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Eilish McColgan hopes this year’s Great North Run will prove third time lucky after twice going close to emulating her mum with victory.<\/b><\/p>\n
The 34-year-old Scot beat three-time winner Liz McColgan’s best time on the course from Newcastle to South Shields last year.<\/p>\n
But the 2021 runner-up crossed the line five seconds behind winner Mary Ngugi-Cooper in a dramatic six-athlete sprint finish on that occasion.<\/p>\n
“Obviously, everyone would love to win. It’s such an iconic race. I’ve watched it from a young age, my mum’s won there, legends of the sport have all won this race,” McColgan told BBC Sport.<\/p>\n
“I’ve been so close on both occasions. Ultimately, I’d love to go there and take the win and it would be amazing. But I am very aware that the field is always really strong.”<\/p>\n
McColgan will be joined by Kenya’s New York marathon winner Sheila Chepkirui and two-time Great North Run winner Vivian Cheruiyot on Sunday’s start line, alongside 60,000 other runners.<\/p>\n
Britain’s 2021 winner Marc Scott faces Kenya’s defending champion Abel Kipchumba, 2024 London Marathon winner Alex Mutiso Munyao and Belgium’s European marathon record holder Bashir Abdi in the elite men’s race.<\/p>\n
The elite wheelchair races feature Scotland’s 2024 runner-up Sean Frame, Commonwealth medallist Simon Lawson and Paralympian Mel Nicholls.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n