02:58.

and that they have recovered. Freya is on the road back from a bad

:02:58.:03:03.

injury. So a lot of changes in her life. So it is good to see her

:03:03.:03:08.

getting stuck in. The two top Scottish marathon runners already,

:03:08.:03:18.

Susan Partridge selected for the Commonwealth Games. But Freya Ross

:03:18.:03:26.

has to stay in contention. Bett of Kenya is testing again. The three

:03:26.:03:33.

have opened a gap and I can see Chris Thompson trying to close the

:03:33.:03:38.

gap. This is important for Chris, the three star athletes, that second

:03:38.:03:44.

mile is 4.44, so they have picked up the gap. This is a difficult time

:03:44.:03:52.

for Chris. I think he will be a good marathon runner and he needs good

:03:52.:03:55.

experience on the road. In your position, Liz, what would you

:03:55.:03:59.

thinking about Chris, does he have to close the gap quickly? Well, he

:03:59.:04:05.

has had a topsy-turvy season. He started well running 28 minutes on

:04:06.:04:11.

the track. But he never got to go to the World Championship. He is coming

:04:11.:04:16.

back off a three-week break, so he is not at his fittest. But he is a

:04:16.:04:20.

good competitor and this gap isn't going to close. I think his will be

:04:20.:04:29.

a solo run. Tinge marathon will -- I think the marathon will be his

:04:29.:04:33.

distance. It is exciting to see him do the half marathon in Glasgow.

:04:33.:04:38.

When he moves up, I think he will be quick over the marathon. I the men

:04:38.:04:48.

turning right back towards the river. Emmanuel Bett the only one of

:04:48.:04:53.

the three who didn't take a drink. So confident that his form is going

:04:53.:04:58.

to be maintained over the next couple of miles, Haile Gebrselassie

:04:58.:05:12.

looking comfortable in second place and Lamdassem is rung well. Chris

:05:12.:05:17.

Thompson is way off the back of the pace there. But he too is well ahead

:05:17.:05:22.

of chasing group. At the moment in the men's race, Bett and the man who

:05:22.:05:31.

is known as Haile Gebrselassie and then Llan Das Cem. -- Lamdassem.

:05:31.:05:43.

Bett was the fastest 10,000 metre running last year. So he is in good

:05:44.:05:49.

form. Lamdassem, we have seen him running against Haile Gebrselassie

:05:49.:05:53.

in Manchester and he tracked him all the way. It was only a sprint finish

:05:53.:06:00.

from Haile Gebrselassie that won him that one. But Haile Gebrselassie is

:06:00.:06:03.

not hanging around. He knows his strength is his strength and he

:06:03.:06:07.

needs to pile it on and try and keep them going and these athletes

:06:07.:06:11.

processing well. Haile Gebrselassie them going and these athletes

:06:11.:06:15.

conscious he was happy to lead for 12 miles in the Great Scottish Run

:06:15.:06:21.

and Liz, it is still a pleasure to watch him run. Yes he has that

:06:21.:06:30.

Ethiopian lope when he runs. It is great to watch. He makes it look so

:06:30.:06:33.

easy. 14. 40 at the mark for Haile Gebrselassie.

:06:33.:06:44.

Lamdassem has moved into second place. Ahead of Bett. And Haile

:06:44.:06:52.

Gebrselassie just seems so Dom fortable -- comfortable running at

:06:52.:06:54.

the front. You can see the gap fortable -- comfortable running at

:06:54.:06:58.

between him and Chris Thompson as we go back to the women. The three main

:06:58.:07:14.

protagonists there. Susan Partridge looks so comfortable at the front.

:07:14.:07:20.

We had the split times from our statistician and they have just run

:07:20.:07:29.

the fastest mile of the race for the men. Susan Partridge looks as if she

:07:29.:07:35.

has closed the gap and now we are down in a race. This is a race and

:07:35.:07:40.

Susan Partridge, the leading Scottish distance runner this year

:07:40.:07:45.

with last year's top Scottish athlete in third and now getting

:07:45.:07:49.

competitive. But look at Susan part rinl, she is taking -- Partridge,

:07:49.:07:54.

she is taking the opportunity of following the men. She is hanging in

:07:54.:08:02.

with the pace and that is Sonia Samuels husband, that will be a good

:08:02.:08:07.

pace maker. He will help the girls out. But Susan did run a 10k last

:08:07.:08:13.

week one second off her personal best. So she is in good shape. Back

:08:13.:08:23.

to the men's race here and it is those three who have got away, lamb

:08:23.:08:34.

December Cem -- Lamdassem is there. You can see the gap between these

:08:34.:08:40.

leading three and Chris Thompson in fourth. If you look in the

:08:40.:08:45.

background, you can see the famous Ibrox stadium, the home of Rangers

:08:45.:08:52.

FC. That will be used for the Commonwealth Games. The leader at

:08:52.:08:58.

the moment, Haile Gebrselassie. It reflects, I reflect 110 years ago at

:08:58.:09:09.

Ibrox it was the scene of one of great feats in racing, Alex Shrub

:09:09.:09:23.

broke records at six, she, seven and eight mile and he set a world record

:09:23.:09:28.

and it was the first world record over the hour run. And the current

:09:28.:09:35.

record holder for the current hour run is Haile Gebrselassie. So here

:09:35.:09:42.

we are in Glasgow, Alf Shrub was recognised as the greatest distance

:09:42.:09:50.

runner in the 1900s. And this man is recognised as the greatest distance

:09:50.:10:00.

running athlete. Alf Shrub is a member of the England athletics Hall

:10:00.:10:06.

of Fame. If there was an Ethiopian Hall of Fame, no doubt who would be

:10:06.:10:10.

first on the list. Haile Gebrselassie has set 27 world

:10:10.:10:20.

records. But Pauline Mangiku has been dropped and Partridge and Ross

:10:20.:10:28.

are looking strong. Yes, this is probably Freya's first competitive

:10:28.:10:32.

race back after injury and it is only seven weeks since Susan did her

:10:32.:10:37.

marathon at the worlds. So it is great to see them both running for

:10:37.:10:42.

Scotland in the Commonwealth Games. What do you think about the

:10:42.:10:45.

selectors coming in early and saying the Scottish team will be selected

:10:45.:10:49.

now and they know that they have been picked and they will compete.

:10:49.:10:56.

Could they ease off? I think it is early myself. I think they have

:10:56.:10:59.

filled up slots in a lot of places and they have cut off the

:10:59.:11:03.

opportunity for others to qualify. But you know, good luck to those

:11:03.:11:07.

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

:11:07.:11:11.

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

:11:11.:11:17.

the day to do selections like that. There speaks the authority. Liz was

:11:17.:11:23.

the former chairman of the Scottish Athletics Federation and if she had

:11:23.:11:26.

been in charge, nobody would have been picked yet. I think you have

:11:26.:11:29.

got to give people fair opportunities and that is what

:11:29.:11:35.

trials are for. As an athlete is that a couple of seconds off the

:11:36.:11:40.

time, knowing others have been selected, I think it is unfair. We

:11:40.:11:43.

saw Ibrox away to the right hand selected, I think it is unfair. We

:11:43.:11:49.

side. But is in is the long distance view of the leading three. Haile

:11:49.:12:00.

Gebrselassie, lamb December Sam and -- Lamdassem and Bett. There is

:12:00.:12:05.

hardly a couple of feet between them. Haile Gebrselassie still at

:12:05.:12:08.

the front and still leaning forward. He has got that fairly wild right

:12:08.:12:15.

hook action in his right arm there. Just having a look. But he is

:12:15.:12:21.

getting no help with this at all. They did four miles in 18. 49. The

:12:21.:12:30.

last mile was 4. 40. Now, he wants help. But lamb December Sam and Bett

:12:30.:12:41.

-- Lamdassem and Bett don't want to take it up. Now he has gone racing

:12:41.:12:46.

past. I think Haile Gebrselassie said, I have done my share, you do

:12:46.:12:52.

some of yours. That was a bit exuberant of Emmanuel Bett and now

:12:52.:12:58.

he has opened up a gap. He has set off like a startled rabbit and has

:12:59.:13:03.

gone away. Now Haile Gebrselassie is chasing. You can see he has

:13:03.:13:08.

increased the pace. Just to close that gap. He doesn't want him ten

:13:08.:13:15.

yards down the road. He wants to be on his shoulder. When you're Haile

:13:15.:13:22.

Gebrselassie you're allowed to do that. Lamdassem has been dropped.

:13:22.:13:29.

The leafy avenue there. It has taken a while for Haile Gebrselassie to

:13:29.:13:35.

get back on terms with Emmanuel Bett. But Lamdassem is way behind

:13:35.:13:42.

now: Haile Gebrselassie may have had to produce too much of a burst to

:13:42.:13:48.

get back on level terms. He wants it to be known that Bett is not away.

:13:48.:13:53.

And we look back at the women and Susan Partridge is opening a gap

:13:53.:13:56.

between herself and Freya Ross. The Susan Partridge is opening a gap

:13:56.:14:02.

women are on for a good pace and Freya looks as if she is struggling.

:14:02.:14:11.

They went through 5k in 16. 37. Ross was 16. 38. The other Scottish

:14:11.:14:18.

competitor was way back in fourth in 17. 20. And to gie you an idea as to

:14:18.:14:26.

where that would sit on the all time list. Paula Radcliffe holds the

:14:26.:14:33.

record at 65. 40 and Liz McColgan is the second fast, 67.11. So they're

:14:33.:14:44.

going to have to get close to 70 minutes to get close. This was one

:14:44.:14:48.

of the events that Liz preferred. She was a great 10,000 runner, world

:14:48.:14:56.

champion, but the in between the 10,000 and the marathon, the half

:14:56.:15:03.

marathon was an vent you enjoyed. Yes it suited my style and the half

:15:03.:15:09.

marathon was the best distance, because you were running at a good

:15:09.:15:12.

pace and you still got the intensity of a track runner. #10i9 is a good

:15:12.:15:20.

-- so it is a good mix. You normally see some good 10k runners being able

:15:20.:15:35.

to shift over the half marathon. Emmanuel Bett, he is testing himself

:15:35.:15:42.

today. He hasn't had a brilliant year this year. He has had a decent

:15:42.:15:45.

10,000 metre race. But he hasn't been able to mix it as much as he

:15:45.:15:48.

would like. He was injured recently. He was fourth in the Kenyan trials.

:15:48.:16:02.

Gebrselassie knows about him. He said to me yesterday, I hope he

:16:02.:16:12.

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

:16:12.:16:16.

think Haile will take his turn fairly soon. Together they are

:16:16.:16:23.

working away from Lamdassem. Certainly, Gebrselassie is doing a

:16:23.:16:30.

sensible thing by getting back on level terms with Emmanuel Bett. He

:16:30.:16:35.

is sticking with him. Lamdassem is some way behind. Certainly hasn't

:16:35.:16:39.

given up the ghost. He is 40 metres behind Gebrselassie and Emmanuel

:16:39.:16:44.

