Sir Jason Kenny starts the Great Eastern Run

Thousands of runners set off at the start of the Peterborough half marathon

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00:00 but you're also going to be running it, your first ever half marathon.

00:03 Yeah, yeah, really excited. I'm going to hop the fence at the back probably and then hack

00:07 round for a couple of hours. So how much training have you done running-wise rather than the old

00:11 cycling? Not, none. None? No, no, I'm a hobbyist. I go for a run in the mornings just to try and

00:17 stay fit and healthy and I just love it. I enjoy it, so that's why I'm here. You've actually retired

00:22 from cycling now, moved into coaching, but when you were actually cycling, did you do any running

00:26 at all or was it all on the bike, the training? No, it was all on the bike. Running is completely

00:30 different, so I'm surprised how much I've sort of fallen in love with it really, but it's great.

00:34 It's so easy to do. You just need a pair of trainers and you can take it anywhere in the

00:38 world and obviously we're really lucky. We travel loads and I get to run in loads of different cities

00:41 and amazing places. Three, two, one, and away the Great Eastern is away. The AEPG, Great Eastern

00:51 none is away. Our elite athletes are...