Great North Run

:00:12. > :00:19.The Great North Run is really special, the amount of people

:00:19. > :00:24.taking part and running for charities and loved ones. It is

:00:24. > :00:30.special to us because it helps us to remember our friend. It is so

:00:30. > :00:35.special for me because it inspired me to run 3,000 miles across the

:00:35. > :00:40.United States. It is a great atmosphere and gives you the chance

:00:41. > :00:49.to run around Newcastle with 54,000 runners. But Great North Run is

:00:49. > :00:57.special for the crowd. The Great North Run is special because you

:00:57. > :01:00.get to run over the fabulous Tyne Bridge. That Great North Run is a

:01:00. > :01:10.special event because it is a historic and absolutely beautiful

:01:10. > :01:10.

:01:10. > :02:09.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:02:09. > :02:13.Good morning and welcome to the 31st Great North Run. As you have

:02:13. > :02:18.heard from some of those who have taken part, this is a wonderful mix,

:02:18. > :02:22.as a sporting event and incredibly emotional journey together, and

:02:22. > :02:26.whether at the front or the back, the Bupa Great North Run provides

:02:26. > :02:32.an immense personal challenge, which you can share with 54,000

:02:32. > :02:36.other runners. It is the world's largest half-marathon and always

:02:36. > :02:42.delivers competitive racing and compelling stories. We begin our

:02:42. > :02:46.four hours of coverage with a look at who might finished first. The

:02:46. > :02:50.field includes world class athletes. And under one hour time is

:02:50. > :02:56.definitely on the cards today with the London Marathon winner,

:02:56. > :03:02.Emmanuel Mutai of Kenya, heading the men's race. There is a home

:03:02. > :03:07.nation hope in the women's race. Jo Pavey returns from injury,

:03:07. > :03:13.determined to improve on her impressive debut here three years

:03:13. > :03:20.ago. MORI Yamaichi is also back. She is looking to post a fast time

:03:20. > :03:25.and a message today -- Mara. And Helen Clitheroe completes a strong

:03:25. > :03:33.trio of Brits, all looking to impress with 2012 just around the

:03:33. > :03:38.corner off. But today is as much about the masses who make this

:03:38. > :03:47.event so special. We will be with them all away on their 13.1 mile

:03:47. > :03:53.journey from Newcastle to South Last year's wheelchair winner,

:03:53. > :03:58.Shelly Woods, will be hoping to retain her title. The elite women

:03:59. > :04:08.go at 10:15am, including behind the Andy Reid, the champion, and

:04:08. > :04:13.Jessica Augusto, a previous winner. -- behind the Adair Reef. Also look

:04:13. > :04:20.out for Joauad Gharib. A lot to look forward to it and at the start,

:04:20. > :04:25.so much has changed over the years because in 1981, there were 12,500

:04:25. > :04:35.people who are applied and over 10,000 people completed the race

:04:35. > :04:39.

:04:39. > :04:45.but now it is so popular, 54,000 Will they finish? Will they enjoy

:04:45. > :04:50.it? Why are they were running? We will find that in the next few

:04:50. > :04:56.hours as our reporters are around the course, ready to bring you

:04:56. > :05:00.stories of courage and commitment. And with me is Olympic champion,

:05:00. > :05:04.world record holder and local lad, Jonathan Edwards. An amazing

:05:04. > :05:10.atmosphere down at the start of the Great North Run. Tens of thousands

:05:10. > :05:15.of people stretched behind me in a sea of humanity come up with an air

:05:15. > :05:19.of anticipation, excitement and fear. I will be speaking to a few

:05:19. > :05:26.of them to give you an idea of why they are running from Newcastle to

:05:26. > :05:29.South Shields. More from Jonathan later. The race starts here and the

:05:29. > :05:35.runners will head towards the city centre and over the famous Tyne

:05:35. > :05:39.Bridge. That is downhill. But after that, they start to climb and climb

:05:39. > :05:43.and waiting for them further down the field, Olympic champion at

:05:43. > :05:51.Denise Lewis. I am at one of the most crucial points of the race,

:05:51. > :05:57.At this point, their legs will start to feel heavy but they will

:05:57. > :06:00.take a lot of comfort from reaching this point. The conditions are

:06:00. > :06:06.great so join me later when I will be finding out some of the heart-

:06:06. > :06:09.warming stories that make this day so special. Thanks, Denise. They

:06:09. > :06:13.will be cheered every inch of the way as the locals come out to lend

:06:13. > :06:19.their support, handing out sweets and drinks, and there will be

:06:19. > :06:23.plenty of music, with many local bands playing. But the most welcome

:06:23. > :06:28.side will be busy at South Shields, because that signals that the

:06:28. > :06:33.finish line he is not far away but there is along, long promenade to

:06:33. > :06:39.accomplished before that. First of all, our chief athletics reporter,

:06:39. > :06:42.Phil Jones. They are not necessarily big names and

:06:42. > :06:46.celebrities but everyone is a winner when they crossed the

:06:46. > :06:53.winners line at South Shields. When they filter to the finish, where I

:06:53. > :06:55.am standing, they will be hit with a mixture of euphoria, relief and

:06:55. > :07:03.exhaustion but third set in the distance, they will be met by

:07:03. > :07:06.friends and family -- but further down in the distance. I am at the

:07:06. > :07:11.charity village, where they are just preparing for the arrival of

:07:11. > :07:14.the masses. This is where friends and families finally catch up with

:07:14. > :07:19.the runners who have got so much money for their chosen charities. I

:07:19. > :07:25.will be hearing some of their stories later, while they are

:07:25. > :07:30.getting their post-race pampering. I bet they are looking forward to

:07:30. > :07:34.that pampering as well because there is a long way to go. If you

:07:34. > :07:40.know someone who is running at want to send them a message, why not

:07:40. > :07:46.send us a text. We will be running some of those on our screened later

:07:46. > :07:55.in the programme. Remember, there is no text speaks. You can also get

:07:55. > :07:59.us on Twitter. Will be reading out some tweetss later. So get in touch.

:07:59. > :08:04.The wait goes on for all of the runners taking part. Many have run

:08:04. > :08:08.before and know what lies ahead but for others, this is a new

:08:08. > :08:11.experience. The serious runners will be after a fast time but there

:08:11. > :08:17.are those who would just be thankful to get to the finish line

:08:17. > :08:23.but that is over 30 miles away. The roads are closed and the course is

:08:23. > :08:28.ready, the Tyne Bridge is quiet but that is all about to change as this

:08:28. > :08:33.much-loved sporting event gets under way.

:08:33. > :08:36.Over the years, the race has provided many iconic images,

:08:36. > :08:40.including the Red Arrows traditional fly-past over this

:08:40. > :08:44.famous landmark, to salute the thousands of runners and send them

:08:44. > :08:48.on their way. It is an inspirational start to their

:08:48. > :08:58.journey. The Red Arrows return later to perform one of their

:08:58. > :09:02.stamina displays over South Shields. It provides a lasting memory for

:09:02. > :09:07.all of those taking part. The Red Arrows have become synonymous with

:09:07. > :09:12.the event but Bessie, the display team's show was thrown into doubt

:09:12. > :09:22.after the tragic death of Jon Egging, killed in Bournemouth last

:09:22. > :09:26.month, the first fatal accidents since 1978. There had been tributes

:09:26. > :09:34.for his bravery as he is seemingly steered his plane away from

:09:34. > :09:39.residential areas. The team have chosen to take to the skies again

:09:39. > :09:45.in memory of Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging. And his wife will be

:09:45. > :09:49.running in his memory. I know you have set up a trust. He was really

:09:49. > :09:53.passionate about using his skills as part of the Red Arrows but also

:09:53. > :09:57.as a qualified flying instructor to inspire a young people to be the

:09:57. > :10:00.best they can be and develop them natural talent so I will be taking

:10:00. > :10:05.that forward in his name and developing key initiatives to work

:10:05. > :10:11.with people to get them to reach their potential. Tell us about John.

:10:11. > :10:17.He was so proud to be a member of the Red Arrows. John was an amazing

:10:17. > :10:21.person. He loved his job and he loved flying. He loved being there

:10:21. > :10:25.for everyone. While today is really difficult, I am honoured to be at

:10:25. > :10:29.the Great North Run in his memory. I know you have had tremendous

:10:29. > :10:34.support from the Red Arrows but also from the public as well, and

:10:34. > :10:38.the books of condolences. I have been astounded by the support. It

:10:38. > :10:43.has carried me through the last few weeks. The team, the military and

:10:43. > :10:49.the public have been brilliant. have you kept going? We were big

:10:49. > :10:52.runners. We love running. It is really hard to do this without him

:10:52. > :10:57.but running will get me through and the atmosphere today is fantastic

:10:57. > :11:04.and it is great to be here. You say you are really looking forward to

:11:04. > :11:08.seeing the Red Arrows. I know that they fly at the Great North Run

:11:08. > :11:14.every year but I have never seen it. Today will be emotional but it will

:11:14. > :11:19.be fantastic. Are you looking for a good time? I don't know about that!

:11:19. > :11:27.I haven't done a half marathon for a little while but I am up for a

:11:27. > :11:36.challenge. I am with friends, we are 18. The ground commander.

:11:36. > :11:41.are a team. You knew him so well. Yes. We were a very close-knit team.

:11:41. > :11:45.It was clear he was given to be a great pilot. When he finally

:11:45. > :11:49.reached the Red Arrows, he was a perfect ambassador for the Royal

:11:49. > :11:53.Air Force and for Great Britain as well. They are doing the air shows

:11:54. > :11:59.today and also the fly past but a special send-off as well at the

:11:59. > :12:04.start. Tell us about the formation. At the start of the race, you will

:12:04. > :12:11.see a standard Red Arrows formation, with red white and blue to signify

:12:11. > :12:17.what a great British tradition Mrs, and then we will see a missing man

:12:17. > :12:22.formation, one of flying in his old position, and then you will see

:12:22. > :12:27.smoke and that is our tribute to him where we will honour him.

:12:28. > :12:32.you will be starting the race. What an opportunity. But it is

:12:32. > :12:36.going to be very emotional because of the fly past. Yes. I am so

:12:37. > :12:42.looking forward to seeing their team up in the sky. It is going to

:12:42. > :12:48.be good. We wish you the best of luck today. I look forward to

:12:48. > :12:53.seeing you at the end. And you have the number four in honour of John.

:12:53. > :12:58.Yes. I can't believe I am wearing red four. It is brilliant to be

:12:58. > :13:08.running with his number on. Let's just hope I get round. I am sure he

:13:08. > :13:23.

:13:23. > :13:27.would be very proud of you. Thank I will get cultural now because

:13:27. > :13:32.alongside me is the official permit for the Great North Run. Did

:13:32. > :13:38.Brendan asked you himself was mad maybe but he does not like the way

:13:38. > :13:43.people take the mickey out of him for the way he says the word "poem".

:13:43. > :13:47.What is your official duty? write a poem during the run and

:13:47. > :13:53.have it finished by the end to go over the highlights show. I take it

:13:53. > :13:58.you have never done anything like this before. No. It is either one

:13:58. > :14:03.or the other, not both at the same time. Mostly, sitting. How is it

:14:03. > :14:08.going? I have a possible couple of first clients based on things I

:14:08. > :14:13.have observed already. I think you could have the responsibility of

:14:14. > :14:22.choosing the first line. Quickly. man carrying a Brit humpback like

:14:22. > :14:28.the Tyne Bridge. Or, men in speedos, we against the trees. You are

:14:28. > :14:32.looking repulsed. I am not too sure about that. We will go with bridge

:14:32. > :14:39.and fridge. The only thing I am worried about come up when you

:14:39. > :14:44.start running, it will take away from your creative juices. I think

:14:44. > :14:49.it might be the most mad poet I have ever done. After the blood

:14:49. > :14:54.sugar, who knows what could happen. We are waiting with bated breath to

:14:54. > :15:00.see what you come up with but all the very best of luck. I will need

:15:00. > :15:03.it Jonathan, thank you. certainly look forward to that.

:15:03. > :15:09.Running the half-marathon is tough enough but she will be writing a

:15:09. > :15:17.poem as well. So everyone streaming down to the start. 54,000 people

:15:17. > :15:24.making their way here. The Ray Stubbs in just under an hour's time.

:15:24. > :15:29.-- the race will start. I am joined by model and TV personality, Calum

:15:30. > :15:33.Best. You are a serious runner. Come on! I play a bit of football

:15:33. > :15:38.but I signed up for the London Marathon this year and we did that

:15:38. > :15:43.and I did it for the Children's Trust but a friend of mine, Sophie,

:15:43. > :15:49.got in touch with me, former Miss Great Britain, she said she was and

:15:49. > :15:55.running it this year -- and she said she was running it this year

:15:55. > :16:03.for a smaller charities. So where is she? She is not here! You fell

:16:03. > :16:06.for it? Everybody is here for a different charity! Sarah's Hope

:16:07. > :16:12.Foundation is an opportunity for children with cancer to go on

:16:12. > :16:17.holiday so hopefully I can make it past the finish line. Tell us about

:16:17. > :16:22.the foundation. Sending children with cancer to Crete. Holiday and

:16:22. > :16:27.treatment. Yes, it is known in the world as being one of the

:16:27. > :16:31.healthiest environments, sunshine, organic foods. There is an English

:16:31. > :16:34.contingent that live there as well so any families that go there can

:16:34. > :16:39.help their kids to have cancer grow up in a healthy environment and

:16:39. > :16:44.give them a break from living with a horrible affliction. So the

:16:44. > :16:49.hasn't turned up but also the current Miss Newcastle, isn't she a

:16:49. > :16:54.run-in with you? Miss Great Britain, Ms Newcastle, I don't know how I

:16:54. > :16:58.was coaxed into this! I love the people from Newcastle but I have

:16:58. > :17:04.been stitched up with this Jersey! I don't know what the hell is going

:17:04. > :17:09.on but it is all good. I am here for these guys. Brendan Foster is

:17:09. > :17:16.the chairman of the race organisers. He probably sorted it. I will get

:17:16. > :17:26.booed by the Sunderland fans! luck. Thank you for having me.

:17:26. > :17:27.

:17:27. > :17:31.Last year, corporal Andrew Goss quite lost his left arm in a

:17:31. > :17:36.grenade attack. He became the first British soldier to be fitted with a

:17:36. > :17:41.bionic arm, and earlier this year, he proposed a to his girlfriend. He

:17:41. > :17:46.is taking part today. Joe Redman was diagnosed with an extremely

:17:46. > :17:51.rare blood disorder. He has had more than 20 blood transfusions,

:17:51. > :17:58.but hopes to be cured when his big sister Holly donate bone marrow

:17:58. > :18:05.next year. His dad Peter is running to raise money for his fund today.

:18:05. > :18:15.It took the tinier just two years to lose 9.5 stone. She is now

:18:15. > :18:21.

:18:21. > :18:26.continuing her new-found passion of The cultural theme continues here.

:18:26. > :18:33.We have a Turner Prize winner here. Your art involved with a great

:18:33. > :18:39.North cultural project. We are doing a point-of-view shot, of the

:18:39. > :18:44.entire course. All coverage of athletics events, the BBC did it

:18:44. > :18:49.superbly, but it is a cinematic language, I thought it would be

:18:49. > :18:53.interesting to see the entire course from the viewpoint of the

:18:53. > :18:59.winner, in the winning time. So we are sitting off three minutes

:18:59. > :19:04.before the men's elite, with a pick-up truck, and a camera on a

:19:04. > :19:12.gyroscopic system, which will give a smooth with a run of the entire

:19:12. > :19:17.thing in an hour. That will both document the event, and it will be

:19:17. > :19:22.shown on a huge screen next year. Thinking of putting it out to

:19:22. > :19:28.gymnasiums. So you can do the run on the treadmill rather than watch

:19:28. > :19:34.daytime TV. You are not running this year, but maybe next year?

:19:34. > :19:38.Well, there is some implicit pressure, I feel! I feel I have to

:19:38. > :19:42.shape up to be part of this next year, it is an unbelievable event.

:19:42. > :19:52.I have been here a couple of times before, it is great. We look

:19:52. > :19:57.

:19:57. > :20:01.Well, there is always next year! Here are the scenes at the start,

:20:01. > :20:08.all of these people ready to cheer on their friends and family, we are

:20:08. > :20:13.taking part. Still some latecomers are making their way. 50 minutes

:20:13. > :20:19.before the main race gets under way. There he is, the French master. As

:20:19. > :20:24.if it is not tough enough! IM with someone who ran it last year, Joe

:20:24. > :20:32.McElderry. Would you like to run with a fridge and your back? That

:20:32. > :20:38.must be really hard. You could keep some drinks cabinet, though!

:20:38. > :20:41.ran last year, you enjoyed it so much that you are back again. A I

:20:42. > :20:47.did, it is such a fantastic atmosphere. I am raising money for

:20:47. > :20:53.the teenage Cancer Trust, I just love it here, it is great fun.

:20:53. > :20:58.last night, you were meeting some of the families. Yes, it was a

:20:58. > :21:01.pastor party for the Cancer Trust, I went down to give a pep talk. But

:21:02. > :21:08.it is nerve-racking, you don't know what to expect until you start

:21:08. > :21:14.running. It is quite scary. have been busy, I know, promoting a

:21:14. > :21:20.new album. Because you are an opera singer now? Yes, the new album has

:21:20. > :21:25.pop ballads and opera on it. It is hard flicking between the two. It

:21:25. > :21:31.is doing well, it has been out for three weeks. Last week he told us

:21:31. > :21:35.your aunt was one of the volunteers. Is all the family out today?

:21:35. > :21:40.they are all waiting for us at the finish line, with towels, drinks,

:21:40. > :21:45.we are going to have a barbecue after. It is going to be nice. I

:21:45. > :21:51.can't wait to get to the end! time did you do last year? A one

:21:51. > :21:58.hour 39, so I'm going to try and do better it a bit. It is not raining

:21:58. > :22:08.like last year. Up it wasn't nice last year, it might be a bit easier.

:22:08. > :22:33.

:22:33. > :22:37.It really is an amazing race, in the 31 years it has been going,

:22:37. > :22:41.still they are pouring down to the start. But these two are here

:22:42. > :22:47.bright and early. Sophie Raworth and Helen Skelton. Sophie, we have

:22:47. > :22:51.to talk about the London Marathon, tell us what happened. I didn't get

:22:51. > :22:55.to see you at the end was the main thing! I was pushing it a bit too

:22:55. > :23:00.hard, I tried to do it in less than four hours, which was a bit silly,

:23:00. > :23:04.it was a bit hot. I blacked out, I have no memory whatsoever. I had

:23:04. > :23:08.two-and-a-half hours with the ambulance, then got up and finished,

:23:08. > :23:12.because they gave me lots of tea with sugar! It wasn't made it

:23:12. > :23:16.packed up and left, the camera left! I had this obsession. When

:23:16. > :23:20.you train for months, I had this obsession with getting to the

:23:20. > :23:26.finish line, and you were going to be there. I got there, and my

:23:26. > :23:31.husband and kids and mum and dad were there, thankfully. I promise I

:23:31. > :23:36.will wait this time! You were blacked out for about 20 minutes.

:23:36. > :23:43.saw my medical records, I was out for about 20 minutes, I had a

:23:44. > :23:47.temperature of 106 and. I had no idea where I was. I know you wanted

:23:47. > :23:52.to beat your husband's time, are you having a race against him?

:23:52. > :24:00.can be neatly tells me he pulled a muscle playing squash. --

:24:00. > :24:05.conveniently tells me it. He has got the excuses in early! Helen,

:24:05. > :24:12.you had a fabulous time last year. You were singing and chatting away,

:24:12. > :24:16.you pushed a lovely lady round in a wheelchair. I ran alongside her,

:24:16. > :24:21.some friends I enlisted pushed it! This is a really good atmosphere,

:24:21. > :24:29.we are doing it again, the same team, we cannot find Liam at the

:24:29. > :24:34.minute, though! This is an excuse to talk all the way round. She says

:24:34. > :24:38.you're a great singer. She's probably the only person! There was

:24:38. > :24:44.a bit of dancing, not as quickly as he would have liked, but with a

:24:44. > :24:49.smile on our faces. You love a challenge, don't you, it is not one

:24:49. > :24:52.thing to run it, you want to do something different? For me, when

:24:52. > :24:56.you find your limit, and you do an event like this, it becomes

:24:56. > :25:02.addictive. Even though you had a horrible time in the marathon, I

:25:02. > :25:08.bet you are going to do it next year! My mother doesn't want me to!

:25:08. > :25:13.I might. When you cross the finish line, you think, next year I'm

:25:13. > :25:17.going to train harder, do it again. You sign up, forget about it, and

:25:18. > :25:23.before you know it, the event is here. You know how special it is

:25:23. > :25:25.and what a great atmosphere. It is brilliant, the crowds are

:25:25. > :25:30.incredible, it is a nice enough distance, you still know what

:25:30. > :25:40.you're doing at the end, just about! I have a car to take me to

:25:40. > :25:41.

