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one of the great events in British the world champion. A sight to

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behold every single year. Hello and welcome to highlights from this

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year's Virgin London Marathon, one of the world's greatest sporting

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spectacles. We have everyone from elite athletes to fun runners,

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already to dig deep to tackle a gruelling 26.2 mile course through

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the capital. Today, every person who crosses the start line will be

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united in solidarity for the victims of the bombings at the Boston

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Marathon finish line it just six days ago.

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Please with the victims, all went to the marathon to cheer on the

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athletes. They would not return home. These were the lives

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tragically taken at the oldest annual marathon in the world. More

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than 170 people were injured, some critically. The images left the city

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shocked and the world it as a nation and global audience watched on in

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disbelief. An elite race, steeped in history, world for ever now be

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linked to a senseless act of terror. Today, London stands united

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with Boston, remembering lives lost and lives devastated, but defiantly

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displaying that good in the end will out.

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In many ways, this is a poignant event to be part of this year. There

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will be a silence just before the start so we can remember Boston. And

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in just over 26 miles time, we are hoping for scenes of celebration,

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happiness and relief. This is what is coming up. In one of the greatest

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field assembled, Uganda's Stephen Kiprotich returns to the streets

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where he won Olympic gold. He is joined by Wilson Kipsang, Bronze

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Marat -- bronze medallist in 2012. All eyes will be on Britain's Mo

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Farah who is running a half marathon as part of his build-up to the full

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distance next year. For the women, it is another top-class field.

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Ethiopian's golden girl Tiki Gelana goes head-to-head with Kenyan

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Priscah Jeptoo. They will be among the favourites, as will Edna

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Kiplagat who is looking for her first London title. In the

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wheelchair, do David Weir will be out to follow up his momentous 2012

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with a record-breaking seventh win. And Shelly Woods will hope to go one

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better than her Olympic silver medal with a third London title. Then come

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the masses. Some are racing for personal bests, some for pride, but

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most to raise money for charities. It is that goal of raising thousands

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of pounds of cash for a good cause that will be fuelling many of these

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runners, especially during those tough miles. This huge physical

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challenge is only part of the story. I'm 72. This is my first marathon.

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That is amazing. Everyone should try varies, Chris and Matt. There was

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

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this a Hollioake Spain? That's why we signed up for it last year. We're

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really looking forward to it. years ago I lost my sight. We've

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raised about 20,000. We've trained all through the winter in sub-zero

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temperatures. Suddenly, on the first day when we have to run the

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marathon, the son runs out. I'm not sure how we will cope. I'm a bit

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worried about how much harder you've made this for yourself. Who would

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win a fight between a rhino and a tiger? The people of Boston are very

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much in our minds. I also wanted to thank the supporters of Boston. The

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first thing I said to the people I knew was it was the best supported

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marathon I've ever been act. The supporters are so selfless, they

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don't get a medal, they just help people. 35,000 people registered to

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run the race and they are all bursting, it would seem! This might

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be the start of my marathon career. I want to enjoy this first one.

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Everyone says to enjoy the first one because you don't know what to

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expect. It's been just seven months since you retired. How is it being?

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Very relaxed, actually. A bit of time at home. Nice not to have to be

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as disciplined, to be honest with you. Although the marathon training

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took over that a bit. It's been a really good process buyers to go

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through together. -- a good process for us to go through. Those charity

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runners may be fired up, but before their turn on the iconic streets of

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London, it's time for the elite athletes to make their mark. Your

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London Marathon commentators are Tanni Grey-Thompson and Paula

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Radcliffe. There's a full list for aiming to perhaps get the qualifying

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time of two hours 31 minutes set by UK athletics. Just a few seconds

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away from the start. And away we go! The elite women with what promises

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to be a wonderful race ahead. Brendan and Paula will be joining

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this with me. Every time we come to the start of the marathon, you never

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know what to expect. This great line-up of Olympic champions, world

