Highlights

:00:55. > :01:04.one of the great events in British the world champion. A sight to

:01:05. > :01:08.behold every single year. Hello and welcome to highlights from this

:01:09. > :01:13.year's Virgin London Marathon, one of the world's greatest sporting

:01:13. > :01:19.spectacles. We have everyone from elite athletes to fun runners,

:01:19. > :01:25.already to dig deep to tackle a gruelling 26.2 mile course through

:01:25. > :01:29.the capital. Today, every person who crosses the start line will be

:01:29. > :01:38.united in solidarity for the victims of the bombings at the Boston

:01:38. > :01:43.Marathon finish line it just six days ago.

:01:43. > :01:47.Please with the victims, all went to the marathon to cheer on the

:01:47. > :01:54.athletes. They would not return home. These were the lives

:01:54. > :01:58.tragically taken at the oldest annual marathon in the world. More

:01:58. > :02:03.than 170 people were injured, some critically. The images left the city

:02:03. > :02:08.shocked and the world it as a nation and global audience watched on in

:02:08. > :02:14.disbelief. An elite race, steeped in history, world for ever now be

:02:14. > :02:20.linked to a senseless act of terror. Today, London stands united

:02:20. > :02:28.with Boston, remembering lives lost and lives devastated, but defiantly

:02:28. > :02:32.displaying that good in the end will out.

:02:32. > :02:37.In many ways, this is a poignant event to be part of this year. There

:02:37. > :02:43.will be a silence just before the start so we can remember Boston. And

:02:43. > :02:49.in just over 26 miles time, we are hoping for scenes of celebration,

:02:49. > :02:56.happiness and relief. This is what is coming up. In one of the greatest

:02:56. > :03:04.field assembled, Uganda's Stephen Kiprotich returns to the streets

:03:04. > :03:10.where he won Olympic gold. He is joined by Wilson Kipsang, Bronze

:03:10. > :03:14.Marat -- bronze medallist in 2012. All eyes will be on Britain's Mo

:03:14. > :03:21.Farah who is running a half marathon as part of his build-up to the full

:03:21. > :03:24.distance next year. For the women, it is another top-class field.

:03:24. > :03:29.Ethiopian's golden girl Tiki Gelana goes head-to-head with Kenyan

:03:29. > :03:32.Priscah Jeptoo. They will be among the favourites, as will Edna

:03:32. > :03:39.Kiplagat who is looking for her first London title. In the

:03:39. > :03:43.wheelchair, do David Weir will be out to follow up his momentous 2012

:03:43. > :03:48.with a record-breaking seventh win. And Shelly Woods will hope to go one

:03:48. > :03:54.better than her Olympic silver medal with a third London title. Then come

:03:54. > :04:03.the masses. Some are racing for personal bests, some for pride, but

:04:03. > :04:07.most to raise money for charities. It is that goal of raising thousands

:04:07. > :04:14.of pounds of cash for a good cause that will be fuelling many of these

:04:14. > :04:22.runners, especially during those tough miles. This huge physical

:04:22. > :04:32.challenge is only part of the story. I'm 72. This is my first marathon.

:04:32. > :04:47.

:04:47. > :04:57.That is amazing. Everyone should try varies, Chris and Matt. There was

:04:57. > :05:05.

:05:05. > :05:15.meant to be a bird Berry. -- a third fairy. But we can't find him.

:05:15. > :05:22.this a Hollioake Spain? That's why we signed up for it last year. We're

:05:22. > :05:31.really looking forward to it. years ago I lost my sight. We've

:05:31. > :05:36.raised about 20,000. We've trained all through the winter in sub-zero

:05:36. > :05:43.temperatures. Suddenly, on the first day when we have to run the

:05:44. > :05:49.marathon, the son runs out. I'm not sure how we will cope. I'm a bit

:05:49. > :05:56.worried about how much harder you've made this for yourself. Who would

:05:56. > :06:02.win a fight between a rhino and a tiger? The people of Boston are very

:06:02. > :06:06.much in our minds. I also wanted to thank the supporters of Boston. The

:06:06. > :06:13.first thing I said to the people I knew was it was the best supported

:06:13. > :06:22.marathon I've ever been act. The supporters are so selfless, they

:06:22. > :06:32.don't get a medal, they just help people. 35,000 people registered to

:06:32. > :06:37.run the race and they are all bursting, it would seem! This might

:06:37. > :06:40.be the start of my marathon career. I want to enjoy this first one.

:06:40. > :06:50.Everyone says to enjoy the first one because you don't know what to

:06:50. > :06:55.expect. It's been just seven months since you retired. How is it being?

:06:55. > :06:58.Very relaxed, actually. A bit of time at home. Nice not to have to be

:06:58. > :07:02.as disciplined, to be honest with you. Although the marathon training

:07:02. > :07:12.took over that a bit. It's been a really good process buyers to go

:07:12. > :07:15.

:07:15. > :07:19.through together. -- a good process for us to go through. Those charity

:07:20. > :07:26.runners may be fired up, but before their turn on the iconic streets of

:07:26. > :07:30.London, it's time for the elite athletes to make their mark. Your

:07:30. > :07:40.London Marathon commentators are Tanni Grey-Thompson and Paula

:07:40. > :07:56.

