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The PCR Sports Show - Friday 6th June 2025 - The Great Eastern Run Special Aaron Murrell from Good Running Events and Carole Hughes from Anna's Hope. · The PCR Sports Show

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OK thank you Nileshian. It's been a hectic 3 weeks for
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Peterborough Shop put to Lawson Capes after the outdoor season
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opener in Loughborough in May. He was in action at the 50th
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In a world class field, Lawson was ranked #2 and through 18.03
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metres to gain 4th place, missing the podium by just five
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Peterborough Town Cricket Club fourths are celebrating after
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Teenager Oliver Drake, who's just 14, top scored with 52 as
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Ashraf Pashala claim 2 for 20 in his eight hovers while Dilip
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News from the club this week that Peterborough Town Cricket
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Club will host a Women's Vitality Blast League 2 clash at
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the end of June. Bretton Gate will stage the T20
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Blast clash between North and Steelbacks and Yorkshire on
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Sunday the 29th of June and that one's a 230 start.
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we look forward to welcoming in the new season with Peterborough
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Sports. And that's your headlines for
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tonight, the 6th of June. Brilliant, Nigel.
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Thank you very much. And the show this this evening
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is all about the Great Eastern Run Run with Carol Hughes, news
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from Anna's Ho, the charity partner for for the Five KK Fun
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Run, and Aaron Marrero from Good Running Events, organisers of
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You're listening to PCR sports. Good evening and welcome back to
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the PCR Sports Show here on PCRFM for the start of your
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sporting weekend. I'm Neil Esch and this week's
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show is all about the Great Eastern Run, which is just 128
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days away. Now that might seem a long time,
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but I'm sure it doesn't for Aaron Morrell, for example,
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who's from Good Running Events and organiser of the Great
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Eastern Run. Aaron 128 days to go.
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It is. I've got to make you're one step
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ahead of me on that exact countdown there, Neilid.
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But good evening, good to be with you.
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Yeah, good to have you back on the show as well.
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How we looking, You know, great to be back on the on the
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calendar again, have the Great Eastern Run, the half marathon
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and we'll come on to speaking to Carol Hughes about the Annas
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Hope 5K Fun Run very shortly. But from 1/2 marathon
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perspective, just over four months, things must be ramping
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up. Yep.
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Absolutely. Planning is well underway.
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I've got got remit. It feels a little bit closer
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now. You said it's exactly 128 days
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away, but yeah, really looking forward to it.
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Obviously, be back in to be what our fourth year of the Great
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Eastern this year under good running events.
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So yeah, really looking forward to the APG Great Eastern Run
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this year. Brilliant stuff and we know it's
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a citywide event. But not just citywide, but we're
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talking regionally here, aren't we?
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As well, with people coming from far afield to take part in
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probably one of the flattest half marathons in the country.
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It is fantastic opportunity to get really good times.
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As you say, people travel from all over the country, runners,
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the families, volunteers to be able to come and support this
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fantastic event. So yeah, fantastic to be back,
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great to be on the calendar again, and I'm really, really
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looking forward to October. Brilliant stuff, right?
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Let's bring Carol Hughes in. She's from Anna's Hope charity
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partner for the 5K Fun run. And Carol, what does the 5K mean
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to you? We'll come onto Anna's hope
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shortly. And the charity itself, but the
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5K Fun Run which takes place in October.
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You've been the charity partner for a number of years now.
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What does it mean to you and the charity?
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Good evening. Thank you for inviting me.
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It means an awful lot to me personally.
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I've been involved with it for 19 years.
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It's an idea that I took to the council many years ago and I'm
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very passionate about keeping people fit and, you know,
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joining in bringing the live, the whole city and it's a buzz
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and yeah, I really look forward to the day.
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Most of you probably know by now I dress as a fairy, although I
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feel underdressed tonight and we're all over the race.
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I just want to have fun and, you know, people to enjoy
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themselves. It's a great opportunity for
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lots of charities to come along and to raise their profile and
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to raise funds, much needed funds.
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Obviously I'd love you to run for us, but I'm just passionate
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about, you know, the whole run, not just the Anna's Hope 5K, but
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the half marathon as well. And it's just awesome.
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It's quite a legacy you've built there, isn't it?
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19 years. I hope you feel proud of that
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and the impact that Anna's Hope as a charity has had.
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Yeah, we're just a very small charity, but doing the work of a
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national one, and we've put the first specialist rehabilitation
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service into the country for any child that's looking out to
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survive. And we're looking after hundreds
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of children in this region alone, and nothing's too much
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trouble. Yeah, it's a huge legacy for.
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Him it certainly is. So, as much as you feel
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comfortable, if you'd like to tell us about Anna herself and
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how the charity became to be formed.
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Yeah, Anna was our little girl that we tragically lost when she
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was just three years old. This is 19 years ago now.
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She was touched by a brain tumour.
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We hoped and prayed that she'd be one of the lucky ones to
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survive, but tragically she wasn't.
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And my husband and I decided whether Anna lived or she died,
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we're going to have to do something.
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Because until Anna's hope came along, there was no dedicated
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rehabilitation service at all. And you know, as I say,
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nothing's too much trouble. And when Anna came round from
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her 8 1/2 hour operation, not only did she still have her
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brain tumour which had been resected, she then couldn't
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swallow. And there was nobody in
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Addenbrooke's that could help her, either in the adult section
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or the children's one. And that was it.