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champions. Well, what ever we see, it will be dramatic. It is an

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outstanding field. Normally we are talking about Paula being at the

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front! Paula, it must feel terrible sitting there. Recently, I have been

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sitting alongside you rather than be sitting here. I think London has

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the best crowd in the world. It is extremely quick. It depends how you

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commit to the race. Because of the strength of the field, what we do

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see is people looking around at each other. Back to the start for the

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Like so many of the elite athletes, they eat will not be a problem at

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the moment, unless it heats up dramatically later on. All eyes will

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be on David Weir sporting a new helmet. He is just tucked in behind

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the leader. It is absolutely perfect conditions for the wheelchair race

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today. It is dry and warm so there will be much less debris on the

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road. There are the main protagonists. Kurt Fearnley is the

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world record holder. That field is packed full of talent. It's actually

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the best men's field with ever had. The women as well are incredibly

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strong in terms of personal bests. It will be interesting to see how

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Tatyana McFadden performs. She punctured so many times in the

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Paralympic marathon. She will want to show what she can do. Look at the

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view on this spectacular day. The Cutty Sark has been such a big part

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of the marathon. Sitting there are splendid in the sunshine after a few

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years of being repaired after the fire. This would be a great place to

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watch the event. It will get more and more busy over the next few

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hours. It is an amazing place to run by. I remember when I came by the

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first time. I couldn't believe the atmosphere. They are all having a

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big party. It really does give the runners a boost. I came out of there

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with a gap and I had to keep going. As part of a new initiative we have

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an athletics marathon World Cup featuring a number of Paralympic

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champions, world champions and world record holders. On the far side

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there is the indomitable Richard Whitehead. His best time for the

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marathon is the world record at two hours 42 minutes. Away we go. We've

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got some very good Brazilian athletes in the single and beauty

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class as well. And we have visually impaired athletes as well. That's

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right, the guides are wearing orange. It is tough for the men to

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get guide runners quick enough to run with them. They can have two if

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they choose to. I think this is a strong move for the London Marathon.

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There hasn't been strong competition for blind or visually impaired

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athletes, so this is a massive opportunity between Paralympics and

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world championships to have a world-class elite field together.

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They have started to move things on a bit. The pace has picked up. That

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main group is still very much together. It looked as though Edna

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Kiplagat... That is Tiki Gelana down there. The wheelchair athletes were

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coming through on the inside. The women were looking for their drinks

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and stepped across. Let's see if we can have another look. This happens

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a lot. Not so much with wheelchair athletes, but look at Tiki Gelana

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there. She cuts right across, doesn't see the wheelchair athletes.

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I hope she's not heard. Everybody looking around to see what has gone

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on. We think she may have stopped. She is still back there, I think.

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Thank goodness she is still running. That won't have helped at all, that

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was a heavy fall. That could really put her off her stride. We have seen

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a lot of that in recent times, haven't we? So many out there that

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we're looking forward to seeing. Scott overall is the number one

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British marathon runner. Derek Hawkins trying to make the Scottish

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

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really about the rest of the field victims of the tragedy at the

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Perfectly observed. I sought on other quoted that said if you are

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trying to break the human spirit, marathon runners are the wrong

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people to pick on. Do London Marathon starts in perhaps one of

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its most important years. It is playing its part in helping the

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hold marathon world healed the wounds inflicted so Crawley at

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Boston. It is the chance for the elite athletes and the 36,000

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others to show their respect but also to show what they can do. A

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beautiful day in London. The crowd have not been deterred, either.

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Further down the course, delete women I just across Tower Bridge,

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approaching halfway. For all of the big names are still there. We are

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keeping an eye on Tiki Gelana, after the heavy fall. She seems to

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have recovered and is right in the middle of the group. They are

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having a look to see whether they has been curry slow. Once they get

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to the halfway point, they will accelerate. We are looking, because

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of the incident at the water station, at Tiki Gelana, the

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European -- at the Olympic champion, and the fastest woman in this race.

