Great North Run

:00:07. > :00:14.Daunay we had an idea 30 years ago, the idea was to organise an event to

:00:15. > :00:21.run from Newcastle to South Shields. Nobody could have conceived what it

:00:21. > :00:28.would end up us. Why not run? It is special. A participate. Everybody

:00:28. > :00:33.comes out on Sunday and everybody's watching. In terms of the people

:00:33. > :00:38.taking part, there are so many. Just a fantastic atmosphere on the

:00:38. > :00:47.course, you know? The crowd get behind you. That's why I come back

:00:47. > :00:51.and race here. This year it is different. To have Tirunesh Dibaba

:00:51. > :00:54.coming together over the half marathon distance for the first

:00:54. > :01:00.time, there's a lot of pride at stake there. We did a great

:01:00. > :01:05.achievement for our country and this half marathon is a great opportunity

:01:06. > :01:11.to run together. Two generations, my generation and Kenisa's generation

:01:11. > :01:20.and now Mo Farah. This is the best ever. It is very exciting for me to

:01:20. > :01:25.take part. Britain's greatest ever distan runner and newly crowned

:01:25. > :01:30.double crowned world champion Mo Farah heads the greatest half

:01:30. > :01:34.marathon line-up in history. Between them 18 Olympic and Paralympic gold

:01:34. > :01:38.medals, 25 world titles and a broken 27 world records. Burr today isn't

:01:38. > :01:42.just about the stars. Indeed they are not what makes the Great North

:01:42. > :01:49.Run so special. Behind Mo and others on the start line will be another

:01:49. > :01:53.50,000 runners, club athletes and first timers. All in all, not your

:01:53. > :01:56.average day on Tyneside. A very good morning to you and welcome to the

:01:56. > :02:01.average day on Tyneside. A very good 33rd Great North Run, a day when the

:02:01. > :02:05.North East opens its arms, just like the Angel a, and welcomes the world.

:02:05. > :02:14.The challenge is the same, whether you are dressed as Mo Farah or

:02:14. > :02:19.Father Christmas. Sometimes the joy or the agony of being a long

:02:19. > :02:24.distance runner. In 1981 there were just 12,000 runners are. It was

:02:24. > :02:29.billed as a local fun run. Now 32 years later this event is the most

:02:29. > :02:34.famous half marathon in the world. It attracts big name athletes and

:02:34. > :02:38.big name celebrities. It has the biggest heart too. We've heard so

:02:38. > :02:42.many stories of great endeavour, great courage and generosity. This

:02:42. > :02:47.year once again every one of the 55,000 runnerses will have their own

:02:47. > :02:54.story to tell. It is always a special day on Tyneside, even when

:02:54. > :02:58.it is chilly. We are going to try to capture as many of the stories as

:02:58. > :03:03.well. Let's hear first of all from Colin. I'm at one of the busiest

:03:04. > :03:07.parts of the course. Just before anything happens, this is where

:03:07. > :03:13.everybody will congregate towards the start. I've managed to catch up

:03:13. > :03:17.with wall. Paul, you look very dapper, Sir. Thank you Colin, you

:03:17. > :03:24.don't look too bad yourself. I recognise that voice from a band

:03:24. > :03:32.called Take That by any chance? I flew up from X Factor overnight to

:03:32. > :03:37.be with you. I play Gary Barlow in Take That. How many Great North Run

:03:37. > :03:44.events have you participated in This is my third, but I will be honest. I

:03:44. > :03:46.haven't trained on this one. Louis has been distracting me on X Factor.

:03:46. > :03:51.haven't trained on this one. Louis I wish you the best, even though you

:03:51. > :03:59.haven't done much training The it is OK, I've got the vaseline on

:03:59. > :04:04.standby. All the best. Celebrities will be gathering just before Mo

:04:04. > :04:08.Farah and the rest of the men's elite team set off at 10. 40. Sophie

:04:08. > :04:10.raw worth will be among them. Will elite team set off at 10. 40. Sophie

:04:10. > :04:17.you be able to keep up with Mo? I elite team set off at 10. 40. Sophie

:04:17. > :04:21.doubt so. He is incredibly relaxed. It is inspiring to have Mo here. It

:04:21. > :04:25.is brilliant. He's such a star and the atmosphere this year is going to

:04:25. > :04:28.is brilliant. He's such a star and be even busier than it usually is

:04:28. > :04:32.because of run. What is it about the Great North Run that makes it so

:04:32. > :04:37.special? It was the first one I did, in 2006, and I had my second child.