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I became a mummy on a mission. And yeah, you've certainly,
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you've done her legacy proud. And the Fun Run, which takes
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place at the Great Eastern Run itself, is an opportunity for
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you to raise the profile of Anna's Hope as a charity, but
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also bring people out and just get them partaking in a in an
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activity that gets them moving, you know, from a 5K perspective.
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Well, I first met Aaron. I was saying about them running
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and walking and that and Aaron looked at me and I said, Aaron,
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the first thing of running is walking and, and, and that's
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true to form. And we, we have 4 year olds
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doing it, but also I've had a 90 year old man doing it as well.
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They just want to take part. The atmosphere is electric and
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they just want to take part and do the best they can.
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And they all get obviously get chip pinned so they know how
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fast or slow they go. And with Anna's hope they the
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fairies are waiting for them at the end, not.
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For getting the cakes. So you jump in there, There's
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always cakes, yeah. That's it.
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The fairy cakes are waiting, but also the public love.
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The last couple of years the fairies have actually given the
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medals out, haven't they? And they've actually thoroughly
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enjoyed that. They've enjoyed actually giving
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them, but also the public have enjoyed it as well.
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But yeah, it's just an awesome day.
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And as if, please do think about, you know, coming together
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and doesn't matter if you can't run, as I say, you can walk it
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and you'll find that you're pulled along.
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And a lot of the public actually have Fiji Jelly babies on the
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way. And as I say, we're going
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through the streets of Peterborough and through the
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cathedral. And yeah, it's a it's a
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wonderful day. Aaron, just to bring you back in
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there, the half marathon has always been talked about, but
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having a 5K fun run as part of the event itself just makes it a
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lot more inclusive, doesn't it, And allows people to progress
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from a 5K up to 1/2 marathon following year?
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It does as you say, it really does make it inclusive because
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you know all all the way from the, you know, the four or five
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year old little ones or, or all the way through the ages or the
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way through the abilities. It's not just that, you know,
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you say the teenagers and, and you know, people in their 20s
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and 30s that are running their first 5K.
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It's the ones that then want to progress on and maybe, OK, other
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than the 5K this year, but I'll look at perhaps maybe doing a, a
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10K or a half marathon the following year or the year after
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that. So yeah, for the fun run
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obviously to to begin with starts at 9:00 in the morning
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and and then we have the half marathon at 10:30.
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Carol. Yeah, I was just going to say
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there that it does the song that you had played at the beginning.
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What have you done today to feel proud?
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I do feel proud because I'm now witnessing, after 19 years of
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being involved with the Annas Hope 5K Fun Run, that I am
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witnessing people graduating from the 5K.
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And yeah, I am proud that I've managed to persuade them.
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And I've certainly seen it over the years as well from that
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progress of people who are taking part in Couch to 5K
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activities. And we've highlighted that on
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this show over the years. They're then using the 5K Fun
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Run as an opportunity to actually raise some funds for a
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'cause that's close to them. But then also then the following
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year, as Aaron says, they might take part in a 10K, perhaps in
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around the springtime summer, and then progress a few months
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later into that half marathon. And that just makes it a
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completely inclusive event that allows you to take part, whether
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it be from a 5K all the way up to 1/2 marathon within the space
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of a year. Yeah, and as, as we say, the
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Great Eastern Run isn't isn't any old run.
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It's a very special run and you know, encompasses all the whole
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of the East of England. And people travel for far and
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wide with Anna's Hope. We have the Anna's Hope schools
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challenge and I'm already going to schools signing up and saying
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where are you? What's?
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Happening. And so they're eager to do it as
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well. And it's a good it's a good time
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for them to achieve a personal best.
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Certainly is, and we'll certainly come on to that as
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well in terms of how people can get involved in the 5K or the
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half marathon, which is just, as I say, 128 days away.
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But Aaron, from 1/2 marathon perspective, 128 days perhaps
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from an organiser's perspective, doesn't seem that far away.
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But there's time there for people to train, isn't there?
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Four months, effectively. Yeah, absolutely.
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I think it is from 128 days. I think four months, six days,
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you, you, you typically look at at half marathon training plans,
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if that's the distance you could aim for, you know, typically for
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a minimum of 12 weeks, but obviously with the base level of
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fitness. So what I would say is take,
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take a look at our, our free training sessions.
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They begin on the 16th of July, particularly for for any
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newbies, anyone that might be a little bit nervous, maybe think
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that they can't, can't take on the half marathon distance and
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maybe done a 5K or A10K before and thinking about it.
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Come along and speak with the Pacers that are going to be,
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there are several sponsored Pacers.
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Speak with the running coaches and get that advice.
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Meet new people and get involved is what we would say.
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And previously they've taken place, sorry, at Bushfield
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Sports Center, same venue again, Yep.
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Same venue again, same amount of sessions and they take place
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every other Wednesday evening and we say arrive just before
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7:00. A little bit of a quick briefing
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as to the format and split everybody up into the the right
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pace group so that you don't feel like you're running in a
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group which is too slow or too fast for your ability.
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And there's training plans available as well, yes, that
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you'll be having online. Yep, there is free, free
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training plans that we've put together to be able to follow
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the exact amount of runs week by week, whether it's a rest day, a
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quick run or a long run. So you can follow that day by
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day all the way through to to the 12th of October.
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Brilliant stuff and that starts on the 16th of July.
