BBC One: Day 4: Marathon

:00:51. > :00:56.Glasgow. Finally, it is raining. We are here at the start of the

:00:57. > :01:01.marathon, with Paula Radcliffe. The athletics begins today. Later on, we

:01:02. > :01:06.will have the 100m heats. But first, it is the marathon. And this weather

:01:07. > :01:11.is almost perfect for marathon running? Definitely. It is not heavy

:01:12. > :01:18.rain, it is just a steady drizzle, keeping conditions cool. Pretty much

:01:19. > :01:21.ideal, not too much of a wind. Hopefully the crowd will get out

:01:22. > :01:26.along the route to support, because it is a nice route, it shows off a

:01:27. > :01:33.lot of Glasgow. A slight bit of humidity still in the air? Well, it

:01:34. > :01:41.is raining, so...? But I do not think it is too bad. I think it is

:01:42. > :01:50.good conditions for marathon running. The mens rea 's is off

:01:51. > :01:58.first, and the defending champion, John Carr icon is certainly of the

:01:59. > :02:02.contenders? For sure. And similarly, with the women's side,

:02:03. > :02:09.they have got Kilel as well. And there are other Kenyans to watch out

:02:10. > :02:16.for as well. In terms of the home nation prospects on the men's side?

:02:17. > :02:19.I would think not too much chance of getting in the medals, although we

:02:20. > :02:26.would like to see them running well, the likes of Steven Way, who

:02:27. > :02:31.is getting ready -- who was getting ready for a 100 kilometre event in

:02:32. > :02:35.April, and then decided to run the London Marathon. And he qualified

:02:36. > :02:39.himself for his first Commonwealth Games. So he has gone from being an

:02:40. > :02:44.overweight smoker to being on the start line, competing for England.

:02:45. > :02:49.And in terms of the women, from a home nation prospect? Susan

:02:50. > :02:57.Partridge of Scotland, Alyson Dixon of England, I think we have got an

:02:58. > :03:05.outside chance of a medal. We are looking at the Kenyan probably not

:03:06. > :03:15.to start, because she has been ill, which will leave some of the other

:03:16. > :03:20.competitors to dominate. They are both 2.22 athletes. But I think

:03:21. > :03:26.there is a chance for Susan Partridge, who showed that she could

:03:27. > :03:33.perform well in Moscow last year. Home town as well. So lots of

:03:34. > :03:37.support. You need to get to the commentary box, where Steve Cram and

:03:38. > :03:38.Brendan Foster are standing by. I think they can take us through the

:03:39. > :03:49.course. STEVE CRAM: This course is going to

:03:50. > :03:55.show off the very Best of Glasgow this morning, despite the rain.

:03:56. > :04:11.Heading through the city centre, along the River Clyde, and then into

:04:12. > :04:15.the country park. And then back to us at the Glasgow green, and that

:04:16. > :04:21.will be one complete lap. Two laps for the whole distance. As Paula has

:04:22. > :04:33.been saying, pretty perfect weather conditions. Not necessarily the best

:04:34. > :04:37.for the spectators. But there are many spectators already gathering at

:04:38. > :04:42.Glasgow green. The men's raise will begin first, and 20 minutes later,

:04:43. > :04:46.the women will get under way. There is Derek Hawkins, who will be

:04:47. > :04:53.carrying the hopes of Scotland. Not a big field, and as Paula Radcliffe

:04:54. > :05:00.was saying, Kenya very much with high hopes. Derek Hawkins - well, if

:05:01. > :05:03.we go all the way back to 1930, the first ever Commonwealth marathon,

:05:04. > :05:11.but was won by a Scot, Duncan Wright, in two hours, 43. I suspect

:05:12. > :05:14.it will be a bit quicker than that today. But as ever, with

:05:15. > :05:19.Championship races, it will not be superfast. But these conditions,

:05:20. > :05:30.much better than most athletes would superfast. But these conditions,

:05:31. > :05:44.have come here with a very strong team. Abraham Kiplimo perhaps with

:05:45. > :05:48.the best chance. And the Kenyans will be looking for a clean sweep,

:05:49. > :06:02.to be honest, but that remains to be seen. The defending champion in the

:06:03. > :06:07.background, there he is, John Kerai. Derek Hawkins, his brother Callum,

:06:08. > :06:11.also a good runner. Like many of the Scottish men in recent years, they

:06:12. > :06:16.have done pretty well. We have got a good contingent on the track as

:06:17. > :06:27.well. Derek Hawkins has been looking forward to this day for a long

:06:28. > :06:35.time. Brendan and myself are just tucked away, I was going to say we

:06:36. > :06:40.are in a tent, but we are in a nice little... We are tucked away out of

:06:41. > :06:46.the rain, here in Glasgow green. It should be an intriguing race. Good

:06:47. > :06:49.morning, Brendan. MARK FOSTER: Good morning for the

:06:50. > :06:54.first event of the track and field programme, the men's marathon. And

:06:55. > :07:09.as always, in recent times, the might of East Africa, they will be

:07:10. > :07:11.the runners to contend with. Derek Hawkins of Scotland lining up at the

:07:12. > :07:15.front. BRENDAN FOSTER: Three very good

:07:16. > :07:25.Kenyan athletes, a couple of good Ugandans. And they are ready. On a

:07:26. > :07:31.morning which is perfect conditions for distance running. As Steve said,

:07:32. > :07:36.the weather has been glorious in Glasgow, the people of Glasgow have

:07:37. > :07:39.responded to this event majestically yesterday, they were out in their

:07:40. > :07:50.thousands. And hopefully today, you can already see a good gathering in

:07:51. > :07:57.Glasgow Green. And you can see the crowds collecting. A pretty

:07:58. > :08:01.pedestrian start. We are used to watching marathon is these days,

:08:02. > :08:06.Steve, with tens of thousands of runners. Here, we have got 25 men,

:08:07. > :08:10.some good talent amongst them. No pacemakers, this is a Championship

:08:11. > :08:13.event. People have been talking about the quality of this event, but

:08:14. > :08:19.it does not matter at the end of the day. The gold medal says,

:08:20. > :08:23.Commonwealth Games winner. No, there are some genuinely top marathon

:08:24. > :08:33.runners here. Maybe not the world is best, but certainly Erick Ndiema,

:08:34. > :08:38.and the defending Kenyan champion, Chemlany. But what about this man,

:08:39. > :08:43.Steve Way? I met him a couple of years ago at a running clinic, and

:08:44. > :08:50.he told me his story, which has been well reported, about how, back in

:08:51. > :08:54.2007-2008, he decided enough was enough. He was a smoker, he did not

:08:55. > :08:59.have a particularly good diet. He said he was only heading one way. He

:09:00. > :09:03.decided he needed to do something and took up running. And here he is,

:09:04. > :09:11.a few years later, a few miles later. Joined by Ben Moreau. You

:09:12. > :09:15.talk about the thousands taking part in the London Marathon and the rest

:09:16. > :09:19.of it, and he is a great story, because he has come out of that

:09:20. > :09:34.process, sitting at home, watching people on television. And here he is

:09:35. > :09:38.representing his country. It is an inspirational story. At the end of

:09:39. > :09:56.the day, the guy was searching with a packet of cigarettes and a packet

:09:57. > :10:00.of crisps, watching the marathon. I just hope for his sake that he

:10:01. > :10:12.enjoys today and takes in the experience. Paula Radcliffe has come

:10:13. > :10:15.from the start line and joined us in the commentary box. While we are

:10:16. > :10:20.talking about Steve Way, I met him through Liz yelling, a former

:10:21. > :10:25.clubmate and fellow competitor in the marathon of yours, and I think

:10:26. > :10:31.she helped him, and her husband, with some of his initial coaching.

:10:32. > :10:34.But he is now running 100ks. He has got high hopes for that event in

:10:35. > :10:40.November. So this will seem a bit short for him? It is! And I was

:10:41. > :10:44.going to say it might seem a bit quick in the early stages, but he

:10:45. > :10:52.has gone right to the front, and he is obviously enjoying it. The

:10:53. > :10:56.Australians and the British athletes looking around, thinking, come on,

:10:57. > :11:05.guys, where are you? The field is taking some time to settle. That is

:11:06. > :11:15.a little bit of an incline which they are going up. Paula yesterday,

:11:16. > :11:24.she said, I ran up that hill, and we said, really?! I think you are

:11:25. > :11:29.getting older, Paula! I think the rest of the course is very, very

:11:30. > :11:32.flat, so this is probably the most significant climb. There are a

:11:33. > :11:39.couple of times, but other than that, this is it. It is more the

:11:40. > :11:43.downhill, they are going to turn now and go down through the pedestrian

:11:44. > :11:53.area of Buchanan street, and down there, I think it is more of a nice

:11:54. > :11:57.drop away. Well, we are going to get a really good view of Glasgow city

:11:58. > :12:02.centre. It has been thriving, it has been buzzing, it has been like being

:12:03. > :12:07.on the Riviera or somewhere. It has been a real holiday atmosphere, the

:12:08. > :12:11.last two nights in particular, down in the centre of Glasgow. Lots of

:12:12. > :12:15.entertainment going on, music in the streets, lots of events attached to

:12:16. > :12:18.the Commonwealth Games, as well as the sport. But this morning, the

:12:19. > :12:22.streets are kept clear for the marathon. I am hoping, Brendan, that

:12:23. > :12:33.we will see lots of people coming out to cheer these guys on. That's

:12:34. > :12:36.right. I am glad we managed to get the Glasgow Riviera in there! But

:12:37. > :12:41.this is proper Sunday morning runners' Glasgow. Often you see lots

:12:42. > :12:48.of people running and training in Glasgow. At this point, Steve Way,

:12:49. > :12:52.the inspirational man that he is, enjoying himself, relaxing,

:12:53. > :13:01.listening to the crowd, as they come towards the Much In City of Glasgow.

:13:02. > :13:08.And George Square, the real centre of Glasgow, the Glasgow City Council

:13:09. > :13:17.Chambers. And Steve the first event on the track and field, and we have

:13:18. > :13:21.got an English one-two. Three in the first four, it is brilliant! Not

:13:22. > :13:25.sure it will last that much longer! But Ben Moreau is up there. The

:13:26. > :13:30.Kenyans are beginning to gather, the three of them just saying, OK, this

:13:31. > :13:37.is not very quick, we are going to get in amongst it. But Steve Way,

:13:38. > :13:41.enjoying the moment. And that is absolutely true, Glasgow is a

:13:42. > :13:47.fantastic city, it is a much changed city. It was one of the great cities

:13:48. > :13:50.of the Commonwealth, in its history. This part of the city was built by

:13:51. > :14:18.the tobacco. The marathon route in years gone by

:14:19. > :14:23.has often started and finished in the stadium, but this is a new fad,

:14:24. > :14:28.which is very popular, with running events, as we saw in London,

:14:29. > :14:33.bringing it right into the city centre. I hope that when they head

:14:34. > :14:38.out along the river and into the parks, that the support will be out

:14:39. > :14:48.there as well. A little bit of early surging going on, Ipanema going to

:14:49. > :14:57.the front, as Erick Ndiema recognises it is something to cover.

:14:58. > :15:02.A little bit early to start racing, they have not even completed two

:15:03. > :15:09.miles yet. This is Buchanan Street, all of the posh shops, where Brendan

:15:10. > :15:16.and Paula go shopping. You have been shopping, I know you have, Paula. I

:15:17. > :15:20.haven't! Oh, I did, sorry, I went and bought you a chocolate bar this

:15:21. > :15:23.morning. I thought you were telling us how slippery and how dangerous

:15:24. > :15:27.this bit was going to be this morning, Paula, as you have been

:15:28. > :15:32.scrutinising this course, haven't you?! I tell you, it is a lot easier

:15:33. > :15:38.than when I came through yesterday, when it was packed with people. I do

:15:39. > :15:41.not think it will be too slippy. It is not cobblestones like we would

:15:42. > :15:46.see in the London Marathon, where we have had the accidents. To be

:15:47. > :15:50.honest, I think it is quite nice conditions for running out there

:15:51. > :15:56.today. Starting to see a bit of blue sky as well. Hopefully that will see

:15:57. > :16:08.more people come out to line the route. Erick Ndiema is the early

:16:09. > :16:13.leader. We will talk more about the athletes. They are popping down onto

:16:14. > :16:23.the riverfront in a minute or two, then we'll turn right along the

:16:24. > :16:29.River Clyde. It is difficult, going round the other way. Coming down

:16:30. > :16:36.towards the river now. A gentle drop down now. Once they hit the river,

:16:37. > :16:44.it is pretty flat. There is a little rise later, in the country park. One

:16:45. > :16:51.section where it is a little bit undulating. It is great to see so

:16:52. > :16:56.many people out. The sun just starting to reflect off the wet

:16:57. > :17:02.roads of Glasgow. The temperature starts to rise, but nothing like the

:17:03. > :17:05.heat we have had for the first three or four days of these Commonwealth

:17:06. > :17:12.Games, because that would have been more like the conditions we had in

:17:13. > :17:19.Delhi. It would have been difficult. Right next to the railway station,

:17:20. > :17:26.under the bridge. Eventually, they will cross the River Clyde. The

:17:27. > :17:30.interesting thing for me, there has been a fantastic response to the

:17:31. > :17:37.Commonwealth Games, they sold nearly a million tickets for the event, and

:17:38. > :17:41.today, they are getting crowds out, responding to the Commonwealth Games

:17:42. > :17:46.effect. It is wonderful to see. The sun is starting to shine through.

:17:47. > :17:57.The athletes we talked about, the Tanzanians, Ugandans and Kenyans...

:17:58. > :18:08.Haile Gebrselassie was talking about the Commonwealth Games, he said, how

:18:09. > :18:13.can we get into wit? He made some enquiries about if adjoining the

:18:14. > :18:16.Commonwealth. Mozambique joined the Commonwealth by filling in some

:18:17. > :18:25.forms. Stop encouraging these countries! As they go along the

:18:26. > :18:33.riverfront, it has been transformed, so famous for its ship holding

:18:34. > :18:37.industry. If you of the cranes still left, one or two landmarks, but it

:18:38. > :18:45.is a lovely part of Glasgow to walk and run along. A nice place to go

:18:46. > :18:52.for a lovely walk. Given the weather we have had recently, it has been a

:18:53. > :18:58.big -- pretty popular place to be. This is a thoroughfare, joining some

:18:59. > :19:06.of the venues. We are heading out towards the SECC Halls. They are

:19:07. > :19:13.crossing under the M8. The main thoroughfare through the city

:19:14. > :19:22.centre. Going from east to West, crossing the Clyde. As Brendan said,

:19:23. > :19:26.those of us who have been coming up to Glasgow for so many years, the

:19:27. > :19:33.transformation, every time you come back, continues to develop. It is a

:19:34. > :19:37.fantastic place to come. The thing that has shone through already this

:19:38. > :19:41.week has been the great phrase about the people making Glasgow, it has

:19:42. > :19:47.been very true. I was at an event last night, at the Pacific Quay,

:19:48. > :19:52.this is where they are heading towards, BBC Scotland's

:19:53. > :19:57.headquarters, we had the curlers. Their exploits at the Winter

:19:58. > :20:05.Olympics. We were talking about putting cross-country in the Winter

:20:06. > :20:10.Olympics, there were no hands of -- up from the curlers to join the

:20:11. > :20:17.Commonwealth Games, though. When you run alongside the River, Glasgow

:20:18. > :20:20.made the Clyde and the Clyde made Glasgow, and it is a significant

:20:21. > :20:24.point. This is one of the great cities of the Commonwealth, the

:20:25. > :20:34.shipbuilding industry on the River Clyde, and the trade with America.

:20:35. > :20:40.Dieudonne Disi on the outside, from Rwanda, a very good runner, he could

:20:41. > :20:43.be a danger. The Kenyans are in the position we thought they would be

:20:44. > :20:51.in. The two fastest in the world, Stephen Chemlany and Erick Ndiema.

:20:52. > :20:55.The others will follow, let them do what they want to do. If they do not

:20:56. > :21:00.go too fast, they will have some company. The race is settling down

:21:01. > :21:07.now. I wonder if those guys on the outside will be going further! They

:21:08. > :21:12.might just be on their way home after a night out! Sunday morning,

:21:13. > :21:21.after all! A good way to get rid of a hangover! Stephen Chemlany, I saw

:21:22. > :21:22.a couple of the Kenyans at the start line, the management have been

:21:23. > :21:35.talking up their chances. All of the athletes wearing

:21:36. > :21:49.transponders on their shoes. We will be able to get a split time. They

:21:50. > :21:53.refer to that as the squinty Bridge. It is a bit like the blinking eye in

:21:54. > :22:01.Newcastle, not too dissimilar at all. I was walking across there the

:22:02. > :22:05.other day, I knew that was not what they really called it. Right by the

:22:06. > :22:20.squinty! Over the bridge. I hope they will still have some

:22:21. > :22:24.good crowds to follow them, the support in the early stages has been

:22:25. > :22:31.great. As they head away from the city centre... Look at the crowds,

:22:32. > :22:39.it is great to see so many people out. Pete Ward free free events, the

:22:40. > :22:48.marathon, the road race, the cycling, yet to come.

:22:49. > :22:54.Derek Hawkins is already off that group, they have not been going that

:22:55. > :23:01.quickly. Just waiting for some split times. Derek Hawkins with the three

:23:02. > :23:04.English athlete. He would be hoping to finish ahead of the English

:23:05. > :23:14.athlete. There might be a domestic battle going on. The first split

:23:15. > :23:18.there. It is not super slow, but for a lot of the athletes, it will not

:23:19. > :23:25.be too far away from their personal best. For the guys who go below two

:23:26. > :23:34.hours ten, that is pretty easy going. Just having a luck as they go

:23:35. > :23:38.through the drinks station, not too many athletes picking up their own

:23:39. > :23:43.specific drink bottles. Most of them are just taking water bottles there.

:23:44. > :23:47.They will get drink stations every five kilometres, they will have been

:23:48. > :23:52.able to hand in their own drinks bottles if they wanted to, and have

:23:53. > :24:05.them there on the course. Or they can take the water that is provided.