:25:41. > :25:47.the finish, and a promise I will I have been joined by the creator

:25:47. > :25:51.of CBBC's Horrible Histories. For you, it is the finish. I never

:25:51. > :25:56.thought I would be so glad to see Newcastle, because I'm from

:25:56. > :26:01.Sunderland, but I started off at six days ago, the far side of

:26:01. > :26:06.Hadrian's Wall, about 15 miles a day. Beautiful countryside, but

:26:07. > :26:10.tough terrain? Tough terrain in the middle, we had a hurricane for the

:26:10. > :26:17.first two days, then it was downhill, and it is nice to be here

:26:17. > :26:24.today. Tell us why you are doing it? I'm doing it for a charity

:26:24. > :26:28.called Integrating Children. have done this 15 times before. A

:26:28. > :26:34.slight change of scenery from Hadrian's Wall? A bit of a change

:26:34. > :26:44.of scenery, but so many people. I love humanity. Great achievement,

:26:44. > :26:45.

:26:45. > :26:50.16 years ago, Michelle Thompson lost a teenage sister to cancer.

:26:50. > :26:55.Since then, she has overcome her own accounts of battles, and

:26:55. > :26:59.tackled adventures from Peru de Kilimanjaro, raising �80,000 for

:26:59. > :27:05.the Macmillan Cancer Trust. She had to achieve a target of �100,000

:27:05. > :27:10.today. RAF squadron decided to stage their own and North Run in

:27:10. > :27:15.Kandahar after witnessing the life- changing injury to and hardships of

:27:15. > :27:21.falling ground forces in Afghanistan. They are raising funds

:27:21. > :27:27.for hope for heroes. Katie was four when she was told

:27:27. > :27:32.that she had cancer. She has enjoyed meeting celebrity cancer

:27:32. > :27:37.survivors. Now aged 11, she has been clear for over five years. Her

:27:37. > :27:47.family have raised over �70,000, and Katie, her mum and her brother

:27:47. > :27:50.have been training again for this So many heartbreaking stories, and

:27:50. > :27:55.they have been the inspiration for so many people who or running here

:27:55. > :27:59.today. This is the scene at the start. You can see more and more

:27:59. > :28:05.people getting down to the start, ready for the 31st running of this

:28:05. > :28:09.BUPA Great North Run. Just four months ago, Emma Newton was

:28:09. > :28:13.tragically killed when a tree fell on her car in high winds. Her

:28:13. > :28:20.family immediately set up a fund and a member to help those with a

:28:20. > :28:30.passion for the Performing Arts, a subject dear to end a's heart. --

:28:30. > :28:33.

:28:33. > :28:39.She just had this smile on every photograph. She was there, straight

:28:39. > :28:43.in front of you. She was very positive, she loved her life.

:28:43. > :28:49.she died, it was a huge shock, and straight away, I thought to set up

:28:49. > :28:59.a fund in her name, to give grants to young children in the performing

:28:59. > :29:09.

:29:09. > :29:13.She used to love drama, and danced. She was good at it, you know. To me

:29:13. > :29:19.cos she was a born performer. didn't think she was anything

:29:19. > :29:28.special. She wasn't a show-off. She just did it, it came naturally to

:29:28. > :29:33.her. She had Poland. -- talent. feel she was going to go places. If

:29:33. > :29:39.there is anybody out there... We struggled at the start to get

:29:39. > :29:45.things for her, costumes, tickets to classes. If this money can help

:29:45. > :29:55.anybody in any way, it is going to be well worth it. What he went

:29:55. > :29:56.

:29:56. > :30:01.through in the early days, -- what we went through, thinking that we

:30:01. > :30:10.can still give people grants, to give people something that will

:30:10. > :30:16.inspire them, to give them a good start in anything, you know...

:30:16. > :30:20.would like that. The fund initially was to raise �25,000. We did that

:30:20. > :30:25.within two months, we had money left at the doorstep, people have

:30:25. > :30:29.been so generous. People we don't even know. They have been touched

:30:29. > :30:38.by what has happened. We just want to continue it. We have got a lot

:30:38. > :30:47.of support out there. It is business through dance. It is a

:30:47. > :30:53.Brazilian star, I think. -- style. It was a lot of fun. It raised

:30:53. > :31:03.about �10,000 on the day. From the dancing of last Sunday to

:31:03. > :31:08.

:31:08. > :31:15.Emma was really well known for her red lipstick and geeky glasses and

:31:15. > :31:19.she was a dancer, so that you tos, one such is up and one is down, we

:31:19. > :31:24.are trying to bring a part of her into the way we are dressing for

:31:24. > :31:31.the cause. We have been overwhelmed by the gamut of people who have

:31:31. > :31:39.sponsored us. Team Emma is about keeping her name alive, how much

:31:39. > :31:46.happiness she brought to us. They have trained very hard. I think

:31:46. > :31:56.they are looking forward to doing it for Emma. When they finish, it

:31:56. > :31:57.

:31:57. > :32:03.is going to be quite emotional I think. She would be just laughing,

:32:03. > :32:09.she wouldn't believe it I think. That people had done so much. It is

:32:10. > :32:17.funny, she would want to go home and tell everyone. She has got on

:32:17. > :32:23.with life. She would want us to enjoy life. She had fun. Yeah.

:32:23. > :32:33.would have been laughing now. would be glad with the front and we

:32:33. > :32:41.

:32:41. > :32:46.have set up. She would be proud I I always like a young lady in a

:32:46. > :32:52.ballet costume! Simon, you look fantastic. A serious reason you are

:32:52. > :32:57.dressed like this. We are running for my niece, Emma, who was killed

:32:57. > :33:04.in a tragic accident. We are dressed like this because she was a

:33:04. > :33:08.fantastic dancer. The glasses are because it is what you wore all of

:33:08. > :33:14.the time, she had big glasses, and the red lipstick, which I haven't

:33:14. > :33:19.got on yet, it used to brighten her face up and make her look so

:33:19. > :33:23.beautiful. That is why we are dressed like this. You are her

:33:23. > :33:28.cousin. What is the fund you have set up for? It is basically for

:33:28. > :33:33.young adults to fund them with performing arts, to help them with

:33:33. > :33:37.the performing arts. And you are looking forward to it but it is

:33:37. > :33:43.bittersweet. Yeah. It is a bit scary but we are really looking

:33:43. > :33:49.forward to it. A good luck. I hope it goes well.

:33:49. > :33:54.Good luck to them all. I hope they raise lots and lots of money today.

:33:54. > :33:59.The start is looming ever closer. There is a lot of nervous people at

:33:59. > :34:06.the start line, including these two. The format this Great Britain and

:34:06. > :34:13.miss Newcastle, -- the format this of Great Britain and the current

:34:13. > :34:21.Miss Newcastle. Calum Best thought you were not going to turn up.

:34:21. > :34:27.is every dramatic. -- he is so dramatic. We got messed up with

:34:27. > :34:32.trying to find the bus but we got it all OK now. Are you serious

:34:32. > :34:38.runners? I read you were looking for running socks just before the

:34:38. > :34:44.race. No, I do go running quite often. I am not an elite or

:34:44. > :34:49.anything but I do try my hardest. Today is just about getting round

:34:49. > :34:53.and everyone's spirits are also lifted. And the atmosphere and the

:34:54. > :35:02.camaraderie. Calum Best was talking about the foundation you are

:35:02. > :35:06.running for cover for helping children. Tell us more about that.

:35:06. > :35:11.Sarah's Hope. It provides a villa in Cyprus, somewhere where families

:35:11. > :35:17.who have children suffering from cancer can go and have respite with

:35:17. > :35:22.the care that they meet in the vicinity. So they can go on holiday

:35:22. > :35:28.without the stresses and strains, and relax and do normal family

:35:28. > :35:35.activities. I wish you the best of luck. What time are you hoping for?

:35:35. > :35:42.At hour! I don't have a time. I am hoping to just get around. Good

:35:42. > :35:47.luck, everyone! Yes! I will see you at the finish. Good luck. Over the

:35:47. > :35:52.years we have seen so many famous faces who have started this race

:35:53. > :35:56.and busy, the honour goes to Mo Farah, who has been making athletic

:35:56. > :36:01.headlines in recent weeks. He became the first British man to win

:36:01. > :36:06.a world championship title over 5,000 metres. He would be starting

:36:06. > :36:09.the race but we -- before we speak to the man, let's look back at his

:36:09. > :36:18.year. He may have been Britain's hot property at the championships,

:36:18. > :36:28.but it was a frosty start back in January. Mo Farah begins 2011 in

:36:28. > :36:34.

:36:34. > :36:44.Mo Farah find something extra! A Mo Farah, defending his title, it

:36:44. > :36:54.is going to be gold for Great Britain! Mo Pharrell Williams it! -

:36:54. > :37:05.

:37:05. > :37:13.Mo Farah, tiring in the closing stages. Mo Farah is denied the

:37:13. > :37:17.medal that he so dearly cherished. In towards the home straight, he

:37:17. > :37:26.relinquished the lead in the 10,000 metres, he is he going to do It

:37:26. > :37:34.again? He starts to drop away! It was only silver in at 10,000 metres

:37:34. > :37:44.but it is gold this time! This time he got it right. This time you

:37:44. > :37:44.

:37:44. > :37:49.found the strength to hold on. What Truly has been at the rise and rise

:37:49. > :37:54.of Mo Farah this year and looking at those scenes, what a year.

:37:54. > :38:00.has been amazing for me. I am really happy how it went. I am over

:38:00. > :38:04.the moon. Take us back to Daegu. I know you were feeling lots of

:38:04. > :38:09.pressure. People wondering if you could win gold in 10,000 metres and

:38:09. > :38:15.it was so tight on the final stretch far stop it was close.

:38:15. > :38:21.ran a decent time. I was capable of winning it. I did not have a clue

:38:21. > :38:27.about the winner. Nobody did. We did not expect that. No. My tactic

:38:27. > :38:31.was to go for 500 metres, and then keep going, and I was thinking

:38:31. > :38:36.about the rest of the guys, but that was his day and the better man

:38:36. > :38:42.one on the days. Those last 200 metres must have been devastating

:38:42. > :38:46.for. I was hurting! 150 metres to go and I saw him come past on my

:38:46. > :38:52.shoulder and in the last 50 metres, I saw him come past me and I had

:38:52. > :38:57.nothing left! You said after the race, I want to do the 5,000. Did

:38:57. > :39:02.you know you had enough in you? was so disappointed with the 10

:39:02. > :39:08.kilometres -- the 10,000 metres, and I knew I would come back. It

:39:08. > :39:14.was a matter of talking to my coach, taking care of my blisters. What a

:39:14. > :39:19.sensational victory. It was a difficult race tactically. Yeah. I

:39:19. > :39:24.had to be patient and I had to wait and wait. I knew what it would take

:39:25. > :39:30.to win the race. I knew about everybody else. Bernard Lagat has

:39:30. > :39:35.run 3.26. You are not running today, you are the official starter, but

:39:35. > :39:40.you are heading back to Somalia to see your mum. Will you take a tape

:39:41. > :39:45.of your victory? I have asked the BBC to get me a tape! I am looking

:39:45. > :39:49.forward to it. I am relaxing on my break and I am enjoying time

:39:49. > :39:56.offered my family and I am looking forward to seeing her, I haven't

:39:56. > :39:59.seen her for a little while. I will talk to you later on. Now we are

:39:59. > :40:08.ready for the first of the races. Paul Dickenson.

:40:08. > :40:13.Thank you very much indeed. Wonderful conditions on Tyneside.

:40:13. > :40:18.20 athletes altogether for the Great North Run wheelchair race, a

:40:18. > :40:26.British record told us got world champions, Paralympic champions,

:40:26. > :40:31.including some defending champions as well. Josh Cassidy, the Canadian,

:40:31. > :40:35.twice the Renault of the Great North Run -- twice the winner.

:40:35. > :40:42.Richard Coleman of Australia is an absolutely super competitive.

:40:42. > :40:47.Shelly Woods in the green of Great Britain. Some other British

:40:48. > :40:57.athletes to look out for, Mickey Bushell, former Paralympic silver

:40:58. > :41:01.

:41:01. > :41:06.medallist. The course record. The men's race, David Weir, 41.34, and

:41:06. > :41:12.the United States woman, Amanda, who won it in 2009, and Shelly

:41:12. > :41:17.Woods of course won it last year. All of the main aims are there. All

:41:17. > :41:22.the big names are there. Only one a mythic, David Weir. He has elected

:41:22. > :41:32.not to come this year and to continue his preparations for the

:41:32. > :41:32.

:41:32. > :41:37.Paralympic Games -- only one name Dry conditions, not very much wind

:41:37. > :41:44.about. This first mile and a half down towards the Tyne Bridge is

:41:44. > :41:50.very, very kind to them. The gentle slope takes them all the way down

:41:50. > :41:57.and then the real hard work starts as they cross the Tyne Bridge. Go

:41:57. > :42:06.up the hill, a big left 10, down towards the Gateshead Stadium. -- a

:42:06. > :42:10.left turn. This first race is now The athletes are on their way and

:42:10. > :42:16.in a few minutes, the women's elite race will start and it is a race

:42:16. > :42:26.that sees the return of two British athletes coming back from injury,

:42:26. > :42:28.

:42:28. > :42:33.Jo Pavey and Mara Yamauchi. Mara Yamauchi has a long distance CV of

:42:33. > :42:39.distinction, excelling at the London Marathon and Beijing Olympic

:42:39. > :42:46.marathon. Jo Pavey came close to Great North Run glory in 2008,

:42:46. > :42:51.finishing third, two seconds from victory. Both hit the road today

:42:51. > :42:59.after injury, are to the destination: London pointed wealth.

:42:59. > :43:02.I am glad to be back out there. ultimate destination: London 2012.

:43:02. > :43:07.My hope is to be selected for the Olympics next year because the

:43:07. > :43:12.qualifying time does not guarantee selection. I just want to enjoy the

:43:12. > :43:18.race, feel-good, finished in one piece, get a reasonable time. The

:43:18. > :43:24.time I run will give me any publication of where I am with my

:43:24. > :43:30.training and then I can adjusted accordingly. Paula Radcliffe and a

:43:30. > :43:34.new ceiling are among the others in the contention. -- and Liz Yelling.

:43:34. > :43:38.You cannot presume you will be selected just because you have the

:43:38. > :43:42.time but it will keep us on our toes. For a competing athlete to

:43:42. > :43:47.have the Olympics in your home country is such an opportunity that

:43:47. > :43:52.is so rare so of course I want to be there and improve on my place in

:43:52. > :43:57.Beijing. I wish we could all go! But obviously there is only three

:43:57. > :44:04.places. Because I have had so many injuries, the thought of not making

:44:04. > :44:11.the team does go through my mind so I am going to give it 110% to stay

:44:11. > :44:15.injury-free and hopefully, run well in August of dog Britain's third

:44:15. > :44:21.entrance of note is Helen Clitheroe, making her half-marathon debut

:44:21. > :44:24.after winning in Manchester in May. The women's field it is further

:44:24. > :44:30.illuminated by the inclusion of defending champion, Berhane Adere

:44:30. > :44:34.of Ethiopia, and the athlete she succeeded as champion, Jessica

:44:34. > :44:39.Augusto from Portugal. We are now ready to introduce the

:44:39. > :44:45.main contenders on the start-line for the women's elite race. Back to

:44:45. > :44:53.the commentator box with Brendan Foster and Steve Cram. Thank you.

:44:53. > :44:58.Good morning. And good luck to everybody down there. Obviously

:44:58. > :45:03.they can't hear me. Looking forward to welcoming everybody, not only

:45:03. > :45:08.elite athletes but the tens of thousands of others. The elite

:45:08. > :45:13.women get the honour of setting us under way. They have about 25

:45:13. > :45:19.minutes head start on the main race. We have just seen some other main

:45:19. > :45:25.contenders been named. It is quite an important date for the likes of

:45:25. > :45:31.Barry Yamauchi and Jo Pavey. -- Mara Yamauchi. This is the

:45:31. > :45:39.defending champion, she has won it two times, Berhane Adere, former

:45:39. > :45:43.world champion. Jo Pavey, one of Britain's best. Looking for a

:45:43. > :45:51.confidence boost as she begins her marathon campaign for London and

:45:51. > :45:55.the Olympic Games. Mara Yamauchi has been troubled with injury for

:45:55. > :46:00.the last 12 months and a good performance will set her up nicely

:46:00. > :46:08.for an autumn marathon, which you really needs. Jo has at least

:46:08. > :46:12.already qualified for 2012. Helen Clitheroe, she rang yesterday at

:46:12. > :46:17.the Great City Games. -- she ran yesterday. She won the European

:46:17. > :46:22.indoor 3,000 metres title at the beginning of the year. And it was

:46:22. > :46:27.back in October that Irene Jerotich excelled in her best race ever,

:46:27. > :46:32.where she became the Commonwealth champion over the marathon distance.

:46:32. > :46:35.And the winner two years ago, Jessica Augusto, fresh from the

:46:35. > :46:45.10,000 metres in the world championships, and she could be the

:46:45. > :46:49.

:46:49. > :46:58.Conditions, almost ideal, the distance running. It is quite cool,

:46:58. > :47:08.around 13 degrees at the start, hardly a breeze to speak of. And

:47:08. > :47:18.that is the familiar figure of Alan Bell with the starter's pistol. The

:47:18. > :47:20.

:47:20. > :47:25.elite women will start on the set off, to kick-off the famous

:47:25. > :47:30.half-marathon distance on perhaps the most famous half-marathon

:47:30. > :47:35.course, the BUPA Great North Run. Brendan, we are always looking

:47:35. > :47:40.forward to the masses, but I was saying how important this race is

:47:40. > :47:45.for the likes of Mara Yamauchi and Jo Pavey, and other international

:47:45. > :47:50.athletes, they all have half an eye on 2012. It pretty much begins here.

:47:50. > :47:54.I think that is right. Pretty 12, the London Olympic Games, Jo Pavey

:47:54. > :47:58.explained earlier, we have some very good marathon runners in the

:47:58. > :48:04.women's section, led by Paula Radcliffe, who we will see next

:48:04. > :48:11.week running in Berlin, but also Liz Yelling, Jo Pavey, Mara

:48:11. > :48:19.Yamauchi. Three of those four will be detained for 2012. -- will be

:48:19. > :48:23.the team. Mara Yamauchi has to get a qualifying time in Yokohama.

:48:23. > :48:27.Paula will be trying next week to get a qualifying time. So the

:48:27. > :48:33.London Olympics starts to hang over these athletes, they are all

:48:33. > :48:38.thinking about it, as they should be. Great to see Jo Pavey back in

:48:38. > :48:44.action. She was selected for the World Championships in Daegu, but

:48:44. > :48:53.unfortunately had to pull out. She now feels as though she is ready.

:48:53. > :49:01.Barrios next to her, the former champion. And there, the previous

:49:01. > :49:06.champion, Jessica Augusto, and Berhane Adere, Reading next to her.

:49:06. > :49:14.-- running. In the green vest, an interesting local athlete, Freya

:49:14. > :49:21.Murray, who is back from injury. Helen Clitheroe, we saw her run the

:49:21. > :49:25.great Manchester run, I wonder how she will take this half marathon.

:49:25. > :49:34.They are just getting ready, unwinding, just finding out their

:49:34. > :49:43.position. On the inside, there is a Mara Yamauchi. I was trying to work

:49:43. > :49:50.out the colours, but it is a sort of red and off Orange, it can there

:49:50. > :49:54.be such a thing as that? Early stages. I was looking at the

:49:54. > :50:01.athlete who were lining up this year, and insisting that Jo Pavey

:50:01. > :50:05.is looking keen to move these things along. You don't want to

:50:05. > :50:14.waste the opportunity piloting three or four miles slip by, going

:50:14. > :50:19.to slow, but there is nobody... Jo Pavey looks keen to go hard early

:50:19. > :50:24.on. You are right, you don't want to get ready, come here fit and

:50:24. > :50:29.able to run well, and not run both a good positional, tactical race,

:50:29. > :50:39.but also run a decent time. So Jo Pavey, just encouraging these

:50:39. > :50:48.

:50:48. > :50:58.while longer to wait. So they get a chance for a last-minute -- to the

:50:58. > :50:59.

:50:59. > :51:04.toilet. Claremont Road, down the left, and thousands trying to get a

:51:04. > :51:12.vantage-point of what is always an inspiring and spectacular sight.

:51:12. > :51:21.The warm-up, well underway, clothes being discarded. And the operation,

:51:21. > :51:24.to get this start area fit for purpose began at 8pm last night.

:51:24. > :51:30.Any revellers returning home had to find an alternative route. The

:51:30. > :51:35.central motorway, as you can see, it is a massive operation to get it

:51:35. > :51:40.ready for one of the world's biggest events. Looks like Nell

:51:41. > :51:50.McAndrew, joining in the warm-up. Anyone who watches this event

:51:51. > :51:53.

:51:53. > :51:58.regularly will know what a good athlete she is. As I said,

:51:58. > :52:04.conditions pretty much ideal today. Keep yourself a nice and warm at

:52:04. > :52:10.the start. We saw one or two going down very early this morning, at

:52:10. > :52:15.about 7am, well wrapped up, but the sun has warned everybody up quite

:52:15. > :52:19.nicely. The prospect of a few showers later on, but that might be

:52:19. > :52:29.when they need them, as they are approaching South Shields in a

:52:29. > :52:34.