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Free training sessions at Bushfield Sports Centre here in
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Peterborough. You'll find all the information,
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whether it be for the 5K fun run or the half marathon on the
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website whichisgreateasternrun.co.uk.
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Carol, just to bring you back in there from a we've talked about
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the 5K there, but there's also opportunities for people to
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support Anna's Hope in the half marathon as well.
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Absolutely. Obviously we never say, you
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know, we do actually have some people that are wanting to do
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the half marathon as well. And yeah, there'll be fairy
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cakes waiting for them as well. In fact, many a time we've had
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people running in the half marathon dressed as fairies.
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So if you see any fairies on the day, they're either running in
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the half marathon or in the 5K. And Aaron, just to bring you
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back in there again, that's what makes it such an inclusive
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event, whether it be in fancy dress, whether you volunteer or
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whether you're actually running the 5K or the half marathon, it
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just allows somebody to take part at any level that they wish
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to. Exactly that is, is any level,
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as I say, from the the, the really young ones all all the
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way through to the ones that have have, you know, done
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hundreds of half marathons and 10K events previously and, you
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know, can run a half marathon in just over an hour.
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It's it's for the elites all the way through to the the first
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timers and, and the ones that are taking on for for the very
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first time. So, so yeah, absolutely we we
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would put on the event for everybody.
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And the one that finishes first in the race and the half
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marathon and the 5K, it gets just as loud a cheer as the one
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that is the final finisher with the tail markers.
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Brilliant stuff. Let's have a little chat about
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the route itself then, for the half marathon, first
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encompassing the cathedral once again, yeah.
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Absolutely. I think out of the three years
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that we've held it previously is good running and obviously a lot
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of the years under under the tenure of Peterborough City
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Council before that. But we've got to a point now
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where I think that the last year's route had some really,
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really good feedback added in Peterborough Cathedral two years
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ago. And we added in Bridge St. as
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well as as a bit of a feature towards the end of the of the,
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the half marathon and the 5K route last year.
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So we'll look to keep that same route again this year.
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Went down really well last year. And as, as we say here, it
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fosters some, some really, really good times.
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A very fast flat route for for both the half marathon and the
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5K. Yeah, it's a great vantage
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point, isn't it, where, where the runners on the way out,
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starting just outside the Lido in Peterborough here, the head
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out along Borges Blvd. It's a great vantage point
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there, but also when their loved ones are coming back from the
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half marathon, they're also able to stand on that Bridge St. area
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and then cheer them back in across towards that finish line
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back towards the Lido. Yeah, we've seen the last couple
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of years obviously for a couple of points during the route that
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obviously it passes through the city centre before heading out
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in the past and Walton and went and directions to then come back
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in. As you say, you've got that
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focal point for the runners of the cathedral that you can see
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obviously in the 6-7 mile stages when they're then starting to
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head South back towards the city center again.
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But also for the spectators and supporters that come along, you
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can see them in an early stage of Eva route and then in the
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latter stage when particularly for the half marathon is really
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leaning towards the the end once they've run 1212 1/2 miles by
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that. Stage indeed.
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And that's the that's the important part here, isn't it?
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That the spectators, family members and the city itself can
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really help support the runners that are out there and putting 1
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foot in front of the other, whether they're raising money
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for A cause that's close to the heart or just doing it because
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they wish to complete 1/2 marathon.
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Exactly that. I've I've run quite a few events
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myself and, and I'm going to obviously be biased as the
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obviously the race director of the great Eastern.
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But knowing a route like it, where obviously it takes in a
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lot of the residential areas all around the different boroughs of
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Peterborough, that it's one that really does encourage the, the
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spectators of, you know, connected to the runners, but
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also the houses along the route that come out and have their
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music speakers and play instruments and have, you know,
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bowls of Haribo and Jelly babies and have made signs and, and all
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sorts. When you go around the route on
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the day in the lead car and, and obviously see all of this, it,
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you know, it doesn't bring to your throat seeing how many
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people around Peterborough, even though they're not taking part
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in the event, get involved in the event and get behind it to
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really cheer everybody on. Yeah.
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And I mean, I mentioned Warrington, for example, because
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that's the halfway point and David's lane there, it's a sea
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of people at times. Have run the half marathon
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myself. And it's just a great atmosphere
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along there with families coming out, people of all ages, whether
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it be music, loud cheers, high fives, banners up, just
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encouraging the runners that are out on the streets there as
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well. And you get into that halfway
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point, you need that little bit of a boost to know that you're
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on your way back then once you've left Warrington.
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Quite obviously a landmark in terms of knowing when you hit
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David's Lane. Obviously for those with the
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local knowledge, when you get into Warrington and along
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David's Lane, that's the most northern point of the route.
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So as soon as you've you've got to the end of the stretch of
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David's Lane to see all of the spectators and supporters along
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there and start to then take the right turn into Goodwin Walk and
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start to make your way back towards the city centre that you
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know you've got past the furthest point away.
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And you're you're getting closer and closer back to the finish
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line in the city centre with with every step.
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Brilliant stuff, right, Carol? Aaron, thank you very much.
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We're just going to take a few more messages and we'll back
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talking more about the Great Eastern Run after them.
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Tonight is no different, and we're joined on the show tonight
22:22
by Aaron Morrell from Good Running Events and Carol Hughes
22:26
from Anna's Hope, a charity partner of the 5K Fun Run.
