Great Manchester Run

:00:08. > :00:19.Today, 40,000 people will run to the end of Manchester, a city I have

:00:20. > :00:23.known since I was a little girl, home to Britain's most loved soap

:00:24. > :00:29.opera and to the Premier League champions, yes! And of course to

:00:30. > :00:34.brilliant football teams. This brave band of runners will be motivated by

:00:35. > :00:43.their own personal stories, running for mums, dads, sons, daughters,

:00:44. > :00:46.aunties, uncles. They are a for a bet, Friday, to gain confidence, to

:00:47. > :00:53.lose weight, to help a friend. Today, 40,000 people will take part

:00:54. > :01:01.in the Great Manchester Run. One of them will be me.

:01:02. > :01:08.Yes, best of luck to Julie and everybody taking part today. Good

:01:09. > :01:12.morning to you at home. Slightly later than we anticipated,

:01:13. > :01:16.apologies, welcome to our coverage of the Great Manchester Run. It is

:01:17. > :01:20.the biggest 10K in the UK. A quarter of a million people have done this

:01:21. > :01:25.since it started in 2003. As you can see, there is a whole bunch more

:01:26. > :01:28.waiting to do it again today. 40,000, as Julie told us at the

:01:29. > :01:32.start of the programme. Amongst them, you will find Olympic and

:01:33. > :01:39.world champions, actors, actresses, footballers, first timers, old pros

:01:40. > :01:43.and Humphrey the bear. And it is an incredibly hot day today. I have

:01:44. > :01:50.heard 80 Fahrenheit haps. People will be wishing it could be a bit

:01:51. > :01:52.cooler. This is the mascot for the royal Manchester Children's

:01:53. > :01:58.Hospital, one of the many charities people are running for him today.

:01:59. > :02:00.Since the race started in 2003, a staggering ?22 million has been

:02:01. > :02:05.raised for charity by this Great Manchester Run. An incredible array

:02:06. > :02:10.of charities are president here today, cancer charities, children's

:02:11. > :02:15.charities, died Oxford a blind, mountain rescue, charities that help

:02:16. > :02:19.refugees, provide education for kids in Africa, the list goes on. That is

:02:20. > :02:22.what this event is about. Thousands of runners have thousands of reasons

:02:23. > :02:27.to get up and run, and over the next two and a half hours, we will tell

:02:28. > :02:31.you some of their stories. And we would love to hear from you, so

:02:32. > :02:40.please get in touch via social media. We will be reading out some

:02:41. > :02:43.of those messages during the programme. We will also hear from

:02:44. > :02:49.Phil Jones and Denise Lewis, who are out and about on the course. Here is

:02:50. > :02:53.Phil, with Julie Hesmondhalgh. Yes, what a face she is to everyone here

:02:54. > :03:00.in the north-west and everyone in the country. We saw the tragic exit

:03:01. > :03:04.of your character, didn't 10 million people watch that? I think so. I am

:03:05. > :03:10.not sure of the exact figures, but it was a big one for Corrie. This

:03:11. > :03:14.city has a dear place in your heart. Absolutely, and has done since I was

:03:15. > :03:20.a little girl. But this is the first time I have done the Manchester 10K,

:03:21. > :03:23.so it is a bit of an initiation. I feel like I am not a proper

:03:24. > :03:29.Mancunian until I have done it. It is a beautiful day, as it always is

:03:30. > :03:30.for the 10K. Looking forward to it. Tell everybody at

:03:31. > :03:33.for the 10K. Looking forward to it. running for today? It is a very

:03:34. > :03:42.special charity to me, a charity running for today? It is a very

:03:43. > :03:51.lost their little boy, Ruben, to a running for today? It is a very

:03:52. > :03:56.they set up a charity, hoping to build

:03:57. > :03:59.they set up a charity, hoping to where families with children with

:04:00. > :04:02.life-threatening illnesses can go and enjoy themselves and build

:04:03. > :04:10.memories and have a bit of counselling and a bit of fun. It is

:04:11. > :04:13.a very lovely building 20 minutes outside Manchester. We are

:04:14. > :04:15.fund-raising now to do it up and make it a beautiful

:04:16. > :04:19.fund-raising now to do it up and families who are going through

:04:20. > :04:24.similar things. What a fantastic cause. We will hear more on that

:04:25. > :04:32.story later. Enjoy the race, see you at the finish. Wish me luck!

:04:33. > :04:38.And that charities in force today. They have 251 is . Among them are

:04:39. > :04:43.ritual and Wendy. What is your connection to the charity? I

:04:44. > :04:47.personally knew Ruben, so when the charity was born, I knew I wanted to

:04:48. > :04:51.do something but I did not know what I could do to help. Not long after

:04:52. > :04:59.that, I started running at a local running club. Since then, I have

:05:00. > :05:00.done 10Ks and half marathons . So not only have I raised a lot of

:05:01. > :05:04.money, but it has changed my life. not only have I raised a lot of

:05:05. > :05:08.And you and your family have raised a lot of money for the charity?

:05:09. > :05:16.Yes, we have raised money through selling pictures at our gallery. We

:05:17. > :05:18.raised over ?12,000. And I have done half marathons, 10Ks and as much as

:05:19. > :05:21.I can to raise money half marathons, 10Ks and as much as

:05:22. > :05:29.charity. We are in it as a family. Have a good day. Yes, lots of celebs

:05:30. > :05:33.running here today. Lots of money being raised for charity, but there

:05:34. > :05:40.are also some tasty elite race is going on here. Phil Jones has the

:05:41. > :05:45.guide. Congratulations on the performance at the London Marathon

:05:46. > :05:52.this year. New course record. When you reflect back on that, how great

:05:53. > :05:58.achievement it for you? It was one of the best achievements for me,

:05:59. > :06:07.because after the world-record, it was my last marathon. And to running

:06:08. > :06:13.such a big crowd -- to run in such a big gap, that strong feeling,

:06:14. > :06:23.running a record in London meant a lot for me. Congratulations on your

:06:24. > :06:29.marathon win in Paris. Actually, I planned to go faster than that

:06:30. > :06:35.time, but it was my first time in a marathon. So I did not have any

:06:36. > :06:51.experience before . I was happy about it. It was a good time. I ran

:06:52. > :06:57.a good time in London, so I think we are almost the same level. It is the

:06:58. > :07:03.first time for me to compete with him. Tell me your memories of that

:07:04. > :07:07.fantastic win here last year. TRANSLATION: It was a very good race

:07:08. > :07:14.for me. The weather was good and it was an excellent win for me last

:07:15. > :07:18.year. 2002 was your last loss in a row grace over 10K, so do you feel

:07:19. > :07:24.you have ownership of this event? TRANSLATION: As you said, I have not

:07:25. > :07:34.lost in the 10,000, and 10K is a favourite of mine. Tomorrow, I hope

:07:35. > :07:47.to run a good race. So much to look forward to over the course of the

:07:48. > :07:53.next two and a half hours. Tyranny Barber start -- Tirunesh Dibaba that

:07:54. > :07:56.sat 10.25. Julie Hesmondhalgh is running for a court was very close

:07:57. > :08:01.to her heart. We will hear lots more about that during the course of the

:08:02. > :08:06.programme. And hopefully, the bear will be hoping to keep cool. He is

:08:07. > :08:11.the standard-bearer for the amazing work of the royal Manchester

:08:12. > :08:15.Children's Hospital. And we will be capturing all the sites and seems of

:08:16. > :08:21.this 12th Great Manchester Run, always an amazing day on the streets

:08:22. > :08:26.of the north-west capital. Yesterday, it was all about speed.

:08:27. > :08:30.Greg Rutherford was in the long jump up we had Yohan Blake and Christine

:08:31. > :08:37.Ohuruogu. We will see the highlights of yesterday's city games. So, the

:08:38. > :08:42.women are about to start a little later than advertised. Time to say

:08:43. > :08:46.good morning to Paula Radcliffe and Andrew Cotter and Steve Cram.

:08:47. > :08:51.Morning, Jonathan, morning, everybody. The elite women are ready

:08:52. > :08:53.to go. As Jonathan said, a slight delay. There are so many experienced

:08:54. > :09:00.athletes. They have kept themselves calm and

:09:01. > :09:06.warmed up. Lovely sunshine in Manchester. Temperature rising, bit

:09:07. > :09:13.of a breeze. The breeze is picking up to become a slight wind. Helen

:09:14. > :09:18.Clitheroe was the winner in 2011. One of the stalwarts of British

:09:19. > :09:24.distance running over the years, from 1500 right through to the

:09:25. > :09:31.marathon. Sophie Duarte is one of France's best European cross-country

:09:32. > :09:47.champions. For many of the European athletes, the European Championships

:09:48. > :09:50.are later in the year. Gemma Steel has had a bit of an up-and-down

:09:51. > :09:55.year. She was meant to run in London, but an injury stopped her

:09:56. > :09:58.doing that. But she has bounced back with good form since then and will

:09:59. > :10:10.be hoping to make her marathon debut later in the year. What more can you

:10:11. > :10:19.say about Tirunesh Dibaba? So good to see her in Manchester again. So

:10:20. > :10:31.they have been waiting a little while to get away. The elite women

:10:32. > :10:34.are the first to set foot on the road of Manchester this morning.

:10:35. > :10:41.Thousands will follow later, but for the time being, the road is all for

:10:42. > :10:45.this small group of elite women. Plenty of British women to watch out

:10:46. > :10:49.for, the likes of Susan Partridge. Others will be looking to run in the

:10:50. > :10:52.Commonwealth Games and European Championships . All of those

:10:53. > :10:56.selection places are yet to be decided. Some are already known who

:10:57. > :11:00.will be competing. We will chat more about that as the race goes on.

:11:01. > :11:06.Paula, let's start with Tirunesh Dibaba, coming fresh from the

:11:07. > :11:12.marathon. She ran well in London. Did not win, but it was a very good

:11:13. > :11:17.debut. How long does it take you to recover? What should we expect from

:11:18. > :11:20.her today? You have to play it by ear, recovering from a marathon,

:11:21. > :11:24.especially your first one. Generally, it takes five to eight

:11:25. > :11:30.weeks before your legs are back with that pop in them. But sometimes it

:11:31. > :11:34.is less because of the work you put in during preparation for the

:11:35. > :11:43.marathon . Tirunesh Dibaba went into the marathon in great shape. It just

:11:44. > :11:48.depends how long it takes her legs to recover that bounce. I don't

:11:49. > :11:54.think it will take her to long. She has had a low year on the track in

:11:55. > :11:57.terms of Championships. No European Championships or Commonwealth Games,

:11:58. > :12:02.so she will be aiming to try and hit some fast times. She will have

:12:03. > :12:06.recovered well from London and be using this as a gauge to see if she

:12:07. > :12:16.is ready to start getting into those hard to track sessions and build

:12:17. > :12:21.into the summer. They are already making swift progress. They will

:12:22. > :12:26.head out towards the Salford area, past Old Trafford, which is about

:12:27. > :12:33.half way. Then they turn back, again past Old Trafford, and as we have

:12:34. > :12:36.seen on this course many times, it can get easy out there. They will

:12:37. > :12:43.finish in front of us here in Deansgate, where we were yesterday

:12:44. > :12:47.for the city games. It is a beautiful day today in terms of

:12:48. > :12:51.temperature. It is a little breezy. It will be interesting to see

:12:52. > :12:55.whether that slows them down. Temp two last year ran the course in a

:12:56. > :13:05.record -- Tirunesh Dibaba around the course in a record time last year.

:13:06. > :13:13.But so far this morning, they have started quickly. Last year, Gemma

:13:14. > :13:19.Steel was trying to hang on to this race, but is going out with real

:13:20. > :13:24.intent here. Yes, Polline Wanjiku is leading at the moment. She was the

:13:25. > :13:30.pacemaker in the London Marathon. She ran a solid pace and then

:13:31. > :13:39.carried on to 30K. That was a decent run for her. Her training partner

:13:40. > :13:43.was Florence Kiplagat. Here, she's doing a bit of work for Tirunesh

:13:44. > :13:48.Dibaba, who has that she wanted to come and run a decent time today. It

:13:49. > :13:53.is windy out there. They have a strong wind here in Deansgate. I ran

:13:54. > :13:57.by Old Trafford this morning, and it was calm them, but the wind has gone

:13:58. > :14:01.up since. We will see if that affects the fast times, especially

:14:02. > :14:07.for the women, because there is not a lot a shelter for them. No other

:14:08. > :14:11.runners around. For years, Brandon and I could pretend we were out

:14:12. > :14:15.there, running . Now you are commentating with me, it is not

:14:16. > :14:19.good. But you are setting a beautiful example. It is a beautiful

:14:20. > :14:27.day. The mass racers will be starting soon. The first kilometre

:14:28. > :14:29.has been a very fast three minutes and four seconds.

:14:30. > :14:33.has been a very fast three minutes leading the chasing group. They have

:14:34. > :14:42.got to slow down a bit, I would think.

:14:43. > :14:56.Gemma Steel has closed the gap up. Sophie Duarte must be thinking

:14:57. > :15:00.Gemma Steel has closed the gap up. every time she comes to England, she

:15:01. > :15:05.has to run in a strong wind! She took part in the 10K trial for the

:15:06. > :15:14.European Championships last weekend and ran second to Joe Pavey, who had

:15:15. > :15:17.an outstanding run. She ran 32.11 in windy conditions. So Duarte did

:15:18. > :15:25.qualify fourth the European Championships in that race in a

:15:26. > :15:29.debut 10K. A very quick start of this women's elite race,

:15:30. > :15:31.debut 10K. A very quick start of starting to slow a bit. They have

:15:32. > :15:36.set out with real intent. We starting to slow a bit. They have

:15:37. > :15:42.be up for a real race. Lots more to come.