:52:35. > :52:39.Yesterday the quayside was the scene of a very popular City Games,

:52:39. > :52:44.Mo Farah was in more familiar attire, performing very well,

:52:44. > :52:51.wouldn't be two miles. So many people delighted to see him on

:52:51. > :52:59.Tyneside this weekend. A little bit easier for him today. You can see

:52:59. > :53:03.them going through the underpass on the central motorway there. And the

:53:03. > :53:09.streets of Newcastle, pretty much clear, as they have to be, of

:53:09. > :53:17.course. As it tends to be with the women's elite race, the spectators

:53:17. > :53:26.want to come out and watch a big masses, sewer the Tyne Bridge will

:53:26. > :53:30.fill -- it so the Tyne Bridge will fail. They are used to somebody

:53:30. > :53:37.going quickly through the first miles, but a bit more circumspect

:53:37. > :53:42.now. They have got a surprise pacemaker with Jo Pavey. She knows

:53:42. > :53:52.what kind of pace she is running, they trained with watches on, so

:53:52. > :53:54.

:53:54. > :53:59.they know what kind of pace they are ready. Barrios next over, she

:53:59. > :54:05.finished 9th in the world championships. She was the first

:54:05. > :54:12.European, so she is obviously a class athlete. One mile behind them,

:54:12. > :54:20.just over 12 miles to go, and a big group in the women's race. Some of

:54:20. > :54:23.Britain's best athletes are among them. The landscape of Newcastle

:54:24. > :54:32.hasn't changed too much in awe of the years that the Great North Run

:54:32. > :54:41.has been morning. -- in all of the years. Take this opportunity to

:54:41. > :54:44.coast down the central route. It is one of the reasons why so many

:54:44. > :54:54.people are in the north-east want to come and run the event, it is

:54:54. > :55:04.

:55:04. > :55:11.the only time the Tyne Bridge is very experienced athletes. An awful

:55:11. > :55:16.lot of experience in this pack. Just all encouraging each other

:55:16. > :55:21.through these first couple of miles, just keeping the place going. It is

:55:21. > :55:29.quick enough, it is not silly quick, but quite enough. The crowds are

:55:30. > :55:35.out now on the Tyne Bridge. The crowds are filling up down here at

:55:35. > :55:38.South Shields, where we are based. Jo Pavey will be getting good

:55:38. > :55:46.support, Helen Clitheroe is a very popular athlete, she won the Europa

:55:46. > :55:50.Cup here, many years ago. That was 1500 metres. She is a very popular

:55:50. > :55:56.athlete, she has served Great Britain well, and thinking about

:55:56. > :56:01.the marathon, today for Helen Clitheroe, on the outside there,

:56:01. > :56:04.she is about four. Today is the time when she makes the decision to

:56:04. > :56:10.stop if she enjoys the half marathon, she will have a go at the

:56:10. > :56:20.marathon. Jo Pavey started as a 1500 metres runner, and Helen as

:56:20. > :56:20.

:56:20. > :56:26.well, a lot more of the women seem to move through. It happens much

:56:26. > :56:32.less in the men's events. That is a very good point. You are right.

:56:32. > :56:36.These athletes are quality athletes, Jo Pavey was world class at 5000

:56:36. > :56:40.metres, didn't quite enjoyed a 10,000, even though she ran well at

:56:40. > :56:46.the World Championships. Then the a loo of the Olympic marathon, the

:56:46. > :56:50.London Marathon, her debut in the Great North Run, she was only two

:56:50. > :56:54.seconds away from victory when she ran that race, I'm sure she had a

:56:54. > :56:58.good experience, hopefully she can translate that. You can see she

:56:59. > :57:03.wants to get on with the race, she is not bothered too much about who

:57:03. > :57:11.is around her, who is positioning herself, this is a big leading

:57:11. > :57:20.group. Being stretched now by Jessica Augusto and Barrios of

:57:20. > :57:25.Portugal. There is Helen Clitheroe on the near side, the dangerous

:57:25. > :57:28.figure of Berhane Adere. She may win the race, but also, she is one

:57:28. > :57:38.of these athletes that is not comfortable to run around, she gets

:57:38. > :57:43.

:57:43. > :57:53.was then! They have a long way to go. A lot of exuberance at the

:57:53. > :57:55.

:57:55. > :58:04.start, but great scenes, 10 or 15 minutes or so from the start. They

:58:04. > :58:09.will all be on their way. Some 10 to be a bit cheeky and tend to go a

:58:09. > :58:12.bit further up from where they are supposed to. They will be on their

:58:12. > :58:22.way shortly, I think Jonathan has one of those who should be looking

:58:22. > :58:24.

:58:24. > :58:29.forward to another great rowing For this man, a lap of honour.

:58:29. > :58:36.is right, I have been granted the lap of honour, it is a great honour

:58:36. > :58:43.to be taking part. Tell us about this he did go to a 3100. I ran

:58:43. > :58:46.3100 miles from California to New York. Are raised to money for St

:58:46. > :58:49.Benedict's Hospice and the Children's Foundation. It is the

:58:49. > :58:59.number of miles I ran across America. Enjoyed a day, and make

:58:59. > :59:00.

:59:00. > :59:04.Five years ago, Rachel was diagnosed with motor neurone

:59:04. > :59:09.disease. She changed her perspective and now counts herself

:59:09. > :59:12.fortunate to be alive, surrounded by loving friends and family. The

:59:12. > :59:19.Motor neurone disease Foundation provided invaluable support, and

:59:19. > :59:29.she is raising funds today, pushed around by her friend John Dickinson.

:59:29. > :59:30.

:59:30. > :59:37.Nine year-old Dylan's this wish is to swim with dolphins. The charity

:59:37. > :59:42.is Starlight. Gillian Ferguson lost her entire

:59:42. > :59:46.memory come with no recollection of family and friends. In five years,

:59:46. > :59:56.she has overcome huge obstacles, relearning how to talk and walk.

:59:56. > :00:02.

:00:02. > :00:07.Today is the biggest demonstration minutes. This is a massive, massive

:00:07. > :00:12.operation, both at the start and at the finish. We are sitting down at

:00:12. > :00:15.South Shields, and there are massive crowds gathering already.

:00:15. > :00:22.The some of them, may be about three hours before they cross the

:00:22. > :00:32.finish line. For many, it will be around an hour and a half, to about

:00:32. > :00:36.

:00:36. > :00:46.Let's have a look at some of the preparation which goes into this

:00:46. > :00:54.

:00:54. > :01:01.produce more than 5,000 balloons for the Great North Run. We have

:01:01. > :01:04.been doing it for about 14-15 years. The balloons will be going down to

:01:04. > :01:10.South Shields, and put into the charity village. Also, up at the

:01:10. > :01:14.finishing line. We started inflating this morning, and I think

:01:14. > :01:24.we will still be inflating by 5 o'clock tomorrow night. Hopefully

:01:24. > :01:35.

:01:35. > :01:40.have got the best team in the world. My girls will go, not the extra

:01:40. > :01:49.mile, they will go the extra 100 miles for us. It is hard to get

:01:49. > :01:55.that commitment from people. We are blessed with our staff. We are a

:01:55. > :02:01.piece of the Great North Run. Whereas nervous as anybody else.

:02:01. > :02:05.What other contingency plans? Have we ordered enough gas? Do we have

:02:05. > :02:10.enough balloons? All of these things, one of the time they're

:02:10. > :02:13.swirling around your head. It is nice to be part of something that

:02:13. > :02:23.is in the north-east, it's huge, and we're part of it. And we love

:02:23. > :02:26.

:02:26. > :02:33.day out without a few balloons, and there's an awful lot of them out on

:02:33. > :02:43.the course today. There has been a bit of a break-up while we were

:02:43. > :02:49.

:02:49. > :02:57.watching that. This is the lead group. You can see Helen Clitheroe

:02:57. > :03:04.just on the back of that group. Jo Pavey still looking OK. A little

:03:04. > :03:08.further back is Mara Yamauchi. BRENDAN FOSTER: Yes, we were hoping

:03:08. > :03:14.Mara Yamauchi would be running well, but she is obviously under pressure

:03:14. > :03:18.already. There's Helen Clitheroe. She knows this is longer and

:03:18. > :03:21.further than she has gone before, competitively. She has got some

:03:22. > :03:25.world-class athletes around her. It is very, very early in the race,

:03:25. > :03:31.but already, things are happening. Mara Yamauchi will be disappointed

:03:31. > :03:38.she has not been able to go with it. There was a little bit of a surge.

:03:38. > :03:48.The pace had been reasonably swift through two miles. We will look at

:03:48. > :03:50.

:03:50. > :03:54.the Three Mile split in a moment. The pace is inside 67 pace, pretty

:03:54. > :04:04.swift Railey, considering that many of these women have not been close

:04:04. > :04:06.

:04:06. > :04:12.to that in recent times. So yes, that third mile, 5.05, that is why

:04:12. > :04:17.it has broken up. Yes, that is a bit quick. Maybe that's why Mara

:04:17. > :04:23.Yamauchi has gone off the back. There she is. Looking comfortable

:04:23. > :04:30.and controlled, but clearly, with that increase in pace, I think she

:04:30. > :04:40.will know that she's probably not capable of running 67 minutes. So,

:04:40. > :04:40.

:04:40. > :04:45.she's running quite wisely, really. Ahead of her she has got Freya

:04:45. > :04:55.Murray, who can be a bit of an aggressive athlete, on her day. You

:04:55. > :05:10.

:05:10. > :05:20.can see the gap, which has opened behind the lead group. That group

:05:20. > :05:28.really has been shaken up. So, a good, quick early pace, these

:05:28. > :05:37.athletes setting out with real pace. Very happy with this early pace,

:05:37. > :05:42.Berhane Adere. Just coming up to the next section, we will see

:05:42. > :05:46.whether the pace carries on at the same rate. If it does, this group

:05:46. > :05:55.will break up very, very quickly indeed, and we may be left with

:05:55. > :06:05.just two or three after halfway or so. They're well on their way. Back

:06:05. > :06:06.

:06:06. > :06:15.in Newcastle, tens of thousands are lined up, ready to go in a few

:06:15. > :06:23.minutes' time. Earlier on, we were saying that it is a very special

:06:23. > :06:33.year, after the tragic accident which happened with the Red Arrows

:06:33. > :06:35.

:06:35. > :06:40.earlier on this year, it is a very poignant day for them. Normally we

:06:40. > :06:47.would see the Red Arrows fly-past over the Tyne Bridge, and then they

:06:47. > :06:49.welcome everybody at the finish line. But they're going to make a

:06:50. > :06:57.special fly-past before the main race starts, which is very shortly

:06:57. > :07:04.indeed. I'm sure they will get a rapturous reception down there on

:07:04. > :07:09.the central motorway. That little uphill section, as I thought might

:07:09. > :07:18.happen, if you keep the pace on up hill, this is what happens. She has

:07:18. > :07:28.broken that group up completely. She's trying to push on. In third

:07:28. > :07:31.

:07:31. > :07:38.place there, Jessica Augusto. This is a big pace at this stage. Is

:07:38. > :07:45.this a bit too quick, too early? Well, she is the Commonwealth

:07:45. > :07:55.champion, but it is decision time. Do you assume that they will not be

:07:55. > :08:02.

:08:02. > :08:12.able to keep going this quickly? The two of these are pulling away

:08:12. > :08:14.

:08:14. > :08:18.from the rest. Jo Pavey working hard in fifth place at the moment.

:08:18. > :08:26.Four miles completed, it is a significant lead at this early

:08:26. > :08:36.stage, but an awful lot can happen yet. I was talking about the Red

:08:36. > :08:44.

:08:44. > :08:54.Arrows, and of course, we spoke to the widow of Flight Lieutenant Jon

:08:54. > :09:31.

:09:31. > :09:39.Egging. This is a special moment as for the instructions of the elite

:09:39. > :09:43.men on the start line. This is the man who one the London Marathon

:09:43. > :09:51.this year, the favourite for this year's race, one of the quickest in

:09:51. > :09:59.the world over the marathon distance, Emmanuel Mutai. The

:09:59. > :10:02.course record of 59 minutes, 5 seconds could be under threat today.

:10:02. > :10:11.It is almost a minute quicker than his personal best, but conditions

:10:11. > :10:15.are good today. The man who won the World Championship marathon in 2003

:10:15. > :10:19.and 2005, Joauad Gharib. Another man who's well known to those who

:10:19. > :10:25.watch the London Marathon regularly. Still one of the world's best. And

:10:25. > :10:33.what about this man? John Kelai, he won the Commonwealth marathon in

:10:33. > :10:37.Delhi. That personal best of his you would imagine is one which he

:10:37. > :10:47.is capable of beating. One or two others to watch out for. We will

:10:47. > :10:54.

:10:54. > :11:04.pick them out once they're under way. So, Mo Farah, our new world

:11:04. > :11:10.

:11:10. > :11:14.champion, gets it started. Along with Emma Eggin. The miles of

:11:14. > :11:21.training, the dreams and aspirations, and so many personal

:11:21. > :11:23.stories, wrapped up in a sporting spectacle that is enjoyed not only

:11:23. > :11:33.here on Tyneside, but throughout the country and throughout the

:11:33. > :11:37.

:11:37. > :11:47.world. It all began back in 1981, 30 years ago, and who could have

:11:47. > :11:51.imagined what it would grow to become? I'm sure we will see Mo

:11:51. > :11:55.Farah One Day coming here to compete, rather than standing there,

:11:55. > :11:59.and he will probably find it a lot easier than what will be happening

:11:59. > :12:03.to him over the next half-an-hour! But they will be delighted that

:12:03. > :12:07.he's here to join in the fun. That is one of the special things about

:12:07. > :12:12.events like this, the world's best at the front lining up at the same

:12:13. > :12:22.time as everybody else. It doesn't matter how good you are, house low

:12:23. > :12:24.

:12:24. > :12:30.you are, you're all taking part in the same event. -- how slow you are.

:12:30. > :12:36.BRENDAN FOSTER: He has entered into the spirit of it. He is quick-

:12:36. > :12:41.witted, he will be giving as good as he gets, regarding the banter.

:12:41. > :12:47.He has a good attitude. Great, great athlete and a good ambassador

:12:47. > :12:51.for the sport. He likes this area as well. He said he went out for a

:12:51. > :12:56.pint last night with one of his friends from the Sunderland

:12:56. > :13:00.Carriers. He said to me yesterday, he used to come up secretly, but I

:13:00. > :13:10.don't think that is going to happen any more for Mo Farah, not in this

:13:10. > :13:18.

:13:18. > :13:22.moment. Let's hope that they're still in a happy mood when they

:13:22. > :13:26.reach South Shields. It will be hard work for many. Some will have

:13:26. > :13:33.turned up with not quite the right amount of preparation, but they

:13:33. > :13:39.will get there in the end. Millions of pounds are being raised for

:13:39. > :13:49.charity. Some of those charities are small and local, others

:13:49. > :13:52.

:13:52. > :13:59.national and indeed international. PAUL DICKENSON: This really is a

:13:59. > :14:05.remarkable scene, and these scenes will continue for some time yet.

:14:05. > :14:14.Congratulations once again to the start line team, they have been

:14:14. > :14:24.there all night building the start area. It will be some time before

:14:24. > :14:26.

:14:26. > :14:36.their work is complete. These are the elite men at the front. Back

:14:36. > :14:36.

:14:36. > :14:46.with the women, Kabou has really taken it to the field. If she manes

:14:46. > :14:49.

:14:49. > :14:59.this pace, but it is a big if. She has just thrown in another five-

:14:59. > :15:05.minute 7 Mile, a fairly quick section. At the moment, she's

:15:05. > :15:09.heading for something well under 67 minutes, which I would suggest

:15:09. > :15:16.would be very, very fast for her. She's a good athlete, but it seems

:15:16. > :15:26.a bit quick for me at this stage. think I would be a bit surprised

:15:26. > :15:26.

:15:26. > :15:36.too is she kept going right that. And now, Helen Kluge Row, who

:15:36. > :15:37.

:15:37. > :15:47.always looks more relaxed to me on the roads... -- Helen Clitheroe.

:15:47. > :15:51.

:15:51. > :16:01.Alongside Jo Pavey there. It is not too late for an athlete like Helen

:16:01. > :16:02.

:16:02. > :16:12.Clitheroe to embark on a marathon career. Looking comfortable there,

:16:12. > :16:24.

:16:24. > :16:28.Jessica Augusto. But this race is a the left here. There has been a lot

:16:28. > :16:35.of roadworks, people have been avoiding this roundabout, but that

:16:35. > :16:41.work is not far from being finished, I am told. That is of no interest

:16:41. > :16:45.to our athletes today. This is the first time they start really

:16:45. > :16:52.heading towards South Shields. That is a big, big lead at this point.

:16:52. > :16:56.It is the sort of pace that has taken us all by surprise. She is

:16:56. > :17:03.resitting her stall out here in these early miles. -- really

:17:03. > :17:06.setting her stall out. Always a lot of support here. This is where

:17:07. > :17:16.Denise Lewis will be catching up with many of the slower runners

:17:17. > :17:28.

:17:28. > :17:35.sedate start. 4.32 through their first mile. Heading over the Tyne

:17:35. > :17:39.Bridge, just seeing a few spots of rain on the camera there. Those

:17:39. > :17:45.showers, writing about an hour earlier than they were forecast. --

:17:45. > :17:49.arriving. Looking down on the date had side of the quayside, the

:17:49. > :17:55.Millennium Bridge in the distance there. A wonderful backdrop. I

:17:55. > :18:02.think it was that picture in the early days which sealed an early

:18:02. > :18:07.reputation for this event, this road, completely failed, taken from

:18:07. > :18:11.the Gateshead side, looking back over the Tyne Bridge. It is not

:18:11. > :18:21.full yet, but it will not be long before you will not be able to see

:18:21. > :18:26.

:18:26. > :18:30.the week, some of the ban has got blown off the bridge. Fortunately

:18:30. > :18:35.today, a little bit better than that. Threatening showers, but that

:18:35. > :18:40.is not a bad thing for the runners. A little bit of an inconvenience

:18:40. > :18:50.for the spectators, the crowds are gathering now on the Tyne Bridge.

:18:50. > :19:00.

:19:00. > :19:08.Here come the leading athletes, the settling down. Emmanuel Mutai, the

:19:08. > :19:14.London Marathon champion, looking relaxed there. The Kenya and

:19:14. > :19:19.present is significant, and the Kenyan talent just keeps increasing

:19:19. > :19:25.and increasing. This one is a man many are talking about being one of

:19:26. > :19:28.the favourites for the Olympic Games in London next year. They are

:19:29. > :19:38.moving along at a pretty good pace already, seems as if they have

:19:38. > :19:46.settled in. Meanwhile, Mo Farah is, I am sure, thoroughly enjoying his

:19:46. > :19:56.role here this morning. He is going to be making his weight to the

:19:56. > :20:00.

:20:00. > :20:05.after his stint at the start. He was thinking about running this

:20:05. > :20:09.event, he said he would have loved to have won this, he says he can

:20:09. > :20:13.see his way to a half marathon and eventually to a marathon distance.

:20:13. > :20:22.I'm sure we will see him run the London Marathon one day. We haven't

:20:22. > :20:26.had a British winner since 1986 when Steve Kenyon won that race. If

:20:26. > :20:32.Mo Farah was running vest today, I think he might find it a bit tough

:20:32. > :20:42.after his exertions. But he is doing the hard job of shaking

:20:42. > :20:53.

:20:53. > :20:59.54,000 hands as they go down the start. And it is a good thing, we

:20:59. > :21:04.are talking about the logistics of getting everybody across the start

:21:04. > :21:07.line, everybody having a bit of a walk at the start. Everyone has a

:21:07. > :21:17.chip which is only activated when they crossed the start line, so

:21:17. > :21:18.

:21:18. > :21:26.they get an accurate time of what they cover the distance in. A lot

:21:26. > :21:36.of these watches these days have G Ps systems. On my watch, it was

:21:36. > :21:40.13.22 miles. The course wasn't a measured properly! Somebody told

:21:40. > :21:50.the man that the course wasn't measure properly, I wouldn't like

:21:50. > :22:01.

:22:01. > :22:05.incredibly composed earlier. She is remembering her husband, Jon Egging.

:22:06. > :22:11.Let's hope she has a great experience down there, running the

:22:12. > :22:21.event. They were both keen runners, and I'm sure, she will be thinking

:22:22. > :22:27.

:22:27. > :22:33.of him all the way down to South start, but in the women's race, the

:22:33. > :22:38.fireworks are really going off. They have set off at a pretty good

:22:38. > :22:45.pace, and then this athlete has been forcing on. If it is accurate,

:22:45. > :22:50.after accept that it is, the 6th mile was of 4.49. Have you ever

:22:50. > :22:56.seen that at the Great North Run at this stage? It is amazing, but look

:22:56. > :23:01.at the split times. This is amazing running. We have got little

:23:01. > :23:04.evidence that she has run much further than 10 kilometres in any

:23:04. > :23:10.significant time, she is the Commonwealth 10,000 metres champion,

:23:10. > :23:15.and she was comfortable in doing that. She has trained in Japan, and

:23:15. > :23:18.Japanese marathon coaches know about marathon running. She has run

:23:18. > :23:25.with the leading group, she has settled down, got in amongst them,

:23:25. > :23:35.and suddenly, she has decided... And that there are world-class

:23:35. > :23:41.

:23:41. > :23:45.minute mile. That is why their gap is there. The question has to be,

:23:45. > :23:48.how on earth is she going to keep this going? Because if she does,

:23:48. > :23:53.she is going to run one of the quickest half marathons we have

:23:53. > :23:58.seen for quite a while. Her personal best goes back to 2004,

:23:58. > :24:08.when she ran just inside 70 minutes, and at the moment, she is running

:24:08. > :24:17.

