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The PCR Sports Show - Friday 7th July 2023 - The Great Eastern Run Special with Aaron Murrell from Good Runnng Events · The PCR Sports Show

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Welcome to PCR Sports. Good evening, and welcome to PCR
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Sports here on PCR FM for the start of your sporting weekend.
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I'm Neelesh, and as always on the show every Friday between
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6:00 and 7:00 we'll be discussing.
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Discussing at the latest local sport in our fair city, our
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guest this evening is Aaron Morrell, organizer of the Great
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Eastern Run from good running events and Aaron's making his
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second or third appearance on the show. 3rd appearance, isn't
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it? Yeah.
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Welcome back Aaron. Thank you.
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And we'll be chatting to Aaron very shortly about the
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excitement announcements that were made literally just 24
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hours ago. And developments in the Great
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Eastern Run and we'll be looking ahead to this year's event which
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is on the 15th of October. But first, let's have a chat
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with Dipham and cover off those weekly sporting headlines.
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Thank you Nilesh and good evening Peterborough and here
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are your headlines for the region for this evening or this
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week. Starting with the cricket, Peter
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Town continue their fine form in the T 1020 Championship with a
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12 run win over Findon and an eighth wicket victory over
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Desborough Town. And or equal Peterborough's form
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after beating Gettington by 4 wickets and Briggs Stock by 5
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wickets. Both clubs are on maximum points
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with and or edging it to the top spot on net run rate.
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This Saturday's T20 fixtures for Peterborough and and will see
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them both play Kingsbury, Temperance and Old
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Northamptonians. The finals of the T 20s are at
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Breton Gate next week in the LINKS Premier Division.
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Excuse me, in the LINKS Premier Division the World Champions
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Born won at Nettleham by 100 and two runs while Spalding beat
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Grimsby Town by 7 wickets. Market Deeping did not play and
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this weekend's fixtures he's born host Excuse me.
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You're right, I'm right. I think we've got English for a
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few moments now again while he just gathers himself.
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Yeah, Market Deeping did not play last weekend, but yeah,
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this weekend it's the Lincoln, The A 15 Derby as we call it.
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Born will be hosting Market Deeping in the big match and
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Spalding will be travelling and making the long trip up to the
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northeast of the county. Of Lincolnshire to Scunthorpe
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town in Speedway and it's Peterborough Panthers fixture at
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Sheffield was abandoned after 10 heats due to bad weather with
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the score at 3723 in Sheffield's favour.
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Under the competition rules and Regulations the results still
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stands and Panthers boss Robline had had no complaints as he said
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it was the right decision. The misery was piled on last
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night as Panthers crashed to a heavy 5733 defeat at Leicester
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and next week the City side travelled to King's Lynn on
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Monday evening before hosting Sheffield on Thursday off the
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track, Carl Johnson, the club's copromoter and former guest.
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Of this show has quit his role saying that a lack of support
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and enthusiasm is draining away his love of Speedway, he stated.
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I will however, be pushing forward with plans for the
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future with two potential sites for relocation in canoeing.
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Proteus Canoe Canoe Club took nine first places at the Alton
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Mere Course in in an 11 team event for Division Three and
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four clubs last weekend. It was the first national
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ranking tournament to feature Stand Up Paddle boarding, which
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Alan Storr won for the home team.
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Thank you. Apologies to everyone listening
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after put up my coughing there for a moment, but yeah,
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continuing with the headlines with football, Petri United
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agreed a deal to sell Christie Pim to Mansfield Town this week.
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PIM who fell out of favor after falling out with manager Darren
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Ferguson during his previous spell.
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Has been exiled from the squad ever since. 1 goalkeeper who's
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firmly staying put at Posh is Will Blackmore after he agreed a
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new three-year contract with the club. 1 backroom departure this
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week of Danny Walker, the Posh Under 21 manager who has joined
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Leicester City to join up with manager Enzo Meresca's new
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coaching team. Posh's preseason program now
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includes a friendly against Bedford Town.
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The match will take place on the 25th of July at the Irie.
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The preseason matches begin tomorrow with a friendly at
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Stanford followed by a home match against Colchester on the
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22nd of July, the aforementioned Bedford match and then a home
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match against Birmingham City on the 29th.
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There are also 2 closed door friendlies taking place during
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Posh's training camp at Saint George's Park, but the opponents
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have not been made public. Darren Ferguson hosted a near 3
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hour Twitter space session with over 2, two and a half thousand
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participants last night. The main takeaways from the
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conversation where the Posh are still in the hunt for.
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Another goalkeeper, 2 full backs and a forward but no panic buys
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will be made in those positions and the club will buy their time
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to capture the right players. There will be some emphasis on
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youth next season which would like to be seen as a
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transitional season but would still a good expectation to
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finish as high as possible. One off field change being
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mooted is the move of home supporter from the famous London
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Road End to the Desco Stand opposite, but fans will be fully
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consulted before any decision is made back to Nilesh.
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Cheers to come. Yeah, okay I.
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Am now. I'm sorry.
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I do apologize. I just kind of had a croak in my
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voice and well, thank you for stepping in.
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As I said, the show must continue.
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Indeed, indeed. What do you think of all that
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posh information that came out last night?
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Yeah, I didn't get a chance to catch up with it, but I was with
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Aaron last night at the Great Eastern Run launch.
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But yeah, it's encouraging to hear that POSH is still in the
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market. I wouldn't be surprised if we've
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already got one or two of those positions ticked off they.
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You go to Saint George's Park for a week, longer, training
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session, training week, preseason camp after playing
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Stamford tomorrow, and yeah, I won't be surprised if one or two
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of those players have already arrived and are in the building.
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I haven't got any insight into that before.
