2016 Great Edinburgh International Cross Country

The stunning Holyrood Park in Edinburgh, the perfect setting for

the start of a new athletics year. And it is not just any year, because

another breathtaking location awaits us in eight months' time in Rio de

Janeiro and the 2016 Olympic Games, where it will actually be a lot

warmer. It is not a day for extremities here in Edinburgh,

particularly one's knows. Good day to you on the day of the

cross-country International Challenge. Truth be told, the

interest today is all in one individual. He's destroying them in

the home straight! It is going to be double gold, double European

champion! Gold for Mo Farah! He is going to make it two gold

medals for Great Britain! Beautiful! He is sprinting for gold he is

running for greatness! Mo Farah is going to get there again. Farah wins

it! Mo Farah takes his second gold medal of the European Championships.

Mo Farah is the world champion again! We are all excited about

seeing Mo Farah start his Olympic year in Edinburgh, including our

special guest, European 10,000 metre champion Jo Pavey. What a

transformation since he last raised here in 2011. It is incredible.

Double world champion, two times, double Olympic champion. It is

incredible. Cross-country used to be an important part of his training,

and it is great to see him in Edinburgh, getting out there to test

himself. We will hear from Mo Farah shortly, but first, what are your

plans for this Olympic year? You are not retired. No. I never thought I

would be stood here saying that I want to make another Olympic Games.

I am not complacent about that. I am getting old and there are so many

good girls, so it will not be easy, but I will give it a go. Good luck.

Yesterday, we had a good chinwag with Mo about the challenges ahead

this year. Happy New Year's Day, Mo. And it is not as any year, it is an

Olympic year. How important is that you? I can't believe it has been

four years since London. I am excited about 2016. I am still

motivated, and I want to defend my title. It would be nice to do that.

Does it make you look back as much as you look forward when you think

about how amazing London was? I couldn't imagine my life would

change so much. Obviously, my dream was always to become an athlete, and

improve along the way. One step I had to take was to move my whole

family to the US. I was willing to think it might or might not work and

I was willing to take that risk. You also had the flirtation with the

marathon. How do you look back on that now? The marathon was tough,

tough, tough. A different pain, different game. It was nice to get

that experience around London. I got massive support. It would have been

nice if I ran a bit faster. You were disappointed? I was. You think

post-Rio, you will step up to the marathon? I want to know I can run

faster! In your mind, you want to run faster. I don't know if I can,

but I believe I can. We will have to give it a go. Why have you decided,

this year for years, to do cross-country? It is important for

me to do cross-country. As a youngster, I was always a

cross-country runner. The last time I competed here was 2011, so I just

wanted to get in a racing mind again. It is a big year, Rio, so you

can't over train. It is going to be cold. Very cold. What are you

expecting? My aim is just to win the race. Sit back early on and work my

way through. It is going to be hard, but I am in reasonably good shape,

so I want to find out where I am. It is cold and wet. A very relaxed Mo

Farah, and if he is under pressure this Olympic year, he is not showing

it. Definitely not. It was lovely seeing him in the hotel at

breakfast, talking to the youngsters and giving encouragement to the

young athletes. He looks in great shape physically and mentally. It is

just great to see him out here. Inevitably, our conversation turned

towards drugs. He was a short excerpt of what Mo had to say. Do

you trust the IAAF to protect your reputation? I trust myself, I don't

know if I trust anyone else. That is all I can do. There will be a lot

more of that later in the programme. Mo was expressing what a lot of

athletes feel, a lack of trust in the governing body. It has been a

shocking time for the sport with all the revelations of corruption and

cover-ups and doping issues. It is awful. As athletes, we have lost

confidence in the IAAF to protect the interests of clean athletes are

training so hard day in, day out. It will take a lot of time and sweeping

changes to rebuild that trust. In the meantime, do athletes have to

take more control over their own destiny and more control of their

own reputation? Yeah, I think athletes will have to take more

ownership of their sport, especially as we are losing trust in things

like governing bodies, being more transparent with medical data. Also,

I had someone interviewing me about athletes wearing trackers. I would

be prepared to do that, but they're obviously issues around that. And

even more money into anti-doping, I would be repaired to pay part of my

income towards helping the fight against doping. As athletes, we have

the responsibility to take ownership of it. We need an independent body

to work on anti-doping. We have lost faith in the governing body. And is

more bad news to come with the wider report which Dick Pound has done,

and out more information later this week. Let's turn our attention now

to action today. Here is the timetable of what is coming on.

First of all, it is an invitational relay with a very cold baton, I

imagine. Let's say good afternoon to our commentary team, Steve Cram and

Brendan Foster. Good afternoon, Jonathan. Happy new

year to you and everybody else. We are just having problems for some

reason. Great to be back in Edinburgh. I was here for hot

Bernays, great place to spend new year and a great place to start the

year -- I was here for Hogmanay. This 4 x 1km relay gives our track

stands a chance to have a run out. Some of them will be heading to warm

weather training to get out of the cold, including Charlie Pryce, who

will be heading to Ethiopia with Mo after this race. Great Britain are

presented, the USA, Europe, two teams from Scotland, England, Wales

and Ireland. Scotland may well start as the favourites. Cameron is

running for Scotland. Before I bring in Brendan, I have been told that if

they dropped the baton, nobody will be disqualified. So it begs the

question of why they are carrying a baton! Anyway, Brendan. Great to

start the new year with a quiz. Hogmanay in Edinburgh obviously did

you know harm. We are looking at some very good athletes here in a

new event, the Stewart Cup, named after the famous Ian and Lachie

Stewart, who had two marvellous victories in the Commonwealth Games

in 1971 in Edinburgh. It was a brilliant occasion and it is nice

for Scottish athletics to recognise the history of their sport. So the

Stewart Cup is being won for the first time. Could a Scottish team

when it? Charlie Pryce is the British runner.

He is getting to warmer climes. He will go to Addis Ababa with Mo

Farah, where they will train together. It will be an opportunity

for Charlie Grice. He will be able to learn a lot about modern-day

preparation for distance runners. That will be something we will

follow with interest. His coach will be there. He is running well in

third place, Charlie Grice, in the blue of Great Britain. Cameron Boyek

is leading. He has not raced for a while. It is a one kilometre lap on

this top field in the Holyrood area. They don't go on the more difficult

section, which is the longer lap. Cameron Boyek will hand over to

Steph Twell. Charlie Grice is trying to come onto

the shoulder of Cameron Boyek. These three are trying to get away from

the rest. They have to make sure to get the handover is right. It is

very close. Scotland, Europe, Great Britain and England pretty much

locked together. Boyek might be in the lead. Steph Twell will be

delighted to get the baton first. Europe in second place. Katy Holland

represents Great Britain, and Alex Bell for England. Scotland are in

the lead. We have seen Steph Twell one here many times, normally over a

lot the distance. She had a series of injuries here a few years ago.

