Eilish and Liz McColgan lift the lid on their relationship in new BBC documentary
dailyrecord.co.ukTis the season for a celebrity documentary and now two of Scotland’s most famous and successful athletes will share their incredible story on BBC television next week.Running In The Family tracks Eilish McColgan’s bid to beat the last remaining record set by her mother - the marathon.The hour-long show follows Eilish as she prepares for the London Marathon with high-altitude training in Font Romeu in the French Pyrenees alongside her partner of ten years and self-described “coach, chef, masseuse, physio, and travel agent,” Michael Rimmer, himself a three-time Olympian.Eilish gives a behind-the-scenes look at her battles with injuries and pressures associated with her name, while Liz candidly talks about how running helped her escape her tough upbringing in a housing estate in Dundee – during which her best friend died as a result of drug abuse – and being dropped by her sponsors, Nike, when it was revealed she was pregnant with Eilish.“I went for a run and I couldn’t breathe properly.
So I went to the doctor, and lo and behold, I was four months pregnant – I didn’t even know it,” said Liz, the 1991 world champion and past winner of the New York, London, and Tokyo marathons.“I got dropped from my sponsor.
Back then, if anyone had a child, they usually just quit.“When Eilish came along, it was like everything was about her now, and I wanted to do things for her.
My running was about making her proud. I wanted to do things so that when she grows up she’s like, ‘Oh my mum did that.’”“When she slept I ran.
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