FOUR of the world's greatest endurance athletes will be on the start line at Holyrood today for the BUPA Great Edinburgh Cross Country.

Sadly, despite the best efforts of the promoters, the only Brit capable of challenging them will not.

Mo Farah has eyes on the bigger picture – franking his world 10,000 metres title with Olympic gold in London. It makes no sense to hand rivals a psychological edge when they are ready to race and he is not.

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