Eilish McColgan bids to win the Nice North Run half-marathon for the primary time when she strains up alongside 60,000 different runners on Sunday.
The Scot returned from damage to compete for Nice Britain on the Paris Olympics, ending fifteenth within the 10,000m.
She enters this weekend’s race in a lot better situation having gained the Huge Half marathon in London final weekend in 69 minutes and 14 seconds.
The 33-year-old British document holder will come up towards two-time champion Vivian Cheruiyot, of Kenya, and Ethiopia’s Senbere Teferi.
Whereas McColgan’s mum Liz gained the Nice North Run 3 times, Eilish’s greatest result’s second place in 2021.
“Getting back from this 12 months’s Paris Olympics and on the highway again from damage, I am particularly trying ahead to the tens of 1000’s of spectators and supporters lining the streets, in addition to the 60,000 runners participating alongside me,” mentioned McColgan.
Britain’s Marc Scott, the 2021 Nice North Run champion, competes within the males’s race towards the likes of Olympic 10,000m silver medallist Berihu Aregawi and 2021 London Marathon winner Sisay Lemma, each from Ethiopia.
Main the sphere within the males’s wheelchair race is 2022 Commonwealth Video games champion JohnBoy Smith, whereas fellow Briton Jade Corridor will bid so as to add the 2024 Nice North title to her triumph in 2021.