:15:43. > :15:48.Starting the great Manchester run for us today is the newly crowned

:15:49. > :15:55.WBC welterweight champion, Amir Khan. Lovely to see you. It's great

:15:56. > :16:00.to be here, the weather is amazing. I am excited, it's an honour to be

:16:01. > :16:01.here. One day we will see you actually running, this is a double

:16:02. > :16:07.for you! Yes, I ran actually running, this is a double

:16:08. > :16:12.ago, I will challenge myself next year. Tell me about that fight.

:16:13. > :16:17.Boxing fans around the world would say it is probably one of your best

:16:18. > :16:25.ever, defensively you were brilliant, attacking usually. I have

:16:26. > :16:31.been at the out of the ring for about 13 months, and in that time I

:16:32. > :16:37.trained so hard, I was working on my skills, working on my defence,

:16:38. > :16:41.fence, and when it came to the fight I had to give it 100% because I know

:16:42. > :16:45.there were a lot of doubters out there. To fight one of the best

:16:46. > :16:52.fighters in the world, Floyd Mayweather, I had to win this fight.

:16:53. > :16:55.It's all about being smart and picking the right fights now. I know

:16:56. > :16:59.it's touching distance but I will leave it to my promotions team,

:17:00. > :17:03.hopefully they can make that fight next year. Enjoy the afternoon, make

:17:04. > :17:15.sure your hands don't get to soft! That gap is already growing again.

:17:16. > :17:20.It looked as though they were coming back to the front two, but Dibaba is

:17:21. > :17:25.alongside when GQ, so the pace has been forced. This is super fast. If

:17:26. > :17:29.your ramble been forced. This is super fast. If

:17:30. > :17:34.ran so fast in the second half of the race, if she can keep this pace

:17:35. > :17:41.going, which could be up for something really special. The wind

:17:42. > :17:47.has picked up a lot since early, try and give us an indication committed

:17:48. > :17:52.with them or against them? Yesterday, it was quite windy when I

:17:53. > :17:55.went out, then coming back from Old Trafford, the wind was behind you

:17:56. > :18:00.and it was quite nice. Certainly now, it is behind them. I think they

:18:01. > :18:07.are running into the wind and they will have it at their backs more in

:18:08. > :18:13.the second half. Gemma Steel, on her own at the moment, in third place.

:18:14. > :18:20.Daunay, not able to stay with this, this is a very quick pace. Gemma's

:18:21. > :18:24.quickest time was last year. But look at Dibaba already and when GQ,

:18:25. > :18:38.whatever her race plan was, she was maybe thinking, Dibaba will be

:18:39. > :18:41.tired. There is your answer. The fatigue of the marathon hit her in

:18:42. > :18:45.London, she might have been regretting going back to the drinks

:18:46. > :18:54.bottle, it cost one of the top two places but she recovered really

:18:55. > :19:08.well. She is properly just on the preparation she did pre-London and

:19:09. > :19:14.let it come through now. It is more maintaining this and it is Wanjiku

:19:15. > :19:23.is slowing down a bit. A bit more news from last night, in Watford, Jo

:19:24. > :19:27.Pavey continued news from last night, in Watford, Jo

:19:28. > :19:32.has run a qualifying time for the 5000. She is a former winner of the

:19:33. > :19:39.great Manchester run on a couple of occasions. Great that she is running

:19:40. > :19:45.well. As Paul was saying earlier, others are still trying to cement

:19:46. > :19:49.their places. -- Paula. Many of the Scottish athletes are already

:19:50. > :19:57.selected, Susan Partridge, Helen Clitheroe, she has already been

:19:58. > :20:03.selected. 9.16 at three kilometres, really fast running for Dibaba. Not

:20:04. > :20:09.slowing down at all. You could see her checking her watch as she came

:20:10. > :20:17.across the three, to mark. She is out with intent today. The world's

:20:18. > :20:30.best is 30.29. That was back in 2002. Who has got the outright

:20:31. > :20:37.record? Me. That was different conditions, Dibaba has gone out hard

:20:38. > :20:44.here but we saw last year that she came back quicker. Can we expect her

:20:45. > :20:49.to speed up? When I run it, I went out and died a bit in the second

:20:50. > :20:57.half. It was hot and windy, I went through 14.48 at halfway, I did slow

:20:58. > :21:04.down bit. I thought it was Paul Turner get, but it wasn't him, it

:21:05. > :21:09.was someone else. The easier way to run is definitely to come back

:21:10. > :21:13.faster in the second half. She is very capable of doing that. I think

:21:14. > :21:18.she will have the wind behind her now. Gemma has dropped back to run

:21:19. > :21:22.with Daunay, who has a lot of experience. She has been second and

:21:23. > :21:35.third here in the past. Last year, our statistician let me

:21:36. > :21:39.know that 9.27 was the time at three kilometres, says she is 11 seconds

:21:40. > :21:44.quicker. You could think she is putting herself in 30.30 territory,

:21:45. > :21:48.depending on how she keeps going. With the endurance she should have

:21:49. > :21:53.from the marathon training, she has every opportunity of going quick

:21:54. > :21:58.here. Gemma Steel, perhaps starting to pay for trying to cope with the

:21:59. > :22:05.early surges. She will be in a scrap, maybe not for third, she

:22:06. > :22:06.might pull in Wanjiku a bit later. At the moment, Tirunesh Dibaba has

:22:07. > :22:16.it all to herself. Wilson Kipsang is the marathon world

:22:17. > :22:19.record holder. Twice he has won the London Marathon, including last

:22:20. > :22:23.month when he set a new course record. If Yediot's Kenenisa Bekele

:22:24. > :22:29.is one of the athletics greats. Three times and Allagui temping --

:22:30. > :22:37.Ethiopian's Kenenisa Bekele. He made his marathon debut with victory in

:22:38. > :22:40.Paris last week. Mokoka won the great South run. He will be hoping

:22:41. > :22:51.to live with Kipsang and the Caley today. Lamdassem runs for Spain. He

:22:52. > :22:56.was a top-10 in lasting's London Marathon. Lemoncello aims to be the

:22:57. > :22:59.best of British today. These are important times for the Scot who won

:23:00. > :23:15.the great Edinburgh run last year. A wonderful site at the start. Tens

:23:16. > :23:18.of thousands. They go different ways, it is only 10K, they have to

:23:19. > :23:24.be staggered at the start right through the morning. The first to

:23:25. > :23:29.get away will be the elite men who will head the first wave of athletes

:23:30. > :23:39.to set off on what we hope will be a cracking race. He ran in the

:23:40. > :23:46.Olympics, as you can see there. It seems so long ago, only two years,

:23:47. > :23:54.fresh in the memory. Lamdassem, one of your's top performers, finished

:23:55. > :23:59.10th in last year's London Marathon. -- your's top performers. Stephen

:24:00. > :24:04.Mokoka, if one of the big names today are off the pace, he could

:24:05. > :24:10.give them something to think about. But the two names, two of the

:24:11. > :24:14.biggest names in world distance running, the fastest man over the

:24:15. > :24:21.marathon distance, winner of the London 2012 race and in 2014, not

:24:22. > :24:26.winning the Olympic gold medal he so hoped for, may be see him at the

:24:27. > :24:32.Commonwealth Games this year. And he is taking on perhaps one of the

:24:33. > :24:37.greatest, perhaps not the greatest, highly Gebrselassie might get that

:24:38. > :24:39.title, but very close behind him in terms of titles, world records,

:24:40. > :25:13.Kenenisa Bekele. One of the great occasions the city

:25:14. > :25:19.of May just a house to offer. This event has grown and grown. -- the

:25:20. > :25:23.city of Manchester. It is just got bigger and bigger. So many people,

:25:24. > :25:26.not just bigger and bigger. So many people,

:25:27. > :25:33.people travelling from all over the UK to come and take part in what is

:25:34. > :25:38.always a great spectacle. We have been talking more about the

:25:39. > :25:40.always a great spectacle. We have races. If anyone in

:25:41. > :25:44.always a great spectacle. We have hasn't run this yet, I will be

:25:45. > :25:45.always a great spectacle. We have surprised, so many take part! A

:25:46. > :25:48.great rule for all these runners because there are the two channels,

:25:49. > :25:52.the club runners, the because there are the two channels,

:25:53. > :25:56.not too far away from the greats of running, to be alongside Kenenisa

:25:57. > :26:00.Bekele, it'll be the last running, to be alongside Kenenisa

:26:01. > :26:05.them for good while until they arrive at the end. It is a huge

:26:06. > :26:09.field. If you are not familiar with this, you might wonder what their

:26:10. > :26:15.time is if they are held back, but they all wear chips on their issues,

:26:16. > :26:18.it is that time that matters. -- on their shoes. They have a slab of the

:26:19. > :26:25.hand their shoes. They have a slab of the

:26:26. > :26:34.away. The women's race, Tirunesh Dibaba, still maintaining a pretty

:26:35. > :26:39.good pace. 15.34 at halfway. She slowed down a little bit in the

:26:40. > :26:44.good pace. 15.34 at halfway. She that pace she was running so

:26:45. > :26:49.consistently. I guess it was a bit of a strong headwind in the fourth

:26:50. > :26:55.kilometre. She has come to be got the race one, so it is all about how

:26:56. > :27:02.fast she can run. -- she has comfortably got the race one.

:27:03. > :27:08.Gemma was preparing for the London Marathon, and she had to pull out

:27:09. > :27:12.due to a calf injury that she sustained in the New York half

:27:13. > :27:16.marathon in March. She said it was because she hadn't put on her long

:27:17. > :27:22.socks. Her calf is feeling very good, it would be nice to see her

:27:23. > :27:29.continue the form she has started to show last year on the roads, with

:27:30. > :27:34.continue the form she has started to some fast running. It's a big lead,

:27:35. > :27:41.and you are right, Wanjiku paid for maybe going bit hard, maybe Gemma

:27:42. > :27:45.and Daunay as well, they were going out very fast and have settled down

:27:46. > :27:51.now. They went over halfway in just over 16 minutes, then another 20

:27:52. > :27:52.seconds behind them is a group including Helen Clitheroe and Susan

:27:53. > :28:07.Partridge. Real interest in this men's race,

:28:08. > :28:14.though. Kipsang against the Caley, -- Kenenisa Bekele. The Caley --

:28:15. > :28:25.Kenenisa Bekele, running his first marathon. It paid off for him, at

:28:26. > :28:28.the right tactics, a really good strong performance from him, he ran

:28:29. > :28:33.much of the latter part on his own, looked good. The question for him

:28:34. > :28:37.now is, what does that mean? Will we see him in the marathon in Rio? I

:28:38. > :28:45.think there at every opportunity that may happen. I think so. Very

:28:46. > :28:49.definitely, Kenenisa Bekele measures himself and wants to get ahead and

:28:50. > :28:55.wants to beat everything that the great Haile Gebrselassie has done.

:28:56. > :28:59.And he of course went out and broke world records in the marathon and

:29:00. > :29:05.Kenenisa Bekele believes he can do that. He ran a quieter race in

:29:06. > :29:09.comparison to the London race that Mo Farah went into, I think the

:29:10. > :29:12.advantage to him there was when he did hit his rough patch in the

:29:13. > :29:17.marathon, which everybody does at some point, he was on his own and he

:29:18. > :29:21.able to drop it back and recover from the hamstring cramps he was

:29:22. > :29:27.getting and get back on top of it and run the course record. Mo Farah

:29:28. > :29:32.had to go in and run London, when you grow up in the UK, the London

:29:33. > :29:36.Marathon is the one you want to run in. So he made the right decision.

:29:37. > :29:40.But the race panned out easier for But the race panned out easier for

:29:41. > :29:49.from that better and get a confidence boost. Kipsang is now a

:29:50. > :29:52.little bit riled by the fact that he said that he is after his world

:29:53. > :29:59.record! You might want to lose too much ground today.

:30:00. > :30:06.It does not sound like much of a difference. If you are trying to

:30:07. > :30:13.knock a minute of your own baby, you would think ten minutes is a lot --

:30:14. > :30:20.off your own PB. But a minute is a lot. It is a big ask to make that

:30:21. > :30:24.commitment to target the Olympic marathon, a very different type of

:30:25. > :30:27.race, very different conditions to those you meet in Paris in the

:30:28. > :30:36.spring or in the autumn in Chicago or New York. That is the dilemma for

:30:37. > :30:44.all of them, including Kip sang. Yes. Kipsang has shown that he can

:30:45. > :30:48.get there in shape. He has stated that he is thinking about running

:30:49. > :30:51.the Commonwealth Games. He was selected for Kenya, would surprise

:30:52. > :30:56.me, because I thought he would be more likely to go for a big-city

:30:57. > :31:04.race in the autumn. He is very much targeting Championships. And it is

:31:05. > :31:09.different to run a marathon than championship, as opposed to the ten

:31:10. > :31:13.Kate, where you can come to Europe and race a lot more. Is it not the

:31:14. > :31:20.rainy season in Ethiopia in the run-up to the Championships, so

:31:21. > :31:27.maybe that makes preparation harder. As much as Tirunesh Dibaba is

:31:28. > :31:31.dominating the elite women's race, it was a dominating performance from

:31:32. > :31:36.Simon Lawson to defend his title here in the men's wheelchair race.

:31:37. > :31:42.The 31-year-old from the Solway Firth in Cumbria, it is an upslope

:31:43. > :31:46.to the finish here in Deansgate, but it was a

:31:47. > :31:50.to the finish here in Deansgate, but Lawson, Britain's second wheelchair

:31:51. > :32:01.racer behind David Weir. He had an emphatic victory. Here is a face

:32:02. > :32:04.that the Manchester United faces Nowell, Phil Neville. It still seems

:32:05. > :32:13.weird referring to you as an ex-footballer. Now you are running

:32:14. > :32:16.today? Year, a year ago today I retired. And the minute I retired, I

:32:17. > :32:21.wanted to do more of these types of runs. I ran this one about four

:32:22. > :32:26.years ago and enjoyed the, but I had to walk around because I was between

:32:27. > :32:30.seasons. This time, I want to have fun and raise money along the way.

:32:31. > :32:34.You are raising money for a cause very did to your heart. Explain why?