:24:06. > :24:09.A little sharp turn heel. A long, straight section towards Ibrox, the

:24:10. > :24:18.Rangers stadium. Then up towards the park. That is one of the sharpest

:24:19. > :24:23.turns on the route. Paula, you talk about the latter stages, always

:24:24. > :24:28.looking for bits where there are water stations, tight turns, hills,

:24:29. > :24:32.people can make a break there. Yes, that is one of the advantages of a

:24:33. > :24:36.course like this, a two lap course, you get the first lap to get a

:24:37. > :24:41.chance to know the course and to feel out the terms and the inclines

:24:42. > :24:44.and the areas where you might be able to make a break and to think

:24:45. > :24:49.ahead and plan wake you might want to make those moves on the second

:24:50. > :24:54.lap. It gives them a chance to learn a bit. The blue line is dotted

:24:55. > :24:59.along, indicating the suppose it shortest route around the course.

:25:00. > :25:05.That is why GCB runners gathered along that line. Here, they prefer

:25:06. > :25:11.to run along the top of the road, where the camber is less, and it is

:25:12. > :25:14.I bought even surface. A couple of areas we ran through just a day,

:25:15. > :25:19.there were quite a few potholes, but most of it has been covered really

:25:20. > :25:23.nicely. When you see the blue line go wider, that is just to indicate

:25:24. > :25:27.where there might be a bit of unevenness in the road, so they will

:25:28. > :25:33.go around it for the better surface. They have not quite reached

:25:34. > :25:37.this section yet. It is a few miles ahead of us, but that is where they

:25:38. > :25:49.will be going. And then the country park. We will be very soon at Ibrox,

:25:50. > :25:53.which is hosting the rugby sevens. A great start for the rugby sevens

:25:54. > :26:00.yesterday, 40,000 in Ibrox, the atmosphere was fantastic, looking

:26:01. > :26:09.for more of that today. Stephen Chemlany, he seems most interested

:26:10. > :26:14.in pushing the pace along. They set off at a tad under two hours 13

:26:15. > :26:19.pace. A big enough group there. The likes of Stephen Chemlany, two hours

:26:20. > :26:22.six minutes this year, it is pretty easy going for him. The group has

:26:23. > :26:40.been whittled down fairly quickly. I was just looking to see if Abraham

:26:41. > :26:46.Kiplimo was there. The Batu 395, Philip Kiplimo, and on the left,

:26:47. > :27:03.Abraham Kiplimo. Abraham Kiplimo and Erick Ndiema

:27:04. > :27:08.preferring the middle-of-the-road. Not much of a camber. One or two

:27:09. > :27:14.roads later have more of a camber. We might see the athletes sticking

:27:15. > :27:32.to the middle. A good crowd out as they head on the Paisley Road.

:27:33. > :27:37.The English athletes, Steven Way, we have talked about his story, what a

:27:38. > :27:41.great occasion for him. I was reading some comments, he has been

:27:42. > :27:48.walking around the village, he cannot believe he is there, he says,

:27:49. > :27:58.I am rubbing shoulders with guys from the Diamond League circuit, and

:27:59. > :28:02.that is the great thing, and Usain Bolt headed down to the village last

:28:03. > :28:08.night, I am told. Did he have his kilt on? I do not think so, but at

:28:09. > :28:14.the press conference, they were trying to offer him a kilt, which he

:28:15. > :28:20.politely turned down! It is great that he is here. We will be heading

:28:21. > :28:24.to Hampden Park for the beginning of the athletics won the marathons are

:28:25. > :28:32.complete. We have got the 100 metre heat today. And the men's 5000 metre

:28:33. > :28:35.final later. Lots going on during the Commonwealth Games today. We

:28:36. > :28:41.will be back with the marathon shortly, but for a minute or two,

:28:42. > :28:46.back to the studio, for an update of what else is happening today.

:28:47. > :28:53.While we stay with the marathon on BBC One, I will keep you abreast of

:28:54. > :29:00.everything else going on. Plenty of action underway, which you can watch

:29:01. > :29:04.elsewhere on the BBC. On BBC Three, Scotland are playing Australia in

:29:05. > :29:10.the women's hockey. The home nation are losing 2-0. At Kelvingrove, the

:29:11. > :29:19.lawn bowls has reached the semifinals. You can see these

:29:20. > :29:23.matches live on the BBC website. We have got the men's pairs semifinal,

:29:24. > :29:32.Scotland against England, for a medal. The Scottish world champions

:29:33. > :29:39.against England. Whoever has the most points after 18 ends. It is

:29:40. > :29:45.currently 5-2 to England after five ends. The women's singles at the

:29:46. > :29:54.same time, the semifinals, Northern Ireland against New Zealand. Pretty

:29:55. > :29:58.comp offensive at the moment, 12-3 to New Zealand after eight ends. The

:29:59. > :30:04.winner in that one is the first to 21. In the badminton, the semifinals

:30:05. > :30:11.in the mixed team event, Malaysia against Singapore. The match is in

:30:12. > :30:26.the opening tie, the men's pairs, England play India in the other

:30:27. > :30:31.semifinal this evening. You can see all of that elsewhere on the BBC,

:30:32. > :30:39.but if it is the marathon that you like, stay here on BBC One.

:30:40. > :30:45.STEVE CRAM: Just a little bit of rain on the camera lens in the

:30:46. > :30:52.helicopter. You can just see Ibrox, if it pans out a bit. Just off to

:30:53. > :30:57.the right. And they are just approaching the entrance to

:30:58. > :31:02.Bellahouston Park. A sharp turn into Bellahouston Park. So, it is good

:31:03. > :31:07.that they have slowed down at the front, and the pack which had

:31:08. > :31:10.contained the domestic interest, they have all come back together.

:31:11. > :31:17.Derek Hawkins of Scotland in that group, as well as the English

:31:18. > :31:21.athletes. There is Ibrox. BRENDAN FOSTER: Ibrox is the scene

:31:22. > :31:27.of one of the great races of all time, 1904, Alf shrub broke seven

:31:28. > :31:35.world records in one race, when he ran for the Starc record. That was

:31:36. > :31:51.written up in the history books as one of the greatest performances of

:31:52. > :31:55.all time. I had someone who contacted me telling me that Alf

:31:56. > :32:01.Shrub was great, but there was another one, even greater, who came

:32:02. > :32:03.after him. And then more recently, Haile Gebrselassie also came to

:32:04. > :32:09.Glasgow. So they were celebrating the fact that they have got a great

:32:10. > :32:16.history of distance running, and Ibrox, believe it or not, was the

:32:17. > :32:19.centre of that running revival. Great here in Bellahouston Park,

:32:20. > :32:26.this was the scene of the world cross-country Championships in

:32:27. > :32:39.1978. The women's race was won by a certain greater rights, who went on

:32:40. > :32:49.to have a great marathon career. -- Greta Weitz. David Coleman was doing

:32:50. > :32:54.the commentary. It was the worst commentary of his life! He had 150

:32:55. > :32:58.guys running around, covered in mud! Those were the old days of

:32:59. > :33:06.commentary, Steve. It is a bit easier now, Steve. And we have

:33:07. > :33:13.transponders as well. The Palace Of Art, Which Was The Scene Of The

:33:14. > :33:22.Great Exhibition Back In The 1930s. That Is The Only Building Which Is

:33:23. > :33:29.Pretty Much Left From That. I Think John Tracy Won That Race, Did He?

:33:30. > :33:38.Brendan is nodding. And it is nearly time for the women to get under way

:33:39. > :33:42.back here at Glasgow Green. This time, I think there will be real

:33:43. > :33:46.opportunities for some of the domestic athletes. Louise Damon

:33:47. > :33:56.going for England, Susan Partridge, coached by Steve Jones, who is here

:33:57. > :33:58.watching. She has prepared meticulously to run for her home

:33:59. > :34:08.country here, in front of her home crowd. Also there, Ali Dixon from

:34:09. > :34:17.Sunderland. Those are the three English representatives.

:34:18. > :34:26.The Kenyans, we do not think Ongori is going to run. Hayley Haining also

:34:27. > :34:38.going for Scotland. She has had a good career, and now getting the

:34:39. > :34:42.chance to compete for Scotland. There is Aly Dixon, and I think she

:34:43. > :34:49.will be looking at this field, yes, it is strong, but certainly Ongori

:34:50. > :34:52.is not there. But it is not a big field, so, as ever with marathons,

:34:53. > :34:56.you never know what is going to happen on the day. If it is your

:34:57. > :35:27.day, there could be the outside chance of a medal. So, the women's

:35:28. > :35:32.marathon gets under way. A small field, but I am sure they will get

:35:33. > :35:39.great support, particularly if the likes of Aly Dixon can content. Who

:35:40. > :35:43.knows, one of the Home Nations girls might well end up with a medal. I am

:35:44. > :35:50.really excited to see Hayley Haining in there. I remember back in 1991,

:35:51. > :35:55.in the World Junior Cross-country Championships, she was only seven.

:35:56. > :36:00.The following year, she was in the team with you, Paula. -- she

:36:01. > :36:06.finished seventh. I was in the team with her both times, I think. She

:36:07. > :36:11.was competing with me also when we won the bronze medal at the World

:36:12. > :36:16.Championships in Helsinki in 2005. She is a vet who works here in

:36:17. > :36:20.Glasgow so she is in her home city, and she is looking forward to

:36:21. > :36:26.getting out and running around the streets that she knows so well, I

:36:27. > :36:31.should think. The chance to be out here, what is it, 23 years after her

:36:32. > :36:36.first major Championships. It is amazing. You know she said she is a

:36:37. > :36:43.vet, you know who she has in some of her lectures? Laura Muir. Laura is

:36:44. > :36:48.also learning to be a vet. Lawro of course running in the 800m and the

:36:49. > :36:56.1500m, also a medal hope for Scotland. So, she turns up for

:36:57. > :37:07.lectures and they talk about winning! Apparently they do. Why

:37:08. > :37:11.not?! The Australian athlete in the field today is also a vet. So, if

:37:12. > :37:14.there are any sick animals today, there is plenty of help for them!

:37:15. > :37:47.And we have also got a GP running,. I know you are envious, Paula.

:37:48. > :37:51.Smuggling yes, I would love to be out there running. I loved having my

:37:52. > :37:57.little jog around yesterday and taking in some of the atmosphere,

:37:58. > :38:00.running through the beautiful parks. Just to take in the sights and feel

:38:01. > :38:09.the support, because I think the whole city has got behind the

:38:10. > :38:15.athletes. The people of Glasgow are proud to be putting on such a great

:38:16. > :38:21.Games. The enthusiasm of the city has really today it looks as though

:38:22. > :38:29.it will be even better. All the runners will get terrific support.

:38:30. > :38:36.There we can see the three English athletes. Running with Derek

:38:37. > :38:40.Hawkins, the Scottish athlete, who will be running through familiar

:38:41. > :38:53.territory. As we look at the lead group, a couple of Australians in

:38:54. > :39:06.that leading group. Ndiema and Chemlany well up to the front.

:39:07. > :39:09.Just waiting for the 10k split to come through. The early pace has

:39:10. > :39:15.been pretty slow. It has not really changed that much, although they

:39:16. > :39:18.have just picked it up a little bit for the last mile,

:39:19. > :39:21.have just picked it up a little bit Bellahouston Park. And towards

:39:22. > :39:28.Pollok Country Park. A little section of road between the two

:39:29. > :39:31.parks. Both Kiplimos are there. Abraham Kiplimo, on the inside, on

:39:32. > :39:37.the curb, has just gone off the Group A little bit, but he quickly

:39:38. > :39:46.realised that a break was being made and got back. The two Kiplimos, and

:39:47. > :39:52.certainly I think Abraham will figure as a danger to the Kenyans.

:39:53. > :39:57.Derek Hawkins, 12 seconds back from the lead group, in the second group,

:39:58. > :40:01.with the English athletes as well. So, they are just taking a left

:40:02. > :40:06.turn, coming into what is a very nice section of the course. They

:40:07. > :40:10.have got about three kilometres through the Pollok Country Park,

:40:11. > :40:19.which, in 2008, was named the best park in Europe. The three of us

:40:20. > :40:23.drove through here, actually, Paula got out and ran for a little bit,

:40:24. > :40:28.and we had to pick her up, she was a bit tired. You made me run up the

:40:29. > :40:32.hill to tell me how steep it was! It is not that steep on the first lap,

:40:33. > :40:36.but I think by the second lap, they will be feeling it a little bit. I

:40:37. > :40:43.was just looking at the three Kenyans, they just took a little bit

:40:44. > :40:51.of time to assess the field, I think. We saw Ndiema almost counting

:40:52. > :40:52.how many people were there before he reported back to the other guys in

:40:53. > :41:11.the group. When we saw Paula getting back into

:41:12. > :41:22.the car, what was funny was the people going, oh, look, she used to

:41:23. > :41:25.be good, her. Back to the women's race, nothing much happening, in

:41:26. > :41:37.terms of any breaks. Just to pick out a couple of names, going under

:41:38. > :41:47.the name of Daniel, the Kenyan. And her team-mate, Caroline Kilel. I

:41:48. > :41:58.think they are the two favourites. But Susan Partridge and Aly Dixon,

:41:59. > :42:03.sunglasses on top of her head, they must be really looking forward to

:42:04. > :42:08.this. The Power of them have got themselves in great shape.

:42:09. > :42:14.Obviously, Glasgow has been on their horizon. For a lot of the British

:42:15. > :42:19.athletes, they had the choice between the Commonwealth marathon or

:42:20. > :42:21.the European Championships, which take place in Zurich in a couple of

:42:22. > :42:23.weeks. But I think for many of the marathon runners, there was only one

:42:24. > :42:27.choice, which was to come here. PAULA RADCLIFFE: Absolutely, I think

:42:28. > :42:31.everybody has pretty much chosen to come here and get the chance to run

:42:32. > :42:35.in a home Commonwealth Games. I was lucky enough to take part in

:42:36. > :42:40.Manchester 2002, and it was a very special experience which I will

:42:41. > :42:43.never forget. Any athlete, whether from England, Scotland, Wales or

:42:44. > :42:46.Northern Ireland, to be able to compete in Britain in a Commonwealth

:42:47. > :42:50.Games, it is a very special experience just I think all of these

:42:51. > :42:55.girls are very glad to be able to do that. Just on the Kenyan, on Goro,

:42:56. > :42:59.failing to start, I am a bit surprised that they did not name a

:43:00. > :43:04.replacement, even the depth of marathon running that they have got

:43:05. > :43:11.in Kenya. I can just imagine that nobody was willing to focus on a

:43:12. > :43:15.Championship marathon this year. I think it is really smart to organise

:43:16. > :43:19.a two lap course. People can stay in the city centre, and watch the men

:43:20. > :43:28.go through, and then the women go through, and then they can see the

:43:29. > :43:39.men coming round again. Looking at the first two, partridge and Aly

:43:40. > :43:43.Dixon work in a 10k race in Gateshead, and they were saying how

:43:44. > :43:52.excited they were to have the opportunity to race in the

:43:53. > :43:57.Commonwealth Games. She has got a chance to run on her home turf. She

:43:58. > :44:00.says she will try and take a chance today, she really feels she has got

:44:01. > :44:07.a chance to get onto the rostrum, and I think she has a good point. I

:44:08. > :44:11.am sure the crowd will get more and more behind I'm as the race goes on,

:44:12. > :44:20.as I think she is going to be competitive in this race. If one of

:44:21. > :44:28.these British women, I'm or Aly Dixon, takes a chance, that is the

:44:29. > :44:34.phrase I was using last night, if you want to win a medal, at some

:44:35. > :44:39.point in this, you have got to take a bit of a risk, because it will

:44:40. > :44:43.break up. If you want to get a medal, you might have to do

:44:44. > :44:47.something you have not done before and take a bit of a risk, do

:44:48. > :44:51.something to win the medal, not just hope it falls into your lap.

:44:52. > :44:55.Absolutely. You will have to take a step outside of your comfort zone.

:44:56. > :44:59.As the first lap progresses, we might not see much happening, but

:45:00. > :45:03.going into the second lap, we will start to see people pushing on. That

:45:04. > :45:07.is the stage where you really need to be brave enough to go with it and

:45:08. > :45:13.cover that break and try and hang on. It is not a really, really tough

:45:14. > :45:16.course. It is the type of course where you can put a little bit out

:45:17. > :45:21.there at the beginning of the second lap and not have to pay for it too

:45:22. > :45:25.much in the closing stages. There are no huge hills which are going to

:45:26. > :45:30.break it up and really send your legs out the back door! So I think

:45:31. > :45:33.these girls will be motivated by the fact that it is a Championship, it

:45:34. > :45:38.is the Commonwealth Games, and the fact that they are up in the lead

:45:39. > :45:41.group, rather than in the World Championships last year, for

:45:42. > :45:45.example, where Susan Partridge would have already been back in the pack,

:45:46. > :45:50.just running her own pace. Now, it is about racing, and risking a

:45:51. > :45:56.little bit, with the experience and a knowledge of the course as well.

:45:57. > :46:08.That is an advantage over the other athletes. She has spent the last

:46:09. > :46:13.couple of weeks preparing, staying with her parents on the West Coast

:46:14. > :46:19.of Scotland, enjoying the prospect. Those last two weeks can be the

:46:20. > :46:24.worst. She has been back about three weeks now, the only thing that can

:46:25. > :46:30.happen is you get hurt. Even getting to the start line, ready, prepared,

:46:31. > :46:37.that is the first hurdle, then you go out and hopefully it is your day.

:46:38. > :46:43.Central Station, just running underneath. And onto the River,

:46:44. > :46:51.which we saw with the men not that long ago. Louise Damon looking

:46:52. > :46:55.across. One or two have fallen off the back already. Aly Dixon and

:46:56. > :47:02.Susan Partridge know each other well, Susan did not do so well at

:47:03. > :47:08.the world half marathon, but they know each other very well. Is this

:47:09. > :47:14.pans out, we may end up with a domestic battle for a medal. This is

:47:15. > :47:19.completely different from the major marathons we have watched. In the

:47:20. > :47:23.major marathons, you always have pacemakers, people know what time

:47:24. > :47:28.they are aiming for, they are running four times, and only get

:47:29. > :47:34.competitive in the late stages, but this is a race. They are spread

:47:35. > :47:38.across the road, they are staying within the confines. This is a true

:47:39. > :47:44.marathon race, there is a big title at stake, and it is worth having,

:47:45. > :47:48.because if you look at the history, the great athletes in all of the

:47:49. > :47:52.events who have won Commonwealth Games medals, if it is good enough

:47:53. > :47:57.for those people, it is good enough for you, and that will be in their

:47:58. > :48:01.mind. It does not tell you about the weather conditions or who was and

:48:02. > :48:05.wasn't in the race or the fastest times or rankings, it tells you

:48:06. > :48:15.about the rostrum. There are three places. There is another agility for

:48:16. > :48:22.a British athlete to get on the rostrum. Aly Dixon looks very

:48:23. > :48:25.relaxed. Susan Partridge looks the picture of concentration, not

:48:26. > :48:33.looking over her shoulder, relaxing. Louise Damen doing the same. We know

:48:34. > :48:39.the Kenyans are fast. If you look at the history of this event, seven

:48:40. > :48:44.times they have run the Commonwealth Games marathon, five times they have

:48:45. > :48:51.been won by Australians, once by a Canadian, and only in the last

:48:52. > :48:57.Commonwealth Games, a Kenyans. Albeit, the Kenyans are becoming

:48:58. > :49:00.stronger in the women's event. But this title is definitely worth

:49:01. > :49:05.winning, and the medals are definitely worth collecting. We will

:49:06. > :49:13.enjoy the later stages. We will have a lot to cheer for.