:04:37. > :04:41.I got into running and I came up here and did it in two hours

:04:41. > :04:46.something, it was such hard work training for it and to get to the

:04:46. > :04:50.end. This is my fifth one since. I've done marathons as well, but it

:04:50. > :04:51.all started here on the Great North Run. It is the biggest event like

:04:51. > :04:55.all started here on the Great North this in the world. The atmosphere is

:04:55. > :04:57.incredible. Whether it will be today with this rain that's forecast, I

:04:57. > :05:05.don't know. I had breakfast BBC weathermen and they think it

:05:05. > :05:09.won't be too bad. It is dry at the moment and hopefully it will stay

:05:09. > :05:12.this way? I know! It is wonderful, and the sense of achievement you get

:05:12. > :05:16.after months of training and getting to the end. There's nothing like it.

:05:16. > :05:21.Are you hoping for a fast finish again? I just try to beat myself.

:05:21. > :05:27.I've got to beat my time from last year If I do that, I will be happy.

:05:27. > :05:35.Have you managed to talk any other newsreaders? Last year they were

:05:35. > :05:39.here, Sian and Susannah. Susannah is on Strictly. I know. This year I'm

:05:39. > :05:45.on my own. We'll see you later. Thank you. Lot's more from Tina and

:05:45. > :05:49.Colin. We are heading to the finish now in South Shields. Katherine

:05:50. > :05:53.Merry and Denise Lewis are the other half. There are thousands of

:05:53. > :05:57.different charities represented here at the Great North Run and 99 of

:05:57. > :06:02.them have a marquee here at the charity village. From wul known

:06:02. > :06:06.charities like Help for Heroes and Save the Children to small local

:06:06. > :06:12.charities will like the Newcastle Dog and Cat Shelter. All the runners

:06:12. > :06:17.will come maybe for a massage, for tea, or even a chat. I'll be

:06:17. > :06:20.chatting to some of the wonderful people that work for these

:06:20. > :06:23.organisations and the runners who raise money for them. It is the

:06:23. > :06:28.quiet before the storm here at the finish. There's only a few people

:06:28. > :06:31.milling around here at the finish line. That's because all of the

:06:31. > :06:37.runners are out on the course making their way here to South Shields. But

:06:37. > :06:42.very shortly over 50,000 runners will be filing through the finish

:06:42. > :06:46.line gantry. They'll be tired. They'll be exhausted, but sprinkled

:06:46. > :06:50.on top of that tiredness will be a huge sense of dhooephment at having

:06:50. > :06:55.finished the Great North Run. I will be be here poised to ask the

:06:55. > :06:58.runners. So, the 2013 Great North Run, how was it for you? Here are

:06:58. > :07:28.the timings for this morning. A few minutes ago the bus carrying

:07:28. > :07:31.the elite athletes arrived. And there is the man himself,

:07:31. > :07:35.the elite athletes arrived. And double-Olympic champion,

:07:35. > :07:44.treble-world champion, GB's greatest ever distance runner, Mo Farah. Who

:07:44. > :07:50.knows what in terms of his future track inspirations. He won two golds

:07:50. > :07:56.in Moscow and there's been no let-up in his training. We caught up with

:07:56. > :08:02.him last week in a high-altitude training camp in the Pyrenees. They

:08:02. > :08:06.put together their plan for world domination. Every Championship he

:08:06. > :08:10.wins, every gold medal he collects, it heaps more pressure on the

:08:10. > :08:19.next... In terms of mileage people forget about it. I do over 100 miles

:08:19. > :08:25.week in and week out. Average I do is 120. It is not like I have

:08:25. > :08:30.suddenly become good. Albert is a great coach. He has made me believe

:08:30. > :08:38.in myself. He was an athlete himself, so he knows what you can

:08:38. > :08:43.do. My speed, I never did anything as fast as what I do in training

:08:43. > :08:48.now. I'm doing a lot fast err stuff and more endurance. I've been

:08:49. > :08:58.working on my strength. That's been the big difference. For me the big

:08:58. > :09:06.race was in the Oregon race, where I ran 10,000 metres and ran 26. 46.