:32:35. > :32:38.It is the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, the hospital

:32:39. > :32:42.where both my children were born. My daughter was very sick when she was

:32:43. > :32:47.born ten years ago, we have been associated with the charity for a

:32:48. > :32:53.long time, raising money for the hospital to keep equipment

:32:54. > :32:57.improving. It is something I love being involved in. It is days like

:32:58. > :33:02.today that make it worthwhile. And there is a whole team of you running

:33:03. > :33:06.today. We will notice you in the familiar lime green colours. Yeah,

:33:07. > :33:14.it is not the nicest of this is to wear! -- nicest of vests. But there

:33:15. > :33:19.are lots of charities. Everyone out here is raising money for a good

:33:20. > :33:23.cause. That is so important. Everyone is running for their

:33:24. > :33:27.individual causes. It is important that everyone raises lots of money

:33:28. > :33:33.for wonderful causes. Great to see you here. All the best and enjoy it.

:33:34. > :33:37.There are loads of people here that will get lots of support on the run.

:33:38. > :33:40.I am looking forward to the start. Apparently, it will be a bit of a

:33:41. > :33:45.scrum, so I will get my boxing gloves ready. That was a mix of

:33:46. > :33:50.sports! Phil Neville, the footballer, is having a bit of a

:33:51. > :33:57.scrum and he has got his boxing gloves ready. Interesting here. You

:33:58. > :34:01.can see Gemma Steel and Wanjiku, who is struggling after setting off so

:34:02. > :34:04.hard. The pace has dropped both at the front with Dibaba as well. And

:34:05. > :34:09.all of a the front with Dibaba as well. And

:34:10. > :34:14.foot down a bit again. This is the race for second place here. There

:34:15. > :34:20.would be a couple of good scalps for Gemma Steel. She was so disappointed

:34:21. > :34:27.not to run in London after all the hard work she put in to prepare for

:34:28. > :34:35.that. She has done the British athletics endurance programme, who

:34:36. > :34:38.are trying to develop athletes. Gemma was somebody who was

:34:39. > :34:43.recognised as having potential for the marathon. I think it is right to

:34:44. > :34:46.do that. Definitely. We are trying to identify future talent and give

:34:47. > :34:52.them that support to move through and hopefully achieve things. I

:34:53. > :35:01.think Gemma has the potential to do that. Tirunesh Dibaba is looking

:35:02. > :35:12.really smooth as she moves away . Now she is looking behind. She is

:35:13. > :35:20.running a much more even pace. She's checking her watch, so she's

:35:21. > :35:24.definitely focusing on that time. You can see from the bushes along

:35:25. > :35:31.the side of the road that it is very windy. The previous shot, you could

:35:32. > :35:40.see on their faces that they were struggling with swirling wind, which

:35:41. > :35:44.is not it is turning quite a bit today.

:35:45. > :35:53.She is still on a solid pace here. Well, if you thought about it,

:35:54. > :36:00.running six minutes for the last two K, she could pick up a bit in the

:36:01. > :36:03.last kilometre, so that is a good performance from Dibaba. She has got

:36:04. > :36:12.it all to herself. No threat from behind. She is maintaining good pace

:36:13. > :36:15.and she looks strong. It will be readjusting to see how the rest of

:36:16. > :36:21.her summer develops now that she has pushed herself into the world of

:36:22. > :36:32.marathon running -- it will be interesting to see. Tirunesh Dibaba

:36:33. > :36:36.at Old Trafford, with almost a minute's lead. She has stretched it

:36:37. > :36:40.out. The others are slowing minute's lead. She has stretched it

:36:41. > :36:45.There was never going to be any question about who was going to win

:36:46. > :36:47.today, all going OK for Tirunesh Dibaba. Just a

:36:48. > :36:50.today, all going OK for Tirunesh she is going to go. But in the men's

:36:51. > :36:59.race, there is a question about who will win. Because if Bekele is off,

:37:00. > :37:04.you would expect Kipsang to have a chance. He is quick. Kipsang's

:37:05. > :37:05.personal best for 10K on the Reds came in the half marathon, when he

:37:06. > :37:18.ran his PB of under came in the half marathon, when he

:37:19. > :37:22.if he wants to win this race today, he needs to make it a hard-won from

:37:23. > :37:27.quite a fair way out. he needs to make it a hard-won from

:37:28. > :37:31.leave it until a sprint finish, and although Kipsang is quick, he would

:37:32. > :37:35.not be on the same level as he comes into the closing 400m.

:37:36. > :37:38.not be on the same level as he comes to make a hard-won and use that

:37:39. > :37:44.marathon strength and pace that he can sustain over a distance. That is

:37:45. > :37:59.his forte. He does not seem keen on doing that yet. You can see that the

:38:00. > :38:07.wind is blowing a in that group. -- they are happy to sit in that group.

:38:08. > :38:14.A lot of our guys went to America and there was a great run by Andy

:38:15. > :38:20.Vernon. Nick had a poor race. He was outside 14 minutes. He was trying to

:38:21. > :38:36.bounce back with a good performance on the road.

:38:37. > :39:03.Meanwhile, ploughing a lone furrow, as she often does, Dibaba will wait

:39:04. > :39:04.and time her effort perfectly. I was watching a video a little while ago

:39:05. > :39:11.about her running watching a video a little while ago

:39:12. > :39:14.only blessed with great talent, but she has a lovely action as well,

:39:15. > :39:18.particularly running on the roads. She is a good track one, but she has

:39:19. > :39:23.a good, economical action as well. You could contrast that with the

:39:24. > :39:28.likes of Wanjiku. Dibaba, even when tired, maintains good form. She will

:39:29. > :39:31.likes of Wanjiku. Dibaba, even when be tired at the moment, trying to

:39:32. > :39:36.search in the last kilometre or so. She is a lovely one to watch. She is

:39:37. > :39:43.very smooth. She is probably hurting a bit. But her shoulders are very

:39:44. > :39:49.relaxed. Her arm action is neat and compact. And she has a quick leg

:39:50. > :39:53.turnover, even when she fatigues. She looks smooth, without being too

:39:54. > :40:00.bouncy, which is one of the reasons why she has transferred to the

:40:01. > :40:03.marathon well. Wanjiku has a much easier star in her arms and Gemma

:40:04. > :40:09.has a loping stride, which can transfer well to the marathon, but

:40:10. > :40:15.it puts more pressure on her weak area. She is running well. They are

:40:16. > :40:22.fighting it out for that second place. They have dropped Daunay.

:40:23. > :40:27.Dibaba is now turning things on a bit. She is very familiar with

:40:28. > :40:27.Dibaba is now turning things on a course. 400m to go. She will be

:40:28. > :40:31.outside the course record. It course. 400m to go. She will be

:40:32. > :40:39.be interesting to see if she can dip under 31 minutes. She's going to be

:40:40. > :40:44.struggling to find 31 minutes. Gemma Steel is a good minute behind. But

:40:45. > :40:48.struggling to find 31 minutes. Gemma it is good to see her forcing the

:40:49. > :40:51.pace. Daunay is about 50m behind these two, so Gemma is sensing that

:40:52. > :40:57.she could these two, so Gemma is sensing that

:40:58. > :40:59.Wanjiku, who is struggling at the moment. Gemma had

:41:00. > :41:06.Wanjiku, who is struggling at the over, sees the gap, and when you see

:41:07. > :41:13.that gap it gives you the momentum to put your foot down about more.

:41:14. > :41:16.But it is not over yet. Gemma has a faster finish than you would think,

:41:17. > :41:20.so hopefully she has got a bit left. The clock is ticking away for

:41:21. > :41:25.Tirunesh Dibaba. She will not be too bothered about that. No course

:41:26. > :41:30.record today, the wind perhaps playing a factor in that. But it is

:41:31. > :41:32.great to see one of the world's greatest athletes of all time,

:41:33. > :41:39.Tirunesh Dibaba, winning in Manchester again. No doubt about her

:41:40. > :41:42.class and the fact that Dibaba, whenever she steps on the road and

:41:43. > :41:48.races over this ten kilometre distance, she is pretty much

:41:49. > :41:53.unbeatable. And sometimes she hardly looks as though she has been out for

:41:54. > :41:58.more than a Sunday morning stroll! But I dig it was hard work for her

:41:59. > :42:01.today. And it is good to see Gemma Steel forging away from Wanjiku in

:42:02. > :42:05.today. And it is good to see Gemma the last 300 metres. She will turn

:42:06. > :42:09.this end under the railway bridge. We will be able to see the finish

:42:10. > :42:14.line. She will try and muster up a last bit of effort to hold off the

:42:15. > :42:22.Kenyon, who is making another surge of the inside. She can sense the

:42:23. > :42:26.finish as well. I don't think she will close the gap. Wanjiku is

:42:27. > :42:31.trying again. The cloud are trying to raise Gemma Steel, who responds

:42:32. > :42:36.well. Can she hold of? Steel, trying to take second place, and she gets

:42:37. > :42:46.it. Well done, Gemma. Wanjiku, third place for Kenya. And Christelle

:42:47. > :42:51.Daunay takes fourth place. There will be a big gap to the fifth least

:42:52. > :42:57.athlete. We will keep an eye on that. Well, business as usual for

:42:58. > :43:07.Tirunesh Dibaba. It was an even paced race for her. The quickest

:43:08. > :43:09.part of the race was probably the first three kilometres, and then

:43:10. > :43:23.settled down after that. first three kilometres, and then

:43:24. > :43:25.Felix, coming in for fifth place. Another familiar face to those of

:43:26. > :43:28.you who have watched our cross-country coverage over the last

:43:29. > :43:42.few years. But none of them came anywhere near Tirunesh Dibaba, of

:43:43. > :43:49.course. Well, that one followed the script.

:43:50. > :43:53.But it will be interesting to see what happens here. We said Nick

:43:54. > :44:05.MacCormack was in that group of six, and that was because they have been

:44:06. > :44:18.doing fairly sedately. Now these three have all the way. Both of

:44:19. > :44:21.these guys have got marathons in their legs. I said at the beginning

:44:22. > :44:24.that Bekele would be happy their legs. I said at the beginning

:44:25. > :44:28.win this. I their legs. I said at the beginning

:44:29. > :44:33.any way he likes if it stays at this sort of pace. But if I was Stephen

:44:34. > :44:39.Mokoka, I sort of pace. But if I was Stephen

:44:40. > :44:48.foot down a bit. He is one of those guys who comes in with a great

:44:49. > :44:54.range. He has won a 2.08 marathon. He would reckon that he could close

:44:55. > :45:00.fast towards the end of this race. And maybe not sit on Bekele, but

:45:01. > :45:05.slot in there. I think he is not aiming to win this race. The two

:45:06. > :45:08.guys trying to win our Kipsang and Bekele, and he is looking to come

:45:09. > :45:12.third. He is struggling a bit, trying to get a bit of shelter

:45:13. > :45:20.behind the first two, but losing a bit of ground. I think that Kipsang

:45:21. > :45:25.was thinking, if it stays like this, there is only going to be one

:45:26. > :45:33.result, he might as well have a go. Kipsang now, just trying to force

:45:34. > :45:39.the issue a bit with Bekele and test his fortitude, which I suppose in

:45:40. > :45:42.recent years, there was a time over the last couple of years when we

:45:43. > :45:45.were wondering whether Bekele was going to come back, whether he was

:45:46. > :45:46.were wondering whether Bekele was going to find the motivation, which

:45:47. > :45:52.was a bit of a? With him. I going to find the motivation, which

:45:53. > :45:58.was the Great North Run last year, that race was such a turning point

:45:59. > :46:05.for Bekele, I am not sure we would have seen him move on. He came out

:46:06. > :46:09.on top, and his camp altered the same thing, suddenly it is the

:46:10. > :46:14.on top, and his camp altered the Bekele back again, he has got his

:46:15. > :46:16.Mojo back, if you like! He definitely went through a rough

:46:17. > :46:20.patch and was definitely went through a rough

:46:21. > :46:21.and surprise a few people and give himself a lot of confidence going

:46:22. > :46:26.into his preparation for Paris. He into his preparation for Paris. He

:46:27. > :46:30.also said he had been struggling over the last few years and the fact

:46:31. > :46:33.he had the new target of the marathon did mean he knuckled

:46:34. > :46:37.and did some quality training, building into Paris. He has

:46:38. > :46:40.recovered well, you can see his building into Paris. He has

:46:41. > :46:46.mentality is to do as little work as possible until the closing stages,

:46:47. > :46:51.and Aston is Kipsang try to pick up the pace, he was right in behind

:46:52. > :46:58.him. -- as soon as Kipsang tried to pick up the pace. Now he's quite

:46:59. > :47:01.happy to pull alongside, let Kipsang know that, I am still here, you are

:47:02. > :47:06.going to have to do the work, I will match you stride for stride.

:47:07. > :47:14.Well, we're not going to see a course record today, that was back

:47:15. > :47:29.in 2007. It has been a day not for record but

:47:30. > :47:38.I think McCormack is having a much better run, he is trying to hang on

:47:39. > :47:40.to that group. Meftah was trying to pick up the pace in the early

:47:41. > :47:47.stages, he was being allowed to leave, if anything else. But I think

:47:48. > :47:51.Nick MacCormack was a decent 1500 Metres runner, he had a go at the

:47:52. > :47:57.5000 and the ten, but we now have a bunch of guys who have started to

:47:58. > :48:04.run well. Chris Thompson, flirted with the marathon. It is good to see

:48:05. > :48:11.some of our more experienced guys really starting to find their feet,

:48:12. > :48:12.almost. It is good to see British distance running, Mo Farah has

:48:13. > :48:18.almost. It is good to see British an impact on that, of course, but

:48:19. > :48:26.hopefully Nick can get a good impact here today and fire up his season.