Bett. Gebrselassie is making Emmanuel Bett know he is there. Just

:16:44.:16:56.

going around Bellahouston Park. Conditions are still almost perfect

:16:56.:17:01.

for road running. Turning right into the park. These two and Lamdassem

:17:01.:17:10.

are well ahead of everybody else. You can see the difference in the

:17:10.:17:15.

cadence and stride between Emmanuel Bett and Gebrselassie. Gebrselassie

:17:15.:17:19.

is desperate to get some water down him. This time, Emmanuel Bett does

:17:19.:17:26.

take some water on board. We are in the magnificent Bellahouston Park. I

:17:26.:17:32.

remember the world Cross Tran -- cross-country Championships here

:17:32.:17:37.

many years ago. It rained all day. The athletes ran in the old

:17:37.:17:43.

cardboard style numbers. Leaves will remember. All of the numbers fell

:17:43.:17:49.

off. -- Liz McColgan will remember. They all I had -- they all had

:17:49.:17:54.

shreds hanging from their shirts. Those were the days. Susan Partridge

:17:54.:18:08.

is just beginning to pull away a little bit from Freya Ross. You were

:18:08.:18:11.

saying earlier, aliens, -- that he little bit from Freya Ross. You were

:18:11.:18:24.

has got a personal best of around the same time. Just

:18:24.:18:30.

slower than Susan Partridge. LIZ McCOLGAN: Freya Ross has just come

:18:30.:18:45.

back from injury. Susan is in good nick. Nick Samuels is a 1500 metre

:18:46.:18:55.

runner, and so he is going for a different time today.

:18:55.:19:00.

Just looking there at Chris Thompson. He is still in fourth

:19:00.:19:05.

place in the men's race as we get back to Susan Partridge.

:19:05.:19:11.

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

:19:12.:19:23.

World Championships. She stuck to her task. She ran cautiously and

:19:23.:19:28.

sensibly and came through. Afterwards she was thrilled to

:19:28.:19:33.

finish 10th. For her, looking to the Commonwealth Games, that was

:19:33.:19:36.

absolutely wonderful. There are the men together. Haile Gebrselassie and

:19:36.:19:43.

Emmanuel Bett, they are pulling ahead of Lamdassem, the Spanish

:19:43.:19:47.

athlete. These two are tracking together, racing together, sharing

:19:47.:19:51.

the pace. They want to encourage the pace to keep going. I know Haile was

:19:51.:19:58.

conscious of the sprint finish. Because he is not able to do speed

:19:58.:20:02.

training at this time of his career, because he gets injured, he has to

:20:02.:20:08.

try to win these races at the halfway point or just beyond. We

:20:08.:20:15.

have got a race on here now. Emmanuel Bett against Haile

:20:15.:20:20.

Gebrselassie. We saw them running through the streets of Newcastle

:20:20.:20:27.

with Mo Farah. It suggests to me once again that Emmanuel Bett is

:20:27.:20:34.

injecting a bit of pace again. They are heading back to the river.

:20:34.:20:39.

We saw what happened at the great North run. They stretched away and

:20:39.:20:47.

injected a bit of pace along the seafront. We saw what happens to Mo

:20:47.:21:00.

Farah. He lacked a bit of age. -- bit of age.

:21:00.:21:05.

The two younger men allowed Haile to -- bit of age.

:21:05.:21:11.

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

:21:11.:21:21.

well. We tend to forget he is 40. When you have trained as hard as he

:21:21.:21:30.

has. His training has changed. He is doing more sustained and steady

:21:30.:21:35.

running. You are seeing it in his racing now. He lacks the speed at

:21:35.:21:37.

the end that he used to have. He has set a best time for several

:21:37.:21:58.

distances. He has six best times and various distances for people over

:21:58.:22:03.

the age of 40. He has produced some remarkable times. He is still on the

:22:03.:22:10.

shoulder of Emmanuel Bett. 31 minutes of running garden, and there

:22:10.:22:13.

are the athletes coming down to Bellahouston Park on the other side

:22:13.:22:18.

of the road. I think Haile will get much more

:22:18.:22:24.

cheering than Emmanuel Bett, coming down this way. Haile has been in

:22:24.:22:31.

town for three days in the ass taken the place by storm. -- and he has

:22:31.:22:36.

taken the place by storm. We will get the official time. This

:22:36.:22:54.

is an interesting development. Susan Partridge is the leader in the

:22:54.:23:02.

women's race. The gap is opening. She has put about 25 metres on her

:23:02.:23:08.

there. LIZ McCOLGAN: The two girls training Colorado. I think Susan is

:23:08.:23:15.

in the shape of her life. She has really recovered well.

:23:15.:23:22.

Nick Samuels there, alongside Susan Partridge. He is finding life quite

:23:22.:23:31.

difficult. He has got a personal best just outside of 70 minutes. I

:23:31.:23:37.

wonder if Susan Partridge can get on level terms with him. That is quite

:23:37.:23:41.

a useful time in itself. I'm sure she knows she is on for a

:23:41.:23:55.

personal best herself. He will help to pull her through.

:23:55.:24:02.

Freya Ross there, behind Susan Partridge. Just having a look back

:24:02.:24:13.

down and the masses, who are beginning to come away from the

:24:13.:24:18.

river. Just to give you an idea of the overall situation... Haile

:24:18.:24:29.

Gebrselassie is just in the lead. Lamdassem is seven seconds behind

:24:29.:24:33.

these guys, maybe more. Chris Thompson, clearly in fourth place at

:24:33.:24:35.

these guys, maybe more. Chris the moment. He is head of Jesus

:24:35.:24:38.

Espana. -- he is head. Haile Gebrselassie now seems

:24:38.:24:58.

confident enough to go into the lead.

:24:58.:25:05.

BRENDAN FOSTER: He is now thinking about how he can win this race. It

:25:05.:25:11.

is not world shattering pace at the halfway point. Haile knows that if

:25:11.:25:17.

Emmanuel Bett is near top form, he is going to be hard to shake off. He

:25:17.:25:24.

is thinking, if I don't get rid of him in the next couple of miles,

:25:24.:25:31.

he's going to haunt me towards the finish. Haile Gebrselassie is not

:25:31.:25:37.

just a great athlete but a fantastic competitor. We have seen the best of

:25:37.:25:41.

Haile. There is Freya Ross in second place in the women's race, coming

:25:41.:25:50.

back to form. I hope she has got some information. Susan Partridge is

:25:50.:25:52.

running really well in the lead. Look at the style of Freya Ross. She

:25:52.:25:56.

looks to be in control. She is returning to form now. She had a

:25:57.:26:01.

great run in the Olympics two years ago, but has struggled since.

:26:01.:26:06.

Going with the injuries she has had, this is a positive run for her. I

:26:06.:26:11.

will never forget the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh in 1986.

:26:12.:26:18.

They don't realise how fantastic it will be to represent Scotland in the

:26:18.:26:22.

Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. That is an experience you will never get

:26:22.:26:27.

a game. It is amazing. It was life changing for me. Whether

:26:27.:26:35.

you win a medal or not, just to run in front of your home crowd is going

:26:35.:26:41.

to be the best feeling ever. They are fortunate to have the Games in

:26:41.:26:46.

Glasgow. It is great to see how the time has changed. I ran along the

:26:46.:26:52.

canal last night, and I couldn't believe the restaurants and the new

:26:52.:26:56.

buildings. It is great for the city. I can see you are still getting

:26:56.:27:01.

itchy when you see the women's races.

:27:01.:27:06.

There are two Liz McColgans, one who is relaxed and giving us great

:27:06.:27:10.

commentary and vice, and the other who is twitching. I just love

:27:10.:27:15.

athletics. I love athletes to perform. When

:27:15.:27:19.

athletics. they perform well, it is exciting. I

:27:19.:27:23.

get excited by performance. That is what I was all about. That is why it

:27:23.:27:31.

is fantastic to see Haile. Tell you something, looking at the

:27:31.:27:37.

split times, Susan Partridge's personal-best at 10,000 metres is

:27:38.:27:44.

33.18. Today she has run 33.25. She is in the form of her life. She has

:27:44.:27:50.

been running really well. She was surprised last week to be only a

:27:50.:27:56.

second off her personal best. She ran very come to be in that race.

:27:56.:28:02.

She has improved. It is exciting to see her running so well. When the

:28:02.:28:06.

Commonwealth Games comes, I'm she will be right up there in the middle

:28:06.:28:10.

positions. She is coached by Dylan last major international winner in

:28:10.:28:21.

the marathon. -- by the last major international winner.

:28:21.:28:27.

The lone figures in the front, Emmanuel Bett in the blue, Haile

:28:27.:28:34.

Gebrselassie, the greatest distance runner of all time, in second place.

:28:34.:28:41.

They are not many countries in the world where Haile has run and not

:28:41.:28:49.

one. Scotland is one of them. He is staggered at the response he got.

:28:49.:28:54.

Everybody knows Haile Gebrselassie. 20 years ago, he set his first world

:28:54.:29:01.

record. Since then he has gone on to break 27 world records. They

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certainly know about him. They know about him in Glasgow. They are great

:29:05.:29:11.

sports fans. Next year, we will see they are great fans of the

:29:11.:29:18.

Commonwealth Games. The last event was a bit of a disappointment.

:29:18.:29:23.

Glasgow is already injecting some much-needed impetus. The Games in

:29:23.:29:28.

Glasgow are going to be wonderful. Haile said, why aren't Ethiopian in

:29:28.:29:41.

the Commonwealth? ! It is bad enough having Kenya in

:29:41.:29:45.

there, in the sense that all of their distance runners will be going

:29:45.:29:54.

for gold medals. If you are, that would be a step too far. These two

:29:54.:29:57.

are so far ahead. -- Ethiopian. Just getting a good view of how far

:29:57.:30:09.

ahead they are of Lamdassem and Chris Thompson as everyone else. As

:30:09.:30:14.

they come past this magnificent building. Well, I was there last

:30:14.:30:18.

night watching Rod Stewart! Fantastic show. And he finished with

:30:19.:30:23.

Sailing, and we were all joining in and they were showing pictures of

:30:23.:30:29.

boats being launched, the Queen Mary being launched on the Clyde. And

:30:29.:30:37.

there is the Finney ston crane, a symbol of shipbuilding. Haile said

:30:37.:30:45.

he wouldn't come to see Rod Stewart, he said I have to get to bed,

:30:45.:30:51.

because I'm racing. The crane in the background and then these

:30:51.:30:55.

ultramodern buildings. The latest you saw there, the Hydro, it is an

:30:55.:30:59.

ultramodern buildings. The latest extraordinary building, Bren dan. It

:30:59.:31:07.

has just opened and Rod Stewart has been on there and Fleetwood Macwere

:31:07.:31:16.

on and it is a fantastic arena and it will be a centre piece of

:31:16.:31:21.

Commonwealth Games. They will have the gymnastics and the boxing. But

:31:21.:31:27.

this dockland area has been re-developed. Liz was saying when

:31:27.:31:31.

she was out are upping, even during the night it is a picture. But it is

:31:31.:31:37.

a wonderful transformation of this great city with the shipbuilding and

:31:37.:31:44.

engineering history and now we are seeing modern architecture at its

:31:44.:31:46.

best. That is 14 seconds slower than the

:31:47.:31:57.

very quick 4.22 for the mile between six and seven miles that. Was the

:31:57.:32:03.

fastest mile of the race so far. But very steady and Haile Gebrselassie

:32:03.:32:10.

will not let go. He can't let go now. They're through nine miles as

:32:10.:32:16.

we look back at Susan Partridge, running the race of her life. If she

:32:16.:32:21.

can keep at the same pace. She looks as if she has slowed. Yes, she has

:32:21.:32:32.

slowed. She went through 10k a few seconds off her personal best. And

:32:32.:32:38.

we have the other Scottish goal in 34. 37. So their going at a good

:32:38.:32:43.

pace. So she is going to tire. But she is on her own, so that might be

:32:43.:32:47.

difficult on this course as she turns down. There will be some good

:32:47.:32:53.

times. Freya Ross will run a terrific time if she can keep at

:32:53.:32:58.

that pace. They're through eight miles. This will be an interesting

:32:58.:33:03.

race. There is a four-minute difference in the lifetime best

:33:03.:33:06.

race. There is a four-minute between Susan Partridge and Freya

:33:06.:33:13.