:49:14. > :49:18.A little clip on the heels, that is what you do not want, Louise Damen

:49:19. > :49:31.was clipped. Louise was checking to see who it

:49:32. > :49:36.was. At that stage, you just want to make sure they do not do it again

:49:37. > :49:42.and it was just an accident. Louise has been up with the UK team,

:49:43. > :49:46.preparing for the championships. She left a couple of weeks ago, so she

:49:47. > :49:55.has had a couple of weeks to a just and prepare. She is now coached in

:49:56. > :49:56.America. Her coach has great experience, he will have passed a

:49:57. > :50:14.lot of that on to her. A reasonably comfortable pace in the

:50:15. > :50:17.early stages. Hayley Haining, it was about getting here and being part of

:50:18. > :50:26.this occasion, rather than contesting some medals. That will be

:50:27. > :50:31.left to Susan Partridge, from a Scottish perspective, to contest

:50:32. > :50:34.this race at the front. I have not mentioned Amy Whitehead, in the

:50:35. > :50:42.sunglasses, in the middle of the group. She is coached by the great

:50:43. > :50:50.George Gandy. We bumped into him this morning.

:50:51. > :50:58.So many of the distance coaches are great names from the past, here in

:50:59. > :50:59.Glasgow to watch and reminisce and hopefully enjoy the current

:51:00. > :51:12.competition. You can see the crane that is left

:51:13. > :51:23.is a monument to the great ship holding heritage. It still looms

:51:24. > :51:33.large over the quayside area. A left turn over the bridge. Not far from

:51:34. > :51:39.the five kilometre point, we will get a split from that, hopefully. It

:51:40. > :51:53.looks very comfortable at the moment, the pace. Kenyans flags

:51:54. > :51:56.flying. They were hoping for a 1-2, 's a 1-2-3 at one point. But they

:51:57. > :52:14.will have high hopes. Still the early stages, approaching

:52:15. > :52:17.the five kilometre mark. The men are not too far away from the 15

:52:18. > :52:21.kilometre mark. That pop back for an update.

:52:22. > :52:29.It is great to see some good crowds out on the marathon, despite the

:52:30. > :52:33.wettest day we have seen in Glasgow. We will get back to the marathon in

:52:34. > :52:38.a second, but I will bring you up to date with other things that are

:52:39. > :52:45.going on. On BBC Three, you can catch women's hockey. Scotland

:52:46. > :52:51.against Australia. Clyde and his cheerleaders are doing their bit. It

:52:52. > :52:56.is 3-0 to Australia at half-time. Press the red button, netball,

:52:57. > :53:05.Jamaica, fancied for a medal, against Scotland. It is 16-7 to

:53:06. > :53:10.Jamaica as they come to the end of the first quarter. Depending on your

:53:11. > :53:15.digital provider, if you press red, then blue, there are even more

:53:16. > :53:20.options. Let's go to Kelvingrove, in the lawn bowls, the semifinals. You

:53:21. > :53:29.can see these matches on the BBC website. In the men's pairs

:53:30. > :53:36.semifinal, Scotland against England. It is currently 10-4 to England

:53:37. > :53:42.after nine ends. The women's singles comes to a climax today. They are in

:53:43. > :53:50.the semifinal stage, northern Ireland against New Zealand. It is

:53:51. > :53:54.17-8 to New Zealand. After 12 ends. If we go to the badminton, the

:53:55. > :53:59.semifinals in the mixed team event, the top seeds Malaysia against

:54:00. > :54:06.Singapore. That is the opening time of five. It is one set all of the

:54:07. > :54:13.moment. The winner will play England or India in the other semifinal this

:54:14. > :54:17.evening. The final is tomorrow afternoon. Let's go back to the

:54:18. > :54:32.marathon. Just seeing the men diving off for

:54:33. > :54:42.drinks, just beyond 15 kilometres. The three Kenyon 's still there, the

:54:43. > :54:50.Ugandan athletes, the Tanzania and, and the tall Australian, with his

:54:51. > :54:55.team-mate, Liam Adams. It was a war of attrition in Delhi in the

:54:56. > :55:01.conditions there. He stuck to his task incredibly well as others

:55:02. > :55:07.faltered along the way. He came through to take this all the medal.

:55:08. > :55:10.So far, so good for him. I am sure the Australians will be enjoying

:55:11. > :55:20.these conditions a bit more than they did four years ago. That group

:55:21. > :55:27.is still pretty big. 46: 54. The pace is picking up a bit. It is

:55:28. > :55:39.steady. A switch back as they came off the road.

:55:40. > :55:52.Do you know your Scottish history? Lord Onley? Mary Queen of Scots was

:55:53. > :56:06.her husband, wasn't she? I am trying to throw a bit of colour in their!

:56:07. > :56:17.I am just turning Brendan's microphone on!

:56:18. > :56:25.A bit of a camber on the road, but they do not seem too bothered about

:56:26. > :56:35.it. You can see where the blue line is, M Shelley is right on it, in the

:56:36. > :56:42.middle-of-the-road. The conditions are still pretty good for marathon

:56:43. > :56:47.running. This group is pulling away from the chasing group. The pace is

:56:48. > :56:55.lifting a bit. People looking around, looking at each other. Just

:56:56. > :56:59.wondering and watching. Fabiano Naasi is pushing on a little bit.

:57:00. > :57:04.That is Abraham Kiplimo, for the first time, near the front. The

:57:05. > :57:10.Ugandan may fancy his chances here. This might be the first attempt to

:57:11. > :57:15.break up the lead group. Just before they turned the corner, they went

:57:16. > :57:20.past one of the misting stations, I am not sure they needed today, did

:57:21. > :57:25.not look to welcome on some of their faces. It has spurred them on to

:57:26. > :57:28.spread out, right across the road. There is not a breath of wind out

:57:29. > :57:35.there, because nobody is seeking shelter. It is a long, straight

:57:36. > :57:41.road, so they do not need to run the tangents at this point. The Kenyans

:57:42. > :57:45.have been chatting to each other, as have the Tanzanians and the

:57:46. > :57:49.Ugandans, they are running as a bit of a team, and are now picking up

:57:50. > :57:57.the pace and asking some questions of the Kenyans athletes. The Kenyans

:57:58. > :58:02.are now responding, and the Australian guys are struggling to

:58:03. > :58:08.hang on. That was a sudden injection of pace, they did not know what line

:58:09. > :58:15.they were going to take. Dieudonne Disi, from Rwanda, a good athlete,

:58:16. > :58:24.the fastest over the half marathon in this field. 59.32. He is a good

:58:25. > :58:31.runner. They are approaching the half marathon point soon. They will

:58:32. > :58:36.be back in Glasgow Green, where the crowds will greet them again. The

:58:37. > :58:42.race is getting ready to start to move. A lot of people here will run

:58:43. > :58:47.fast times, this will not be so fast, but it will be a race. A group

:58:48. > :58:54.of athletes from Tanzania, one athlete from Rwanda, a couple from

:58:55. > :58:59.Uganda, and three, including the Moscow figure of John Kelai, the

:59:00. > :59:06.reigning champion, who was selected by Kenya to run in Delhi, because he

:59:07. > :59:09.had run some races in India and in Delhi, and they thought he would be

:59:10. > :59:14.suited to those conditions, which he was. Recently, he has run in

:59:15. > :59:20.Glasgow, in the half marathon, and he knows what it is like, running

:59:21. > :59:23.round here. The Kenyans electors have an awful lot of athletes to

:59:24. > :59:33.choose from, they have chosen John Kelai. They are picking up the

:59:34. > :59:38.tempo. Starting to make a bit of a move. The athletes are coming under

:59:39. > :59:43.pressure at the back of the group. Two Australians hanging in there,

:59:44. > :59:53.Shelley in that group, but it will get tougher now. This young man,

:59:54. > :59:59.Abraham Kiplimo, will not be frightened of the Kenyans. He won a

:00:00. > :00:02.big marathon in Japan earlier in the year, he knocked four minutes off

:00:03. > :00:08.his personal best. He has got good track pedigree, and when you come to

:00:09. > :00:14.Championships, I like people with a good track pedigree as well. A real

:00:15. > :00:23.surge on here from Abraham Kiplimo. John can I starting to cover it,

:00:24. > :00:28.Fabiano Naasi moving in behind him. The others taking time to cover this

:00:29. > :00:34.move. This is a real push, and early push, from Abraham Kiplimo. Nowhere

:00:35. > :00:40.near halfway yet. Though they are heading towards the city centre. It

:00:41. > :00:49.is a long road ahead of them. They can see all the way down to the

:00:50. > :00:53.river. We cannot see it on this particular view, but it is slightly

:00:54. > :00:57.downhill, and you can see them really stretching out. You can see

:00:58. > :01:01.them looking around to see the impact they have had. On the

:01:02. > :01:04.previous section, he just injected a little bit of pace, and then the

:01:05. > :01:09.group closed up again, and now he has gone again. He is just doing a

:01:10. > :01:15.couple of testing is to see who goes with him and who doesn't. And when

:01:16. > :01:19.he does go for real, who will be able but certainly he is feeling

:01:20. > :01:24.good, I think he is taking the chance also to feel out the areas

:01:25. > :01:28.that he can inject a little bit of pace on, so that when he comes to do

:01:29. > :01:32.it for real on the second lap, he will know exactly the effect it

:01:33. > :01:50.might have. This is one of the athletes from Lesotho, Ramonene E. I

:01:51. > :01:55.am surprised that Ndiema has not come with this. Because it is early

:01:56. > :01:59.enough. OK, maybe they think it is a bit too much too soon, but you have

:02:00. > :02:05.got to cover it when a group like this goes, particularly when the

:02:06. > :02:09.defending champion is there. I am surprised that the two of them have

:02:10. > :02:16.allowed that little gap. It is certainly 34 seconds already. But it

:02:17. > :02:20.was really quick, you could see, they were really accelerating, and

:02:21. > :02:25.they have settled down now. But that was a break, that was a move. You

:02:26. > :02:28.look at the gaps that they have created behind them in a very short

:02:29. > :02:34.space of time, as they head back towards the city. When they get

:02:35. > :02:42.there, they will see big crowds to support them, which is fantastic. As

:02:43. > :02:50.we see the Malawian and Namibian athletes. Maybe they have not

:02:51. > :02:53.actually studied the course map. They are about to take a pretty

:02:54. > :03:07.sharp right turn, and they were on the left-hand side of the road. It

:03:08. > :03:13.was only really one of them who had realised that. They will know it

:03:14. > :03:23.next time around, when it matters, though. So, they are approaching the

:03:24. > :03:29.halfway point. And then we will come back into Glasgow Green to complete

:03:30. > :03:34.the first lap of this Commonwealth Games marathon. So, we have got the

:03:35. > :03:41.two Kiplimos of Uganda, with team-mate Mutai in there. Also the

:03:42. > :03:46.Tanzania and in the group. And there is the domestic battle, further

:03:47. > :03:52.back. Martin Dent of Australia with them as well. They are probably

:03:53. > :03:58.about 30-40 seconds behind, maybe a bit more. John Kelai, the defending

:03:59. > :04:06.champion, the only Kenyan at the moment. But the other two are not

:04:07. > :04:15.too far behind. Ndiema and Chemlany realising the danger. Ndiema, who I

:04:16. > :04:20.thought would run very well here, looks to me as though he is not able

:04:21. > :04:26.to cover the moves. Whether it is a conscious decision or not. I don't

:04:27. > :04:35.think it is. The Kenyans normally like to be where the action is. And

:04:36. > :04:41.meanwhile the women are going through Bellahouston country Park.

:04:42. > :04:46.And Susan Partridge is well to the fore, which is great to see. Louise

:04:47. > :04:57.Damen and Amy Whitehead have fallen off this lead group, however.

:04:58. > :05:01.PAULA RADCLIFFE: Yes, Lanni Marchant of Canada, sat in just behind. I

:05:02. > :05:07.think she qualified for the Olympics in 2012 but was not selected because

:05:08. > :05:11.the Canadians had set tougher qualifying standards. She tried to

:05:12. > :05:14.appeal but was unsuccessful. Now, coming to the Championships for

:05:15. > :05:18.Canada means a great deal to her. She will be looking to be one of

:05:19. > :05:22.those athletes who has an outside chance of hanging in for a medal

:05:23. > :05:26.here today. And we can see the athletes moving through the famous

:05:27. > :05:32.Bellahouston Park. As Steve said earlier, the World Cross-country

:05:33. > :05:37.Championships were held here. In more recent times, we had the visit

:05:38. > :05:41.of the Pope in 2010, bringing hundreds of thousands of people to

:05:42. > :05:44.Bellahouston Park. I am impressed with the way Susan Partridge is

:05:45. > :05:49.running today. She seems to be absolutely on it, and in trading on

:05:50. > :05:52.her running. Aly Dixon running well alongside her. These two athletes

:05:53. > :06:00.know each other well, they have run each other -- against each other

:06:01. > :06:06.quite a lot. Scotland have had a great Games so far. In recent times,

:06:07. > :06:11.in athletics, Scotland has averaged about two medals in the last five

:06:12. > :06:14.Commonwealth Games. This time, there are high hopes that Scotland could

:06:15. > :06:17.figure largely, doing better than they have ever done before. They

:06:18. > :06:21.have been aiming for this Championship for a long time, since

:06:22. > :06:26.they were awarded the Games. The response of the athletes is almost

:06:27. > :06:29.equivalent to the way the city has reacted. The athletes have been

:06:30. > :06:32.planning and training hard and getting better. We have got some

:06:33. > :06:38.great Scottish athletes coming through. Over the next few days, I

:06:39. > :06:44.am sure we will see that Scottish flag being waved at Hampden Park.

:06:45. > :06:49.Maybe set off by today. That would be interesting, if Susan Partridge

:06:50. > :06:54.could do that. STEVE CRAM: So, the women, on their

:06:55. > :06:59.way through Bellahouston Park. And in the men's race, it has just

:07:00. > :07:08.settled down a little bit after those surges. Erick Ndiema, the

:07:09. > :07:19.surprise is that he is not with this group. He was not a bone -- he was

:07:20. > :07:23.not able to cover those surges. If you do not cover the moves, it is

:07:24. > :07:28.maybe a sign that you are working a little harder than you might want

:07:29. > :07:33.to. So, for him, it looks like it could be a tough day on the streets

:07:34. > :07:37.of Glasgow. Philip Kiplimo, with brother Abraham at the front.

:07:38. > :07:42.Abraham is looking very comfortable. He looks as though he wants to push

:07:43. > :07:46.on. It is too early to do that. He has made his first move, asked his

:07:47. > :07:50.first question. He keeps looking behind to see what response there

:07:51. > :07:55.was. Do not be surprised if he has another little go. Big crowds here,

:07:56. > :08:00.and often the athletes can respond to that as well.

:08:01. > :08:04.PAULA RADCLIFFE: Yes, they are about to cross over the bridge and come

:08:05. > :08:08.back into Glasgow Green. The crowd will get behind them and give them a

:08:09. > :08:13.boost. But for me, Abraham Kiplimo is definitely dominating. He seems

:08:14. > :08:17.to be communicating with the two other Ugandan athletes and giving

:08:18. > :08:23.out some orders and controlling it, just testing out the others. It

:08:24. > :08:30.looks as though Ndiema has managed to get himself back in the group.

:08:31. > :08:38.But certainly the Ugandans are the ones controlling the race. Two weeks

:08:39. > :08:42.ago, I spoke to Stephen Kiprotich, the Ugandan who won dealing begins

:08:43. > :08:45.in London, and the World Championships in Moscow. I asked him

:08:46. > :08:50.why he was not running the Commonwealth Games. He was running a

:08:51. > :08:53.10k in Gateshead. He said he was not running because he wanted to give

:08:54. > :08:57.his team-mates a chance to win a gold medal. I thought he was kidding

:08:58. > :09:04.a little bit. But when you look at it today, his training partner,

:09:05. > :09:08.Abraham Kiplimo, is up there, and his two team-mates as well. So,

:09:09. > :09:12.Stephen Kiprotich was actually telling the truth, saying, watch the

:09:13. > :09:21.Ugandans, because they are going to figure largely. And here they are,

:09:22. > :09:33.the three of them, in the lead, alongside the Tanzanians, Naasi. And

:09:34. > :09:38.Moses Kip Sera, who won the 5000 and the 10,000 in Delhi, is defending

:09:39. > :09:47.his title. So today could be a really great day for the Ugandan

:09:48. > :09:53.team. You can see the split for ten calamitous. The second 10k much

:09:54. > :10:02.quicker, more than a minute quicker, than the first 10k. That is why it

:10:03. > :10:07.has broken up. For a lot of these athletes, it has taken them into an

:10:08. > :10:12.area... Oh, and that is what you have got to watch out for! Abraham

:10:13. > :10:16.Kiplimo! It took a long time to get up on his feet again! It was almost

:10:17. > :10:23.as though he was wanting to blame somebody. And how many times do we

:10:24. > :10:27.see that, at water stations, people have maybe not practised enough, who

:10:28. > :10:32.knows, but he is still looking behind him, and he has lost that

:10:33. > :10:36.lead that he had worked for. He was the one who had pushed for that

:10:37. > :10:43.lead. Let's have another look at it. Me the wrong side, he darts across,

:10:44. > :10:47.trips up, probably over his own athlete, and slides into the table.