:48:27. > :48:34.He's seconds behind the leaders. These two, locked together. Great to

:48:35. > :48:36.see these guys can win through and registering their good performances

:48:37. > :48:40.over 10,000 registering their good performances

:48:41. > :48:44.to the summer. -- coming from. Looking forward to seeing what the

:48:45. > :48:49.marathon has done for them in terms of the strength and how quickly they

:48:50. > :48:53.can recover that two running on the track. Bekele will be watching with

:48:54. > :48:55.interest, does he race on the track and how fast can he go? Can

:48:56. > :49:00.interest, does he race on the track back to the world record shape he

:49:01. > :49:03.interest, does he race on the track was in several years ago or will he

:49:04. > :49:12.focus on the roads and run for fun on the track in the summer? So to

:49:13. > :49:20.world record holders, side by side. Bekele, stepping into Kipsang's

:49:21. > :49:23.territory recently. The two of them, running side-by-side, two of the

:49:24. > :49:31.best runners the world has ever seen. I like Kipsang, like his

:49:32. > :49:35.attitude. I think he did overcook it in the Olympics, it was there for

:49:36. > :49:39.him to win, he was the best runner in the world at the time, he had won

:49:40. > :49:45.the London Marathon, he got a bit in the world at the time, he had won

:49:46. > :49:50.excited, Kiprop which took a surprise win and Kipsang bounceback

:49:51. > :49:54.and has since then have a great couple of years. We saw the shape he

:49:55. > :49:58.was in when he won the London Marathon this year in that course

:49:59. > :50:05.record. He will have to do something special to come up with a win today.

:50:06. > :50:10.Mokoka is in third place. It is their battle for fourth and fifth.

:50:11. > :50:11.Nick MacCormack is doing well. Doing his best to try and hang onto

:50:12. > :50:22.Meftah. You can see, they are moving out

:50:23. > :50:29.into the area where the crowds to start to build up. If we look out

:50:30. > :50:32.here, a lot of people had turned out, they are waiting for friends

:50:33. > :50:39.and family to arrive across the finish line but also to which the

:50:40. > :50:45.finish of these elite races. -- to watch the finish. A birds eye view

:50:46. > :50:55.for us, they have a growing view of what the others are doing, .

:50:56. > :51:03.Thousands of others running, we will be following their progress, giving

:51:04. > :51:07.Kipsang and Bekele cheer along the way, which is great to see. You have

:51:08. > :51:12.to fear for Kipsang when it gets to watch the finish! If you look at the

:51:13. > :51:16.expression on their faces, it was interesting, the focus and

:51:17. > :51:19.determination and intent on the face of Kenenisa Bekele and Wilson

:51:20. > :51:26.Kipsang is a lot more of a mask, not giving too much away. If he's going

:51:27. > :51:31.to make a strong move, it needs to be now. Kenenisa Bekele licks the

:51:32. > :51:38.stronger and more comfortable of the two, he has this race on the

:51:39. > :51:43.control. -- looks the stronger. Mokoka is safe in third place, a

:51:44. > :51:50.fair distance ahead of the chasing group, still to be decided at the

:51:51. > :51:56.front, the two of them, stride by stride, the tempo is picking up all

:51:57. > :52:00.the time. Bekele, blessed with blistering pace at the end of track

:52:01. > :52:04.races and on the road. Kipsang, I'm not sure he can get into top gear, I

:52:05. > :52:12.think Bekele is going to shift through the gears. Kipsang, as good

:52:13. > :52:20.as he is, he is a marathon runner, but with 400 Metres to go, this is

:52:21. > :52:23.Kenenisa Bekele's territory. He had a little glance behind and knows he

:52:24. > :52:25.can finish this at his leisure. Not going to be a quick time today,

:52:26. > :52:30.still recovering from the going to be a quick time today,

:52:31. > :52:36.he ran in Paris in early April. But it is great to see Kenenisa Bekele

:52:37. > :52:42.looking as good as this, looking as comfortable and relaxed as this. His

:52:43. > :52:48.career, now entering a whole new phase, if you like, and when we can

:52:49. > :52:51.all look forward to now. I for one will be intrigued to see if he

:52:52. > :52:59.really does impress the marathon distance. -- embrace. It is going to

:53:00. > :53:02.be an emphatic win in the latter stages for Kenenisa Bekele, cheered

:53:03. > :53:08.on by this big crowd gathered here in the sunshine. He catches one or

:53:09. > :53:17.two of the stragglers to the women's elite race. Kenenisa Bekele wins

:53:18. > :53:18.two of the stragglers to the women's great Manchester run. Wilson

:53:19. > :53:26.Kipsang, world marathon record holder, has to settle for second.

:53:27. > :53:30.Smiles from the two of them, a lot of camaraderie out there, and you

:53:31. > :53:35.couldn't argue that that was going to be the result, especially as the

:53:36. > :53:39.pace wasn't that quick. I don't think even Kipsang would have argued

:53:40. > :53:43.that, he was happy to get that second place and identity believed

:53:44. > :53:47.he could win that race and didn't commit himself in a way that would

:53:48. > :53:54.have been this is very challenge Kenenisa Bekele and make it harder

:53:55. > :54:02.for him. Stephen Mokoka, managing to hang on to third place.

:54:03. > :54:08.Lamdassem is going to out cake Meftah, he takes fourth place and

:54:09. > :54:28.Meftah will be fifth. It will be interesting to see what

:54:29. > :54:32.Kenenisa Bekele decides to do for the rest of the season. Hasn't

:54:33. > :54:38.really said about his plans to maybe come back and run a couple of big

:54:39. > :54:42.track races for the Ethiopians, no championship as such. The

:54:43. > :54:46.Commonwealth Games, the Kenyans can aim at, the South Africans as well.

:54:47. > :54:51.Kipsang has said that if you get selected he would love to run in the

:54:52. > :54:58.Commonwealth Games, but the Kenyans, I am not sure what they are going to

:54:59. > :55:11.do with their marathon team as yet. A rather breezy finish here

:55:12. > :55:19.Still coming through at the start, Portland Street, at the junction

:55:20. > :55:26.with Oxford Street, they come through in different ways. All

:55:27. > :55:32.shapes and sizes, different types of running, they set off into this

:55:33. > :55:41.fairly breezy cause, all looking for a personal time or running something

:55:42. > :55:46.very personal. Not too far away, the elite men continue to come through.

:55:47. > :55:50.We will be following those races, but just to bring you the official

:55:51. > :55:59.results: 2.31 for the last kilometre, that is

:56:00. > :56:11.pretty quick, no wonder Kipsang couldn't hang on to him.

:56:12. > :56:18.A comfortable win race. Tirunesh Dibaba, no question

:56:19. > :56:26.about whether or not she was going to win, it was about how fast she

:56:27. > :56:32.would run. Pretty fast in the windy conditions. A really good

:56:33. > :56:34.performance from Gemma Steel, just holding off

:56:35. > :56:38.performance from Gemma Steel, just Wanjiku from Kenya. Helen to the row

:56:39. > :56:39.performance from Gemma Steel, just in six, just ahead of her team-mate

:56:40. > :56:47.-- Clitheroe. Really windy day, I have relocated

:56:48. > :56:53.to Really windy day, I have relocated

:56:54. > :56:59.tunnel, be 30 miles, blowing the Really windy day, I have relocated

:57:00. > :57:03.runners across the finish, tens of thousands are running by. We had

:57:04. > :57:13.back to the start now. I'm here with the best of BBC

:57:14. > :57:15.Breakfast, Bill Turnbull and Louise Minchin, great to see

:57:16. > :57:20.Breakfast, Bill Turnbull and Louise Gill, you have been here before,

:57:21. > :57:26.warmer then you are used to. That is a good excuse for adding a minute or

:57:27. > :57:32.two to the time! You can say, I had to slow down! My wife has given me

:57:33. > :57:36.strong instructions about that. Take it easy today. What about the

:57:37. > :57:41.atmosphere in the build-up? Amazing, so many people out here to

:57:42. > :57:44.support us, everybody is slapping on the suncream, I feel nervous,

:57:45. > :57:49.though, it doesn't make me feel scared, I don't know why. I'm not go

:57:50. > :57:55.to try and run faster in the thing, but I get nervous! I'm sure you have

:57:56. > :57:59.passed on some tips and how warm and welcoming this crowd is. I love

:58:00. > :58:06.running in Manchester, everybody comes together, the way the streets

:58:07. > :58:09.are altogether, it is lovely. The course itself is readily flat, you

:58:10. > :58:15.run up to the stadium, fantastic place to look at, you come down the

:58:16. > :58:20.hill and you are roaring back in and then there is a super finish there.

:58:21. > :58:24.There is a massive crowd waiting to welcome you, it is really enjoyable.

:58:25. > :58:30.He's almost making it sound like it's going to be fun! Well, it's not

:58:31. > :58:37.a race anyway, as far as I'm concerned shall stop Tommy who you

:58:38. > :58:40.are winning for? I am running for a charity for the deaf and blind, I

:58:41. > :58:45.have been supporting them for a number of years, they are fantastic.

:58:46. > :58:50.A lot of people have sponsored me, when it is hard and I'm sponsored, I

:58:51. > :58:57.think, it's another ?5, run faster! Said thank you to everyone. I'm with

:58:58. > :59:00.the Christie NHS Trust, really important, treating people with

:59:01. > :59:06.cancer here in the North West, wonderful charity, wonderful

:59:07. > :59:11.hospital. I have lost too many friends to cancer not to do

:59:12. > :59:19.something about it. I left my chip at home but somebody has given me

:59:20. > :59:27.another one! Her chip says Mo Farah! All the best.

:59:28. > :59:36.Good luck to Louise and Bill. Did Bill say Stadium of Light? Is he a

:59:37. > :59:41.closet Sunderland fan? Maybe he is running to Lisbon. Anyway, well done

:59:42. > :59:45.to those two. You were not on duty this morning. Steph McGovern, who

:59:46. > :59:48.was presenting Breakfast this morning, was running as well. So

:59:49. > :59:53.well done to all of our BBC colleagues, many of whom are based

:59:54. > :59:56.in Manchester these days. Great to see so many of them out there. And

:59:57. > :00:02.plenty of other celebs joining the thousands taking part.

:00:03. > :00:11.That interview with Bill and Louise Minchin was a while ago, because

:00:12. > :00:20.Louise Minchin is ahead of Bill Turnbull at the moment. An actor who

:00:21. > :00:25.was in Doctors went through in under 38 minutes. There are some very

:00:26. > :00:32.quick times. Kevin Kilbane is still got some pace in his legs. He went

:00:33. > :00:38.through in 33.30, which is very good indeed. But of course, it is not

:00:39. > :00:42.about times, not for those chaps dressed as lines anyway. It is about

:00:43. > :00:47.having fun and raising money. And just about everybody will raise a

:00:48. > :00:54.lot and have a lot of fun for the last 20, 30 or 40 minutes.

:00:55. > :01:00.This is the world's biggest exercise class! I am not sure they need much

:01:01. > :01:04.of a warm-up on a day like this, but it is good to see them building the

:01:05. > :01:09.enthusiasm as they stand there, waiting to be released onto the

:01:10. > :01:17.streets of Manchester. And Salford, of course. It all goes like

:01:18. > :01:22.clockwork. You will see different clocks at the finish line, depending

:01:23. > :01:25.on when they set off. As Andrew was saying, they all have their

:01:26. > :01:29.individual chips on their shoes, which will give them their exact

:01:30. > :01:37.finishing time. When they get home today, they can check it all on

:01:38. > :01:41.various websites. Many people time themselves. Maybe they do not trust

:01:42. > :01:47.the technology, or like Louise, forget their chip.

:01:48. > :01:51.the technology, or like Louise, necessary, the warm-up zone, because

:01:52. > :01:55.you do not want to start a 10K cold. Get those muscles going with the

:01:56. > :02:07.Greek god S or Mr motivator or the modern equivalent. Move from side to

:02:08. > :02:16.side, that is important as well. The great thing is that those moves have

:02:17. > :02:19.not changed in about 30 years. We are just in the middle of the

:02:20. > :02:25.warm-up. How are you feeling? Fantastic, can't wait to get

:02:26. > :02:30.started. Who are you running for? I am running for diabetes UK. Is it

:02:31. > :02:36.your first time running? It is. How has preparation gone? And as Dick, I

:02:37. > :02:40.have been training with a trainer -- fantastic. So fingers crossed, it

:02:41. > :02:50.has paid off. Have a good one! Thank you!

:02:51. > :02:56.The elite women were the first to set foot on the roads of Manchester

:02:57. > :03:04.this morning . Thousands to follow later on.

:03:05. > :03:09.As you saw, the elite women got underway earlier and after a delayed

:03:10. > :03:16.start, it was a quick start for Tirunesh Dibaba, and she did not let

:03:17. > :03:23.up. Slowed a little in the middle. But nobody was able to catch up with

:03:24. > :03:28.her. There was a great battle for second place, Gemma Steel of Great

:03:29. > :03:34.Britain holding off Wanjiku. It was a quick time from her. Windy

:03:35. > :03:39.conditions. Tirunesh, a great run. How did your

:03:40. > :03:47.legs recover after London? After London, I prepared for this

:03:48. > :03:54.competition. Today it is incredibly windy. How was it, cause? The course

:03:55. > :04:01.is very good, but a little bit of wind. So a not good time. And what

:04:02. > :04:08.do you think your next race will be? I did not decide. Thanks very much.

:04:09. > :04:13.Great to see you run. Thank you very much. Gemma, a great run. You must

:04:14. > :04:18.be delighted after the disappointment of not running

:04:19. > :04:24.London? I am. I wanted to come back with a bit of a bank and establish

:04:25. > :04:29.myself in these races again. With the crowd support, I feel at home in

:04:30. > :04:34.these races. So it is nice to come back and finish behind Tirunesh

:04:35. > :04:39.Dibaba, the best in the world. Can't complain with that. And talk about

:04:40. > :04:45.the support you got in the last 100m, when you were getting chased

:04:46. > :04:51.down? Yeah, that really lifted me. I was fighting for that silver medal.