This mixed relay is a new opportunity for the men and women to

run together, and for the men and women of Scotland to take on the

might of Europe, Great Britain and the USA. Steph Twell is no stringent

to this course or to the 1500m short distance. She is working hard. It is

a great way to start the day. There is a great tradition of

cross-country running in Scotland. Hamilton racecourse has did the

first world International series. In 2008, we have the world

cross-country Championships on this very course. So it is a strong

tradition, and a good run by Stephanie 12. She has done what you

expected, gone out hard. She can run hard from the beginning. Alex Bell

has done a good job of trying to run her in. As they come around the top

section, they will head back towards the finish line. They have maybe 500

metres left to run. Ireland is coming back into it. Emily Dudgeon

for Scotland B, and Great Britain starting to drop back a bit. Steph

is doing a good job. In the relays, you wouldn't mind being in second

place. You don't have to be leading all the way, but being on the

shoulder of the leader would be a good position. The Irish athlete is

moving neatly into third place. Scotland first, England second,

Ireland third. It is going to be very tight at the takeover. Laura

Crowe really taking that section well. Alex Bell for England in

second place. And oppression from Ireland, Emily Dudgeon running a

great race for Scotland B -- Emily Dudgeon. Steph will turn into the

home straight, still with the lead. We are only at the halfway point,

two legs completed. Next will be James Bowness, who was in the

winning team last year. Great Britain are long way behind.

Scotland A are leading Scotland B. That is young Josh Kerr with the

baton who has just got through. He was junior athlete of the year last

year in Scotland, and he is going to attack Jake Wightman.

Jake Whitman running very impressively here. We hope to see

him make progress this year and make the Olympic team. He was very close.

He ran the Commonwealth games for Scotland. Ran a really good time.

Over 1,500 metres. His father was a distinguished marathon runner.

Ireland moving into second place. If you think about it, Jake Whitman's

got a big incentive here. Can he lead Scotland into the start of the

last lap, where he is handing over the Scotland's athlete of the year.

One of the most successful athletes in Britain this year, Laura Muir.

Jake Whitman moving neatly. The Scottish second team dropping there.

There's Michael Rimmer. A rare outing for him. Nice to see him

digging deep at this point in the year. Michael is off to the sunshine

of Kenya next week. He'll be looking forward to that I'm sure. Wightman

being put under pressure from Everard of Ireland. Jake had a bit

of a disappointing 2015 after a stellar 2014, where he represented

Scotland in the wealth Games. Ran 3: 35 in the 1,500 metres. He will be

looking to return to that form in the new year. Places in the team,

five or six men will begin the year thinking, I want to be in the team

for Rio, and he'll be one of them. But that lead has been whittled away

and Everard of Ireland looking strong. They've got a few hundred

metres to go. Everard has run aggressively. And now Jake Whitman

is under pressure. Got to hold him off, got to try to give Laura Muir a

chance. You wouldn't bet against Laura Muir, or Scotland at this

point. Wightman has to do his part. It is muddy there. It is difficult.

Everard is attacking him, running strongly. And Everard alongside him.

Jake Whitman rallying round that bend, and wants to hang on and give

Laura Muir the lead. I'm sure this is a winning run from Scotland.

Kerry O'Flaherty is a good runner, but she won't be able to hang on to

Laura Muir, who has been showing good form this year. Look how

quickly Laura has opened up the gap. Charlene Thomas chasing down for

third place, with Smith hanging on for England at the moment. That's

the battle for third and fourth. Laura Muir attacking right from the

beginning. Kerry doesn't have that sort of track speed that Laura Muir

possesses. She was so disappointed with her run in the European under

23s, where she went there thinking she would win a med A it was fast

course and she finished outside the medals, totally exhausted. But she's

in good form and she will be delighted to bring this home for

Scotland. This would be a great victory for Scotland. A great start

to the year for Laura Muir. Watch that name, because you're going to

see a lot more of Laura Muir. I was so impressed with her last year. The

American team working hard to get through. You can see the underfoot

conditions, but they are not bothering Scotland's athlete of the

year, Laura Muir. Her win in Oslo was so impressive. Fifth in the

World Championships, was Laura Muir. Charlene Thomas for Great Britain

moving into fourth, but Laura Muir won't give up on this one. We'll

hear a mighty roar. The commentators are getting excited about the

Stewart Cup. Named after two famous athletes who

Stewart Cup. Named after two famous in 1970, down the road from here.

This athlete is going to move into that calibre in the next couple of

years. This is going to be a big, big year for her. She should be

looking forward to the Olympic Games. Her preparations and strength

training looks as though hate gone really well. She is juggling her

veterinary studies, which takes up a lot of time and energy. They've

strong her course out over a longer period to accommodate the successes

she is having on the world thoiblgs stage. He

she is having on the world thoiblgs stage. -- the world athletics stage.

A good battle for second place. Smith was doing great for England.

The 19-year-old in a scrap with Charlene Thomas, who has moved into

second place now. Great Britain second, England third, Ireland

fourth, but a long way behind, Scotland's finest here, they began

the race as favourites and with the return to form of Jake Whitman,

Steph Twell has been in good form, and the Laura Muir, they were always

going to be tough to beat. Laura Muir can give the home crowd

something to cheer in the 4 by 1 kilometre relay. She is going to win

the Stewart Cup for Scotland. 11.34, the combined time. Great to see her

in such good shape. Charlene Thomas ran a good last leg. Kerry

O'Flaherty came through for third place. After Smith attacked early

and couldn't hang on to that spot. And there is Laura Muir. A terrific

2015 behind her, a good winter preparation so far and the start of

the year anchoring the Scottish team. The victory, Cameron Boyek,

Steph Twell running well. Jake Whitman holding them our and Laura

Muir winning this race. Anchoring the Scottish team. Looking so

impressive. Scotland's athlete of the year. Certainly has wintered

well from what we've seen so far. That was a good opening, the Stuart

trophy for the first time won by Scotland. And the times ky tell you.

