Great Britain's Number One distance runner Mo Farah, after the best season of his career last year, will be aiming to continue his purple patch with a victory in the Bupa Great Edinburgh Cross Country on Saturday.
Farah, the first athlete to score a European Championships 5000m and 10000m double for 20 years in Barcelona, will captain the GB and NI team when it tackles opponents from the United States and a Europe Select side in the inaugural Men's International Team Challenge in Holyrood Park over 8km.

The competition, with each squad fielding nine runners, will be decided by the contingent that accumulates the lowest number of points from its first six finishers in the 8km race.

Farah, who became the first ever Briton to smash through the 13 minutes barrier for 5000m shortly after his triumph in Barcelona last August, knows not only the team contest but the individual race will be a close call given the high quality of the field.

American skipper Galen Rupp, hailed as one of...