:09:06. > :09:13.That was a big jump for me. Having that confidence to go to d ran

:09:13. > :09:17.26.46. That was a big jump for me. Having that confidence to go to

:09:17. > :09:21.degree u -- Da a gu. The Olympics was the big thing. It made my

:09:21. > :09:25.breakthrough will. Winning two gold was the big thing. It made my

:09:25. > :09:28.medals was amazing. It changes a lot, because everybody knows what

:09:28. > :09:35.you are capable of. Once you win something, is people want to see you

:09:35. > :09:39.and they think you can keep winning. I've got good confidence in the last

:09:39. > :09:43.couple of years, and everybody else are thinking about you rather than

:09:43. > :09:48.you thinking about them. It is a great thing to have. He's sprinting

:09:48. > :09:57.for gold. He's running for greatness. Mo Farah wins it. His

:09:57. > :10:03.fifth global title. This is world domination for Farrah. For my money

:10:03. > :10:08.Mo Farah has become the greatest athlete in this country. It is great

:10:08. > :10:12.to have Brendan and the guys saying great things about me. As an athlete

:10:12. > :10:18.I want to be able to do what I do and enjoy it and keep winning and

:10:18. > :10:21.keep getting on the today ium. Be able to do what I do and enjoy it

:10:21. > :10:26.and keep winning and keep getting on the today ium. -- on the podium.

:10:26. > :10:29.Mo's rivals today will be two of ep getting on the today ium. -- on the

:10:29. > :10:31.podium. Mo's rivals today will be two of the greats - Haile

:10:31. > :10:34.Gebrselassie and Kenenisa Bekele. It promises to be an incredible head to

:10:34. > :10:38.head. Women's race isn't to be outdone. Superstars Tirunesh Dibaba

:10:38. > :10:43.and Meseret Defar are head to head. Ethiopians all. What is the magic

:10:43. > :10:46.formula that makes them quite so good? We've been to Ethiopia to find

:10:46. > :11:06.out a little bit more. Many years back, how can you believe

:11:06. > :11:19.in what you are now? Imagine when I was eight years old in the

:11:19. > :11:24.countryside. Nobody. I dreamed like big athletes when I run. I'm going

:11:24. > :11:32.between the forest, maybe some days I'm going to a big stadium. Maybe I

:11:32. > :11:38.win gold medals. I dream like that. Just everybody wants to run, because

:11:38. > :11:42.they know many many great returners we have. Just everybody wants to

:11:42. > :11:45.run, because they know many many great returners we have. So they --

:11:45. > :12:00.many great runners we have. They want to be like them. Everybody

:12:00. > :12:08.comes from a poor family. Because of that, Ethiopians is good to be run.

:12:08. > :12:14.Running is special. In Ethiopia, because we achieved many results,

:12:14. > :12:22.the Olympic and World Championships. Running here is like a culture. If

:12:22. > :12:26.you ask me, how many Ethiopians are running here in this country? Not a

:12:26. > :12:35.thousand. Maybe a million. A day without running is not a day.

:12:35. > :12:40.TRANSLATION: Since since 50 years ago people have been interested in

:12:40. > :12:45.running and are so emotional about athletics. Then we came along, a new

:12:45. > :12:51.generation, which has captured the imagination of the people. It is an

:12:51. > :12:52.inspiration of the generation. Haile Gebrselassie is like David Beckham

:12:52. > :13:12.is in the UK. If they follow in the footsteps of

:13:12. > :13:19.them, it is wonderful. I'm so proud. I feel happy, because I am lucky

:13:19. > :13:23.woman for Ethiopia, because in Ethiopia too many women don't have

:13:23. > :13:28.an opportunity to learn to run, to learn to do everything. In Ethiopia

:13:28. > :13:40.women and men aren't the same level. God gave me this opportunity.

:13:40. > :13:43.TRANSLATION: I'm happy with my successes and it puts me in a good

:13:43. > :13:51.position, where I must achieve good results, so I can be a good role

:13:51. > :13:57.model, and it keeps me on my toes. People in the western world don't

:13:57. > :14:02.have the true image of our country confirm many years back drought, war

:14:02. > :14:07.and a lot of problems. But now it is different. Here in Addis Ababa

:14:07. > :14:12.especially you can see everywhere there's construction. This is the

:14:13. > :14:16.other side of Ethiopia. We have to indicate more there's construction.