Ross. So you would expect there to be a gap. I wonder how far back

:33:13.:33:21.

Freya Ross is. I can't quite see her at the

:33:21.:33:24.

have gone through the eight-mile mark. Despite the fact that we are

:33:24.:33:30.

seeing Susan Partridge is slowing, she is actually keeping it together

:33:30.:33:37.

with a pretty good pace there. The men on the other hand are just

:33:37.:33:44.

through the 15 kilometre mark. Emmanuel Bett, the same time given

:33:44.:33:49.

for Haile Gebrselassie. So again is still there. We have a different

:33:49.:33:53.

monitor up there and I can see that Haile Gebrselassie is running

:33:53.:33:58.

alongside Bett. Lamdassem 25 seconds behind them. One thing is for sure.

:33:58.:34:04.

We are not going to get a three-time winner here. In this Bank of

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Scotland Great Scottish Run. It will be a new winner. And Haile

:34:08.:34:13.

Gebrselassie, the first time he has ever raced here. I wonder if he can

:34:13.:34:20.

win it? It is all going to be down to a Great North Run type of finish

:34:20.:34:26.

isn't it? Haile Gebrselassie just alongside Bett. I wonder whether

:34:26.:34:31.

Bett is feeling the pace at the moment. Again just looking very

:34:31.:34:36.

comfortable. For this stage of the race, Brendan? Well the athletes are

:34:36.:34:44.

on schedule here for about a 61 minutes, which will be the fastest

:34:44.:34:49.

time run on this course. But who will win and will they go faster in

:34:49.:34:53.

the later stages? They're on scheduled for a good #250i78. --

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time. A Haile is running the same pace as in the Great North Run. They

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are approaching the 10-mile point. Looking at the list of previous

:35:11.:35:21.

winners. Kenyan winners have taken what, about eight or nine of the

:35:21.:35:26.

last ten or 11 races all together. At the moment, it is Ethiopia

:35:26.:35:32.

against Kenya. No surprise there. As they head off left away from that

:35:32.:35:38.

area that we have just had a look A I wonder whether Haile Gebrselassie

:35:39.:35:43.

learned something from the Great North Run. This is where he lost it

:35:43.:35:47.

on that occasion. I think that is where Mo Farah last it too in the

:35:47.:35:52.

Great North Run. A slight down hill stretch, whiches not only -- which

:35:53.:35:57.

is not only stretching the athletes. Haile Gebrselassie looking around.

:35:57.:36:03.

He does want more help. Which Bett is not prepared to do at the moment.

:36:03.:36:09.

He does want more help. Which Bett Here they are as they turn on to the

:36:09.:36:14.

river. Here is the 10-mile point as we see the steel hulled three

:36:14.:36:22.

mastered Glenlee that was built on the river in 1896 and has been

:36:22.:36:29.

restored and is now part of this wonderful Maritime Museum. The

:36:29.:36:34.

riverside museum has many of the maritime possessions here. The time,

:36:34.:36:39.

46 minutes on the clock. Just through ten miles, 46. 26. This a

:36:39.:36:47.

sub-61 pace. That is the fastest run we have seen in the Great Scottish

:36:48.:36:54.

Run and these two as they pass the wonderful sight of the Glenlee. A

:36:54.:37:01.

twist on the corner. Round the museum of transport and then along

:37:01.:37:07.

the river bank. Basically, there is the man in third, Lamdassem. From

:37:07.:37:14.

Spain. He has run the majority of the race totally on his own. So it

:37:14.:37:21.

has been a pretty lonely existence for him. Some way behind Emmanuel

:37:21.:37:28.

Bett and again. Chris Thompson is a long way behind and in fact he is

:37:28.:37:33.

now in fifth place as we see Susan Partridge and Espana, the Spanish

:37:33.:37:38.

European medallists, who has moved ahead of him and by a good 15

:37:38.:37:45.

seconds or so. Susan Partridge, just coming past the Hydro. And those

:37:45.:37:52.

panels on the side there light up in the evening. I don't know what

:37:52.:37:55.

colour it was last night when you were there, Brendan? It was green

:37:55.:38:01.

and white, it was Rod Stewart putting his Celtic colours on show.

:38:01.:38:06.

He was putting footballs into the crowd and I was hoping to catch one,

:38:06.:38:13.

but he wasn't able to get as far as the pack seats where I was. -- back

:38:13.:38:19.

seats. What do you mean the cheap seats. No they were the good seats!

:38:19.:38:26.

Still no sign of Freya Ross. So she is a long way ahead of second place

:38:26.:38:31.

at the moment. And Liz, Susan Partridge heading toward a good

:38:31.:38:37.

season in 2013 and building up now for 2014. There is the fourth place

:38:37.:38:44.

man. That is Espana. We said he was ahead of Chris Thompson by 15

:38:44.:38:48.

seconds or so. I think it must be more than that now. He is on his way

:38:48.:38:55.

back after operations on the bone right next to his Achilles tendon.

:38:55.:39:02.

He wants to be back on the track next year. He said I would love Mo

:39:02.:39:08.

Farah to run the 10,000 next year and leave the 5,000 for me. Well, he

:39:08.:39:15.

is a former champion at the 5,000 and he beat Mo in the World

:39:15.:39:21.

Championships. Now we have about eleven or 12 minutes left and as we

:39:21.:39:26.

head back into the city, the crowds are collecting down towards the city

:39:26.:39:30.

centre. And they're heading in there and now it is about thinking about

:39:30.:39:36.

how you might win it. Ten minutes of running left for these athletes. I

:39:36.:39:44.

wonder... It is interesting to see Andrew Lemoncello in sixth. He has

:39:44.:39:48.

always struggled with jet lag. So this is the first time he has

:39:48.:39:51.

decided, he flew in late yesterday and he stayed up all night and he

:39:51.:39:56.

didn't want to get into the British way of sleeping. So this is has it

:39:56.:40:01.

worked or not worked. Looking at the time it looks as if it has not been

:40:01.:40:07.

a good choice by staying up all night. Well, he knows his body and

:40:07.:40:13.

how it reacts to jet lag better than anyone. But I think most people w

:40:13.:40:17.

heard that thought it was a lilt bit extreme to go to the lengths that

:40:17.:40:24.

apd went to. -- Andrew Lemoncello went to. But now it is down to

:40:24.:40:32.

wills, and who wants it most? Haile Gebrselassie, every time we see him,

:40:32.:40:37.

he takes a couple of paces out of Bett and then Bett gets back to him

:40:37.:40:43.

and then Haile Gebrselassie goes again. I wonder if he is testing him

:40:43.:40:48.

a bit. But it is a straight line now down to Glasgow Green and the

:40:48.:40:54.

finish. Just behind where we are sitting here. Two solitary figures

:40:54.:41:00.

there battling it out. Susan Partridge, now, is she tiring a bit?

:41:00.:41:04.

there battling it out. Susan Look at the gap between herself and

:41:04.:41:05.

Freya Ross. Its almost a minute. But Look at the gap between herself and

:41:06.:41:09.

Susan Partridge is suffering? Yes, she did go off rather fast, but she

:41:10.:41:15.

is still looking strong and she is holding it together. It is a good

:41:15.:41:21.

run from Freya in second, on her way back from injury. So two solid

:41:21.:41:25.

performances so far. We have been lucky with the weather. Although it

:41:25.:41:31.

is raining, it is quite humid and it is great conditions. Freya Ross

:41:31.:41:37.

there, her split time at 15k, she looks to me as if she is heading for

:41:37.:41:44.

a personal best. Her best is 72 minutes. Susan Partridge best is 70

:41:45.:41:50.

minutes and 30 second. Susan Partridge is very close to her best.

:41:50.:41:56.

Hers is the ninth fastest time ever by a British athlete over a half

:41:56.:42:04.

marathon. Now, she has got Mick Samuels for company. And if he is

:42:04.:42:09.

helpful, that will be a real advantage to Susan Partridge. She is

:42:09.:42:12.

working hard and determined to keep it going and to try and run this

:42:12.:42:15.

time and she has a new-found confidence. That is what happens

:42:16.:42:21.

when you run well in a major international Championship. She is

:42:21.:42:24.

now based in Leeds, but she is proud of representing Scotland and will be

:42:24.:42:27.

looking forward to the Commonwealth Games. Thifs is an announcement. --

:42:27.:42:32.

this is an announcement that she is going to be competitive in the

:42:32.:42:35.

marathon in the Commonwealth Games and the people of Scotland will be

:42:35.:42:40.

delighted to hear. They certainly will. Just having a look at the

:42:40.:42:50.

athletes lower down the table. Pauline Wanjiku is getting closer.

:42:50.:42:56.

That is an important step in the right direction for Steph Twell. If

:42:56.:43:00.

she can get third, that will be a boost to her confidence leading into

:43:00.:43:07.

the Commonwealth Games seasons. Steph again too has had a very mixed

:43:07.:43:12.

season this year. She had an awful injury and had to get pins put into

:43:12.:43:17.

her ankle and it has took her a long time to get pack. So it is great

:43:17.:43:20.

that she is out here attempting the time to get pack. So it is great

:43:20.:43:25.

half marathon. Well, it is anybody's guess as to who can take this one.

:43:26.:43:32.

Haile Gebrselassie or Emmanuel Bett. I wouldn't want to put money on it

:43:32.:43:37.

at this stage in the race, but they seem to have increased the pace as

:43:37.:43:45.

we go back to the Glenlee and that is where Susan Partridge is. What a

:43:45.:43:51.

fine prospect Susan Partridge has turned out to be. She is looking a

:43:51.:43:56.

little bit tired. But she has got some help there from Mick Samuels

:43:56.:44:04.

and both of them going well. And past the riverside and here is a

:44:04.:44:10.

move by Haile Gebrselassie. Haile is trying to win this and he has opened

:44:10.:44:18.

a gap. But Emmanuel Bett is a fast finisher and Haile's power at the

:44:18.:44:24.

finish has diminished. And Haile is pouring it on. This is a a real

:44:24.:44:29.

strong move and the first serious move to try and win the race. Bett,

:44:29.:44:35.

don't forget, was last year's fastest 10,000 metre runner in the

:44:35.:44:39.

world. He looked to be full of running earlier and ran aQuaye --

:44:39.:44:45.

away quickly. I thought he was overpowering high y. They have just

:44:45.:44:49.

over a mile to go and they're coming into the city centre and people will

:44:49.:44:54.

be able to see on the television screens as they pass the newspaper

:44:54.:44:58.

headquarters there. And there is Haile, no time to read the papers

:44:58.:45:03.

today. Time to get going. And the crowds are moving and settling down

:45:03.:45:08.

and seeing the yellow vest of great man who has never run in Scotland

:45:08.:45:11.

and I don't think there is any country where he has run in which he

:45:11.:45:26.

has not won a race. LIZ McCOLGAN: It is a pleasure to watch him. He looks

:45:26.:45:31.

so comfortable. That is what you have to have in distance running.