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You ask me and just my my head thinking that you want those
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players in so they can come as part of the preseason training
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camp. And it's not just about the
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training and the fitness, it's also about integrating him into
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the squad as well, which is just as important, and a preseason
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training camp. One of the details I didn't
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mention on there was that part of the campus in George's Park
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is that Posh have apparently hired a room to actually welcome
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new signings if any occur while they're there.
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OK, so like say could we mixture of this players already already
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sort of. Agreed.
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And just need to be revealed. Yeah, and maybe then something
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will happen while they're there. Yeah, and I think that will
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might may well be the case that one or two players perhaps
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already in the building in addition to the three new
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signings that we've had in the last couple of weeks as well.
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So no doubt we'll hear more from Posh in the next week and
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hopefully the preseason friendly at Stamford goes well and it's a
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great occasion for Stamford as well.
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Yeah, we have Peter United visiting and I certainly do know
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of a. A few posh fans that we're
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making the very short trip up to Stamford and via train and
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enjoying Stamford's hospitality. Yeah, pretty much tomorrow.
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As a longstanding season ticket holder, obviously in a massive
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little fan, what do you think of the potential move of home fans
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from London Road to the the opposite side?
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In terms of facilities, you'd probably say it's a better shout
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in terms of atmosphere, yeah, that's a positive as well.
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But if I was thinking back to. So just reminiscing and what the
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London Road End means, you know we've had many a great day in
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there. We've also had some bad days as
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well. I'm going to bring Aaron in on
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this one, being in Norwich CC fan if you remember right as
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well. So you've obviously had
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transition of grounds there as well and whereabouts do you sit
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at Cara Rd. then? So you just have a season ticket
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up to a few years ago and actually did some work as a bits
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and pieces with the football club in a previous life.
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So see my my season ticket was always in the river and I had
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years and years there. And again, very, very similar to
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Posh with her. We've had years and seasons
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where the fans have been moved around and while we've had you
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know various developments and I've seen to remember the old
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Gerald, Stan I think was. Was open about by 10/10/12 years
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ago now. So again we've had over there
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very similar sort of transition with fans being moved.
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And I guess in and around where you're sitting strike standing.
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You get to know who's around you, don't you build up those
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friendships as well from that perspective.
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Very, very close relationships you make, make for obviously for
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friends are with those people sitting around.
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You enjoy obviously the football for a couple of hours or you
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know every other other Saturday in the main and you you get to
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know those people. Yeah, do you think, I mean,
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obviously we don't know what's gonna happen to new stadium as
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far as partial concerning the embankment, but.
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Could it be a tactical move to move the home supporters into a
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new part of the ground? So therefore it gives the
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opportunity to develop the other end and you can always cut the
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capacity for away fans if you need to do that sort of thing.
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Do you may know? Yeah, the statistics around it
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was the away fans currently are housed in the corner of the main
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stat, which be and that you'd have posh fans either side of
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them effectively. And you know, of course we want
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to get promoted, but those bigger games, the allocation we
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reduce. So yeah, there's various
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logistics around it and I'm sure we'll hear more in the coming, I
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won't say weeks, but certainly. Months.
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I think that plan may well develop as well.
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Yeah, absolutely. Cool, right.
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You're listening to PCR Sports. Good evening.
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Welcome back to PCR Sports here on PCRFM for the start of your
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sporting weekend. Thank you for joining me us on
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this very sunny evening here in Peterborough.
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We're here every Friday between 6:00 and 7:00 discussing the
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local sports scene in our city. And our guest this evening is
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Aaron Morrell from the Great Eastern Run and the organizers
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good Running events. Welcome back to the show, Aaron.
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It's your hat trick show. Great to have you with us again.
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And yeah, let's just dive straight in.
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In the last 24 hours, you've just announced some changes for
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this year's events. Do you know, enlighten our
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listeners to if they haven't heard about it already?
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Definitely so, so really pleased to to to announce that finally
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it's been a been a lot of work by a lot, a lot of people to get
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to where we are today. But we've got an improved route
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for both the half marathon and the Anastope 5K fun run this
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year. Something that that I personally
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in the whole team have wanted to to do for quite some time since
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we we took over the event event almost two years ago and the
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Peterborough Cathedral obviously is such a a fantastic landmark.
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Central point of the of the whole city is going to be
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featuring for the first time in the events history for as part
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of the race route. So that's something that we're
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extremely excited about and hopefully is going to be really
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well received by by everyone that takes part.
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So we yeah, we've worked really hard, improved the route as much
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as we possibly can for the runners adding in the the
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cathedral section and running through the grounds as well as a
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few other tweaks here and there to to really improve it as best
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as we can. What an iconic landmark to be
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running through the grounds of the cathedral as well and.
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On the way out you're going to be running 3 cathedral square as
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well. You'll see the cathedral just on
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the right hand side through the arches, and then on your way
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back you'll be running in the shadow of the great cathedral
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itself as well. So you know what a great boost
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that would be in a landmark for runners to look for as they come
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into the end of their 5K or half marathon run it.
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Really is as you say that the five 5K will go out as far as
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Central Park, obviously the the in the main in terms of the
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start finish area, so on Bishops Road again with the event
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village being based on Embankment, so the same same
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sort of layout as what it was the last.
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With the changes that we made originally, again to to try and
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improve it as much as we can for everybody, make sure it's 100%
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Rd. based. And obviously with a half
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marathon route that takes the longer route into the areas like
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Paston and Warrington. As soon as you've then got as
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far away from the city center if you like it, and turning back
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and making your way back from 6-7 miles onwards, you can then
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see the cathedral from those areas and you've really got
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something to aim for as you as you're running back.
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For being so close because it's literally within the the final
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mile. So it's really, you know, a good
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target and you know, a visual iconic landmark that everybody
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can aim for. Yeah, And it's great to have the
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cathedral on board with that as well, because no doubt there was
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logistics with their services on a Sunday morning, for example.