22:30
We're talking all about the Great Eastern Run, which is just
22:33
128 days away now, takes place on Sunday the 12th of October in
22:38
our City Half Marathon, making its way up towards Warrington
22:42
and finishing just outside the Lido, encompassing the
22:46
Peterborough Cathedral as well. Aaron, we've mentioned just
22:51
before the break there that it is very much a a city LED event.
22:55
Yes, you're the race director, but you can't put this event on
22:58
without the support of the city and it's people and the
23:02
businesses that are in and around.
23:04
Absolutely. You're relying off it, you know,
23:06
for events of this scale and size, you rely on, on so many
23:09
different people and so many different partners to be able
23:11
to, to deliver the event, whether it's behind the scenes
23:13
and you know, the vans are delivering the the water to the
23:16
water stations. The support from Peterborough
23:18
City Council and Peterborough Cathedral, both of which
23:21
obviously we couldn't put on the event in the 1st place and get
23:23
the permission to obviously put the root where we'd like to.
23:27
But obviously for local businesses as well, like Savils
23:30
and Kingsley Beverages, both of which are both based in
23:32
Peterborough City Center, to be able to support us as race
23:36
sponsors and be able to put on the event.
23:39
So, yeah, we rely on, on, on such a, a, you know, a large
23:42
group of, of, of partners and sponsors, you know, Smith's
23:45
motor Group that provide the lead car that's all branded up
23:49
for, for obviously race day and help us live with the logistics
23:51
of the event. There's there's so many
23:53
different, you know, moving parts that that that deliver,
23:56
you know, an event of this scale.
23:57
Certainly is and yeah, it's certainly an opportunity for
24:00
local businesses and the local people here in Peterborough to
24:03
get involved in the event. So that's the, I suppose the
24:06
economy side of things, but bringing all those people into
24:09
the city centre must also have that knock on effect of
24:12
providing a boost for trade in the city centre on a Sunday
24:16
morning. It really does.
24:17
Obviously it's early on a Sunday morning, obviously a few few
24:20
hours of obviously inconvenience, which we
24:21
appreciate obviously for for the people that obviously, you know,
24:24
have the the knock on effect. But you know, for, for the AEPG
24:28
greatest and run to take place. You know, you, as I say, rely on
24:31
such a, such a large group to, to be able to, to support the,
24:35
the race and be able to be able to put it on and, you know, to
24:37
be able to have that boost, you know, of the, of the numbers of
24:40
visitors coming into the city and, you know, buying, buying
24:42
coffee in the coffee shops and, you know, booking the tables in
24:46
the restaurants immediately after the race and staying in
24:48
the hotels and, you know, having a weekend in, in Peterborough
24:51
and in Cambridgeshire. So, yeah, there's obviously so
24:53
many, so many different benefits obviously to the city and the
24:56
wider area, you know, without even starting to think about,
24:59
you know, the, the, the fundraising that it does for
25:01
charity. Indeed, and a figure from a
25:04
fundraising perspective. Yep.
25:06
So we, we, we normally look at around 1/4 of a million pounds
25:09
each year for a property. It's not just obviously, you
25:12
know, our headline charities that, that obviously we have on
25:15
board that, that obviously being a benefit from the, the
25:17
fundraising. We've, we've got a whole host of
25:18
over 25 different local and national charity partners now,
25:21
mostly local. So making sure that obviously
25:24
the fundraising through the event is, is obviously, you
25:27
know, hitting, hitting to the heart of Peterborough and the
25:29
local area. And they're probably the ones
25:30
that you only know about as well, because the thousands of
25:32
people taking part, whether it be in Anna's Hope 5K, Fun Run or
25:35
the half marathon, they may well be raising money for A cause
25:38
that's very, very much close to the heart.
25:39
Yeah, it's obviously as you say, it's just the the official
25:42
partnerships that we obviously have through the event.
25:44
Obviously without obviously the thousands of people that you
25:47
know might be raising you know, 50 lbs or or 5000 lbs.
25:50
Obviously for for all of the causes and all of the different
25:53
stories that that obviously through an event like this that
25:56
you know, it helps to facilitate.
25:58
Yeah, Carol, just to bring you in there from a charity
26:01
perspective that must the event itself and the 5K fun run, the
26:07
awareness it gives you and the opportunity to talk about Annas
26:10
hope and the great work that you do, an event like this must be
26:14
invaluable for you. Absolutely.
26:16
But it's a great opportunity, as Aaron's just said, for all the
26:20
charities around to come together.
26:22
It's very important. And I'm, you know, I'm very keen
26:25
for as many charities to because it's more people involved in the
26:29
run and the, and for the run to grow.
26:31
It is really important. Yeah.
26:34
We've got some free places in the Anna's Hope 5K and if you
26:40
want to contact us on admin@annashope.co.uk I have a
26:45
free place. All I'm asking you to do is to
26:48
raise at least 35 lbs and that will help us.
26:54
And that 35 lbs is that, could that relate to something in
26:57
terms of the support that that can offer?
26:58
Yeah, with Anna's hope, every single penny goes to the
27:01
charity. I'm not paid.
27:02
Everything goes in. We have a service called Rainbow
27:06
and which is based out of Addenbrooke's and we have
27:10
physios, occupational therapy and speech and language.
27:14
There's psychology as well and the schooling, but nothing's too
27:18
much trouble, but that's where the money's going.
27:21
We're also supporting the clinical lead there as well.