Cameron Boyek ran 2.43 on the first leg. Steph Twell, 3. 3.. Jake

Whitman, 2.43 and Laura mule 2.03 seconds. Scotland, a second

performance from them. A perfect start, a win for Scotland. Let's

talk about Laura Muir. She had a great year last year. How do you see

her chances of making an impact in Rio this year? She has a very good

chance, she is still young. We were so impressived with her in 2015.

Running 3.58, it is such a fast time. She just went for it. She was

out there on her own on the track in Oslo and went for it. Her position

at the world champs, fifth was so good. When you see the scale of the

field, it was such a high-quality field. She has really making great

inroads. She had a disappointing 2014, so to show people the talents

she has got. Such an exciting prospect and what a popular home win

today. She looked awesome. Let's look at the results for confirmation

of that Scottish win, with Laura Muir bringing them home in first

place. A comfortable win. Laura wake Hanks potentially the two

of them could spur each other on for great performances. A lovely girl.

They've got each other to work off each other and they encourage each

other. It is really exciting to see the talent we've got in the UK.

Really good news for the sport. It is not just about the elite athletes

today. There was an opportunity earlier for the winter run for

people of all shapes, sizes and abiltsd to get out and about on the

course. There were 3,000 people who took part in total. I'm sure for a

lot of them it was part of their New Year's resolution. They thought,

what am I going to do to get back into the groove after the excesses

of the Christmas and new year? They ran in Holyrood Park. There was a

piper on every mile, just to encourage them along will. It was 5K

race in total. And that was before the weather came in. It is raining

here quite heavily. It is probably snowing on the top of Arthur's Seat.

We are focusing on the team event now. Four races, two junior races

happened earlier, and the men's and women's senior race. The junior race

is the first four finishers to count and you get one point for winning,

two points for second, and so on. The junior race happened earlier.

An intriguing race. We've just had before Christmas the European junior

cross-country championships. Kevin Mulcaire of Ireland had a

disappointing run in France on a fast course, but on the second lap

he really took off and built up quite a big lead on the chasing

pack, which contained one or two of the medallists, Palcau of France

representing Europe. Second in the cross-country championships, but the

chasing pack was led by Great Britain's Alex Yee, a hi athlete, a

triathlete. Mulcaire tried really hard at the end, a big sprint finish

and Yee hung on by a couple of seconds. Mulcaire was second, well

ahead of the European medallist, Palcau, who took third spot.

You don't have to do too much adding up there to work out that Europe

won, with 15 points. It is the cumulative points that will decide

the title at the end of the four races. Great Britain 25, in second.

Now the junior women. Bobby had an off day, but the course in France

suited Harriet more. Bobby very much came into her own. Took control

early on. Harriet did her best to hang on. It was only ever really

between these two. Bobby Clay stuck to her task. That gap didn't

increase quickly. Just dragged it out there. There was a good battle

in the end for second place, as Moller of Denmark closed in on

Harriet Knowles-Jones. Disappointment for European

cross-country but a win today. In the team race Great Britain

turned the tables on Europe. With 16 points versus 29 points, that is

very good news for Great Britain, as we head into the centre races. So we

put that into our computer and it means that Great Britain is in the

lead with 41 points. Europe behind with 44, and the United States,

defending champions, adrift with 85 points. But all that can change with

the senior races. A quick word on the junior races, Alex Yee and Bobby

Clay. She is so enthusiastic, so dedicated. Fresh from winning the

European junior 1,500 metres. And Harriet ran well. She got a medal in

the European junior cross-country. She ran well. Maybe the course was

good for Bobby today but she was so strong, pulling away. Alex Yee an

exciting youngster coming through. The future looks good in terms of

Britain's cross-country. Steel, Avery, Kate won a silver medal, and

the previous year as well. Gemma would have been disappointed with

her race in the European cross. She was the reigning champion from the

previous year. Fionnuala McCormack, another one the look out for.

Anybody else to look out for in terms of the European teams? A good

Spanish runner as well. Yes, the Spanish runners. There's a lot of

strong Europeans running as well. It will be tough today. I'm confident

in the British girls. They are just about ready to go. Back to Cram and

Brendan. Thank you guys. It is not snowing in our seat, it might be on

Arthur's Seat. We are dry and the sleet turns to rain. A they

enthusiastic crowd. Still good underfoot here. There may be a

threat from the Americans. The women's team is good. Amy Van

Alstine has for the second time won the National Championships which

were held in San Francisco in December. I bet the weather was a

little bit different there. The I think that's good preparation for

run in Edinburgh. Chelsea Reilly ran a fast 12 K. She's been included.

Fionnuala McCormack, ran the European cross, with a good win in

Brussels the week after. Kate Avery, what a great performance from her.

Her father sadly dialled in the autumn. It was an emotional Kate

Avery who ran brilliantly to win the silver medal at the European

cross-country championships. Three teams from Great Britain and

Northern Ireland, from Europe and from the USA. Gemma Steel will be

looking to bounce back from what was a disappointing performance, but the

threats will come from McCormack and maybe the Americans if they have

overcome their jet lag. We shouldn't underestimate that. They only flew

in 48 hours ago. It is tough flying from west to east.

It is about how they are just and how they cope with this course. Six

kilometres, and for the women, it is fairly straightforward. Four long

lapse gives us the distance. Fionnuala McCormack has come to the

fore very early on. A familiar sight to see Fionnuala McCormack. Irish

athlete, representing Europe. She won this race a couple of years ago.

Gemma Steel is on the outside. And Kate Avery, the runner-up in the

European Chris country Championships. When I came here

after the weather we have had recently, I couldn't believe how

reasonably decent it was underfoot. I was expecting to see it almost

waterlogged, but most of the course is pretty runnable. A few bits are

bit muddy and sticky, but the drainage here has worked well. The

athletes were looking around yesterday saying, it is not as bad

as I thought it would be. I thought it would be terrible. The Irish

athlete is repeated in Europe, being tracked by Kate Avery. Jo Pavey has

just joined us from the rain in our little tent. What do you think of

the course? I agree with you. You would have expected it to be a swamp

by this stage with the weather we have had. It is obviously tough

conditions, but you would have thought it would be wetter. I find

these conditions tough, and I admire people who looked like they float

over the mud. I tend to think into it. On that point, maybe we are soft

in the north. It has been wet everywhere, in case you weren't

aware! I agree with Brendan. The course was cutting up a bit. Lots of

age-group races were held on an internal circuit, so it has left

this course is good for the elite athletes. This is the bit where it

is muddy it. Once you have crossed the road, the better ground is

disappearing quickly. The words that Jo used earlier made

me smile. The number of times I have heard today, athletes have said this

is proper for us -- cross-country. It is a winter sport overall kinds

of terrain. The great distance running tradition we have had over

the years has been grounded with cross-country, but the words proper

cross-country come to mind. Definitely. It is good to see a

proper cross-country, and it gives the athletes who are strong at this

sort of thing a chance to shine, because it is tough. I used to try

my hardest. I remember running this race when it went up the really

steep hill and my team-mate looked back at me and laughed as I

struggled up the hill and I enjoyed that sort of banter. Proper

cross-country, and the weather is now adding to that. That is what you

want. It toughens you up in the winter. It is part of a lot of

athletes' plan to get ready for the summer season. So, Fionnuala

McCormack has won this race twice before and is pushing on at the

front. Kate Avery is behind her. The Spanish athlete is in third spot.