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Hopefully there is no ill-effects from that fall. Absolutely, but

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certainly the fall has changed the race. Susan Partridge is still on

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could pace but we can see behind her Jessica or Augusta, who, for me,

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has run a staff -- smarter race. Sark, just beyond four miles. In

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there somewhere is Mo Farah. There he is. I am sure he is getting

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plenty of support out on the route. One or two people were taking the

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mickey out of him a little bit about the fact that he was dropping

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out half way. He has only run a couple of half marathons. To run

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the 61 minutes just fought eight training run, he is still going to

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be pretty tired. Reports are not good for to be Gelana, she is

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struggling. She came here saying she was in great shape. She thought

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she could win this race. De Olympic race was completely different with

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the known pacemakers. This race is not going to plan. The plan was to

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run fast at the beginning. The men coming through Cutty Sark. They are

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responding to the pacemakers. The crowds are going crazy here and

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they are as big as I have ever seen them before at Cutty Sark. This is

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wonderful to see. Mo Farah at the back of the group. They are running

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strongly and being cheered on. The London Marathon in all its glory

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here at Cutty Sark. I cannot see Patrick Makau in that group. On the

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clock I have in about 40 seconds back. He said himself but he was

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fit to run and that is not looking good. The pace in the men's race is

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well inside world-record pace in the early stages. That might be why

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Patrick Makau has become a bit of a casualty. These two, at the world

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champion and the Olympic silver struggling now. The crowds are

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enormous here. In that group there is an awful lot of talent. Perhaps

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they all came to see Mo Farah? are actually watching a bunch of

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men setting off at a pace which surely they cannot all maintain.

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But we could be onto something special. We had seen fast races to

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the men's race in the past. crowd response is enormous. Mo

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Farah is getting cheered on for every step of the way. Look how

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deep the crowds are. I have never seen anything like this before.

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This is like London's response to what happened in Boston last week.

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Olympic silver medallist, Priscah Jeptoo, is testing Edna Kiplagat.

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They both look as though date are working harder. They still to

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appear to be working together. A couple of miles prior to this, it

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was Edgar Kiplagat leading. Perhaps they are sharing a bit of the work

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as well. The leading wheelchair racers are heading towards the

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finish. They have started slowing down the pace to get the right

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position. David Weir's in the perfect place right now. Josh

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Cassidy, had that crash back at the feeding station. But David Weir is

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ready to pains to go for victory No. 7. He is having a look across at

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Marcel Hug. They are all waiting for David to make that decisive

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move. But at the moment he is in the perfect position. But Marcel

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Hug has picked up his arm speed and Kurt Fearnley is coming through

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quickly. Kurt Fearnley on the inside. David Weir has no response

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and Marcel Hug in second place. David Weir will finish back in

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fifth place. Kurt Fearnley printed by a whisker from Marcel Hug. David

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Weir had nothing left to give over at the last 100m. Superb timing by

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Kurt Fearnley. He did not panic, he kept the best line around the bend,

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and while everybody was watching David Weir, that is when he went.

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That is probably the best race of his career for Kurt Fearnley.

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in the women's elite race, a significant break now by Priscah

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Jeptoo, the Olympic silver medallist. She would have seen her

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main rival, Tiki Gelana, fall. Then her team-mate, Edna Kiplagat, not

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able to stage with the force that was being applied by Priscah Jeptoo.

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This was a few moments ago. She just kept pushing. They talk about

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elastic band that keeps you are attached, and you kind of hang on,

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and then when it goes, you find that metres turn into 50 or 60

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metres. The lead group of forcing the pace. Mo Farah is part of that

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from other hard one mile or so. You can see at the back of that group,

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Stephen Kiprotich finally giving it up in terms of trying to stay with

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this. But this is about slugging it out with the best in the world. The

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quickest men that have ever run this distance all in their together.