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So you know, to have their support was a real boost and a
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fillet to the event itself. It's been fantastic.
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They've been ever so supportive, the whole, whole team at the
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Cathedral that they get in a team together themselves.
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There they take apart this year raising money for charity.
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We're running in both the half marathon and the 5K and gonna
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go. Have some training sessions.
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They're going to be coming along and they've been ever so
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supportive and you know it's been a lot of hard work by a lot
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of people as I say to to get it all approved and and you know
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announced and we're grateful for everybody's support and getting
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to where we are today and and now the news is public.
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And you really want to make this a city event and a regional
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event as well, don't you? It's not just about the runners
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themselves, but you want the whole community to get involved
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as well. It we really do, as we say, the
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whole city, the whole local area, you know it.
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There's a lot of prestige that comes with this race with.
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With how fast and and flat it is it's a really good chance for
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for a 5K and a half marathon personal best as I say with the
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changes that that that we've made this year and I've I've
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been wanting to make in terms of featuring the the Cathedral
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within the race route you've I've always thought that you
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know you've got such a great city that you host this great
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event in that obviously you you know that we we took over last
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year and you've got such an iconic landmark.
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It makes perfect sense to to involve it in the race route and
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the runners will will have a fantastic view as they're
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running right by the cathedral come the. 15th of October.
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Yeah. And just in terms of the
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Prestige, you know, we've mentioned it just a few moments
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ago as well, but the pictures that you're going to generate
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from that as well, you know, runners running in front of the
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the West, you know, Cathedral itself as well, just make it
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such an iconic event and just a pitch that you want as well
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while you're running there. It really will be obviously as
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you say in terms of the media that will generate the images
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and the videos that we can get is it's never been done before
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of. Obviously checked back
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throughout the whole, it's a lot of people say we definitely
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never have gone through the Cathedral grounds and I know
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there's been been talking, there's been been tries
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previously, but for obviously various reasons that it never
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got over the line if you like to coin a phrase.
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So yeah, it's fantastic that for the first time ever it's going
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to be happening and and something for for everybody to
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look forward to no matter if you're taking part, you're
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running. Volunteering you're supporting.
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You're one of our charity partners or sponsors.
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It's something for for everybody to get excited about and get
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behind. And it's, you know, from a 5K
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perspective as well, you know for the fun run to go through
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there as well. You know again that's brilliant
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for young children that will be taking part as well to be able
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to. Running the grounds, the
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cathedral as well, and see such an iconic building and so
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hopefully it'll spark their interest as well in the city
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itself. It really, really will do.
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Cat. Carol Fermanis Hope has been
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fantastic in terms of visits in a lot of schools and do as a
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promo for for the 5K Fun Run. As we say, both the half
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marathon and the 5K Fun Run will be going through the grounds of
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the Cathedral And obviously we've made some some tweaks as
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well in terms of service times. And the Cathedral has been
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fantastically supportive in terms of what they've done to
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accommodate us and what we need and obviously for what we we can
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help them with. And and as you say, you know
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that with a 5K fun run going through as well as well as a
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half marathon, it's it's it's going to be fantastic.
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We cannot wait for race day. And it's it's I think you
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obviously Peter is famous for his cathedral.
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But having said that as a as a as a visual because it's it sits
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behind a lot of other buildings. People don't fully appreciate
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time. You know OK you could be
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traveling along the Parkway. You can kind of look down on it
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that way or if you actually literally step in the grounds
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and you you appreciate the magnificence of it but.
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It's kind of almost it sits there, but people don't take it
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for granted, don't they? So to have this route now going
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right next to it, it's really going to to sort of put it in
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people's faces to a degree, isn't it?
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It really does. I think the other show briefly
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mentioned it a little earlier that obviously the route goes
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through Cathedral Squares. You have a little bit of a
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teaser and obviously with the route that we used last year.
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Obviously as obviously anyone in the city is going to know, you
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obviously have the view from the square through the arch
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obviously to the Cathedral, but it's a little bit of a teaser
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last year that you obviously not able to to run through it,
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whereas this year's you absolutely will be able to.
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But in terms of I think 2016 is what I mentioned last night,
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wasn't it in the less when we had our official launch if you
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like and had a little event to talk through the changes and
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2016 was the the the record numbers in terms of
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participation of over 6000 that year between the two distances.
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Obviously there was a lot of people coming from outside of
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the city and outside of the area to come and take part in this
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race, which we really want to try and increase and get that
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back again. To see see those those really
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high numbers coming to Peterborough, spending the money
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in the local businesses, staying in the local accommodation and
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making a real weekend in this this great city.
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Because what? Whilst people are running,
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obviously they're focused on their running and especially the
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ones that perhaps doing it more seriously.
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But they still want good surroundings, don't they?
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To to run through and run past. Yeah, they really do, you know,
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to to make the effect. From a running perspective,
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can't we as well? You know, we've both done half
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marathons and 10 KS and marathons itself, and having
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that visual makes it so much more.
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Perhaps in job was not the right word to bearable.
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Maybe, depending on how you're feeling and how your training's
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gone. Depending on your sort.
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Of Yeah, exactly. Yeah.
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But I think, yeah, you've hit the nail on the head there.
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That visual nature of running somewhere really does help your
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mindset as well, and takes, perhaps takes your mind away
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from the aches and pains that you might be going through.
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Yeah, and as a runner this year as well, obviously having that
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cathedral, as you say to aim for, but knowing once you you
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then get that fantastic view as you go into the grounds and
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you're running around the cathedral, you know you've then
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got got like if you have 4-5 hundred metres left before you
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then get I was. About to say actually, because
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it's not just. The visual thing it's it's the
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excitement of the fact that it's featured the first time in this
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race and let's say the excitement running past it, but
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also knowing that you literally yards from the finishing line as
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well, which is a motivator in itself isn't.