:24:17. > :24:24.three or four minutes quicker than the very first finisher in this

:24:24. > :24:30.year's Great North Run. We think it is Josh Cassidy, the Canadian. He

:24:30. > :24:35.has made it a double here this weekend, he won the Tyne Tunnel

:24:35. > :24:39.race, and as he was going through the Tyne Tunnel on the downhill

:24:39. > :24:47.section, he was clocked at over 50 mph, which was a phenomenal

:24:47. > :24:51.achievement. He won two years ago, he won the London Marathon last

:24:52. > :24:58.year. Certainly establishing himself as one of the premiere

:24:58. > :25:08.wheelchair races in the world, no matter what distance he goes at.

:25:08. > :25:13.That is just a phenomenal time. Certainly well inside of David

:25:13. > :25:23.Weir's course record. We wish David well, he has a niggling injury, he

:25:23. > :25:24.

:25:24. > :25:34.has let us know. We wish his young boy A Mason well as well for the

:25:34. > :25:54.

:25:54. > :26:01.second -- we wish him well. Coleman there or thereabouts, a former

:26:01. > :26:10.winner of the Great North Run 10 years ago. But certainly the winner,

:26:10. > :26:20.Josh Cassidy, well ahead at any body. -- ahead of anybody. Perfect

:26:20. > :26:27.

:26:27. > :26:30.longer this day goes on, do more packed the finish becomes. It has

:26:30. > :26:40.just been getting further and further sense around 8am this

:26:40. > :26:50.

:26:50. > :27:00.he has done it again. He certainly is the best racer in the world at

:27:00. > :27:07.

:27:07. > :27:15.fill my sleeve. -- nicely. Still very early stages. These will be

:27:15. > :27:21.finishing in the first 3000, 4000. That is no mean feat in a race with

:27:21. > :27:28.so many people taking part. Meanwhile, at the front, no real

:27:28. > :27:34.surprises. They have moved away, this group of five. Jonathan Maiyo,

:27:34. > :27:44.on the inside, he is one that some people have suggested could have a

:27:44. > :28:10.

:28:10. > :28:14.and it is that transition, from the track onto the road that you were

:28:14. > :28:19.looking for. Emmanuel Mutai, without a great track pedigree, has

:28:19. > :28:25.done that really well. Kenya have such an embarrassment of riches, it

:28:25. > :28:30.is hard to choose. Do you go for the 10,000 on the track, do you go

:28:30. > :28:34.for the half marathon, would you go, there is a blockage of talent.

:28:34. > :28:38.you look at Emmanuel Mutai, fantastic performance in the London

:28:38. > :28:42.Marathon, silver medal in the world championships, at the end of the

:28:42. > :28:52.day, he is not sure whether he is going to be able to make the Kenyan

:28:52. > :28:55.

:28:55. > :29:05.team! Then you're looking at a bit of a gap to the marathon runner,

:29:05. > :29:09.

:29:09. > :29:18.and there is nothing to see. She is so far ahead, she has just run

:29:18. > :29:23.another five minutes a mile. -- a five minute mile. She has had just

:29:23. > :29:27.over a year out, she gave birth to a baby daughter, she has been back

:29:27. > :29:32.in Kenya, trading hard with some of their top athletes, and that has

:29:32. > :29:35.obviously been paying off. She might not have put in too many

:29:35. > :29:39.performances, this is only her second run since getting back to

:29:39. > :29:46.full fitness, but so far, this is the sort of run we haven't seen

:29:46. > :29:56.from her for an awful long time. Just wondering, as she turned into

:29:56. > :30:01.the John Reid Road, if you have tired legs,... She has been running

:30:01. > :30:05.some very fast miles, and that that sort of pace, even for the world's

:30:05. > :30:15.best to maintain, would be something special. Let's keep an

:30:15. > :30:18.

:30:18. > :30:22.arms. She knows what pace she is going out, she would have monitored

:30:22. > :30:30.her fitness. She is obviously a really can she interest trainer,

:30:30. > :30:35.she was living in Japan, she was disappointed over the last year. --

:30:35. > :30:41.really conscientious drainer. But look at the gap ahead of her. What

:30:41. > :30:47.we cannot understand still is how quickly the leader is running. We

:30:47. > :30:51.cannot understand how she is so far ahead. There is Freya Murray. She

:30:51. > :30:57.has been out through injury, she is coming back, and has put herself in

:30:57. > :31:02.a good place. Disappointing position so far for Mara Yamauchi.

:31:02. > :31:12.As a look down the road, Helen Clitheroe and Jo Pavey, the two

:31:12. > :31:22.

:31:22. > :31:32.comfortably now. As we look ahead, that the Hungarian coming into shot.

:31:32. > :31:42.

:31:42. > :31:46.A renowned international athlete. And we can see last year's champion,

:31:46. > :31:49.Berhane Adere, struggling a bit now. We're hoping to see Jo Pavey and

:31:49. > :31:53.Helen Clitheroe running together, and running strongly, and working

:31:53. > :31:58.their way through the field. Helen will be very happy to have the

:31:58. > :32:02.company of Jo Pavey. They have been good friends on the British team

:32:02. > :32:12.for many years. This is a stared into the unknown for Helen

:32:12. > :32:13.

:32:13. > :32:18.Clitheroe. Winning the wheelchair race once again, defending her

:32:18. > :32:28.title, Shelley once. The time will be very, very close to the course

:32:28. > :32:58.

:32:58. > :33:02.Bridge. That's the picture I was talking about earlier on, the

:33:02. > :33:08.picture that have now almost took people's breath away when they saw

:33:08. > :33:14.it that very first year. There were only 12,000 then as well, but it

:33:14. > :33:20.was still an impressive sight. It made an awful lot of people think,

:33:21. > :33:25.yes, I want to be part of that. I'm not sure everybody always realises

:33:25. > :33:28.how much training you have got to do. Perhaps these days they may be

:33:28. > :33:38.do little bit less than they used to, and take a bit longer to get

:33:38. > :33:42.

:33:42. > :33:48.round. A half Marion -- a half marathon, 13.1 miles, is an awful

:33:48. > :33:52.long way. To me, these days, it seems like it is getting longer. We

:33:52. > :34:02.have still got the breakaway leader in the women's race, and we have

:34:02. > :34:13.

:34:13. > :34:20.got three Kenyans leading in the men's race. Here they are. These

:34:20. > :34:28.three have pushed on a little. Still early stages. I'm surprised,

:34:28. > :34:38.it is not that fast, just looking at the splits. Nothing special has

:34:38. > :34:41.

:34:41. > :34:47.happened. I'm really surprised that at this early stage, Emmanuel Mutai

:34:47. > :34:54.is struggling to keep up. But these three look comfortable, you would

:34:54. > :34:57.have expected Emmanuel Mutai to be with them. You would not give

:34:57. > :35:07.athletes like these so much of a lead if you were in control of

:35:07. > :35:28.

:35:28. > :35:31.things. Because these are good with the Great North Run, but the

:35:31. > :35:41.appearance of the Red Arrows cost an equally special to the event.

:35:41. > :35:41.

:35:41. > :35:45.And of course this year there was added significance. Flight

:35:45. > :35:50.Lieutenant Jon Egging was sadly killed, and this fly-past in

:35:50. > :35:53.particular will be of particular significance, as one of them will

:35:53. > :36:03.peel off, to indicate the missing peel off, to indicate the missing

:36:03. > :36:19.

:36:20. > :36:24.The fly past, in memory of Red 4. We wish his widow, who's here today,

:36:24. > :36:30.all the best. The Red Arrows have added so much to this event over

:36:30. > :36:35.the years. I'm sure their presence here is greatly appreciated at the

:36:35. > :36:41.most difficult of times for them. They will be performing their full

:36:41. > :36:51.display down at South Shields for all of these athletes later on.

:36:51. > :36:52.

:36:52. > :36:57.Let's hope conditions stay fair for that. So, our first big break in

:36:57. > :37:01.the men's race. There had been suggestions that this guy could go

:37:01. > :37:11.well today, and indeed, Jonathan Maiyo is putting in a bit of a

:37:11. > :37:28.

:37:28. > :37:38.Maiyo was going to go well today, but I don't think anybody expected

:37:38. > :37:52.

:37:52. > :38:00.him to try to run away from such a Jonathan Maiyo has never been in a

:38:00. > :38:10.position like this before. On their way to their halfway point, and we

:38:10. > :38:12.

:38:12. > :38:16.have got a race on in the men's race now. Commonwealth champion

:38:16. > :38:21.John Kelai here. You say, world champion, and you would assume that

:38:21. > :38:25.is an indicator of how good you are. But the conditions in Delhi were so

:38:25. > :38:29.tough that it is a certain type of runner which tends to win in such

:38:29. > :38:36.conditions. It does not necessarily translate into quick times in races

:38:36. > :38:41.like this. But nonetheless, he's a very good athlete. It was a

:38:41. > :38:43.remarkable performance in Delhi, and you're absolutely right,

:38:43. > :38:49.different at leads for different courses and different climates.

:38:49. > :38:59.That day in Delhi, he would have taken some beating by anyone. It

:38:59. > :39:17.

:39:17. > :39:20.was a real test of endurance. Just which has seen so many great

:39:20. > :39:27.African runners come on to the world circuit, including Haile

:39:27. > :39:36.Gebrselassie. You can see Gebrselassie, as well as Paula

:39:36. > :39:45.Radcliffe, on the BBC, in the Birmingham marathon. Still early

:39:45. > :39:50.stages, there has been a bit of a surge, but Martin Mathathi is not

:39:50. > :39:56.letting him get to far away. Keeping him within his sights,

:39:56. > :40:00.trying to make sure the gap does not get too big. If he starts to

:40:00. > :40:10.falter later on, he will be close enough to religion. It is not a

:40:10. > :40:43.

:40:43. > :40:53.particularly significant lead just Micah Kogo. And in the green,

:40:53. > :41:05.

:41:05. > :41:10.road which I know pretty well. Not too far away from the Robin Hood

:41:10. > :41:17.pub. I know over the years that has welcomed one or two Great North Run

:41:17. > :41:22.as! I reckon you could name them! It is always nice to have somewhere

:41:22. > :41:32.to stop off you're in need of some sustenance. But not needing any

:41:32. > :41:35.

:41:35. > :41:39.sustenance at the minute, Lucy Kabuu is still going really well.

:41:39. > :41:43.She's heading for a time of well under 67 minutes. It just depends

:41:43. > :41:46.how well she finishes. It is quite a tough finish for the elite

:41:47. > :41:50.athletes, with a bit of an increase over the next mile or so, before

:41:50. > :41:54.they drop down to the seafront, and then there is another rise before

:41:54. > :42:00.we really have the last three- quarters of a mile down to the

:42:00. > :42:07.finish line. But she's still running strong, she has got a big

:42:07. > :42:10.lead of a minute and a half. Jo Pavey and Helen Clitheroe

:42:10. > :42:14.contesting fourth at the moment, one over two minutes behind our

:42:14. > :42:24.leader here. But even that would bring them under 70 minutes, which

:42:24. > :42:25.

:42:25. > :42:32.I'm sure they would be happy with. But what about Kabuu here, Brandon?

:42:32. > :42:39.So far, it is indicating a really good time. She still looks

:42:39. > :42:43.comfortable and strong. We have heard that she has spent time

:42:43. > :42:46.training with Masai and Vivian Cheruiyot. You cannot get a better

:42:46. > :42:50.training group than that. They probably knew something that we

:42:50. > :42:53.didn't know, that this was a pretty outstanding athlete. We knew she

:42:53. > :42:58.was pretty good, we did not realise she was this good. She has taken

:42:58. > :43:05.the field by storm. She's now in the area and as she has got to try

:43:05. > :43:10.to hang on to this. She has got 55 minutes of running behind her.

:43:10. > :43:13.Approx 10-12 minutes of running left. When you have trained as much

:43:13. > :43:17.as she has, and been competitive as much as she has over the shorter

:43:17. > :43:22.distance, once she gets on to the seafront, then I think there will

:43:22. > :43:32.be a real competition. But here, Helen Clitheroe going really well,

:43:32. > :43:34.

:43:34. > :43:44.Jo Pavey hanging on to Helen Clitheroe. Going past Berhane Adere.

:43:44. > :43:46.

:43:46. > :43:53.They have got some company. Jo Pavey just starting to push on. Jo

:43:53. > :43:57.and Helen are still heading for something possibly under 70 minutes.

:43:57. > :44:01.I'm pretty sure if they were to maintain this sort of pace, they

:44:01. > :44:06.would be reasonably happy. Particularly Helen. Jo might want

:44:06. > :44:14.to go a bit quicker, but it depends how she finishes this off. She's

:44:14. > :44:24.heading the Skrtel group, which means she's in fourth place.

:44:24. > :44:49.

:44:49. > :44:59.They're well over two minutes gather. This is the third place

:44:59. > :45:00.

:45:00. > :45:10.runner. She looks as though she's nice and relaxed. She's probably

:45:10. > :45:25.

:45:25. > :45:29.about 80 metres ahead of fourth run from Jessica Augusto. It has

:45:29. > :45:33.been a difficult year for her. Her father died in May. She has got his

:45:33. > :45:37.name tattooed on the inside of her arm, and she will be thinking about

:45:37. > :45:42.him. It was a bit of a shock to the whole family. But Jessica Augusto

:45:42. > :45:46.has had a pretty good summer, despite that. I thought she had a

:45:46. > :45:53.pretty good chance today, but that was without reckoning for this

:45:53. > :45:56.young lady here, Lucy Kabuu. She has just done a 5.15. And that is a

:45:56. > :46:00.difficult part of the course as well. So she's still maintaining

:46:00. > :46:04.good pace. BRENDAN FOSTER: The only athlete we

:46:04. > :46:09.have seen go anywhere near as quick as this on this course was Paula

:46:09. > :46:19.Radcliffe, when she did the fastest time, 65 minutes. And at the moment,

:46:19. > :46:20.

:46:20. > :46:30.Lucy Kabuu is going just one minute slower than that pace. So, we have

:46:30. > :46:41.

:46:41. > :46:46.another Kenyan athlete thrust of so far by Jessica Augusto. Helen

:46:46. > :46:51.Clitheroe is running really well. Lucy Kabuu, just having a look

:46:51. > :46:55.around, nothing really to see. She has a big lead over Jessica Augusto.

:46:55. > :47:04.Even if she is feeling tired, she should be able to maintain this

:47:04. > :47:08.tour the finish. -- until the finish. Her coach will be delighted

:47:08. > :47:16.with the way she is going. He has been part of the team around Mo

:47:16. > :47:21.Farah. Just looking a little bit tired, it is a kind of undulating

:47:21. > :47:27.section this. When you are tired, they are not be killed, but enough

:47:27. > :47:33.just to test you. -- they're not big hills. Maybe just feeling that

:47:33. > :47:40.a little bit. I mentioned Mo Farah, he is still there, shaking hands at

:47:40. > :47:50.the start. He has been shaking hands for 36 minutes! He doesn't

:47:50. > :47:51.

:47:51. > :47:56.run that much! Look at that, he is still getting... He has still got a

:47:56. > :47:59.great attitude, still smiling and cheering. They know what he went

:47:59. > :48:02.through to win those medals, because they have gone through

:48:02. > :48:09.similar training and preparation for a big event. He came out with a

:48:09. > :48:14.gold medal, which was wonderful to see, and a silver medal to beat. A

:48:14. > :48:20.very modest young man. And there, another athlete on her way to an

:48:20. > :48:27.outstanding performance. Lucy Kabuu, she will see the sea ahead of her,

:48:27. > :48:31.hitting the Twelve Mile Point. The crowd will be so enthusiastic. She

:48:31. > :48:36.will really appreciate that. She comes around the corner. This, they

:48:36. > :48:42.tell you, is the longest mile in distance running. It is actually

:48:42. > :48:47.just over a mile! You can see the big screen, you can see the crowds,

:48:47. > :48:52.as you work along the seafront. But it never get closer, it is the long

:48:52. > :48:56.one, the tough one, you have to keep working at it. Lucy Kabuu of

:48:56. > :49:04.Kenya, the Commonwealth 10,000 metres champion, is now within

:49:04. > :49:10.sight of the finish. Well, if she can just maintain some sort of form

:49:10. > :49:15.over this last mile or so, she is certainly going to put us off in

:49:15. > :49:25.the top 10 ever half marathon runners in the world. -- put

:49:25. > :49:29.

:49:29. > :49:37.herself. She is heading for a time that is certainly going to be very,

:49:37. > :49:43.very impressive indeed. She has just run a 5.17 Mile, the slowest

:49:43. > :49:48.mile she has run since the 4th mile. So she is getting tired, but if she

:49:48. > :49:54.can just raised her game, she still could run under 67 minutes, and

:49:54. > :49:59.that would be very impressive indeed. So Lucy Kabuu, with the

:49:59. > :50:04.road all to herself, nobody else in sight. Into the last three-quarters

:50:04. > :50:08.of a mile. From where she is, she cannot see the finish, because

:50:08. > :50:12.there is a bit over rise and she has to come over, then she will see

:50:12. > :50:19.the long, long finishing straight, where the crowds are gathered,

:50:19. > :50:27.waiting to welcome her. Another look behind. She must be tired.

:50:27. > :50:30.Nothing would have changed since the last time she looked! Certainly,

:50:30. > :50:40.the victory is hers, it is a question of how fast she can run

:50:40. > :50:47.

:50:47. > :50:52.in the 10,000 metres, she has had time out since the 2006, to start a

:50:52. > :50:58.family, not everybody manages to come back to that sort of level. So

:50:58. > :51:05.this is a very impressive run. impressive. We know that Paula

:51:05. > :51:11.Radcliffe run fast around this course, 65 minutes, this could be

:51:11. > :51:15.the second fastest time ever run on this course. If there is only Paula

:51:15. > :51:21.Radcliffe at her very best running faster than that, then it is very

:51:21. > :51:25.impressive. Jessica Augusto, who won its two years ago, in second

:51:25. > :51:30.place, running a strong race. Running fast enough to have won

:51:30. > :51:35.this race on many occasions. But here, Lucy Kabuu of Kenya, within

:51:35. > :51:40.the last kilometre now, she has the long finishing straight ahead. She

:51:40. > :51:50.has to keep to her task, working hard at it. She will enjoy their

:51:50. > :51:55.

:51:55. > :52:03.victory. She is certainly going to turning on to the seafront, it has

:52:03. > :52:09.been a good run, she is not far behind Jo Pavey. The gap is only

:52:09. > :52:14.about four or five seconds. Jo Pavey has pushed on, and if nothing

:52:14. > :52:17.else, she will be the first Brit to cross the line here. Having to work

:52:17. > :52:21.hard, she knows this stretch of course well. She ran yesterday, as

:52:21. > :52:31.well, so a good performance from her. The Times have been slipping a

:52:31. > :52:32.

:52:32. > :52:36.little bit. Our Leader is going to be close to the 66 minutes mark. It

:52:36. > :52:39.would be a solid run from Jo Pavey, and a pretty impressive one from

:52:40. > :52:44.Helen Clitheroe, were they to maintain this through to the finish,

:52:44. > :52:49.which they should do. Helen now, competing longer than she ever has

:52:49. > :52:57.before. She has Jo Pavey, the first Briton, in her side, I just wonder

:52:57. > :53:02.if she can edge ahead of Jo Pavey. And here comes the long-time leader,

:53:02. > :53:07.in many ways, the surprise leader, but the biggest surprise is the

:53:07. > :53:12.margin of her victory. She is less than 400 metres away. Lucy Kabuu of

:53:13. > :53:18.Kenya. Her best performance to date was to win the 10,000 metres

:53:18. > :53:21.Commonwealth Games in 2006. Today is certainly her best performance

:53:22. > :53:27.since then. When you look at the time that the Attlee to behind her,

:53:27. > :53:33.just over 66 minutes, she is approaching the end, this is a

:53:33. > :53:38.really good performance from her, a big surprise to us all. A bigger

:53:38. > :53:44.surprise that she has won it in such style. She is mustering a

:53:44. > :53:49.little bit extra at the end, which might bring her closer to that 67

:53:49. > :53:54.minutes. Only nine women have ever run under that time for the half

:53:54. > :53:58.marathon. The former Commonwealth champion from Kenya, who has moved

:53:58. > :54:04.back home in recent times, and that has certainly paid off. This has

:54:04. > :54:10.been a stellar performance. Nobody inside, nobody anywhere near her,

:54:10. > :54:17.she threw in some really quick miles in the middle of the race, a

:54:17. > :54:21.very impressive run. Just watch the clock. Just over 67, but none the

:54:21. > :54:26.less, a superb win for Lucy Kabuu of Kenya. One of the best half

:54:26. > :54:32.marathons we have seen, not only here on Tyneside, in the Great

:54:32. > :54:38.North Run, but ever, in the world. And she looks back, to see a clear

:54:38. > :54:45.road behind her. It is a long time before we will see Jessica Augusto,

:54:45. > :54:51.who was hanging on to second place. Just let it slip away, the last

:54:52. > :54:59.mile and a half in terms of running under 67 minutes. We will get the

:54:59. > :55:07.official time soon. A solid run again from Jessica Augusto. Could

:55:07. > :55:11.do anything about the winner, Lucy Kabuu. -- couldn't do anything.