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One or two starting to struggle with this pace that has been set

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through the first half. Emmanuel Mutai knows what it is like to win

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in London. There is Mo Farah, dropping out just before halfway.

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The of first head off for the second half of the race. It will be

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interesting to see what Mo Farah's thoughts are about the pace. The 60

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minutes and 38, it will be a very fast first half marathon. Mo Farah

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is now with Phil. London luck, you have won them many marathon three

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times, was it like to be part of the main event? It was incredible,

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the amount of support, cheering the whole way. For all anybody tuning

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in and wondering why you have dropped back, just to explain.

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aim was to learn a lot from here. Next year I'm going to run the full

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marathon. The share I'm concentrating on the track. It is

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hard to do the track and concentrate on the marathon. These

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two had blown everybody away in this race. Tatyana MacFadden, head

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down, working those arms. She did so well in the 2012 Paralympics.

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This is an amazing win by Tatyana MacFadden. She did Boston at the

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beginning of the week. Tatyana MacFadden going through just

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outside one hour and 46 which is an officially a new course record.

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Priscah Jeptoo will have the centre of the road to herself. The welcome

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sight of the finish line for the Olympic silver medallist, cheered

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on by thousands and thousands here in the Mall. She has been supreme

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this year. Her training partner, one in Boston last Monday, and what

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a wonderful way to celebrate in London today. The two of them, I am

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sure, will be delighted in each other's performances. The two races

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united in their two victories. A new personal best for Priscah

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Jeptoo. She performed supremely well. She was patient and then in

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the second half of the race was totally dominant. The best race of

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her career. This is really fast. A course-record is definitely on

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schedule. They will be very close, if they stay this competitive, to

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the world record itself. Pair of Foul, and a miss men in the group,

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led by Emmanuel Mutai. -- there are four men in the group. They are

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running faster than anyone has run before at this point. Shelly Wood

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being hunted down in the final straight. It has been a tough race

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for her. I think she would just be pleased to get this over. It is a

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pretty good time for her. Just two Ethiopians. In the yellow vest,

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Emmanuel Mutai. Stanley Biwott is looking comfortable there. That is a

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big gap now. Edna Kiplagat on her way down to the finish. The world

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champion won a very strong race, did everything she could do to hang onto

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her compatriot, but had to sack of -- settle for second place today.

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Crossing the line, taking second place. There's a big change in the

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men's race because all of a sudden it Emmanuel Mutai sensed his

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opportunity, sensed Stanley Biwott had maybe pushed a bit too early, a

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bit too hard. He strides into the front. He won two years ago and has

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been in the top four on three other occasions. He is just been

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maintaining his pace wearers Stanley Biwott has not been able to keep it

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going. And I can tell you Susan Partridge is just finishing. She is

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just about going to make the qualifying time. A trip to Moscow

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could be the reward here. She's going to do it. The first British

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athlete home, well done. Now, Kebede has finished incredibly quickly. He

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won in Chicago, and here in 2010. Just past the halfway point he was

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seventh or eighth and now he is coming through strongly. There is

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still well over a mile. We haven't passed that red telephone box yet.

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There it is! So, Emmanuel Mutai still in the lead but he is being

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chased. Look at this, we've seen Stanley Biwott make a big effort,

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then it was Emmanuel Mutai, but now, with 1000 metres to go, will we see

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a new leader? I think you would bet on Kebede at this point. Apart from

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being really strong in the late stages, he's got a fantastic sprint

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finish. We'd seen him win races in the sprint finish. He is catching

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the leader. The difference in the two mentalities is important here.