:45:31.:45:41.

You can't force it. You can see his right arm is

:45:41.:45:42.

You can't force it. working. His left arm is fairly

:45:42.:45:44.

static. Yesterday he explained that working. His left arm is fairly

:45:44.:45:49.

when he ran to school as a kid, he carried his books and his left arm.

:45:49.:45:56.

He was driving with his right arm. He says he has tried to get rid of

:45:56.:46:00.

that action where the right arm works and the left arm sits there

:46:00.:46:04.

passively, but he says, I've never been able to do it. I don't think

:46:04.:46:15.

I've ever seen any athlete but is perfect. -- that is perfect. But he

:46:15.:46:23.

has shown what perfection in running in. It is hard training, working,

:46:23.:46:29.

and a dodgy arm! The man with a dodgy arm has taken

:46:29.:46:33.

100 metres out of Emmanuel Bett in the last mile or so. But he is

:46:33.:46:41.

paying a price for it. Maybe if we can have a look back and see what

:46:41.:46:45.

the gap is. You will get a good idea. There we are. It is a good 100

:46:45.:46:55.

metres, isn't it? Gebrselassie has broken and just the right time as

:46:55.:46:59.

they had along the embankment. Inside the last mile. Glasgow Green

:46:59.:47:12.

is ahead of them. Just in the distance, on the right-hand side,

:47:12.:47:17.

you can see Glasgow Green. There you are, the marquees are where we are,

:47:17.:47:22.

and that is what they are aiming for. It is not far to go.

:47:22.:47:28.

Gebrselassie is the man that everybody is hoping can win it here.

:47:28.:47:32.

It will bring a boost to road running in Scotland, that is for

:47:32.:47:36.

sure. You can't say he doesn't deserve it. Neither does Susan

:47:36.:47:41.

Partridge. She really has performed well here. It has been an individual

:47:41.:47:48.

race. She just looks full of determination, as she has from the

:47:48.:47:52.

start. It looks as though she might be getting away from the man who has

:47:52.:47:58.

paced her all the way, Nick Samuels. She is just ahead of him. Nick is on

:47:58.:48:02.

his own now on the other side of the road. Susan Partridge looks as

:48:02.:48:07.

though she has got some of that great and determination back again,

:48:07.:48:12.

that she had in the beginning. She is running well now. 70 minutes

:48:12.:48:16.

is her target. She has got the She is running well now. 70 minutes

:48:16.:48:19.

conditions to do that. She hasn't She is running well now. 70 minutes

:48:19.:48:23.

got the competition. She has had good help from Nick Samuels

:48:23.:48:27.

alongside her. They're here is, just drifting to the far side. Susan

:48:27.:48:32.

Partridge, well, you would have to say she is one of the most improved

:48:32.:48:36.

athlete in Britain this year. 10th in the World Championships. There,

:48:36.:48:44.

overhead, you can see the yellow vest of Haile Gebrselassie with a

:48:44.:48:51.

couple of minutes' running ahead of him. There were three of them

:48:51.:48:58.

together. Lamdassem was a bit of a danger. He is only a few seconds

:48:58.:49:03.

outside the 61 minute pace. The course record in 61 minutes and ten

:49:03.:49:12.

seconds. He told us he was here to win this race. It looks as though he

:49:12.:49:17.

is going to win the race. Can he said a record? Can it be the fastest

:49:17.:49:29.

half marathon ever in Scotland? 61.10 is the record. He wore them

:49:29.:49:34.

down. He realised he had to be ahead of the field. He injected a quick

:49:34.:49:40.

mile between 11 and 12 miles. 4.39 was a quick one. That did the damage

:49:40.:49:44.

to Emmanuel Bett, who was looking dangerous. Look at his action. Even

:49:44.:49:52.

after all these years, he has got a beautiful action. The records he has

:49:52.:50:01.

set have been formidable. There he goes, under the bridge. The yellow

:50:01.:50:06.

vest appears on the other side. Now these people are re-lies

:50:06.:50:25.

Key is going to hear the applause in a few seconds. -- he is. He can just

:50:25.:50:34.

about see the finish from here. A few hundred metres to go for the

:50:34.:50:38.

greatest. He has just got enough energy left to put on a little bit

:50:38.:50:45.

of a show at the end. 200 metres. Haile Gebrselassie is doing here

:50:45.:50:52.

what he could do in South Shields. On that occasion he was beaten by

:50:52.:50:58.

two good athletes indeed. This time it is going to be so, so close. Just

:50:58.:51:05.

61.10 is the record. Can he get inside it? Surely he can. Haile

:51:05.:51:15.

Gebrselassie, very close... That is a course record! Gebrselassie wins.

:51:15.:51:26.

61.06. Not only has he done it, he has produced the fastest time ever

:51:26.:51:30.

for the half marathon distance. There is Emmanuel Bett, finishing in

:51:30.:51:36.

second place. A couple of miles back, Gebrselassie just put on a bit

:51:36.:51:41.

of a spurt. Then there was a second one and a half mile later. 61.36.

:51:41.:51:55.

Those two were way, way ahead of anybody else. Lamdassem, a former

:51:55.:52:04.

Moroccan, now running for Spain. He has run the majority of this race

:52:04.:52:13.

totally on his own. That is just outside his lifetime best. We have

:52:13.:52:20.

our first three. Where is the first Briton? The first three there are

:52:20.:52:34.

off to have their photographs taken. We're waiting for Jesus Barna, who

:52:34.:52:38.

just ahead of Chris Thompson. -- Jesus Espana.

:52:38.:52:46.

Whether Chris has managed to make up the 15 seconds, we are not sure.

:52:46.:52:52.

Brendan, what about Haile Gebrselassie? He truly is the

:52:52.:52:59.

greatest. You can't say more than that, can you? BRENDAN FOSTER:

:52:59.:53:03.

Absolutely right. He came here, promised to try and win it. He has

:53:03.:53:08.

never been here before. He's coming here for the first time in his

:53:08.:53:12.

running career at the age of 40, and he has run the fastest time ever in

:53:12.:53:17.

this race. We can see the former European champion, Jesus Espana, who

:53:17.:53:24.

is coming back from serious injury and multiple operations. Now an

:53:24.:53:30.

athlete who has got ambitions to run on the road. He says his big

:53:30.:53:35.

ambition for next year is to win the 5000 metres again at the European

:53:35.:53:38.

Championships. His big hope is that Mo Farah will give it a miss and

:53:38.:53:40.

Championships. His big hope is that only run the 10,000 metres. There he

:53:40.:53:46.

is, Paul. Jesus Espana, way ahead of Chris

:53:46.:53:52.

Thompson. There is Chris Thompson, just coming into the finish area.

:53:52.:53:59.

Jesus Espana is about 100 and metres ahead of him. Certainly good to see

:53:59.:54:07.

this man and Mo Farah on course for a European title again. We think Mo

:54:07.:54:14.

Farah will get out of that one. Jesus Espana wins the battle between

:54:14.:54:18.

him and Chris Thompson. Andrew Lemoncello is putting on a spurt. I

:54:18.:54:22.

wonder if Chris Thompson knows where Lemoncello is. He is gaining with

:54:22.:54:30.

every stride. Chris Thompson is just taking a glance behind him.

:54:30.:54:37.

He is certainly confident of crossing the line in fifth place. He

:54:38.:54:45.

is running this like a triathlete would finish the race. LIZ McCOLGAN:

:54:45.:54:51.

It is strange to see him celebrating fifth place. He is enjoying it. He

:54:51.:55:00.

has used it as a training run. It is going to be interesting to see

:55:00.:55:06.

Chris Thompson run the full marathon distance. Lemoncello crosses in

:55:06.:55:10.

sixth place. A good result for him. Whether the experiment worked in

:55:10.:55:17.

terms of going to bed later to see which works... He stayed up all

:55:17.:55:22.

night and said he would have a nap before the race. I don't know if it

:55:22.:55:27.

works out for him. It is not his quickest time.

:55:27.:55:32.

I bet he is not the only one who stayed up all night. Maybe!

:55:32.:55:40.

Looking back down the course, about a mile and a half behind is Susan

:55:40.:55:46.

Partridge. How much strength has she got left to bring it on home? She

:55:46.:55:52.

has got a lifetime best of 70.32. She ran it earlier on this season.

:55:52.:55:58.

She was well ahead of Freya Ross earlier on. She seems to have

:55:58.:56:07.

regained the length of stride, the cadence, without too much of the

:56:07.:56:12.

problem. She is suffering a bit, make no mistake. She has run its

:56:12.:56:17.

very hard. At the moment Susan Partridge is well in the lead in

:56:17.:56:21.

going for what we hope will be a very fast time.

:56:21.:56:30.

It has only been seven weeks since she did before marathon. Most

:56:30.:56:34.

people's legs are only coming around after about six weeks. Things are

:56:34.:56:39.

people's legs are only coming around looking good for her for the

:56:39.:56:46.

Commonwealth Games, 2014. She has got great times ahead of her

:56:46.:56:53.

now. She has got a confidence boosting season and the glories of

:56:53.:56:58.

victory. Her victory in the Great Scottish Run is assured. She's going

:56:58.:57:07.

for it now. She knows she has got the race in the bag. Then it is

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about the time. They know what times they do in training. They know what

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their targets are. Her target today, surely, is a personal best.

:57:19.:57:25.

It is going to be close, though. 70.32 is her personal best. It is

:57:25.:57:30.

going to be very tight on that. She has got to enjoy this victory. These

:57:30.:57:36.

are good times in her career. Susan Partridge spent a lot of time

:57:36.:57:39.

training up here and Glasgow. Recently she has been living and

:57:39.:57:45.

working in Leeds. Here she is, looking good. She is looking really

:57:45.:57:49.

strong. She has been consistent from the

:57:49.:57:56.

start. She looks as though she has load -- has slowed down a bit. She

:57:56.:58:02.

trains in Colorado. It has worked well for her. The consistency and

:58:02.:58:06.

miles there in training have showed. So just one figure we are all

:58:06.:58:26.

looking at now. We plan ahead to look at where Glasgow Green is, and

:58:26.:58:32.

there it is. There is the finishing area. We adjust to the left-hand

:58:32.:58:35.

there it is. There is the finishing side that. So, back to Susan

:58:36.:58:41.

Partridge. -- we are just to the left hand side of that. Freya Ross

:58:41.:58:53.

there, back in second place. She is, goodness only knows how far

:58:53.:59:03.

behind Susan Partridge she is. She seems to have slowed a bit. But her

:59:03.:59:09.

form is suffering too much. The cadence is a bit less. Freya Ross

:59:09.:59:16.

surely is going to batter her lifetime best as well. There is

:59:16.:59:29.

Susan Partridge. Now, come on. She is going to be just outside that

:59:29.:59:36.

lifetime best, I feel. But she is getting close. It could be on. It

:59:36.:59:42.

could be on. She has just got this last turn, then the last 150 metres

:59:42.:59:48.

or so beyond the arch. She could do it. But it is going to be close.