:07:56. > :08:00.Radcliffe. There's a full list for aiming to perhaps get the qualifying

:08:00. > :08:10.time of two hours 31 minutes set by UK athletics. Just a few seconds

:08:10. > :08:11.

:08:11. > :08:19.away from the start. And away we go! The elite women with what promises

:08:19. > :08:28.to be a wonderful race ahead. Brendan and Paula will be joining

:08:28. > :08:32.this with me. Every time we come to the start of the marathon, you never

:08:32. > :08:40.know what to expect. This great line-up of Olympic champions, world

:08:40. > :08:46.champions. Well, what ever we see, it will be dramatic. It is an

:08:46. > :08:56.outstanding field. Normally we are talking about Paula being at the

:08:56. > :08:57.

:08:57. > :09:07.front! Paula, it must feel terrible sitting there. Recently, I have been

:09:07. > :09:14.

:09:14. > :09:20.sitting alongside you rather than be sitting here. I think London has

:09:20. > :09:24.the best crowd in the world. It is extremely quick. It depends how you

:09:24. > :09:33.commit to the race. Because of the strength of the field, what we do

:09:34. > :09:43.see is people looking around at each other. Back to the start for the

:09:44. > :10:02.

:10:02. > :10:06.Like so many of the elite athletes, they eat will not be a problem at

:10:06. > :10:12.the moment, unless it heats up dramatically later on. All eyes will

:10:12. > :10:18.be on David Weir sporting a new helmet. He is just tucked in behind

:10:18. > :10:22.the leader. It is absolutely perfect conditions for the wheelchair race

:10:22. > :10:32.today. It is dry and warm so there will be much less debris on the

:10:32. > :10:41.

:10:41. > :10:50.road. There are the main protagonists. Kurt Fearnley is the

:10:50. > :10:56.world record holder. That field is packed full of talent. It's actually

:10:56. > :11:00.the best men's field with ever had. The women as well are incredibly

:11:00. > :11:05.strong in terms of personal bests. It will be interesting to see how

:11:05. > :11:12.Tatyana McFadden performs. She punctured so many times in the

:11:12. > :11:20.Paralympic marathon. She will want to show what she can do. Look at the

:11:20. > :11:28.view on this spectacular day. The Cutty Sark has been such a big part

:11:28. > :11:35.of the marathon. Sitting there are splendid in the sunshine after a few

:11:35. > :11:39.years of being repaired after the fire. This would be a great place to

:11:39. > :11:44.watch the event. It will get more and more busy over the next few

:11:44. > :11:51.hours. It is an amazing place to run by. I remember when I came by the

:11:51. > :12:01.first time. I couldn't believe the atmosphere. They are all having a

:12:01. > :12:02.

:12:02. > :12:09.big party. It really does give the runners a boost. I came out of there

:12:09. > :12:14.with a gap and I had to keep going. As part of a new initiative we have

:12:14. > :12:21.an athletics marathon World Cup featuring a number of Paralympic

:12:21. > :12:27.champions, world champions and world record holders. On the far side

:12:27. > :12:37.there is the indomitable Richard Whitehead. His best time for the

:12:37. > :12:40.

:12:40. > :12:43.marathon is the world record at two hours 42 minutes. Away we go. We've

:12:43. > :12:49.got some very good Brazilian athletes in the single and beauty

:12:49. > :12:54.class as well. And we have visually impaired athletes as well. That's

:12:54. > :12:58.right, the guides are wearing orange. It is tough for the men to

:12:58. > :13:06.get guide runners quick enough to run with them. They can have two if

:13:06. > :13:10.they choose to. I think this is a strong move for the London Marathon.

:13:10. > :13:14.There hasn't been strong competition for blind or visually impaired

:13:14. > :13:20.athletes, so this is a massive opportunity between Paralympics and

:13:20. > :13:30.world championships to have a world-class elite field together.

:13:30. > :13:32.

:13:32. > :13:42.They have started to move things on a bit. The pace has picked up. That

:13:42. > :13:42.

:13:42. > :13:51.main group is still very much together. It looked as though Edna

:13:51. > :13:56.Kiplagat... That is Tiki Gelana down there. The wheelchair athletes were

:13:56. > :13:59.coming through on the inside. The women were looking for their drinks

:13:59. > :14:05.and stepped across. Let's see if we can have another look. This happens

:14:05. > :14:09.a lot. Not so much with wheelchair athletes, but look at Tiki Gelana

:14:09. > :14:16.there. She cuts right across, doesn't see the wheelchair athletes.

:14:16. > :14:23.I hope she's not heard. Everybody looking around to see what has gone

:14:23. > :14:27.on. We think she may have stopped. She is still back there, I think.

:14:27. > :14:37.Thank goodness she is still running. That won't have helped at all, that

:14:37. > :14:38.

:14:38. > :14:48.was a heavy fall. That could really put her off her stride. We have seen

:14:48. > :14:48.