:04:52. > :04:56.I am not known for my sprinting! But I pulled it out of the bag. So your

:04:57. > :05:05.injury is fine now. What is the plan towards doing your first marathon? I

:05:06. > :05:09.have not got concrete plans yet, and it was a disappointment not to do

:05:10. > :05:13.London. I am just trying to get my confidence back. It has done my

:05:14. > :05:19.confidence a world of good today, so I will build on this and see where I

:05:20. > :05:23.am going. I am looking at half marathons and trying to get my time

:05:24. > :05:35.down for that first. See what I am capable of. Just carry on enjoying

:05:36. > :05:39.it. Well done. In the men's race, we were not as

:05:40. > :05:42.sure about the winner, but we suspected who it might be. It was

:05:43. > :05:49.interesting to see whether Wilson Kipsang, the marathon winner from

:05:50. > :05:55.London, could give Kenenisa Bekele something to think about. As soon as

:05:56. > :06:03.those two started racing, it was down to them. When it got the 400m,

:06:04. > :06:06.the man who had the pace and the speed was Kenenisa Bekele. He took a

:06:07. > :06:12.comfortable win in the end with a quick last kilometre. Wilson Kipsang

:06:13. > :06:18.had to settle for second place, and Mokoka was third. I have first and

:06:19. > :06:23.second from the men's race alongside me . Ten Anisa Bekele, happy with

:06:24. > :06:29.that performance? Yes, I am very happy. After I won the Paris

:06:30. > :06:37.Marathon, this is my first happy. After I won the Paris

:06:38. > :06:40.Manchester, so I am so happy. Difficult conditions with the wind?

:06:41. > :06:50.Manchester, so I am so happy. Yes, a lot of wind. I tried to stay

:06:51. > :06:54.behind a lot of the time. Wilson, second place. Kenenisa got the

:06:55. > :07:00.better of you today, but this is not really your distance, is it? Yeah,

:07:01. > :07:06.for me it is really good. After my last marathon, I think it is really

:07:07. > :07:11.good. This is a short distance for me, but I feel that the speed is

:07:12. > :07:16.still there. When do you think we might see the two of you racing

:07:17. > :07:25.together over 26.2 miles? I think this was the start. In the coming

:07:26. > :07:29.years, I think we shall meet. Are you looking forward to more battles

:07:30. > :07:42.over longer distance? More races together? Yes. Soon, maybe we have

:07:43. > :07:46.time. We are the same level. So I think we have many times to compete

:07:47. > :07:56.with each other. And in terms of your plans for your next races? I

:07:57. > :08:02.want to run on the track a bit. And Wilson, your next race? I am prepare

:08:03. > :08:08.in for a half marathon, and later a full marathon. Great race to watch.

:08:09. > :08:16.We look forward to many more in the future. Thank you. I am happy to be

:08:17. > :08:50.here. Kenenisa, we are happy that you are here as well.

:08:51. > :08:55.That ties up the elite race. Now we are going to focus on the masses and

:08:56. > :08:59.the amazing stories behind the reasons that people run. Wherever

:09:00. > :09:05.you look, there are stories of incredible courage.

:09:06. > :09:08.I am Fiona Thistlethwaite. I work as a doctor at the Christie Hospital,

:09:09. > :09:17.which is a specialist cancer hospital in Manchester . From

:09:18. > :09:24.university, I decided to take up running again after having children.

:09:25. > :09:34.I did quite a quick time in the 2013 Manchester 10K. About two weeks

:09:35. > :09:39.before the run, I found a breast lump. I was not too concerned. I

:09:40. > :09:43.have had them before and had them checked out and they were benign. It

:09:44. > :09:50.which he became apparent that this was more serious. And I came away

:09:51. > :09:54.from that consultation quite certain that this was a cancerous growth,

:09:55. > :09:58.and that happened a week before the Manchester 10K, so I was left with a

:09:59. > :10:02.difficult decision about whether to run or not. But in the end, I

:10:03. > :10:08.decided that I had gone through too many cold winter runs to not run. I

:10:09. > :10:13.remember standing on the line on the day of the run and at that point, I

:10:14. > :10:20.promised myself that I would be back for the 2014 run. On the Thursday of

:10:21. > :10:23.that week, I went straight from my own clinic, seeing patients, went up

:10:24. > :10:27.a flight of stairs to see the consultant to get the results, and

:10:28. > :10:31.he said to me, I have got the results from your biopsy, and I'm

:10:32. > :10:40.afraid it is not good news. So I knew that at that point, my life was

:10:41. > :10:43.going to change for ever. I went through four months of chemotherapy

:10:44. > :10:50.and then about a month after that, I had surgery. My treatment is coming

:10:51. > :10:54.to an end now. I have been able to focus on other things and move on in

:10:55. > :10:59.my life and start running again. I have managed to persuade 20 or 30 of

:11:00. > :11:04.my colleagues to join me. So watch out for us, wearing our blue

:11:05. > :11:09.Christie tops and hopefully, we will get an extra cheer on the way. This

:11:10. > :11:12.year's Manchester 10K will be my one to say thank you to everyone at

:11:13. > :11:23.Christie for the support they have given me over the last year. Good

:11:24. > :11:28.luck, mummy, for your run! One of the first celebrities home, Michael

:11:29. > :11:32.Gray. Tremendous run, but warm out there today? It is really hot. You

:11:33. > :11:37.have got to take your fluids on board. People are walking because of

:11:38. > :11:40.the heat. The currents have come out in their hordes, which is fantastic.

:11:41. > :11:46.Lots of money is being raised as well. Clearly, you keep fit through

:11:47. > :11:52.football. Is running part of your regime? I try and stay as fit as I

:11:53. > :11:55.can. It is easy to give yourself a day off when you are running,

:11:56. > :11:58.because you are looking after yourself, where is your manager

:11:59. > :12:04.tells you you have got to train every day. It is difficult to get

:12:05. > :12:11.into a routine when travelling all over the country. Well done today.

:12:12. > :12:15.Cheers. Beautiful scenes here in Manchester.

:12:16. > :12:20.A great run from Michael Gray, but I wonder how 5 Live's George Wylie is

:12:21. > :12:24.doing. He did a bit of work for us on the highlights programme. More

:12:25. > :12:28.importantly, he is running for a cause very close to his heart.

:12:29. > :12:31.Hi, I am George Wylie and I am running the Great Manchester Run for

:12:32. > :12:36.the Steve Prescott foundation. Steve was a good friend of mine, a

:12:37. > :12:41.terrific rugby league beer and a legendary charity fundraiser. He

:12:42. > :12:46.sadly died in November. I'm trying to ensure his legacy lives on and

:12:47. > :12:50.raise funds for the charity. Steve was diagnosed with a rare form of

:12:51. > :12:54.stomach can that he fought until the very end . At the time of his

:12:55. > :13:01.diagnosis, he was given just want to live. He managed seven years. During

:13:02. > :13:05.that time -- he was given just months to live. He was able to show

:13:06. > :13:09.his two sons are qualities that are truly important in life. Steve went

:13:10. > :13:14.down with a real fight and inspired so many. And that is why I have come

:13:15. > :13:20.to Salford Quays a couple of days before the run to take part in great

:13:21. > :13:24.run local, a free venture set up for a community of runners who come

:13:25. > :13:28.together every Thursday night to train and socialise. It is only a

:13:29. > :13:32.local enterprise at the moment, but there are plans to roll it out

:13:33. > :13:35.nationally. One of the things I like about running is that it can be a

:13:36. > :13:40.social event. Training on your own can be lonely and harder to motivate

:13:41. > :13:44.yourself. If you look around here, there are 50 or 60 people ready to

:13:45. > :13:53.run together around Salford quays in the sunshine. Why is something like

:13:54. > :13:57.this popular? I think people are getting into running anyway. And it

:13:58. > :14:02.is not elitist. You don't have to pay or do any compensated joining

:14:03. > :14:06.procedure. It is really sociable and a nice opportunity to run with

:14:07. > :14:11.others. I started running to get healthy. It has had loads of

:14:12. > :14:16.benefits for me and I have gone on to do longer distances. And my

:14:17. > :14:21.ambitions have got bigger. I ran a marathon in America in October. And

:14:22. > :14:26.this is a great local community to run with. I have got friends here.

:14:27. > :14:32.It gives you lots of company and stops running being boring. I am not

:14:33. > :14:37.a good runner, but there is always someone behind you. You never feel

:14:38. > :14:40.like you are the last one, ever. I bet this is the first time you have

:14:41. > :14:42.been able to run in sunglasses this year. It is indeed! And not the

:14:43. > :15:02.last. I have been coming down ever since

:15:03. > :15:08.my mate told me about it, really good fun. Just the canals, crossing

:15:09. > :15:24.the road, it is really safe and good. We get treated as a race

:15:25. > :15:30.today! We did, yes. Photo finish! That was great fun. Made a couple of

:15:31. > :15:34.good friends. It meant I missed the two kilometres, so I have ended at

:15:35. > :15:40.doing five kilometres. It wasn't in the contractual agreement! But it

:15:41. > :15:45.was great. A lot of volunteers on the course, giving up their time for

:15:46. > :15:49.nothing, just applauding you, everyone catching up on making plans

:15:50. > :15:50.to go for a drink after. And then this at the end, unbelievable.

:15:51. > :15:59.Really good. So it's not only about the runners

:16:00. > :16:06.today but the support they So it's not only about the runners

:16:07. > :16:10.well, who are you here supporting? My brother's children who have

:16:11. > :16:14.cystic fibrosis. This is their sister who is a carrier of cystic

:16:15. > :16:23.fibrosis. How much money have you raised? About ?200 off one sponsor

:16:24. > :16:31.form. So we are doing good. Have a great afternoon! And you. We spoke

:16:32. > :16:35.to Phil Neville who was looking forward to the occasion, did it live

:16:36. > :16:39.up to expectations? It was unbelievable. You think you are

:16:40. > :16:43.doing it just to put a name to the charity but when you see the support

:16:44. > :16:48.around the track and the swell of support just takes you around. You

:16:49. > :16:52.can train all you want but when you actually start running in that

:16:53. > :16:56.crowd, you set off and you think, I am like Seb Coe, I can fly round,

:16:57. > :17:01.you get to two kilometres and you have nothing left in the tank, it's

:17:02. > :17:09.a long way! 45 minutes was your time. Yes, I set off to fast, I was

:17:10. > :17:13.at the front, I wanted to show off to the crowd, and

:17:14. > :17:17.at the front, I wanted to show off kilometres, it was really hard.

:17:18. > :17:19.Chester Road wasn't too bad but from about four to seven kilometres, I

:17:20. > :17:23.was looking for an ambulance about four to seven kilometres, I

:17:24. > :17:25.point! You about four to seven kilometres, I

:17:26. > :17:33.you have raised a lot of money about four to seven kilometres, I

:17:34. > :17:36.Hospital. Thank you. Phil Neville, not looking quite as fresh as

:17:37. > :17:40.Michael Gray, both of them looking fresher than George Riley who has

:17:41. > :17:49.just joined me! 49 minutes, how was it? It was nice and cool. I didn't

:17:50. > :17:54.break sweat at all. It was hot. The support was unbelievable. The

:17:55. > :17:56.break sweat at all. It was hot. The I found it really tough,

:17:57. > :17:59.break sweat at all. It was hot. The the Lakes, it was hot, add

:18:00. > :18:03.break sweat at all. It was hot. The London Marathon, almost as good as

:18:04. > :18:07.that, the crowd. Absolutely fantastic, brilliant event, I really

:18:08. > :18:15.enjoyed it. 60 seconds ago, I hated it! Now I absolutely loved it. Talk

:18:16. > :18:21.about when you are running for something close to your heart. It

:18:22. > :18:25.keeps you going. I was running for Steve Prescott, my good friend, who

:18:26. > :18:31.sadly left us in November. Whenever it gets tough going round, I just

:18:32. > :18:36.thought back to Steve, he was doing ridiculous events, challengers like

:18:37. > :18:39.this when he was terminally ill. So if my legs are hurting, what must he

:18:40. > :18:44.have been going through? Immediately that registers, you look around you

:18:45. > :18:49.and you have people running with tribute and names on their T-shirts.

:18:50. > :18:54.You get a bit tearful, it keeps you going, pushes you towards the end.

:18:55. > :19:00.You have a bit of work to do for the highlights? Yes, bit of highlights

:19:01. > :19:04.and then the Etihad Stadium for the rugby league later. I might try and

:19:05. > :19:10.squeeze in a drink before! Don't rugby league later. I might try and

:19:11. > :19:13.tell anyone! As you can see, the finishers are screaming through. One

:19:14. > :19:18.runner we will be waiting for a long time is Humphrey the Bear, the

:19:19. > :19:22.mascot for the Children's Hospital. Conditions will be tough for

:19:23. > :19:50.Humphrey. But this bear has got some skills!

:19:51. > :21:13.Yes, Humphrey the bear, out dancing somebody from Britain's got talent.