:59:48.:59:56.

Certainly the crowd will be well aware of the fact that she is going

:59:56.:00:00.

to represent Scotland at the Commonwealth Games next year. They

:00:00.:00:07.

will be at her to give her as much support as possible. She is going to

:00:07.:00:15.

be outside 70 minutes. Susan Partridge will get very close to her

:00:15.:00:20.

lifetime best. That will give her confidence and know she can go into

:00:20.:00:25.

the remaining races this season full of running. Maybe did a bit too much

:00:25.:00:29.

earlier on. But it will be very close. 70.32 is the time she is

:00:29.:00:39.

aiming for. No doubt about the fact that Susan Partridge is number one

:00:39.:00:41.

in Glasgow and probably in Britain at the moment and it is going to be

:00:41.:00:48.

just outside. But what a great ricketry -- victory by Susan

:00:48.:00:53.

Partridge in this Great Scottish Run. It shows she is delighted.

:00:53.:00:57.

Freya Ross is coming into the park. That will be a huge lifetime best,

:00:57.:01:02.

Liz and that will delight the Scottish crowd, as well as the

:01:02.:01:07.

athlete herself? Yes, two great performances from the girls. A

:01:07.:01:13.

massive PB for Freya and especially coming back from a bad injury. So it

:01:13.:01:18.

is looking good for Scotland for the Commonwealth Games. For Susan to run

:01:18.:01:24.

just outside a personal best just after completing a marathon is

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amazing. There is a lot more to come from here. -- her. If Freya Ross can

:01:28.:01:41.

run in this sort of shape for half the distance, well... So Freya Ross

:01:41.:01:49.

comes in second place behind Susan Partridge. She has got a lifetime

:01:49.:01:58.

best of 72. 23 and it will be inside 72 minutes. A great second place for

:01:58.:02:06.

Freya Ross. Belongs to the Chester-le-Street. Pauline Wanjiku,

:02:06.:02:09.

we haven't seen much of her since the first two broke off. But the

:02:09.:02:20.

Kenyan just lost her way a little bit. As they approach Bellahouston

:02:20.:02:27.

Park, that is when the front three split up and they have been running

:02:27.:02:31.

on their own and she is suffering as a result. But

:02:31.:02:39.

outside that sort of time. But when Wanjiku gets third. She will be

:02:39.:02:47.

shattered at the end of this. What a good race it was from Freya Ross and

:02:47.:02:58.

from our winner. Pauline Wanjiku has been running all over Britain. There

:02:58.:03:03.

is Stephanie Twell. She was gaining at one point. But she is back in

:03:03.:03:09.

shape? Yes, it is great to see Steph do the half

:03:09.:03:13.

Commonwealth Games she has been selected for the 5k. I can see her

:03:13.:03:21.

being successful at the fulmar thon. She has had a couple of weeks off

:03:21.:03:31.

and that is a good performance. And three Scottish women in the top

:03:31.:03:35.

four. That says a loot for Scottish distance -- lot for Scottish

:03:35.:03:43.

distance running? Yes and #we6 we have got a lot of men and women run

:03:43.:03:48.

for Scotland that will be in more final and will have the opportunity

:03:48.:03:53.

to win more medals. It is all coming right for us. I think when the

:03:53.:03:56.

Commonwealth Games come, a lot of right for us. I think when the

:03:56.:03:59.

the Scottish people will know these guys and be supporting them and it

:03:59.:04:04.

will be a fantastic experience. I am sure it will. Steph Twell gets

:04:04.:04:13.

fourth place. So applause all round from the front three. Susan

:04:13.:04:18.

Partridge, Freya Ross and Pauline Wanjiku: Steph Twell was gaining on

:04:18.:04:30.

Wanjiku at one point. But she couldn't keep the pace up. But

:04:30.:04:36.

nevertheless the winner, Susan Partridge, can walk off the course,

:04:36.:04:42.

being delighted with her performance. Well there we are, we

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are back towards the Hydro. No Rod Stewart at this moment in time. But

:04:48.:04:56.

certainly a lot of athletes. That has been quite a morning from the

:04:56.:05:02.

women. One of the greatest athletes there has ever been in Haile

:05:02.:05:05.

Gebrselassie, winning here for the first time in Glasgow and a great

:05:05.:05:13.

tussle between three Scottish athletes and Pauline Wanjiku of

:05:13.:05:19.

Kenya. And now we have got the general public. I hate to call them

:05:19.:05:23.

joggers, they're not joggers, they're serious athletes this lot.

:05:23.:05:30.

But they will be coming around the Hydroand the xibgs centre and the --

:05:30.:05:36.

exhibition centre and the rest of the fantastic buildings in that part

:05:36.:05:40.

of the River Clyde and the crane as well. And of course on the other

:05:40.:05:44.

side of the river, the BBC! They will be coming around there for a

:05:44.:05:48.

while, heading towards the finish. And so far so good with the weather.

:05:48.:05:56.

Well, the wonderful riverside architecture of this hugely

:05:56.:06:02.

transformed city, the Hydro, we will celebrate there next year for the

:06:02.:06:06.

Commonwealth Games. But we have had a message from the Scottish

:06:06.:06:11.

athletes, we have seen three women athletes featuring in the top four.

:06:11.:06:15.

They're looking forward to celebrating Glasgow 2014 and today

:06:15.:06:21.

is about the people of Glasgow. The conditions are good and we have seen

:06:21.:06:24.

some great races and Haile Gebrselassie, the greatest of them

:06:24.:06:28.

all, comes to Scotland for his first run and goes away with a victory and

:06:28.:06:34.

a course record. So we have had a good morning. Lovely pictures there

:06:34.:06:37.

of the finish. The rain has come on good morning. Lovely pictures there

:06:37.:06:41.

fairly lightly. But it is still a beautiful day in Glasgow and a great

:06:41.:06:46.

win for Haile Gebrselassie. What an incredible athlete he is and Susan

:06:46.:06:52.

Partridge a fabtastic -- fantastic win. Earlier we heard from a guy

:06:52.:06:57.

called Kevin Gallacher, who is running to raise money for a charity

:06:57.:07:05.

set up by his grandfather and he is with Rhona. Kevin, you're looking in

:07:05.:07:11.

fine form. Yes, I kept up with a couple of Kenyans for a couple of

:07:11.:07:16.

miles, but then the ham string wouldn't let me go further. What

:07:16.:07:19.

does it mean to be able to take part and be strong and fit after

:07:19.:07:23.

everything you have been through? Just being able to go out and run

:07:23.:07:29.

and do it and finish it. That is the only thing. I think these events are

:07:29.:07:34.

quite emotional. But you have an emotional background to this, which

:07:34.:07:35.

must make things, things going emotional background to this, which

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through your mind that you wouldn't normally think of? Yes there is

:07:39.:07:45.

people you think of who have passed away. My grandfather passed away and

:07:45.:07:53.

he set up the hospice I am running for. We have an autumn ball in a

:07:53.:07:59.

couple of weeks, so we can raise more money. You're hardly out of

:07:59.:08:04.

breath? I was running, my friend Declan was with he, he disappeared.

:08:04.:08:10.

I think he went down a ditch! But I fine. Do you have a time in mind?

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I'm going to break my record, because it is my first time running.

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Well done. Cheers! Well done to Kevin there is the picture at the

:08:24.:08:31.

ten-mile mark the MV Glenlee and the piper piping them around the corner.

:08:31.:08:39.

Think still have a few miles to go. Of course, everyone today has a

:08:39.:08:43.

reason to run this race, over the course of the morning, hundreds of

:08:43.:08:47.

thousands, if not millions, will be raised for charity over this

:08:47.:08:50.

weekend. Everyone has a reason for doing it. Here a group to tell you

:08:50.:09:00.

why they're taking part. I'm Heather, I'm eleven and I'm running

:09:01.:09:08.

the family mile with my mum and dad. I'm Ann, I'm 47 and doing the family

:09:08.:09:16.

mile and the 10k. Hi, aim Audrey and I'm 54 and doing the family mile and

:09:16.:09:24.

running the 10k. I am Calum, I'm 15 and doing the family mile with my

:09:24.:09:30.

mum. I'm raising money to support Viz yinlt and supporting my --

:09:31.:09:37.

Visibility and supporting my partner, pawedry -- Audrey. I have

:09:37.:09:45.

always wanted to race with my mum. So I'm looking forward to the family

:09:45.:09:50.

mile. My mum's dragging me out of bed, but I'm happy to do the family

:09:50.:09:56.

mile and support Visibility. I started to run after I lost my sight

:09:56.:10:00.

and I have been running and supporting my charity and I love it!

:10:00.:10:10.

Yeah! Sight loss hasn't stopped me from doing what I want to do and if

:10:11.:10:15.

people are out there and they want to try something regardless of their

:10:15.:10:22.

disability, just go for it. This is our run! Another beautiful and

:10:22.:10:27.

inspirational story there. Ann, Audrey, Calum and Heather took art

:10:27.:10:32.

in the family -- part in the family mile yesterday. The action started

:10:32.:10:37.

with a mini-run and today's winner, Haile Gebrselassie, was the guest

:10:37.:10:50.

-- guest of honour. It is my first proper race was at the Great

:10:50.:11:00.

Scottish Run back when I was 12 or 13. It was back on Glasgow Green

:11:00.:11:07.

when I did it. It is an event I enjoy. All the kids, they have the

:11:07.:11:14.

numbers and they have the warm ups, it is totally different from the

:11:14.:11:18.

school vents. The amount of children who are here shows how important

:11:18.:11:23.

these events are and it brings everyone together.

:11:23.:11:33.

This is race number three the family race.

:11:33.:11:56.

Well has been a real festival of running this weekend and a moment to

:11:56.:12:35.

save -- savour when the leaders crossed the finishing line. Plenty

:12:35.:12:40.

of messages from everyone watching on TV. From as far afield Azar can

:12:40.:12:51.

saw -- America. But certainly a moment that everybody here will

:12:51.:12:55.

enjoy. The half marathon distance, I think is an excel leapt distance to

:12:55.:13:01.

-- excellent distance to start your career. A marathon maybe too far.

:13:01.:13:06.

But you still get a lot of first timers in a race like this. 11,500

:13:06.:13:14.

people lined up and took to the streets. They took the streets of

:13:14.:13:19.

Glasgow by storm. Certainly, a day to enjoy. It is a great opportunity

:13:19.:13:22.

and there is not a lot of sports that you can get fun runners

:13:22.:13:27.

actually running with the elite and it makes it so accessible to people

:13:27.:13:32.

and you know to do a half marathon is such a challenge and you have got

:13:32.:13:38.

to train for it. But it is something that you can do. It is a fantastic

:13:38.:13:40.

distance to get involved in. Hello, I'm Lee, I'm 38 today and

:13:40.:14:00.

this is my run. A year ago today I was 30 stone, working too hard in

:14:00.:14:06.

the office, living off takeaways and not moving much. I decided to change

:14:06.:14:11.

my life and I have lost ten stone in the last year. As a foster career I

:14:11.:14:17.

have to attend annual medicals last year the doct of and I -- doctor and

:14:17.:14:23.