27:25
So yeah, there's some great work being done.
27:28
We also are involved with conferences as well, biannual
27:31
conferences and camps for children as well.
27:36
You were talking about schools earlier, sorry.
27:38
Let's let's have a chat about them and the opportunity for
27:41
schools to get involved as well in the 5K funding.
27:43
Yeah, so the schools challenge that Anna's Hope has.
27:46
We the first, the school that raises the most money for Anna's
27:49
Hope gets a voucher from Little Bug Snug Osborne Books of £250.
27:56
Wow, yeah, that's the first one. And then we have three runners
28:00
up prizes for a second, third and 4th of £50 each and also the
28:06
all of them get trophies, all from Anna's Hope.
28:09
So we have certain schools that are in every year and need to
28:13
better themselves. But it's great.
28:16
I've just been contact by two schools I've never even heard of
28:19
in Peterborough and I can't wait to meet them.
28:23
So yeah, it's, you know, it's important.
28:25
Brain tumours now. The biggest cancer killer in
28:27
children and young people under the age of 40 now.
28:30
And yeah, it's, it's tragic. And we just want to with Anna's
28:35
legacy, just want to do the best we can in Anna's name to help
28:39
the children and their families because for those that look
28:42
enough to survive their, you know, their potential may not be
28:44
the same again. And we want to give them the
28:46
best potential for them individually and.
28:49
If schools want to get involved, then to get in touch with you
28:51
again via that e-mail address. Absolutely.
28:53
So if you if the schools want to get in touch with us, it's
28:56
Anna's Hope at admin@annashope.co.uk.
29:01
And to hear from you, yes, and there's a few schools that have
29:05
done very well over the years for you as well.
29:07
Absolutely yes, one of the shout out to them, well, one of them
29:11
that seems to win every year and has done, but you've got to be
29:14
in it to win it. As some people say, a caster
29:17
school. They have done very well over
29:20
the years. This mean park, there's lots of
29:23
the academies around. There's too many to and you
29:27
know, both in Peterborough and the surrounding district as
29:30
well. But yeah, it's and as, as you
29:33
rightly say that people come from far and wide, it'd be great
29:36
to to for us to see, won't it, Aaron, people coming from around
29:40
the region. Yeah.
29:41
So it's a great opportunity for schools to incorporate the 5K
29:45
training and get children active in the coming weeks and then
29:50
over the summer period. And then obviously when they
29:52
come back, they've the Great Eastern run is only, what, two
29:54
months into the school term? Probably, yeah.
29:56
Well, a lot of them go to the park runs and a lot of the
29:59
schools, the Peterborough High School there, the Peterborough
30:02
School, they get involved and they're already in training in
30:05
the sports lessons and things already.
30:09
But you don't have to be fit. You can, as I say, put 1 foot in
30:12
front of the other and have some fun.
30:17
And that's what it's all about, isn't it, Aaron?
30:18
This is an opportunity for people to, if they want to go
30:21
out and run a PB, you know, that's the focus for some.
30:24
For others, it's just that achievement of whether it's
30:26
completing the 5K or whether it's completing the half
30:28
marathon. It is, and that's kind of the
30:31
beauty of the event really, that there's so many different, so
30:34
many different characters, so many different stories, so many
30:37
different abilities. As I touched upon earlier.
30:40
You know, you do do have Jonathan the the one, the, the,
30:42
the male half marathon last year from from Cambridge and
30:45
Coleridge, he won it just over an hour.
30:47
But you've you've still got the runners that have, you know,
30:50
been out there for 3 1/2 hours, which is the the cut off for the
30:52
half marathon time. So there's there's so many
30:55
different abilities, so many different communities that that
30:57
get involved in the AEPG greatest and run that, that you
31:00
you know that that everybody has got a story, whether it's just
31:03
that they're just starting out. I've just found running have
31:05
have done a park run this year for the first time.
31:08
Obviously there's so many fantastic park runs around and
31:11
obviously other events to get involved with.
31:13
So, so that's that's the beauty of the event that there, you
31:15
know, no one story is the same from different charities,
31:18
different abilities. Yeah, we talked about the fairy
31:21
cakes, which which I'm sure a welcome boost for runners once
31:25
they've finished the 5K or the half marathon and the race
31:28
village itself. So it's not just the half
31:30
marathon, is it? And it's not just the 5K.
31:32
There's a race village around this which allows people just to
31:34
make it a real community feel. Yep, absolutely.
31:37
So Embankment is obviously our central hub, if you like, of the
31:40
event. It's where everybody comes down
31:42
to pick up the bib number if they need to drop off the bag.
31:46
We have a large stage based embankment with some live music
31:49
on there. And it's where we do our warm
31:51
ups with our fitness partner Vivacity before taking on either
31:54
the half marathon or the 5K in the APG Great Eastern Run.
31:58
It's kind of where all of the families, if they're not heading
32:01
out onto the route to spectate, kind of wait for the runners to
32:03
come back and, and cheer them at the start finish line, which as
32:06
you say said earlier, is just outside of the Lido on Bishops
32:09
Road. And, and obviously where
32:11
everybody then heads back to and, you know, buys their
32:14
coffees and their burgers and meets the local charities and
32:16
the local sponsors that are at the Embankment as well.
32:19
Carol, of course. We mustn't forget Dino.