:14:16. > :14:17.This is the other side of Ethiopia. We have to indicate more people --

:14:17. > :14:21.This is the other side of Ethiopia. educate more people, more kids to

:14:21. > :14:26.school. We can see a different Ethiopia. Winning the Olympics or

:14:26. > :14:31.the World Championships and having luck, while all the world it is

:14:31. > :14:35.presenting it is the main thing. If Ethiopia, if you didn't take a gold

:14:35. > :14:42.medal, the silver is nothing. We run only for gold. When we win Olympics

:14:43. > :14:47.and World Championships, the next day all the roads are runners are.

:14:47. > :14:54.Are too many runners, are small childrening big women, with

:14:54. > :15:03.everybody is running. This is where I am training every day, where I am

:15:03. > :15:10.master. Why am I competing? Because I need to sweat. This treadmill goes

:15:10. > :15:16.up to 25 kilometres per hour. The world record... We are checking what

:15:16. > :15:22.will be the new generation and the old generation. It is a good for

:15:22. > :15:30.comparison how far Ile from the new generation. I don't think this new

:15:30. > :15:32.generation will challenge Hail election k this new generation will

:15:32. > :15:46.challenge Hail election easily. -- will challenge Haile easily. I let's

:15:46. > :15:51.hear the guys' thoughts. We are very excited and dry as well, thank

:15:51. > :15:54.goodness. Brendan, it is the 32nd year of the Great North Run. This

:15:54. > :15:58.the best field? Absolutely. We are really excited a. Three of the

:15:58. > :16:10.greatest distance runners of all time. Two of them are arguably the

:16:10. > :16:16.best, Hail election and Kenenisa. -- Haile and Kenenisa. It is fantastic

:16:16. > :16:20.that Mo Farah is running And the women's race. We were really

:16:20. > :16:23.excited. Paula, you are going to join us in the commentary box today

:16:23. > :16:27.for the first time. What a race to begin with. And what an interesting

:16:27. > :16:30.prospect for Mo making that transition that you made on to the

:16:31. > :16:35.roads and the longest distances Absolutely. It is not his first half

:16:35. > :16:40.marathon. I think the it will be his third. But it is definitely the most

:16:40. > :16:44.competitive he's put himself into so far. Give That he is building off

:16:44. > :16:48.the success he's had on the track and looking towards taking that

:16:48. > :16:51.first step into the marathon, this is a good stepping stone St It is

:16:51. > :16:55.not a given that you perform at the half marathon you are going to

:16:55. > :17:00.perform at the marathon, but he's got the potential to go sub-60. I

:17:01. > :17:06.don't know if he will do that today The wind will be behind him. What

:17:06. > :17:09.will he be looking for, just a win? Given the conditions and the field

:17:09. > :17:13.he is up against and the quality of his opponents, a win he will be very

:17:13. > :17:17.happy with today. Brendan, how much persuading did he take to come and

:17:17. > :17:22.do the Great North Run? He was going to do it last year but the Olympics

:17:22. > :17:27.and having the twins got in the way. Many years ago when he wasn't so

:17:27. > :17:34.good, he ran the mile race on the quayside. One day day things weren't

:17:34. > :17:40.going great for him, in 2008, and he said, one day I will lead them over

:17:40. > :17:44.that bridge, and I have held him to that. We haven't had a British

:17:45. > :17:53.winner since 1985. Paula on the female size and Liz that. We haven't

:17:53. > :17:56.had a British winner since 1985. Paula on the female size and Liz

:17:56. > :17:57.manager Colgan -- Liz mck McColgan carried the mantel for many years.

:17:57. > :18:00.manager Colgan -- Liz mck McColgan It is going to be a close one. I

:18:01. > :18:06.think you have to watch Priscah Jeptoo too, who might just spring

:18:06. > :18:12.herself in there. I think I will go slightly with Tirunesh Dibaba, who

:18:12. > :18:18.has the cross-country more, and maybe more endurance in the 10,000

:18:18. > :18:23.over the 5K. Brendan never makes a prediction when I ask. We look

:18:23. > :18:30.forward to it. It promises to be a battle royal. The further back you

:18:30. > :18:36.go, the less conventional it comes. This morning 20 penguins rode across

:18:36. > :18:47.the bridge towards the start. This could well be the first ever

:18:47. > :18:51.penguinathon. It is a bit nippy here but there's a group of people around

:18:51. > :18:56.me used to dealing with the cold. Guys, you are all dressed as

:18:56. > :19:02.penguins with, what is the this about. It is raising money for

:19:02. > :19:06.Cancer Research. We cycled from Leeds to Newcastle today. We are

:19:06. > :19:11.running the Great North Run and we are cycling back tomorrow. Aren't

:19:11. > :19:18.you going to be tired? I hope. So we've got some ale laid on for us.

