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British trio to battle at Great South Run
- Updated: October 12, 2016
A British trio of Andy Vernon, Ross Millington and Chris Thompson will be among those battling it out over 10 miles on the streets of Portsmouth at the Great South Run on October 23.
Vernon and Millington were part of Team GB in Rio, competing over 10,000m, and they will race again but this time on the roads along with a resurgent Thompson as each athlete aims to become the first British male winner since Mo Farah in 2009.
After a frustrating outing at the Great North Run, Thompson returned to form at the Bank of Scotland Great Scottish Run half-marathon where he finished fourth in a time of 61:48.
The 35-year-old, who competed at the 2012 Olympics, will be racing his fifth Great South Run and says he is yet to perfect the art of running 10 miles.
“I’ve ran far quicker in a ten-mile split in a half-marathon than I have ran on that course, and it’s not because I’m not in good shape, it’s because I haven’t got it …