:21:14. > :21:17.Out there in the burning sunshine. Smarter than the average bear! But

:21:18. > :21:20.in all seriousness, Humphrey is a massive help to the amazing work the

:21:21. > :21:28.Royal Manchester Children's Hospital undertake. The kids love Humphrey,

:21:29. > :21:32.he is an inspirational character, he is loved around the hospital. Their

:21:33. > :21:35.faces light up when they see him, that's a beautiful sight. I have

:21:36. > :21:40.been working with Humphrey a lot the past few months. Putting him through

:21:41. > :21:44.his paces, getting ready for the 10K. He's incredibly excited, he

:21:45. > :21:52.will be cheering up the elite athletes. Looking to get a better

:21:53. > :21:56.time than last year. I went to my local hospital for an eye checkup

:21:57. > :22:01.and suddenly I was having a brain tumour operation. You never know

:22:02. > :22:06.what's going to happen to you. So I do have a different outlook on life,

:22:07. > :22:10.never know what's going to happen. I spent three months of school but

:22:11. > :22:17.then I fully recovered and now I'm raising money for the Children's

:22:18. > :22:23.Hospital. When our boy was born, he was born five weeks premature. He

:22:24. > :22:31.had perforated bowels. He ended up in intensive care. They were unsure

:22:32. > :22:38.if he would make it from Wigan to hear. I got rushed from my local

:22:39. > :22:41.hospital and the doctors stay by my bedside all night just in case

:22:42. > :22:48.something happened. That moment will never go. Coming in last night

:22:49. > :22:55.straight to A, it was brilliant. They were all there as a team, ready

:22:56. > :23:01.for him. They said, are you happy with what I have done? They promised

:23:02. > :23:09.me, you will have a little boy. A little monster! I have been backed

:23:10. > :23:14.hospital for post-care and I can appreciate the work goes into it,

:23:15. > :23:17.the scans, how talented these people are. I can see that the younger

:23:18. > :23:22.children around the, their lives have been saved in this hospital,

:23:23. > :23:30.the talent that is going on is incredible. I am laid-back, I go for

:23:31. > :23:35.a run if I'm stressed! You just have to look at the kids, if you see them

:23:36. > :23:41.happy, laughing and well, it is worth it! The hospital have got over

:23:42. > :23:47.1000 people running them this year. They will be wearing these T-shirts.

:23:48. > :23:54.The nominated charity this year. It is fantastic. There are about four

:23:55. > :24:01.of us on this board doing it, we have been separated as we are

:24:02. > :24:06.different speeds! I had it tattooed on, I thought, what a lovely way it

:24:07. > :24:12.would be to have a tattoo of Humphrey to remind me of him. It

:24:13. > :24:18.would be a mascot of the hospital, I thought it would be lovely to have

:24:19. > :24:24.it done. It's not until today, when I come back and I realise I have

:24:25. > :24:30.been doing, how I am fully recovered and how fortunate I am to be able to

:24:31. > :24:41.live was ever a normal lifestyle is! It feels like a second home! I can't

:24:42. > :24:49.describe it, really. The hairs stand up. My life started when I was 13.

:24:50. > :24:53.You will get better, you couldn't be in a better place to get better. I

:24:54. > :24:54.just believe it to go into it thinking, let's get me fixed, then

:24:55. > :25:06.they will fix you. So many great stories, and that is

:25:07. > :25:13.one of the printable ones we are covering this year, Humphrey, very

:25:14. > :25:14.much a one of the principal ones. Tens of thousands of thousands of

:25:15. > :25:25.them, all running their course. Tens of thousands of thousands of

:25:26. > :25:28.own personal challenge, to take part in a great event, if they get

:25:29. > :25:37.themselves fitter than before they started training. Andrew has been

:25:38. > :25:41.keeping an eye on some of our celebrities. We were looking for

:25:42. > :25:45.Bill Turnbull, there he is, just crossed the line! He was confused

:25:46. > :25:51.earlier, he thought he was heading for the Stadium of light! He has

:25:52. > :25:53.finished three and a half minutes behind Louise Minchin, says she has

:25:54. > :26:07.the bragging rights, she will be waiting for him! Kevin Kilbane went

:26:08. > :26:13.off far too fast. He finished in 40.14, struggling home. He has lost

:26:14. > :26:18.a yard or two of pace. They go out towards the Theatre of dreams. Down

:26:19. > :26:25.some at Busby Way, that is about the five kilometre mark. Some are

:26:26. > :26:30.walking already, some running, but a huge field. Most of them, running

:26:31. > :26:37.for great causes. I hope that is a costume! But again, it's a sense of

:26:38. > :26:41.personal achievement, some will be pleased with their times, some will

:26:42. > :26:47.be pleased just to compete. The Italian brothers. They are still

:26:48. > :26:54.waiting to go off. They send them off in different waves. It's almost

:26:55. > :26:58.like a few different races. Simply couldn't cram all these 37,000

:26:59. > :27:06.runners into a 10K course. It is crowded enough as it is. Fascinating

:27:07. > :27:09.watching the different faces and figures of the people coming across

:27:10. > :27:14.the finish line. Some have clearly run themselves to a standstill and

:27:15. > :27:19.collapse. Others have saved quite a bit more for the finish. Big crowd

:27:20. > :27:37.here in Dean 's gate. This is where bit more for the finish. Big crowd

:27:38. > :27:41.runners, as they term the last bend. They will keep on coming for the

:27:42. > :27:49.last two or three hours. One of two waves are still to set. Chris Murray

:27:50. > :27:54.is running his sixth run, running in aid of the Kirstie Trup, he's

:27:55. > :27:59.running in a aid of the Kirstie Trup, he's

:28:00. > :28:14.for this year! -- running in a tutu. have done breakfast proud, I think.

:28:15. > :28:19.I have done it! That's all that counts, isn't it? You are looking

:28:20. > :28:25.surprisingly fresh will stop I have seen some struggling people coming

:28:26. > :28:28.through. Such a hot day. It is a ridiculously hot day, I thought I

:28:29. > :28:36.would go fast and get out of the heat. I ran in the shade when I can

:28:37. > :28:39.find it! The showers were amazing. It is a fantastic race, amazing to

:28:40. > :28:45.run through the city like that. Great atmosphere. Has it surpassed

:28:46. > :28:53.what you expected? It is a lovely atmosphere. I was with people, one

:28:54. > :28:57.lady was running in front of me and she stopped every now and again and

:28:58. > :29:07.I would catch up, eventually we got through together! Absolutely

:29:08. > :29:10.brilliant run to do. I got to six kilometres, and I thought the next

:29:11. > :29:15.marker was seven, it was eight and I was like, yes! Maybe I went the

:29:16. > :29:23.wrong way! Great to hear, you have done wonderfully well. I'm get a

:29:24. > :29:27.look at my time now. I think everybody is a bit tired. If

:29:28. > :29:31.you are sitting at home and wondering what these amazing event

:29:32. > :29:36.are like, you should really enter one of them. They are incredible.

:29:37. > :29:39.You see the likes of Kenenisa Bekele and Tirunesh Dibaba coming through

:29:40. > :29:44.the finish, and then the amateur runners like this, running for all

:29:45. > :29:47.sorts of reasons. One of the things days like today do is challenge your

:29:48. > :29:51.perception of what is possible when you put your mind to it. I am

:29:52. > :29:59.running for cancer research in memory of my auntie, who died of

:30:00. > :30:05.cancer. This is my run. She developed kidney cancer in October

:30:06. > :30:11.last year, and it quickly developed and spread to her spine and into her

:30:12. > :30:17.bones. And unfortunately, she died in February this year. Because it

:30:18. > :30:29.happened so rapidly, I think as a family, we are still coming to terms

:30:30. > :30:33.with what has happened. We think she would be proud of us doing the run.

:30:34. > :30:35.She would also feel a bit embarrassed, because she did not

:30:36. > :30:41.really like attention being drawn to herself. But I know she would be

:30:42. > :30:46.proud of us and she would be happy that we were all working as a

:30:47. > :30:51.family. She would be there, supporting us and cheering us on and

:30:52. > :30:57.probably feeding us during the race as well. I am looking forward to

:30:58. > :31:02.being able to finally crossed that finish line in my walker, something

:31:03. > :31:12.I was told I would never be able to do. With me having cerebral palsy, I

:31:13. > :31:17.have never been able to walk, so it was a massive challenge for me. I

:31:18. > :31:22.have not been able to walk or run for the past 26 years of my life. I

:31:23. > :31:26.am going to do about seven kilometres in my chair and the rest

:31:27. > :31:32.in my walker, which is a really big challenge. I think you should

:31:33. > :31:42.definitely get up and run, and I expect to see you there next year in

:31:43. > :31:46.2015, doing the Bupa run. We had a chat with Louise Minchin

:31:47. > :31:50.earlier from brakers macro. Ill is here now. We spoke earlier and you

:31:51. > :31:54.talked about the atmosphere. You have experienced it before. How did

:31:55. > :31:58.this compare previous runs? Every year, when you come back, it feels

:31:59. > :32:02.better because you feel more familiar and you hear people calling

:32:03. > :32:05.your name. It was very hot out there but there was a merciful breeze

:32:06. > :32:11.which cooled you down when you needed it. Otherwise, I would have

:32:12. > :32:15.been in trouble. Louise came and gave me a hug. She said, I have been

:32:16. > :32:20.hanging around for a bit, which is the most insulting thing you can

:32:21. > :32:25.say. She was there, waiting for me. And when you are running around, how

:32:26. > :32:30.much are you inspired by the people you are running four, Christian your

:32:31. > :32:34.case? Absolutely. You see the charities cheering people on. When I

:32:35. > :32:39.got to the people in the blue shirts and they were all going wild, it

:32:40. > :32:42.really lifts you. It is easy them. Everybody who is here, most of

:32:43. > :32:45.really lifts you. It is easy them. could do that run, and I hope they

:32:46. > :32:49.all enter for next year. I told Louise she had done Breakfast proud.

:32:50. > :32:57.You have as well. Thank you very much. Maybe I will pass her next

:32:58. > :33:00.year. You might have to do some training, Bill.

:33:01. > :33:06.Unlike Julie, hitting her second wind, Julie Hesmondhalgh, formerly

:33:07. > :33:14.of Coronation Street. We will speak to her shortly, but first, here is

:33:15. > :33:16.why she is running today. Here we are in the beautiful Peak District,

:33:17. > :33:22.about 25 minutes from Manchester City centre. I am here to meet two

:33:23. > :33:26.extraordinary people, nickel and Mike Graham, who I am proud to call

:33:27. > :33:30.my neighbours and friends. Nicola and Mike lost their little boy

:33:31. > :33:38.Reuben to a brain tumour 20 months ago. We had gone on holiday to

:33:39. > :33:43.Devon, camping with our boys. Reuben had been a bit unwell for a couple

:33:44. > :33:51.of weeks, sick and poorly. And he had a little fall and became very

:33:52. > :33:53.unwell. We took him to the A department at Barnstaple, thinking

:33:54. > :33:59.it was just a total of four, but nobody could have known what was

:34:00. > :34:05.happening in his little head. He was only 23-month-old. As our week

:34:06. > :34:08.unfolded, we discovered Reuben had a rare and aggressive brain tumour,

:34:09. > :34:19.and we lost him a week after diagnosis. We lost Reuben at nine

:34:20. > :34:24.o'clock at night on the 21st. By the 23rd, we have launched our Facebook

:34:25. > :34:30.page. Our aim is to raise ?1 million in 23 months. That was how long we

:34:31. > :34:34.had Reuben. We are now 20 months into the journey, and we have raised

:34:35. > :34:38.sufficient funds to buy Reuben's Retreat, which will be a home from

:34:39. > :34:41.home for children with life-threatening illness, a place

:34:42. > :34:46.for them to stay and take respite breaks. It will also serve as a

:34:47. > :34:52.bereavement counselling and support centre for parents and those who

:34:53. > :34:58.lose a child, and for siblings. Obviously, I am running the

:34:59. > :35:03.Manchester 10K, along with three others on Sunday from Reuben's

:35:04. > :35:09.Retreat. Shall we have a look at what the fundraising has produced so

:35:10. > :35:20.far? And what we need more for! Yes, let's. On the 23rd of April this

:35:21. > :35:25.year, we opened Reuben's Retreat. What a fantastic building. It is an

:35:26. > :35:31.empty shell at the moment, so there are a lot of funds that need to be

:35:32. > :35:36.raised. So in 23 months, we want to make ?1 million. But is Reuben's

:35:37. > :35:44.legacy. We are 20 months in. How much have you raised now? We have

:35:45. > :35:47.raised just over ?750,000. That is extraordinary. For me as a mum, and

:35:48. > :35:52.all the mums in our community say this, if something like this

:35:53. > :35:56.happened to you, you would just stay in bed for the rest of your life.

:35:57. > :36:01.The fact that you two have achieved this incredible thing in such a

:36:02. > :36:05.short amount of time... I always said Reuben's Retreat would be built

:36:06. > :36:10.on love and compassion and generous and kind-hearted people. The whole

:36:11. > :36:19.charity is built on that. What a legacy. A lot of people say how

:36:20. > :36:25.proud they are. But it is not our dream. Our green would be to have

:36:26. > :36:31.our boy back at home, and he is not coming home, so this is our vision

:36:32. > :36:36.of his legacy. We have had some incredible support. We just need

:36:37. > :36:41.more get the project finish. Three months to raise 250,000, starting

:36:42. > :36:55.with the Manchester 10K. Please get on board with any help! It is an

:36:56. > :37:00.amazing charity. Good luck with it. Lovely story of how you can turn the

:37:01. > :37:04.deepest sadness into something very positive. Alongside me, having begun

:37:05. > :37:10.her sprint for the line and made it through, Julie. I was overambitious

:37:11. > :37:16.on that last sprint! I had to slow down. So how was the run, first time

:37:17. > :37:19.you have done something like this? It is the first time I have ever run

:37:20. > :37:24.this far and the first time I have done the Manchester 10K. What a city

:37:25. > :37:30.this is. The support all the way round, they played some good

:37:31. > :37:35.Manchester tunes. The brass band, the steel band, the atmosphere has

:37:36. > :37:39.been amazing. I was thinking about Reuben all the way round, and it

:37:40. > :37:41.kept me going. Seeing everybody running for Christie and the

:37:42. > :37:46.children's hospices, all the charities, you really feel part

:37:47. > :37:49.children's hospices, all the something amazing. I am really

:37:50. > :37:54.privileged to be here. And very proud of your neighbours and what

:37:55. > :38:00.they have done in memory of Reuben. They are incredible people. Mike,

:38:01. > :38:05.Reuben's dad, was running today. He will have had Reuben as the wind

:38:06. > :38:08.beneath his wings. We had over 300 runners today, so we hope we have

:38:09. > :38:15.roosted the fundraising to complete the retreat by the deadline. I am

:38:16. > :38:19.just so happy to have been part of it and to finish it. I have a

:38:20. > :38:23.feeling you might be back for a few more years! I

:38:24. > :38:27.feeling you might be back for a few now! Right now, though, I need a big

:38:28. > :38:34.party and we! A lady my age should not be going this long without a

:38:35. > :38:40.toilet. Anyway, well done! Phil Jones, who is with Reuben's mum,

:38:41. > :38:42.Nicola. I have got some of the Reuben's Retreat gang with me. We

:38:43. > :38:51.have featured them throughout the programme. Amy Kelly from Coronation

:38:52. > :38:54.Street, plays Maddie. This is your support team, your mum here. You are

:38:55. > :39:02.looking really freshfaced compared to some. I am glad I looked, because

:39:03. > :39:07.I don't feel it! That shower was the best thing ever. How tough was it?