:14:48. > :14:54.a lot of that in recent times, haven't we? So many out there that

:14:54. > :15:01.we're looking forward to seeing. Scott overall is the number one

:15:01. > :15:05.British marathon runner. Derek Hawkins trying to make the Scottish

:15:05. > :15:15.team for next year. And of course Mo Farah doing the first half. Today is

:15:15. > :15:31.

:15:31. > :15:41.really about the rest of the field victims of the tragedy at the

:15:41. > :15:56.

:15:56. > :15:59.Perfectly observed. I sought on other quoted that said if you are

:15:59. > :16:09.trying to break the human spirit, marathon runners are the wrong

:16:09. > :16:15.people to pick on. Do London Marathon starts in perhaps one of

:16:15. > :16:20.its most important years. It is playing its part in helping the

:16:20. > :16:25.hold marathon world healed the wounds inflicted so Crawley at

:16:25. > :16:31.Boston. It is the chance for the elite athletes and the 36,000

:16:31. > :16:39.others to show their respect but also to show what they can do. A

:16:39. > :16:45.beautiful day in London. The crowd have not been deterred, either.

:16:45. > :16:55.Further down the course, delete women I just across Tower Bridge,

:16:55. > :16:57.

:16:57. > :17:02.approaching halfway. For all of the big names are still there. We are

:17:02. > :17:12.keeping an eye on Tiki Gelana, after the heavy fall. She seems to

:17:12. > :17:13.

:17:13. > :17:23.have recovered and is right in the middle of the group. They are

:17:23. > :17:35.

:17:35. > :17:40.having a look to see whether they has been curry slow. Once they get

:17:40. > :17:48.to the halfway point, they will accelerate. We are looking, because

:17:48. > :17:54.of the incident at the water station, at Tiki Gelana, the

:17:54. > :18:00.European -- at the Olympic champion, and the fastest woman in this race.

:18:00. > :18:10.Hopefully there is no ill-effects from that fall. Absolutely, but

:18:10. > :18:10.

:18:10. > :18:16.certainly the fall has changed the race. Susan Partridge is still on

:18:16. > :18:26.could pace but we can see behind her Jessica or Augusta, who, for me,

:18:26. > :18:41.

:18:41. > :18:47.has run a staff -- smarter race. Sark, just beyond four miles. In

:18:47. > :18:52.there somewhere is Mo Farah. There he is. I am sure he is getting

:18:52. > :18:56.plenty of support out on the route. One or two people were taking the

:18:56. > :19:03.mickey out of him a little bit about the fact that he was dropping

:19:03. > :19:06.out half way. He has only run a couple of half marathons. To run

:19:07. > :19:14.the 61 minutes just fought eight training run, he is still going to

:19:14. > :19:20.be pretty tired. Reports are not good for to be Gelana, she is

:19:21. > :19:26.struggling. She came here saying she was in great shape. She thought

:19:26. > :19:36.she could win this race. De Olympic race was completely different with

:19:36. > :19:42.

:19:42. > :19:50.the known pacemakers. This race is not going to plan. The plan was to

:19:50. > :19:54.run fast at the beginning. The men coming through Cutty Sark. They are

:19:54. > :19:59.responding to the pacemakers. The crowds are going crazy here and

:19:59. > :20:08.they are as big as I have ever seen them before at Cutty Sark. This is

:20:08. > :20:14.wonderful to see. Mo Farah at the back of the group. They are running

:20:14. > :20:24.strongly and being cheered on. The London Marathon in all its glory

:20:24. > :20:27.

:20:27. > :20:33.here at Cutty Sark. I cannot see Patrick Makau in that group. On the

:20:33. > :20:40.clock I have in about 40 seconds back. He said himself but he was

:20:40. > :20:45.fit to run and that is not looking good. The pace in the men's race is

:20:45. > :20:53.well inside world-record pace in the early stages. That might be why

:20:53. > :21:03.Patrick Makau has become a bit of a casualty. These two, at the world

:21:03. > :21:18.

:21:18. > :21:25.champion and the Olympic silver struggling now. The crowds are

:21:25. > :21:31.enormous here. In that group there is an awful lot of talent. Perhaps

:21:31. > :21:36.they all came to see Mo Farah? are actually watching a bunch of

:21:36. > :21:41.men setting off at a pace which surely they cannot all maintain.

:21:41. > :21:47.But we could be onto something special. We had seen fast races to

:21:47. > :21:52.the men's race in the past. crowd response is enormous. Mo

:21:52. > :21:58.Farah is getting cheered on for every step of the way. Look how

:21:58. > :22:08.deep the crowds are. I have never seen anything like this before.

:22:08. > :22:09.

:22:09. > :22:19.This is like London's response to what happened in Boston last week.

:22:19. > :22:21.

:22:21. > :22:31.Olympic silver medallist, Priscah Jeptoo, is testing Edna Kiplagat.

:22:31. > :22:31.