And the track specialist who ran in the under 23 race is behind. Europe

have five athletes in the top section.

The USA are not doing quite so well. First lap completed, just over five

minutes. 1500 metres of tough running. Mud, it is wet and

slippery. And a couple of hard hills as well.

One lap of four completed by the women. Louise Damon is at the back

of the pack. But there is the leading group. These three are

settling down. Kate every of Great Britain, Fionnuala McCormack of

Ireland, representing Europe. Gebre, representing Europe. And behind

them, Gemma Steel is getting closer. She was a bit disappointed with her

performance in the European cross-country. Gemma has won this

race before. She is working hard towards the halfway point in that

group with the European athletes. Beth Potter and Kate Avery are her

team-mates ahead of her. Those four are scoring for Great Britain at

this point. The European team are strong in this event. It will be a

scrap between Europe and Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

There are other members of the Great Britain team who are further behind.

It is an interesting mix of athletes. Jo was saying she's

heading into the trials in February. Other athletes are terrible

marathons. Fionnuala McCormack may run the marathon in real. -- in Rio.

You do get a mix of athletes. It can be a hard decision whether to go for

the cross-country or go for the indoors or combine the two.

Sometimes it is handy to do the indoors, because you then don't

struggle as much to get into track shape. I used to find that

beneficial in my younger years. At this stage, it might be too much of

an injury risk for me. Then you have others who take cross-country as a

way of gaining their strength and toughening them up and getting that

real all-round conditioning which is also useful. There is a lot of

decision-making going on, especially ahead of this Olympic year, were in

the forefront of all athletes' mind will be olivine for the Olympic

Games, which are so exciting. It is tough qualifying. As Jo was saying,

it is not going to be easy. Hopefully, she will be in the mix as

well. Kate every ran a personal best in the 10,000 metres last year. She

is back in the UK now, based in the same place as Gemma Steel. She is

one of the few athletes who has really benefited from her time at an

American university. It really helped Kate develop and build her

confidence not only in the country, but on the track as well. She has

come back a different athlete. She has always had ability. I remember

watching her run in the north-east. But she is full of confidence in her

running now. She believes she belongs at this level. Definitely.

And we all admire what she has been through in the last few months. She

has mentioned that her dad sadly passed away. She has said that she

has been able to get out there and run, and she is someone we all

admire. She is going from strength to strength. She got a silver medal

again this year after achieving it last year as well. It is great to

see her running well today. It will do her good, being back at

Loughborough. She will be able to join sessions with Gemma Steel. Like

you say, that grounding in the US help to build her confidence. There

is a great scene out there for youngsters, being part of a strong

system. You can see the benefit it has had, Kate Avery running with

other dogs. You have to be confident to take on the likes of Fionnuala

McCormack and Gemma Steel and try and do it from the front. They are

coming down the slope now. The crowd urging them on. They see the Great

Britain vest in the lead, the European vest in second place, with

Kate Avery being joined by Fionnuala McCormack. The two of them are

starting to open up a gap. Now the athletes are used to the cold. I

have been watching Gemma Steel. She is looking for an inside route to

try and find some softer ground. Kate Avery is trying to win this

race. That gap is only a few yards. Gemma Steel is settling down in

fourth. The best of the Americans is Van Alstine. Charlotte arteries

running well. She has been in great form this year. Her coach has a

great group going, former 1500 runner. Charlotte is part of that

group. She's moving through the field nicely and they need to,

because Beth Potter is moving back and Europe are in a good position.

Gemma Steel is running down Gebre for third spot. At the halfway

point, Europe were leading Great Britain. You can see what Kate is

trying to do. She is thinking, I have made them work hard. Now I can

push on and build a winning lead. It is not that you can relax, because

Kate has the strength and endurance to keep running hard. Kate knows she

is always a bit vulnerable at the end in terms of the sprint finish,

so she is doing the best she can to build a big lead. She is running

brilliantly. She looks strong. She must be feeling confident. Like you

say, that is the best tactic at this stage. Fionnuala McCormack is also a

strong athlete and is also known for having a very good finish. This is a

good performance by Fionnuala McCormack behind Kate every. She is

getting ready to win the marathon in the Olympic Games for Ireland. She

is in second place. It is an interesting point in the course. You

can see that Fionnuala McCormack is more comfortable on the softer part

of the course. Kate Avery is trying to open up a gap when she gets a

chance. She is running strongly, confidently and aggressively. This

is an attempt by Kate Avery to win this race from a long way out. I

think Kate will also be heading out to Kenya to get in some valuable

altitude training, but her mind is very much on winning this race.

Coming back to the point you said, Brendan, watching Fionnuala's racing

in Chicago last year, she looks like she has the attributes to run a good

marathon, but 2.33, she was disappointed with that. She's surely

capable of doing something much better. She has not quite got her

head around the marathon. But she is a class athlete. She is good at

distances on the road and in the country. She has a good technique.

She runs comfortably when she is running fast. And she's still

working hard in place. This race is an over. -- the race is not over.

Some points of the race are better for Kate and some are better for

Fionnuala McCormack. Kate is working hard. Is she going to be strong

enough physically and mentally to hang on to the position she has

gained? Fionnuala McCormack is in second place. We are now sensing

that there is a chase on. We have seen her come from behind and win

races. We have seen her run well in Edinburgh before. And Kate every,

silver medallist from the European cross-country Championships earlier

in the year, has a decent gap going into the start of the last lap. Just

a few hundred metres to go before they hear the bell. One lap to go.

Fionnuala McCormack chasing, Kate Avery running strongly.