:39:08. > :39:12.More tough than I thought, but I just taste myself. Everybody

:39:13. > :39:17.More tough than I thought, but I at it other walking and we were

:39:18. > :39:25.like, come on, guys, keep doing. Hello! Kisses all round. What a

:39:26. > :39:30.bonus. I will hang out with you lot more often! Let's have a word with

:39:31. > :39:38.mum. How proud are you? Immensely proud. You can't put it into words.

:39:39. > :39:43.Well done, all for Reuben. It is a great cause. It is an emotional day,

:39:44. > :39:48.isn't it? Really emotional. We have come a long way. Reuben moved to

:39:49. > :39:54.heaven in August 2012, and I can't believe how much we have achieved in

:39:55. > :39:57.such a short space of time. We have raised three quarters of a million

:39:58. > :40:05.in 20 months, and we have got over 300 runners today, turning

:40:06. > :40:09.Manchester blue. We are so proud. We know Julie Hesmondhalgh has done a

:40:10. > :40:12.piece for us today. She has unwell. Between you, you have done Reuben

:40:13. > :40:24.proud. Thank you. Yes, well done to Julie and the

:40:25. > :40:30.family and everybody raising funds for Reuben's Retreat. Now they

:40:31. > :40:35.really are starting to come across the finishing line. It is starting

:40:36. > :40:43.to look congested in Deansgate as more and more finally get to where

:40:44. > :40:47.they have been aiming at. You can see the different times there. The

:40:48. > :40:57.men's elite race started one hour and 15 minutes ago. Thanks for

:40:58. > :41:04.sending in all of the messages. You are seeing them streaming across the

:41:05. > :41:08.bottom of the screen. And hopefully, you have been able to say hello or

:41:09. > :41:18.support somebody who is out there today. A very communal feel at these

:41:19. > :41:21.runs. If you want to do one, find one near you on the internet. There

:41:22. > :41:25.are a couple of good running sites that will send you in the direction

:41:26. > :41:29.of your nearest local one. Whether it is a flat course or a mixed

:41:30. > :41:35.course or a hilly course, whatever you want to do. We have still got

:41:36. > :41:45.the green wave and the pink wave to go. And the temperature continues to

:41:46. > :41:49.rise. You want to get in one of the earlier waves, but the breeze is

:41:50. > :41:54.still strong as well. That has been a help. It will keep people cooler

:41:55. > :42:01.than they might have been. The breeze helps keep the temperature

:42:02. > :42:10.down. It will be welcome for many people out there. People are out

:42:11. > :42:19.there for an hour and a half, and if you are wearing a costume, good luck

:42:20. > :42:24.to you. This is the most opulent distance, 10K. It is far enough to

:42:25. > :42:27.say it is an endurance test, but it will not do damage to you and you

:42:28. > :42:33.don't have to do the same kind of training you do for a marathon. That

:42:34. > :42:42.is true, but hopefully, people have done a bit of training. Even a 10K

:42:43. > :42:46.can be a real test of endures. And in temperatures like today, you have

:42:47. > :42:51.people have come prepared. But you are right, it is something you can

:42:52. > :42:57.set yourself to do as a challenge without having to do months and

:42:58. > :43:01.months of training. I have been joined by Jerry Ward.

:43:02. > :43:06.Tell us about these fabulous runners you have got surrounding you? These

:43:07. > :43:09.are some of the guys that have helped me get through serious

:43:10. > :43:13.spinal-cord injury. Seven years ago, I was swimming in the sea in

:43:14. > :43:17.Mexico, and got knocked over by a wave and broke my neck. And from

:43:18. > :43:23.there, it was three months in intensive care on a life-support

:43:24. > :43:29.ventilator. Mostly in the Salford will hospital. I had two years in

:43:30. > :43:33.hospital, but this is the seventh time now these guys have helped me

:43:34. > :43:37.get round the course, with the help of the fantastic organisers of the

:43:38. > :43:44.great run. Each year, we try and raise funds for different charities.

:43:45. > :43:47.My son is insulin-dependent, so we have always raised for diabetes UK.

:43:48. > :43:51.There is nearly always something to do with spinal injury. This year,

:43:52. > :43:58.the spinal injuries Association have always helped me. And there is

:43:59. > :44:03.another charity who provide help for people to go flying with all kinds

:44:04. > :44:09.of different disabilities. Most of my team have a flying background. I

:44:10. > :44:13.was working as an airline pilot at Manchester before my accident, for

:44:14. > :44:20.Thomas Cook. And I was a fighter pilot in the RAF before then. 20

:44:21. > :44:25.years ago, I took Hazel Irvine in a tornado supersonic for Children In

:44:26. > :44:32.Need. So we have always done things for charity. But what a great event

:44:33. > :44:37.visitors. -- this is. It really is. How much money are you trying to

:44:38. > :44:39.read today? As much as possible. But you are going to have fun. Give us a

:44:40. > :44:52.cheer. It is

:44:53. > :44:58.look, there are people running for amazing reasons and incredibly

:44:59. > :45:00.humbling reasons as well. A lovely story about a dad running for his

:45:01. > :45:12.little girl. Doing the Manchester 10K run with

:45:13. > :45:18.some of my friends from high school and college, basically, they

:45:19. > :45:24.initially started running it in aid of my daughter Molly. Around 18

:45:25. > :45:28.months ago we noticed she was falling over a lot more at school.

:45:29. > :45:33.She was in the accident book almost every day, we thought it was simply

:45:34. > :45:38.a case of short-sightedness submitted to the opticians. They

:45:39. > :45:45.then told us they could see a pigment at the back of her I and

:45:46. > :45:49.they diagnosed it, it is causing her to lose her site over a period of

:45:50. > :45:55.time. My friends wanted to help in any way they could, giving her some

:45:56. > :46:00.life enhancing experiences. So they contacted us, they asked if we

:46:01. > :46:10.wanted to join them, I jumped at the chance of it. He is going to be

:46:11. > :46:19.doing the big one! Yes! She loves this need princesses like any little

:46:20. > :46:24.girl. Snowwhite... Rapunzel... They came up with helping us to raise

:46:25. > :46:30.money towards the cost of going to Disneyland. Started off raising the

:46:31. > :46:34.money for that, and it snowballed from there, it has gone from being

:46:35. > :46:44.able to help towards the cost of that to now being at the point where

:46:45. > :46:47.we can pay for things for her, she can experience so much that we never

:46:48. > :46:55.thought we would be able to give her.

:46:56. > :47:01.She knows there is an issue, I don't think she knows the full extent of

:47:02. > :47:07.how it's progressing and what it means for the future. But she knows

:47:08. > :47:12.that she can't always see things that are out of her per referral

:47:13. > :47:18.vision. She knows that as a result of the issues with her eyes. But

:47:19. > :47:22.generally, she's such a bright, adventurous child but I don't think

:47:23. > :47:30.it's going to be a hindrance, it'll be something to push her in the

:47:31. > :47:34.future to do a lot more. Just thought of taking it one day at a

:47:35. > :47:38.time, really, we can't change anything at the moment, we have to

:47:39. > :47:45.just make the most of the now really and enjoy the positives while we

:47:46. > :47:54.can. And here is Chris Foster Powell are you feeling? A little nervous,

:47:55. > :47:58.but excited. There are six of us here, a few other people in

:47:59. > :48:03.different waves are running as well, it's quite a good following today.

:48:04. > :48:08.We have our supporters in the crowd as well. Molly is here, she will

:48:09. > :48:11.hopefully see me set off but she will be at the finish line to cheer

:48:12. > :48:16.hopefully see me set off but she me on. I am looking forward to that.

:48:17. > :48:23.You have raised a staggering amount of money so far. Yes, last, that

:48:24. > :48:29.this morning it was over ?62,000, going from what we initially set as

:48:30. > :48:34.2500. We have smashed that. It is overwhelming. You have a lot of your

:48:35. > :48:38.friends here. Tell us about this overwhelming. You have a lot of your

:48:39. > :48:40.man, he has been a star. I have known him since we were free, all

:48:41. > :48:46.through high school, known him since we were free, all

:48:47. > :48:50.do, we will do to help out. It makes a big difference. Molly is so proud

:48:51. > :48:58.of you, I'm sure. a big difference. Molly is so proud

:48:59. > :49:03.you very much. More from Denise and Phil Jones later, but Steve Cram and

:49:04. > :49:08.Paula Redcliff are joining me up here in my windy position. To have a

:49:09. > :49:16.look back at what has happened. here in my windy position. To have a

:49:17. > :49:21.We saw the start of something which could be a special rivalry. It is

:49:22. > :49:25.always interesting when you get to people coming from every disciplines

:49:26. > :49:29.with the great ability both of them have, especially when one is

:49:30. > :49:34.stepping into the other's territory. The adjusting thing

:49:35. > :49:36.stepping into the other's us is, where does Kenenisa Bekele go

:49:37. > :49:40.next? -- interesting thing. He says he wants to run on the track

:49:41. > :49:42.next? -- interesting thing. He says summer. When you move up to the

:49:43. > :49:47.marathon, there is always that fall back to the track as well. So he has

:49:48. > :49:54.some decisions to make. Kipsang now knows that when Bekele moves up,

:49:55. > :49:59.don't leave it till the finish! What you make of that race and how it

:50:00. > :50:05.played out? Dumais, it is clear that didn't believe he did challenge

:50:06. > :50:10.Bekele over 10K. He did the things that he needed to do but it didn't

:50:11. > :50:16.push in that hard. It will be interesting to see if the marathon

:50:17. > :50:22.strength that Bekele has built up over the winter come into play onto

:50:23. > :50:28.the track? For me I was able to, and I believe that is what we will see

:50:29. > :50:34.from Mo Farah and Christensen as well. It will be nice to see Bekele

:50:35. > :50:39.do that too. Was it a failed experiment for Mo Farah, not to put

:50:40. > :50:43.too fine a point on it? Know, all experiments are about finding out

:50:44. > :50:48.something. If we always knew an outcome, sport would be boring. But

:50:49. > :50:51.everybody wants to test themselves, it was about finding out comedy

:50:52. > :50:57.found out that the marathon is, of course, and if he is going to do it

:50:58. > :51:02.in the future, yes to really focus on that. He did for a bit, the good

:51:03. > :51:05.news is, for me anyway, he's coming back to the track in the summer and

:51:06. > :51:10.we will see him in the Commonwealth Games, which is brilliant news, and

:51:11. > :51:14.at the end of the year he will have to go and sit down and think, the

:51:15. > :51:19.next two years of my career are important. I can still win medals on

:51:20. > :51:24.the track, does he take the risk that the marathon always has? It is

:51:25. > :51:28.a risky event to go into a Championships four. Could he go to

:51:29. > :51:33.the Olympics and contest the marathon? I am not sure London gave

:51:34. > :51:39.us all the answers to that, so he has a bit of an issue with that. He

:51:40. > :51:43.selected himself for the Commonwealth Games, he will have to

:51:44. > :51:50.wait back! He hasn't committed on the event. People are looking at the

:51:51. > :51:55.5000 and 10,000 of course, but I believe he could go in and run well

:51:56. > :52:01.at 1500 Metres. Did you watch the race the other night? I think you

:52:02. > :52:06.are right, he has run 3.28 at the 1500, but the championships are

:52:07. > :52:10.different. He has the pace to contest it, it would be a bit of fun

:52:11. > :52:14.but if we want to see him win a gold medal, if I were him, I would go for

:52:15. > :52:20.the five or ten but that will be tough against the Kenyans! That

:52:21. > :52:22.won't be easy, the Kenyans will come their informality will have to have

:52:23. > :52:31.recovered fully from London and then able to get the quality work in full

:52:32. > :52:37.stop will he have the exchanger runs last the rounds? But if it goes

:52:38. > :52:42.tactical, he will struggle. Yesterday, your handbrake run well,

:52:43. > :52:49.but thinking about the Commonwealth Games, Kristin Ohuruogu is not

:52:50. > :52:52.looking in the best of shape. She says she will be running relays,

:52:53. > :53:00.denting she is going at it for pounds this year, she turned 30 this

:53:01. > :53:01.year. When you are older... You do have to think about that. I think

:53:02. > :53:04.she is doing the right thing, have to think about that. I think

:53:05. > :53:11.has the worlds next year, Olympics to come. The me, the Commonwealth

:53:12. > :53:17.Games, you have the hurdles, people were looking for times as well.

:53:18. > :53:22.People may or may not be aware that the team will be picked on June the

:53:23. > :53:24.2nd, no trials. So people are desperate to get early season

:53:25. > :53:29.performances because everybody wants to be in Glasgow. The other big

:53:30. > :53:34.story is Greg Rutherford, the British record, that's back with

:53:35. > :53:40.Chris Tomlinson, it makes for interesting viewing if nothing else.

:53:41. > :53:45.I am sure they were checking the plasticine properly yesterday and

:53:46. > :53:50.using it properly! The controversies are always going to happen when you

:53:51. > :53:56.have got smaller meet! Run like that and rivalry built up. I guess for

:53:57. > :54:02.Greg, there was always the question about not winning the Olympics with

:54:03. > :54:06.the big jump, that was massive game. He went there in 2012 and he called

:54:07. > :54:10.the British record in the same meat and the same place at the same time

:54:11. > :54:18.of year. -- he called. He then went on and won the gold medal. People

:54:19. > :54:27.will be looking for the fact that that 8.51 gives them the confidence.