:22:31. > :22:39.They both look as though date are working harder. They still to

:22:39. > :22:43.appear to be working together. A couple of miles prior to this, it

:22:43. > :22:50.was Edgar Kiplagat leading. Perhaps they are sharing a bit of the work

:22:50. > :22:56.as well. The leading wheelchair racers are heading towards the

:22:56. > :23:06.finish. They have started slowing down the pace to get the right

:23:06. > :23:11.position. David Weir's in the perfect place right now. Josh

:23:11. > :23:19.Cassidy, had that crash back at the feeding station. But David Weir is

:23:19. > :23:24.ready to pains to go for victory No. 7. He is having a look across at

:23:24. > :23:31.Marcel Hug. They are all waiting for David to make that decisive

:23:31. > :23:35.move. But at the moment he is in the perfect position. But Marcel

:23:35. > :23:43.Hug has picked up his arm speed and Kurt Fearnley is coming through

:23:43. > :23:49.quickly. Kurt Fearnley on the inside. David Weir has no response

:23:49. > :23:55.and Marcel Hug in second place. David Weir will finish back in

:23:55. > :24:02.fifth place. Kurt Fearnley printed by a whisker from Marcel Hug. David

:24:03. > :24:07.Weir had nothing left to give over at the last 100m. Superb timing by

:24:07. > :24:13.Kurt Fearnley. He did not panic, he kept the best line around the bend,

:24:13. > :24:19.and while everybody was watching David Weir, that is when he went.

:24:19. > :24:25.That is probably the best race of his career for Kurt Fearnley.

:24:25. > :24:31.in the women's elite race, a significant break now by Priscah

:24:31. > :24:41.Jeptoo, the Olympic silver medallist. She would have seen her

:24:41. > :24:42.

:24:42. > :24:48.main rival, Tiki Gelana, fall. Then her team-mate, Edna Kiplagat, not

:24:48. > :24:54.able to stage with the force that was being applied by Priscah Jeptoo.

:24:54. > :24:56.This was a few moments ago. She just kept pushing. They talk about

:24:56. > :25:03.elastic band that keeps you are attached, and you kind of hang on,

:25:03. > :25:11.and then when it goes, you find that metres turn into 50 or 60

:25:11. > :25:17.metres. The lead group of forcing the pace. Mo Farah is part of that

:25:17. > :25:21.from other hard one mile or so. You can see at the back of that group,

:25:21. > :25:31.Stephen Kiprotich finally giving it up in terms of trying to stay with

:25:31. > :25:34.

:25:34. > :25:39.this. But this is about slugging it out with the best in the world. The

:25:39. > :25:43.quickest men that have ever run this distance all in their together.

:25:43. > :25:50.One or two starting to struggle with this pace that has been set

:25:50. > :25:56.through the first half. Emmanuel Mutai knows what it is like to win

:25:56. > :26:01.in London. There is Mo Farah, dropping out just before halfway.

:26:01. > :26:08.The of first head off for the second half of the race. It will be

:26:09. > :26:14.interesting to see what Mo Farah's thoughts are about the pace. The 60

:26:14. > :26:22.minutes and 38, it will be a very fast first half marathon. Mo Farah

:26:22. > :26:27.is now with Phil. London luck, you have won them many marathon three

:26:27. > :26:33.times, was it like to be part of the main event? It was incredible,

:26:33. > :26:38.the amount of support, cheering the whole way. For all anybody tuning

:26:38. > :26:43.in and wondering why you have dropped back, just to explain.

:26:43. > :26:47.aim was to learn a lot from here. Next year I'm going to run the full

:26:47. > :26:56.marathon. The share I'm concentrating on the track. It is

:26:56. > :27:03.hard to do the track and concentrate on the marathon. These

:27:03. > :27:10.two had blown everybody away in this race. Tatyana MacFadden, head

:27:10. > :27:15.down, working those arms. She did so well in the 2012 Paralympics.

:27:15. > :27:24.This is an amazing win by Tatyana MacFadden. She did Boston at the

:27:25. > :27:34.beginning of the week. Tatyana MacFadden going through just

:27:35. > :27:36.

:27:36. > :27:41.outside one hour and 46 which is an officially a new course record.

:27:41. > :27:46.Priscah Jeptoo will have the centre of the road to herself. The welcome

:27:46. > :27:52.sight of the finish line for the Olympic silver medallist, cheered

:27:52. > :28:02.on by thousands and thousands here in the Mall. She has been supreme

:28:02. > :28:04.

:28:04. > :28:12.this year. Her training partner, one in Boston last Monday, and what

:28:12. > :28:19.a wonderful way to celebrate in London today. The two of them, I am

:28:19. > :28:24.sure, will be delighted in each other's performances. The two races

:28:24. > :28:32.united in their two victories. A new personal best for Priscah

:28:32. > :28:38.Jeptoo. She performed supremely well. She was patient and then in

:28:38. > :28:47.the second half of the race was totally dominant. The best race of

:28:47. > :28:52.her career. This is really fast. A course-record is definitely on

:28:52. > :28:58.schedule. They will be very close, if they stay this competitive, to

:28:58. > :29:08.the world record itself. Pair of Foul, and a miss men in the group,

:29:08. > :29:12.

:29:13. > :29:22.led by Emmanuel Mutai. -- there are four men in the group. They are

:29:23. > :29:24.