:19:19. > :19:24.Whose idea was it to dress up as penguins? His. It started off in the

:19:24. > :19:28.1990s as a fancy dress suit and we've kept it going from them. I'm

:19:28. > :19:32.glad that all your friends have we've kept it going from them. I'm

:19:32. > :19:37.joined you. I hope you raise a lot of money and that you have a good

:19:37. > :19:44.time, guys. All the best. CHEERING I've been joined by a

:19:44. > :19:51.couple of famous faces, Mel C and Jo Whiley. And you are on Radio 2? A

:19:51. > :19:56.more mature audience. I've grown up now. Sporty Spice, this is well up

:19:56. > :20:01.your street isn't it You would think, but it is my first half

:20:01. > :20:04.marathon, so I'm nervous. We've got shots of you train tag at the

:20:04. > :20:08.stadium. You are taking this quite seriously aren't you? In an event

:20:08. > :20:12.like this you have to take it seriously. It is a huge undertaking.

:20:12. > :20:16.I'm really excited to be here today. It is such a wonderful event. I've

:20:16. > :20:19.heard so many stories about the support on the streets. Working in

:20:19. > :20:24.the North East before, I know what they are like. It is an amazing

:20:24. > :20:28.atmosphere. You are running for a serious cause. I'm running for

:20:28. > :20:32.Shelter today, which is a charity that I've supported quite a lot over

:20:32. > :20:37.the years. There's so many great charities out there it is hard to

:20:37. > :20:43.pick who to run for. I'm running for Mencap. Mencap are someone I've

:20:43. > :20:47.support. My sister has learning disabilities, they are a great

:20:47. > :20:53.charity. Everyone has a cause they want to support. And running with

:20:53. > :20:59.your daughter? I am. I've never run before, so it is a huge undertaking.

:20:59. > :21:04.I bullied India. She graduated four days ago and now she's doing the

:21:04. > :21:11.Great North Run. You've get a special training partner too. I'm

:21:11. > :21:17.Susan, I'm a mum of four, and I started running about six months

:21:17. > :21:23.ago. On Facebook people were looking for a running partner for Jo Whiley.

:21:23. > :21:28.Whiley. We've both got four children. For both of us it is our

:21:28. > :21:33.first half more than. And I have a stubborn streak, so I thought that

:21:33. > :21:40.would help us to finish. My eldest son was diagnosed with Asperger's

:21:40. > :21:45.syndrome. Running is a release, just to go out for half an hour with

:21:45. > :21:51.headphones on and run. I'm running for a charity called Ambitious about

:21:51. > :21:56.Autism. It is a good incentive to finish. We've been in touch on

:21:56. > :21:59.Twitter to see how we are both going and encouraging each other. It is

:22:00. > :22:04.good to have someone like that encouraging you and keeping you

:22:04. > :22:09.going. I'm excited and nervous in equal part at the moment.

:22:09. > :22:14.That's really nice, Jo. It is really good. I've been keeping in touch,

:22:15. > :22:19.texting and tweeting. Weather both got really busy lives, so trying to

:22:19. > :22:22.fit in training to do this. But it is good she's here today. We are

:22:23. > :22:25.both nervous. Going through it together is fantastic. It is

:22:25. > :22:31.important to have someone to encourage you. 30. 1 miles a long

:22:31. > :22:36.way. Just the whole training thing. When you are on your own it is hard

:22:36. > :22:41.to motivate yourself. If you have someone with you, it helps

:22:41. > :22:47.enormously. Warm weather training, what about cold weather training

:22:47. > :22:51.the, have you done any of that? I haven't done any. A week ago it was

:22:51. > :22:55.sunny confirm today just thinking what to wear for start serious. I've

:22:55. > :23:01.never worn so many clothes when I've run before. And you'll be stripping

:23:01. > :23:06.off as get warmer and warmer. And Mel, you have a wager with Iwan

:23:06. > :23:13.Thomas? We have a north-south bat billion. Billion. We both have a

:23:13. > :23:21.ten-strong team of fund raisers, and we are seeing who can raise the most

:23:21. > :23:27.money. Are northerners more Japan rows? We'll find out. Any targets in

:23:27. > :23:33.terms of times? I'm an ex-athlete, I'm competitive. I did want to run