:10:48. > :10:53.I just hope he has not hurt himself, but he will have done. But you have

:10:54. > :10:57.got to say, Steve, that was his fault. He was on the wrong side and

:10:58. > :11:01.he crossed in front of his own athlete. It is a shame. He is a very

:11:02. > :11:08.good athlete, very good track runner. His marathon is only just

:11:09. > :11:12.starting. But he should be able to close down the gap. He has still got

:11:13. > :11:16.a chance to get amongst them. I just hope once he gets there, he settles

:11:17. > :11:21.down and does not do anything silly. I hope he has not hurt

:11:22. > :11:24.himself too much. But it shows the need when you are coming into a

:11:25. > :11:30.marathon, not only to train properly, but also to look at things

:11:31. > :11:33.like the course map, and to know on which side of the road the drinks

:11:34. > :11:36.stations are coming up just he was not sure which way he was going to

:11:37. > :11:43.go for the drinks station, left or right, and ended up having to cross

:11:44. > :11:49.over. He then slid on the wet ground and angered his shin quite badly, it

:11:50. > :11:52.looked like, on the table. You were saying earlier, Paula, it did not

:11:53. > :12:00.look as though they had studied the course. Obviously they had not

:12:01. > :12:05.because they did not know which with a way they were going to turn when

:12:06. > :12:11.they came over the bridge. It is such a shame to see such fantastic

:12:12. > :12:15.preparation in their training, but these last little bits, which do

:12:16. > :12:21.make a difference, getting neglected.

:12:22. > :12:25.STEVE CRAM: Well, it was his fault, but his team-mates have done him a

:12:26. > :12:29.favour, because Philip Kiplimo slowed it down at the front, and his

:12:30. > :12:33.other team-mate, Mutai, held onto his water bottle, and handed him his

:12:34. > :12:42.drink. We have just seen him take that from him. So, he is back with

:12:43. > :12:48.the group. I love that, they are sounding the bell! One lap to go,

:12:49. > :12:58.lads! I love that, because the bell normally means 400m, doesn't it?! So

:12:59. > :13:05.they should be throwing down a 53 seconds 400m! But it is a good point

:13:06. > :13:09.which we were making about practising the drinks stations. I

:13:10. > :13:13.remember back in Kenya in February, coming into the preparation for

:13:14. > :13:17.London, we set up links stations on the track so that we could practice

:13:18. > :13:22.drinking at speed, for Mo Farah, and the looks that we got from the

:13:23. > :13:26.Kenyan athletes, who were very experienced, was kind of, why are

:13:27. > :13:29.you doing this I know but it is important, to make sure the little

:13:30. > :13:42.things as well as the big things are looked after. It is the small

:13:43. > :13:46.margins which make the difference, in terms of medals. We have seen one

:13:47. > :13:53.of the favourites, Abraham Kiplimo, the training partner of the

:13:54. > :13:59.champion, and he is paying the price for making that little error. It was

:14:00. > :14:08.his own error. You hope he can just settle in again in the pack now.

:14:09. > :14:12.STEVE CRAM: Just a note for later, it was twisty Turney through the

:14:13. > :14:15.park, the mean towards the finish. And I think it will be interesting

:14:16. > :14:20.whether they were taking note of that as well. Given everything that

:14:21. > :14:24.you have just said, if it does come down to a few people in the closing

:14:25. > :14:29.stages, whether they will time their effort properly. That red arch you

:14:30. > :14:37.can see is effectively the finish line. So these athletes have just

:14:38. > :14:42.come through that line. And in the domestic battle, Steve Way is there

:14:43. > :14:46.with Nick Torry, and Derek Hawkins of Scotland, with Mark Denten behind

:14:47. > :14:57.them. Ben Moreau just behind Mark Denten of Australia. So, the halfway

:14:58. > :15:01.point was reached in 65.17, which is not bad, actually. They have picked

:15:02. > :15:08.it up after a slow first 10k. Given the fact that as I said, not many of

:15:09. > :15:13.these men have ventured too often into the sub-2.10 territory. It will

:15:14. > :15:27.be interesting to see if we get a sub-2.10 race.

:15:28. > :15:31.fall for Kiplimo, whether he can get back to controlling these race and

:15:32. > :15:41.giving the orders to his team-mates, or whether he will take time to

:15:42. > :15:50.recover. The men's race continuing, the women are in the country park.

:15:51. > :15:56.The home of the Maxwell estate for 700 years. This is a great feature

:15:57. > :16:01.of the city, not far from the city centre. You saw the people camping

:16:02. > :16:07.there. It is quite pricey for some of the hotels in Glasgow, a lot of

:16:08. > :16:11.people camping, watching the Commonwealth Games. It is a popular

:16:12. > :16:19.venue. A good crowd in the park as well, to cheer the women on. Not too

:16:20. > :16:23.much happening with the lead group. It is the home of the famous

:16:24. > :16:29.collection, recognised as one of the finest art collections in the

:16:30. > :16:34.world, presented to the city of Glasgow. It has 8000 objects in it,

:16:35. > :16:40.it is a must see, paintings by Degas and Cezanne, Chinese and Islamic

:16:41. > :16:44.historic artefacts, a row of stained-glass windows. It is one of

:16:45. > :16:48.the famous art collections of the world. Have you seen it? Yes.

:16:49. > :17:00.Excellent. We will continue our cultural

:17:01. > :17:06.commentary around the course. We will try to! I have got a great one

:17:07. > :17:14.for you in a little while. You will love it, hopefully. It is not a

:17:15. > :17:20.quiz, is it? I might throw a couple of questions in! Susan Partridge

:17:21. > :17:24.looks really comfortable, you were talking about concentration, I like

:17:25. > :17:31.the way she is setting out the early stages. Not like in the men's race,

:17:32. > :17:39.where the Kenyans and Tanzanians and Ugandans were happy to push things

:17:40. > :17:47.along, the Kenyans women, Caroline Kilel and Flomena Daniel, happy to

:17:48. > :17:54.let Aly Dixon, Jess Trengrove and Susan Partridge to control things at

:17:55. > :17:59.the front, as they wind their way through the country park, a very

:18:00. > :18:03.scenic part of the route. This is the one hill which may figure on the

:18:04. > :18:08.second lap. They are on the first lap. We will break away from another

:18:09. > :18:19.-- for another update. We will get back in a second, but if

:18:20. > :18:23.you are just June in game, while they are getting drizzly outside, I

:18:24. > :18:26.am keeping up-to-date with everything else is happening

:18:27. > :18:32.elsewhere in the Commonwealth Games. On BBC Three, Scotland's women's

:18:33. > :18:40.hockey team not doing very well against Australia. The host nation

:18:41. > :18:47.trailing 6-0. The latest coming from that penalty corner. Meanwhile, live

:18:48. > :18:56.net all on the red button. Scotland against Jamaica. The score is

:18:57. > :19:00.31-15. Depending on your digital provider, if you press red, then

:19:01. > :19:07.blue, there are even more viewing options. We have got lawn bowls

:19:08. > :19:11.underway, it is the semifinal stage in some of the events. You can see

:19:12. > :19:18.these matches on the BBC website. This is the men's pairs semifinal,

:19:19. > :19:28.Scotland's world champions trailing 11-8 against England. That is after

:19:29. > :19:32.12 of the 18 ends. Earlier, Northern Ireland will play for bronze this

:19:33. > :19:37.evening after losing the semifinal to New Zealand in the women's

:19:38. > :19:42.singles. In Badminton, it is the semifinals in the mixed team event,

:19:43. > :19:50.Malaysian taking on Singapore. It is the best-of-5 matches, Malaysian won

:19:51. > :19:54.the opening men's pairs. That is you brought up to date. You cannot miss

:19:55. > :19:59.a moment. If it is the marathon that you want, stay here on BBC1.

:20:00. > :20:07.In the women's marathon, they are winding their way up the incline in

:20:08. > :20:14.the middle of the park. Aly Dixon of Sunderland, wearing the red and

:20:15. > :20:19.white of England, but I am sure Sunderland will be happy with the

:20:20. > :20:24.colours, leading. It has taken you over an hour to get onto

:20:25. > :20:28.Sunderland! I am coming from Newcastle, I am not saying a word,

:20:29. > :20:33.things looking good for next season! A confident shout! It will

:20:34. > :20:40.not be too long before the football season gets underway. Aly Dixon of

:20:41. > :20:46.England leading the women's marathon. They went through the

:20:47. > :20:52.second ten K roughly the same as the first ten K. Decent running for the

:20:53. > :20:58.likes of Aly Dixon and Jess Trengrove and Lanny Marchand and

:20:59. > :21:01.Susan Partridge. It is not so fast for the Kenyans women, but it is

:21:02. > :21:06.good to see Aly Dixon pushing things along, keeping things steady. Look

:21:07. > :21:12.at the crowds, fantastic to see so many people. What a brilliant

:21:13. > :21:17.scene. I am sure the women are responding to that. It is really

:21:18. > :21:21.nice, it is one of the advantages of being in a small field like this,

:21:22. > :21:27.they can run through these narrow roads and have the crowds like that

:21:28. > :21:30.on either side. It is a huge boost for Susan Partridge, because a lot

:21:31. > :21:35.of the crowd will be Scotland, and Aly Dixon as well. She will be happy

:21:36. > :21:43.with how the race has gone so far. Susan Partridge continued to control

:21:44. > :21:50.the beginning, but now Aly Dixon has taken advantage of the undulations

:21:51. > :21:56.to ask if you questions. She has not the other Australian athlete and

:21:57. > :22:00.whittled the group down. She is keeping the pace moving along at a

:22:01. > :22:08.fairly decent pace. She is used to being in races, she won the Brighton

:22:09. > :22:12.Marathon, she could control it and run her pace, and now she is

:22:13. > :22:17.experimenting with racing to try to win Tom or at least get a medal.

:22:18. > :22:21.When they move out of the park, you can hear the message going around,

:22:22. > :22:26.the Scottish girl in the leading group, and the crowds are growing.

:22:27. > :22:31.Glasgow has been the winner, even from the Opening Ceremony, and the

:22:32. > :22:34.first couple of days, with the weather and the Scottish

:22:35. > :22:40.performances, and today Glasgow has turned out in force. The women's

:22:41. > :22:46.marathon drawing rate attention through Susan Partridge, in the

:22:47. > :22:51.leading group, a competitive race in the men's race, and congratulations,

:22:52. > :22:55.Glasgow has responded so enthusiastically. It is fantastic.

:22:56. > :23:02.The Commonwealth Games needed a boost at the belly, because it was

:23:03. > :23:05.disappointing. These Commonwealth Games needed to be responded to in

:23:06. > :23:11.the way that Glasgow has responded, so hats off. It has been brilliant

:23:12. > :23:16.already. I am looking forward to the athletics joining the party, the

:23:17. > :23:20.first medals of the athletics programme in the marathons. They are

:23:21. > :23:26.coming towards the exit of the country park. They will cross the

:23:27. > :23:30.road. They will head into the residential area, we came down there

:23:31. > :23:38.yesterday, plenty of Scottish flag there. We have got to Kenyans, two

:23:39. > :23:42.Namibians, one from Canada, one from Scotland, one from England and one

:23:43. > :23:48.from Australia. Meanwhile, back with the men, it is as you were. That

:23:49. > :23:54.group has come back together after the surges that were placed towards

:23:55. > :24:06.the end of the first lap. Now, things have settled down. The fall

:24:07. > :24:11.of Abraham Kiplimo has not made too much to -- too much difference to

:24:12. > :24:15.him, hopefully. There is surely, he has rejoined the group. That gives

:24:16. > :24:21.you an idea that they have slowed down. They are going along the

:24:22. > :24:25.front, people gathering, a party of 300 people from the daily record,

:24:26. > :24:30.gathered for their marathon party. They have turned out in all

:24:31. > :24:38.numbers, families, people who work there, their friends. They have got

:24:39. > :24:40.their flags and batons outside, celebrating the Commonwealth Games

:24:41. > :24:48.marathon, which goes past the headquarters. A report from further

:24:49. > :24:59.back, Steven Way, who was leading the domestic battle, 66.49 at

:25:00. > :25:09.halfway. He was 30 seconds slower than that in London. He continues

:25:10. > :25:17.his remarkable story. He took up running to lose a bit of weight, to

:25:18. > :25:24.get himself healthier. I met him at a running clinic, we had a couple of

:25:25. > :25:31.inspirational people there, and he was the more inspiring character. He

:25:32. > :25:36.is going very well. That group or a long way ahead from the rest of the

:25:37. > :25:47.field. The domestic battle is going on a minute behind the leaders. I

:25:48. > :25:56.would not have expected the Lesotho athlete to be in that group. Good

:25:57. > :26:01.athletes. Surely looking strong again. I am sure he is enjoying

:26:02. > :26:14.rejoining the battle with John can I. They really moved apart, then the

:26:15. > :26:22.field was down to three or four, but nobody decided they wanted to set

:26:23. > :26:26.the pace. John Kelai of Kenya now settling at the front, looking

:26:27. > :26:32.around, weighing up the opposition. He knows this city, he has run here

:26:33. > :26:37.many times before. Abraham Kiplimo is back in that group now, he has

:26:38. > :26:42.settled down, but the group has come together, the Australians are

:26:43. > :26:49.running sensibly. Surely got the silver medal in Delhi. He ran so

:26:50. > :26:53.strongly in the late stages, you know that in the last part of this

:26:54. > :27:00.race he will be a power, and he is happy there.

:27:01. > :27:12.Coming across the River Clyde. The redevelopment alongside the river

:27:13. > :27:17.has been amazing. I am really enjoying the fact that Glasgow has

:27:18. > :27:23.responded to this marathon in the same force as it has responded to

:27:24. > :27:30.the Commonwealth Games themselves. I am looking at Abraham Kiplimo, I am

:27:31. > :27:32.not sure he is 100% OK, he is on the back of the pack, but he does not

:27:33. > :27:39.look as comfortable as he did earlier. He is no longer passing on

:27:40. > :27:43.the orders to his other team-mates. Munyo Solomon Mutai is looking

:27:44. > :27:46.around, but he is pretty much on his own. Abraham Kiplimo is going to

:27:47. > :27:59.struggle to go with them. Things are starting to warm up

:28:00. > :28:06.slightly, not so much in temperature, although the blue sky

:28:07. > :28:12.is poking through, but a little effort being made at the front, it

:28:13. > :28:23.is the Kenyans. Paula remarking that Abraham Kiplimo is limping a little

:28:24. > :28:28.bit. That is not what you want. He banged his shin really badly. In the

:28:29. > :28:32.women's race, the group of seven women now, with Aly Dixon of

:28:33. > :28:35.England, Susan Partridge of Scotland, Jess Trengrove of

:28:36. > :28:52.Australia, Lanny Marchand of Canada. The Kenyans are a class act. I rub

:28:53. > :29:02.or watching Flomena Daniel, she moves to cover her team-mate -- I

:29:03. > :29:14.remember watching Flomena Daniel. She lost the race after going the

:29:15. > :29:20.wrong way. Knowing where the water stations are, what you are doing,

:29:21. > :29:25.Caroline Kilel is saying, follow me, and for the first time, they are

:29:26. > :29:28.trying to break up the lead group. You have got seven athletes

:29:29. > :29:36.representing six different countries. There was a fall. That

:29:37. > :29:39.was a slip on the cobbles, she ran off the edge of the

:29:40. > :29:44.was a slip on the cobbles, she ran off the tarmac to where the stones

:29:45. > :29:48.and cobbles are, Beata Naigambo of mini beer, she was probably going to

:29:49. > :29:54.feature highly, but she will struggle to recover from that. This

:29:55. > :29:58.is an interesting part of the race. We talked about taking a risk,

:29:59. > :30:02.making the moves, and for Susan Partridge and Aly Dixon, that group

:30:03. > :30:10.of four athletes, there are three women pulling away, and Helalia

:30:11. > :30:16.Johannes is well capable, she was 12 at the Olympic Games, and she has

:30:17. > :30:22.the experience -- she finished 12th at the Olympic Games. Susan

:30:23. > :30:27.Partridge realising, I might be watching the medals go away, and if

:30:28. > :30:35.I want to win a medal... It is early stages, and you have to make the

:30:36. > :30:39.decision. PAULA RADCLIFFE: As we said earlier,

:30:40. > :30:44.you might have to take a risk if you want to come away with a medal.

:30:45. > :30:48.Susan is in two minds, whether to stay comfortable in that pack, which

:30:49. > :31:00.would be robbery more on her pace time, or to go with the breakaway

:31:01. > :31:04.group. I would not think there would be too much chance that Flomena

:31:05. > :31:13.Cheyech or Kilel would be tiring and falling back. But there might be a

:31:14. > :31:16.chance of the bronze medal. BRENDAN FOSTER: You could sense she

:31:17. > :31:22.was aware of that. She came into the lead of that group of four, to try

:31:23. > :31:25.to close that gap. You do not want to see three athletes running

:31:26. > :31:30.strongly, running together, and running away. Susan Partridge knows

:31:31. > :31:35.she has got a chance of a medal. Fourth place is the toughest place

:31:36. > :31:41.to finish. It is still better than fifth or sixth or there we can see

:31:42. > :31:48.the Namibian athlete, back up again. She has obviously banged her back,

:31:49. > :31:54.and the back of her hamstrings, but hopefully she is OK to continue. But

:31:55. > :31:59.certainly, the fall was a little bit taken advantage of, and then they

:32:00. > :32:02.went through the drinks station and seized the initiative even more. And

:32:03. > :32:07.these three athletes have now made that rake. It is up to the four

:32:08. > :32:21.working together behind to try and close that gap. -- that break.

:32:22. > :32:34.STEVE CRAM: So, three women clear, as they head through, and they will

:32:35. > :32:38.take a left turn shortly, before the long sweep back down towards the

:32:39. > :32:49.city centre, towards the River Clyde. And it is a hope now, a hope

:32:50. > :32:52.that you can keep pushing on, keep working together. Aly Dixon may be

:32:53. > :32:56.working hard to stay with this group at the moment. Susan Partridge just

:32:57. > :32:59.keep the pressure on with this chasing group, in the hope that one

:33:00. > :33:05.of these three has made a wrong move, or, for whatever reason, later

:33:06. > :33:10.on starts to falter, and there might still be a medal opportunity. But at

:33:11. > :33:16.the moment, these three are looking fairly comfortable, as they start on

:33:17. > :33:21.this gentle downhill slope back towards the river. There is an Susan

:33:22. > :33:27.Partridge pushing on, and Aly Dixon is struggling to stay with this now.