:29:24. > :29:30.running faster than anyone has run before at this point. Shelly Wood

:29:30. > :29:35.being hunted down in the final straight. It has been a tough race

:29:35. > :29:45.for her. I think she would just be pleased to get this over. It is a

:29:45. > :30:07.

:30:07. > :30:15.pretty good time for her. Just two Ethiopians. In the yellow vest,

:30:15. > :30:24.Emmanuel Mutai. Stanley Biwott is looking comfortable there. That is a

:30:24. > :30:29.big gap now. Edna Kiplagat on her way down to the finish. The world

:30:29. > :30:35.champion won a very strong race, did everything she could do to hang onto

:30:35. > :30:45.her compatriot, but had to sack of -- settle for second place today.

:30:45. > :30:49.

:30:49. > :30:53.Crossing the line, taking second place. There's a big change in the

:30:53. > :30:57.men's race because all of a sudden it Emmanuel Mutai sensed his

:30:57. > :31:03.opportunity, sensed Stanley Biwott had maybe pushed a bit too early, a

:31:03. > :31:13.bit too hard. He strides into the front. He won two years ago and has

:31:13. > :31:15.

:31:15. > :31:20.been in the top four on three other occasions. He is just been

:31:20. > :31:26.maintaining his pace wearers Stanley Biwott has not been able to keep it

:31:26. > :31:30.going. And I can tell you Susan Partridge is just finishing. She is

:31:30. > :31:40.just about going to make the qualifying time. A trip to Moscow

:31:40. > :31:41.

:31:41. > :31:51.could be the reward here. She's going to do it. The first British

:31:51. > :31:52.

:31:52. > :32:00.athlete home, well done. Now, Kebede has finished incredibly quickly. He

:32:00. > :32:05.won in Chicago, and here in 2010. Just past the halfway point he was

:32:05. > :32:13.seventh or eighth and now he is coming through strongly. There is

:32:13. > :32:22.still well over a mile. We haven't passed that red telephone box yet.

:32:22. > :32:31.There it is! So, Emmanuel Mutai still in the lead but he is being

:32:31. > :32:35.chased. Look at this, we've seen Stanley Biwott make a big effort,

:32:35. > :32:44.then it was Emmanuel Mutai, but now, with 1000 metres to go, will we see

:32:44. > :32:49.a new leader? I think you would bet on Kebede at this point. Apart from

:32:49. > :32:56.being really strong in the late stages, he's got a fantastic sprint

:32:56. > :33:00.finish. We'd seen him win races in the sprint finish. He is catching

:33:00. > :33:04.the leader. The difference in the two mentalities is important here.

:33:04. > :33:09.Does he go straight past? That is the right thing to do. Straight

:33:09. > :33:19.past, a glance, a forlorn glands from Emmanuel Mutai. He can't do

:33:19. > :33:26.

:33:26. > :33:33.anything about it. He wanted to come here last time, but he was unable to

:33:33. > :33:43.persuade the bar it is the front. One more turn, one More St, one more

:33:43. > :33:45.

:33:45. > :33:54.straight. -- one more street. His style is perfectly suited to the

:33:54. > :34:00.marathon. On this toughest of days for the marathon world, one of its

:34:00. > :34:03.best has come through to be victorious. Kebede one in America

:34:03. > :34:13.last year and now comes to London to take his second London Marathon

:34:13. > :34:17.victory. There is the winner. Emmanuel Mutai looked as though he

:34:17. > :34:23.would have the race, wasn't able to maintain. They've all slowed down so

:34:23. > :34:27.much in the second half. A strong second half for Emmanuel Mutai. He

:34:27. > :34:37.will be happy to have been in the top three. But victory was snatched

:34:37. > :34:41.

:34:41. > :34:49.away in the last half a mile, that will be tough to bear. Kebede, an

:34:49. > :34:55.athlete they will respect. There they are, the two Ethiopians, first

:34:55. > :35:05.and third. Well done DD appeared today. -- well done to Ethiopian

:35:05. > :35:09.

:35:09. > :35:15.today. Winner of the men's race, Kebede from Ethiopia. Emmanuel

:35:15. > :35:25.Mutai, winner in 2011, having to settle for second place. Ayele

:35:25. > :35:25.

:35:25. > :35:35.Abshero in third place. Winner of the winners plays -- women's race,

:35:35. > :35:36.

:35:36. > :35:40.Priscah Jeptoo. A very strong run, you were third last year, second in

:35:40. > :35:50.the Olympics, now you are the champion. Today I am very, very

:35:50. > :36:00.happy. I couldn't believe it. I thank God. I'm very happy because

:36:00. > :36:02.

:36:02. > :36:07.I'm the winner today. Kurt Fearnley the men's wheelchair champion. David

:36:07. > :36:12.Weir, defending champion, in fifth. Dave, a tough day at the office?