:23:33. > :23:40.the two hour mark and I for a muscle in my calf two weeks ago. I've been

:23:40. > :23:46.having some physio from an amazing Bupa guy called Simon. I'm hoping my

:23:46. > :23:50.calf will hold up. With it being my first time, I want to enjoy it and

:23:51. > :23:55.complete exit. Around two hours I will be happy with. To the both of

:23:55. > :24:02.you, best Luck and look after your calf. Over

:24:02. > :24:05.to Colin. I'm with Jenny and Adam. I feel I should be saying

:24:05. > :24:19.congratulations but that's not the case at the moment is it. ? We were

:24:19. > :24:23.due to get married yesterday. We had it booked in for then and we didn't

:24:23. > :24:26.realised we had entered the run at the same time. The letter came

:24:26. > :24:29.through and we were like, we didn't really know what to do. We didn't

:24:29. > :24:34.through and we were like, we didn't think it would be a great thing to

:24:34. > :24:38.do the day after our wedding day. It would have been an interesting

:24:38. > :24:43.honeymoon. It what have been, but I don't think we would have been in

:24:43. > :24:47.the right state. It would have been a different honeymoon. As a couple,

:24:47. > :24:52.how much money do you think you will be able to raise? I don't know what

:24:52. > :24:55.they are on actually. We've had some really amazing donations from family

:24:56. > :25:01.and friends. A big thank you to them. They've been really kind.

:25:02. > :25:06.Kind. We'll see what the total is when we've finished. I wish you all

:25:06. > :25:11.the best not only for today but your married life. Thank you. Thank you.

:25:11. > :25:14.From one ex-Olympic athletes to another, Denise Lewes in south

:25:14. > :25:21.shields at the finish. She's with some of the charities the people are

:25:21. > :25:27.raising money for today. I'm in the charity village with Maria. The

:25:27. > :25:29.Percy Headley foundation is one of the North East's largest disability

:25:30. > :25:33.charities. We work with children, young people and adults with

:25:33. > :25:37.cerebral palsy and communication difficulties. How many years have

:25:37. > :25:43.you been at the Great North Run? We've had a tent here for ten years

:25:43. > :25:49.and we have 300 runners today coming back for TLC later on. You have some

:25:49. > :25:55.goodies here. We've got sandwiches made from within the foundation. A

:25:55. > :25:59.crisps, tea, coffee, juice. It keeps our runners coming back year after

:25:59. > :26:05.year, because we really look after them What will the funds be used

:26:05. > :26:09.for? To expand our facility, to we can help children, adults and

:26:09. > :26:13.families the. It is important to help families as well. We can reach

:26:13. > :26:20.out and help more people. You are doing a great job. Thank you. I'm

:26:20. > :26:24.with the antiques road trip expert. Looking forward to it? Yes, why I

:26:24. > :26:30.can barely wait. Have you done much training? I've done quite a bit of

:26:30. > :26:34.training but I'm not ready for this. Who's the fittest out of all of you?

:26:34. > :26:36.JP Maybe I've done a bit more running are, are I don't know. You

:26:36. > :26:41.are running for a good cause. Can running are, are I don't know. You

:26:41. > :26:48.you tell me about it? We are running for Sam's Charity, for still born

:26:48. > :26:50.and neonatal death syndrome. It was brought to our awareness last year

:26:50. > :26:53.and neonatal death syndrome. It was because of what happened to Charlie.

:26:53. > :26:59.You've had an incredibly tough year. Can you tell us about your story?

:26:59. > :27:05.Absolutely. Almost a year to the day we had a beautiful baby boy born

:27:05. > :27:11.called Tommy at 30 weeks. Sadly he was still born. It was the saddest

:27:11. > :27:15.day of my life. Having been supported by the charity, we had

:27:15. > :27:20.great support spot. Every day in the UK 17 babies sadly don't make it and

:27:20. > :27:24.they pass away. It is not really known... We are supporting today

:27:24. > :27:30.mothers and dads, running for babies, with their names on our

:27:31. > :27:37.backs. And behind me are the other rainers, making 17. It must help to

:27:37. > :27:43.have so much support here? It is. It is more the love, the comfort, the

:27:43. > :27:48.companionship, compassion we had as parents, we had a beautiful baby boy

:27:48. > :27:53.and he isn't here. We run for him and raise money and hopefully for

:27:53. > :28:00.muments and dads in future it lot do a great deal of good. And 17 is

:28:00. > :28:06.symbolic? Yes, this year Prince George was born, but for many mums

:28:06. > :28:10.and dads it is a year they won't forget for the wrong reasons are.

