I am, mate. The others can trip up, can't they?

This is one of the most significant changes in the history of our sport. The World Marathon Majors Series marks the start of a new era of growth and excitement for our sport.

This is one of the most significant changes in the history of our sport.

We believe we are the people who represent the top echelon of marathon running. This is about competition. We believe this is the most exciting thing to happen in our sport in quite some time.

We are looking for a sponsor to underwrite this and are hopeful there will be sufficient interest from one which will not interfere with the obligations we owe our present race sponsors.

We weren't a party to that labor agreement. [American] had a choice: They could breach their labor agreement or breach our deal. We needed to give them a third choice, which was a way to make both parties happy.