:33:28. > :33:31.That's right. Susan Partridge is really trying to bridge that gap.

:33:32. > :33:36.She looks down the road and she sees the two Kenyans, and Johannes, the

:33:37. > :33:40.Namibian, and she knows that the three athletes ahead of her, because

:33:41. > :33:45.she has been meticulous about studying the field, and of course,

:33:46. > :33:47.when she looks at these three, they are the three

:33:48. > :33:49.when she looks at these three, they runners in the field, running the

:33:50. > :33:56.breast, running strongly, and just pulling away a bit too much. There

:33:57. > :34:03.is a bit of safety in numbers here. Susan has got to be careful, she has

:34:04. > :34:09.really got to decide to go and try and win a medal. You cannot expect

:34:10. > :34:14.one of these three to slow down, you have got to expect that you will do

:34:15. > :34:19.something about it. You can see the gap. Alyson Dixon has run a very

:34:20. > :34:37.good race so far, but she is coming under pressure now. And they have

:34:38. > :34:41.got the same view. Those three athletes are in fourth, fifth and

:34:42. > :34:45.sixth. Johannes, she was the flag bearer for Namibia in the opening

:34:46. > :34:49.ceremony. She is a very good marathon runner, two hours 26.

:34:50. > :35:00.Faster than Susan has ever run before. Not a word between the two

:35:01. > :35:05.Kenyans. Now, the race, as it approaches the halfway point,

:35:06. > :35:13.beginning to get serious. That third 5k section, through to 15

:35:14. > :35:19.kilometres, was run in 17.20. That is 2.28 days, and you can see why

:35:20. > :35:23.that put paid to the chasing group. These three women are well capable

:35:24. > :35:36.of that. In the men, the opposite happening - slowing down. This group

:35:37. > :35:40.is comfortably running together. We will just be starting to see a few

:35:41. > :35:44.nerves coming to the fore, that group is big enough that anyone in

:35:45. > :35:48.it might start to fancy their chances at this point. The three

:35:49. > :36:02.Kenyans have been fairly quiet more recently. Motsieloa, of Lesotho a

:36:03. > :36:09.very happy to be in that group. Davies of Wales, four minutes 26

:36:10. > :36:13.behind the leaders. Just hanging around at the moment, nothing

:36:14. > :36:17.happening, nobody doing anything. Abraham Kiplimo will be pretty

:36:18. > :36:22.happy. It will be really interesting when the first surge comes to see

:36:23. > :36:25.whether that fall has affected him. He was looking so comfortable up to

:36:26. > :36:30.that point. Since then he has looked rather more laboured. That is him at

:36:31. > :36:37.the back of the group, and I just do not think he is moving as well as he

:36:38. > :36:44.was. Water being offered. Again, cutting across, it was Mutai this

:36:45. > :36:49.time. These athletes are not normally in this position. In the

:36:50. > :36:53.major marathons, which have taken over the world of marathon running,

:36:54. > :36:56.they are always running four times, always running with pacemakers, they

:36:57. > :37:01.would never ever just settle down and try and run a race. This is

:37:02. > :37:06.completely different, it is a race, it is a race for position. The time

:37:07. > :37:14.does not matter, as I say that, the champion, just on the shoulder there

:37:15. > :37:18.in third place, and the two Australians, are running a fine

:37:19. > :37:23.race. And they are in a new position. Apart from the

:37:24. > :37:26.Commonwealth Games, they do not normally get themselves in this

:37:27. > :37:33.position in the major city marathons, or in the World

:37:34. > :37:37.Championships. They are thinking about running a race, not thinking

:37:38. > :37:41.about hanging on and running as fast as you can, thinking about being

:37:42. > :37:47.competitive, who is here, who is there, who is going to be strong at

:37:48. > :37:51.the finish. In a marathon, it is usually a test of pure endurance,

:37:52. > :37:56.not tactics. But today it is a real test of tactics. The conditions are

:37:57. > :38:01.favourable for running, it is quite enjoyable out there, it is going to

:38:02. > :38:05.be a great race. I think that fall has knocked the impetus out of the

:38:06. > :38:09.Ugandan attack. But it has also given the Australians huge

:38:10. > :38:15.confidence. It has given them a chance to get back into the race.

:38:16. > :38:30.The house of art at Bellahouston Park, Rennie Mackintosh, associated

:38:31. > :38:35.with the House Of Art. A newly tarmac path taking them around the

:38:36. > :38:45.edge. We are just going to take a little break. To find out what else

:38:46. > :38:53.has been happening around the Commonwealth Games this morning.

:38:54. > :38:56.Thank you very much. We have had plenty of action this morning.

:38:57. > :39:01.Scotland have had some very good results, but not so good at the

:39:02. > :39:05.hockey this morning. Scotland have just been, well, hammered, would be

:39:06. > :39:11.the right way of saying it, 9-0, against Australia. But there is

:39:12. > :39:16.plenty else going on in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games right now. On BBC

:39:17. > :39:20.Three, you can watch this morning's swimming heats, with England's

:39:21. > :39:25.Lizzie Simmonds in the 200m backstroke heats. This is the event

:39:26. > :39:30.at which she won silver in Delhi four years ago. Our team can bring

:39:31. > :39:36.you coverage of that right now on BBC Three. If netball is your thing,

:39:37. > :39:47.then, over on the red button, Scotland are in action, up against

:39:48. > :39:50.medal prospects Jamaica. And we have got lawn bowls as well. That has

:39:51. > :39:56.reached the semifinal stage in some of the events. You can see these

:39:57. > :40:03.matches live right now over on the BBC website. In the men's pairs

:40:04. > :40:17.semifinals, Paul Foster and Alex Marshall are trailing against

:40:18. > :40:21.England's pair. An earlier result in the women's singles, Northern

:40:22. > :40:25.Ireland's Catherine McMillen will play for bronze this evening after

:40:26. > :40:32.she lost her semifinal to her New Zealand opponent. And there is

:40:33. > :40:44.badminton as well, with Malaysia taking on neighbours Singapore. And

:40:45. > :40:50.there is plenty more over on the website. Weightlifting and table

:40:51. > :40:57.tennis are also there. But for now, we go back to the marathon.

:40:58. > :41:02.STEVE CRAM: And really, you get the feeling that things are about to

:41:03. > :41:09.break up. The 30 kilometre mark is about to be approached, here at

:41:10. > :41:16.Bellahouston Park. The African contingent is right to the fore. We

:41:17. > :41:20.were talking about that world Cross country championship, and they were

:41:21. > :41:26.asking me, was ie in the junior team? Side wheat ran in that race,

:41:27. > :41:38.he was 34th, in the junior race. He of course went on to great exploits

:41:39. > :41:42.on the track. If you look through the history of those events, you can

:41:43. > :41:45.see lots of great runners who eventually established themselves on

:41:46. > :41:49.the track, who came through the junior part of the cross-country,

:41:50. > :41:55.including the young lady sitting over the other end. She will be

:41:56. > :41:59.pleased I called her young lady. I am even more pleased you put me in

:42:00. > :42:06.the same sentence as a 1500m runner! Well, there is a little bit of track

:42:07. > :42:10.pedigree in this field as well. You can see the wind picking up, it is

:42:11. > :42:19.the first time we have really had this level of wind here in Glasgow.

:42:20. > :42:25.It really has been balmy weather, and I mean that in the sense of both

:42:26. > :42:30.spellings! People earlier in the week were saying how hot it was, not

:42:31. > :42:38.really expecting that. This, though, good marathon running conditions.

:42:39. > :42:50.They went through 30 kilometres in just over 1.34. There is the sense

:42:51. > :42:57.that they slowed down again. That was almost 33 for that 10k section.

:42:58. > :42:59.Yes, the last 5k was 16 minutes, so they have certainly regrouped. I

:43:00. > :43:12.have been watching Mutai. Every so often he drops back to check on

:43:13. > :43:15.Abraham Kiplimo. You could see something sticking out of that

:43:16. > :43:20.table, which one of the athletes tripped over. It is a bit of a

:43:21. > :43:28.dangerous zone, coming into a drinks station. You cannot predict what the

:43:29. > :43:32.other athletes are going to do. And even coming out of it, in terms of

:43:33. > :43:40.where you throw your bottle. You need to make sure you do not throw

:43:41. > :43:45.it under someone else's feet. It is best to hang onto it for a bit until

:43:46. > :43:54.you have some clear ground. We did see a little bit of a surge from

:43:55. > :43:58.Kelai. Maybe just trying to get a bit of a feel for how the Ugandan

:43:59. > :44:07.team is regrouping after the fall suffered by Kiplimo. So, those two

:44:08. > :44:15.labs on the first lap are still there, running alongside! I wonder

:44:16. > :44:20.how long they can keep up! The pace has slowed, as Paula was saying.

:44:21. > :44:24.Abraham Kiplimo for me is really struggling to stay with this, even

:44:25. > :44:29.though they have not really pushed on yet. I suspect that when they do

:44:30. > :44:32.move away, he might be the first one to struggle. Two Australians are

:44:33. > :44:39.doing really well to be with this at the moment, Michael Shelley and Liam

:44:40. > :44:42.Adams. Adams was second in the Sydney half marathon earlier in the

:44:43. > :44:46.year. Shelley, on the inside, the silver medallist from last time. But

:44:47. > :44:51.the first time, an Australian move to the front. In the women's, the

:44:52. > :44:58.three who have pulled away, they are continuing to do so, the two

:44:59. > :45:03.Kenyans, and Johannes of Namibia. Flomena Cheyech Daniel, Caroline

:45:04. > :45:09.Kilel and Johannes, all three of them, you have to say, looking well

:45:10. > :45:14.in control. Nothing being thrown back to this group to give them any

:45:15. > :45:20.sense of confidence that they might be able to chase anyone down from

:45:21. > :45:39.that lead group. But there is still a long way to go. Lanni Marchant

:45:40. > :45:45.keeping the pace pushing along, but it is more to keep them ahead of the

:45:46. > :45:50.athletes behind. We could see Louise Damen moving her way through,

:45:51. > :45:54.working her way back towards Aly Dixon and into the second group of

:45:55. > :46:08.athletes, but these three are really comfortable. A reasonably decent

:46:09. > :46:15.pace. 16.43 for the previous five kilometres, that is fast, almost

:46:16. > :46:21.going into your territory. That is why they have moved away so well and

:46:22. > :46:26.continue to do so. A difficult time for Susan Partridge, as they

:46:27. > :46:32.approach the halfway point, she has seen the top three move away, they

:46:33. > :46:36.are going strongly, and the only hope would be that one of these is

:46:37. > :46:41.overcooking it, but no sign of that at the moment. If Susan is going to

:46:42. > :46:47.have any chance, if any of these three faults, she has got to stay in

:46:48. > :46:51.contention with the Canadian. The water bottles handed out safely.

:46:52. > :46:56.They are approaching the halfway point. Looking at the split, that

:46:57. > :47:06.what the faster five K in the men's race as well. When the wind is

:47:07. > :47:09.blowing, that stretch that they have just come down as the wind at their

:47:10. > :47:14.backs, so that is a bit of a factor, and the downhill stretch

:47:15. > :47:20.before they went over the Clyde. That may have helped to pick up the

:47:21. > :47:26.pace. We might see a slower next five kilometres. This bit is

:47:27. > :47:32.somewhat hilly. While we are watching the women, and update about

:47:33. > :47:40.the men, the domestic competition. In 12th place, Derek Hawkins was

:47:41. > :47:48.92nd -- 90 seconds behind the lead. He is leading the domestic

:47:49. > :47:53.challenge. Steven Way is 20 seconds behind him, with Nicolas Corrie and

:47:54. > :48:02.Ben Moreau. Andrew Davies of Wales is a further four minutes behind.

:48:03. > :48:07.Lanni Marchant pushing on, Susan Partridge and Jess Trengrove running

:48:08. > :48:16.together. Susan Partridge is working hard to try to stay with even the

:48:17. > :48:21.Australian. You can see Aly Dixon of England further back. Fourth, fifth

:48:22. > :48:32.and sixth in the picture here. Louise Damen has passed Aly Dixon.

:48:33. > :48:37.Really struggling at the moment. Susan Partridge representing

:48:38. > :48:43.Scotland here on Glasgow Green. Making the turn that will bring them

:48:44. > :48:49.through the finish line. They have one more lap to go as they do that.

:48:50. > :48:58.This will be their final turn. I will look forward to this when they

:48:59. > :49:02.ring the bell. 13.1 miles to go! These athletes looking down the

:49:03. > :49:11.road, and the crowds are growing all the time. They will get some sense

:49:12. > :49:18.of the distance, the chasing group of 37 seconds behind. All of them

:49:19. > :49:20.individually have won marathons. Including the Dublin Marathon, the

:49:21. > :49:27.Boston Marathon, the Paris Marathon. There goes the bell, 13.1 miles to

:49:28. > :49:39.go for the leading free athletes, the two Kenyans and Helalia Johannes

:49:40. > :49:43.of Namibia. None of them are going to make a break yet, they are going

:49:44. > :49:47.to settle together. It will be a long second half of the race for

:49:48. > :49:52.Susan Partridge. She is back in sixth place. She looked to be in a

:49:53. > :49:59.bit of trouble as they approached the entrance to the park. As they

:50:00. > :50:04.move out of the park and into the Merchant City section of Glasgow,

:50:05. > :50:13.there is the bell for the second group, including Susan Partridge.

:50:14. > :50:19.Lanni Marchant 39 seconds behind. Susan Partridge in sixth place. It

:50:20. > :50:24.is going to be tough for her, but she is a determined athlete, she has

:50:25. > :50:31.prepared excellently. She did have a go to bridge the gap, but she could

:50:32. > :50:36.not do that. Behind her, an interesting race between Louise

:50:37. > :50:42.Damen and Aly Dixon. Louise Damen has waited and moved through. These

:50:43. > :50:48.orders will change between now and the finish. I am watching to see how

:50:49. > :50:55.big the gap is between Susan Partridge and Louise Damen. Louise

:50:56. > :51:00.Damen has run a much steadier first lap, she is picking off the athletes

:51:01. > :51:09.as they have fallen off the group in front of her, and she seems to be

:51:10. > :51:14.getting stronger. We still have a 32nd gap between them, but that is

:51:15. > :51:18.closing with every stride. Aly Dixon is paying the price and going

:51:19. > :51:26.backwards. A tough day for Aly Dixon. Louise Damen has moved past

:51:27. > :51:31.her. These three seem to have it between them as they head out onto

:51:32. > :51:40.the second lap. Helalia Johannes, 12th place in the Olympics. Amy

:51:41. > :51:49.Whitehead has her sights on Aly Dixon in front of her.

:51:50. > :51:58.Lots of personal pride and good positions, people chasing for, but

:51:59. > :52:06.these crowds have been phenomenal, really encouraging the athletes. It

:52:07. > :52:11.is great to see so many people out. A great atmosphere as well, plenty

:52:12. > :52:21.of noise. It is very windy now, the flags are really... It is not a

:52:22. > :52:28.flutter any more, the wind has really picked up. It has been a

:52:29. > :52:33.difficult a day as we have had in Glasgow, but to be honest, most of

:52:34. > :52:38.daytime they seem protected from the window. It will be interesting to

:52:39. > :52:41.hear the thoughts of the athletes afterwards. It is a pretty flat

:52:42. > :52:48.course, one or two inclines. Some afterwards. It is a pretty flat

:52:49. > :52:58.nice, long stretches, but they are not being buffeted around too much.

:52:59. > :53:03.Not much to choose between the women at the moment, no signs being given

:53:04. > :53:09.away as to who is going well or not. In the men's race, they are entering

:53:10. > :53:16.the business area. They are coming through the country park. Things are

:53:17. > :53:20.breaking up a bit, Abraham Kiplimo towards the back of the group, the

:53:21. > :53:29.defending champion, looking strong. The Australian silver medallist

:53:30. > :53:31.alongside the other Kenyans. It is Munyo Solomon Mutai at the front,

:53:32. > :53:45.with Fabiano Naasi from Tanzania. A bit of chatting to each other and

:53:46. > :53:53.gathering intelligence as to who is still in the group. Dieudonne Disi

:53:54. > :53:56.is struggling and dropping off the back of that group. Liam Adams is

:53:57. > :54:04.also struggling to go with the injection of pace on as questions

:54:05. > :54:07.are as. They get the advantage of the close crowd, and some shelter

:54:08. > :54:16.from the wind, which is definitely picking up.

:54:17. > :54:32.Big crowds in the park. You can see the effect that the conditions and

:54:33. > :54:38.the pace are having. Fabiano Naasi, the former world half marathon

:54:39. > :54:42.champion, he came to the fore ten years ago, he started running very

:54:43. > :54:47.well. In the last couple of years, he has not shown this sort of form.

:54:48. > :54:54.This is not a fast city centre marathon, but nonetheless, there are

:54:55. > :54:59.good athletes in here. Erick Ndiema is struggling a bit, Stephen

:55:00. > :55:04.Chemlany is working hard, Abraham Kiplimo is doing his best to hang

:55:05. > :55:13.on, Munyo Solomon Mutai, he would not have said that he would be a

:55:14. > :55:17.gold-medal contender, but look at Shelley, the Australian, it is good

:55:18. > :55:21.to see him in this group. He is running a great race. If you

:55:22. > :55:27.remember Delhi, he went so strongly at this point of the race. He came

:55:28. > :55:32.right through, he finished second. He now has the Tanzania and, the

:55:33. > :55:37.Ugandan and two Kenyans in front of him, and he is hanging on the back

:55:38. > :55:41.of that. Once again, the pace picking up, the athletes beginning

:55:42. > :55:48.to race each other, this is all about tactics, who makes a move, how

:55:49. > :56:00.they make a move. Even though they have run against each other before,

:56:01. > :56:06.when it comes to a marathon, the fast finish and the tactics rarely

:56:07. > :56:10.come into it. Today, you would look at the four of them, who is fast? We

:56:11. > :56:20.would not know how quick Shelley is, or how quick the others can be.