The water jump an issue for Kate Avery but she jumps over it. The

wood dust is trying to soften some of the course. And here comes

Fionnuala McCormack. She is still in striking distance. The lead hadn't

really extended in the last half a mile or so. Kale still running

strong but Fionnuala is probably thinking, if you falter even in the

slightest way here, I've got a chance. So Kate Avery heads into the

last lap with about a three-second lead over Fionnuala McCormack,

representing Europe, the Irish athlete will be trying her best to

close that gap. There is quite a big gap to Gemma Steel in third. Gebr

for Europe. Gemma running strongly there. Look at her so far and we've

seen never Kate Avery win a senior title before. And here's an

opportunity against second athletes from Europe, the USA and the best of

Great Britain, including Gebr and including Gemma Steel, but

interestingly we've never seen her win one. And here she has a winning

lead if she can stick to it. How will her thinking be on this point

Jo? It will give her confidence if she can hold on to this lead. She is

making use of the easier parts of the course. I remember I had to run

cross-country in that way, in that I always lost ground on the more

difficult bits. Fionnuala is fantastic to watch on the tough bits

of the course, the way she floats over the ground. Kate is so strong

and she is capitalising on the easier bits, but I think Fionnuala

can sense her opportunities when the ground gets more tough. This is

going to be fantastic if Kate can get this win. It really would be

deserving of all the work she's put in and the dedicate that she has

shown. As Jo was mentioning, Kate Avery is leading in the team race.

It is Europe who are ahead and has put them ahead in terms of the

overall competition as well. Europe doing well in this. They've got

Fionnuala McCormack leading, Gebr in fourth place. Looks a little tired.

A big gap to Bobocea, and then Anna Baumeister is in 8th place. In Great

Britain Potter is holding up well. Jennie Nesbitt, and Fullerton. There

is plenty of back-up for Great Britain. They can't complain about

the leader of their team and of the race, Kate Avery, moving away if

anything now. That lead's got bigger since they entered the last lap. A

little look behind from Fionnuala, sensing she is giving up the chase

here. Just checking she isn't in any danger from being caught for second

place. Kate Avery looking good, looking strong, heading for victory.

Kate Avery has got what looks like could be a winning lead, but she has

to stick to her task now, has to dig deep and apply herself. That was a

telling look earlier from Fionnuala McCormack as she looked over her

shoulder. The last three years she has finished in second place. All

the other times it has been behind a British athlete, behind Gemma Steel.

Is it going be for a third time in a row, is Fionnuala McCormack going to

be second behind another British athlete, Kate Avery? This is the

part of the course where Kate isn't so comfortable but Fionnuala is. But

Kate is working hard. She is getting good support. Swings around that

bend. And there is the second place, the race for first and second, is it

over for McCormack? The next few hundred metres will tell. Kate just

looks stronger and stronger. When you attack a race like this, Jo,

that's the way it has to with, you can't attack and then fade, that

would be bad judgment. It is not the longest of races. 6 K is well within

their comfort, as the championships race 8 K. It is no surprise the

endurance is there. Definitely, looking at Fionnuala, you think

that's a telltale sign. Kate hasn't looked back once. She has kept her

head down and maintained her lead. But Fionnuala is having a great run

as well. I'm so excited to see Kate running so well. She is such an

exciting prospect for this country. In the last 400 metres Kate Avery

saw that sign and is relaxing a bit. The one bit that worries me is the

stream. She isn't too happy with that stream. She'll come over that

little stream, be able to look ahead, she will see the sign shortly

for 200 metres to go. And she is 200 metres away from the chance of a

first senior international victory. It would be a good one. She takes no

chance, and now she can relax. The brollies are up, the cagoules and

the waterproof clothing, wrapped closely as the big crowd here cheers

Kate Avery down into the finishing straight. It was second place for

the second year in a row in the European cross-country championship

which is, but here in Edinburgh Kate Avery is out on top. A superb run

from the athlete representing Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

CHEERING. A big victory, a great way to start way for 2016 for Avery

antisocial behaviour. She wins it. Fionnuala McCormack never gave up

the chase but couldn't get on terms. She takes second place. And huge

smiles from Kate. Well done. And Gemma Steel, one last check behind,

no real danger, she will finish clear in third spot. A solid run

from Gemma. Having to accept that Kate at this point is certainly

number one on the country. Gemma takes third, and a real scrap after

that. A really close finish there. Binge Europe will end up, they will

win the team race. It is a question of how many points. Potter lost one

or two spots. A good run from Charlotte Artur. Kate Avery starts

201 with a great win. Very Charlotte Artur. Kate Avery starts

201 with a great win. -- 2016 with a great win. Kate, many

congratulations. Biggest win of your career? Definitely. I always seem to

be in the medals but never quite on top. Always a bright maid of the

Europeans in the last two years. I'm over the Moon with that win. I knew

I was in shape, but then you see the conditions and you don't know how

your body is going to react. And it was so cold! Freezing. What were

conditions like underfoot? Really muddy. There's little streams and

dips, when I was with the girls to start with they had a gap on me. I

was really cautious of them, but I managed to pull away and it didn't

seem to affect me too much. Was it always the plan to go with two laps

to go at halfway? Brendan an Steve questioned it, a bit too early, but

you sustained it. I didn't really have a plan: You can't predict what

the other girls are going to do. I knew I would push on. I knew that

Fionnuala, well, I thought she would push on, obviously I didn't know. I

thought hopefully she'll do that and I will be able to keep that pace

going. I managed to do that. The guys mentioned in commentary, you

lost your dad recently. How much has running been a refuge for you? It

was one of his favourite things as well. He was my biggest supporter,

still. In I'm sure he was pushing me round out there, that's why I ran so

well. But no, I'm really pleased that I do have the running, because

you can get out there and you just switch off. It is like you're not

even there. A brilliant performance. The rest of the year, what does it

hold? I'm not sure in the next few months what races I'm going to be

doing, but obviously everything is aiming towards Rio, my main aim this

year. Congratulations, a brilliant performance and you won in some

style. Thank you. Thank you very much. Now to a round-up of the

results. It will mean all change in the team

race, as Europe have a slender four-point lead over frontbench as

we head into the senior men's. Next up is Mo in the mud, but now more of

that interview I did with him, and about Alberto Salazar. 2015, your

most difficult year? Would you say with what happened with Alberto? Off

the track, definitely it was hard. Only only capable With what I can

do. A lot of stuff, I was in no control one of what's happening.