I decided it was time to change my life. We have two great kids in our

:14:23.:14:29.

xar. It is a short -- care, it is a short time arrangement, but we

:14:29.:14:34.

wanted it to go long-term and I had to make guarantees that I was going

:14:34.:14:39.

to be around to see them through their teenage years. It was not

:14:39.:14:43.

difficult, all I had to do was give up the takeaways, get out walking

:14:43.:14:49.

and keep my calory count to 2,000 a day. So in the last year my family

:14:49.:14:54.

and friends have given me stick, calling me salad muncher and so on.

:14:54.:15:05.

But I think they proud of me. Here is a spoiler alert, I won't win, but

:15:05.:15:11.

if I get round at a brisk pace I will be pleased. I'm going to do

:15:11.:15:19.

this to help them and thank them and to enkunch you to -- encourage you

:15:19.:15:24.

to take up foster caring. So watch is in race, get your jacket on, go

:15:24.:15:28.

for a walk and this time next year you can join me in the Great

:15:28.:15:39.

Scottish Run 2014. We have got plenty more coming on

:15:39.:15:43.

this programme. The half marathon set at about 1130 this morning. The

:15:43.:15:47.

women's race was a cracker. Susan Partridge was the first of the

:15:47.:15:59.

athletes, along with Freya Ross, to be introduced to the crowd. Early

:15:59.:16:10.

doors, it was Susan Partridge. She was being led there by Wanjiku. She

:16:10.:16:14.

eventually fell back from Susan Partridge, who was being shadowed

:16:14.:16:20.

the whole way by Freya Ross. But Freya Ross herself began to fall

:16:20.:16:22.

the whole way by Freya Ross. But behind a bit. The constant figure

:16:22.:16:30.

there of Nick Samuels, running alongside Freya Ross for a long

:16:30.:16:37.

time. Susan Partridge began to forge her way to the head of the field, a

:16:37.:16:44.

long way ahead of anybody. Nick Samuels will still with her when

:16:45.:16:51.

they went past the European Museum of the year, the Riverside Museum,

:16:51.:16:58.

and Indo -- into Glasgow Green. An excellent performance by Susan

:16:58.:17:03.

Partridge, already selected for the Commonwealth Games for Scotland.

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I am with Susan Partridge, the win of the women's race. Susan, many

:17:15.:17:19.

congratulations. How are you feeling? I feel great. I have just

:17:19.:17:27.

won the race! It was a solo run for much of the race. Is that how you

:17:27.:17:31.

were visualising it before you started? Not really. I thought it

:17:31.:17:40.

would be closer, actually. My main aim was to be competitive, stay at

:17:40.:17:45.

the front for as long as possible and be competitive for as long as

:17:45.:17:46.

possible. I thought it would come and be competitive for as long as

:17:46.:17:52.

down to the last couple of miles, or even a sprint finish, which I didn't

:17:52.:17:56.

fancy at all. After three or four miles I started to head away. You

:17:56.:18:03.

were saying you were at Glasgow Green on Friday in the visualised

:18:03.:18:05.

the end of the race. It didn't turn out as you expected.

:18:05.:18:15.

I thought wouldn't it be great if I had a sprint finish.

:18:16.:18:19.

To be honest, it feels nicer with nobody around. It is so hard when

:18:19.:18:24.

somebody is trying to take it from you.

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Did you think you would do a personal best if you went harder?

:18:30.:18:36.

Having somebody with me could have given me the extra ten seconds.

:18:36.:18:42.

To be honest, I don't really care. I won the race, which is what I

:18:42.:18:48.

wanted. We had three Scottish runners in the top four.

:18:48.:18:52.

It shows how strong Scottish distance running is. It is a good

:18:52.:18:58.

standard today, and an elite field. We can put out so many strong

:18:58.:19:02.

Scottish runners. Scotland should be excited about the common wealth

:19:02.:19:08.

Games next year. -- Commonwealth Games.

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BRENDAN FOSTER: In the men's race, Haile Gebrselassie was running for

:19:14.:19:24.

the first time in Scotland. Behind that group, Lamdassem was a danger.

:19:24.:19:40.

The three of them broke away, and suddenly an injection of pace by

:19:40.:19:43.

Emmanuel Bett. He was last year's fastest 10,000 metre runner. Look

:19:43.:19:45.

Emmanuel Bett. He was last year's how he went away. Gebrselassie

:19:45.:19:49.

realised he had some competition here. The two of them were neck and

:19:49.:19:54.

neck as they crossed the Clyde River. Ten miles, and they steal two

:19:54.:20:02.

in contention. Gebrselassie has been trying and testing and realising

:20:03.:20:08.

that he has got to get away from Emmanuel Bett. The crowds were

:20:08.:20:18.

gathering in the centre of town. Gebrselassie broken down. It was a

:20:18.:20:23.

welcome sight for him on his first visit to Scotland on his way to Iraq

:20:23.:20:29.

at time of 61 point 09 seconds. The great man came here and he conquered

:20:29.:20:32.

them. - micro-sick to 1.9 seconds. I am with the winner now,

:20:32.:20:43.

Gebrselassie. I am with the winner now,

:20:43.:20:50.

Congratulations. Thank you very much. Today was wonderful.

:20:50.:20:54.

Congratulations. Thank you very I'm so happy. The weather,

:20:54.:20:58.

everything was perfect. We thought you said the weather

:20:58.:21:02.

might be cute. But for the time of year, it was reasonably warm. I did

:21:02.:21:09.

not expect this kind of weather. Today is a perfect setup.

:21:09.:21:17.

Glasgow is the sort of place that puts a welcome on for everybody. It

:21:17.:21:22.

is raining now, and still lots of people on the course. It is going to

:21:22.:21:28.

get harder for them. It will be fine. I don't think it is

:21:28.:21:38.

that difficult. I hope they enjoy. You said before the race you can't

:21:38.:21:43.

understand why you had never been to Scotland before. Does that mean you

:21:43.:21:47.

would come back for the Great Scottish Run in future? A Scottish

:21:47.:21:56.

record, for me, I am so happy today. I don't know why I didn't run here

:21:56.:22:05.

for a long time. You have also smashed the veterans' record as

:22:05.:22:10.

well. That is 28 world records now. Will you ever slowed down? I can

:22:10.:22:26.

still run faster. Today, as you see, it was nice to smashed the record.

:22:26.:22:33.

I'm sure you will smash many records. It is a joy to see you.

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David is with the first Scottish finisher in the men's race, Andrew

:22:39.:22:43.

Lemoncello. Andrew, welcome back to Scotland. It

:22:43.:22:48.

is raining. A change from Arizona. How was the race? Good. I am super

:22:48.:22:57.

impressed. The ladies ran superfast. It felt like we were running against

:22:57.:23:05.

the wind. I had a hard day, but any day I can come home and run in front

:23:05.:23:11.

of the Scots is fun for me. And you are super tired as well? I came in

:23:11.:23:18.

yesterday morning, slept during the day. It is 4am, my time. A fantastic

:23:18.:23:26.

taster for the Commonwealth Games next year. The support was the

:23:26.:23:34.

nominal. The crowd just lifted media whole way. -- the support was

:23:34.:23:41.

phenomenal. I couldn't believe how much support I was getting. It was

:23:41.:23:48.

so energising. Ie deciding whether to do the 10K or the marathon at the

:23:48.:23:54.

Commonwealth Games? -- are you deciding. I am leading towards the

:23:54.:24:03.

10K. Running in front of a stadium of 60,000 Scots, you can't beat

:24:04.:24:09.

that. If I can run the marathon time as well and then choose, that would

:24:09.:24:15.

be good options to have. Also, you are running here today for your

:24:15.:24:20.

daughter. Yeah, she is four months old. She was born with Down's

:24:20.:24:27.

syndrome. In two weeks I am going to try to do a record on the world --

:24:27.:24:32.

world record on the treadmill the half marathon. I'm super motivated

:24:32.:24:39.

by her. When it gets tough, I think of her. Super motivated and super

:24:39.:24:48.

tired. Thank you. Well done to Andrew Lemoncello. Time

:24:48.:24:54.

to hear from one of the other 11,500 runners. Gary Tucker's girl is two

:24:54.:25:01.

years old. She has spent much of her short life in hospital. She has

:25:01.:25:07.

severe chronic lung disease. Gary is running his first half marathon to

:25:07.:25:11.

raise money for the York children's charity to say thank you for

:25:11.:25:14.

raise money for the York children's everything the hospital has done for

:25:14.:25:20.

Maria. My wife became pregnant and we went

:25:20.:25:29.

for the first scan. She was wondering, why is her heart beating

:25:29.:25:37.

so fast. It was two heartbeats. That was when we would -- we discovered

:25:37.:25:43.

we were getting twins. At 16 weeks, we went back and discovered there

:25:43.:25:52.

was only one heartbeat. We lost one. It was heartbreaking for us. She was

:25:52.:26:15.

delivered at 32 weeks. They took the bowel out and had a look and there

:26:15.:26:22.

was lots of blockages. They took out the blockages and put it back

:26:22.:26:31.

together. We thought, OK, it might be a few weeks and she can come

:26:31.:26:36.

home. But then she had an eventful night that she had high blood --

:26:36.:26:42.

high BP. She had a clot in her kidney. -- high blood pressure. She

:26:43.:26:53.

now has one normal working kidney. As time went on, we discovered she

:26:53.:26:59.

had chronic lung disease. It wasn't until she was home, really, that we

:26:59.:27:04.

discovered she needed oxygen all the time. Just recently, we have had the

:27:04.:27:14.

mild cerebral palsy diagnosis. Things go through your mind. Why

:27:14.:27:20.

her? She is just an innocent baby. Whether she have to suffer? She has

:27:21.:27:27.

been ventilated three times already. The amount of pain she goes through,

:27:27.:27:35.

it is unbelievable. She would walk in the future. We hope. The signs

:27:35.:27:44.

are good. We just need to be patient and love her and watch over her. She

:27:45.:27:53.

will get there. I'm running for the children's charity. Running for

:27:53.:28:02.

them, man... These people are very good. They did a great job. We are

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thankful to them for what they have done for our little new one. All of

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the nurses as well, the doctors, they did a great job.

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We are with one of the most well-known faces in the field today,

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Celtic's manager, Neil Lennon. How was it today? It was great fun. It

:28:41.:28:50.

was delightful to have that sense of achievement at the end as well.

:28:50.:28:54.

There are so many great causes here. Running with Gary was great fun

:28:54.:29:00.

today. It was a brilliant morning. Can't speak highly enough of the

:29:00.:29:03.

people who have organised this event. And your time? I broke an

:29:03.:29:15.

hour. I got 54. Next-day, may be broke -- break 50. -- next year,

:29:15.:29:25.

perhaps break 50. Have you been bitten by the running bug? I don't

:29:25.:29:33.

know, but I would like to do a half marathon. It is just very

:29:33.:29:38.

time-consuming and it takes a lot of planning. I'm a busy man. People

:29:38.:29:45.

like yourself keep me busy! How much training did you put in? I did three

:29:45.:29:51.

or four weeks. It was pretty comfortable. Scott Brown was here

:29:51.:30:06.

cheering you on. Was he? No! He will be in for a heavy donation after the

:30:06.:30:13.

last couple of weeks. You are running for a Celtic Charity? No,

:30:13.:30:20.

two. St Margaret Hospice in Clydebank and four in Northern Irish

:30:20.:30:28.

charity. -- and for a Northern Irish charity. Thanks for your time. Neil

:30:28.:30:37.