:36:12. > :36:17.Yes, a bit tough. Having a break after the games, it was going to be

:36:17. > :36:23.tough to get back in the swing of things. I had four months off. But I

:36:23. > :36:31.felt good in training. But you know what it is like. Fitness is totally

:36:31. > :36:36.different. Some bits I struggled a bit, but I always struggle the year

:36:36. > :36:44.after. The London Marathon is always tough after a four-year cycle. But

:36:44. > :36:47.I'm happy. You can't win all the time. Josh Cassidy, involved in the

:36:47. > :36:55.nasty incident with Tiki Gelana dashed just tell is what happened

:36:55. > :37:03.there? I don't know who's responsible but every single year we

:37:03. > :37:10.come up to overtake the women and they want to have a good start for

:37:10. > :37:14.television, but we overtake them and there is a bottleneck. The poor

:37:14. > :37:21.women, you know, I just scrambling to find their feet, and sure enough

:37:21. > :37:30.one of them knocked into me. I have a brand-new 2000 dollar pair of

:37:30. > :37:39.wheels that are damaged, who is going to pay for that? Things have

:37:39. > :37:49.to change. It is a tough sport. He will be back and I'm sure we will

:37:49. > :37:51.

:37:51. > :38:01.see another win from him in due course. The winner for the women's

:38:01. > :38:06.wheelchair race went to Tatyana McFadden. Now that the way is clear

:38:06. > :38:16.for the masses we've come over to the finish. More than �610 million

:38:16. > :38:19.

:38:19. > :38:29.has been raised in the events and three year history. -- in the

:38:29. > :38:31.

:38:31. > :38:35.event's 33-year history. They are on their way now. It will take a good

:38:35. > :38:41.ten or 15 minutes for them all to reach the start line in Greenwich

:38:41. > :38:46.Park. They are all eager to get going. One thing that will help us

:38:46. > :38:53.to get a flavour of what is happening is our reporters who are

:38:53. > :38:59.out and about along the course. We start with Denise Lewis. I'm here at

:38:59. > :39:04.Tower Bridge. Just the sight of this iconic landmark will give the run as

:39:04. > :39:14.a psychological boost, as they know they are half way. From here, it is

:39:14. > :39:14.

:39:14. > :39:20.six miles to Canary Wharf. 90,000 people work in Canary Wharf, but for

:39:20. > :39:26.one day every year, the business district opens up to 35,000 runners

:39:26. > :39:31.in the London Marathon. I'm here at the 18 mile point. The athletes are

:39:31. > :39:41.dwarfed by some of the biggest buildings in the UK. The sunshine is

:39:41. > :39:41.

:39:41. > :39:51.here, the crowd here, the band are here. This is your 12 London

:39:51. > :39:53.

:39:53. > :39:56.Marathon. That is 12 years post-heart transplant. A young man

:39:56. > :40:05.donated his organs to transplant and I was lucky enough to get his heart.

:40:05. > :40:12.With that gift, I have managed to run 12 marathons, see my kids leave

:40:12. > :40:20.school and become a grandfather. I would like to ask people to join the

:40:20. > :40:23.organ donation register. The great thing about the marathon is no

:40:23. > :40:33.matter what colour, religion or nationality you are, everyone comes

:40:33. > :40:41.

:40:41. > :40:46.together to run. You can never take that away from people. Richard

:40:46. > :40:56.Whitehead will be absolutely delighted to come down this road.

:40:56. > :40:57.

:40:57. > :41:07.But his muscles on display. It makes you feel so humble. So many people

:41:07. > :41:10.

:41:10. > :41:18.running for great causes. This guy lost Lily at eight months, she was

:41:18. > :41:26.little butterfly. We are running for these families. Look at all these

:41:26. > :41:31.families. It has been nearly six years since we lost Lily who died of

:41:31. > :41:41.a mitochondrial condition. We now support over 60 families and this

:41:41. > :41:41.

:41:41. > :41:49.year we went over the million pound target. Is it a help or a hindrance

:41:49. > :41:56.running in a kilt? It's fine, I've got quite a lot of air, so I feel

:41:56. > :42:02.cool and refreshed. Thanks. I'm going to carry on now. In this

:42:02. > :42:08.heat, how are you feeling in their? I can't remember Bob Geldof ever

:42:08. > :42:18.going to be is length, to be honest. I did it because it makes people

:42:18. > :42:18.

:42:18. > :42:22.smile. Everybody loves it. Some stunning shots of London. Some

:42:22. > :42:28.inspirational shots of the athletes and runners finishing the course.

:42:28. > :42:33.Many of them running to raise money, over half �1 billion raised since

:42:33. > :42:42.this event started in 1981. Last year, one young woman took on that

:42:42. > :42:45.challenge but her race ended in tragedy. It was the story that moved

:42:45. > :42:49.a nation and went global. 30-year-old Claire Squires from

:42:49. > :42:55.Leicestershire was one of 80 runners who set out in last year's London

:42:55. > :43:01.Marathon to raise funds for the Samaritans. Her mum had volunteered

:43:01. > :43:07.for the charity for 24 years. But she collapsed just a mile from the

:43:07. > :43:13.finish and tragically died. As the news spread, donations flooded in

:43:13. > :43:22.from the UK and around the world. Remarkably, she raised more than �1

:43:22. > :43:24.million. At inquest this year, it emerged she had innocently taken a

:43:24. > :43:34.legal substance as an energy supplement during the race. It is

:43:34. > :43:38.now a band drug. On this poignant anniversary a year on, the

:43:38. > :43:44.Samaritans have set up a programme of projects of which she would have

:43:44. > :43:54.been proud. Her friends are running today in a memory for a variety of

:43:54. > :43:56.