You've satisfied yourself that everything is OK, but he is still

the subject of a USA Anti-Doping Agency inquiry. Do you have a plan

what you might do if they were to find something worrying about

Alberto's methods? Definitely did, I've always said along, if anything

is proven, if anything is wrong, or crossed the line, I don't want to

associate. I know what I've put my body through, you know. I don't want

to have my name dragged through the mud, which was in 2015. Do you trust

the International Association of Athletics Federations to trust your

reputation? I trust myself. I don't know if I trust anyone else. That's

an interesting question, because do you think there's something that

athletes can do that you can do to say, here I am and I'm clean, in

terms of proof? Is that something you have given any thought to? It is

something I've done for my own reasons, getting my blood database

out. I've not nothing to hide. A number of countries aren't doing the

right thing. If I'm racing against these athletes, I want to be equal.

The good thing for you is you've won anyway. A lot of athletes, perhaps

thinking of Jenny Meadows and Jo Pavey... I know I've missed that

medal. I'm racing against a guy tomorrow I lost a medal to. Axe I

going to bring that medal back? No. Is that... Yes. There are certain

things you have to block out and you have to do what's right. I'm doing

what's right, but yet it comes with this, so let me do what I do. Let me

run. That's what I'm good at. Time now for Mo Farah's legs to do

the talking. We are just about ready to go. Mo will lead this British

team. He is red hot favourite to win the race against the United States

and Europe. Garrett Heath perhaps the biggest threat from the USA. We

did have a short race the last couple of years over 4 K. He beat

some big names to win that. He is going over a longer distance today,

8 kilometres, taking on Mo Farah. But he did win the American

championships recently and says he is looking forward to the challenge.

He is from Minnesota, where the weather is always like this,

apparently. Carlos Mayo, there, and Bezabeh mentioned, and Lamdassem.

CHEERING. A big cheer for Mo. A hand-shake at the beginning. Let the

festivities begin. So 8 kilometres, two short laps, four long laps

making up the distance. The British team behind Mo Farah, Ross

Millington fresh from a good performance in Italy. He and Tom

Lancashire were the two British athletes first home at the European

cross. Tom beat his training partner Ross Millington on that occasion.

Grit its, Davies, Swinburn and Taylor the North East athletes.

Richard Goodman, Calum Hawkins, Scotland are well represented in all

the teams today. I would expect this to be a pretty good team race.

Europe may get the upper hand. We'll see. Before we talk about the race,

Brendan, let's pick up on one or two things that Mo Farah said there.

When we've reached a point where the athletes don't trust their

federation, the International Association of Athletics

Federations, you kind of wonder how do you rebuild that trust, where do

we go from here? It has been a terrible time for

athletics. The revelations have been shocking, even to those who are

cynical. But the sport is in a position now, with a new leader, Seb

Coe, who knows exactly the job he has to do, ie as to rebuild the

trust. If you lose the trust of the athletes, you have lost the trust of

everyone. These athletes want to believe in their sport. They love

it. Like Mo Farah says, allow me to do what I do best, which is running,

and let the organisers act as policemen. Instead of being

visionaries, they have to go back to policing the sport. Then they can do

these expansive things, but they have to do that first. Please, is

the request from the athletes, take hold of this sport and sort it out.

It is your last chance. It is great, what most third. We love Mo, we have

watched him run well. And athlete has deprived him of a medal in the

past by taking drugs and he is back in the race now. Maybe that needs to

be considered. But at the end of the day, this is a sport which a lot of

people love and spend their lives doing. Now it is up to Seb Coe and

the Federation. Please, restore the trust in our sport. Button but it is

wider than that. Athletics has massive problems, as you have

pointed out. Jo alluded at the beginning of the show to drugs just

being one of the issues. But it is central to what we all do. Seb has

already announced increased funding, and the public, all of us who love

athletics, we have to find ways to support that programme. Jo, it was

nice of you to say you would give up some of your own income. I am not

sure athletes should be the ones to do that, but somehow we have to find

the funding to create a system we can all believe in so that when we

are watching top-level athletics, we know what we are watching. At this

stage, we need to maybe take responsibility away from governing

bodies like the IAAF. We need our sport to be in the circumstances

where it can police its own anti-doping. We need something

independent where there is nowhere for athletes to hide and everyone is

put through the same stringent anti-doping procedures. At the

moment, with all the corruption, while losing confidence that there

is clean athletics. But at the start of 2016, we have a man with a big

reputation. You delivered the Olympic Games in 280 12. He has

said, I am going to restore confidence in this sport. Now we

have to say, Seb, we will give you support, go and do it. He has to do

it. If he doesn't, who else will? I think he would admit himself, when

someone in a senior position in an organisation was unfortunately

unaware of certain things going on, it does obviously leaves questions.

But hopefully, he has the passion. He has presented his road map for

change, and hopefully he can work on that and build trust back over time,

not only from the athletes, but the youngsters coming through in the

sport. Well, looking at Mo Farah's road map, he is right at the back.

He is going to have to pass a lot of athletes to move through this field.

There he is at the back, in an unfamiliar position and an

unfamiliar hat. Let's hope Mo Farah now turns his mind to the task in

hand. He wants to show them how good he is on the country and on the

roads and on the track. We know how good he is on the track and on the

roads over longer distances. Now he is looking at the rest of the

British team. The Scottish leader, Callum Hawkins, is running well.

They are looking over their shoulders. He is not in sight, so

they are thinking, where is he? They know that Mo will drift to the front

as they complete the second lap. Callum Hawkins is trying to

rediscover some good form. Dewi Griffiths is alongside him. There is

that great race which is held around New Year's Eve. He set a course

record, which shows the sort of form he is in. He is our leader as they

complete the second lap. He has been missed off the list. Mo Farah is

just drifting through the field, getting a bit closer to the fun as

they head out on the first of the four longer maps of -- longer maps

of 1500 metres. A little look behind from Cal. They

are starting to bunch up a bit behind. It is great that Mo is here.

It is a good way for him to start the year. We expect this to be a

confidence building win for him. If he did not win today, I think he

would be disappointed. But it is a long year, and when you have all of

the expectation that will be heaped on his shoulders over the next few

months, you have to be careful about where you make your effort. He knows

that better than anybody. So although this is an important race

for him, he is heading off on here for the most important bit of the

year. He will spend five or six weeks in Ethiopia for big training

at altitude, which should set himself up for a great summer. He

likes to do bunches of training and he likes to come out of that

training, relax for a couple of days and then run a race. Now he is

moving into sixth place. Mo is in contention. Callum Hawkins

is leading strongly. Mo Farah is at the back of the group of British

athletes. Victory over Mo Farah these days is

a very rare thing. Gareth is certainly going to give it a go.