:55:11. > :55:15.went to the world championships, ran well in the 10,000 metres, has

:55:15. > :55:20.run exceptionally well again today. But she found an athlete, and I bet

:55:20. > :55:24.she is as surprised as we are by the margin of victory, and the way

:55:24. > :55:34.the victory was achieved. But this is a good performance by Jessica

:55:34. > :55:47.

:55:48. > :55:53.Augusto, always runs well when she front of her home crowd in 2010, in

:55:53. > :55:56.Portugal. And accepting the congratulations of the big crowd

:55:57. > :56:01.gathered here in South Shields, she is enjoying this at finishing

:56:01. > :56:07.straight, almost as if she had won it. I think she will be pretty

:56:07. > :56:14.pleased with his performance. -- this performance. This, another

:56:14. > :56:20.good performance on the roads from her. It is going to be outside 69

:56:21. > :56:26.minutes. Not too far off her personal best. The way she is

:56:26. > :56:33.running, she looks so relaxed, and enjoying this, I'm sure it in a

:56:33. > :56:43.race where she really prepares for it, without having a major track

:56:43. > :56:46.

:56:46. > :56:52.championships for -- beforehand, while to offer her congratulations.

:56:53. > :56:57.And that can a testimony to how well she ran. We are watching the

:56:57. > :57:07.clock ticking away, it is going to go beyond a 70 minutes before we

:57:07. > :57:07.

:57:07. > :57:14.see Jo Pavey. There she is. I think I can see barriers ahead of her, in

:57:14. > :57:19.third place. Helen Clitheroe in 5th at the moment. They have also

:57:19. > :57:27.slowed, really. When Lucy Kabuu put that pace in, some of them tried to

:57:27. > :57:32.go with it for a little while, but Barrios has done well to hang on to

:57:32. > :57:42.third. Jo Pavey and Helen Clitheroe have made inroads, but left it a

:57:42. > :57:50.bit too late to catch up. Just over 70 minutes, in third place. Here

:57:50. > :57:53.comes Jo Pavey, for a good return to formal. -- to form. A hard-

:57:53. > :58:01.working performance from Jo Pavey, who will now head off to New York

:58:01. > :58:09.to run the marathon. And a great debut behind her for Helen

:58:09. > :58:14.Clitheroe. I think she has a chance to run an outstanding road race,

:58:14. > :58:18.and more half marathons. A good debut, beating the Commonwealth

:58:18. > :58:28.marathon champion, Jerotich, just crossing the line behind the two

:58:28. > :58:34.

:58:34. > :58:38.Helen Clitheroe. Let's not forget she completed the 5000 metres in

:58:38. > :58:48.Daegu. Perhaps she will have time to put her feet up a little bit and

:58:48. > :58:50.

:58:50. > :58:57.good performance, we are seeing a pretty special run in the men's

:58:58. > :59:07.race as well. The last time we looked, at the rate -- lead was

:59:08. > :59:08.

:59:08. > :59:17.held by Jonathan Maiyo, but now, the paste is pretty quick. This man

:59:17. > :59:21.here has continued that. And fresh from... Not everybody was fresh

:59:21. > :59:31.from Daegu, but certainly his performance was good, outside other

:59:31. > :59:32.

:59:33. > :59:39.medals, but a good run. Now he has pushed on. As suggested, I said

:59:39. > :59:45.earlier on that Emmanuel Mutai would keep plugging away, we will

:59:45. > :59:49.try find out what happened to Jonathan Meyer, but Emmanuel Mutai,

:59:49. > :59:55.just sticking to his task. The pace has been pretty quick at the front,

:59:55. > :00:03.they're not far away from the course record. This would be

:00:03. > :00:09.remarkable. They are edging closer to it. So this is something we are

:00:09. > :00:17.going to keep an eye on. That course record of 59.05 is pretty

:00:17. > :00:23.special. The leader looks nice and comfortable, nice and balanced,

:00:23. > :00:29.nice and relaxed. This place is one which is giving us quite a quick

:00:29. > :00:37.race -- this pace. Looking over his shoulder, looking down the road,

:00:37. > :00:45.the early leader looks to be in second place, Jonathan Maiyo. He is

:00:45. > :00:54.now coming back strongly. He looks relaxed, he looks comfortable. He

:00:54. > :01:01.is only for microsecond a slower, the course record was the fastest

:01:01. > :01:05.half-marathon in the world at the time. He was the 5th in the world

:01:05. > :01:09.championships, he had a couple of weeks to get ready, he takes on a

:01:09. > :01:14.very strong field, and then, he seems to have an attack but

:01:14. > :01:22.Jonathan Maiyo, which got them going. He is looking really relaxed

:01:22. > :01:25.now. I just hope somebody get the information to him. When they

:01:25. > :01:30.travel around the world, their management teams Cumwhitton,

:01:30. > :01:33.hopefully he will get to know that he only has to run hard along the

:01:33. > :01:43.seafront to record one of the fastest times, and could be the

:01:43. > :01:45.

:01:45. > :01:54.for setting up this farce second half of the race and he still going

:01:54. > :02:04.well in second place. Bigger because their leader, Martin

:02:04. > :02:17.

:02:17. > :02:22.Mathathi, is moving so well -- they and used to train with a Lucy Kabuu

:02:22. > :02:29.so the two of them may well be having a joint celebration.

:02:29. > :02:34.Headings perhaps for a double victory. There is no chance of his

:02:34. > :02:39.lead disappearing. The only question now is how fast can Martin

:02:39. > :02:44.Mathathi go. If you look at his pedigree, he can go fast. He has

:02:44. > :02:49.already run 13 minutes and three seconds of 500 metres, so the

:02:49. > :02:52.pedigree that he brings for this event, bronze medal in the world

:02:52. > :02:58.championships in 2007, so he has the youth of distance running

:02:58. > :03:05.behind him and this year he ran well in the world championships. He

:03:05. > :03:09.finished 5th when Mo Farah got the silver-medal. In the mix was this

:03:09. > :03:14.man and he looks like a track runner now to me. He looks more

:03:14. > :03:19.relaxed of the further he goes. He is up bright and erect in his past

:03:20. > :03:25.year. Relaxing down the road. The gap is getting bigger. His legs are

:03:25. > :03:32.starting to move quicker. If he sees that time at 12 miles and

:03:32. > :03:36.understands, could he go up for the course record? I think that

:03:36. > :03:41.particular mile between 11 and 12 is the crucial one. That is where

:03:41. > :03:49.we saw Lucy Kabuu come off the pace a bit because it is a bit

:03:49. > :03:56.undulating. Tadesse ran for 0.45 in that my when he broke the record. -

:03:56. > :04:04.- To Dessie ran the four minutes and 45 through that when he broke

:04:04. > :04:09.the record. When it is the 11th and 12th mile, the undulations can take

:04:09. > :04:16.that little bit extra out of you and even if the downhill section is

:04:16. > :04:23.heavy on the quads. It is so steep coming down to the seafront. With

:04:23. > :04:27.tired legs, that Ken hurt. When you look at the map, it looks like a

:04:27. > :04:32.good bit but we know it is not a good bit. It doesn't half take it

:04:32. > :04:39.out of your legs. As he relaxes down the hill, you will see their 3

:04:39. > :04:43.ahead of him. Then he will start to get the support. -- he will see the

:04:43. > :04:52.sea ahead of them. Martin Mathathi of Kenya is the long wait leader

:04:52. > :05:00.now. The longer smile is ahead of them. The Twelve Mile marker... If

:05:00. > :05:05.he passes it, there it is. 54.1 would be the course record so he

:05:05. > :05:12.has caught up five or six seconds in that mile, so I think that is

:05:12. > :05:16.significant. It is not windy to be honest on the seafront but the

:05:16. > :05:20.bikes are helping him. He has something to latch onto. If he

:05:21. > :05:25.could finish with a big last mile, we could be seeing a new course

:05:25. > :05:35.medal. I thought you were saying he would use the bike! Then he would

:05:35. > :05:36.

:05:36. > :05:43.get it, or wooden tea! The official time I am being told was 53.51 --

:05:43. > :05:50.then he would get it, wouldn't he! You can see how well he was moving.

:05:50. > :05:55.If he keeps this pays going, we are under 59 minutes. He is looking

:05:56. > :06:05.over his shoulder. Look at the splits. They are impressive in

:06:05. > :06:10.themselves. His long stride, his beautiful action. Maybe he is using

:06:10. > :06:15.the bike as a pacemaker but that is good enough. The crowd is getting

:06:15. > :06:18.ready. The information being relayed to them. I hope he is the

:06:18. > :06:27.information that he is on schedule on a path is ever Great North Run,

:06:27. > :06:30.the fastest man ever to come and win here -- he is on schedule to be

:06:30. > :06:40.the fastest ever Great North Run. His name could be at the top of the

:06:40. > :06:40.

:06:40. > :06:47.lift. He has got a nice run down to the finish. Even the tiredness that

:06:47. > :06:51.undoubtedly is sitting within his legs... He does not have to force

:06:51. > :06:56.themselves a. If he can stay relaxed and pick something up in

:06:56. > :07:01.the last few hundred metres. He is looking at his watch. I would make

:07:02. > :07:06.it a three seconds inside the course record. He has to keep going.

:07:06. > :07:11.He has to keep pushing. I don't know if he knows the course record.

:07:11. > :07:16.Not all athletes are as full as the statistics as we are but he is

:07:16. > :07:20.running a superb run and one of the quickest times, heading perhaps for

:07:20. > :07:27.the quick as when we have seen in the Great North Run. As he is going

:07:27. > :07:31.quicker, he looks more comfortable. He is stretching out. Well inside

:07:31. > :07:35.of the finish. He will get a real boost in a couple of hundred metres

:07:35. > :07:42.when he was the everybody lining the course but Martin Mathathi of

:07:42. > :07:47.Kenya, that is what will greet him in a few moments time. Just under

:07:47. > :07:53.57 minutes behind him, only a couple of minutes ahead of him.

:07:53. > :07:56.Could it be under 59 minutes? Looking over his shoulder for no

:07:56. > :08:02.real reason because nothing is going to affect him in terms of

:08:02. > :08:05.this performance but Martin Mathathi of Kenya, bronze medallist

:08:05. > :08:10.in the world championships, good track credentials, and he looks

:08:10. > :08:14.like a good track runner. He looked so relaxed there, passing some of

:08:14. > :08:21.the women athletes who set off a few minutes before him, and here he

:08:21. > :08:26.comes, looking at his watch. That will tell him. He has been running

:08:26. > :08:32.for 57 1/2 minutes! It won't tell him how far he has got to go! The

:08:32. > :08:38.welcome sign now, before hundred metres point. The cyclists are

:08:38. > :08:41.pedalling faster so he is clearly going faster. We are watching

:08:41. > :08:51.something special from Martin Mathathi. The quickest time in the

:08:51. > :08:52.

:08:52. > :08:57.world ever is 58.23. He will not be inside that. 58. but then after

:08:57. > :09:03.that, another men have gone under 59 minutes and I think that will be

:09:03. > :09:10.close for him. If he can just find something a little bit special.

:09:10. > :09:14.59.05, the course record, held by Tadesse, if he can... He is just

:09:14. > :09:18.check-in which lane to go. If he does not want to waste any more

:09:18. > :09:25.time. Martin Mathathi, perhaps the biggest win of his career, the best

:09:25. > :09:29.run of his career, he checks his watch once more... He is sprinting

:09:29. > :09:34.down the last 150 yards! Heading for one of the quickest half

:09:34. > :09:39.marathons of all time! Will it break a course record? You can see

:09:39. > :09:45.the finished. He can see the clock ticking. That victory is his. Now

:09:46. > :09:54.it is just a question of that time. Martin Mathathi! Sprinting to the

:09:54. > :10:00.line! Wins the Great North Run inside the course record! The first

:10:00. > :10:04.time we have ever seen anybody run inside 59 minutes! It will move him

:10:04. > :10:13.into the top six all time for the half-marathon. And he's still looks

:10:13. > :10:21.as fresh as a daisy. What a good performance in second place,

:10:21. > :10:28.Jonathan Maiyo. A huge personal best for him. We will get the

:10:28. > :10:33.official times for you as soon as we can. And Emmanuel Mutai, the

:10:33. > :10:41.pre-race favourite, will be taking third spot. A pretty good

:10:41. > :10:48.performance from him as well. He is trying to get under the hour mark.

:10:48. > :10:56.He just manages it and takes third spot. Kogo from Kenya will come in

:10:56. > :11:06.fourth. Then there is a pretty big gap I think to the 5th athlete.

:11:06. > :11:06.

:11:06. > :11:10.What it raised from the winner. -- what a race. We have had a hugely

:11:10. > :11:18.impressive performances from Lucy Kabuu and Martin Mathathi. Maybe he

:11:18. > :11:25.will go and shake the hand of Jonathan Maiyo because he is the

:11:25. > :11:30.one that changed the pace and then he picked it up after that. But

:11:31. > :11:35.then of course man one macro just got quicker and quicker. To go from

:11:35. > :11:41.20 seconds outside the record with five miles to go to go inside 10

:11:41. > :11:49.seconds inside the record is a very impressive finish. This is a race

:11:49. > :11:56.where the pace was building all the time. One of the French athletes is

:11:56. > :12:05.just coming through now. A very good time. That is Abdellatif

:12:05. > :12:10.Meftah. That is a really good performance by him. It has been a

:12:10. > :12:19.tough day for Joauad Gharib, getting on of, 39 years of age,

:12:19. > :12:28.two-time world champion. -- getting on a bit. But still running a

:12:28. > :12:33.fairly swift 61 1/2. Six crossed the line. Quite a while before we

:12:33. > :12:38.might get the 7th runner. Still coming to terms with that

:12:38. > :12:46.performance. We will get the official time as soon as we can. It

:12:46. > :12:56.was around 58.55. That is important. It is very tight on the all-time

:12:56. > :12:56.

:12:56. > :13:02.He joins a great long list of Faber's athletes who have won this,

:13:02. > :13:07.Haile Gebrselassie of course, perhaps one of the most famous --

:13:07. > :13:13.long list of fabulous athletes. Back to the early days of Mike

:13:13. > :13:23.McLeod, of course, who won the very first one. That is the best we have

:13:23. > :13:26.

:13:26. > :13:32.The sea is very calm at South Shields thank goodness. This means

:13:32. > :13:35.we have had really nice conditions. That is why we have had fast times.

:13:35. > :13:45.Let's hope the thousands of others can produce some personal bests as

:13:45. > :13:53.

:13:53. > :13:57.TANNOY: Lucy Kabuu of Kenya. the winner of the men's race,

:13:57. > :14:01.Martin Mathathi. That is a run he will perhaps remember for the rest

:14:01. > :14:08.of his life. That is certainly the best performance he has ever

:14:09. > :14:12.produced. Who knows what sort of career beckons for him? Going up to

:14:12. > :14:16.the marathon, it is a very lucrative move to make. On the

:14:16. > :14:26.basis of what we have seen, he should not wait too long before he

:14:26. > :14:31.

:14:31. > :14:34.There are the scenes at the finish line. It won't be long before they

:14:34. > :14:38.was switched the lanes across to the finish on the left-hand side,

:14:38. > :14:43.where the masses will finish, and all of the hundreds of volunteers

:14:43. > :14:53.and bottles of water waiting for them and the space blankets and

:14:53. > :15:01.

:15:01. > :15:11.everything else that greets them at good elite races. Lucy Kabuu's time

:15:11. > :15:11.

:15:11. > :15:17.it took everybody by surprise, What a stunning performance in the

:15:17. > :15:27.women's elite race. Lucy Kabuu, well done. Were you expecting this

:15:27. > :15:27.

:15:27. > :15:32.today was mad yes. -- today? Yes. I expected it. You have been in Japan

:15:32. > :15:40.for a while and have gone back to Kenya. Tell me about the change.

:15:40. > :15:48.was staying in Japan. I decided to go to Kenya to train in Kenya. So I

:15:48. > :15:53.could stay with my family. Happy. My manager has supported me well

:15:53. > :16:01.and also my husband and my family have supported me well. That is why

:16:01. > :16:05.I made it today. It was your man Agee, Ricky, who told us this is

:16:05. > :16:15.just your second race back after having your baby -- your manager of.

:16:15. > :16:18.

:16:18. > :16:21.Angel, it is my first race from... From when I take my child, Angels.

:16:21. > :16:28.In the north-east there is an angel of the North statue. Have you heard

:16:28. > :16:34.of that? No. The it is a huge statue as you drive into the north-

:16:34. > :16:44.east. Why did you call your daughter Angel? I was happy to have

:16:44. > :16:51.

:16:51. > :16:57.a baby girl and I decided to call Because always when I am doing my

:16:57. > :17:03.things, I always think I have angels guiding me. That's why I

:17:03. > :17:07.called my baby Angel. That's a wonderful reason. This was the

:17:07. > :17:17.third fastest winning time ever in the women's race - were you aware

:17:17. > :17:20.

:17:20. > :17:23.of how fast you were going? Yes, as I was training with the number two

:17:24. > :17:28.in the World Championship, I was expecting to do a good time today.

:17:28. > :17:38.You did that, and you entertained the huge crowd. We look forward to

:17:38. > :17:39.

:17:39. > :17:43.seeing you again at the Great North STEVE CRAM: It is really

:17:43. > :17:47.interesting, another athlete making moves. Mo Farah was talking about

:17:47. > :17:56.doing what you have to do to get the best out of yourself, find the

:17:56. > :18:00.right training environment, etc. It certainly paid off for Lucy Kabuu,

:18:00. > :18:10.moving back to Ken year macro. We have still got some of the better

:18:10. > :18:35.

:18:35. > :18:39.male athletes moving across the You can just see in the background

:18:39. > :18:47.of clouds gathering a bit. But the sun is pretty much shining down

:18:47. > :18:51.here at South Shields. There's a few people out in T-shirts. It is a

:18:51. > :18:55.really nice day, almost perfect conditions. Everybody will be

:18:55. > :19:05.looking out for their loved ones, and those who they have come to

:19:05. > :19:06.

:19:06. > :19:10.cheer. Always massive crowds here at South Shields, one of the big

:19:10. > :19:20.days out up in the north-east. So many watching on the route all the

:19:20. > :19:25.way down as well. We can see that you're running from Irene. Who was

:19:25. > :19:32.she? She was my sister-in-law, who passed away recently with motor

:19:32. > :19:42.neurone disease. How many times have you been here? This is my 20th

:19:42. > :19:47.

:19:48. > :19:54.consecutive time here, but I'm only PAUL DICKENSON: Certainly, the

:19:54. > :20:04.finish has been filling up over since about 8 o'clock this morning.

:20:04. > :20:08.And so on, this area will be packed full of the masses, and the finish

:20:08. > :20:09.director and his team have been directing operations down here at

:20:09. > :20:15.directing operations down here at directing operations down here at

:20:15. > :20:20.South Shields. Earlier, the first finisher we saw this morning was

:20:20. > :20:25.the Canadian George Cassidy, just outside the course record, held by

:20:25. > :20:29.Kenny Toal of Great Britain. Coming in second in the wheelchair race

:20:29. > :20:34.was Flight Lieutenant Jon Egging. And it was a surprise third place

:20:34. > :20:38.finisher, the Swedish athlete. finisher, the Swedish athlete.

:20:38. > :20:44.George Cassidy spoke to Sue Barker. Congratulations, what a time.

:20:44. > :20:49.you, it was a tough race. It looked fairly comfortable. This was pretty

:20:49. > :20:53.tough. Are was on my own the whole way, but the guys were on my back.

:20:53. > :21:00.It is the first race, but he is not easy. Was that the kind of time

:21:00. > :21:06.that you had in mind? I was just trying to give it everything I had.

:21:06. > :21:10.The wind was quite favourable, but it was hard work. You said you

:21:10. > :21:15.bitter had a bit of a problem with your shoulder. Yes, and I had food

:21:15. > :21:20.poisoning a couple of which go. To bounce back like this is really

:21:20. > :21:30.great. You have won here before, it is a pretty special place, isn't

:21:30. > :21:35.it? Yes, coming to Newcastle has been good for me, I had the Tyne

:21:35. > :21:39.Tunnel race a couple of days ago as well. What next? Just a couple of

:21:39. > :21:49.days off, then preparation for the New York marathon in November. That

:21:49. > :21:55.

:21:55. > :22:00.of Kenny Toal, when he comes back. The winner of the women's

:22:00. > :22:06.wheelchair race, Shelly Woods. Just 20 seconds outside of the course

:22:06. > :22:09.record, which is held by the athlete who came in second, the

:22:09. > :22:16.American athlete Amanda McGrory. And one of the most prolific

:22:16. > :22:21.wheelchair racers in the world, Francesca Portcelato, came in third.

:22:21. > :22:28.Congratulations, Shelly Woods - how many times have you won this?