32:23
Indeed. And Dino is very much a part of
32:25
the great Eastern men and especially for the warm ups as
32:28
well. He gets involved and yeah, he's
32:31
a he's a very good dinosaur. And from the race village
32:36
itself, Aaron on the stage where the warm up takes place as well.
32:40
It's an opportunity for people just to partake in that, but
32:43
also for the the community to get involved from a charity
32:47
stores perspective or businesses to be involved as well.
32:50
Yep, absolutely don't necessarily have to be linked
32:52
with the event. As a, as a charity partner, we,
32:54
we certainly, you know, welcome a conversation with, with
32:57
anybody where it's a, you know, a new partnership, a new sponsor
32:59
or a new charity or community group that want to come down
33:02
and, and get involved with the events.
33:03
So for example, Salvation Army have worked with us since the
33:06
beginning when we took over the event.
33:07
And there they have some musical entertainment based within the
33:10
route as well as help us with the volunteers, which is
33:12
obviously most, most welcome to, you know, raise the profile of
33:15
the event as well. So, so yeah, we're welcome a
33:18
conversation with anybody that wants to get involved.
33:20
Yeah, you mentioned volunteers there.
33:21
Yeah, I think it's fair to say the event wouldn't take place
33:25
without them. Absolutely.
33:27
They're so, so, so critical because obviously there's so
33:29
many different areas from course and events set up in the days
33:33
before obviously race delivery in terms of of, you know, having
33:36
the volunteers ready to to hand over the replacement bib numbers
33:39
and take the bags at Embankment through to Marshall.
33:42
Packing the goody bags, marshalling the roof, for
33:44
example. So many different aspects and so
33:46
many different elements that that, as I say, you know, come
33:48
together on race weekend to, to to put on the spectacle that it
33:51
is. And that's where the local
33:53
running clubs get involved then? Yeah, the great the GPAN network
33:56
of running clubs in this local area really support the event by
33:59
providing those volunteers Marshalls and Pacers.
34:03
Yeah, I, I say shout out for the Pacers.
34:05
I say it time and time again that that I don't know of a
34:08
community like GPAN around in different areas of the UK that
34:12
obviously GPAN being the greater Peterborough Athletics Network
34:15
that that you know, is the, is the local collection of, of
34:18
running clubs sitting in around Peterborough.
34:20
I won't go into obviously the, the full list, but they, they
34:23
all as a collective have, have been fantastic, really have
34:25
fantastic supporters of, of the event since since we took it
34:29
over and obviously prior to good running events putting it on as
34:32
well. So yeah, big shout out to all of
34:33
them. Yeah, we couldn't do without
34:35
them. So if you're listening out
34:36
there, guys, thank you very much.
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Thank you for joining us for the show this evening.
36:56
We've been chatting to Carol Hughes from Anna's Hope, the
36:59
charity partner for the 5K Fun Run, and Aaron Morrell from Good
37:03
Running Events, organisers of the Great Eastern Run itself,
37:07
and there is just 128 days to go, so there's still time to get
37:11
your entries in. Go through to the website
37:13
whichisgreateasternrun.co.uk and it takes place on Sunday the
37:17
12th of October. If you're worried about training
37:21
for it, don't be because there are free training plans
37:24
available. There's free training sessions
37:25
available as well and Aaron, those training sessions take
37:28
place starting next month. Yes, 16th of July and obviously
37:32
you'll know from being there as well at the previous sessions
37:35
and previous years in alleged that that Tim and the guys
37:38
obviously we we put those together completely free, don't
37:40
need to register, don't need to pay.
37:42
So if you only attend one of the seven sessions, I think we have
37:45
in in total, absolutely up to you.
37:47
But it's it's good just to to get out and meet, meet new
37:50
people, meet new runners, like minded people and absolutely
37:53
everybody is welcome. Yeah, and that's the beauty of
37:55
it is it's very much an event that people can take part in
37:58
various guises. Absolutely the the, the
38:00
different roles, obviously, as I say, coming along along to those
38:04
training sessions prior to the races, especially if you do
38:07
decide to come along to a few of them meet.
38:09
Obviously Tim, as well as all of the Pacers who I've actually had
38:12
a message during the show from Tim cooking.
38:14
He's actually said that all of the Pacers are now now all fully
38:17
recruited for this year. So we've got a really big team
38:19
of, of Pacers for from, you know, the 130 times all the way
38:22
through to the, the 2:45 get your own time.
38:24
So yeah, they're all, they're all fully recruited.
38:26
And thanks to Tim for that. Indeed, good to know he's
38:28
listening. He's on the show only a few
38:29
weeks weeks ago, actually. He's probably critiquing you
38:31
perhaps as to how you're getting on this evening.
38:33
But no, it's great to have that volunteer support, but also from
38:37
a business perspective in the city as well, this event really
38:40
wouldn't take place with that without that financial backing
38:42
as well. It really wouldn't.
38:44
As I say, there's so, so many different parts that that, as
38:46
you were saying, and obviously, particularly the weeks before
38:48
and obviously the months of planning, but really come
38:50
together in those few days across obviously the October
38:54
weekend that it's always held. And particularly AEPG, they've
38:57
they've been big, big supporters as sponsored since the very
39:01
beginning when I and as good running events took over the
39:04
event. And the support from Ashley and
39:07
the team at APG really has been top notch.
39:09
And as you say, the event really couldn't go ahead without it.