:54:28. > :54:32.There wasn't any plasticine there, which was the controversy. But he

:54:33. > :54:36.knows he can jump that sort of distance. What he will want to do

:54:37. > :54:41.now is come back this summer and the next couple of years and reproduce

:54:42. > :54:45.that in the Championships. Talking about head to heads, with your

:54:46. > :54:56.handbrake getting back to some sort of him beating Usain Bolt is

:54:57. > :55:00.something we all relish. Yes, I chatted to Yohan Blake last night,

:55:01. > :55:05.him and his coaches are saying that he's building slowly. He says he is

:55:06. > :55:09.about 80% fit, that wasn't bad for somebody who is 80% fit! He will get

:55:10. > :55:13.better as the year goes on. He's only going to run seven or eight

:55:14. > :55:18.races this year, maybe the Commonwealth games, fingers crossed.

:55:19. > :55:22.When they do come together, Usain Bolt will hopefully start a race in

:55:23. > :55:28.the next month or so, expect something good. But Blake will be

:55:29. > :55:32.tough this year. A quick word on the controversy surrounding the Tyson

:55:33. > :55:35.Gay judgement, his ban reduced for a year for cooperating with the

:55:36. > :55:40.authorities, what do you make of that? I think in some respects, we

:55:41. > :55:45.have to wait and see what the information is that he has dished to

:55:46. > :55:50.the anti-doping authorities, to merit that reduction. For me, it is

:55:51. > :55:56.a big reduction. At a time when we're talking about increasing the

:55:57. > :56:01.band, to four years, to then cut it to one year for essentially a

:56:02. > :56:04.steroid offence, it is a big cut. We hope it's a huge amount of

:56:05. > :56:07.information that has been given. A lot of the breakthroughs in

:56:08. > :56:13.anti-doping have been through that kind of information dishing, people

:56:14. > :56:20.sending samples that way rather than advances in the testing. It is not

:56:21. > :56:26.exactly a high deterrent. But we may have to get used to it because...

:56:27. > :56:30.They have said they could get rid of your whole ban. You could get 100%

:56:31. > :56:33.forgiveness for the right information, because they really do

:56:34. > :56:38.need that intelligence now. You and I would argue about whether... It

:56:39. > :56:43.needs to be very, very good information to somebody got to

:56:44. > :56:48.receive a ban or not. People are going to be trading information when

:56:49. > :56:55.they get caught for a more lenient sentence. Thanks for a much indeed.

:56:56. > :57:01.You can see the runners, still streaming through here. Lots still

:57:02. > :57:04.on the course for sure. There is one couple with a combined age of 168

:57:05. > :57:33.years old, run and Elsie. My name is wrong, I'm 85 years old,

:57:34. > :57:42.I am the oldest competitor in this race. -- run. My name is Elsie, I'm

:57:43. > :57:54.83 years old. This is my 10th time in the Barclays Premier League.

:57:55. > :58:03.I first started running when I was 74. I wanted something to do. And it

:58:04. > :58:10.was so easy to do something, you don't need a track, you can go to a

:58:11. > :58:19.park. That's why I started to take up this running. We do train a lot,

:58:20. > :58:26.we do keep fit, I do line dancing. We train at Manchester City's sports

:58:27. > :58:31.ground with a personal trainer. I always taken the prior to the race,

:58:32. > :58:39.two rounds of toast with strawberry jam on. That's immediately before

:58:40. > :58:48.the race. I don't like pasta, people are telling me I should be eating

:58:49. > :58:53.pasta. So I never even that. We do run together but we also separate at

:58:54. > :58:56.times. Last, I was virtually ten minutes in front of him but what I

:58:57. > :59:06.did, when we were getting towards the end, I sat out at one side and

:59:07. > :59:09.waited for Roddy to come. So we finished approximately the same

:59:10. > :59:17.time. This year, providing Ronnie and I feel that he is going to cope

:59:18. > :59:19.with a bad knee, I'm hoping to carry on and not have to wait for him!

:59:20. > :59:30.Hopefully! Post race, a cup of coffee in the

:59:31. > :59:34.nearest restaurant. Seven members of the family are doing it, but others

:59:35. > :59:41.will be on the sidelines, cheering us on. It is a fabulous experience,

:59:42. > :59:46.especially when you see the crowds on Portland Street. The first time I

:59:47. > :59:51.did it, it was amazing. Whether we will keep on running, as Riley said,

:59:52. > :00:00.this is the 10th. It would be nice to think we could. But looking into

:00:01. > :00:04.the future, who knows at RH? -- at our age. We are not looking to buy

:00:05. > :00:16.our down yet, but if we offered enough, why not? Keep on going.

:00:17. > :00:21.Lovely couple, Ron and Elsie. She was always running half a step of

:00:22. > :00:26.her husband, Ron. We will catch up with them in the highlights

:00:27. > :00:28.programme. So, yesterday was also the Great Manchester Run mini run as

:00:29. > :00:35.well as the City Games. There was one very brave young man who was

:00:36. > :00:43.both starting it and running it. I am Charlie Worley, and I am five.

:00:44. > :01:03.It was a night in January. We were due to go on holiday, and I heard

:01:04. > :01:07.the most horrific screen. I have never, ever heard a scream like it.

:01:08. > :01:16.And I ran to where the sound was, and he was on the floor in the

:01:17. > :01:22.kitchen. He must have gone in, and I had left the handle of the pot over

:01:23. > :01:29.my little baby boy, and he had tipped it over. It is like you go

:01:30. > :01:32.into some sort of out of body experience. You know you have got to

:01:33. > :01:37.win the ambulance and get the clothes of him, and I knew I had to

:01:38. > :01:40.get cold water on him. He was hysterical. As I was taking his

:01:41. > :01:46.clothes off, his skin was peeling off in my hands. It was very

:01:47. > :01:53.frightening. We got to the local hospital, and the bed was surrounded

:01:54. > :01:57.by staff. They could not tell me he was going to be OK, and that was

:01:58. > :02:03.when it hit me that we could lose him here. They said, as soon as he

:02:04. > :02:08.is stable, we will transfer you to Manchester Children's Hospital. It

:02:09. > :02:17.was about 10:30pm. We got to Manchester, and there was instant

:02:18. > :02:21.calm. There was no frenzy, they knew exactly what they had to do, which

:02:22. > :02:25.was really reassuring to me as a mother. It was the first time since

:02:26. > :02:31.the accident that there was an inkling of hope that he was going to

:02:32. > :02:34.be OK. The first thing they did, he had a blue rabbit comfort toy, and

:02:35. > :02:39.the first thing they did was take that away from him. He had never

:02:40. > :02:49.slept without it from being a tiny baby. This is one of the reasons to

:02:50. > :02:51.raise money for the burns unit, the need for specialised toys in there.

:02:52. > :02:55.I am running to raise money for need for specialised toys in there.

:02:56. > :03:02.burns unit at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital. I think the one

:03:03. > :03:12.is going to be quite hard. -- the run. He is ambitious and determined.

:03:13. > :03:17.He has got grit in his belly. At only five, he has got a really high

:03:18. > :03:24.pain threshold because of what happened to him. It feels tremendous

:03:25. > :03:29.to be here to be able to say thank you to the consultants, the doctors

:03:30. > :03:31.and nurses who saved his life. I have just finished the Great

:03:32. > :03:39.Manchester Run mini run and it was brilliant. Charlie was running

:03:40. > :03:45.yesterday, and mum Michelle is running today. She is with me. How

:03:46. > :03:50.was the run? It was fine. I have realised I am no good at running!

:03:51. > :03:54.Amazing to be part of such a special event, but I am not a runner.

:03:55. > :03:59.Everybody at home will have been watching that the tea. I almost

:04:00. > :04:05.could not watch that BT, I had a lump in my throat as it was very

:04:06. > :04:08.emotional. But it had a happy ending and it looks like Charlie is doing

:04:09. > :04:12.well. He is testament to the work they do at the hospital. He is

:04:13. > :04:15.loving today so much that he did not want to come to the finish line,

:04:16. > :04:21.because he wanted to cheer everybody running. He is testament to the

:04:22. > :04:25.fantastic work they didn't. It looked like he did a good one as

:04:26. > :04:31.well. He is as strong as an ox. He is a really fit, healthy young boy.

:04:32. > :04:35.Will he have to have further operations, or can he live a normal

:04:36. > :04:39.life now? We are not sure what the future holds, because he has got a

:04:40. > :04:44.skin graft which does not stretch like normal skin does, so he has to

:04:45. > :04:47.have daily physiotherapy cream and a massage. It is right over his

:04:48. > :04:51.shoulder, which is a major joint in your body, so we have to stretch it

:04:52. > :04:54.and he may need further skin grafts as he grows older because he was

:04:55. > :04:59.though tiny when it happened. We will cross those bridges when we

:05:00. > :05:03.come to them. When you see him, said he was very cool to turn down a TV

:05:04. > :05:09.opportunity. I know! He will regret this for the rest of his life. Well

:05:10. > :05:12.done today. We are going to head back to the start now, where Denise

:05:13. > :05:18.is an thing by. I have got with me a very brave and

:05:19. > :05:21.courageous lady, Rebecca Whiteley. Tell us about your story. I was

:05:22. > :05:28.diagnosed with a red type of cervical cancer in February last

:05:29. > :05:31.year, so I underwent surgery and had chemotherapy and radiation therapy

:05:32. > :05:38.at the Christie Hospital, and got the all-clear in October last year.

:05:39. > :05:43.So I am running for them. Reading through your information, you

:05:44. > :05:48.actually wanted to be fitter than you have ever been before and that

:05:49. > :05:52.is your inspiration for being here? I was feeling fit before and I got

:05:53. > :05:56.ill, and when you go something like that, you have to take life by the

:05:57. > :06:00.horns and go for it, so the aim is to be fitter than I was before . I

:06:01. > :06:04.am not there yet, but I am doing a ten Cate, which I had not done

:06:05. > :06:16.before. You look great. Congratulations and enjoy the day.

:06:17. > :06:21.Thousands and thousands are still running. Those different ways start

:06:22. > :06:28.at the front times, so everyone has their story. It is great to see so

:06:29. > :06:33.many youngsters yesterday . I was so impressed with Ronald and Elsie,

:06:34. > :06:37.with a combined age of 168, running today. It is a sport for all ages.

:06:38. > :06:51.with a combined age of 168, running And all dress sense is as well. I am

:06:52. > :06:59.sure he has his reasons. This is almost an all-day event. It was a

:07:00. > :07:03.long time ago that we saw the elite races won by Kenenisa Bekele and

:07:04. > :07:08.Tirunesh Dibaba. Simon Lawson won the men's wheelchair event as well.

:07:09. > :07:13.Superman has lost many of his the men's wheelchair event as well.

:07:14. > :07:19.powers. But a very warm day indeed. That Breeze has been welcomed. It is

:07:20. > :07:25.usually a pain for runners because it is a strong breeze, but it is

:07:26. > :07:42.keeping temperatures lower, so they are grateful for it. All that lies

:07:43. > :07:46.ahead of these runners. What a contrast to those ten kilometres

:07:47. > :07:52.further down, coming across the finish line. Some have a skip

:07:53. > :07:58.finish. Others go across at a more leisurely pace. I am pleased to say

:07:59. > :08:01.it is not as warm out there as I had thought, sitting in the commentary

:08:02. > :08:10.box. The breeze is certainly strong. It is a really nice day for

:08:11. > :08:16.running. The temperature has been rising a little, but it has not got

:08:17. > :08:23.as warm as was predicted. Some good, strong finishes. Why does everybody

:08:24. > :08:34.want to sprint at the " Mac -- at the end? There is a slight slope as

:08:35. > :08:37.well to the start of Deansgate, but you can see the different times for

:08:38. > :08:45.the different waves at the start. Some ran alone, some with others.

:08:46. > :08:50.All shapes and sizes and ages. It is a wonderful, communal event. And it

:08:51. > :08:52.has been a great experience for all concerned. Well, next year,

:08:53. > :08:58.has been a great experience for all want to come back and have a go, and

:08:59. > :09:00.join the thousands of others, the reminder service is

:09:01. > :09:05.join the thousands of others, the not entry, it is a reminder service

:09:06. > :09:10.to give you the details as the year progresses, as to when entry opens.

:09:11. > :09:14.Then there is the Great North Run on the 7th of September. We will have

:09:15. > :09:17.the 1,000,000th finish of the Great North Run this year. That is from

:09:18. > :09:48.9:30am on BBC One. So lots of very good reasons for you

:09:49. > :09:51.to get your running shoes on during the summer and join

:09:52. > :10:25.to get your running shoes on during people in one of those great events.

:10:26. > :10:31.David Coleman's incredible career will be reflected on by many whose

:10:32. > :11:08.lives he influenced, and his family. We all miss him dearly.

:11:09. > :11:16.As you can see, wave upon wave of athletes are getting ready to run

:11:17. > :11:18.the Great Manchester Run, this 10K. It is a beautiful day, perhaps not

:11:19. > :11:23.ideal conditions, we have to say. It is a beautiful day, perhaps not

:11:24. > :11:26.All the runners have talked about the wind and the heat. But

:11:27. > :11:30.nonetheless, they will the wind and the heat. But

:11:31. > :11:33.forward to taking part in a wonderful event in a wonderful

:11:34. > :11:38.weekend of sport on the streets of Manchester. We have seen and heard

:11:39. > :11:42.amazing stories about the people running this great race and why they

:11:43. > :12:22.choose to do it. We are just about done here in Manchester.

:12:23. > :12:28.So that is it from Manchester. What a weekend it has been. Yesterday, it

:12:29. > :12:32.was all about speed, Yohan Blake going for the world record. He did

:12:33. > :12:38.not quite get it. Today, Kim Iniesta Bekele was against Wilson Kipsang.

:12:39. > :13:29.Thanks for your company. See you next year. Goodbye.

:13:30. > :13:32.(Sh! Wake the dog and we're done for.)