Start of the Great Eastern Run
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00:003, 2, 1, there's the air horn, and we're away!
00:07We're away in the AEPG Great Eastern, our elite athletes, we're in the half way up Bishop's Way
00:14to Savills Motor Group, Nissan is away with the timing clock,
00:19runners pouring over the line, one of the Bedford runners in the yellow top of Bedford,
00:23there are the Yaxley team, there go the Yaxley runners in their yellow tops.
00:30More from Yaxley, there's one of the St. Albans riders, just crossing the start line.
00:37So the AEPG Great Eastern is away, if you're just leaving the start line, have a great race.
00:46We've got one of the Norfolk Gazelles just going through.
00:50More of the Yaxley runners, there are the Royston joggers,
00:57and we've got the first of the Savills pacing team.
01:01So here are our pacers, they are the 1 hour 30 pacing team, going through, sponsored by Savills.
01:08So all that group of runners looking to do a soft 1 hour 30 Great Eastern, good luck to you.
01:14There is the finally running clock.
01:18There's Dan, if you've got your name on your running vest you'll get a shout out from the commentator.
01:31And there's Andy going in the half marathon, he did the 5k, now he's going in the half marathon.
01:37Good luck to Heather as well, who we were chatting to, and we were chatting to Andy earlier,
01:41and Andrea who's supporting them.
01:49And there's one of the local tri-clubs just going through, Huntingdon running tri-club.
01:56They are the 1 hour 40 pacing team, 1 hour 40 pacers.
02:04There's one of the vegan runners, always good to see vegan runners in the field.
02:09There was Beth, good luck to Beth.
02:12There's Abby.
02:16They're running for the Stroke Association on their way up Bishop's Road.
02:21Great to see not only so many runners, great to see so many supporters.
02:27There's the Malton Hall runners, there's Maurice, good luck Maurice.
02:43There's the Patriots defensive charity vest, great to see so many charity vests in the field.
02:53There's the Pendham running club, good luck to their runners who have just crossed the line.
03:13Good luck to Kerry, I say if you've got your name on your running vest you'll get a mention,
03:17so good luck to Kerry, good luck to the Yaxley runners.
03:20See loads of Yaxley, there's some more, loads of Yaxley vests crossing the line.
03:25There's Laura just crossing the start line, good luck Laura.
03:31Good luck to the runner from the Motoneuro Disease Association,
03:34we always have MNDA vests in races like this.
03:41One of the Anvil Charter running club.
03:45Here is our 1 hour 50 pacing team just making their way up to the start line.
03:51There's Ked leading that club out, well done to Ked.
03:55They are the 1 hour 50 pacers, bringing that team as well from the Savills pacing team.
04:11There's Nick from Boston Community Runners, good luck Nick.
04:19Two runners running for the Sick Children's Trust,
04:22more charity vests on their way around the streets of Peterborough.
04:25Going to take you to the historic Peterborough Cathedral on the ring back end.
04:31Two of the Stone Market Striders.
04:35One of the Redway runners.
04:38One of the Redway runners.
04:43All from the Fendland Running Club including Alistair.
05:08That runner still pouring the way out to the start fence around the corner.
05:15Leah next crossing the line, good luck Leah.
05:19The Masalasa runners behind Leah are all coming round the corner.
05:25There's Mazza, good luck Mazza.
05:29And Rowella, good luck Rowella.
05:37There's Ollie running for the Croats at Colitis UK,
05:46one of the living sport runners alongside him as well.
05:49Two charity vests side by side there.
06:01Great to see some of the Sioux Rider vests leaving the start line.
06:05Big team of over 50 runners for Sioux Rider across the two races this morning.
06:16And we also have the green of Macmillan Cancer Support and Jojo wearing it this morning.
06:25And we've got the two-hour pacing team making their way towards the line.
06:29Again, three of them as part of the sandwich pacing team out on the 88kg Great Eastern route.
06:36Good luck to the two-hour pacing team.
06:38See you back in exactly two hours.
06:41If you want to do a sub-two-hour Great Eastern, tag on to that pacing team.
06:45They'll get you back into Bishop's Road around two hours.
06:49You sprint away from them, you'll do a sub-two-hour Great Eastern.
06:59Good luck to Roger who should be making his way through the start line any moment.
07:15He's looking for a two-hour 20.
07:17He's one of our more experienced athletes, age 77.
07:21So good luck to Roger.
07:29There he goes.
07:45That's our trying spot, Roger.
07:47He'll be coming through.
07:49There goes Jamie.
07:58Jamie running for Sue Ryder.
08:00Good luck to both of you.
08:01Great to see some more Sue Ryder vests crossing the line.
08:05And we've got some more of the Yellow Light Project and Peterborough vests crossing the line.
08:10Well done to that guy there.
08:14Good luck to Lou running for Cancer Research UK.
08:19And we've got the two-hour 20 pacers.
08:26Good luck to the Prostate Cancer UK runner who's just left the start line for the Great Eastern.
08:32Now this is the two-ten, the two-ten pacing team.
08:37Oh, got a fine fancy dress costume there.
08:50And just turning the corner are the two-twenty pacemakers.
08:59Roger's making their way to the line.
09:01He's one of our wheelchair athletes.
09:03Good luck to the wheelchair athlete just leaving the start line.
09:09Closely followed by the two-twenty pacing team.
09:12Good luck to the two athletes running for the two-twenty pacing team.
09:19Good luck to this team just leaving the start line.
09:34Big group of supporters alongside as well.
09:36I think they're running for a special reason.
09:39So we'll pop across and have a chat with them when the field is low.
09:43We'll have a chat with them.
09:44There's loads of them, loads of them going through.
09:49That's the two-hour film.
09:51More of the Sioux Rider team leaving the line.
09:53More of the Axley Runners.
09:54The whole field has had the Axley Runners every few metres.
10:01More of the runners running for the Crohn's and Colitis charity.
10:08One of the most colourfully dressed runners just about to leave the start line.
10:19Some of the Little Miracles runners.
10:23We've got Lorraine and I think that's the guy's name.
10:26Good luck.
10:33More of the Homer Harriers setting off.
10:35Quite a few of those white and red running vests.
10:42More of the LA Community Runners.
10:48We've got the Phony Running Club.
11:02There's Andrew running for a spy.
11:04Well done, Andrew.
11:05Have a good race.
11:07And we've got Sarah and Nicola crossing the start line.
11:14If you've got your name on your running vest,
11:16it's a commentator's piece.
11:17You will get a mention.
11:18And if you've got a charity on your running vest,
11:20you will get a mention.
11:27The two-hour 45 pace papers leaving the start line.
11:39Good luck to Imran who's just crossed the line.
11:41Well done, Imran.
11:42Have a good race.
11:46Yeah, bro!
11:47Right, at the back of the 5K, we have two dinosaurs.
11:50At the back of the Great Eastern, we have more fancy dress.
11:55We've got more fancy dress leaving at the rear of the race.
11:59Have a great race.
12:01Have a great race.
12:02Well done.
12:07Big shout out to our cyclists who are at the back of the 5K.
12:12Big shout out to our cyclists who are at the sweep at the back.
12:17They've already done 5K, and they're going to put 13.