:43:56. > :44:00.challenges. A fitting tribute to a special woman. Rachel is with me

:44:00. > :44:07.from the Samaritans. A tragic story, but one from which good has

:44:07. > :44:12.come. It is amazing. The support we got after she died last year was

:44:12. > :44:18.phenomenal. She has left an amazing legacy and it is very sad. We wish

:44:18. > :44:24.to bring back, but the money it has raised and that people donated is

:44:24. > :44:29.going to help save more lives. that money is still coming in, isn't

:44:29. > :44:34.it? Yes, there has been quite a bit of money coming in last week, I

:44:34. > :44:37.think with the anniversary of her death people have thought it is a

:44:37. > :44:47.poignant time to continue to support the charity she was supporting last

:44:47. > :44:49.

:44:50. > :44:53.year. Keep up the good work. Sadly, we've all been commenting on the

:44:53. > :44:59.beautiful weather conditions, but one or two of the athletes we've

:44:59. > :45:03.seen coming down today are suffering a bit. It has been very hot indeed.

:45:03. > :45:07.Frost on the ground this morning, but gradually the conditions got

:45:07. > :45:12.hotter and hotter, and that has made life quite difficult for some of

:45:12. > :45:19.these runners. Nevertheless, we are approaching the time when we will

:45:19. > :45:29.have a peak volume of people coming towards the finish. Beautiful sights

:45:29. > :45:57.

:45:57. > :46:07.and sounds from this year's knows she has had a good run. And

:46:07. > :46:08.

:46:08. > :46:17.the bonus of beating Iwan Thomas. familiar face alongside me. A

:46:17. > :46:27.veteran of 13 marathons. How does that one rank? Ice hoping to beat

:46:27. > :46:29.

:46:29. > :46:32.what I did in Amsterdam last year and I missed it by two seconds. I

:46:32. > :46:38.saw some body dressed as a baby who was going to try and break my

:46:38. > :46:45.record today, and he was well ahead of target. And also world's fastest

:46:45. > :46:53.school boy, that has been beaten as well! This is a perfect day for

:46:53. > :47:01.running. There are no excuses. Cool, with a light breeze, just wonderful.

:47:01. > :47:06.I am running today for leukaemia research. It is what we are here

:47:06. > :47:13.for, to represent the charities. looked good. How are you feeling?

:47:13. > :47:23.Can you give me a piggyback to the end? I am running for the maker

:47:23. > :47:30.

:47:30. > :47:34.Wish Foundation. A painful last few miles and at painful last few yards

:47:35. > :47:41.four and drew Strauss. Determined to beat his wife, I'm not sure if

:47:41. > :47:47.he has or not. Former England captain, of course. That is a

:47:47. > :47:54.really good effort. A lot of banter during the week amongst the

:47:54. > :48:03.celebrities. Those who are former athletes being wound up by those

:48:03. > :48:09.who are not athletes. A colleague of hours he was executive producer

:48:09. > :48:14.of the Olympic Games last year, he has just had his 50th birthday, and

:48:14. > :48:21.he is suffering a bit in the heat, as are a lot of the athletes.

:48:21. > :48:29.London, Bob all else, paved the way for charity running, and that is

:48:29. > :48:34.why we had so many celebrities out here. One who has performed in fine

:48:34. > :48:43.style is so the Rainworth. That was really hard but a kind of Dudgeon.

:48:43. > :48:53.I thought if I can get to 20 miles, then I can make it. I stuck to pays

:48:53. > :48:55.

:48:55. > :49:05.all the way round. It was great. I loved it. I found a camel! How you

:49:05. > :49:07.

:49:07. > :49:12.doing? It is a bit fruity. But we are having a good time. At the back

:49:12. > :49:20.end, he decided went where in this Campbell situation? I definitely

:49:20. > :49:24.drew the short straw on that want! Do you swap or do the whole race in

:49:24. > :49:31.this position? I do not want to be in the front after he has been in

:49:31. > :49:39.it. Unbelievably difficult! Just pure pain. You need to do it next

:49:39. > :49:44.year. No way! At what point did it become unbearable? The range 21

:49:44. > :49:54.miles. Just try to hang in there and there is nothing in the legs. I

:49:54. > :50:01.probably went out a bit too quick. I'm in a bad way! Looking just as

:50:01. > :50:08.fresh and full of the joys of spring, Sian Williams, running for

:50:08. > :50:17.back Millen. Just under the four hour mark. And a little sprint at

:50:17. > :50:27.the end. Gone! Good technique. Usain Bolt has nothing on this tape

:50:27. > :50:31.

:50:31. > :50:41.-- on this girl! This is marathon number of one of and 52 for me and

:50:41. > :50:41.

:50:41. > :50:47.he has done 286. We have raised �250,000 for charity.

