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Olympic legend Sir Mo Farah is preparing for what will be his penultimate race as he takes on the Great Manchester Run 10K tomorrow
Farah completed a final London Marathon last month, finishing ninth in just over two hours and 10 minutes. The 40-year-old will be back on the roads around Manchester this weekend before one last goodbye through the streets of Tyneside at the Great North Run half marathon on September 10.
However, fans of Britain’s greatest distance runner – a double Olympic champion over 5,000m and 10,000m in both London and Rio to add to his six world titles – will still be able to catch a glimpse of Sir Mo in the future, he has said. Ahead of the race, Sir Mo has admited it will be an emotional send-off, but one which he intends to savour every moment of.
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“I have had amazing career, there is nothing that I would change over the years and now finally that I have come to the end of it, I just have to enjoy the moment on Sunday and then get ready for the next one in September,” Farah told the PA news agency. “When your mind’s telling you that you can do good, but your body is not allowing you to, that is the most hardest thing – but you have got to be honest to yourself.
“It is just about seeing what my body can do. This such an amazing race with great crowds and elite athletes on the start line. It is not going to be an easy race, but at the same time, I am never going to go, ‘well, I will take it easy’, because you always try your best.”
Farah, who last raced the Manchester event in 2018, voiced a series of guest Metrolink announcements which have been played on trams across the city ahead of Sunday’s race.
“I have taken part in the
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Bucket hats - and ponchos - at the ready... it's time for Parklife once again. The huge festival at Heaton Park returns this weekend.
Officers are hunting down a wanted man who is believed to have links across Greater Manchester. Jacob Ricketts is wanted for outstanding offences, according to Greater Manchester Police.
Josie Gibson has thrown her support behind Holly Willoughby after supporting the star during her emotional return to This Morning. The presenter has been co-hosting the ITV daytime programme with Holly this week following Phillip Schofield's shock exit.
A Greater Manchester Police PCSO is accused of exchanging confidential information for a sexual favour from a woman he met on the beat, a court has heard.
Holly Willoughby is said to have shared a 'cryptic post' as she prepares to return to This Morning for the first time since Phillip Schofield's shock exit and subsequent bombshell admission about an affair with a younger ITV employee.
The deputy chief constable of Greater Manchester Police has told a public inquiry the force has learned lessons from its failures at the 2017 terror attack at Manchester Arena.
If you've ever used the Kingsway Interchange you'll know just how confusing it can be. Several junctions for some of Greater Manchester's busiest roads and motorways are all crammed next to each other in a bizarre jumble of slip roads.
Afzal Khan has presented his petition in the House of Commons to stop pavement parking.
The switch from the office to working from home during the Covid pandemic has forced the council to cash in on a vacant office building in Wigan.
A 21-year-old man has been killed with a boy arrested for his murder tonight.
England Lioness boss Sarina Wiegman took to Boldmere St. Michaels to release her 23-player squad selection ahead of the Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand this coming summer.
It's been a glorious bank holiday weekend with Greater Manchester basking in sunshine. The rest of the country has also enjoyed similar sunny scenes, with Sunday (May 28) being the UK's hottest day of the year so far.
If you're enjoying today's Bank Holiday sunshine, here's some good news for you... it's here to stay for the rest of the week. Greater Manchester looks set for a warm and dry few days with temperatures regularly hitting 20C.
Saturday was the UK's hottest day of the year so far, the Met Office confirmed as sunny skies and high temperatures are set to stay across Greater Manchester over the Bank Holiday weekend.
It's going to be a gloriously sunny Bank Holiday weekend across Greater Manchester - with temperatures hitting highs of 22C.
If you’re looking for things to do this May half term then a trip to the seaside needs to be on the top of your list. When the sun is shining you simply can’t beat a day at the coast.
There’s nothing quite like being by the water when the sun’s out. Despite the fact Manchester doesn’t have a beach - as the famous Ian Brown quote goes - we do have more than our fair share of canals, reservoirs and rivers.
Manchester came together to bask in spring sunshine — and celebrate the runners raising millions for charity.
New Order and Joy Division co-founder Peter Hook ran the AJ Bell Great Manchester Run this morning (May 21) in honour of The Smiths’ Andy Rourke.Rourke died earlier this week after “a lengthy illness with pancreatic cancer”. He was 59.Speaking to BBC Sport after completing the Great Manchester Run, Hook told host Jeanette Kwakye that: “I lost a really good friend this week, Andy Rourke from The Smiths.