Winning the four K course for two years, he has taken some notable

scalps, such as Kenenisa Bekele. Maybe he thinks he has a chance. Mo

is such a high calibre athlete, but it is interesting to see athletes

like Garrett Heath who are so suited to this country -- cross-country. It

is an interesting argument. There was a discussion around who was the

last British athlete to beat Mo Farah. Technically, in the short

race, Ricky Stephenson won here in 2010. But Steve Burdon is claiming.

-- Steve Vernon. But what is the answer to that question? Does Ricky

Stevenson take that because he won? It is all about semantics and

language. You make life too complicated. I know, it is my job.

Callum Hawkins is leading. They are stretched out a bit now. Europe are

not going well at all at the moment. They are the sort of athletes that

do sit off the pace anyway, but you would have expected them to be a bit

closer here. Were you any good at jumping over streams, Jo? No. You

would have a laugh if you had to watch me running today. I am not

good at this sort of thing. I don't try and hide that. I enjoy the

cross-country and the team atmosphere and the getting muddy. It

is fun, but I am not good at it. I seem to sink into the mud when

everyone else can float over it. But I enjoyed having a go. Were you any

good at it? Depending on how big the puddle was... Not too bad. So, at

the end of the first of the long lapse, 11 minutes into the race, the

first time Mo Farah has shown himself at the front of the race,

surrounded by British and Northern Ireland bests. Ross is in great

shape. He ran a great race in Italy. Ross would have been given a lot of

confidence from that. Garrett Heath is tucked in there. So it is when Mo

Farah will decide to get his 2016 off to a good start. A lot to look

forward to him, and for you if you are a fan of athletics. We have the

indoor Grand Prix back here in Scotland, in Glasgow on February 20.

By the time we get to the anniversary games in London, we will

know everybody who is going to Rio and that will be their last chance

before the biggest test of all at the Olympics in Rio in the middle of

August. I am tired reading all of this!

Never mind running it. A long year. So it is all a concertina at the

top. The Americans are now much closer. The phalanx of British

athletes controlling things have been broken up a bit by the

Americans. And Europe have yet to figure am nowhere to be seen at the

moment. So this is beginning to turn into a team battle between the USA

and Great Britain. Mo Farah is still content to just sit in the pack. As

he moved closer to the front, the American contingent, almost on

signal, joined him. The British athletes are being led by Callum

Hawkins, who set a record when he ran in the Great Scottish run last

year and then set the qualifying time for the Olympic Games in the

marathon. So his strength is not in question. His stamina is there.

Garrett Heath won the short race this year and he is in second place.

Mo Farah, on a journey towards the Olympic Games, a journey which

hopefully will add more medals to his burgeoning collection. He is

going a bit faster and the race is starting to get serious. They have

14 minutes of running behind them. Very strong performance at the front

by Callum Hawkins. Then Garrett Heath, then Mo Farah. What is your

assessment so far, Jo? Mode looks a little tired. I am a bit supposed to

see that. I wonder how relaxed he is -- Mo Farah looks a little tired.

Still a long way to go, but just watching him, I wonder how

comfortable he is. He did grimace a bit then. He hasn't

done much cross-country. The conditions are tough for an athlete

like Mo, who is so brilliant on the tack. He is going to see where he's

at. It is a long time to go to the trials and the Olympics themselves

But it is hard to know how he is feeling. He doesn't look as relaxed

as he sometimes would at this stage. They've still got two laps to go,

3,000 metres of running. Mo Farah check hog is still there. The one

who looks comfortable, Garrett Heath and Ross Millington. Looking very

relaxed at this point. The American who won it the last two years isn't

here, Chris Derek. He is turning his attention to try to make the

American marathon team. The trials are in February, March, but Garrett

Heath looks comfortable. Mo Farah looking a little more relaxed on

this section than a minute or two ago. Maybe that rough section, he

was picking his line carefully. Hawkins has been leading this. This

is the point, Bren, there's too much respect and you look at Ross

Millington and Garrett Heath. But it is Calum Hawkins leading, not Mo

Farah, but they are all waiting for Mo. If someone wants to have a go,

this is where you would try to attack, it is pointless leaving it

to the last kilometre. He said to me this morning, I'm in good shape, but

I don't feel I run as well on the soft mud as I used. As

I don't feel I run as well on the soft mud as I used. -- as I used to

do. He ran round here the other day and it is not that comfortable. But

I want to win this race. It is not an important race in terms of the

bigger picture but it is an important way to start an Olympic

year, 2016. He started the year, 2011, by winning this race. He beat

his training partner, just before he won the world medals in the

championships and the Olympic Games. Had at the used to running well

here. He is starting to get serious. This race is starting to dig, as

Calum Hawkins leads and stretches. Mo Farah is in third place. That's

as close as he has been. Glancing over his shoulder to see who is

around him. He knows all the athletes. The British team are

enjoying having Mo in their team and are responding in this race. It

seems to be between Great Britain and the USA. Calum Hawkins getting

good support. Mo Farah in third place. Can he start the Olympic year

with the kind of performance we wanted to see in him in Rio de

Janeiro when he goes there to defend his title? Garrett Heath a threat.

Ross Millington a threat. Scott is a threat as well. Nick Swinburn having

a great race for Great Britain, right up there with Calum Hawkins,

who has led this. The Mo Farah having to work as hard as anybody

else to stay in contention. But the longer this race goes on, where he

is still in contention, the close her it comes into his domain. Andrew

Butchart losing ground there. Dewi Griffiths trying to hang on to that

front group. Starting to whittle down a little bit. You can feel the

temperature is being turned up here. The pressure is being applied. Calum

Hawkins is doing his Beth from the front but Garrett Heath is looking

to be a bit of a threat. Maybe Mo isn't looking quite as comfortable.

All he needs to do is keep working across this tough text of the

course. If anyone does make a move, see whether he can cover it. It is

good to see Calum Hawkins really giving it a good, pushing the pace.

He is only 23 years old. He is having a good run. Garrett Heath

looks relaxed. It's been interesting to see how over double the distance

of what he has won the last two years. They know they are going to

have to run away. There you see Mo taking the lead and they are going

to have to try and go with him. Hopefully Mo can make a move and

find the extra summer towards the end of the race. In 400 metres they

head into the last lap. Ross Millington checking behind. Garrett

Heath and Millington have always looked comfortable. They've allowed

Mo to stay there, and now Mo is thinking right, it is moving into my

bit. I've got less than 2,000 metres to go. That's less than five laps on

the track. He knows when he goats the finish line, 1,500 metres and

nobody in the world, even on the country, even with a bit of mud,

would bet against Mo Farah not coming through on top. He has a

little look behind there. The took that water jump nicely. They drop

down the hill here. If anyone does try to get ahead of him you would

want 30 metres ahead coming half that last turn before you head into

the finish line. You would want to be a long way ahead of Mo Farah.