Lennon's office at Celtic Park will be hosting the opening ceremony for

:30:37.:30:42.

the Commonwealth Games. It will be a huge event for the city and the

:30:42.:30:47.

athletes competing. It is a brilliant venue and I'm sure it will

:30:47.:30:54.

do a brilliant job. Here in Glasgow Green at the Great Scottish Run, the

:30:54.:30:57.

weather is less than ideal. Things have changed somewhat. Behind me

:30:57.:31:01.

people are coming over the line, some walking, some running, some

:31:01.:31:06.

sprinting. And as you can see, they're coming in and they have been

:31:06.:31:12.

running for some time. The Commonwealth Games will be a huge

:31:12.:31:17.

event for the city. Let's hear from some soft stars that -- some of the

:31:17.:31:23.

stars that will be here in nine months time. I'm Sally Pearson. I'm

:31:23.:31:38.

looking forward to competing in Glasgow. I'm looking forward to the

:31:38.:31:44.

Commonwealth Games. I'm looking forward to running in the

:31:44.:31:48.

Commonwealth Games. Britain has a great chance to demonstrate how much

:31:48.:31:53.

they love sport. I have great memories from winning the gold medal

:31:53.:31:59.

in 2010. I hope by next year, God willing, I will be in the

:31:59.:32:03.

Commonwealth Games in Scotland. It is running on British soil. I hope

:32:03.:32:10.

to compete next year. In the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. It

:32:10.:32:16.

will be brilliant for Glasgow and Britain and all the athletes. I'm

:32:16.:32:23.

hoping maybe I will get a gold medal. There are some of the runners

:32:23.:32:27.

coming through at the end of their half marathon today. That is a

:32:27.:32:31.

welcome sight for them. They will see that arch and know they only

:32:31.:32:37.

have a couple of hundred metres. But those guys in the rain, still about

:32:37.:32:42.

three miles to go. The shoulders are dropping a bit. But they know if

:32:42.:32:46.

they dig deep they will make it all the way. A fantastic effort. Smiling

:32:46.:32:55.

they are. And delighted to be here in Glasgow although the liquid

:32:55.:33:00.

sunshine is battering off their head. I'm joined by Keri-anne Payne

:33:00.:33:10.

and David Currie and Colin Gregor. You ran the 10k today? Yes, myself

:33:10.:33:17.

and David did it together. It was nice and we got time to catch up.

:33:17.:33:21.

Because we haven't seen each other for a while. And David was very

:33:21.:33:26.

patient with me and ran with me all the way around. You have now retired

:33:26.:33:30.

from competitive swimming, no Commonwealth Games for you, what was

:33:30.:33:34.

it like running afternooned here with your -- around here with your

:33:34.:33:43.

wife? It was brilliant. Just getting used to using my legs on land was

:33:44.:33:49.

tough. But it was a great achievement to do a 10k and it is

:33:49.:33:56.

funny to think that 10k in the water is easy for us, but running is

:33:56.:34:00.

tough. But it was so easy with the support. Colin, you're involved in

:34:00.:34:04.

the Scotland sevens and you will be playing at Ibrox next year. Tell us

:34:04.:34:08.

how Scotland are doing in terms of preparation. I understand your

:34:08.:34:11.

preparation is not great, because you're injured. Yes the squad are in

:34:11.:34:18.

Australia prepare fog the -- preparing for the Gold Coast sevens.

:34:18.:34:24.

It is the start of a massive years for Scottish sevens. Hopefully we

:34:24.:34:29.

get a good start next weekend and build up to Glasgow next year.

:34:29.:34:36.

Keri-anne, I must talk to you about the Commonwealth Games. Any chance

:34:36.:34:39.

you will compete for England? It would be a dream to go to the

:34:40.:34:47.

Commonwealth Games. I went to Delhi games and came away with a bronze.

:34:47.:34:52.

Now it is a time to work on things outside the pool as well and to get

:34:52.:34:56.

strong and start to work on land stuff as well. So I'm doing one

:34:56.:35:01.

session a day at the moment and we will wa and see how it goes. But I'm

:35:01.:35:07.

looking forward to being part of the Commonwealth Games, no matter what

:35:07.:35:10.

point it will be. But the crowd and the experience today is just a small

:35:10.:35:16.

taste of it. David you know what it is about, on the podium with the

:35:16.:35:21.

gold medal. Give us a sense for what it is like for any athlete to

:35:21.:35:26.

represent their country and to do that on your home soil? We saw in

:35:26.:35:33.

London last summer, it was such a game-changer for sport here. All of

:35:33.:35:37.

a Ied season people started getting -- all of a sudden people got

:35:37.:35:43.

interested in sport and you see the spike in interest, whether it is the

:35:43.:35:47.

30,000 people running. It is just a small indication of that. But when

:35:48.:35:52.

you're on that podium seeing the Saltire flag raised, it is all of a

:35:52.:35:58.

sudden it comes home and I remember thinking, don't cry! But I managed

:35:58.:36:03.

to get through that. It is amazing the impact that four lilt swimming

:36:03.:36:08.

lengths in a swimming pool can have around the other side of the world.

:36:08.:36:14.

I was crying when you won your gold! Colin, Scotland invented the game of

:36:14.:36:17.

sevens in Melrose and you're playing Colin, Scotland invented the game of

:36:17.:36:20.

in the Commonwealth Games in the seven, New Zealand have dominated in

:36:20.:36:26.

the world series, any chance Scotland could be getting gold? No

:36:26.:36:32.

pressure! That is the plan. We are training hard and heading that way.

:36:32.:36:37.

New Zealand are a strong team, so hopefully we can avoid them until

:36:37.:36:43.

the final and I think if we have a good season and with home support,

:36:43.:36:47.

I'm sure we will give it a good shot. All the best to you and thank

:36:47.:36:53.

you for joining us. It is a wee bit wet now! Typical Glasgow weather,

:36:53.:36:57.

beautiful this morning and now wet. The runners are still out there and

:36:57.:37:03.

also Hampden Park, Scotland's national stadium, women be home to

:37:03.:37:08.

the -- will be home to the athletics and we will see Jessica Ennis Hill

:37:08.:37:14.

as she explains, whether watching on TV, or pabging -- taking part, they

:37:14.:37:20.

have had a great impact on her career. It is long! Oh has he got a

:37:20.:37:29.

white flag? Yes, he has. Well we seem to have a slight

:37:29.:37:45.

problem with our video tape there. But now ewith will talk you through

:37:45.:37:50.

these pictures. There is people finishing and there is some people

:37:50.:37:54.

out on the course. Plenty of work still to be done for these guys.

:37:54.:38:00.

That is the crane around near the SECC and still some work to be done

:38:00.:38:04.

there. Because the rain has come on. It started nice this morning. The

:38:04.:38:09.

rain has come on and Glasgow felt a bit gloomy first thing and then it

:38:09.:38:14.

got out of bed and put on its Sunday best and welcomed these runners. Now

:38:14.:38:19.

it has put on a bit of rain, just to give everyone a sense of what it can

:38:19.:38:24.

be like here. It can be nice and it can be tricky. But this what is the

:38:24.:38:28.

weather is looking like now. Hopefully we can hear from Jessica

:38:28.:38:32.

Ennis Hill to tell you about the Commonwealth Games and the

:38:32.:38:39.

importance to her career. To Manchester! It is long, it is long.

:38:39.:38:45.

Has he got a white flag? Yes he has. What a triple jump final this is. It

:38:45.:38:51.

is very close. I think Campbell got it. I just remember some amazing

:38:51.:38:58.

performances. It was before I was coming into my senior year and knew

:38:58.:39:02.

my event. But I knew the Commonwealth Games was something I

:39:02.:39:05.

wanted to be part of and thankfully I was able to do that in 2006 and be

:39:05.:39:12.

part of the Melbourne games. Let's hope for distance for Jessica. It

:39:12.:39:17.

was incredible. It was my first taste of a multi-sport environment.

:39:17.:39:23.

So I got to watch some of the different event and then I was able

:39:23.:39:30.

to win a bronze. What moment for young Jessica Ennis. Roll on 20

:39:30.:39:37.

testify. It was a -- roll on 2012. I learned a lot. It was a great

:39:37.:39:41.

stepping stone. I would love to win a gold, specially in Glasgow. It

:39:41.:39:46.

would be amazing to complete my set and so that is what I'm working

:39:46.:39:51.

towards. I have competed in Glasgow and had some great performances in

:39:51.:39:55.

the hurdles and the long jump and the crowd is always behind you,

:39:55.:39:57.

making sure they're supporting you. the crowd is always behind you,

:39:57.:40:01.

I think it will be like that for the Commonwealth Games as well. I think

:40:01.:40:06.

it is brilliant the way they're bringing old and new together. I

:40:06.:40:12.

would love to have a tour of some of the venues. It is great that we have

:40:12.:40:17.

some great ambassadors on board and making the most of this great

:40:17.:40:21.

opportunity to host the games. It is a perfect opportunity for the Great

:40:21.:40:25.

Scottish Run to go past all the venues and to get the public around

:40:25.:40:30.

there and just to have a glimpse at what it is going to be like. So a

:40:30.:40:34.

brilliant event to have there. Jessica Ennis is the Olympic

:40:35.:40:40.

champion! It is a perfect day. You saw how amazing the Olympics was,

:40:40.:40:43.

the Commonwealth Games is going to be the same. You get to see some

:40:43.:40:49.

amazing athletes. The atmosphere and the crowd makes or breaks an vent.

:40:49.:40:54.

We can train as hard as we can, but we need the people there to support

:40:54.:40:58.

us and cheer us on, so we can bring our performance to another level.

:40:58.:41:05.

The Olympic champion, Jessica Ennis! A legacy is important and I think it

:41:05.:41:09.

is going to take time for us to see the full effects of London 2012. But

:41:09.:41:13.

by having events like the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, it

:41:13.:41:17.

helps build on that momentum and keeps it going and gets more people

:41:17.:41:21.

into the sports that we love. So I think it is port and -- important

:41:21.:41:27.

and hopefully we will see a legacy going on in the future. That is

:41:27.:41:33.

Jessica Ennis Hill there. As the runners come through the arch way

:41:33.:41:40.

and do the final 200 metres to the line and there they are hands on

:41:40.:41:47.

head, come pleated exhausted. -- completely exhausted. I am joined by

:41:47.:41:51.

a man who has picked up a Commonwealth Games gold on four

:41:51.:41:55.

occasions. And for Scotland too. Alan Wells, how are we? Very well.

:41:55.:42:00.

You're here for a special reason for this thing that you're holding? Yes

:42:00.:42:07.

it is the Queen's Baton for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. I'm

:42:07.:42:11.

proud to hold it in my hand. I will be joined up in the future with it,

:42:11.:42:17.

which is on Wednesday possibly. You will be down meeting the queen on

:42:17.:42:22.

Wednesday? Yes. There is a few in the group that will be involved with

:42:22.:42:27.

this launch of the queen's message, that will be in the torch. You won't

:42:27.:42:31.

be able to see what is written on it. But as you can see, there is a

:42:31.:42:37.

light on and that light will be lit for the period until January 23rd

:42:37.:42:43.

when it comes into the stadium in Glasgow. This will be live on the

:42:43.:42:47.