:22:28. > :22:34.think three. I have done it seven times. It is a good day. You're

:22:34. > :22:38.hardly a veteran. No, I'm only 25, I started when I was 17. I know

:22:38. > :22:43.that this win means a lot to you. You left your big rival Amanda

:22:43. > :22:48.McGrory way behind. I don't know, I have never done that before,

:22:48. > :22:52.especially with such a big margin. It is always good to be Amanda

:22:52. > :22:55.McGrory, because it does not happen very often. But I broke away in the

:22:56. > :23:01.first few miles, and I stayed away. I knew she was going to try to

:23:01. > :23:04.catch me, because she's such a good climate. So on every hill, I was

:23:04. > :23:09.climbing like a mad woman, descending like a woman possessed,

:23:09. > :23:12.and just trying to go all out on the Flat. I'm really happy. I think

:23:12. > :23:20.it was the fastest time I have ever done on this course. And possibly a

:23:20. > :23:25.course record. It would be night -- nice if I took her course record as

:23:25. > :23:30.well! Obviously you have got the Paralympics coming up, and a London

:23:30. > :23:35.2012 and everything. Yes, really excited about next year. It is

:23:35. > :23:42.going to be huge. This is good confidence for me going into the

:23:42. > :23:46.New York Marathon next month - or in November. And next year, I think

:23:46. > :23:52.the Paralympics, at home, it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I'm

:23:52. > :23:57.just looking forward to it, and preparing the best are possibly can.

:23:57. > :24:02.I will do everything I can to try and get on the podium next year.

:24:02. > :24:07.Keep racing like a woman possessed, it's brilliant!

:24:07. > :24:14.STEVE CRAM: While we were speaking to Shelly Woods, this man was

:24:14. > :24:21.crossing the finishing line, this is Ryan Macleod, and it was his dad

:24:21. > :24:31.who won the very first Great North Run in 1981. That's his brother and

:24:31. > :24:31.

:24:31. > :24:36.his mum with him, I think. I'm sure his dad will not be too far away.

:24:36. > :24:40.You were running in that one as well, Brendan, and I was as well.

:24:40. > :24:45.The reason you say that is because you caught me at nine males and run

:24:45. > :24:49.away from me. That's why you wanted to tell the story, I know. I wasn't

:24:49. > :24:53.going to mention it, but now that you have... You did cheat though,

:24:53. > :25:02.you said you were going to run slowly, and you set off right at

:25:02. > :25:06.the front. Well, that was 30 years ago. Incredible to believe. But

:25:06. > :25:10.what a day we have had, as far as the elite racers are concerned.

:25:10. > :25:16.Lots of drama I'm sure to come with the masses, who are making their

:25:16. > :25:26.way quickly, and some rather less quickly, towards South Shields. The

:25:26. > :25:41.

:25:41. > :25:44.sun who are still shining here, Mary Cury. Yes, they have to raise

:25:44. > :25:54.�140 million a year, and only a third comes from Hoddle. The rest

:25:54. > :25:54.

:25:54. > :25:58.has to be raised from total causes like today. If need be, it allows

:25:58. > :26:08.those people to die at home, surrounded by their family and

:26:08. > :26:23.

:26:23. > :26:27.be able to see the road at all. While we're waiting for more to

:26:27. > :26:33.come through, let's catch up with some of the elite women. Phil has

:26:33. > :26:39.spoken to the two British women who went pretty well today. Jo, fourth

:26:39. > :26:43.place, Helen, fifth place. Did you get out of the race what you wanted,

:26:43. > :26:47.with a view to New York? Yes, definitely, it is great to be back

:26:47. > :26:51.out racing. I was not able to race in the summer because of injury.

:26:51. > :26:54.First race back, it was lovely just to get back out there. It was

:26:54. > :27:03.lovely to have Helen running as well. I was really impressed with

:27:03. > :27:08.her. I really enjoyed it. A really fast pace being set ahead of you,

:27:08. > :27:14.what was going through your mind? Yes, it was a really strong field

:27:14. > :27:17.here today. It was always going to be a really fast time. I was

:27:17. > :27:21.pleased to get house and have a race. Ideally I would have wanted

:27:22. > :27:26.to be a bit quicker. But it is a great stepping-stone towards New

:27:26. > :27:32.York later in the year. It is always such a fantastic atmosphere.

:27:32. > :27:37.I thoroughly enjoyed it. And this was your half-marathon debut, Helen

:27:37. > :27:41.- how did you enjoy it? A lot more than I thought I would. I came with

:27:41. > :27:45.that mentality, I did not know what to expect. Especially having run

:27:45. > :27:49.yesterday and having had such a long track season. But I just

:27:49. > :27:53.enjoyed it. I had a bit of a bad patch at about three miles, which

:27:53. > :27:59.was a bit worrying. After that we started running together, just

:27:59. > :28:05.running with my mate, and it was great! She just got away from me at

:28:05. > :28:10.the end. But really pleased with my debut. Does this put down a marker

:28:10. > :28:15.for you for where you might go in the next year or two? Yes, I do

:28:16. > :28:19.enjoy running on the roads, and I would like to do more of it. I had

:28:19. > :28:21.not really prepared specifically for half marathon, so it would be

:28:21. > :28:27.interesting to see if I could improve if I did more specific

:28:27. > :28:35.training. Because obviously I have been training for the World

:28:35. > :28:39.Championships on the track. state of distance running for

:28:39. > :28:43.females in Britain, as well as Mo on the male side of things, is

:28:43. > :28:50.fantastic. But it causes problems for you, with just three places for

:28:50. > :28:54.the marathon for 2012... Yes, it keeps us all going. We are all good

:28:54. > :29:02.mates, it is lovely having Helen here today. We kept each other

:29:02. > :29:07.going. It is a nice position to be in. It is the same for me, we were

:29:07. > :29:11.laughing afterwards, we both felt really bad at three miles. And then

:29:11. > :29:15.we seemed to get going again. We managed to work together and get

:29:15. > :29:18.back to some of the others. It was a good race. It is really nice to

:29:18. > :29:23.have so many good runners in the country. It is a brilliant

:29:23. > :29:33.situation to be in going into 2012. And what Mo has achieved has

:29:33. > :29:38.

:29:38. > :29:48.inspired us all. Well done to both British athletes there. It is a big

:29:48. > :30:25.

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:32:07. > :32:41.

:32:41. > :32:50.How are you feeling? Mark? Not normally seen in you with so many

:32:50. > :33:00.people. I feel great. If I had the support in America, I would have

:33:00. > :33:00.

:33:00. > :33:05.done it in a 50 days, not 100. is your first time? This is my 10th

:33:05. > :33:09.time of doing the Great North Run. The first one was in 1993. The

:33:09. > :33:17.Great North Run gave me the idea that I could run so it is very

:33:17. > :33:23.important to us. I am normally one from getting from A to B, but I am

:33:23. > :33:28.hoping to run under two hours today. You have been up a star, we look

:33:28. > :33:35.forward to seeing your next project. All the best. Great to speak to you.

:33:35. > :33:39.Good luck. The clouds gathering but so far we

:33:39. > :33:45.have managed to stay warm and drive down at South Shields but the

:33:45. > :33:52.weather forecast people have done a pretty good job. They said at 1pm

:33:52. > :33:58.we could get showers and that may be happening. One of our local

:33:58. > :34:02.presenters on Tyne-Tees is running for a dog charity. The amount of

:34:02. > :34:07.different charities... It doesn't matter what your love is, whether

:34:07. > :34:11.it is something very personal or your pets, there are third in the

:34:11. > :34:21.ways in which you can show your appreciation. -- there are

:34:21. > :34:23.

:34:23. > :34:30.Somebody running his first Great North Run for cancer research,

:34:30. > :34:40.Freddie, says would you wish Adam good luck, please. Adam, hopefully

:34:40. > :34:43.

:34:43. > :34:49.out for local club vests, like Gateshead Harriers and polytechnic

:34:49. > :34:52.and so on, but what is more prevalent as the years go by a are

:34:52. > :34:58.the number of charity best so be warned and another person who is

:34:58. > :35:03.running the very first Great North Run and possibly her last is the

:35:03. > :35:07.wife of a former executive producer of athletics on BBC television,

:35:07. > :35:15.Martyn Webster, who unfortunately passed away early on this year from

:35:15. > :35:25.motor neurone disease. We have been -- we will be speaking to his wife

:35:25. > :35:33.

:35:33. > :35:39.later. Death there is raising money to -- and there is both raising

:35:39. > :35:43.money for cancer. Nell McAndrew is such a good runner. That lane is

:35:43. > :35:50.kept for the celebrities and funnily enough, there is nobody

:35:50. > :35:59.else in it. So well done to Nell McAndrew. Looking as fit as above.

:35:59. > :36:09.She has been enjoying her running for so many years now. 1.25. 85

:36:09. > :36:15.

:36:15. > :36:25.costumes. I don't know if that is technically a bad girl. I would

:36:25. > :36:37.

:36:37. > :36:42.trust your judgment. Never mind. I Lee's Webster, running for motor

:36:42. > :36:52.neurone disease in memory of her husband, and we can catch up with

:36:52. > :37:00.

:37:00. > :37:06.an now. She spoke to Denise Lewis Up I am running for Martyn Webster,

:37:06. > :37:11.my husband, who died in March of motor neurone disease. He directed

:37:11. > :37:14.the first Great North Run, and has ever since. Last it was the first

:37:14. > :37:19.we had to sit and watch it because he was not well enough to run it

:37:19. > :37:23.and I told him I would try to run it this see if so here I am,

:37:24. > :37:27.running it in his memory, because he loved this place, he up the

:37:27. > :37:31.energy and enthusiasm of everybody in the North East, and the first

:37:31. > :37:35.will story he ever did as a producer was about Charlie Spedding,

:37:35. > :37:41.a runner from the North East, and since that time he have had a great

:37:41. > :37:47.fondness for this blaze. On behalf of everyone at the BBC, we wish you

:37:47. > :37:55.the best. We all miss him. Thank you. I am sure he is with us to.

:37:55. > :38:03.Absolutely. What she knew. Telling you to get going! And that's what

:38:03. > :38:09.everybody who has sponsored mate... Good luck. We all do miss Martin

:38:09. > :38:19.Webster and indeed his daughter is here today, she is fund-raising

:38:19. > :38:33.

:38:33. > :38:37.manager for a charity close to my Certainly be very best of luck to

:38:37. > :38:43.Peter Brooke, or running in memory of his very best friend, Paul

:38:43. > :38:51.Huddlestone, who lost his life to pancreatic cancer a little while

:38:51. > :38:56.ago. He is running on behalf of Pancreatic Cancer a UK, where over

:38:56. > :39:00.�18,000 has been raised so far. Elizabeth is running for the RNIB

:39:00. > :39:09.and said if she gets to South Shields, make sure she turns left

:39:09. > :39:14.because she does not want to end up in a thief! She is number 32,867. -

:39:14. > :39:19.- she does not want to end up in it was the eve of stub Caroline chapel

:39:19. > :39:25.raising money for a charity which provides the holiday of a lifetime

:39:25. > :39:29.was sick and disabled children. was walking on the quayside

:39:29. > :39:33.yesterday after the Great North City games and a man called Archie

:39:33. > :39:40.came up and said, could you mention my wife running in memory of her

:39:40. > :39:48.mum and dad's. And for all the leaders of Girl guiding in

:39:48. > :39:53.Edinburgh, where she is the Commissioner. Good luck! David, No.

:39:53. > :39:58.12,009, is running the Alzheimer's Society, and Jon, money for

:39:58. > :40:03.Macmillan Cancer Care. So many of these big charities rely on

:40:03. > :40:10.hundreds and thousands of people taking part today. The first shower

:40:10. > :40:19.now. Those weather forecasters are good. The best one is sitting next

:40:19. > :40:21.to me. He taught me just after 1pm... It is a bit early. Out there

:40:21. > :40:27.today from Birmingham City Council, be international sports director,

:40:27. > :40:36.Mike Osborne, it is his birthday. He is running his first Great North

:40:36. > :40:42.Run. Getting nicely cool. No need for any showers along the course

:40:42. > :40:48.because this one is right above their heads. A stalwart, Dawn

:40:48. > :40:57.Jackson, regularly runs at Great North Run, the easier run-in with

:40:57. > :41:03.her new sisters-in-law, Amy and Emily. And getting a nice welcome

:41:03. > :41:10.relief. The runners will love this towards the end, after they had

:41:10. > :41:19.been running an hour 1/2. This will be great. Sean and Collette and

:41:19. > :41:23.Claire's imam, Pat, who is 66, -- Clare's mother. All of them doing

:41:23. > :41:26.this at the very first time today. I hope they are having a great

:41:26. > :41:34.experience and raising lots of money for the breast cancer

:41:34. > :41:40.campaign. Squally showers. I am pretty sure it is localised or stop

:41:40. > :41:48.specially put on for those who are finishing! I think it is living in

:41:48. > :41:58.a southerly direction. My Directors says it is not reining at the

:41:58. > :42:02.

:42:02. > :42:07.Helen, lovely to see you again! The safety in numbers! Yes, this means

:42:07. > :42:12.we can talk all the way round! When I am pushing, all the men say, do

:42:12. > :42:18.you want and hand? I am definitely getting a better deal. Are they

:42:18. > :42:27.looking after you? Very good. They did last year. I could not do it

:42:27. > :42:32.without them. Who are you raising money for? The company, the

:42:32. > :42:36.Disabled Centre in Jesmond. It is the only centre we have in

:42:36. > :42:41.Newcastle for disabled people. They do a fantastic job. How much do you

:42:41. > :42:47.want to raise? A group of them have already raised �2,000 and I have

:42:47. > :42:52.raised �451. That is fantastic. You are looking very fresh-faced Oster

:42:52. > :42:58.that is because the boys are doing most of the pushing. We definitely

:42:58. > :43:04.need a better wheelchair. If anybody has a better racing

:43:04. > :43:09.wheelchair next year, please let us know! It keeps spinning at the

:43:09. > :43:15.front come up every time I hit a bump. Anybody out there who has a

:43:15. > :43:19.racing wheelchair, please! heard it first! We wish you all the

:43:19. > :43:29.best of stock not far to go now. How are we going to get down this

:43:29. > :43:33.

:43:33. > :43:38.Mickey Gray, a man synonymous with a few football clubs but most

:43:38. > :43:43.importantly, Sunderland. The club where he started and the one that

:43:44. > :43:53.is closest to his heart. I am not sure if he will head down to the

:43:54. > :43:54.

:43:54. > :44:00.match afterwards or stop he is a good runner. He looks a little

:44:00. > :44:07.tired but that is still a pretty good time. 1.33. A very good time

:44:07. > :44:14.by Mickey grave. -- Mickey Gray. The soldiers are lining but routes

:44:14. > :44:18.for the last couple of hundred metres. The best example of all,

:44:18. > :44:28.Brigadier-General James Stevenson. He is running the course, trying to

:44:28. > :44:28.

:44:28. > :47:24.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:47:24. > :47:29.run his best time in the half of the race, how is it going?

:47:29. > :47:37.just lines unfolding in my head at the moment, and I'm quite tired.

:47:37. > :47:42.Can you give us any lines? Yes. I'm starting with - I see a man

:47:42. > :47:49.carrying a fridge humpback like the time Bridge, he's representing

:47:49. > :47:55.those burdens that we bear, like wandering, did I just need one last

:47:55. > :48:02.run to properly prepare? And then we're off, a slap of Mo Farah's

:48:02. > :48:09.hand, laces untied, we fall,? Wrapped, we stand, and we flow

:48:09. > :48:19.through the tunnel, like water, or as if we're on a conveyor belt.

:48:19. > :48:20.

:48:20. > :48:24.There's a sunflower, Indiana Jones, a cuddly toy a... And my shins

:48:24. > :48:28.guess unstrained as I get to the Tyne Bridge, but then I think of

:48:28. > :48:33.that bloke carrying the fridge. And then the Red Arrows go by, in the

:48:33. > :48:39.missing man formation, the smoke evaporates in the sky, and I think

:48:39. > :48:45.of the army of ghosts shadowing us, giving us all for what and the why.

:48:45. > :48:52.And then the band strikes up the Blaydon races, and a spectrum of

:48:52. > :48:57.puce floods across our faces. That's about it, the rest of it is

:48:57. > :49:01.in my head. I think that's amazing. I cannot wait to hear the finished

:49:01. > :49:05.masterpiece. I'm a bit surprised that came out, it came out on

:49:06. > :49:11.adrenalin, I think. I did not think that would be in my brain. The it

:49:11. > :49:16.was amazing. I think you should do the London Marathon! No, not the

:49:16. > :49:26.London Marathon, oh, no. We will see if we make it through this one

:49:26. > :49:34.

:49:35. > :49:38.first. I cannot wait to hear the finished product. That was Kate Fox,

:49:38. > :49:41.a member of the Great North Run cultural programme, which has been

:49:41. > :49:51.going for five years, and has done some wonderful things since they

:49:51. > :50:04.

:50:04. > :50:08.came into existence. Let's hare of projects, installations and

:50:08. > :50:18.commissions, set against the backdrop of the world's largest

:50:18. > :50:32.

:50:32. > :50:42.features 13 short films, with each run a training for this year's

:50:42. > :51:09.

:51:09. > :51:12.Great North Run lip synching to 2000 finishers already, but lots

:51:12. > :51:16.more to come. We are still in the early stages of people getting over

:51:16. > :51:24.the line. One man who went over the finishing line about six minutes

:51:24. > :51:31.ago is with Sue now. They say you for looking reasonably fresh, but

:51:31. > :51:35.you did about 1:32. Yes, it was very tough, I found the last four

:51:35. > :51:39.miles really hard, but I had a great runner alongside me all the

:51:39. > :51:45.way, staying with me until the end, and I'm really pleased with my time

:51:45. > :51:51.this year. Did he do better than last year? No, I did 1:30 last year.

:51:51. > :51:56.Today it was 1:32. I will take that. You know a lot about this race

:51:56. > :52:01.because you ran it many, many years ago. Yes, before I even started as

:52:01. > :52:08.an apprentice in Sunderland, I did it when I was 15 years old. I did

:52:08. > :52:11.1:45 then, so, gradually improving. I thought you may turn out in a

:52:11. > :52:20.Sunderland kit today. I have been trying to organise something for

:52:20. > :52:24.the last couple of weeks. But they could not get me a showed in time.

:52:24. > :52:30.Captain, but you can't get their kit. A exactly, you leave the club

:52:30. > :52:40.and they forget all about you. you going to watch later? Most

:52:40. > :52:47.

:52:47. > :52:57.definitely. I will be cheering the shirt, maybe he could give one to

:52:57. > :52:58.

:52:58. > :53:03.Sunderland for today. Close to the finishing line, Joe McElderry,

:53:03. > :53:12.looking pretty good. A local boy. He had such a good time last year,

:53:12. > :53:15.getting big, big cheers. This is better than singing, isn't it?

:53:15. > :53:25.Running for Teeneage Cancer Trust, as you can see. He's doing sterling

:53:25. > :53:29.

:53:29. > :53:35.work. I think he might give us a bit of a sing-song later, who knows.

:53:35. > :53:40.1:42, something like that, for Joe, well done to him. I'm sure we will

:53:40. > :53:44.hear from him shortly. I never thought there would see the day

:53:44. > :53:50.that these two were actually donning their trainers and running

:53:50. > :53:56.the Great North Run. Both of you former athletes, tell me why you're

:53:56. > :54:00.doing this. I'm running for British Heart Foundation. My aunt died this

:54:00. > :54:05.year, as you know. And Caroline's father. Together we are showing

:54:05. > :54:10.everybody that yes, we can do it. It is hard work and very emotional.

:54:10. > :54:15.It is hard, but her love it. I'm running for Alzheimer's, in memory

:54:15. > :54:20.of my nan, also with my father in mind. I want to do it every year

:54:20. > :54:26.now. I cannot believe it, converted! I know you were really

:54:26. > :54:31.nervous yesterday, not looking forward to it. But completely

:54:31. > :54:36.changed, I want to do it on a marathon now. What has the

:54:36. > :54:40.atmosphere been like? Electric, and we're dragging you in next year.

:54:40. > :54:50.I'm not sure about that. Let's, girls, really proud of you. I will

:54:50. > :54:51.

:54:51. > :55:01.see you at the finish line. First celebrity home, as always, Nell

:55:01. > :55:04.McAndrew. Yes, I'm creeping up, a bit better this year, 1:25. I did

:55:04. > :55:11.get a few shouts of Batman, but I thought, I do look like a girl,

:55:11. > :55:16.don't I? Who chose the outfit? son, Devon. We have got a superhero

:55:16. > :55:20.theme in our house at the moment. He says, you have got to run fast,

:55:20. > :55:26.Mum, and bring home a medal. He thinks that a win. Well, you have

:55:26. > :55:32.won, the top celebrity once again. It is just a fantastic atmosphere.

:55:32. > :55:38.If you dress it up, you get even more cheers, it is fantastic.

:55:38. > :55:42.People say, why doesn't she run with the elite runners? Well, just

:55:42. > :55:49.being busy with being a mum and other things. It is hard to fit

:55:49. > :55:55.training in. But I feel so fortunate. Anybody out there, just

:55:55. > :55:59.get started, do a raised for life for cancer research UK, and before

:55:59. > :56:03.you know it, you can build up to a half marathon. Anything is possible.

:56:03. > :56:13.We have got 2,500 winners for cancer research UK today. Come and

:56:13. > :56:18.

:56:19. > :56:22.join us. You are are becoming quite the little runner, aren't you?

