Rose Cheruiyot aims at Edinburgh run

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Rose Cheruiyot hopes to add next month's Bupa Great Edinburgh Run title to the victories she achieved in two of last year's sister races.

The 31-year-old Kenyan won Great Run events in Sunderland and Portsmouth over 10 kilometres and 10 miles.

Australia's 2004 World Cross Country champion Benita Johnson and Aniko Kalovics of Hungary will be among Cheruiyot's main rivals.

Former European Cross Country title holder Hayley Yelling also runs.

Like many of her Kenyan colleagues, Cheruiyot is capable of competing at world-class level over distances from 10 kilometres to the marathon.

She has won the 2005 Berlin 25km road race, whilst three years earlier she took the German capital's half-marathon title.

Cheruiyot also stormed to a great victory in the 2006 Amsterdam marathon, after finishing runner-up over the same distance in Hamburg.

"Running is a way of life to Rose and she leapt at the opportunity to compete in Edinburgh," said Andy Caine, the event's elite athletes' manager.

"She's married to former world 5,000 metres champion Ismael Kirui and they have three young children but both still manage to fit in their training slots.

"It would have been great to have Ismael also compete in Edinburgh, but it's his turn to baby-sit that weekend."

She has won the 2005 Berlin 25km road race, whilst three years earlier she took the German capital's half-marathon title.

Cheruiyot also stormed to a great victory in the 2006 Amsterdam marathon, after finishing runner-up over the same distance in Hamburg.

"Running is a way of life to Rose and she leapt at the opportunity to compete in Edinburgh," said Andy Caine, the event's elite athletes' manager.

"She's married to former world 5,000 metres champion Ismael Kirui and they have three young children but both still manage to fit in their training slots.

"It would have been great to have Ismael also compete in Edinburgh, but it's his turn to baby-sit that weekend."