BBC as well. We are going to be covering it. I think we come on air

:42:47.:42:50.

about quarter to 11 on Wednesday morning and it will be covered

:42:50.:42:56.

throughout the morning. As the Queen writes a personal mess an and --

:42:56.:43:04.

message and puts it in the Ba tovrn. -- Baton. It will ten people walking

:43:04.:43:11.

with it and it will be flown to Glasgow. On 10th it will be flown

:43:11.:43:15.

out to Delhi and then it will startivities long journey. -- start

:43:15.:43:22.

its long journey. And Mark Beaumont will be reporting on that. Looking

:43:22.:43:28.

back on your career and performing in that blue shirt for that blue

:43:28.:43:31.

vest for Scotland at the Commonwealth Games, how important it

:43:31.:43:34.

is for all the home nations to represent your country? Yes, I think

:43:34.:43:41.

it is. You have got to qualify. You know, as you say, that blue vest was

:43:41.:43:47.

very important and it was my first biggest competition. It is very

:43:47.:43:51.

proud. I was very proud and I was fortunate that I had the ability to

:43:51.:43:56.

come back with a medal and you know, a lot of people behind me supported

:43:56.:44:01.

me. So it is not just getting there, it is actually competing and doing

:44:01.:44:06.

the business. And I have got to say you know, you have got the public

:44:06.:44:10.

behind you for the Scottish athletes, but there will be pressure

:44:10.:44:14.

on these people and you need to give them the support that they need to

:44:14.:44:19.

win the medals and get to finals. We heard from Jessica Ennis Hill and

:44:19.:44:25.

earlier we spoke to Liz McColgan and they both said the Commonwealth

:44:25.:44:29.

Games was a spring board for their careers. It guess it must have been

:44:29.:44:33.

for you? Yes, that was my first big one. You know, you know that you

:44:33.:44:37.

have maybe got a chance and you go into the event and you keep your

:44:37.:44:42.

head down and as I said, you do what you can. You have to focus. There is

:44:42.:44:48.

nothing else comes into your eye sight or hearing. Pit us important

:44:48.:44:51.

-- it is important you keep yourself in your little wee world while

:44:51.:44:57.

you're doing it. It is quite sbeps and the ability to heapest keep your

:44:57.:45:01.

head in that final 100 metres. At the start it is quite intense. And

:45:01.:45:06.

you have got a job to do. You have done it before. You're

:45:06.:45:10.

psychologically programmed for it and that is what is important. If

:45:10.:45:13.

psychologically programmed for it you can keep that focus, you may

:45:13.:45:17.

well achieve it. You did it on four occasions. Great to see you here.

:45:17.:45:28.

Thank you. Do look pretty fresh even now, halfway through. We will see me

:45:28.:45:35.

crawling! We are feeling good just now. Are you getting a lot of

:45:36.:45:40.

attention for what you are trying to do? Yes, everybody has been really

:45:40.:45:48.

supportive. It is nice that everybody is supporting us. I know

:45:48.:45:53.

you want to go and get running, go on, chase your time.

:45:53.:46:00.

My name is David. This is my 21st consecutive great Scottish run. --

:46:00.:46:09.

Great Scottish Run. If I was injured, I have always said I would

:46:09.:46:14.

come along and walk if I had to. It is the biggest run in Scotland. It

:46:14.:46:18.

has been for many years. You get people shouting and screaming. It

:46:18.:46:23.

makes you go too fast. You suffer later on. I was almost 40 before I

:46:23.:46:30.

started running. I was playing football and my car got broken into.

:46:30.:46:36.

Once it was repaired, I thought, well, I am not taking into their

:46:36.:46:40.

game. I started to run to the sports centre. I have got as much

:46:40.:46:47.

admiration for somebody who runs 61 minutes somebody who runs 3.5 hours.

:46:47.:46:53.

It's hard work. 30 miles is doable by anybody. It is amazing what you

:46:53.:47:02.

can do. Running is one of the easiest things you can do. Just get

:47:02.:47:07.

a pair of trainers and do it. And I am with the man himself.

:47:07.:47:12.

David, you got out there and you have done it. How do you feel? Not

:47:12.:47:20.

bad, not bad. It doesn't get any easier. 21 Great Scottish Runs. You

:47:20.:47:28.

have to put the appetite. How was it today? It was good. There was a

:47:28.:47:34.

light Scottish rain, wonderful to run in. Eight minutes faster than

:47:34.:47:40.

last year. How does it compare to your best ever time? 1.32 was my

:47:40.:47:49.

best time. It gives you something to aim for. What was the atmosphere

:47:49.:47:54.

like? Better. It was quiet by the museum. But out on the motorway...

:47:54.:48:04.

What about the new circuit? Flats, faster. Once I am off the bridge,

:48:04.:48:16.

that's my favourite part. Bellahouston Park was good as usual.

:48:16.:48:26.

Gebrselassie won the race. He has only got another 20 to go and he

:48:26.:48:29.

will catch up with you. All the best. See you next year. Yes, you

:48:29.:48:32.

will. The athletes are still pouring

:48:32.:49:57.

through to the finish and they will be doing that for some hours yet.

:49:57.:50:02.

Brendan, a good day for you? It was good to see Gebrselassie on his

:50:02.:50:08.

first visit to Scotland run a half marathon faster than anybody has in

:50:08.:50:13.

Scotland. It was a competitive race. The Scottish theme our athletes were

:50:13.:50:17.

outstanding. I think the Commonwealth Games effect is already

:50:17.:50:21.

taking with the athletes. They are getting ready. Things are looking

:50:21.:50:26.

good for today, this year, and next year.

:50:26.:50:32.

Just to remind everybody, it was Haile Gebrselassie who won the men's

:50:33.:50:36.

race, just ahead of Emmanuel Bett. Susan Partridge finished ahead of

:50:36.:50:41.

Freya Ross of Great Britain and Scotland, of course, and Polline

:50:41.:50:52.

Wanjiku was in third place. It was a very good day for Scottish

:50:52.:50:56.

athletics. LIZ McCOLGAN: It was great for the Scottish athlete and a

:50:56.:50:59.

great day in Glasgow for all the runners out there. It was great to

:50:59.:51:04.

see Freya Ross comeback. She is a great runner. She has had a very bad

:51:04.:51:07.

injury. A good, solid performance. A little check of the watch as you

:51:07.:51:44.

cross the line. A good finish from the boy in purple. Big, smiley

:51:44.:51:47.

faces. Katherine Grainger, you started the race this morning. Happy

:51:47.:51:56.

faces hearing in Glasgow, cheering all over the place. A good day so

:51:56.:52:01.

far? It is amazing. At the start line, you see the excitement, the

:52:01.:52:04.

nerves. The finish line is more dramatic. The get real extremes of

:52:04.:52:11.

emotion. You get Artur Joy, and people immediately in tears. Ash max

:52:11.:52:16.

-- you get Artur Joy. It takes a great amount of work to

:52:16.:52:28.

achieve their goals. The majority of people in the last wave of runners,

:52:28.:52:32.

it is the first time they have done this distance. They are all doing it

:52:32.:52:38.

for good causes. They are taking on this massive challenge and they have

:52:38.:52:43.

completed it. I hope they get a huge Serb orations somewhere. -- a huge

:52:43.:52:48.

celebration somewhere. She is not back yet but it will be a

:52:48.:53:03.

fast time. She will be speeding past any moment. We haven't raced

:53:03.:53:08.

together since Sydney, 2000. That was 13 years ago now. As a crew, we

:53:08.:53:14.

catch up and celebrate past successes. But as part of what sport

:53:14.:53:21.

is. It is the teamwork. Even the runners today, they will have made

:53:21.:53:27.

friends en route. And a mass participation event like

:53:27.:53:30.

this, people are running alongside elite racers today, and just doing

:53:30.:53:35.

that must be brilliant for people to get the chance. In training, you

:53:35.:53:38.

often on your own and pretty miserable. That is it. Most of it is

:53:38.:53:47.

before work or after dark, and you are on your own, maybe with your

:53:47.:53:51.

music. Here, you have got thousands of people around you doing the same

:53:51.:53:55.

thing who may be struggling and that you can help, or maybe they can help

:53:55.:54:00.

you. The crowd is cheering. It can lift you. When I have done races

:54:00.:54:04.

like this, it is the environment you enjoy, not necessarily the distance

:54:04.:54:08.

all the time. That is why people come back. Thank you for taking the

:54:08.:54:14.

time to speak to us today. Some of the racers are coming over

:54:14.:54:18.

the line. Others, unfortunately, are only about Bellahouston Park, where

:54:18.:54:25.

I think Rhona McLeod is. You are the Joker. What are you

:54:25.:54:30.

doing today? I am looking at the city to see if I want to make it

:54:30.:54:35.

mine. This is the most beautiful city. I think I will have it. The

:54:36.:54:42.

running is going very well. I will be here to raise lots of money for

:54:42.:54:48.

the Alzheimer's Society. Why then? In respect to my family and my

:54:48.:54:57.

friends' families. Unless you want the new, you will do know it today.

:54:57.:55:05.

Let me give you -- unless you want me on you, you will donate today.

:55:05.:55:10.

Let me give you my card. I am with Craig Mackay. He was with

:55:10.:55:17.

Allison at the start of the race. You have made it. I don't see

:55:17.:55:24.

Alison. Where is she? I left her behind. You have made it. What are

:55:24.:55:34.

you feeling like? Tired and hungry. Doesn't he look fresh, everyone?

:55:34.:55:38.

They are saying, yes. How much have you raised? So far about £800. We

:55:38.:55:45.

want to try to get to 1000 if we can. Just one of many runners today.

:55:45.:55:54.

Well done, Craig. Everybody very happy as they crossed

:55:54.:55:58.

the line here. Let me give you the results of the elite race. Here we

:55:58.:56:04.

are now. The greatest distance runner of all time, Haile

:56:04.:56:07.

Gebrselassie, from Ethiopia, finishing in 1: 01 .09. He smashed

:56:07.:56:17.

the veterans' record. He took about a minute of that. Emmanuel Bett in

:56:17.:56:24.

second place. Chris Thompson was in fifth place for the men. Andrew

:56:24.:56:30.

Lemoncello, the Scotsman who finished in sixth, he did incredibly

:56:30.:56:38.

well. Look at that. Extraordinary in the women's race. Susan Partridge

:56:38.:56:45.

one in a time of 1: 10.40. Freya Ross finished in second place there.

:56:45.:56:55.

Fourth place was Steph Twell. Fantastic. All of the racers and

:56:55.:56:59.

runners who have been involved in this race today have been putting in

:56:59.:57:02.

a tremendous amount of work. This is the end of the race. They will see

:57:02.:57:08.

that archway and then they will see the Nelson 's column in the middle

:57:08.:57:10.

of Glasgow Green and they will know that fairly soon they are going to

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have to finish. Next up on the BBC is the World Gymnastics

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Championships. That is from Belgium. Lots of British champ --

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interest. Stay here on BBC Two if you can. Look at that. That would

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break your heart, wouldn't it? Beautiful. These guys are still

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smiling. They put in a huge amount of effort. They have raised a

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fortune for charity. Here in Glasgow, the rain has started. It is

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quite tricky but everybody has had a wonderful day. Congratulations to

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Haile Gebrselassie and Susan Partridge. Thanks for your company

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and goodbye for now.

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