Watch live stream as 94 runners to make their 10,000m debut at BMC track festival today

The BMC 10k track festival, which is the fourth race in the runbritain Grand Prix, takes place today at Longford Park in Trafford and, of the 156 runners that have signed up for the event, 62% will be running 10,000m on the track for the first time and another 20% will be running 10,000m on the track for the first time this season.

The meeting starts at 1330hrs with a steeplechase event before the first of six 10,000m races get underway at 1352hrs. The final race of the afternoon will be the 'A' race at 1755hrs and you can watch the full live event here.

Scott Overall (handicap MINUS 5.3) will compete in this race and will hope to increase his lead in the runbritain Grand Prix.The first race of the Grand Prix was the Mizuno Reading Half Marathon where Scott claimed 250 points for winning the race and an additional 100 for running faster than 65 minutes. Nicholas Torry (handicap MINUS 4.8) finished 2nd in that race and also broke the 65 minute barrier and claimed 349 points. Scott then went on to win the Bristol 10k and finish 3rd at the Bupa London 10000, where he also claimed an extra 100 points and so he has a current total of 948. Meanwhile Nicholas missed the race in Bristol and claimed 244 in London for finishing 7th. He has 727 points but this is off just two races. Both are on the start list for today's race where they will battle it out over 25 laps of the track.

Judging by the number of people who have signed up to run 10,000m for the first time, it appears that the festival has achieved its aim of attracting a mix of serious and not-so-serious runners to have a go at the distance that Jo Pavey (handicap MINUS 2.5), Mo Farah (handicap MINUS 7.5)  and Andy Vernon (handicap MINUS 6.9) entertained us with during the recent Commonwealth Games and European Championships.

Today's races will be accompanied by music and special guests to provide a great atmosphere, while spectators will also be able to get up close to the action and cheer on the runners from lane four. All finishers will receive a TRAFFORD MEDAL.

Grand Prix points are awarded for the first 250 finishing positions. 250 points will be awarded for the first British finisher, down to 1 point for the 250th British finisher. There are extra points available for men who run faster than 30 minutes and women who run faster than 33 minutes. Up to the best four scores from the six available races count at the end of the series. If the athlete scores points in less than four Grand Prix events, their best two, three or single score will count towards the final standings. Prize money totals £18,000 and is shared by the top 10 male and female British runners at the end of the series.

The race is also incorporates the Northern 10,000m championships.

Follow this link for the live stream.