:56:21. > :56:30.We do know that Stephen Chemlany can be fast. The other two, Abraham

:56:31. > :56:33.Kiplimo... He is moving back. He is in sixth place now. We had thought

:56:34. > :56:39.he had been struggling, after the fall. But he is moving back towards

:56:40. > :56:46.the group, looking over his shoulder for the first time. He looks a bit

:56:47. > :56:55.smoother now. He has maybe recovered a bit. One person glad to see him

:56:56. > :57:01.back is Munyo Solomon Mutai. I think this is Munyo Solomon Mutai's

:57:02. > :57:07.marathon debut. He may have been selected from his half marathon

:57:08. > :57:11.time. He is looking to Abraham Kiplimo for advice and direction,

:57:12. > :57:16.and he was struggling a bit while he was sitting at the back. But he

:57:17. > :57:21.seems to have recovered, and found a second wind, and taken back control

:57:22. > :57:32.of the race. This is often where the race starts to get moving. Once

:57:33. > :57:36.again, Abraham Kiplimo pushes to the front, the first time since his fall

:57:37. > :57:43.that he has been a different of the field. Fabiano Naasi I just looking

:57:44. > :57:55.a bit weary. He had looked witty comfortable until this point. John

:57:56. > :58:06.Kelai, the defending champion, he will do his best to defend the

:58:07. > :58:10.title. A real push now. This big Avenue, big houses down here, and

:58:11. > :58:15.all of a sudden, a big surge at the front of the field. Stephen

:58:16. > :58:23.Chemlany, the Kenyans, he came to the fore when he was pacemaking in

:58:24. > :58:26.Berlin three years ago, for the world record, he kept going and

:58:27. > :58:30.ended up performing a personal best in the race, when all he was

:58:31. > :58:39.supposed to do was dropout around this point. Today, he is going for

:58:40. > :58:47.Kenyans glory, carrying the flag for Kenyans. The defending champion is

:58:48. > :58:53.not covering this move. It is the Ugandans, Munyo Solomon Mutai, in

:58:54. > :58:58.his first marathon, 21 years of age, he did really well in Nairobi last

:58:59. > :59:03.year, in the half marathon, if you win that race, you have talent and

:59:04. > :59:08.ability. His race this year was not too good, did not perform to well in

:59:09. > :59:14.China, but he is doing well today. They are pulling away. The silver

:59:15. > :59:18.medallist from Delhi, Shelley, doing his best to close it down and hope

:59:19. > :59:27.that one of these three is pushing onto soon. The three of them opening

:59:28. > :59:33.a gap. Shelley running well, I head of John Kelai, who looks under

:59:34. > :59:44.pressure, as the Ugandans and Stephen Chemlany... Munyo Solomon

:59:45. > :59:49.Mutai and Abraham Kiplimo. Abraham Kiplimo is the class runner, he

:59:50. > :59:53.fell, he was under pressure, it looked as though he was limping, but

:59:54. > :59:57.now he has got five miles extra behind him since he ran over, more

:59:58. > :00:01.than that, and he looks as though he is running fairly smoothly. Shelley

:00:02. > :00:08.is running a great race in fourth place, they are getting competitive.

:00:09. > :00:14.Stephen Chemlany could not get away. Abraham Kiplimo, the training

:00:15. > :00:19.partner of the Olympic and world champion, who told me, I am missing

:00:20. > :00:24.this marathon, I am letting the boys have a go, because I want another

:00:25. > :00:38.Ugandan to win a gold medal. No Ugandan has won a gold medal in this

:00:39. > :00:43.event. They have one on the track. So, we have got to Ugandans with a

:00:44. > :00:46.chance, we have got an Australian in with a chance, and he is getting

:00:47. > :00:47.stronger. We have got Chemlany in with a chance.

:00:48. > :00:49.with a chance, and he is getting stronger. We have got Chemlany This

:00:50. > :01:00.looks to be the four athletes who will be fighting out for the podium

:01:01. > :01:01.place. Experience tells. 400m before that feeding station, Shirley was

:01:02. > :01:06.already on the right that feeding station, Shirley was

:01:07. > :01:09.road. He has got his gel that he has taken on board, and the other three

:01:10. > :01:13.were still on the wrong side of the road. Paula is shaking her head,

:01:14. > :01:17.cannot believe it. Kiplimo looking behind, which is always a sign that

:01:18. > :01:21.you have given up the ghost a little bit. Look at this, Shirley of

:01:22. > :01:28.Australia, right there with Chemlany and the debutant Mutai. Looks to his

:01:29. > :01:31.side and says, goodness me, where did you come from? Bocelli is just

:01:32. > :01:40.running his own race. Doesn't he look strong? Silver medallist from

:01:41. > :01:45.last time. Just taken the these huge crowds. Again, Mutai not quite sure

:01:46. > :01:51.where they are going, running all over the place, running in these

:01:52. > :01:55.three opening up a little bit of a gap. Surely, for me, forcing the

:01:56. > :01:59.issue. PAULA RADCLIFFE: Yes, Shelley

:02:00. > :02:01.showing that he has come into this race really well prepared, making

:02:02. > :02:06.sure that he has studied every aspect, and also just thinking about

:02:07. > :02:10.things when you are running along, just looking ahead. They were on a

:02:11. > :02:13.long straight road, and they could see that the drinks station was

:02:14. > :02:17.coming up. They had already been posted on the first lap. He was only

:02:18. > :02:21.taking the quickest route to make sure that he had plenty of time to

:02:22. > :02:27.pick out exactly the Australian table for the bottles. And he had

:02:28. > :02:36.his gel taped to the side of that bottle, which you're allowed to do.

:02:37. > :02:40.And he has just taken his time, making sure that he has got that

:02:41. > :02:46.taken in, to give him that extra energy burst as they come into the

:02:47. > :02:52.closing stages of this race. STEVE CRAM: This is Chemlany. He was

:02:53. > :02:58.based in America for a long time. He went to university there, in New

:02:59. > :03:01.York with then he decided he got better, and like a lot of Kenyans

:03:02. > :03:06.who get scholarships, he realised, if I really want to do well in this,

:03:07. > :03:11.I have got to move back to Kenya. He moved back to Kenya with his family

:03:12. > :03:15.in 2009, and since then he has become a full-time athlete. Here he

:03:16. > :03:19.has a chance, who knows, of winning his first big title. The three of

:03:20. > :03:27.them pulling away. A lot of work to do. These three may well have the

:03:28. > :03:33.medals between them. Chemlany, the fastest marathon runner in this

:03:34. > :03:44.field. From Uganda, the debutant, the least favoured of the three. As

:03:45. > :03:50.we look down on a man who may have been one of the favourites, Kiplimo.

:03:51. > :03:55.And surely, who ran a fantastic race in Delhi for silver, can he go one

:03:56. > :03:59.better than that? So, we have got a competitive race upfront. At least

:04:00. > :04:05.Kiplimo is moving more smoothly. As we say that, Jack Ireland is making

:04:06. > :04:12.a bid to try and win this. -- Chemlany is making a bid to try and

:04:13. > :04:16.win this. It is now about the tactics and the approach. It is

:04:17. > :04:21.about who can stay competitive. Shelley is extremely competitive.

:04:22. > :04:25.Look at that, a response by Michael Shelley, the silver medallist from

:04:26. > :04:38.Delhi. The great tradition of Australia in the Commonwealth Games.

:04:39. > :04:41.Two previous winners from Australia. Shelley looking as strong if not

:04:42. > :04:55.stronger than anyone else. Here he comes. And suddenly Chemlany will

:04:56. > :05:03.have a bit of shock, because he thought he had got rid of the

:05:04. > :05:07.Australian. It is great for us to see athletes from Australia doing

:05:08. > :05:12.well against the might of Africa, and this is a wonderful performance

:05:13. > :05:18.by Mike Shelley. Can he go one better than his silver last time? I

:05:19. > :05:22.really like the way he is running. He is running smartly, and

:05:23. > :05:29.committed. They are into the fastest 5k of the race. They are putting in

:05:30. > :05:33.a lot of surges. Mike Shelley, maintaining his pace, running in a

:05:34. > :05:41.much more efficient way, to close the gap. You can see the focus on

:05:42. > :05:45.the determination. People were watching him earlier, taking a bit

:05:46. > :05:51.of time with the gel, can you explain that, what is he eating? He

:05:52. > :05:56.is trying to take the top of a foil packet of carbohydrate gel. It will

:05:57. > :06:00.give him a bit more energy than they might be able to put into the

:06:01. > :06:04.drinks. Some people like to take them on for a carbohydrate boost,

:06:05. > :06:09.some people just do not like the consistency, and would rather take

:06:10. > :06:16.it in a drink. At the human body can probably get to 22, 23 miles without

:06:17. > :06:24.taking on any extra fuel. When they hit this point, they need to be

:06:25. > :06:28.putting more energy in their bodies. But he takes it that late in the

:06:29. > :06:32.race, does it have time to get into his system to help him for the

:06:33. > :06:37.latter stages? Yes, I think so. In a marathon, I would have my 40k drink

:06:38. > :06:42.bottle, but I would have the gel as well, which is exactly what he did.

:06:43. > :06:52.It just puts a little bit of extra energy into your system. So, the

:06:53. > :06:55.message is, that gel - I mean, a few years ago, the Great North Run gave

:06:56. > :07:01.that gel out at about 20 kilometres, and a lot of athletes

:07:02. > :07:06.were rubbing it on their legs! That will catch a few flies on your legs

:07:07. > :07:11.and make it very sticky! But it will probably not get into your system

:07:12. > :07:14.very quickly through that method of administration! Certainly taking it

:07:15. > :07:20.on board here has given Mike Shelley a massive boost. He has been able to

:07:21. > :07:36.maintain the little surge which Chemlany put in. He is making a long

:07:37. > :07:39.but confident run for home. What a marvellous sight, Mike Shelley of

:07:40. > :07:43.Australia running confidently. Doing what the coaches will tell you, when

:07:44. > :07:49.you have caught somebody, keep the pressure on. That is when people are

:07:50. > :07:53.more vulnerable. He had made his move, he had not been able to break

:07:54. > :07:59.Shelley. Behind, there is a battle going on for third spot. There could

:08:00. > :08:02.be ten minutes or more of running here for Mike Shelley of Australia.

:08:03. > :08:22.Those great names which Brendan mentioned from the past, Australian

:08:23. > :08:29.winners. It is an attritional event, given the heat and the

:08:30. > :08:34.humidity from Delhi, four years ago. Three different conditions here in

:08:35. > :08:41.Glasgow. Although he has pushed on, he needs to be careful that he has

:08:42. > :08:46.timed his effort right. That lead of 10-15 metres, it is amazing how many

:08:47. > :09:00.times we see people miss time their effort. But this is his first

:09:01. > :09:12.marathon of the year, this is what his season has been all about. Now,

:09:13. > :09:21.crossing the River Clyde. He knows that at the moment, it is about him.

:09:22. > :09:28.Soon he will be able to sense the finish. That lead is starting to

:09:29. > :09:34.grow, if anything, Chemlany not being able to do anything about it.

:09:35. > :09:43.Great encouragement for the Australian. I bet there are a few

:09:44. > :09:48.Aussies in the crowd. Well, if they cannot have a Scotsman, they will be

:09:49. > :09:57.very happy with an Australian. The cadence of Michael Shelley, you can

:09:58. > :10:04.see. He has been coached by the same person who coached. Rob de Castella

:10:05. > :10:08.His preparation has been excellent. And here he is now, with a real

:10:09. > :10:13.chance of adding to the medals in the marathon. Twice Rob de Castella

:10:14. > :10:19.has won it, Steve Moneghetti want it. And now, Michael Shelley, after

:10:20. > :10:24.being second in Delhi, can he continue, can he win this one! He

:10:25. > :10:31.has not won yet. He has still got a bit of running to do. He has got a

:10:32. > :10:39.lot of driving to do. And that Usher is not insurmountable. It isn't, but

:10:40. > :10:45.just to reiterate it, just look at where he is just about to take

:10:46. > :10:48.another turn over the river. And he is right on the blue line, running

:10:49. > :10:52.the shortest line. I am trying to work out why the other athletes have

:10:53. > :10:55.moved on to the other side of the road. Whether they think they are

:10:56. > :10:59.going to be turning back up the hill again I am not sure. Maybe they are

:11:00. > :11:06.trying to get a little bit of shelter, it might be windy out

:11:07. > :11:08.there. But certainly, Mike Shelley at this point is the only one

:11:09. > :11:14.running the shortest line, running along the blue line. It makes sense

:11:15. > :11:22.to do that, when he is trying to increase his lead. Another

:11:23. > :11:28.right-hand turn for Mike Shelley, and then it will be a sharp left

:11:29. > :11:31.once he has crossed the river. He knows that this bridge is at the

:11:32. > :11:37.west side of the park, and he will re-enter the park on the Eastern

:11:38. > :11:45.side, and Glasgow Green awaits him. Almost a lap of Glasgow Green is all

:11:46. > :11:48.that really lies between him and the Commonwealth title. Can he hold it

:11:49. > :12:00.together in this last kilometre or so? Chemlany, to me, is not doing

:12:01. > :12:05.anything to give Shelley anything to worry about. But what I like, he has

:12:06. > :12:10.not had one glance back, he has not given one single thought to what is

:12:11. > :12:14.going on behind him. 14.46 for the last five kilometres. It is a fast,

:12:15. > :12:19.downhill section, slightly, actor the River Clyde, but that is the

:12:20. > :12:23.quickest 5k of the day. And that is why Mike Shelley is in the lead. Two

:12:24. > :12:27.kilometres to go for Michael Shelley, as he turns that corner,

:12:28. > :12:32.following the blue line, as Paula suggested. That is what marathon

:12:33. > :12:35.runners are supposed to do. The clever ones follow it as tightly as

:12:36. > :12:38.they can. The clever ones follow it as tightly as they can just Michael

:12:39. > :12:42.Shelley of Australia, the silver medallist from Delhi, coached by a

:12:43. > :12:47.man who knows about marathon running, who coached the great Rob

:12:48. > :12:53.de Castella, who was world champion and Commonwealth champion. And this

:12:54. > :13:00.man has done everything right. He has stayed in contention. He did not

:13:01. > :13:05.get too involved in the changes of pace. He let the Africans compete.

:13:06. > :13:10.As we look down the field, we can see Chemlany, and we can see Kiplimo

:13:11. > :13:15.and Mutai running it out for third and fourth place. If this man keeps

:13:16. > :13:18.applying himself, you can see he is tiring a little, his legs are not

:13:19. > :13:23.striding as powerfully as they were before. That is not surprising. He

:13:24. > :13:28.has run really fast 5,000m split, which takes it out of you. He is so

:13:29. > :13:32.concentrated, I am really impressed with the way he has got his eyes

:13:33. > :13:36.firmly fixed ahead. He is hurting clearly just error me representing

:13:37. > :13:40.the famous green and gold of Australia. Error me getting good

:13:41. > :13:48.support from this crowd, as he heads towards Glasgow Green. The last

:13:49. > :13:56.split, the fastest of the race, so he is bound to be struggling. He has

:13:57. > :14:01.really made his bid to win this race. He had an 11 second cushion

:14:02. > :14:07.going into the last two kilometres, which is not insurmountable, but if

:14:08. > :14:12.he can keep his focus, he will now be looking out for the one kilometre

:14:13. > :14:17.to go sign. Don't look behind, don't give Chemlany any sniff of a hint

:14:18. > :14:21.that you are hurting. Because he is hurting as well. He has been

:14:22. > :14:26.checking his watch and counting it off. Now, it comes down to who is

:14:27. > :14:30.the strongest, and who has studied this race as well as possible for

:14:31. > :14:37.the closing stages? Who wants it the most as well. For me, at the moment,

:14:38. > :14:42.that is Mike Shelley. Mike Shelley has circumvented the Gorbals area,

:14:43. > :14:46.always known for being a tough, gritty part of Glasgow, and it has

:14:47. > :14:50.been a tough, gritty performance from Mike Shelley of Australia. The

:14:51. > :14:53.way he is running, putting these last few kilometres together, he is

:14:54. > :15:01.not going to be far off his personal best, either. Really bringing the

:15:02. > :15:06.time down to somewhere around 2.10, 2.11, depending on how he finishes

:15:07. > :15:10.these last few hundred metres. And there you can see the expense of

:15:11. > :15:13.Glasgow Green. It has been used for all sorts of events over the years,

:15:14. > :15:20.including Michael Jackson, who played a concert here a few years

:15:21. > :15:24.back. And well, we are sitting here singing the praises of this young

:15:25. > :15:29.man. I say that, 30 years of age. This is a testimony to preparation

:15:30. > :15:40.and planning and really setting your targets at the beginning of the

:15:41. > :15:48.year. Clearly so. His coach, who won in the Commonwealth Games in Adam

:15:49. > :15:53.Barrett. In 1970 it was Ron Hill who won the Commonwealth Games in a

:15:54. > :15:57.really fast time. But this young man, on his way to victory and will

:15:58. > :16:06.he get close to his personal best? What a performance that would be. He

:16:07. > :16:11.knows and he is not giving up. He probably thinks he has wanted, but

:16:12. > :16:20.he knows about his time as well. He is wishing hard. Has ran the perfect

:16:21. > :16:24.race, prepared the perfect way. And this man, we are really pleased.

:16:25. > :16:31.Silver medal in Delhi. On his way to the gold medal in Glasgow Green. The

:16:32. > :16:39.crowds will respond to this. Lots of Scottish flags waving. The first

:16:40. > :16:46.track and field victory of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. He is

:16:47. > :16:48.going to go to Australia. But to make, the big gold medal for this

:16:49. > :16:55.event today has been the people of Glasgow. They have responded to this

:16:56. > :17:00.event. And these athletes, I am sure when you talk to them afterwards,

:17:01. > :17:09.will be so pleased they got the support and the response they did.

:17:10. > :17:14.He has done brilliantly. Must be coming inside the last 1000 metres

:17:15. > :17:22.now. Probably can see the finish line and he will be counting it

:17:23. > :17:32.off. He will be close to a personal best and that shows a huge amount of

:17:33. > :17:38.confidence to run this race to win it and attack it like this. Means he

:17:39. > :17:42.has come in very well prepared and confident and wanting this victory.

:17:43. > :17:47.One more turn to negotiate and he will see the finish line. It is just

:17:48. > :17:52.a right hand end for him. All of the miles behind him in training. All of

:17:53. > :17:56.the thought he would have allowed himself. I wonder if all years ago I

:17:57. > :18:07.took the silver medal, it might be my day in Glasgow? A smile breaks

:18:08. > :18:11.across the face of Mike Shelley. What a performance from him today.