:28:10. > :28:16.Seeing us with our babies on our chests who aren't here, but we are

:28:16. > :28:22.running for them, and not to forget. You've raised an incredible amount

:28:22. > :28:38.so far The Over £22,000, but we want more.

:28:38. > :28:45.Justgiving.com/antiquesroadtrip. We are going to sweep up from behind.

:28:45. > :28:50.I'm trying to avoid the truck that comes behind whooshing people up. My

:28:50. > :28:56.training regime was based on carving up. I started five years ago and it

:28:56. > :29:01.has done really well. With I'm pleased. Stop at the halfway point.

:29:01. > :29:07.I will be there. Good luck to all of you.

:29:08. > :29:14.CHEERING Good luck to everybody. The 55,000 masses are starting to

:29:14. > :29:21.gather. 10. 40 the elite men's race starts. One man that's always easy

:29:21. > :29:26.to pick out in the crowd is Robbie Savage. This is my first half more

:29:26. > :29:33.than. Haven't done much train trag. I've got shin splints in my right

:29:33. > :29:38.leg. I'm doing it for a great cause, Alzheimer's, lost my dad lost year

:29:38. > :29:43.at 63. It is worth doing. Is that a charity you do a lot of work for?

:29:43. > :29:47.Yes, it is a horrible disease. He got it at 58 and suffered for five

:29:47. > :29:52.years. I know he will be there at the finishing line for me. You have

:29:52. > :29:57.a bit of a reputation as a footballer. You have a number that's

:29:57. > :30:05.appropriate, 666! How did you end up with that one? I don't know. It was

:30:05. > :30:13.Ray Stub's old number. Pitiful it wasn't 606, as I do that on the

:30:13. > :30:15.radio. I think it will be 999 when I finish. You must be looking forward

:30:15. > :30:20.to getting out there with the crowds, with all the ambiance that

:30:20. > :30:24.there is. Is it is amazing. I came up last night very late. But getting

:30:24. > :30:30.on the bus today and seeing all the people. I usually get booed at

:30:30. > :30:33.Newcastle after playing at St James's Park, but parents very nice.

:30:33. > :30:38.Have you got somebody to run alongside you, somebody to pace you

:30:38. > :30:42.a bit? I know it is your first half marathon. The pacing thing isn't

:30:42. > :30:47.easy. They've given me a chaperone, which is weird. I feel sorry for

:30:47. > :30:51.him. I've got Mark and Dave have itty to run alongside. Chaperone,

:30:51. > :30:53.which is weird. I feel sorry for him. I've got Mark and Dave have

:30:53. > :30:58.itty to run alongside. -- Mark and Dave Vitt tirks e to run alongside.

:30:58. > :31:02.I'm looking forward to it -- day Vittie. Good luck.Thank you

:31:02. > :31:07.Jonathan. A special day for you running for your dad. The my mum

:31:07. > :31:13.will be watching and she'll be in tears now, but it is for my dad and

:31:13. > :31:19.it is for a good cause, Alzheimer's. Over to my mate Colin. Kelly, this

:31:19. > :31:22.is your very first Great North Run. Tell us the about your journey to

:31:22. > :31:27.get here. It is quite an impressionive story. This time six

:31:27. > :31:31.years ago I was sitting watching the Great North Run from my hospital

:31:31. > :31:35.bed. I was in the intensive care unite. I had quite a crazy few weeks

:31:35. > :31:39.bed. I was in the intensive care before that.Ive had gone from a

:31:39. > :31:46.period of big celebration, I had just got engaged to my fiance, I

:31:46. > :31:50.signed is up to do a PhD. Life was great and 24 hours later I was on a

:31:50. > :31:55.life-support machine Minister, I was on a ventilator, given the last

:31:55. > :31:58.rites and told that the next 24 hours were critical. All the plans

:31:58. > :32:02.you that you make had been thrown away. In the next few weeks it was

:32:02. > :32:06.up and down for me, journey of starting to get better. Sometimes I

:32:06. > :32:10.slip back a bit. I'm starting to turn a corner but to be honest I was

:32:11. > :32:15.probably waiting for the pain to end. I had enough. The nurse wheeled

:32:15. > :32:19.out this old telly and put on the Great North Run. I watched all these

:32:19. > :32:22.crazy people running all this distance and I listened to all the

:32:22. > :32:28.inspirational stories that people were talking about. It kind of, it

:32:28. > :32:32.really inspired me, to be honest. I thought if these people can do this,

:32:32. > :32:36.maybe I can do three steps and get out of the bed and sit in the chair.