Garrett Heath a good finisher. Ross Millington running whole well, but

Mo is on a journey now. There were only five Olympic athletes in

history who had five gold medals and went on to win another. Not one of

those great athletes were able to add a gold medal to the two they've

already collected. Mo Farah started the year with two gold medals in his

locker from the Olympic Games. Trying to make himself unique in

history of British athletics. Here he is in Edinburgh making hard work

of trying to win his opening race of the year. Garrett Heath has won here

a couple of times before. He has a strong finish, but Mo Farah is used

to winning races. Garrett Heath has won races. The difference is Mo

thinks he is going to win today. Even though the conditions aren't to

his liking. He is now thinking, these athletes, are they going to

try to beat me or give me the opportunity to try and seize this.

This is the last lap. Mo Farah running reasonably strongly. Looking

comfortable. Just been aware of what's happening. Account he win

from here and authority journey which would make him unique in

British athletics. Can he start the year with a victory and add to those

two fabulous gold medals by winning a third? You can tell that he is

biding his time. Not only has Calum Hawkins gone back to the front, as

the pace slackened as Mo started to think, I'm going to gather myself

for a sprint finish. Formal has got back into this. Ross Millington in

the middle. A glance behind, checks who is there, Scott Faubl trying

stay part of this group. But Mo is waiting to turn on the burners at

the end. That will do for me. But Garrett Heath will be a danger. Jo,

when you get to this part of the race, you start to think about the

sprint finish. That's why Calum Hawkins didn't want the pace to

drop, trying to get them moving, and Ross Millington doing the same now.

Definitely. The thing about Mo, not only is he an amazing athlete, he is

an astute tactician as well. Over the years he has become amazing at

getting his tactics right. You can see the level of concentration on

his face, which you don't see in many athletes. Mo has that

concentration. Had eis thinking about his move at all times,

gathering himself for a sprint finish. Scott Faubl around the

outside now. This isn't enough, guys, come on, we've got to stretch

this out. He is making a bid to get himself into the top three. There's

prize money at stake. One and two, Garrett Heath responds to his

team-mate. They've got 600 metres of running to go through one or two of

the more muddy sections is. Calum Hawkins starting to struggle a

little as the pace picks up. Heath making a bid here. I suggest he

needs a big lead over Farah. Certainly 15-20 metres before they

come off that last corner. Corner. Mo is having to work hard here. He

is. He is under pressure, but he is now in pole position. He has the

vision of Garrett Heath in his sight. He knows how quick this guy

is, he has beaten Olympic champions to win this race over shorter

distances. Now it is down to two. Garrett Heath is striking from 450

metres to try and win this one. He is working hard. Mo is coming close.

They've climbed a little, and there it is, 400 metres to go. Can Mo

Farah start an Olympic year with a victory? Or is the American who came

here with one intent, to try to stake the scalp of the great Mo

Farah, has he done enough? It is decent running conditions. The great

Mo Farah sprint finish. We've seen it on the track. We've seen it on

the roads. Are we going to witness it again on the country? Mo Farah in

second place but he wants to win it. Farah is being tested by Garrett

Heath to the very end. One last climb, a jump across the stream,

through the woodchip, th the wet ground and a downhill sprint of 170

metres to the finish. Mo Farah loses another two yards and the sprint is

on. Garrett Heath has thrown the gauntlet down to Mo Farah. Can Farah

respond. CHEERING. The crowd are doing their

best, but Mo Farah is struck trolling catch the American. This

will be a massive victory for Garrett Heath. He has won the short

course on two occasions. He is taking on Mo Farah and he is going

to beat Mo Farah. Garrett Heath of the USA the surprise winner. Mo

Farah having to settle for second place. Place. We haven't said that

for a long time. Farah beaten in the sprint finish. Perhaps the course as

much as anything else beating him as well. Faubl took third. Calum

Hawkins and Ross Millington stuck to their task. But Garrett Heath looked

comfortable the whole way. When Farah looked like he was struggling,

you sensed he didn't take control of the race, decided to leave it to the

last lap, but Heath was strong enough and quick enough to turn that

lead into a winning margin. Brendan was saying he wanted Mo Farah to

start his year with a victory and set himself nicely. He hasn't been

able to do that here in Edinburgh. I still think he would be reasonably

happy with the shape she in. But nobody, certainly not Mo Farah these

days, will enjoy being beaten, particularly on British soil.

Mo Farah, what a great race. Not the result that you were or we were

expecting. Not at all. You don't want to lose a race, but it is

better to lose now than later in the year. It is a cross-country race.

Heath is a great athlete. He always comes out every year and gets ready

for this race. In terms of the conditions, did they work defence

you? You've got a lot of speed in your legs but you can't sprint on

this. I can't sprint... It is sliply, very hard. You will be

looking forward to getting on the plane and getting some sun in

Ethiopia? Yes, I'm getting ready for Glasgow Indoors. Mo, thank you. Get

warm. Back to Steve Cram for the final result. The headlines will be

about Mo Farah, of course, being beaten by Garrett Heath. But I'm

sure come the summer the headlines will be forgotten. At least we hope

they are. In terms of the team competition. These are the final

standings adding all four races together. Great Britain coming out

on top. Europe with a poor performance in the senior men's

race. Garrett Heath finishing on a high for the United States, although

their team were never really in the team competition with 232 points.

Alongside me is the winner. Garrett, this is getting to be a regular

occurrence, me speaking to you after you've won a race. A great scalp

with Mo Farah there. Thank you. It takes winning a race to get up here

and talk to you! I didn't expect it. Mo's such a great runner. I wanted

to be out there and try to run with him and compete. Some of my

team-mates came up to me with 800 to go. He was feeling good. I got

excited and kept waiting for Mo to kick past me. I'm sure I could hear

people shouting at him so yeah... Garrett, congratulations.

Disappointment from a British perspective that you beat Mo Farah,

but well done. That's it from Edinburgh. We're back again with

athletics from Glasgow on Glasgow 20th. It's the darts next. From us

here in Edinburgh, it's goodbye. MUSIC: (They Long To Be) Close To You

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