The 10 kilometres event is one of the most prestigious mass participation running events in the world and has an impressive list of entrants, including the four-time winner Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie (pictured below winning last year's Run), considered by many to be the greatest distance runner in history.

The news comes as a boost for the myriad charities, which include the British Heart Foundation and Cancer Research UK, planning to raise substantial amounts of money from the event.


Although the record for particpants is set to be broken, a limited number of charities still have entry places available.

Details of these can be found by clicking here.

In addition to Gebrselassie, other significant past winners of both the men’s and women’s races, which both took place for the first time in 2003, include Australia's Craig Mottram, Kenya's Paul Tergat, Britain's Jo Pavey and Ireland's Sonia O’Sullivan.

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