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It exactly. It's also going to be fresh,
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fresh in the mind and obviously the runners now this year now
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that we've obviously announced it and say that that's what
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we're going to be doing in terms of the race route.
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Then it's obviously you know as a marker in the head to say when
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I get there that you know I'm I'm very nearly there.
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Obviously you've got signs and things that tell you where it's
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you are that I'm in halfway through with your watches but
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but now there's that that you know that that visual reference
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if you. Like to really aim for?
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Just going you mentioned about the boost for the local economy
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as well in the city center. I'm going to stick with the
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positives here. Hotel rooms, the local cafes,
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restaurants really is an opportunity for.
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Let's say primarily city centre businesses to benefit from an
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event where you you're drawing in thousands of people, whether
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they're participating, spectating, volunteering,
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whatever their role may be on that Sunday morning or even on
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the Saturday and Friday during set up.
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It's about helping boost the city and its economy.
20:04
It really is as I say there's there's so many opportunities
20:07
when you when you talk about Great East and that you know you
20:09
can get involved with them. We definitely as I say invite
20:12
the local businesses to be able to you know reach out talk to us
20:15
about the event There's there's so many ways you can get
20:17
involved be it you know for from you know a corporate Ron's
20:20
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20:23
come and help out. To be able to get a team
20:25
together for from from your business and take part in one of
20:27
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20:30
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20:32
We have a lot more this year as well and you know get involved
20:36
but potentially be a sponsor but you know to make sure that the
20:39
event is is here for the long term we we do need additional
20:41
sponsors. So there's so many opportunities
20:44
that the local businesses and the local economy can get
20:47
involved with. Yeah, and from a runners
20:49
perspective, for some it's always about the bling.
20:54
So half marathon participants and 5K fun runners will also get
20:57
a medal. Yes, a 2023 medal.
21:00
And as far as to say, there's obviously going to be further
21:02
things coming in terms of what those medals look like, what
21:04
this year's tshirts look like and obviously we'll be releasing
21:07
all of that. But but yeah, as, as we say,
21:08
probably one step at a time to yes.
21:11
Indeed. What we're obviously releasing
21:13
and when. Yeah, so we've got, let's take
21:15
these off, really a fast, flat course on close roads.
21:20
You've got an event village, for example, where runners can
21:24
gather as well and have the opportunity to engage with the
21:27
charity partners that are there. And you've got Pacers.
21:30
Yes. You just elaborate on the paces
21:32
a little bit as well as to, yeah, sure, how that, how that
21:35
role can be very supportive of an individual's run.
21:38
So perhaps if if you're taking on particularly your first half
21:41
marathon, we do have a team of of paces which are kindly
21:44
sponsored by Savile's. So the SAVOS team of Pacers will
21:47
be a group of of local runners who have have paced running
21:51
events before and they will all be designated a time.
21:54
So whether you're you're aiming for a one hour 30 minutes half
21:57
marathon, or if you're aiming all the way through the times to
22:00
go to a 245 three hour half marathon, no matter what the
22:04
time is that you're aiming for, they'll be a Pacer group.
22:06
That that's that's near your your target time and they they
22:09
they are fantastically supportive.
22:11
We're really grateful to them obviously to be able to to pay
22:13
our groups of runners to to their desired time and yeah,
22:16
I've run as part of a pace group before and it's fantastic, you
22:19
know the camaraderie and it really boosts your morale.
22:22
Yeah. And having that group around you
22:24
as well, just picking each other up as well, where you may be
22:26
feeling that you're dropping off as well.
22:28
There also can be 5 water stations on the course as well.
22:30
It's all chip timed. You've got the finisher goodies,
22:34
we've talked about the medal that you'll be revealing later
22:39
on this year. You've got the event village
22:40
itself as well. So All in all, it's geared up to
22:44
be an event that really, I suppose the easy bit.
22:48
He's just got to train for it, you know, you've done all the
22:50
hard work, so to speak, and as the organizer it's down to the
22:53
individuals then to get training for it.
22:56
Yeah, sure. And obviously with the training,
22:59
there's a couple of options this year.
23:01
There's. Cooper is our new training
23:03
partner. So if for anyone isn't aware,
23:05
Cooper isn't an app which can provide you with a personalized
23:08
plan based on your desired time. So we definitely recommend that
23:11
anyone that's thinking perhaps taking on their, you know, the
23:13
1st or the 1st 100 half marathon.
23:15
Yeah, to take a look at that, but also we've got, you know, a
23:18
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23:20
intermediate and advanced. And that they've already started
23:23
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23:26
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23:28
Brilliant. Hold that thought there about
23:29
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23:31
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23:32
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23:35
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start of your sporting weekend. We're here every Friday.
25:39
Thank you for joining us. We're here between 6:00 and 7:00
25:43
bringing you the latest sports headlines from in and around our
25:45
city. And our guest this evening is
25:48
Aaron Morrell from the Organizers Good Running Events,
25:52
who are organizers off the Great Eastern Run and the 5K Fun Run.
25:56
And Aaron's just been covering off how the course has been
25:59
amended this year. Which will be taken in the
26:01
grounds of the Peterborough Cathedral, So such an iconic
26:04
venue in our city, and you'll be able to take part in the half
26:07
marathon and the 5K fun run and run through the grounds of the
26:12
cathedral itself. So yeah, you're thinking about
26:16
signing up, You have signed up. But Aaron, they really need to
26:20
train for it as well, don't they?
26:21
It's great that people got the enthusiasm.
26:24
But you can also support them with their training as well over
26:26
the coming months. Definitely.
26:28
So we're really pleased to to be able to host the free training
26:31
sessions again this year. They they run every other week,
26:35
so they're beginning next Wednesday, Wednesday, the 12th
26:37
of July. They start at 7:00.
26:39
O'clock, there's no need to register.
26:40
There's no cost. They're completely free.
