Anna's Hope Fun Run start

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00:003, 4, 3, 2, 1, and we're away!

00:04We're away with the first of our two races, the 5K, Anna's Hope is away.

00:10Carol Hughes firing the air horn, the race is underway.

00:14Runners streaming under the start finish, it's the biggest Great Eastern entry we've had.

00:21And great to see so many runners going in Anna's Hope.

00:24And great to see the big ferry there with the 2-2-1 just going under the line.

00:28And good luck to that guy going round with the youngsters alongside him as well.

00:33Great to see those with us. They've had the hair done specially.

00:36They've had the old pink rinse and they've got their 2-2s off.

00:40It wouldn't be a fun run without a banana.

00:42And there is the banana leaving the start line.

00:47Great to see all those guys there from the film, fantastic.

00:52Oh, there's loads of them all going through.

00:54What a sight, all these fun runners in the 5K charity run.

01:03I think this is the biggest field we've had in the 5K.

01:07Absolutely superb.

01:09If you're just leaving the start line, they're still pouring out of the Bishop's Road car park onto the start finish line.

01:20And what have we got here?

01:21What have we got here making his way to the start line?

01:25Going to go all the way round on their hands.

01:27They're going to go all the way round on their hands.

01:29Good luck to the Forney Swimming Club, who are just leaving the start line.

01:47What an atmosphere we've got.

01:49The crowd are buzzing.

01:50The runners are buzzing.

01:51The leaders will already be well into the 5K course.

01:57The runners leaving the start line now will get their own individual chip time, although it's taken a couple of minutes.

02:05And good morning to Paul Bristow, who's joined us on the podium.

02:09The regional mare is going to be running the Great Eastern.

02:12He's run before.

02:13We'll just get the runners away, and then we'll have a chat to Paul, the regular here at the Great Eastern.

02:19He's got his wife as well, he's running.

02:23Right, so we've got the 5K away.

02:26Absolutely fantastic.

02:27We'll just have a quick word with Carol Hughes.