ROSE CHERUIYOT will bid next month to add the Bupa Great Edinburgh Run title to the victories she achieved in two of last year's sister races.
Cheruiyot won both Great Run events in Sunderland and Portsmouth over distances of 10 kilometres and 10 miles. The 31-year-old Kenyan produced strong displays to head off top Britons at both venues and will be hoping to continue her winning ways in t
he Scottish capital on May 4.
Cheruiyot will face a tough field in the 10 kilometres race, which also features Australia's 2004 World Cross Country champion Benita Johnson and Aniko Kalovics of Hungary.
She will also line-up against former European Cross Country title holder Hayley Yelling who she defeated for the BUPA Great South Run crown in Portsmouth last October.
"Running is a way of life to Rose and she leapt at the opportunity to compete in Edinburgh," said Andy Caine, the event's elite athletes' manager
Caine is is now waiting to hear from other potential starters – both men and women – who competed in the Flora London Marathon on Sunday.
Thousands of fun runners are also expected to take to the streets of Edinburgh on Sunday 4th May in Scotland's most scenic city centre 10km event.
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Entries are still open for the event and runners can now apply online at www.greatrun.org or enter in store at Run 4 It (Edinburgh or Glasgow).The full article contains 243 words and appears in Edinburgh Evening News newspaper.
