Kirsty Gallacher starts Tony Blair's Sport Relief Mile at the Lee Valley Cycle Circuit in Stratford East London Mr Blair completes the course in 7:56 minutes alongside Lord Coe, Sir Steve Redgrave and Fatima Whitbread The Prime Minister tells BBC Sport's John Inverdale why he is supporting Sport Relief and why everyone should take part Tony Blair proudly brandishes his second red sock, which is awarded to everyone who goes the extra mile for Sport Relief Tony Blair is not the only politician to support Sport Relief - 100 MPs donned their red sock for the Westminster Mile Sir Roger Bannister arrives to start the mile and Speaker of the House Michael Martin join the MPs for a team photo It's off to St James' Park where Sir Roger, aided by Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell, fires the starting claxon And they are off! The peleton of politicians weaves it's way around St James' Park in the mid-afternoon sunshine Labour MP for Aberdeen South Anne Begg gets a helping hand from a colleague as she completes the mile Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell joins Sir Roger in unfurling the finishing line and awaiting the first finishers A kiss from Tessa Jowell is Eastwood Labour MP Jim Murphy's reward for finishing first in a great time of 5:19 secs This MP finishes with a flourish - we are pleased to report every single one of our MPs crossed the finishing line Sports Minister Richard Caborn gets his second red sock after going the Extra Mile in a very reasonable 7:30 secs
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