:56:22. > :56:30.did the London Marathon a blow was in pieces after that. It is

:56:30. > :56:33.tomorrow and, I picked a smaller charity, it is called the Sara's

:56:33. > :56:36.Hope Foundation, which gives holidays to the families of

:56:36. > :56:42.children with cancer. Me and my friends, we're halfway through, it

:56:42. > :56:48.is all good. The sun has come out to greet you, probably not making

:56:48. > :56:54.it quite as easy as you hoped. wish it was raining, actually. I'm

:56:54. > :57:01.trying to keep this on, to keep Sara's Hope Foundation seen. And I

:57:01. > :57:11.have been so stitched up, I'm a Manchester United fan, but I have

:57:11. > :57:27.

:57:27. > :57:32.got to where this! Not far to go is waiting in the tent, with a cup

:57:32. > :57:36.of tea, probably. He says, we you say hello to my wife, eight months

:57:36. > :57:42.after having given birth to their baby daughter. I think he's

:57:42. > :57:44.expecting her in a little while. So, come on, Lindsey, Steve's waiting,

:57:44. > :57:48.he will have a nice cup of tea for you.

:57:48. > :57:52.PAUL DICKENSON: Certainly still plenty of people out on the course.

:57:52. > :57:55.The course director will be delighted that the progress, if not

:57:55. > :58:02.with the weather. But it looks like it is clearing up a little bit. We

:58:02. > :58:06.had a message in the commentary box earlier on today about a young lady

:58:06. > :58:13.who's running in her second Great North Run today on her 18th

:58:13. > :58:16.birthday, called Lauren Richardson, running on behalf of Teeneage

:58:16. > :58:19.Cancer Trust. Her mum is also running. Her husband said he was

:58:19. > :58:23.not sure what time she would be running, but she had better be

:58:23. > :58:33.quick, because Lauren's birthday party starts at 5 o'clock this

:58:33. > :58:41.

:58:41. > :58:44.forecasting, they have been pretty accurate today. -- weather

:58:44. > :58:54.forecasting. And a there's one of our more well known whether people,

:58:54. > :59:00.

:59:00. > :59:04.John Hammond. -- weather people. He's going well. And we're trying

:59:05. > :59:13.to get hold of Joe McElderry shortly. John goes over the line in

:59:13. > :59:20.just over 1:48. He looks OK. I mentioned Joe. He finished a few

:59:20. > :59:25.minutes ago, and he's with Sue now. Yes, and he's recovered. Was it

:59:25. > :59:29.hard? It was, because of the rain and things. But I got a pain in my

:59:29. > :59:33.ankle which was travelling at my leg. But I really enjoyed it, and

:59:33. > :59:39.going to live, that's the main thing. You were looking to beat

:59:39. > :59:43.1:38, you were only just outside. think it was 1:42. I'm happy with

:59:43. > :59:48.that. I had to stop about three times to stretch my leg because it

:59:48. > :59:54.was painful. But I enjoyed it and it rained, which called us down.

:59:54. > :00:03.Tell us a bit more about this charity, the Teeneage Cancer Trust.

:00:03. > :00:07.Yes, I'm a patron. It is an amazing charity. They have units all over

:00:07. > :00:11.the country. It is home from home for the teenagers wondering

:00:11. > :00:16.hospital. Families can go and stay, it is more than just being stuck in

:00:16. > :00:20.a hospital bed. It is great. Every time I go in, the atmosphere is

:00:20. > :00:26.just so loving and caring, the nurses are amazing. I go in and I

:00:26. > :00:32.sing for them. I answer questions for them, and they love it. It is

:00:32. > :00:36.great to raise some money for them. You must have one of the most

:00:36. > :00:40.recognisable faces, did you get a lot of comments? Yes, people had

:00:40. > :00:45.banners and things, which was really nice. I saw some friends and

:00:45. > :00:50.family on the way, which was nice as well. They will probably trying

:00:50. > :01:00.to get you to sing later on. Well, you never know. Get your breath

:01:00. > :01:14.

:01:14. > :01:23.running for the Mary Curie Cancer Trust. He plays Ryan in EastEnders.

:01:23. > :01:33.You may have heard Steve Cram took about a charity called Coco, well

:01:33. > :01:33.

:01:33. > :01:43.Becky would worth is running for them, hoping to run into 0.5 hours.

:01:43. > :01:49.

:01:49. > :01:58.not the best the spectating, but for the runners, it is just giving

:01:58. > :02:04.them a nice cool down in the last mile or so. There she is, Sophie

:02:05. > :02:08.Raworth. That is a smiling Sophie. The London Marathon was a bit of a

:02:08. > :02:15.difficult experience, this one looks as though it has been a much

:02:15. > :02:21.happier one. 1.51, crossing the line, very well done indeed. Pretty

:02:21. > :02:24.good running, well under two hours for Sophie. I think that was her

:02:24. > :02:34.husband crossing the line with her, she said they were hoping to run

:02:34. > :02:41.

:02:41. > :02:45.together. Harmony in their some are a long way further back,

:02:45. > :02:50.we keep talking about the organisation of this event, it is

:02:50. > :02:54.built on years and years of experience. But we should always

:02:54. > :02:58.remember that there are all sorts of people involved in the

:02:58. > :03:08.preparations. Let's have a look at some of the preparations that go

:03:08. > :03:20.

:03:20. > :03:25.We are printing out all the goodies that the runners want, T-shirts,

:03:25. > :03:33.medals, drinks and also something to eat at the end. It is a

:03:33. > :03:43.combination of three weeks' work fast, nearly 50,000 packs, just in

:03:43. > :03:46.

:03:46. > :03:51.time for the event this coming You have got a Brit is putting

:03:51. > :03:58.various items into the back. I'm putting the bottle here, passing

:03:58. > :04:07.them, putting him in a box. After last week, we feel as though we

:04:07. > :04:13.have done the marathon, perhaps There we are a bit panicky in case

:04:13. > :04:18.we don't get it done in time. Everybody has worked really well

:04:18. > :04:21.together, it is great that we are nearly at the end.

:04:21. > :04:25.There is an awful lot of work to do, but everyone is up for the

:04:25. > :04:28.challenge. It has all got to go out on the

:04:28. > :04:32.wagons, and then we will be watching the telly on Sunday, with

:04:32. > :04:38.our feet up! We did those packs right at the

:04:38. > :04:48.end! It will absolutely be done in time.

:04:48. > :04:48.

:04:48. > :07:56.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:07:56. > :08:02.I think we do need a medal at the crossed the finish line, and still

:08:02. > :08:08.they keep coming. That is only about a 6th of those who will cross

:08:08. > :08:15.the finish line today. A little earlier on, we had deep two very,

:08:15. > :08:19.very good elite races. And if you are just joining us, just to remind

:08:19. > :08:23.you, we had a very quick race in the women's event, and in the men's

:08:23. > :08:27.event, the quickest we have ever seen here at the Great North Run.

:08:27. > :08:37.The previous course record had stood at 59 minutes and five

:08:37. > :08:41.

:08:41. > :08:48.seconds. But then this man, man -- it Mathathi, who were set up very

:08:48. > :08:54.nicely by Jonathan Maiyo, picked up the pace, but quicker and quicker,

:08:54. > :08:58.under 59 minutes. Only six men have ever run under 59 minutes before.

:08:58. > :09:06.He finished 5th in the world championships, but he was the

:09:06. > :09:11.What an amazing performance by Martin Mathathi, the first athlete

:09:11. > :09:17.ever to go under 59 minutes here at the Great North Run. I wonder what

:09:17. > :09:23.you think now about your achievement today? I feel really

:09:23. > :09:27.honoured to run today in this, and run my best records, the best

:09:27. > :09:32.average my career. Did you believe at the start of today's Ray Stead

:09:33. > :09:38.you could achieve such a fast time? No why couldn't believe, but my

:09:38. > :09:43.manager encouraged me and said, maybe I can run 59. So he gave me a

:09:43. > :09:49.lot of motivation and encouragement, so I made it. What does it mean to

:09:49. > :09:54.you to join such a fantastic list of great Kenyan winners of this

:09:54. > :10:00.race? Such as Martin Lel, you are the 8th different Kenyan winner of

:10:00. > :10:07.this race. I know it is a very big race, I was hoping to run today, my

:10:07. > :10:12.manager told me the race is a very good and well organised. I thought

:10:12. > :10:17.that it would be better for me to run it and give it a try. What were

:10:17. > :10:27.you thinking when Jonathan Maiyo went out into quite a sizable lead?

:10:27. > :10:27.

:10:28. > :10:33.He went out into the lead early on. I was thinking, I have all the race,

:10:33. > :10:39.I encourage myself, so I thought I could win, yes. Well you won in

:10:39. > :10:43.emphatic style. We hope to see back again. Congratulations. I hope to

:10:43. > :10:46.run again next year, I am very happy for the organisations and the

:10:46. > :10:56.spectators who cheered me all the way, and I thank my manager for

:10:56. > :11:03.

:11:03. > :11:08.That puts him a 5th on the all-time list. A great run from Jonathan

:11:08. > :11:18.Maiyo as well in second place. Emmanuel Mutai, the pre-race

:11:18. > :11:25.

:11:25. > :11:30.course record, but it was a really quick run from Lucy Kabuu of Kenya.

:11:30. > :11:37.That is the third fastest ever on this course, Paula Radcliffe holds

:11:37. > :11:42.the record. Mara Yamauchi dropped out at around 80 miles, not injured,

:11:42. > :11:48.just feeling unwell. -- eight miles. Hopefully she can come back and run

:11:48. > :11:58.a marathon and get her Olympic plans back on course. A few moments

:11:58. > :12:01.

:12:01. > :12:06.ago, Sophie Raworth finished in Guess who is here, she has made it

:12:06. > :12:11.to the finish, and we have time to do the interview this time! I am so

:12:11. > :12:18.pleased to see you, sue! It means it is over! And you look really

:12:18. > :12:24.fresh. Did you find it easy? I felt brilliant, I did it in one hour 50,

:12:24. > :12:27.which is much better than last time. It was fantastic, I loved it. I was

:12:27. > :12:32.reassuring myself all the way round with a monitor, the crowds were

:12:32. > :12:35.brilliant. Loved it. In case anyone doesn't know why, it is because you

:12:35. > :12:40.pass that during the London Marathon because you push yourself

:12:40. > :12:44.too much. But I hear that you did when the domestic battle?

:12:44. > :12:48.husband, who told me he had pulled a muscle, actually was right on my

:12:48. > :12:51.shoulder the whole way round, I think he held back in gallant

:12:51. > :12:56.fashion and let me cross the line ahead of him. It was a wonderful

:12:56. > :13:01.race. I know a number of people were chatting to you all the way

:13:01. > :13:07.round. Lots of people were saying, don't push it too hard! Take it

:13:07. > :13:12.easy! Really wonderful support. have done this with ease, so the

:13:12. > :13:19.big question is, would you consider doing the London marathon again?

:13:19. > :13:24.would consider it, it is my mother. Today was about predictably to

:13:24. > :13:29.myself, because I trained so hard for the marathon and then Blewett,

:13:29. > :13:34.because I came in at six hours 22, but today was fantastic, because I

:13:35. > :13:44.proved it to myself. If my mum will that's me, I will do it! Anywhere,

:13:45. > :13:45.

:13:45. > :14:49.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:14:49. > :14:54.congratulations. A great time, people who have all got really

:14:54. > :15:00.personal stories as to why they are taking part here today. And so many

:15:00. > :15:08.of them, running for courses -- causes so close to their heart, and

:15:08. > :15:14.hopefully having a bit of fun as A fantastic job, you must be

:15:14. > :15:20.relieved. Yes, I have had injuries this year, but to get under one

:15:20. > :15:25.hour 30 at the age of 48, I'm happy. And raised a lot of money? Yes, I

:15:25. > :15:29.was in Afghanistan last year, we lost a lot of troops, a lot of

:15:29. > :15:34.injuries, so this goes towards helping the blokes we need to help

:15:34. > :15:39.now. Your company are all looking very shy, I know they have worked

:15:39. > :15:43.hard. Rebecca at work has been hounding everybody for sponsors and

:15:43. > :15:53.family and everything, she has raised the most money. Rebecca,

:15:53. > :15:58.

:15:58. > :16:03.There is a lot of emotion out there on days like this and we began the

:16:03. > :16:07.day in a fairly emotional way with the Red Arrows. Don't forget we

:16:07. > :16:17.will be see them again with their display at South Shields or all of

:16:17. > :16:25.

:16:25. > :16:29.Just over 8,000 have now crossed This is the corner where they will

:16:29. > :16:39.see the sea for the first time. They will know there is not far to

:16:39. > :16:58.

:16:58. > :17:02.Just over two hours now. Peak time is approaching between now and two

:17:02. > :17:12.hours 30 and you can see the road filling up and the runners coming

:17:12. > :17:13.

:17:13. > :17:19.through. Of all the runners out there, one man, Mark Allison, is

:17:19. > :17:23.just coming to the end a remarkable journey and this actually will just

:17:23. > :17:33.be a stroll in the park for him off from running right across the

:17:33. > :17:43.

:17:43. > :17:47.United States for America, over # On the road again #.

:17:47. > :17:52.At not one point did I think I would not make it. You have to

:17:52. > :18:02.remind yourself why you are running across America. The two great

:18:02. > :18:07.It took 12 months to perfect the route across America and then the

:18:07. > :18:12.logistics around my accommodation and transport, it comes together,

:18:12. > :18:17.slowly but surely, but it does take a lot of planning. I chose not to

:18:17. > :18:22.go the easy way and it wasn't too much of a straight line in the end.

:18:23. > :18:28.I took in the Mojave desert, it is such a fantastic place, I was on

:18:28. > :18:37.Route 66 at the time. You would see one or two cars a day. The amount

:18:37. > :18:42.of thinking time you get. It is I chose a very difficult path

:18:42. > :18:48.through the Rocky Mountains. It could not be too easy. Worthy of

:18:48. > :18:54.people's sponsorship. We stayed in mobile accommodation for 100 days.

:18:54. > :19:01.We tried to make the porridge as tasty as we could! That was my

:19:01. > :19:06.staple diet. Probably had 50 different chicken recipes and 200

:19:06. > :19:09.porridges! My family surprised me with a visit for five days when I

:19:10. > :19:17.was 40 but the moment that I had to say goodbye to them, my wife and my

:19:17. > :19:27.son, I have never felt so low in all of my life. I could not look at

:19:27. > :19:28.

:19:28. > :19:34.the horizon for three days after You hear of so many people do in

:19:34. > :19:39.the Great North Run and you have a debt of gratitude to pay to a

:19:40. > :19:44.hospice, hospital, whatever. St Benedict's Hospice, who cared for

:19:44. > :19:48.my manner which she had cancer, was firmly in my mind, -- who cared for

:19:48. > :19:52.my mum, as was the Children's Foundation. When you have a

:19:52. > :19:59.difficult few miles, I remind myself why I am running and the

:19:59. > :20:06.miles become a lot easier. It is 1045 am on day 96. I have

:20:06. > :20:09.just heard that the fund has gone up to 50,000 pound for a St

:20:09. > :20:12.Benedict's Hospice and the Children's Foundation. I am so

:20:12. > :20:17.pleased with that. The last five days were extremely

:20:17. > :20:23.difficult. I started thinking about the finishing line far too early

:20:23. > :20:30.and I was getting very anxious. I was on my feet for 22 hours on the

:20:30. > :20:36.last day, New Jersey, Manhattan, into Coney Island. I had only had

:20:36. > :20:41.three hours Street. But looking back, I was very focused -- 3 hours

:20:41. > :20:45.asleep. I was fully aware that I was being sponsored to the finish

:20:45. > :20:50.line in 100 days and for me, if higher at not managed to get there

:20:50. > :20:54.in 100 days, it would have been so disappointing -- if I had not

:20:54. > :21:04.managed to get there. This is the peer of Coney Island. I

:21:04. > :21:07.

:21:08. > :21:17.made it, coast to coast. I made it. CHEERING. That is the Atlantic.

:21:18. > :21:19.

:21:19. > :21:25.After 100 days. Brilliant. I cannot believe that. It is all over.

:21:25. > :21:30.An amazing feat by Mark worthy of a lack of honour and that is how his

:21:30. > :21:34.participation in today's race has been built. Had I not been

:21:34. > :21:37.influenced by the Great North Run, I perhaps wouldn't have run across

:21:37. > :21:41.America though I am full of admiration for the Great North Run

:21:41. > :21:46.and I am so looking forward to doing this years. It will be a

:21:47. > :21:50.fantastic end to a long, hard summer of running. So many

:21:51. > :21:55.incredible stories and the man in a green T-shirt there has put in a

:21:55. > :22:03.few miles in the past, the former Minister of Sport, Richard Caborn.

:22:03. > :22:08.He finishes in just over two hours and 11 minutes. Over 11,000 have

:22:08. > :22:12.finished now, and I was saying a few minutes earlier that it is a

:22:12. > :22:16.very special day for the show macro and particularly for the Red Arrows

:22:16. > :22:22.will have been synonymous with this event for so many years -- for the

:22:22. > :22:32.Great North Run. Jon Egging sadly lost his life and is being

:22:32. > :22:33.

:22:33. > :22:40.remembered today by the Red Arrows You said it was quite an emotional

:22:40. > :22:44.race but you did it super-fast time. It was just amazing, the atmosphere.

:22:44. > :22:48.Everybody here is running for a good cause and everybody was

:22:48. > :22:53.cheering me on. It is a real privilege to be here and to launch

:22:53. > :23:02.the Jon Egging charity. Mention a bit about the trust you have set up

:23:02. > :23:07.in his memo Reef. We have launched the Jon Egging Trust, to realise's

:23:07. > :23:12.Jon's ambition to develop people's natural talents and everything he

:23:12. > :23:17.laughed, and leadership, teamwork. I know it was difficult for you. He

:23:17. > :23:22.was always with you. You used to run together. This is the first

:23:22. > :23:26.half marathon I have run without Jon but pretty tough. I had great

:23:27. > :23:32.people with me. Everybody here is amazing at this show macro so

:23:32. > :23:38.fantastic day. You have tremendous support from the Red Arrows. -- At

:23:38. > :23:43.this Great North Run. You were running with one of the pilots. I

:23:43. > :23:48.guess it was great to see the fly past. It is really tough. Seeing

:23:48. > :23:54.the fly-past, I have been touched by everything. It is great to be

:23:54. > :23:57.here. I know Jon would be very proud of you and what you are doing.

:23:57. > :24:04.Congratulations on today and good luck with raising the money for the

:24:04. > :24:13.trust. Thank you ever so much. A very emotional day for everyone

:24:13. > :24:20.connected with the Red Arrows. They will be giving their display in

:24:20. > :24:24.about 20 minutes or so so watch out for that. And still they come.

:24:24. > :24:34.12,500 across the line now and this is really getting into the peak

:24:34. > :24:41.

:24:41. > :24:46.Two hours and 30 minutes have now -- have now elapsed. Most of these

:24:47. > :24:56.runners are looking in fine fettle indeed. Colin Jackson is a little

:24:57. > :24:57.

:24:57. > :25:05.further behind us through the other Simon, I notice that dragon, I had

:25:05. > :25:10.to come directly to you! Tell us about your charity. Sants raise

:25:10. > :25:14.awareness for parents suffering from losing a baby, etc. They give

:25:14. > :25:22.bereaved parents support and help them through tough times. You came

:25:22. > :25:27.running up. You spotted him in the mayhem! It is. I am really proud of

:25:27. > :25:32.him. Really proud. Was it heptathlon? I really enjoyed it but

:25:32. > :25:38.it was tough. A lot of hills, which I am used to, but... Different

:25:38. > :25:43.tales. We should be used to that. I am glad you had a great time and I

:25:43. > :25:53.hope you enjoy the rest of your Sunday. Thank you! I won't fall

:25:53. > :25:53.

:25:53. > :27:18.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:27:18. > :27:28.off # And I would walk 500 more #. # Jested beat the man who walks 500

:27:28. > :27:28.

:27:28. > :28:26.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:28:26. > :28:33.miles #. #. # And I would walk 500 more #

:28:33. > :28:43.# Just to be the man who walks 1000 miles #

:28:43. > :28:46.

:28:46. > :28:49.The Proclaimers, the song that gets played more often than not, and

:28:49. > :28:54.little did they know when they recorded that song that it would

:28:54. > :29:03.get played time and time again at running events all around the world.

:29:03. > :29:12.It still sounds good though. 14,500 runners have now finished. This is

:29:12. > :29:17.probably the peak time finishing. People moving well. The expedition

:29:17. > :29:25.beyond the finishing finals starts as they go through collecting their

:29:25. > :29:33.goodie bags, replenishing their drinks, and then finding the

:29:33. > :29:43.families, because there is 50,000 here, 100,000 on the other end

:29:43. > :29:43.

:29:44. > :29:47.waiting to meet them! The numbers For some it is the first time, for

:29:47. > :29:56.some may have done it many times before, and somebody who has been

:29:56. > :30:03.here a few times before, Finley Going back a few years, one of the

:30:03. > :30:11.features we did was a rather moving one involving this gentleman here.