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Does he go straight past? That is the right thing to do. Straight

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past, a glance, a forlorn glands from Emmanuel Mutai. He can't do

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

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persuade the bar it is the front. One more turn, one More St, one more

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straight. -- one more street. His style is perfectly suited to the

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marathon. On this toughest of days for the marathon world, one of its

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best has come through to be victorious. Kebede one in America

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last year and now comes to London to take his second London Marathon

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victory. There is the winner. Emmanuel Mutai looked as though he

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would have the race, wasn't able to maintain. They've all slowed down so

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much in the second half. A strong second half for Emmanuel Mutai. He

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will be happy to have been in the top three. But victory was snatched

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away in the last half a mile, that will be tough to bear. Kebede, an

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athlete they will respect. There they are, the two Ethiopians, first

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and third. Well done DD appeared today. -- well done to Ethiopian

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today. Winner of the men's race, Kebede from Ethiopia. Emmanuel

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Mutai, winner in 2011, having to settle for second place. Ayele

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

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Priscah Jeptoo. A very strong run, you were third last year, second in

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the Olympics, now you are the champion. Today I am very, very

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happy. I couldn't believe it. I thank God. I'm very happy because

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I'm the winner today. Kurt Fearnley the men's wheelchair champion. David

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Weir, defending champion, in fifth. Dave, a tough day at the office?

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Yes, a bit tough. Having a break after the games, it was going to be

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tough to get back in the swing of things. I had four months off. But I

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felt good in training. But you know what it is like. Fitness is totally

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different. Some bits I struggled a bit, but I always struggle the year

:36:31.:36:36.

after. The London Marathon is always tough after a four-year cycle. But

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I'm happy. You can't win all the time. Josh Cassidy, involved in the

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nasty incident with Tiki Gelana dashed just tell is what happened

:36:47.:36:55.

there? I don't know who's responsible but every single year we

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come up to overtake the women and they want to have a good start for

:37:03.:37:10.

television, but we overtake them and there is a bottleneck. The poor

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women, you know, I just scrambling to find their feet, and sure enough

:37:14.:37:21.

one of them knocked into me. I have a brand-new 2000 dollar pair of

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wheels that are damaged, who is going to pay for that? Things have

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to change. It is a tough sport. He will be back and I'm sure we will

:37:39.:37:49.
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see another win from him in due course. The winner for the women's

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wheelchair race went to Tatyana McFadden. Now that the way is clear

:38:01.:38:06.

for the masses we've come over to the finish. More than �610 million

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has been raised in the events and three year history. -- in the

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event's 33-year history. They are on their way now. It will take a good

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ten or 15 minutes for them all to reach the start line in Greenwich

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Park. They are all eager to get going. One thing that will help us

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to get a flavour of what is happening is our reporters who are

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out and about along the course. We start with Denise Lewis. I'm here at

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Tower Bridge. Just the sight of this iconic landmark will give the run as

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a psychological boost, as they know they are half way. From here, it is

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six miles to Canary Wharf. 90,000 people work in Canary Wharf, but for

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one day every year, the business district opens up to 35,000 runners

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in the London Marathon. I'm here at the 18 mile point. The athletes are

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dwarfed by some of the biggest buildings in the UK. The sunshine is

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here, the crowd here, the band are here. This is your 12 London

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Marathon. That is 12 years post-heart transplant. A young man

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donated his organs to transplant and I was lucky enough to get his heart.

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With that gift, I have managed to run 12 marathons, see my kids leave

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school and become a grandfather. I would like to ask people to join the

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organ donation register. The great thing about the marathon is no

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matter what colour, religion or nationality you are, everyone comes

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together to run. You can never take that away from people. Richard

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Whitehead will be absolutely delighted to come down this road.

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But his muscles on display. It makes you feel so humble. So many people

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running for great causes. This guy lost Lily at eight months, she was

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little butterfly. We are running for these families. Look at all these

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families. It has been nearly six years since we lost Lily who died of

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a mitochondrial condition. We now support over 60 families and this

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year we went over the million pound target. Is it a help or a hindrance

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running in a kilt? It's fine, I've got quite a lot of air, so I feel

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cool and refreshed. Thanks. I'm going to carry on now. In this

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heat, how are you feeling in their? I can't remember Bob Geldof ever

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going to be is length, to be honest. I did it because it makes people

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smile. Everybody loves it. Some stunning shots of London. Some

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inspirational shots of the athletes and runners finishing the course.

