Mo Farah and Paula Radcliffe Racing Bupa London 10,000m This Monday
By BUPA London 10,000m
May 23, 2011
Jo Pavey will take on Paula Radcliffe at the Bupa London 10,000 on bank holiday Monday (30 May), while Mo Farah faces a formidable challenge from fellow British internationals as he defends the mens title at this annual road race held on the route of the London 2012 Olympic marathons.
Fresh from her promising marathon debut in London last month, the 37-year-old Pavey will challenge the world record holder in a race that incorporates the first UK national 10km road championships. Pavey finished 19th at the Virgin London Marathon on 17 April in two hours 28 minutes 24 seconds.
Although her 10km best is nearly a minute and a half slower than Radcliffes world record, the Exeter athlete is keen to give her illustrious compatriot a run for her money.
I am looking forward to racing in London over the Olympic marathon route, said Pavey. Of course, Paula will be favourite but I have recovered well from the London Marathon and hopefully I can be competitive. Its great to see Paula back up and running again hopefully she will inspire us all to some fast times.
Radcliffe, whos returning to action after 18 months out of the sport, set the world 10km record in San Juan in February 2003, just two months before she smashed the world marathon record in London, clocking 2:15:25. This will be her first competitive outing since giving birth to her second child, Raphael, in September last year as she looks towards an autumn marathon and the Olympic qualifying time of 2:31:00.
While Pavey will be Radcliffes main threat, the 37-year-old mother of two faces a further 10 British athletes who have run 10km in under 33:30, including international cross country runners Julia Bleasdale and Gemma Steel, and marathon internationals Susan Partridge and Alyson Dixon. Partridge ran a PB at this years Virgin London Marathon while Dixon won the Brighton Marathon on 10 April.
Farah set a national and course record of 27:44 in the mens race last year when he defeated Kenyas world record holder Micah Kogo. This time he faces a group of talented British internationals in a field containing 11 men who have broken 29:30.
Among them are Dan Robinson, the 2006 Commonwealth Games marathon bronze medallist, Andrew Lemoncello, who was eighth in the 2010 London Marathon, Phil Wicks, who was fourth in this race two years ago, and Scott Overall, who was seventh in the recent Great Manchester Run.
Farah is making his first appearance on home soil since February when he broke the European 5000m record in Birminghams National Indoor Arena. Since then, the countrys number one mens distance runner has retained his European indoor 3000m title in Paris and won the New York City Half Marathon in another British record.
All the big names will be going for individual honours in what is the third event in the runbritain Grand Prix road race series, while some 450 athletes will compete for club teams in the UK 10km championships where the first three finishers times will count towards the team prize.
Behind them will be up to 10,500 fun runners, celebrities and charity fund raisers looking for lifetime bests and personal satisfaction.
Leading runners and their best times:
Men
Mo Farah Newham and Essex Beagles 27:44
Andrew Lemoncello Fife
Matt ODowd Notts AC
Scott Overall Blackheath & Bromley AC 28:49
Marius Ionescu Altrincham
Phil Wicks Belgrave Harriers
Gavin Thompson Altrincham
Phil Nicholls Tipton Harriers
Ian Hudspith Morpeth Harriers
Dan Robinson Stroud AC
Russell Dessaix-Chin Belgrave Harrier
Michael Skinner Blackheath & Bromley AC 30:16
Women
Paula Radcliffe Bedford & County AC 30:21
Jo Pavey Exeter
Gemma Steel Charnwood
Julia Bleasdale Hillingdon
Lucy Elliott Winchester
Justina Heslop Clapham Chasers
Hannah Whitmore Charnwood
Susan Partridge Leeds City
Alyson Dixon Chester le Street AC 33:26
Juliet Doyle Charnwood
Caroline Hoyte Arena 80
Beverley Jenkins Salford Harriers & AC 33:28
The Bupa London 10,000 starts and finishes in St. Jamess Park and uses Green Park as its assembly area. Runners set off at 11.00am from Birdcage Walk and follow an anti-clockwise route around the City of Westminster and the City of London via Parliament Square, Embankment, Blackfriars Bridge, Queen Victoria Street, Cannon Street, Great Tower Street, Crutched Friars, Fenchurch Street, Leadenhall Market, Cornhill, Queen Victoria Street, Puddle Dock, Embankment, Horseguards Avenue, Whitehall and via Trafalgar Square to the finish in The Mall.
Runners pass many of Londons famous sights, including Westminster Abbey, Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, The London Eye, Cleopatras Needle, Tate Gallery, Millennium Bridge, The Monument, Lloyds of London, Leadenhall Market, Bank of England, Mansion House, St. Pauls Cathedral, Horseguards, Nelson's Column and Admiralty Arch. Buckingham Palace acts as the backdrop to the start and finish.
More: www.london10000.co.uk
The UK 10km Road Championships are open to UK club athletes. Clubs are invited to enter one male and one female team comprising a maximum of six runners per team. The cumulative times of their first three finishers will count towards the team prize. The prize money on offer is as follows:
Individuals: Men & Women (British only)
1 - £2000
2 - £1000
3 - £800
4 - £700
5 - £600
6 - £500
7 - £400
8 - £300
9 - £200
10 - £100
Teams: Men & Women
1 - £2000
2 - £1000
3 - £750
4 - £500
5 - £300
6 - £200
The runbritain Grand Prix comprises five events:
Reading Half Marathon Sunday 20th March
Bristol 10k Sunday 15th May
BUPA London 10,000 Monday 30th May
Admiral Swansea Bay 10k Sunday 25th September
EDF Energy Birmingham Half Marathon Sunday 23rd October.
Points are awarded to the leading 250 British finishers from the mens and womens individual races. The first British finisher is awarded 250 points, down to one point for the 250th British finisher. A runners best four individual points scores from the five races counts towards their overall runbritain Grand Prix total. Runners can also gain time bonus points. Prize money is awarded to the leading 10 men and women overall with £3000 going to the winners.
For more details go to: www.runbritain.com/grandprix
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