:30:11. > :30:18.Remind me. Was up 13 1/2 marathons? 24 1/2 marathons, 24 days, 24 times

:30:18. > :30:27.around the world. Explain why you did it for Alstom I had cancer and

:30:27. > :30:33.I wanted to put something back into the charity. Cancer Research UK. It

:30:33. > :30:37.was great. It was all clear for five years until just before last

:30:37. > :30:45.year's Great North Run, and then unfortunately I got diagnosed with

:30:45. > :30:51.a different type of cancer, and it has been a bit of a rough year but

:30:51. > :30:57.after 38 treatments, two months ago, I had all my tests completed and I

:30:57. > :31:03.am free from cancer again. So I have beaten cancer three times and

:31:03. > :31:11.it is a great day, just to be back here again, and I am trying to work

:31:11. > :31:15.out gift after two -- after two around the world, not quite sure

:31:15. > :31:21.what his next. Hazel has been giving me support. It is good to be

:31:21. > :31:25.back. What tribute can you pay to this guy? He is absolutely

:31:25. > :31:30.fantastic. When I got the opportunity to run with him, I

:31:30. > :31:35.could not wait to help him get a cross that line. I have a sad story

:31:35. > :31:39.myself as well. My sister died of multiple sclerosis nine years ago

:31:39. > :31:43.just before my very first Great North Run and my brother has got it

:31:43. > :31:48.who is out there now so this is my 9th time, and to run it with

:31:48. > :31:54.Findlay has been the best one of all. Few were so gracious to us all

:31:54. > :32:02.of those years back -- you were so gracious. We did a feature on you.

:32:02. > :32:06.It hit home and I am sure you storm today well as well. Thank you. -- I

:32:06. > :32:16.am sure your story today will as well. Certainly, some remarkable

:32:16. > :32:20.

:32:20. > :32:23.One of the things about the Great North Run over the years, it has

:32:23. > :32:28.evolved into something much, much bigger than even Brendan Foster

:32:28. > :32:32.could have imagined some years ago. One of the great features now is

:32:32. > :32:37.the fact it is a two-day festival, not just a running, but a track-

:32:37. > :32:47.and-field athletics. And yesterday, around the quayside of Newcastle,

:32:47. > :32:48.

:32:48. > :32:52.we had the great Junior run. We It has been a great weekend of

:32:52. > :33:02.activity, and enthusiasm is really shining through. They are even

:33:02. > :33:02.

:33:02. > :34:08.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:34:08. > :34:17.I have enjoyed it a lot. I thought it was really good, I loved it.

:34:17. > :34:24.Exhausting! I am dressed as a Snow Queen, I have had lots of fun.

:34:24. > :34:28.thought we would do It For our sister. She just loved it. Halfway

:34:28. > :34:35.through, my lungs felt as if they were fit to burst! I can't wait for

:34:35. > :34:39.next year! Do it again. The event is coming to the end, and the crowd

:34:39. > :34:49.pick-up all the youngsters, and a thoroughly enjoyable day out. I

:34:49. > :35:03.

:35:03. > :35:10.Tyne mouth, and the Priory, standing proud as ever. South

:35:10. > :35:15.Shields beach, the tide is on its way out now. I am not good on tides,

:35:15. > :35:25.to be fair! You have done well on the weather, you have predicted the

:35:25. > :35:28.weather. We would get others to worry about the tides. Anyway,

:35:28. > :35:34.beautiful sunshine here in South Shields. Looking further down,

:35:34. > :35:40.there are clouds gathering, but we have had ideal conditions. Two are

:35:40. > :35:44.fast races in the elite events, a little shower to greet the runners,

:35:44. > :35:50.but sunshine at the moment. Brollies have been put away for the

:35:50. > :35:57.time being. A story which has touched the hearts of many in the

:35:57. > :36:07.north-east is one we mentioned earlier, the teenager, and Newton,

:36:07. > :36:14.tragically killed in June this year. -- Emma Newton. Many or Reading for

:36:14. > :36:23.If you were watching our coverage earlier, a story on Emma Newton,

:36:23. > :36:32.who sadly died in made, when a tree fell on her car in high winds. Her

:36:32. > :36:36.uncle Andrew and Simon. She was into the performing arts. You have

:36:36. > :36:42.had the glasses on. Obviously, a very sad story, an emotional day

:36:43. > :36:51.for you. Very emotional, coming over the line. It felt really hard,

:36:51. > :36:58.but we kept shouting Emma, love you, Emma. How are you feeling? Not too

:36:58. > :37:08.bad, I have been marathon training. It is a great one to do. Come on in,

:37:08. > :37:08.

:37:08. > :37:14.Robbie. Robbie, Emma's father. And one of the twins, Emma's sister,

:37:14. > :37:24.the whole clan are here. It has been on TV all day. Everybody has

:37:24. > :37:27.been here, was it good? Brilliant. Unreal. They will be back for more.

:37:27. > :37:33.What has it been like with the anticipation, waiting for them to

:37:33. > :37:40.come home? Everybody has been wearing a Tutus, I can always spot

:37:40. > :37:46.Simon! But it has been great, just waiting for them to come back

:37:46. > :37:52.through. The key is to get the word out. The other twin has joined us

:37:52. > :37:57.now! Gorgeous girls. We have the Emma Newton Fund, that is what it

:37:57. > :38:04.is all about, raising money to help people who might not be so

:38:04. > :38:07.fortunate to enjoy performing arts, really. Yes, for anybody who is

:38:07. > :38:14.struggling to get the funds together in the performing arts,

:38:14. > :38:21.the fund is there for them. This will be a long-lasting thing in

:38:21. > :38:27.Emma's name, that is what we are really proud of. Maybe these guys

:38:27. > :38:32.might need it in a few years' time! Let's hope so, these two are a

:38:32. > :38:42.credit to you, and these grown-ups are as well. I know there are about

:38:42. > :38:53.

:38:53. > :38:57.seven in all, well done to the long stretch down to the finish

:38:57. > :39:01.line here, they are still looking very happy. The crowds are as big

:39:01. > :39:06.as I have ever seen at the Great North Run, it is a pretty nice day,

:39:06. > :39:16.so they have come out to cheer them through these sometimes tough last

:39:16. > :39:17.

:39:17. > :39:21.few yards. Plenty to welcome them, Multi-coloured socks, any

:39:21. > :39:27.particular reason? Just to stand out, and give a bit of motivation

:39:27. > :39:33.to myself, look stupid. A bit more fun, keeps you going! It was a

:39:33. > :39:39.tough course today? Yes, it was a. It was my first time, I didn't know

:39:39. > :39:45.what to expect. I did my best, that is all I needed to do. You have

:39:45. > :39:50.been accused of raping him in! Absolutely! That is the 6th in a

:39:50. > :39:58.row. I thought I would get him on the running but as well. You raised

:39:58. > :40:04.a lot of money, hopefully? A few fund raising events. I raised money

:40:04. > :40:14.for cardiac arrest in the young. love this medal, it is one that I

:40:14. > :40:21.

:40:21. > :40:27.haven't got, next year, maybe! Well I have got two competitors here,

:40:27. > :40:32.absolutely delighted to finish. We met them at the start. Hannah Gray,

:40:32. > :40:37.and Sophie Gradin, a former Miss Newcastle. You have got a big smile

:40:37. > :40:43.on your face. Very chuffed. Just over two hours, I think someone was

:40:43. > :40:51.watching over me today, a very special number, 25, the same number

:40:51. > :40:57.as a Syrett who I was writing money for. Trimmer -- tremendous. Helping

:40:57. > :41:01.children with cancer. Yes, it is providing luxury, with the peace of

:41:01. > :41:05.mind of the care and attention people need, so they can go on

:41:06. > :41:13.holiday like a normal families, and do normal activities, go to the

:41:13. > :41:16.beach, in the comfort of their wonderful villa in Crete. We are

:41:16. > :41:26.taking more donations, we really appreciate more donations, if you

:41:26. > :41:28.

:41:28. > :41:32.can. You did really well, you only went out to buy your running socks

:41:32. > :41:38.a few days ago. Bless my little prodding stocks! I am so proud to

:41:38. > :41:41.be here, the sun came out, we got caught in the rain, I'm so proud to

:41:41. > :41:50.represent the city that holds such a fantastic event. The atmosphere

:41:50. > :41:57.is buzzing, everyone is smiling, I want to stay here all day! Jelly

:41:57. > :42:01.beans! Ice packs! And everyone, cheering your name. Yes, thank you

:42:01. > :42:05.to everyone who cheered us on, without the people at the sidelines,

:42:05. > :42:09.I don't think we would have got through as well as we did.

:42:09. > :42:16.person you are without his Calum Best. We haven't seen him at the

:42:16. > :42:22.finish come any news on him? idea where he is. He might claim he

:42:22. > :42:32.ran it in a one hour 50 maybe. chance of that. We are going to

:42:32. > :42:35.

:42:35. > :42:42.watch him, over! Maybe see you next Better known as Craig and Andy. You

:42:42. > :42:46.have made a -- and added. Who are you running for? Bobby Moore, the

:42:46. > :42:50.diabetes Association. How was the run today? Weather conditions were

:42:51. > :42:55.good, the atmosphere was fantastic all the way around, lot of support

:42:55. > :43:00.from the fantastic people of Newcastle. Whose idea was it to

:43:00. > :43:06.come in a Smurfs outfit? struggled to decide what to run as,

:43:06. > :43:10.but he has had some bad experiences in races before, beaten by Smurfs

:43:10. > :43:15.twice in marathons and half marathons. We thought, if you can't

:43:15. > :43:25.beat them, join them. That is a good motto. Well done, I hope you

:43:25. > :43:27.

:43:27. > :43:37.You have received a hero's welcome. How old are you? 80 years, one

:43:37. > :43:38.

:43:38. > :43:44.month, two weeks, two days, five hours and 20 seconds! I hear you --

:43:44. > :43:51.who are you running for? handicapped children. Up to now, I

:43:51. > :43:57.have �1,520. Brilliant! And I have two collections to go. How many

:43:57. > :44:01.times have you been doing this? times. What is it that keeps

:44:01. > :44:07.pulling you back? My wife died a long time ago, we were going to do

:44:07. > :44:13.this together. When I first started, it was tough. But now, when you

:44:13. > :44:17.hear the crowd, what can I do? I must keep going! I want to do it

:44:17. > :44:25.next year now! We want to see you here next year. It has been a

:44:26. > :44:35.pleasure meeting you. Brendon tells me that I am 60. That is his age!

:44:36. > :44:40.

:44:41. > :44:45.You don't look 90, that is for and of north-east events for a long

:44:45. > :44:52.time. Well done to him, still going strong. 2.5 hours have been

:44:53. > :45:02.completed. We have had over 20,000 crossing the finishing line. And

:45:03. > :45:09.

:45:09. > :45:17.Lee and Anna have kindly stopped. - - Emma. This a Blue Peter special.

:45:17. > :45:23.A lot of love went into this! Sticky-backed plastic, gaffer tape!

:45:23. > :45:27.A real effort. Why are you running for this cause? Emma and are still

:45:27. > :45:31.a lot of sailing on the south coast, we see these guys and girls go out

:45:31. > :45:35.in weather that no one else wants to go out in, risked their lives.

:45:35. > :45:42.These guys are amazing, unbelievable. One of the best

:45:42. > :45:47.causes there is, I think. Way you a guide, to try and making knock

:45:47. > :45:53.people out? Pretty much. He did pretty well. I couldn't do it in

:45:53. > :46:03.this, I absolutely couldn't. He got through it. You have both done your

:46:03. > :46:07.

:46:07. > :46:12.Well done to them and to all of those who are still running

:46:12. > :46:17.strongly be on the two-and-a-half hour mark. The skies had been

:46:17. > :46:21.clearing, the clouds have been swept away and the sun is shining.

:46:21. > :46:28.You saw a glimpse of the Red Arrows heading down the coastline as they

:46:28. > :46:35.prepare for their display. The squadron leader has popped into the

:46:35. > :46:39.commentary box behind us. He is the man who stands on the ground and

:46:39. > :46:48.guides them through the display. It will be starting a very shortly

:46:48. > :46:55.indeed. Here is Romley and Wendy. You are

:46:55. > :47:04.partners and you run today. Yes. It is the second time for me. 1.38.

:47:04. > :47:09.Wendy? Under 1.5 overs. That is what I am hoping for. Everybody

:47:09. > :47:13.around seems really happy. What is unique about the Great North Run?

:47:14. > :47:18.It is such a massive event. The support you get from beginning to

:47:18. > :47:24.end is absolutely brilliant. have run for charities before. Not

:47:24. > :47:29.today. No. I can't keep asking the same people but we have done a lot

:47:29. > :47:37.in the past four charities. We are just waiting for our club-mate to

:47:37. > :47:42.turn up. It is so busy! Impossible to see! It is great! And the sun is

:47:42. > :47:49.coming out. I was just about to mention that. It is a great at Ms

:47:49. > :47:57.there. I will leave you to your spotting! See you later!

:47:57. > :48:00.I am here with Calum Best as we wait for the Red Arrows. Sophie and

:48:00. > :48:05.Hannah had been giving you a hard time because they finished a bit

:48:05. > :48:10.before you. They are young, beautiful women in shape so what

:48:10. > :48:16.can I say! It was all for a good cause. That was hard work. I tell

:48:16. > :48:22.you. But you had an injury as well. I did not prepare at all for the

:48:22. > :48:27.London Marathon. I thought I was getting old! For this one was not

:48:27. > :48:32.that bad until the end. Halfway through, some people were out cold

:48:32. > :48:37.on the floor. It was pretty scary. But we made it in the end.

:48:37. > :48:41.believe you got some grief for wearing a Newcastle shirt. I think

:48:41. > :48:46.they weren't so happy in certain parts of town. I had to put the

:48:46. > :48:51.name of my foundation in the pocket. Very proud to be doing it for them.

:48:51. > :48:56.We had a great time. I don't know about next year! We will put you on

:48:56. > :49:06.the spot. Will you do it? Definitely. Thank you forced off

:49:06. > :49:16.

:49:16. > :49:24.It has been a very emotional day. That is one of the thing that

:49:24. > :49:28.everybody down here watches and waits for. It won't be long... We

:49:28. > :49:32.should get a pretty good view because the clouds have been

:49:32. > :49:38.clearing and the sunshine bearing down on the right just, including

:49:38. > :49:44.Ray Stubbs. You can just see him in red and white, of Gateshead

:49:44. > :49:50.Harriers. Honorary member, bestowed on him by Brendan Foster. People

:49:51. > :49:54.like Ray Stubbs have really added to the atmosphere. He comes back

:49:54. > :49:58.year after year. He says his training gets worse every year and

:49:58. > :50:05.his time gets worse every year but he enjoys it more. Slowdown more

:50:05. > :50:10.and you will enjoy it more! It is nice to see the Gateshead Harriers

:50:10. > :50:18.vest been carried with such aplomb. Well done, Ray Stubbs or stop Shell

:50:18. > :50:26.we read anything into his number, 666? -- shall we read anything?

:50:26. > :50:36.gets it every year and he doesn't Let's enjoy the Red Arrows or a

:50:36. > :50:36.

:50:36. > :52:21.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:52:21. > :52:26.The superb Red Arrows continued their display on what must have

:52:26. > :52:34.been a very difficult day for the team. Remembering Flight Lieutenant

:52:34. > :52:42.Jon Egging, read four. A few minutes ago we saw Ray Stubbs

:52:42. > :52:50.looking resplendent in his Gateshead Harriers vest. Wearing

:52:50. > :52:55.666. He finished before 6pm thank goodness! Well done. Brendan says

:52:55. > :52:59.he did not give the number to you. It is a devil of a course and he

:52:59. > :53:05.did give me that number! I am so delighted to be here. That was the

:53:05. > :53:10.hardest ever for May. Not enough training. I am so pleased I got

:53:10. > :53:15.around in one piece. It would not be the same without you. You are

:53:15. > :53:19.very kind. I am the lesson for everyone. You have to put some work

:53:19. > :53:25.in or you struggle. But I have my guys from Gateshead Harriers who

:53:25. > :53:31.help me around as always, the community spirit, it is a very

:53:31. > :53:35.emotional experience. My personal worst again! By a distance. But as

:53:36. > :53:41.the years go on, I am just happy to get around in one piece. Maybe I

:53:41. > :53:44.should run a bit harder but maybe I would not enjoy it as much then.

:53:44. > :53:50.you have done it spot on because you come away with so many great

:53:50. > :53:55.memories. When it started raining, I was delighted. Brendan Foster

:53:55. > :54:02.turns the sunshine on at the end, he has got switch in there. The

:54:02. > :54:07.guys flew round. Yes. Some great stories as well. And three years.

:54:07. > :54:15.Congratulations. We will see you next year. Thank you. I hope so.

:54:15. > :54:19.I hope he picks up on the Olympic team next year and put some

:54:19. > :54:22.training in. If you want to come and join Ray Stubbs and the

:54:23. > :54:32.thousands of others, don't go on that website because it is the

:54:33. > :54:34.

:54:34. > :54:44.wrong spelling but put the letter Next year should be a fantastic

:54:44. > :54:52.

:54:52. > :54:56.I said a great summer of sport coming up and of course, the other

:54:56. > :55:06.events we will be bringing you, it details in just a second, next year

:55:06. > :55:29.

:55:29. > :55:38.day of our lives #. # today this could be the greatest

:55:38. > :55:44.day of our lives #. # Estate close to me -- stay close

:55:44. > :55:54.to me #. # Watch the world, Live tonight #.

:55:54. > :55:54.

:55:54. > :56:58.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds

:56:58. > :57:07.# Hold your head high. # The world starts to come alive.

:57:07. > :57:13.# When you stay close to me. # Today could be the greatest day

:57:13. > :57:23.of our lives. # Today this could be the greatest

:57:23. > :57:41.

:57:41. > :57:46.# Oh, stay close to me. # A two-state close to me.

:57:46. > :57:56.And the world comes alive. # Watch the world come alive

:57:56. > :58:19.

:58:19. > :58:23.tonight. Well, the runners still crossing

:58:23. > :58:27.the lines, but we are coming towards the end of our programme.

:58:27. > :58:36.We are now going to look back to some amazing elite races from

:58:36. > :58:40.Josh Cassidy of Canada broke away from the field in the men's

:58:40. > :58:45.wheelchair race, and claimed his second victory here. He was a

:58:45. > :58:50.winner in 2008. In the women's race, a terrific

:58:50. > :58:57.performance from Shelly Woods as she it reclaimed her title, it was

:58:57. > :59:02.her off victory here. -- 4th victory.

:59:02. > :59:06.Lucy Kabuu produced the third fastest a winning time here at the

:59:06. > :59:14.Great North Run. Jo Pavey was bought and Helen Clitheroe was

:59:14. > :59:24.better for Britain. A great performance from Martin

:59:24. > :59:26.

:59:26. > :59:32.Mathathi. He won the men's race. He announced his arrival on the world

:59:32. > :59:42.seen by smashing the course record. Only the 7th man to run under 59

:59:42. > :59:50.

:59:50. > :59:55.minutes. It was quite a performance, thought? Once again, as Ray Stubbs

:59:55. > :59:59.was saying, somehow the weather has managed to remain absolutely

:59:59. > :00:03.beautiful, despite the thunderstorm, all the rain that we had earlier.

:00:04. > :00:07.The sun will certainly shine on many, many people, because of the

:00:07. > :00:17.millions of pounds that have been raised at the charity's all over

:00:17. > :00:17.

:00:17. > :00:23.the country. A very emotional day for the Red Arrows. Great to see Mo

:00:23. > :00:28.Farah or on the start line, enjoying his time, some fantastic

:00:28. > :00:35.performances, a course record being a set, 26,000 people have perished

:00:35. > :00:39.so far, and the weather has been kind to them all. -- have finished.

:00:39. > :00:43.The Red Arrows, with their own particular message, it is a

:00:43. > :00:49.heartfelt message from them to us, and for a mast to them as well. At

:00:49. > :00:53.the end of each Olympic Games, they used to say it was the best

:00:53. > :01:00.Olympics above. We have had the best men's race above, the quickest

:01:01. > :01:04.we have ever seen, the third fastest women's winner, and

:01:04. > :01:10.certainly it is not for me to comment whether this has been

:01:10. > :01:20.better than any other year. All we do know is that it is great. The

:01:20. > :01:28.weather has been ideal, and with pretty 6000 plus already across the

:01:28. > :01:33.line, -- 26,000. Many more have to negotiate the last few miles. The

:01:33. > :01:38.Red Arrows continue to add to what has been a glorious day,

:01:39. > :01:45.particularly down here on the coast at South Shields. Two hours and 50

:01:45. > :01:49.since they started on the central motorway in Newcastle. And all of

:01:49. > :01:56.them, with a sense of achievement when they get down here. Some of

:01:56. > :02:06.them do this every year, if -- a small band have been here for 31

:02:06. > :02:11.

:02:11. > :02:15.years. It has been a great year of running in Great Britain. Hopefully

:02:15. > :02:20.one day we will see Mo Farah come and lead all these people to the

:02:20. > :02:24.finish line. I think next year, it will largely depend on how things

:02:24. > :02:27.go for him in London at the Olympics. But it has been another

:02:28. > :02:37.fantastic year at the Great North Run, and we are all already looking

:02:38. > :02:40.

:02:40. > :02:44.Thanks to Steve, Brendan and Paul, hundreds are still to cross the

:02:44. > :02:54.line, but we're coming to the end of our programme. Plenty of sport

:02:54. > :03:26.

:03:26. > :03:30.That is it, we will keep our cameras running, could -- because

:03:30. > :03:35.there are plenty of stories still to come. But once again, it has

:03:35. > :03:39.been such a success. Millions of pounds have been raised for good

:03:39. > :03:44.causes, so many inspirational stories. And a great day for the