26:43
All you need to do is arrive at Bushfield Leisure Centre in your
26:46
running gear. In your trainers and and ready,
26:48
ready for a run at your pace, we do just in the same way as I
26:52
said earlier about the paces on race day.
26:54
Those paces are some, some of them, other ones that take the
26:57
the groups of runners around on those training sessions as well.
27:00
It's an opportunity to to meet myself and the coaches and some
27:04
of the partner charities. So I think you're going to be
27:06
there one of them as well on the initial least, if not a few, and
27:10
they're fantastic. I run myself in a lot of those
27:13
sessions last year. They're fantastically put
27:15
together, There's a group. Based on your time, so don't
27:18
feel put off. If it's your first half
27:20
marathon, you haven't begun your training, it doesn't matter.
27:22
There will be a group there to be able to go at your pace.
27:26
So as we say, there's no pressure.
27:28
You don't need to register. They're completely free and just
27:30
just every other Wednesday at Bushfield Leisure Center at 7:00
27:33
o'clock and they're they're fantastic sessions.
27:35
Yeah, starting on the 12th of July and that's at the Bushfield
27:39
Support Center as Aaron mentions there as well.
27:41
And I guess it's also a great social occasion as well in the
27:44
way that. You know, fellow runners, you're
27:46
all in the same boat. You know you're all irrespective
27:49
of your pace. You're all there for one reason,
27:51
and that's because you want to take part in the Great Eastern
27:53
Run itself. It is.
27:54
You're there, as you say, for the same reason you don't have
27:57
to be signed up for the Great Eastern just yet.
27:59
You just merely need to be thinking about it if you just
28:01
want to come along for for a social run for the evening but
28:03
thinking you might sign up in the next few weeks.
28:05
And you know it's also a great venue to be able to start and
28:08
finish out and obviously so close to Snean Park Runner by
28:11
Ferry Meadows, just just over there at that end of the city.
28:14
We're obviously really grateful to Vivasity also for providing
28:17
the host venue for those runs. And as you say, you know get get
28:21
to meet new people, meet runners like minded people that that
28:24
love running that as much as what you do.
28:26
And yeah, as I say, I took part in them myself last year and
28:29
they're fantastic to get involved.
28:31
In yeah. And take that advice for more
28:32
experienced runners as well in terms of how to.
28:35
You know how to how to begin your half marathon journey and
28:38
your training for that as well. And with those paces, as I say
28:41
is is one of those whereas there's an opportunity for you
28:44
know question and answers also at the end of the runs with with
28:46
those paces, you know where whereabouts do we have to go on
28:48
race day or you know where would be best to park or all of the
28:51
the running related questions what you have trainers or what
28:54
gear should I be wearing you know where how frequently should
28:57
I be training. There's there's so many
28:58
questions that you can ask and get answered by by the various
29:01
people that are there to answer them for you.
29:02
Yeah. And you mentioned just before we
29:04
went to the. The break about the training
29:07
partner that you've got to help support that as well and that's
29:11
a Cooper, Yes, I just heard a little about them and how they
29:15
can support anybody that's looking to to do the half
29:18
marathon this year. Yeah, sure.
29:19
So Cooper is at one of our new partners this year is, it is an
29:22
app which provides you with a personalized training plan.
29:25
What one of one of the faces behind it is a lady called
29:27
Jordan, she's she's actually from Peterborough and I think
29:30
you you know as well Tony, she's on to passes near these days.
29:33
She doesn't live in Peterborough anymore.
29:34
She she's moved. Way with the with the family but
29:37
but but it's a cracking little app.
29:39
I use it myself and it provides you with a personalized training
29:43
plan so we definitely recommend runners look at that.
29:45
We've also got as I say the the PDF version that runners can
29:48
follow for an 18 week version if they didn't want to you know use
29:51
an app and prefer something that they can print out and display.
29:54
So we have got that available for the the training section on
29:56
the the great Eastern run website
29:58
whichisgreateasternrun.co.uk so have a look at that and there's
30:01
two options for runners this year in terms of the training
30:04
better than the single option that.
30:05
We had last year. I think it's certainly coming
30:08
across to myself and hopefully to our listeners this evening
30:11
that there is that support out there.
30:14
You know you're not alone when you're taking on 1/2 marathon,
30:16
whether it be your first one or you've run a few before.
30:19
There is that not just physical support, but there's also that
30:22
mental support as well in terms of the the running community
30:25
here in the city. There really is and I think I've
30:28
obviously said in previous visits when I've come on and it
30:31
obviously explained about the event that you know Peterborough
30:33
really does have a fantastic running community.
30:35
Obviously with the various clubs, they're all so
30:37
supportive. They help us out with volunteers
30:39
in terms of the promotion of the event, the the the clubs
30:42
obviously have the runners sign up for it as well.
30:44
Obviously for the for the whole GPAN network of clubs that we
30:47
have here locally, you know there's there's fantastic
30:50
support there. So yeah and obviously we're
30:52
we're really grateful for it and we we love that.
30:54
Obviously there's so many people that get behind it and support
30:56
it. Yeah, and it's great to have
30:57
that backing of the running community here in the city as
31:00
well, because that just helps grow the event hopefully going
31:03
forward and having the buy in from runners and endorsing the
31:07
event can only be a positive for the half marathon in our city.
31:12
Absolutely and and obviously the you know the event and in terms
31:14
of obviously its size and as you as you say we've obviously
31:17
mentioned that we want to grow it and see it back to the
31:19
numbers that it, it was a few years ago in like 20/18/2017 to
31:23
to really make it a staple you know marquee event in in.
31:26
The portfolio of events that this city you know this great
31:29
city hosts think that likes to set celebrates any other events
31:32
in the city center that take place through the year.