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Many of them running to raise money, over half �1 billion raised since

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this event started in 1981. Last year, one young woman took on that

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challenge but her race ended in tragedy. It was the story that moved

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a nation and went global. 30-year-old Claire Squires from

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Leicestershire was one of 80 runners who set out in last year's London

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Marathon to raise funds for the Samaritans. Her mum had volunteered

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for the charity for 24 years. But she collapsed just a mile from the

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finish and tragically died. As the news spread, donations flooded in

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from the UK and around the world. Remarkably, she raised more than �1

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million. At inquest this year, it emerged she had innocently taken a

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legal substance as an energy supplement during the race. It is

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now a band drug. On this poignant anniversary a year on, the

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Samaritans have set up a programme of projects of which she would have

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been proud. Her friends are running today in a memory for a variety of

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challenges. A fitting tribute to a special woman. Rachel is with me

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from the Samaritans. A tragic story, but one from which good has

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come. It is amazing. The support we got after she died last year was

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phenomenal. She has left an amazing legacy and it is very sad. We wish

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to bring back, but the money it has raised and that people donated is

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going to help save more lives. that money is still coming in, isn't

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it? Yes, there has been quite a bit of money coming in last week, I

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think with the anniversary of her death people have thought it is a

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poignant time to continue to support the charity she was supporting last

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year. Keep up the good work. Sadly, we've all been commenting on the

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beautiful weather conditions, but one or two of the athletes we've

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seen coming down today are suffering a bit. It has been very hot indeed.

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Frost on the ground this morning, but gradually the conditions got

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hotter and hotter, and that has made life quite difficult for some of

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these runners. Nevertheless, we are approaching the time when we will

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have a peak volume of people coming towards the finish. Beautiful sights

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and sounds from this year's knows she has had a good run. And

:45:57.:46:07.
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the bonus of beating Iwan Thomas. familiar face alongside me. A

:46:08.:46:17.

veteran of 13 marathons. How does that one rank? Ice hoping to beat

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what I did in Amsterdam last year and I missed it by two seconds. I

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saw some body dressed as a baby who was going to try and break my

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record today, and he was well ahead of target. And also world's fastest

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school boy, that has been beaten as well! This is a perfect day for

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running. There are no excuses. Cool, with a light breeze, just wonderful.

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I am running today for leukaemia research. It is what we are here

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for, to represent the charities. looked good. How are you feeling?

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Can you give me a piggyback to the end? I am running for the maker

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Wish Foundation. A painful last few miles and at painful last few yards

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four and drew Strauss. Determined to beat his wife, I'm not sure if

:47:35.:47:41.

he has or not. Former England captain, of course. That is a

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really good effort. A lot of banter during the week amongst the

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celebrities. Those who are former athletes being wound up by those

:47:54.:48:03.

who are not athletes. A colleague of hours he was executive producer

:48:03.:48:09.

of the Olympic Games last year, he has just had his 50th birthday, and

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he is suffering a bit in the heat, as are a lot of the athletes.

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London, Bob all else, paved the way for charity running, and that is

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why we had so many celebrities out here. One who has performed in fine

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style is so the Rainworth. That was really hard but a kind of Dudgeon.

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I thought if I can get to 20 miles, then I can make it. I stuck to pays

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all the way round. It was great. I loved it. I found a camel! How you

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doing? It is a bit fruity. But we are having a good time. At the back

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end, he decided went where in this Campbell situation? I definitely

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drew the short straw on that want! Do you swap or do the whole race in

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this position? I do not want to be in the front after he has been in

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it. Unbelievably difficult! Just pure pain. You need to do it next

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year. No way! At what point did it become unbearable? The range 21

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miles. Just try to hang in there and there is nothing in the legs. I

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probably went out a bit too quick. I'm in a bad way! Looking just as

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fresh and full of the joys of spring, Sian Williams, running for

:50:01.:50:08.

back Millen. Just under the four hour mark. And a little sprint at

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the end. Gone! Good technique. Usain Bolt has nothing on this tape

:50:17.:50:27.
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-- on this girl! This is marathon number of one of and 52 for me and

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he has done 286. We have raised �250,000 for charity.