:18:12. > :18:13.As he turns this corner he can enjoy this moment. It will be the first

:18:14. > :18:17.medal of the athletics programme. It was second last time round for Mike

:18:18. > :18:20.Shelley. It will be glorious gold this time round. He won't be far

:18:21. > :18:29.away from his personal best. Mike Shelley of Australia being roared

:18:30. > :18:35.home by this wonderful crowd in Glasgow. Wonderful performance for

:18:36. > :18:43.Mike Shelley. He is now the Commonwealth champion and he has a

:18:44. > :18:54.new personal best. He takes the flag and he is not even stopping running,

:18:55. > :18:58.he can hardly believe it. Patients, experience and a well executed

:18:59. > :19:05.marathon. Particularly the last eight kilometres. Absolutely

:19:06. > :19:19.brilliant. How pleased are the Australian camp? Stephen Chan Lani

:19:20. > :19:23.of Kenya, very tired coming in second place. The least they would

:19:24. > :19:30.have expected from their team. A real battle going on between the

:19:31. > :19:37.Ugandans and it looks like it is Abraham Care Bill Millar will take a

:19:38. > :20:04.bronze medal ahead of his team-mate. Shelley is still celebrating on the

:20:05. > :20:07.finishing line. We talk about championship marathons. Four years

:20:08. > :20:14.ago the silver medal. You have to championship marathons. Four years

:20:15. > :20:22.come on the day and stick to your race plan and execute the best

:20:23. > :20:34.racing you can. And to run a personal best in a championship

:20:35. > :20:37.marathon, it is testament to your training and your mental fortitude.

:20:38. > :20:39.There was some better runners in the field, on paper including the

:20:40. > :20:41.defending champion, Chemlany. They did run better, but on the day it is

:20:42. > :20:48.Shelley's performance and tax ex which won him the gold medal. That

:20:49. > :20:53.picture will find its place on the front page of the Australian

:20:54. > :20:56.newspapers. This man, in a championship race, break

:20:57. > :21:07.performance. There is his team-mate coming through, Greg Sherwood. But

:21:08. > :21:11.seventh or eighth. Liam Adams coming through in seventh place. Derek

:21:12. > :21:19.Hawkins is heading for a top-10 finish. The man from Scotland will

:21:20. > :21:28.win the domestic battle. Sometimes when you cross the line further down

:21:29. > :21:32.the field you'd not -- you are not sure what happened, he is delighted

:21:33. > :21:39.for his team-mate. Darren Hawkins Crossing the line in a time not too

:21:40. > :21:47.far outside of his personal best. Well done for him. He was just

:21:48. > :21:52.checking his watch. The first of the British athletes to finish. The

:21:53. > :22:03.three English men were around about a minute behind him at the last

:22:04. > :22:09.checkpoint we saw. There is the former marathon champion

:22:10. > :22:18.congratulating Mike Shelley. Here he comes, Michael Shelley of Australia.

:22:19. > :22:24.The raised fist, the power drive and the push for the personal best and

:22:25. > :22:37.the glory for crossing the line, joining that great group. Give me

:22:38. > :22:42.that flag. I have one that flag, I have earned it. He certainly has.

:22:43. > :22:48.Congratulations from one of his coaches. The Australian team kick

:22:49. > :22:57.off the track and field with a gold medal. Just in the picture, Stephen

:22:58. > :23:05.Wynne has passed the finish line. Just congratulating the gold

:23:06. > :23:12.medallist. His journey continues. 40 years of age. A new personal best.

:23:13. > :23:17.Good luck in his 100 kilometre exploits later in the year. I am

:23:18. > :23:23.sure he will have enjoyed his Commonwealth experience. He has just

:23:24. > :23:37.taken the British over 40 marathon best time. Well done to Stephen

:23:38. > :23:45.today. After all of that excitement in the men's race, bit of a surprise

:23:46. > :23:49.that Kenyon is not dominating, it is business as usual in the women. They

:23:50. > :23:55.have got this all to themselves. The only question is whether Johannes,

:23:56. > :24:01.who was with these two and still have a good minute between herself

:24:02. > :24:06.and fourth place, whether or not she is going to be able to hang onto the

:24:07. > :24:22.bronze medal? Something we will get a few more clues now. Whether Daniel

:24:23. > :24:29.and Caroline killer have wished on and gained the 52 seconds advantage.

:24:30. > :24:37.Update on the other positions, Susan Partridge was in sixth place. She

:24:38. > :24:44.was two minutes behind the third-place athlete. Damon and is

:24:45. > :24:55.closing down on Susan Partridge. Still a lot to do as they enter the

:24:56. > :25:03.country estate. Through this section, the men did not pick it up

:25:04. > :25:09.until they came out of here. Then as they approached 35 kilometres, that

:25:10. > :25:23.is when things change. But these two, reminded of that race in

:25:24. > :25:28.Singapore. They turned the wrong way at the end and lost the race pretty

:25:29. > :25:35.much. I hope she has taken note exactly where the finish line is

:25:36. > :25:43.will stop but these two, quietly going about their business. I am

:25:44. > :25:55.sure the third lace athlete looked to me as if she was struggling.

:25:56. > :26:01.Johannesburg on Nvidia. There is two Kenyan athletes battling it out for

:26:02. > :26:09.the gold medal. The other medal, is up for grabs. A few: That is still

:26:10. > :26:12.to go. Those two looked to have the gold and silver between them. But

:26:13. > :26:18.who knows what is going on behind them, whether or not the bronze

:26:19. > :26:24.medal is still to be contended. For now we will go back for an update on

:26:25. > :26:30.exactly what has been happening this morning at the Commonwealth Games.

:26:31. > :26:34.Huge congratulations to Michael Shelley to extend Australia's lead

:26:35. > :26:41.at the top of the Commonwealth Games medal table. Here in Glasgow we have

:26:42. > :26:47.had a busy morning and a dramatic results in the lawn bowls. For a

:26:48. > :26:51.place in the final of the men's pairs, it was down to Scotland's

:26:52. > :26:56.Alex Marshall to play the last ball of the match alongside his partner,

:26:57. > :27:05.Paul Foster. They trailed in the match but that 15-14 down at the

:27:06. > :27:13.final end, that sparked jubilant celebrations as the Scots won by

:27:14. > :27:21.16-15. Very well played. Live right now on BBC Three you can

:27:22. > :27:23.watch the swimming. Helen Skelton, Rebecca Adlington and Mark Foster

:27:24. > :27:30.will bring you coverage of those heats as you can see Hannah Miley in

:27:31. > :27:37.action. There is hockey over on the red button as England take on

:27:38. > :27:43.Malaysia in their second pool match. The score is currently 0-0 as

:27:44. > :27:56.England look to build on their 2-0 win against Wales in their opening

:27:57. > :28:02.match. Now let's had back to Steve for the climax of the women's

:28:03. > :28:06.marathon. The women athletes in the country

:28:07. > :28:12.park. Crowds supporting them brilliantly. It houses a famous art

:28:13. > :28:16.collection. A must see for all of the art lovers in this part of the

:28:17. > :28:23.world. One of the most famous art collections in the world. These two

:28:24. > :28:27.athletes on their way to glory. Which one is going to win it? They

:28:28. > :28:39.are both neck and neck. It was a group of three, now it is down to

:28:40. > :28:49.two. It looks as though Kenya will be on the gold medal rostrum today

:28:50. > :28:51.with one of these two outstanding women. They are both looking very

:28:52. > :28:56.composed and very smooth as they run through the park. I don't think

:28:57. > :29:02.either one has made a serious move as yet, they have just work together

:29:03. > :29:06.to make that gap and give clear distance to the rest of the field. I

:29:07. > :29:11.am sure they will wait until the final five kilometres stage to make

:29:12. > :29:18.a serious move to try to put some daylight between the pair of them

:29:19. > :29:25.and determine the winner. Quick loans of the golf course. -- quick

:29:26. > :29:35.glimpse. Not too many out on the course this morning. Maybe everybody

:29:36. > :29:41.is watching the marathon will stop can Lanny Marchand to close down the

:29:42. > :29:46.gap? Wonder if she's getting any information? Somebody can tell you,

:29:47. > :30:00.keep pushing because there could be a medal here or you. Hopefully, she

:30:01. > :30:05.is. I am sure the Australians had their team organised and they would

:30:06. > :30:07.have been getting a lot of information out around this course

:30:08. > :30:11.and hope in the Canadians well and the English guys are out there

:30:12. > :30:17.giving some information back to our girls as well, to just let them

:30:18. > :30:23.know. Sometimes you do get a lot of information, shouted out from the

:30:24. > :30:26.crowds as you are running. Whether that is helping the Canadian athlete

:30:27. > :30:29.today, I don't know if she is getting that. Certainly the Scottish

:30:30. > :30:35.and the English will be getting information shouted to them. You are

:30:36. > :30:40.running along, and then suddenly you come upon the athlete. It is all

:30:41. > :30:57.right listening to information, it is a reliable information you want.

:30:58. > :31:02.together at the moment. Kilel, an awful lot of experience. We spoke

:31:03. > :31:10.about her pedigree, going back to the cross-country in 2003, when she

:31:11. > :31:13.broke into the Kenyan team. Paula, speaking about preparation, she

:31:14. > :31:17.actually ran in the Kenyan Championships in 5,000m in

:31:18. > :31:22.actually ran in the Kenyan Championships in 5,000m Nairobi, and

:31:23. > :31:26.not too many of the marathon runners seem to do that. You obviously

:31:27. > :31:32.combined your marathon running with the track, but it is a good thing to

:31:33. > :31:35.do, sometimes? PAULA RADCLIFFE: Yes, in the

:31:36. > :31:39.build-up, it is a difficult thing to do, to drop down five kilometres on

:31:40. > :31:44.the track, and race. At that stage she would have been in high mileage,

:31:45. > :31:48.and heavy legs, so she was essentially just trying to get her

:31:49. > :31:52.body to run fast. She knew she would not probably win the race, but she

:31:53. > :31:55.wanted to use it as a test. When you come into the closing stages of a

:31:56. > :32:01.marathon, your legs are very tired as well, so you need to be able to

:32:02. > :32:05.push on hard in those closing stages, and get your legs to respond

:32:06. > :32:07.when they are very, very tired. We are looking here at Jessica

:32:08. > :32:14.Trengrove, running strongly for Australia. She cannot see much ahead

:32:15. > :32:23.of her, as we can see just hopefully she is getting some information from

:32:24. > :32:27.hurting support. -- from her team support. But at this stage she is

:32:28. > :32:35.just trying to put everything she can into the closing 10k or so. So,

:32:36. > :32:40.this and generating section through Pollok Country Park. Neither of

:32:41. > :32:48.these two seems interested to me in pushing things on. They are happy

:32:49. > :32:51.that it is a Kenya one-two. Maybe there has been a tacit agreement

:32:52. > :32:56.between them to wait until the latter stages, and then, whoever

:32:57. > :32:59.feels good can go on. In the meantime, we will not do anything

:33:00. > :33:04.silly to break each other. Which is smart, I guess. I am just wondering

:33:05. > :33:09.if they are used to training together. Where we saw the Ugandan

:33:10. > :33:13.guys communicating, talking to each other, and putting a plan together,

:33:14. > :33:17.these two have just more complicit league run side-by-side and just

:33:18. > :33:23.smoothly worked their way away from the rest of the field, and I

:33:24. > :33:27.certainly think they will wait until later in the race to start battling

:33:28. > :33:31.it out for the victory. It looks like they are almost on a training

:33:32. > :33:35.run together. Just comfortably biding their time and waiting until

:33:36. > :33:45.they get into the last five kilometres or so.

:33:46. > :33:53.So, these two are well clear. Johannes of Namibia is being closed

:33:54. > :33:59.down, not the secular elite quickly, by Marchant. Mark butler, our

:34:00. > :34:07.statistician, has been looking back at the splits. -- not particularly

:34:08. > :34:11.quickly. In the previous 5k, the Canadian only closed by three

:34:12. > :34:15.seconds. But we all know that in the last couple of miles, you can lose a

:34:16. > :34:19.minute easily, without any problem whatsoever. That is the problem.

:34:20. > :34:25.Especially in the marathon, when your legs go, you can really go, and

:34:26. > :34:28.you can go backwards quite quickly. Even though the last five kilometres

:34:29. > :34:33.of this course is not a really tough one, in terms of losing ground

:34:34. > :34:36.quickly. But it is one where if your legs are fresh and you have got a

:34:37. > :34:42.bit of energy, you can make up ground. We can see Susan just using

:34:43. > :34:47.the water to call herself down. It is quite humid, as we have said,

:34:48. > :34:52.even though it is not direct sunlight. She will be just keeping

:34:53. > :34:57.herself comfortable and trying to get some energy back to maybe make a

:34:58. > :35:04.bit of a last push in these closing stages just hopefully she is seeing

:35:05. > :35:09.something ahead of her, and getting some information from the crowd, on

:35:10. > :35:16.what she is aiming to do in terms of closing down the gap.

:35:17. > :35:24.So, Susan Partridge, getting great support. We have to say, we have

:35:25. > :35:26.been saying it all morning, it has been a stunning Commonwealth Games

:35:27. > :35:34.already in terms of the venues, but this has been fabulous to see tens

:35:35. > :35:36.of thousands of smiling faces on a Sunday morning giving these marathon

:35:37. > :35:44.runners great support. And they needed as well. The gaps are big. It

:35:45. > :35:49.is not like one of the big city marathons, but they are getting

:35:50. > :35:56.great encouragement. These two, pretty I was speaking about Kilel,

:35:57. > :36:01.who had run a 5k. She also ran two 10k road races in June, socially has

:36:02. > :36:05.had a busy period of racing. For me, out of the two of them, she has

:36:06. > :36:10.looked the most comfortable today, although appearances can be

:36:11. > :36:15.deceptive. Yes, I think they both look comfortable, but in a different

:36:16. > :36:20.way. I think Che Arce looks like she is in a world of her own, just

:36:21. > :36:30.focusing on her rhythm. -- Che Arce. If there is any kind of

:36:31. > :36:35.unwritten direction being given, I think Kilel is the one who is

:36:36. > :36:40.dictating things. She has probably got the more experience of the two,

:36:41. > :36:55.and Flomena Cheyech may be looking to her just a little bit. Just some

:36:56. > :36:58.local history - Lord Harries, a peerage of Scotland which was

:36:59. > :37:10.created back in 1490, but you know these things, Brendan, but

:37:11. > :37:17.currently, Lady Harries married Colin Cowdrey, the cricketer. Well,

:37:18. > :37:21.Steve, I never knew that. Neither did I, I just looked it up. It is

:37:22. > :37:25.the road they are running down, I know you like to have this

:37:26. > :37:38.information. He was a great cricketer, I know that bit. But

:37:39. > :37:41.batsman, captain of England. If you remember from the first period of

:37:42. > :37:45.the race, they have slowed down a bit, but that does not matter. When

:37:46. > :37:50.you are running controlled and within yourself, then slowing at

:37:51. > :37:54.this point is probably not a surprise. They are probably all

:37:55. > :37:57.slowing down now. These two probably just gathering themselves. Whether

:37:58. > :38:05.or not they will just run together and leave it until the last few

:38:06. > :38:10.hundred metres, or whether either of them will test the other one at any

:38:11. > :38:14.point. Well, they have clearly got the race won, but you would not want

:38:15. > :38:17.to cross the line together, because you would not know which one they

:38:18. > :38:23.would award the victory to. I am pretty sure you cannot have an equal

:38:24. > :38:30.in a race like this. But Kilel has been here before, she has won the

:38:31. > :38:35.Great Scottish Run three times. Whether that is an advantage, I do

:38:36. > :38:38.not know. She has not run this course before, because it is a

:38:39. > :38:43.slightly different route, and it is a different context to the mass

:38:44. > :38:46.participation event. This one, they have got the crowd supporting, they

:38:47. > :38:50.have not got them running alongside them. But they have got a similar

:38:51. > :38:57.setup, and similar weather conditions. And now, one of them

:38:58. > :39:02.really has to decide to go for it. They fully expected to win two gold

:39:03. > :39:05.medals in the Commonwealth Games marathon, the men's and women's, and

:39:06. > :39:10.they chose athletes who they thought were good enough to win. Remember,

:39:11. > :39:16.the world record-holder is a Kenyan athlete, in the men's. They have got

:39:17. > :39:21.some fantastic female runners as well. But here, they have chosen

:39:22. > :39:25.athletes who they thought could win, and they have clearly chosen

:39:26. > :39:30.well with these two, but which one is going to prevail? You cannot tell

:39:31. > :39:33.by just observing. Now, we are looking at Johannes. It looked to me

:39:34. > :39:38.as though she was going through a bad patch before, struggling. A

:39:39. > :39:43.minute and a half almost behind the leading two. You just wonder, will

:39:44. > :39:48.something change in the late stages? She is labouring. She looks to be

:39:49. > :39:55.struggling. I just wonder if Marchant, in fourth place, knows

:39:56. > :40:02.about that. We will get the timing information fairly soon. I am not

:40:03. > :40:06.sure she has been closing. She was about 1.15 behind, and we have had

:40:07. > :40:12.the split for Johannes threw 35 kilometres, and direction, although

:40:13. > :40:18.we have not seen Marchant on the coverage, that more than that has

:40:19. > :40:24.elapsed, and she hasn't... As I speak, she just comes up on the

:40:25. > :40:29.computer. So, yes, the gap has just increased slightly. She is now 1.20

:40:30. > :40:34.behind the bronze medallist, or the person in the bronze medal position,

:40:35. > :40:39.at the moment. Again, Trengrove of Australia not too far behind again.