:50:47. > :50:53.Congratulations to Kelly Sotherton. Her first ever London Marathon. She

:50:53. > :51:02.is retired now and enjoy what the London Marathon has to offer.

:51:02. > :51:10.Thomas was a great 400 metre runner. And Kelly Sotherton used to

:51:10. > :51:15.complain about the 800m pink far too far! But few minutes ago they

:51:15. > :51:25.it was nobody he finished this race in better form than Sian Williams.

:51:25. > :51:27.

:51:27. > :51:35.A superb sprint finish. I have been telling her about your comments.

:51:35. > :51:40.Racing across the line, and Steve Cram says like Usain Bolt! Hardly!

:51:40. > :51:49.I knew I was not racing for a time because I stopped at 11 miles. So

:51:49. > :51:59.why thought, I do it for fun, really. What am I doing?! I think

:51:59. > :52:00.

:52:00. > :52:10.that was pretty impressive. They have all prepared for this event.

:52:10. > :52:11.

:52:11. > :52:17.You have to prepare. They have all got reasons for doing event.

:52:17. > :52:24.are the first priest that I have stopped. God bless you child! I am

:52:24. > :52:31.running for or a charity looking after disabled children. I'm too

:52:31. > :52:41.tired! You only have bomb while to go. When you arrive, are the people

:52:41. > :52:46.

:52:46. > :52:52.waiting for you? Hopefully, it has been a long way. We are joined by

:52:52. > :52:56.Kate McCann, who has just run her first marathon. It was really good

:52:56. > :53:01.and the supporters and the weather helped. You have run a half-

:53:01. > :53:06.marathon before so what was the motivation to step up? Had not run

:53:06. > :53:09.a half-marathon but I have done 10 kilometres. The charity asked me

:53:09. > :53:15.back in October and it is one of those things that I never in my

:53:15. > :53:20.life thought I would do, and never really wanted to. But once they

:53:20. > :53:29.asked me, I knew was a great cause. Running for something close to your

:53:30. > :53:38.heart. Yes, not just for Butland, but for all missing children.

:53:38. > :53:44.hot, it really hot! We are going to raise about �5,000 this year, but

:53:44. > :53:52.next year we are going to run for 50 miles and then the following

:53:52. > :54:02.year, Lan sent to John O'Groats. Depending to was that finish, not

:54:02. > :54:15.

:54:15. > :54:25.long to go. -- keep going to the finish. He has another career

:54:25. > :54:29.

:54:29. > :54:36.there! You are the queen of hearts. I am really going for it but I am

:54:36. > :54:40.struggling. We trained in snow! What is this? The crowd have been

:54:40. > :54:50.shouting your name. What difference does that make? It makes real

:54:50. > :54:51.

:54:51. > :55:01.difference. You want to stop but you cannot. Really wonderful.

:55:01. > :55:01.

:55:01. > :55:05.by and neck, I think! It has been unbelievable. This is my 12th

:55:05. > :55:09.London Marathon and I have never seen so many people out on the

:55:09. > :55:19.streets and the noise was deafening. There is such a great feeling out

:55:19. > :55:27.

:55:27. > :55:32.there today. You really do feel it. It is immense. I'm not sure he will

:55:32. > :55:36.be the first clown across the line but perhaps the best stressed one.

:55:36. > :55:41.This time last week I was thinking I might not even run but then after

:55:41. > :55:45.the events in Boston on Monday, I just thought, a little Nicoll in

:55:45. > :55:51.your late is nothing compared to what they have been through. I

:55:51. > :55:58.thought even if I just walk it, I will do it. And in fact, I managed

:55:58. > :56:03.to get round. It is very emotional. Really extraordinary day. The crowd

:56:03. > :56:13.have been out in force. I Grant last year and a polite the crowd in

:56:13. > :56:22.

:56:22. > :56:25.some places was doubled last year - days. It was a promise I made to

:56:25. > :56:34.someone, unfortunately when he was passing away, that I would do these

:56:34. > :56:42.challenges. I n e started 19 months ago so it is all very new to me. --

:56:42. > :56:45.only started. The memories will stay with you for ever. I do hope

:56:45. > :56:50.some of those runners and their stories have moved and inspired

:56:50. > :56:58.some of few and there is plenty more athletics coming your weight

:56:58. > :57:07.on the BBC. We will have the whole of the Diamond League once again

:57:07. > :57:13.this season. And we are back out on the streets for the Great

:57:13. > :57:20.Manchester City Games. And the Great Manchester Run takes place

:57:20. > :57:26.the next day. That is it from the London Marathon for this year. Once

:57:26. > :57:36.again it has shown off the very best of Britain. Hits passion,

:57:36. > :57:51.

:57:52. > :58:00.determination and spirit. From all one of its most important years. It

:58:00. > :58:10.is playing his part -- at its part in helping the whole marathon world

:58:10. > :58:16.

:58:16. > :58:26.quickest men that have ever run this distance, all in their

:58:26. > :58:37.

:58:37. > :58:44.now. Kurt Fearnley wins it.A significant break by Priscah Jeptoo,