31:34
The Great Eastern sits in a portfolio of fantastic events
31:37
that's hosted in this city. And you know a key part of that
31:39
is the the the people in in those clubs and and obviously
31:42
the city that they get behind it and support it in terms of
31:45
running it, volunteering at it, sponsoring it.
31:47
So yeah we want to see it here for as as long as possible and
31:50
and grow it to as big as it can. Yeah, we've talked about Parker
31:54
on the show many a time and the benefits of.
31:56
Park run whether you want to walk, jog or run a 5K as well
32:00
and you look at it so your park run takeover later on this
32:03
month. We are indeed.
32:04
We're looking at it's most likely going to be at the end of
32:06
July that will be over at Ferry Meadows.
32:08
So obviously another opportunity if you know dates might not
32:10
perhaps work for the ever ever Wednesday with the training
32:12
sessions but you want you're a regular park runner to be able
32:15
to, to meet myself and ask any questions.
32:18
We're looking to have the pet some of the Pacers down there as
32:20
well. To to ferry Meadows park run so
32:22
so yeah obviously keep an eye on the the great Eastern run
32:25
socials to be able to see exactly when that's going to be
32:27
and and obviously encourage as many people to go along to park
32:29
one as well. Obviously with it being a free
32:31
run on that every Saturday morning that the obviously run
32:34
is you know maybe thinking about should I do a great Eastern sign
32:36
up maybe raise money for charity that we definitely recommend you
32:39
know building those park runs with those three runs on the
32:42
Saturday. Training plan as well and the
32:46
fact. The Pete's Borough Park run at
32:48
Ferry Meadows is so popular, you know, we've had what, upwards of
32:52
500 in the last few weeks, every Saturday morning of whatever
32:56
ability you are as well. And it's just another great
33:00
opportunity for people to find out more about the event itself
33:02
and the fact that you'll be there, The Pacers and another
33:06
organizers, just to help spread the word about the event as well
33:09
if they don't hear it through other mediums.
33:11
It does and as I say, we'll just have obviously have a short,
33:14
short chat obviously at the beginning before 4, obviously
33:16
the runners get going and then we'll we'll be available.
33:18
Just keep it, keep an eye out for the for the great Eastern
33:20
run flags and obviously there's an opportunity there.
33:22
I'll make myself available for as long, as long as needed for
33:24
any questions that the runners might.
33:26
Have take it, you'll be running it as well.
33:28
I'll. Probably trains on.
33:29
Hopefully I'll be able to go go around the park.
33:31
Yes, I am. Obviously keen running myself
33:33
and I think obviously we've been down at very many also many a
33:36
time doing like the 5K series just straight off the top of my
33:38
head. But but yeah, I started might be
33:40
one of the quick runners. There's a question of making
33:42
sure there's someone else there to answer any questions for the
33:45
quicker runners that will be doing a park quicker than I can.
33:48
Yeah, the challenge of that in self as well, isn't it as well,
33:50
But that would be great if you were to take part as well.
33:53
Have you done it before? Very.
33:54
Meadows very Meadows Park run, yeah, I've done very Meadows
33:56
Park run as well as the. I did last year the the 5K Grand
33:59
Prix series on Wednesday even and unfortunately that that
34:02
exact one clashes with one of our training sessions this year.
34:04
But as we mentioned obviously before we started tonight,
34:06
there's going to be clashes somewhere.
34:07
There's so many activities and it's inevitable unfortunately,
34:10
but at least the the good thing is that there's too many to pick
34:13
from as opposed to there not being anything for the runners.
34:16
So yeah, date for your diary for our listeners this evening,
34:19
Fairy Meadows Park run 29th of July and that's where Aaron and
34:25
his team will be down there. Taking over Peterborough, sorry,
34:29
I say Peterborough Park run, it's Ferry Meadows Park run.
34:31
Let me get the terminology correct there.
34:33
And and yeah, if you are looking to find out more about the Great
34:37
Eastern Run but want to do it sort of face to face and can't
34:39
make those training runs which are starting on Wednesday, then
34:43
there's another opportunity for you as well.
34:46
Just just a quick question I suppose for you Aaron, is
34:49
obviously last year was your first event as an as an
34:52
organizer. I know you really do rerun
34:54
yourself, but how do you sort of?
34:57
Take feedback from last year's event and how do you then try to
35:00
then decide what to incorporate of that feedback into the year,
35:03
into this year's run and yeah, and how do you sort of tackle
35:05
that? Because obviously you're going
35:06
to, you're going to get feedback of all sorts from all types of
35:09
ways and and from all, all all types of people, so.
35:12
How do you sort of filter all that?
35:14
We we just tried to do as like anyone would the best we can.
35:17
Obviously you know not not everything you know, you know
35:19
was absolutely spot on last year.
35:21
You know we've recognized that and and obviously you know
35:24
fronted up immediately afterwards when you, you know,
35:26
we we were faced with some challenges but but it's about
35:29
how you know, you recognize that and you put it right so that as
35:32
I say, there's been a lot of work that's been done since.
35:35
And the good thing also, you know, try not to let it affect
35:39
your mental health too much. But obviously you know for how
35:42
you know, easy it is I guess to criticize obviously on social
35:44
these days, obviously about, you know, something that might not
35:47
have been, you know, quite right.
35:48
But what we try to do is keep across everything.
35:50
We take it into account all of the feedback, not all of it
35:53
might necessarily be, you know, it's easy to implement things
35:56
about like root changes and things like that.
35:58
But what I can say is that obviously the elements, just
36:00
thinking straight off the top of my head for obviously anyone
36:02
that did take part last year. We've removed the the turn
36:06
outside of the university campus not runners want two key not
36:09
that last year there's a team runner myself that was just as
36:12
you know to quite a phrase a necessary evil to make sure that
36:15
obviously from a distance side of things and with the planning
36:18
that we needed to have that included.