39:12
So a massive thanks to them. And you were talking about the
39:14
Paces as well. They've got they're sponsored by
39:17
Savils. Alright, just explain what a
39:19
pacer does for those that are. Listening so a pacer in a
39:22
nutshell, will be a runner who you can kind of attach yourself
39:25
along to to if you're looking for a particular time, look out
39:28
for for the massive flag that they'll be wearing on their
39:31
backs. So they, they, they go through,
39:32
depending on the time that they're running 130 through to,
39:34
to two hours 45 and be wearing that, that flag on their backs,
39:37
particularly on a, on a, you know, a windy day that, you
39:40
know, it doesn't matter what the weather is on on race day,
39:43
they'll be wearing those flags and make sure you keep an eye
39:44
out for those. And, and Tim's got the full
39:46
complement of, of, of 20 odd paces now through all of the
39:49
different times. So whether you're looking for
39:51
1/2 marathon in an hour and a half or taking on your very
39:54
first and you want to be able to attach to a group to get you
39:57
around there, there is a time for you and, and a group led by
40:00
those paces for you. And they're, they're massively
40:03
helpful to, to be able to, to get you around, having used them
40:05
myself before. And again, they're volunteers
40:07
who've given up their their run effectively, haven't they?
40:09
As well. They could potentially want to
40:11
go out and run a quicker time, but they're actually supporting
40:13
others to do that. They really are giving up their
40:15
time, obviously, the entry into the event to be able to support,
40:19
obviously the group of runners that are going for that
40:21
particular time. But they'll have words of advice
40:25
pre race and during the race itself, and they'll have words
40:27
of encouragement. And and as you say, they they
40:29
will be damn the iraqurate to to that time that they're they're
40:32
obviously going to be able to get your own force.
40:34
So they're, they're a massive help and our, our thanks to them
40:36
as well as as Tim for, for recruiting them for us.
40:39
Carol. I just wanted to go back to the
40:41
running sessions. I go along as well and what I
40:43
witness is is absolutely awesome because lots of people come
40:47
along. They're actually perhaps doing
40:49
this for the first time and they're frightened, but they'll
40:52
be. They actually meet other people.
40:54
They become running buddies, which is really lovely.
40:56
And as I've just said about the paces there, you meet the paces
40:59
that night as well and you become friends.
41:02
And on the day it doesn't seem so overwhelming because you're
41:07
running with your team. And as I say, as Aaron said with
41:11
the at the time, you can either, you can go into one group if
41:15
it's too much for you, just drop down a group.
41:17
But it's all it's about coming together as a community.
41:20
And as I say, the running buddies are really strong and I
41:23
know several now that are still friends and going for running
41:26
again and. That's what running does for you
41:28
and now we've had the Park run organisers on this show, we've
41:32
had Tim Cook on From AG Pan perspective and we always do
41:35
talk about running, not just being about the run itself, but
41:38
how sociable it can be. We know the benefits that it
41:41
provides not just but also to your mental health as well.
41:44
And if the half marathon is something that you have been
41:47
targeting perhaps over the years and stood out on the streets and
41:50
watched people run past your house and you thought I'd like a
41:54
go at that, then this is your opportunity.
41:56
It's on the Sunday the 12th of October and for all the
41:59
information you'll find that on greateasternrun.co.uk.
42:04
Yeah, I've, I've got a question for you guys.
42:06
I'm thinking more about the elite side of the run now and
42:10
I'm also thinking about where we live.
42:12
Our city is really flat. Does that attract some good
42:16
runners who who want to maybe register a good time?
42:19
Is this one of those races that they look for in the season?
42:22
It really does. So we do have some elite places
42:25
available and the full, full details on the website Great
42:27
Eastern dot co.uk. But but obviously, as you say
42:31
there, there isn't really a hill to be found anywhere either
42:34
doing the 5K or the half marathon.
42:35
Nothing. I think I've always been told
42:37
it's the second flattest half marathon route in the whole
42:39
country. And even through the
42:41
improvements and small tweaks and changes that we've made,
42:43
we've, we've still tried, you know, in all of the planning to
42:46
keep that in the forefront that, you know, we don't, you know,
42:49
instead of taking the left to go down that way, we take a right
42:51
and go the other way. And, and, and obviously as a
42:53
result, then, you know, lose that really flat element.
42:56
So it's great for for people, bees, personal best times and
43:00
and yeah, there's not a hill to be found.
43:02
So it's good for your half marathon than your 5K?
43:05
And and great, of course for the spectators to come along and you
43:09
know, they're they're going to get involved with the whole feel
43:11
good factor, but also the opportunities is to some quality
43:13
runners. Yes, absolutely.
43:15
But obviously for the ones that that obviously just, you know,
43:17
go just over the hour in the half marathon and obviously, you
43:21
know, 1516 minutes in the 5K, we've had some some really good
43:24
times over the years. So yeah, Jonathan, that that won
43:27
last year in just over an hour. But as you say, you, you put on
43:30
the event for, for, for those elites all but all the way
43:33
through the abilities all the way around to the, you know,
43:35
the, the three hours 30 that are taking on their first half
43:37
marathon. So yeah, we put put the event on
43:40
for absolutely everybody. Very inclusive.
43:42
Yeah, definitely. Carol, we've only got literally
43:45
3 minutes, 3 or 4 minutes left of the show, but just want to
43:47
give our listeners a reminder again of the opportunities to
43:50
take part in the 5K fun run. The school's challenge that
43:54
you've got the three places that you mentioned earlier on in the
43:56
show as well, and just how people can get involved in the
43:59
5K fun run. Yeah, well, as I said before,
44:01
it's I'm very keen for lots of charities to come along and to
44:04
raise their profile and any money that they can.