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Congratulations to Kelly Sotherton. Her first ever London Marathon. She

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is retired now and enjoy what the London Marathon has to offer.

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Thomas was a great 400 metre runner. And Kelly Sotherton used to

:51:02.:51:10.

complain about the 800m pink far too far! But few minutes ago they

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it was nobody he finished this race in better form than Sian Williams.

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A superb sprint finish. I have been telling her about your comments.

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Racing across the line, and Steve Cram says like Usain Bolt! Hardly!

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I knew I was not racing for a time because I stopped at 11 miles. So

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why thought, I do it for fun, really. What am I doing?! I think

:51:49.:51:59.
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that was pretty impressive. They have all prepared for this event.

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You have to prepare. They have all got reasons for doing event.

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are the first priest that I have stopped. God bless you child! I am

:52:17.:52:24.

running for or a charity looking after disabled children. I'm too

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tired! You only have bomb while to go. When you arrive, are the people

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

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Kate McCann, who has just run her first marathon. It was really good

:52:52.:52:56.

and the supporters and the weather helped. You have run a half-

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marathon before so what was the motivation to step up? Had not run

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a half-marathon but I have done 10 kilometres. The charity asked me

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back in October and it is one of those things that I never in my

:53:09.:53:15.

life thought I would do, and never really wanted to. But once they

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asked me, I knew was a great cause. Running for something close to your

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heart. Yes, not just for Butland, but for all missing children.

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hot, it really hot! We are going to raise about �5,000 this year, but

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next year we are going to run for 50 miles and then the following

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year, Lan sent to John O'Groats. Depending to was that finish, not

:53:52.:54:02.
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long to go. -- keep going to the finish. He has another career

:54:15.:54:25.
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there! You are the queen of hearts. I am really going for it but I am

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struggling. We trained in snow! What is this? The crowd have been

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shouting your name. What difference does that make? It makes real

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difference. You want to stop but you cannot. Really wonderful.

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by and neck, I think! It has been unbelievable. This is my 12th

:55:01.:55:05.

London Marathon and I have never seen so many people out on the

:55:05.:55:09.

streets and the noise was deafening. There is such a great feeling out

:55:09.:55:19.
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there today. You really do feel it. It is immense. I'm not sure he will

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be the first clown across the line but perhaps the best stressed one.

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This time last week I was thinking I might not even run but then after

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the events in Boston on Monday, I just thought, a little Nicoll in

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your late is nothing compared to what they have been through. I

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thought even if I just walk it, I will do it. And in fact, I managed

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to get round. It is very emotional. Really extraordinary day. The crowd

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have been out in force. I Grant last year and a polite the crowd in

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some places was doubled last year - days. It was a promise I made to

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someone, unfortunately when he was passing away, that I would do these

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challenges. I n e started 19 months ago so it is all very new to me. --

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only started. The memories will stay with you for ever. I do hope

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some of those runners and their stories have moved and inspired

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some of few and there is plenty more athletics coming your weight

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on the BBC. We will have the whole of the Diamond League once again

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this season. And we are back out on the streets for the Great

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Manchester City Games. And the Great Manchester Run takes place

:57:13.:57:20.

the next day. That is it from the London Marathon for this year. Once

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again it has shown off the very best of Britain. Hits passion,

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determination and spirit. From all one of its most important years. It

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is playing his part -- at its part in helping the whole marathon world

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quickest men that have ever run this distance, all in their

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now. Kurt Fearnley wins it.A significant break by Priscah Jeptoo,

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