36:19
But with the changes that we've made this year it's not only
36:22
much better for the runners in terms of there being less turns
36:24
and and you know with the addition of the Cathedral being
36:27
what it is. But also making sure that you
36:30
know, we've we've taken in as much feedback as we we possibly
36:32
can. We've listened to it all, We've
36:33
read it all. I possibly look through every
36:35
word of the feedback I always see, but we've implemented as
36:39
much as we pragmatically can. Yeah, because you see trends
36:41
when you're merging for feedback.
36:43
So I guess you create a priority listen thing, right?
36:45
That's that's the one or two or three things, whatever it might
36:47
be that. That most people are critiquing.
36:50
Let's tackle those the first and foremost.
36:52
Yeah, absolutely. And with a new event, you know,
36:54
a new city, you know, with any audience not organizing, you're
36:57
never going to get anything right.
36:58
And you know, as I say, we're referring some challenges and
37:01
you know we're really grateful to obviously the vast majority
37:03
of residents that obviously, you know, we're really really, you
37:06
know, accommodating and supportive of the event of I've
37:09
never known an event like it that you know the the residents
37:11
and the supporters come out to, you know, every element and area
37:15
of the route to the end of their drives and support this race in
37:17
the way that this. City does.
37:19
Will you publish a graphic of the route beforehand?
37:21
People get a visual of where they'd be running and also
37:24
spectators. Then then can make their mind
37:26
that where they're going to go and what.
37:27
Yeah, sure. So we've got an aerial video.
37:30
If it runs head to the Great Eastern Run, a half marathon
37:32
page. There's a nice aerial video that
37:34
we've done on Google that show shows the planned route that
37:37
obviously the half marathon is going to be taken.
37:39
Obviously, we'll be sharing something shortly for the 5K,
37:41
obviously in a similar sort of format.
37:44
And as I say, there's obviously more more announcements and and
37:46
things to reveal obviously in the the lead up to race.
37:48
Don't look forward to. That Prince, Steph, Aaron, thank
37:50
you for that. We're just going to take another
37:52
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37:54
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37:57
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weekend. We're here every Friday between
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6:00 and 7:00 discussing the latest Sports News and headlines
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from in and around our city of ours.
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And I guess this evening is Aaron Morrell from the
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organizers of the Great Eastern Run and his company's good
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running events. And this is Aaron's third
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appearance on the show and. He's been let us know about the
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changes to the course and the fact that 5K runners and the
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half marathon participants this year will be running through the
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grounds of our fair Peterborough Cathedral and such an iconic
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landmark that it is as well. So a great opportunity to do
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that in closed Rd. settings as well.
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And just a quick update as well from the Test match as well.
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Day two has finished today between England and Australia.
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Australia currently lead England by 142 runs with six wickets
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remaining so. A challenge there for England to
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try and bowl Australia out early tomorrow and set about chasing
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that score down to win the crucial third Test match.
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Aaron, thank you for coming back to the show with us this
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evening. It's been a busy week for you
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with the launch event and other media duties that you've had as
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well, so really do appreciate your time this evening on a
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Friday especially as well giving us all the information and the
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updates on the Great Eastern Run and the 5K Fun Run.
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Let's delve into a little bit more about the community
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elements. You know, we talk about the
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economic benefits as well for the city in terms of hotels and
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bringing people in for the businesses.
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But from a community perspective, it's really is an
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event that you want to grow and support the local community
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through as well. It really is obviously with with
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charity fundraising being a critical part is you know it's
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it's it's no secret that the the last last four, four years has
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been very, very difficult for for a lot of charities in terms
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of their fundraising. And that this is a great way of
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being able to make sure that you know a lot of the local
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charities really do benefit from this this event being hosted and
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and being put on in in terms of you know teams of runners and
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you know, setting that fundraising target and hopefully
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you know smashing it and go way beyond their their fundraising
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targets through their their various fundraising activities.
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But making sure that you know the the crucial funds for, you
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know, a lot of the local charities as well as the
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national charities. We now partnered with that that
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you know that there's much fundraising and charity benefit
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is done through this event as we possibly.
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Yeah, to benefit the local community and the care and
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services that the the charity partners that you've got this
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year as well and you've got some from last year, but you've also
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got some new partners this year as well.
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We we do indeed it's it's amazing and and doesn't sound
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right whenever I say it but but six months to be able to deliver
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the great Eastern one last year that that we had it.
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It goes by incredibly quickly in terms of all the planning and
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organization but we did did have four charity partners last year.
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This year we've got 16 confirmed and with some more to come as
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well which is fantastic you know that's that's.
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The charity fundraising increased at least fourfold and
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fingers crossed and touch wood for more for for this year.
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So with Anna's hope being the the title charity partner for
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the 5K returning again, as well as Sue Rider thought Paul
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Hospice there there are two largest charity partners.
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As well as Little Miracles obviously a fantastic local
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charity as well as E Anglian Air Ambulance, they're all returning
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for this year. But our new charity partners,
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I'll mention the ones that we've got for this year is Kidney
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Research UK, Magpass Air Ambulance, Mintridge Foundation,
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Dean Park Trust, Alzheimer's Research UK, Peterborough
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Women's Aid, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Age UKREF
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Benevolent Fund, as well as Safford, the Armed Forces
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Charity Living Sport Boxing Futures as well as the
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Peterborough United, the Posh Foundation.
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So again there's there's a really good mix now we're really
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excited to have such a broad, you know range of local and
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national charities that are really going to benefit from
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from the funds that are raised through the various for runners
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fundraising efforts. And the additional benefits of
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having those charity partners on board as well as?
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You're exposing the Great Eastern Run and the 5K fun run
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to their audience, to their database of supporters
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effectively to help you grow the event, which conversely has a
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positive impact on the charity as well.