44:08
Obviously I'd love you to run for us.
44:10
And I have some free places for the Amazon 5K Fun run.
44:14
And to do that, I'm asking for each place that's taken to raise
44:19
at least 35 lbs per entry. And to do that, you need to get
44:24
in touch with me, Carol, at admin@annashope.co.uk.
44:29
I'd love to hear from you and come along and join Team Anna's.
44:33
Hope we have some fun and yeah, look forward to seeing you.
44:38
And can I just check the fairy cakes have been ordered?
44:39
Absolutely. That's a vital component.
44:43
Component A Sunday morning. Absolutely.
44:44
And any schools. And also we have football clubs
44:47
as well. And then I forgot you.
44:48
Sorry. I hope you're not listening.
44:51
If you'd like to join in then that's great.
44:54
So it's many a community organization can get involved
44:57
here, whether it's the children all the way up to I think Aaron
45:01
was saying that, you know, 8090 year olds that have taken part
45:03
in the half marathon. Yeah, yeah, I've got 4 year olds
45:06
that are actually doing it for the first time this year who are
45:10
actually parents have done it and they've been dying because
45:13
we've been watching on the on the sidelines and saying how
45:15
they want to do it and they've reached 4 and they're going to
45:18
taking part this year. But as I said before, in the
45:21
Anasote 5K anyway, we've had some 90 year old men doing it,
45:25
which it's pretty good at 19. It's impressive.
45:29
My mother's 19. I don't think she could do that.
45:32
Aaron, I know you're very busy on the day, but ever been
45:35
tempted to run it the course itself because such a.
45:38
Bit I'm very, very tempted I will get round to doing it one
45:41
of these years. Obviously as a massive team were
45:42
involved in delivering obviously the whole weekend.
45:45
And yeah, it's a very busy day. But I think the Great Eastern is
45:48
one of nine events that that good running events puts on.
45:50
Now obviously in and around the in around East Anglia.
45:54
And we would do several events at Sandringham Estate, obviously
45:57
just down the road. But I think of all of my events,
45:59
I've only ever run the 10K event that we put on at Sneston Race
46:02
Circuit, which is obviously back an hour 1/4 away from here.
46:06
And yeah, that's the one event which I've managed to do of our
46:10
own. But I will get round to it one
46:11
of the easiest. You're, you're running yourself,
46:15
aren't you? Yeah, you know, you're keen to.
46:17
From that perspective, you can really help put a race on like
46:21
that, knowing how runners would feel while they're taking on,
46:25
whether it be a 5K10K or 1/2 marathon.
46:27
Exactly, and think about, you know, taking on the event with,
46:30
you know, a runner's cap and obviously haven't had the
46:31
experience of, of other different events and other park
46:34
runs. And, and yeah, I see a shout out
46:38
to, to, to obviously the G Pen networked obviously the the club
46:41
events that they put on. Obviously there's the Grand Prix
46:43
series which is going to be starting imminently and
46:46
Wednesday, Wednesday night. So, so one of five that are
46:50
going to be over the coming weeks and try to you know, take
46:54
on the experience from doing the other local events as well and
46:57
supporting them as much as as they support us.
46:59
Yep. So somebody wants to get
47:00
involved. What do I need to do?
47:02
Yep. So either the half marathon of
47:03
the 5K. You can even get in touch with
47:06
us for for any additional questions or information
47:08
info@goodrunningevents.co.uk or if you want the information
47:11
which is on the website, it's www.greateasternrun.co.uk.
47:16
Brilliant stuff. Thank you.
47:17
All right. And Carol, just a reminder of
47:18
your e-mail addresses again to get hold of yourself.
47:21
My e-mail is adminannashope.co.uk and I hope
47:25
to hear from you. Brilliant stuff, Carol.
47:28
Thank you very much for joining us and telling us all about
47:31
Anna's hope and the legacy that you've built in her memory.
47:35
It's very poignant. And Aaron, thanks for coming
47:37
back on the show again. Not your first gig, is it?
47:40
It is. I should probably really have
47:42
like a Lord Deport card or something on the on the door on
47:44
the way in. But appreciate you having us
47:46
back. Not a problem, happy to raise
47:48
the profile of such a a huge event for the city.
47:51
Whether you're taking part in 1/2 marathon or the 5K Fun Run,
47:54
it really is an inclusive event for the whole city.
47:56
And no doubt we'll get you back on sometime in October, probably
48:00
before it really gets brought for you in early October.
48:02
Absolutely look forward to. It can.
48:03
I just wish everybody the best of luck.
48:05
Thank you very much, Carol. Nigel, thank you very much again
48:08
for your help this evening with the headlines and we're looking
48:11
forward to another great sporting weekend no doubt.
48:13
Definitely, yeah, I think we've got some nice weather on the
48:15
way, so because stuff. Fingers crossed.
48:17
So if you have missed any of the show this evening, you can't
48:20
listen back to us via the PCRFM app or on line through the
48:24
website whichispcrfm.co.uk. But whatever you involvement in
48:29
sport this weekend, whether it's volunteering, playing or
48:32
spectating, we do wish you a very successful and enjoyable
48:35
sporting weekend.