:40:40. > :40:45.So it may be the Australian who is surging, Paula. Yes, certainly, when

:40:46. > :40:50.we saw Jessica Trengrove last time, there was quite a gap, and she has

:40:51. > :40:54.closed it down to just four seconds behind Lanni Marchant. I think the

:40:55. > :40:57.Australians are pretty organised out on the course, and she will be

:40:58. > :41:08.getting a good amount of information. Whether she can make up

:41:09. > :41:14.the gap to Johannes, we do not know. We saw the contrast between the

:41:15. > :41:21.cadence and the appearance of Flomena Cheyech and Kilel on the one

:41:22. > :41:26.hand, and Johannes on the other. I can tell you, in that five kilometre

:41:27. > :41:31.section, Trengrove took 85 seconds off Johannes. So the question really

:41:32. > :41:41.is not whether Marchant is going to close down, but if the Australian

:41:42. > :41:48.keeps closing at that speed, she might be closing quick enough to

:41:49. > :41:53.start to see them in Namibian. -- to start to see the Namibian. And then

:41:54. > :41:57.once she can see her, on the incline down to the River Clyde, and if she

:41:58. > :42:05.continues to pick up a pace, and she might get close. Caroline Kilel of

:42:06. > :42:14.Kenya has made her first move. Just a few yards, just a slight gap. And

:42:15. > :42:19.here is Trengrove of Australia closing down on Marchant, working

:42:20. > :42:23.her way through. She moved into fourth place. She looks as though

:42:24. > :42:27.she is running really powerfully. She is running so strongly now, you

:42:28. > :42:30.would not bet against the Australian, Jessica Trengrove,

:42:31. > :42:38.running herself into a podium position. That gap is opening three

:42:39. > :42:43.quickly over Marchant, and clearly, by the same token, she is closing

:42:44. > :42:50.down on Johannes. We watched Mike Shelley win the men's race, we

:42:51. > :42:54.watched him take on board that gel, which seemed to have a super

:42:55. > :43:02.effect, I would like to get the name of that, but there we are! And it

:43:03. > :43:08.would be great for Australia if she was able to get onto that medal

:43:09. > :43:13.rostrum. They told us beforehand she was running well, and she is,

:43:14. > :43:16.clearly. Also, do not underestimate, if she has been handed the

:43:17. > :43:21.information that Mike Shelley has won in the mens rea 's, which may be

:43:22. > :43:24.she has been, there are plenty of Australians out there, and that will

:43:25. > :43:30.give her a boost as well, and inspire her to push on. If she gets

:43:31. > :43:37.a glimpse of Johannes ahead of her, then that is a real boost. And there

:43:38. > :43:41.are long straights coming up where you can see a long way ahead.

:43:42. > :43:49.Socially will be able to get some of that information for herself.

:43:50. > :44:00.It reminds me of Kerry McCann, who won the 2006 Games in Melbourne, and

:44:01. > :44:06.also the 2002 Games in Manchester. Sadly, two years after that victory,

:44:07. > :44:12.she died of cancer. She has become a figure of great inspiration to the

:44:13. > :44:14.Australian team of distance runners. I am sure it is exactly the same for

:44:15. > :44:18.this young athlete, Jessica Trengrove, who is going really

:44:19. > :44:29.strongly. Taking on board the liquid refreshment. I am sure that keirin

:44:30. > :44:35.can is a huge figure of inspiration for the likes of Jessica Trengrove,

:44:36. > :44:38.or the way that she raced and battled for those two titles. She is

:44:39. > :44:40.very sadly missed, I am sure, in Australia, and by the running

:44:41. > :44:55.community in general. So, Kilel and Flomena Cheyech

:44:56. > :45:00.Daniel, who for the first time herself moved to the front. It has

:45:01. > :45:04.always been Kilel who has been looking to move it on a little bit.

:45:05. > :45:09.And the two of them have not really been chatting, so I am not sure an

:45:10. > :45:13.arrangement has been made. May be Flomena Cheyech Daniel has decided,

:45:14. > :45:22.I am feeling better, I am going to make an effort to win this. This is

:45:23. > :45:29.a long, long stretch down to the River Clyde. And then they will be

:45:30. > :45:34.into the last couple of kilometres, and it is slightly downhill. If you

:45:35. > :45:42.are feeling good, she has got that slight forward lean, Flomena Cheyech

:45:43. > :45:46.Daniel. But Kilel is not giving this up, she has just slotted in behind

:45:47. > :45:53.her team-mate. As I say that, she moves alongside. As if to say, if

:45:54. > :45:57.that is your effort to win it, well, I am still here. Again, not really

:45:58. > :46:07.saying anything to each other, just concentrating on the job in hand. It

:46:08. > :46:15.further down the field, Louis Damon of England is in seventh place. Amy

:46:16. > :46:22.Whitehead is in eighth. So far, it may be that Ali Dixon has called it

:46:23. > :46:27.a day. She was struggling and has not gone through 35 kilometres. A

:46:28. > :46:33.good few minutes have gone by and we have expected her time to come up on

:46:34. > :46:37.the computer. So far only 11 athletes have gone through the 35

:46:38. > :46:43.kilometre point. She may still be there, we will give you an update.

:46:44. > :46:53.From a British perspective in the men's race, we saw Steve Waite and

:46:54. > :46:56.Derek Hawkins. -- Steven Way. Ross Houston was 16th for Scotland,

:46:57. > :47:04.Andrew Davies of Wales finished in 17th. As you talk about Ron Hill,

:47:05. > :47:09.the record, the marathon record still stands 40 years later. Ian

:47:10. > :47:16.Thomson one that in Christchurch and it still has not been beaten. As you

:47:17. > :47:23.look at these two athletes, this is a serious competition. When you look

:47:24. > :47:27.at them, it looks like a pretty casual effort. It does not look as

:47:28. > :47:32.though they are racing. They are running quickly. But there is no

:47:33. > :47:39.sign on either of their faces or their position in the road. It is

:47:40. > :47:46.quite interesting to me, that. It is different to look at the facial

:47:47. > :47:50.expressions. Many athletes with the contrast of expression on the face

:47:51. > :47:54.of Michael Shelley and you could see how much he was hurting. With these

:47:55. > :48:00.two athletes, you cannot see that. But a lot of athletes, right up

:48:01. > :48:03.until late they cracked and started drifting backwards. But they would

:48:04. > :48:10.still be looking relaxed on their faces. By contrast with the men's

:48:11. > :48:16.race, you saw the five calamitous splits, it was the middle section

:48:17. > :48:20.where the break was made. -- five kilometre splits. They have slowed.

:48:21. > :48:28.Interesting to see if they have picked up again. There is your

:48:29. > :48:44.hands. Looks like she is working hard.

:48:45. > :48:53.I think Mark Butler reminding is only Frankie Fredericks has won a

:48:54. > :49:14.medal at the Commonwealth Games for Nvidia. It would be a great

:49:15. > :49:19.achievement the Johannes. I think at this point, you would want to

:49:20. > :49:23.concentrate on keeping it together? The lead athletes can see their

:49:24. > :49:31.splits, they can see the time in front of them. But Johannes cannot

:49:32. > :49:37.see the vehicle. She runs with a very high out carriage, if she is

:49:38. > :49:46.not getting fatigued in her arms and beginning to drop out a little bit.

:49:47. > :50:01.The evolution of Kenyan marathon running. It was in 1990 when they

:50:02. > :50:17.won their first Commonwealth medal that the man. And then a few years

:50:18. > :50:22.later for the women. 20 years ago, the men started winning the

:50:23. > :50:27.marathon, now 20 years later, the women starting to win the marathon.

:50:28. > :50:42.Will they be as dominant in marathon running in the Commonwealth Games,

:50:43. > :50:45.as they should be? They have a lot of athletes, men and women who would

:50:46. > :50:47.have been good enough to win today. These were the two that were chosen.

:50:48. > :50:49.Looking down the road. There is Johannes. She is being closed down

:50:50. > :50:51.now by Jess Trengove, the Australian import place. She looks to me like

:50:52. > :50:55.she is really working hard. Her legs are not picking up, her cadence has

:50:56. > :50:58.slowed. Here, the two leaders looking more comfortable and in

:50:59. > :51:02.control. Weaving across the road from side to side without following

:51:03. > :51:10.the sharpest point which is the right bend. But sharp right-hand

:51:11. > :51:15.bend means you should be lobbying the right-hand side. The noise of

:51:16. > :51:21.the crowd is terrific. These two Kenyan athletes are getting

:51:22. > :51:30.supported like they have never been supported before. It is a fantastic

:51:31. > :51:34.turnout in Glasgow. In weather that has been more conducive to running

:51:35. > :51:40.than watching running. These girls have just run over the 39 Kalama to

:51:41. > :51:44.mark and they are inside the last three kilometres. They will be

:51:45. > :51:54.looking when they will make their move. You can see the difference.

:51:55. > :52:02.The meat, Caroline Kilel looks like she could move a bit quicker. -- for

:52:03. > :52:09.me. There is the battle for the bronze medal. It is a race which is

:52:10. > :52:14.not over yet. The Australian can see Johannes ahead of her. I reckon that

:52:15. > :52:20.is probably no more than 30 seconds. That is a gap which, we have seen on

:52:21. > :52:27.many occasions in the last two miles, certainly can make up. She

:52:28. > :52:32.must have made up 3040 seconds in the last couple of minds. In her

:52:33. > :52:38.mind, she will be thinking she has a chance. It is easier said than done

:52:39. > :52:44.to be told to pick up your pays. But she is running strongly and running

:52:45. > :52:48.well. Johannes is under pressure and the Australian will sense that. The

:52:49. > :52:54.different cadence, the way they are running. The Australian is surging.

:52:55. > :53:08.Not just a difference in the cadence, but it is the road ahead.

:53:09. > :53:14.Geste trend growth can see the road ahead of her. It is hard at this

:53:15. > :53:19.stage to get the extra energy into your legs. When you can feel you are

:53:20. > :53:28.gaining with every stride, it does give you that bit of extra energy.

:53:29. > :53:32.Like Steve said, Johannes is drifting across to the side of the

:53:33. > :53:39.road. The Australian straight down the middle. Look at the way she is

:53:40. > :53:46.accelerating, the Australian. Now Johannes is drifting into the middle

:53:47. > :53:50.of the road. This is going to be an exciting race. The podium position

:53:51. > :53:56.for third and fourth is going to change, I would suggest. Who will

:53:57. > :54:02.win this one? Who will receive the opportunity and collect Kenya's

:54:03. > :54:11.second Commonwealth gold medal? Caroline Kilel has been victorious

:54:12. > :54:15.several times in Glasgow. Philomena Daniel, not run here before our

:54:16. > :54:22.being competitive here before but running equally powerfully. Johannes

:54:23. > :54:31.in third place. Jess trend growth in fourth place. This is all to play

:54:32. > :54:34.for. Getting so exciting. It has been a strong race in the middle. It

:54:35. > :54:43.has slowed down in the later stages but one of these athletes will make

:54:44. > :54:53.a move and it is about tactics. Behind them, one of the men still

:54:54. > :55:05.out on the course. Think he has been out longer than his personal best

:55:06. > :55:13.already. Jessica trend growth can see the bronze medallist ahead of

:55:14. > :55:19.her. Johannes will see this imposing figure closing down very quickly.

:55:20. > :55:23.This will give her a huge boost as she goes past but it will be a huge

:55:24. > :55:30.load to Johannes, who is very fatigued. It will be interesting to

:55:31. > :55:34.see how the Australian manages it, will she gather herself a bit or

:55:35. > :55:39.just surge straight past? I think she would just go straight past. She

:55:40. > :55:46.has no chance of closing on the two lead athletes. When you catch

:55:47. > :55:52.somebody in a real way or marathon, you are taught not to look at them,

:55:53. > :55:59.just go straight past them. This is the first bid for victory. Here

:56:00. > :56:03.comes the Australian catching on the outside of the road. Look how

:56:04. > :56:10.quickly she has done it. She is not going to look over. Suddenly

:56:11. > :56:17.Johannes sees her and almost came to a standstill. Now the Australian in

:56:18. > :56:25.the bronze medal position. Here, the race has changed. Kilel has dropped

:56:26. > :56:36.off. Drifted back a little bit. Now the bid for victory is strong and

:56:37. > :56:39.powerful. You just caught a glimpse of the scene of the tragic

:56:40. > :56:46.helicopter crash last year where ten people sadly passed away. That has

:56:47. > :56:51.become a testimony to those people. The marathon runners as they entered

:56:52. > :57:01.as part of the race. So much can still happen, but this does look

:57:02. > :57:17.like a decisive move. Ignore those splits. Daniel ahead of her

:57:18. > :57:26.team-mate, Kilel. She has run a good race, but did not do anything that

:57:27. > :57:29.was going to challenge her team-mate. To be fair, they looked

:57:30. > :57:35.as though they were running to gather. You have got to time your

:57:36. > :57:48.effort right. She obviously took note on the first lap and knows when

:57:49. > :57:51.she goes back across the bridge she is in the park and the final stages.

:57:52. > :57:53.You have to say, three medals are not going to change and surely the

:57:54. > :57:55.gap is way too much. Although Kilel does look tired but there is no way

:57:56. > :57:57.she will not win the silver medal. We have just seen at couple of

:57:58. > :57:58.minutes of real marathon drama. We saw the two leaders running together

:57:59. > :58:00.and we could not pick the winner. Then the gap between third and

:58:01. > :58:04.fourth place and you could not pick that out. Now we have a clear leader

:58:05. > :58:06.and an athlete who moved into third base who looked

:58:07. > :58:14.and an athlete who moved into third her way to winning the bronze medal

:58:15. > :58:27.for Australia. This is the winner of the Paris Marathon. The choice she

:58:28. > :58:34.made, the Paris Marathon in good times, a good victory. Is this going

:58:35. > :58:42.to follow? Is the Commonwealth Games marathon going to the Paris Marathon

:58:43. > :58:46.winner? It certainly looks like it. There has been no acceleration, just

:58:47. > :58:56.been a gradual drift away. This lady from Australia has ran a terrific

:58:57. > :59:00.race. The gap behind her is already huge, well-deserved judgements and

:59:01. > :59:05.well-deserved position. In the Glasgow Green, the leaders. What we

:59:06. > :59:16.saw happened was as they turned the corner with two kilometres to go,

:59:17. > :59:24.there was a long, sustained drive to home. Kilel was unable to respond. I

:59:25. > :59:30.think she is safe in the silver medal position. She is not known to

:59:31. > :59:38.challenge now. She takes the title back to Kenya wants more. You always

:59:39. > :59:46.look for athletes who bring good form will stop this year has been a

:59:47. > :59:56.good year per Daniel. She began the season with a good half marathon,

:59:57. > :00:05.was second. Priscah Jeptoo is one of the top marathon runners in the

:00:06. > :00:12.world. As far as selection is concerned, Brendan you are making

:00:13. > :00:17.the point, Kenyan women have so many people to choose from. They have

:00:18. > :00:24.chosen well here. They have chosen the right runner. She wanted to be

:00:25. > :00:28.so competitive in this race. She has run a fast time already this year,

:00:29. > :00:30.has a victory already this year. Sometimes you have to combine fast

:00:31. > :00:32.times with victories. has a victory already this year.

:00:33. > :00:38.Sometimes you have to This race will not be fast but will be a glorious

:00:39. > :00:44.victory. The second Kenyan female athlete to win the Commonwealth

:00:45. > :00:48.Games gold medal. And the crowd, who I think have been the stars of the

:00:49. > :00:56.show. These people have made this marathon. Absolutely. The other

:00:57. > :00:59.thing the Kenyan team based is so many of their athletes are not

:01:00. > :01:03.motivated to come and take part in the championships and are more

:01:04. > :01:08.interested in the big city races. When they have an athlete who needs

:01:09. > :01:11.to make sure she studies the cause and takes the tight turn to see the

:01:12. > :01:23.finish ahead of her and run up towards that. She has worked hard. I

:01:24. > :01:28.saw her lose a race a couple of years ago in Singapore doing exactly

:01:29. > :01:31.that - there was a turn and she did not make it! But not this time, even

:01:32. > :01:37.though she made a slight error there. Flomena Cheyech Daniel of

:01:38. > :01:44.Kenya is going to follow her team-mate by winning the

:01:45. > :01:54.Commonwealth title. Today, it is Daniel's day. She takes the

:01:55. > :01:57.Commonwealth title. And a very strong, if not spectacular

:01:58. > :02:03.performance for the two Kenyans. Too strong for everybody else. And they

:02:04. > :02:09.will be delighted that the women have produced what the men could not

:02:10. > :02:13.quite two, a one-two finish. As Caroline Kilel crosses the line in

:02:14. > :02:17.second place. A big smile for her and for her team-mate, I am sure.

:02:18. > :02:22.Can you one-two. They worked together for that, thoroughly

:02:23. > :02:29.deserved. The two best runners in the field and up with the two top

:02:30. > :02:41.medals. But I am sure we will also be enjoying the performance behind

:02:42. > :02:45.them of Jess Trengrove of Australia. I am not sure how much news gets to

:02:46. > :02:51.the people at the start finish line, maybe they put the splits up

:02:52. > :02:58.on that screen, but this young lady has done incredibly well, and her

:02:59. > :03:05.personal best, is she going to match Mike Shelley by running a personal

:03:06. > :03:12.best? Her personal best was set in Olympic year, she was close to it

:03:13. > :03:18.earlier this year, with 2.31 .23. She cannot be far away from that.

:03:19. > :03:25.Now, she knows that the bronze medal is hers. And what a day in a spin

:03:26. > :03:27.for Australia in these two Commonwealth marathons. A surprise

:03:28. > :03:35.win for Mike Shelley in the men's race. Timing his effort perfectly

:03:36. > :03:39.well. And a personal best. And I suggest that this young lady has got

:03:40. > :03:43.every chance of running a personal best as well. That clock is the

:03:44. > :03:56.winning time. We might just try and see how far behind she is. The clock

:03:57. > :03:56.is ticking away behind our first and second

:03:57. > :04:03.is ticking away behind our first placed athletes. And how often have

:04:04. > :04:10.we seen that sight, Kenyan athletes, first place and second place in the

:04:11. > :04:14.marathon? So dominant at the moment. There is fryer Murray, Friar Ross,

:04:15. > :04:17.in the background. She would have dearly loved to have been contesting

:04:18. > :04:21.this once for Scotland. Unfortunately injury prevented her

:04:22. > :04:32.from doing that. Here comes Jess Trengrove with a smile on her face,

:04:33. > :04:36.as she takes the last turn. And when she turns the corner, she is not

:04:37. > :04:40.going to break 2.30, which is a big barrier. But she will not care about

:04:41. > :04:45.that. She will run a personal best, I am sure, if she picks it up just a

:04:46. > :04:49.little bit. Just a few hundred metres to go, and the cheers for

:04:50. > :04:57.another wonderful but Foreman is an Australian here. Her best in a

:04:58. > :05:00.championship before this, she finished 11th in the World

:05:01. > :05:03.Championships in debut. This will surpass that. Nothing beats getting

:05:04. > :05:10.on the rostrum. The Australian flags are flying. The Glasgow crowd

:05:11. > :05:14.cheering home the smiling Jess Trengrove, who has run a brilliant

:05:15. > :05:16.race to take the bronze medal for Australia.