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It really does as you say particularly with obviously the
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nationwide charity partners. Obviously you're thinking
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straight off the top of my head like the likes of Kidney
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Research UK and Age UK that that obviously have a much wider
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database in terms of attracting you know new people that might
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not have visited Peterborough before for obviously for all the
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benefits were said about earlier in terms of you know but booking
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into the. Hotels and and you know,
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enjoying the hospitality businesses that the coffee shops
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the restaurants and coming to visit in the you know this this
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great city for for the weekend and making you know a few days
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of it. Yeah, and making sure the
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cathedral gets seen as well, and yes, all its glory as well.
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Absolutely in that way. That's the idea.
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Indeed. So we talked about the charities
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there. So yeah, if there is anybody out
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there who's listening this evening that would like to take
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part and there's been thinking about it, go to the website
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whichisgreateasternrun.co.uk. You find all the information
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there about the charity partners and how you can potentially run
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for one of them. You've got all the training
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elements there as well with the links to the Cooper and then the
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training plans that are available as well.
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And most importantly, you've got the dates there as well for the
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get fit for the Great Eastern Run training evenings which will
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be starting next Wednesday, which is the 12th of July.
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And they'll be taking place at Bushfield Sports Center.
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You'll need to arrive just before 7:00 o'clock, ready to
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run. There'll be a very short
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briefing and it is suitable for all runners.
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So whether you're looking to do a 2 1/2 hour marathon, sorry,
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half marathon or, you know, an hour and a half, there is the
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opportunity for you to come down, meet some of the paces
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that speak to some more of the experienced runners and club
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members who'll be there supporting you.
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And there's no need to register, it is a free event and they have
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seven as those sessions taking place every other week starting
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on the 12th of July which is next Wednesday, just simply need
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to arrive ready to run. And they are our facilities
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again, they're at Bushfield and provided by vivacity, changing
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rooms, toilets, shelf facilities again.
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So if you did want to get changed before you arrive, then
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there is the opportunity to do so as well.
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Having an event like this takes a lot of organizing.
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Yeah, you've got a team, you know, you probably start in, you
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know, the following year, literally a week after, perhaps
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not even that. But it takes a lot of support as
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well from the community we've talked about from the runner's
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perspective. But you really need that
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sponsorship support, I guess as well and that corporate support
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from businesses in and around the city of Peterborough and
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this region as well to help put the event on.
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It's it's critical as you say events like this can't go ahead
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without volunteers and and then getting behind and supporting
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the race, but where you know it really does need sponsors as
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well. So obviously you know we're
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grateful for the sponsors that we do have.
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With with Savills and Kingsley beverages as well as Smith's
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motor group also supporting various elements of the race but
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but it's it's no secret that obviously we we we need more
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sponsors. We definitely encourage also
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that the local corporate businesses to you know no matter
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what the size is to to you know reach out and drop us an e-mail
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info@goodrunningevents.co dot UK be more than happy to set up a
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meeting and obviously have a chat about how the businesses
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can get involved in either sponsoring it or or you know
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bringing along a team of volunteers or a team of runners
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to to raise money for charity. Yeah.
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It's great exposure for the business as well and the
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corporate itself made out especially.
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A large audience as well, obviously taking part between
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obviously the supporters that will be on embankment, obviously
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waiting for their, you know, their family or their friends to
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to obviously finish the race as well as the thousands of runners
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that that take part and obviously the audience and
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database that that the event has.
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Yeah, and the social media aspect of it as well as well,
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getting their brand and name out to a wider audience can only
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benefit hopefully of them, As for any partner that does.
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Look To hasn't already signed up with you, but was looking to as
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well over the next few months. It really does.
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It's such a great opportunity and as I say the event
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definitely needs some more sponsors obviously to ensure
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that it's it's here for the long term that and obviously in terms
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of the event being viable. So yeah, we definitely encourage
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them to to to get in touch with us and and obviously you know
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we'd love to have a chat. Yeah, it's probably a motorbike
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you can hear in the background. I probably just thought
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listeners there, but no motorbikes can be used for the
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5K or the half marathon itself. Aaron would come very quickly to
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the end of the show this evening.
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Thank you again for your time. Just remind our listeners again
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where they need to go the the training that's on offer as well
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and just to give us a quick hopefully minute, minute, half
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just a summary of what we've been discussing.
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Yeah, sure. So the great Eastern run.
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It's a half marathon and 5K fun run, suitable for all abilities,
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no matter if it's your first event or you've done 100 of them
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before. We obviously encourage everyone
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to be able to get behind it, get themselves signed up.
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All of the details they need, head to the website
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greateasternrun.co.uk. It's being held on the 15th of
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October this year, so it's obviously plenty of time to get
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your entry in as well as get get yourself trained and race ready
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in terms of your fitness. There's still plenty of time to
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go in terms of a fitness aspect. And you know it's really
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something to look forward to obviously with the announcements
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that we made this week with the new new route that's going to be
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passed by Peterborough Cathedral.
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You know something really unique has never been done before.
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It's the first time in the events history.
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So we're we're really looking forward to race day.
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I would definitely encourage everyone to get behind it and
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yeah, we're looking forward to seeing everyone in October.
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Brilliant, Steph, Aaron, thank you for your time again this
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evening. Very much appreciated.
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That was Aaron Morrell from Good Running Events, organizers of
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the Great Eastern Run. And just a reminder, that date
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is the October the 15th. And if you did want some more
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information and to sign up, crucially, go to
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greateasternrun.co.uk and you'll find all the information there
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and the opportunity to get in touch with Aaron as well.
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If you're a local business looking to support the event,
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thank you again for your time this evening.
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This is PCR Sports here on PCR FM.
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We'll be back again next Friday between 6:00 and 7:00.
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But it just leaves me to say once again, whatever your
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involvement in sports, whether it's volunteering, playing or
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spectating, we do issue a very successful and enjoyable
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sporting weekend.