:32:36. > :32:40.Those three steps were probably the hardest thing I had ever done, but I

:32:40. > :32:44.did at this time and felt brilliant. Once you do something, is you feel

:32:44. > :32:47.like you want to do more. And it is impressive that you made it here

:32:47. > :32:51.today. I guess there's going to be lots of people supporting you, so we

:32:51. > :32:59.would like to wish you all the best, and well done LOW Lovely. Thank you.

:32:59. > :33:06.I'm with Matt Lewis, you are from Harry Potter. Great to see you. Have

:33:06. > :33:10.you done a half marathon before? I've never done anything like this

:33:10. > :33:18.before. Tell me you've done some training? Yes, I've done some

:33:18. > :33:26.training. Barry has done plenty of marathons before. Good advice from

:33:26. > :33:32.him. How is he doing? Great. He's raising money for the laoepds

:33:32. > :33:36.foundation. I told him to try not to die and everything sells a bonus.

:33:36. > :33:42.How did you get involved with the charity? I've been a Leeds Rhinos

:33:42. > :33:45.fan for many years, back to when Barry was still playing. Through the

:33:45. > :33:49.club I've got introduced to this charity. They asked if I would

:33:49. > :33:54.become Vice-President for it. Seeing the work they do first hand. They do

:33:54. > :33:59.so much stuff in the community around Leeds in sport. Young people

:33:59. > :34:07.and people from all ages involved in it. Rugby league on a Tuesday night.

:34:07. > :34:14.To raise as much money as possible. A fantastic cause. Good luck to both

:34:14. > :34:19.of you. Thank you. I will need it. Not long now before the wheelchair

:34:19. > :34:26.race. Are it is a race which is also I think theed with sadness, as one

:34:26. > :34:30.of the country's most successful wheelchair athletes passed away

:34:30. > :34:33.recently. He won the London Marathon twice and was the first man to

:34:33. > :34:38.complete the Great North Run in under the an hour. A great loss.

:34:38. > :34:44.Alongside me is David Weir. You knew Chris very well didn't you? Gres,

:34:44. > :34:48.Chris was a great role model. When I started at eight years old I always

:34:48. > :34:53.finished the mini marathon and waited to see Chris, who was a hero

:34:53. > :34:58.of mine. He was a legend until he went. And racing this race today is

:34:58. > :35:03.something he won four times too, I guess he will be in your mind?

:35:03. > :35:07.Definitely. I went to the funeral. It was a very sad day. He was just a

:35:07. > :35:13.fantastic guy and a good coach as well. Coming on to your year, not

:35:13. > :35:18.just today's race. I think in many ways it hasn't been the easiest post

:35:18. > :35:23.all of those kind of, the high of London? No, but it's just been a

:35:23. > :35:27.bit-part season. I knew that would happen this year. It was planned to

:35:27. > :35:32.spend some time with the family and do some racing and concentrate for

:35:32. > :35:37.next year. That's why I'm racing later in the season. I'm in the

:35:37. > :35:42.winter programme already, just to be fit for the marathon next year and

:35:42. > :35:50.Boston marathon and Commonwealth Games. We saw in Lyon in the

:35:50. > :35:58.Championships Marcel going very well indeed. He was keen to see you back

:35:58. > :36:03.on the track. Is Rio in your plans? You will have to read my book in

:36:03. > :36:08.October, that will give you an idea. We'll see after the Commonwealth and

:36:08. > :36:12.I will make my decision. In terms of today up against Josh. He won the

:36:12. > :36:18.last two, you won the two before that. How do you see it going?

:36:18. > :36:22.Tricky, because the ground's wet. A bit greasy of the dry weather. It

:36:22. > :36:31.should be fast if we have this tailwind all the way. David against

:36:31. > :36:39.Josh, Mo Farah, Tirunesh Dibaba and Meseret Defar, an incredible day's

:36:39. > :36:48.racing a. One of the places you never miss is

:36:48. > :36:52.to run the Great North Run. I win so many times, I like the country,

:36:52. > :36:57.people are very likely people and they like sports and athletics had.

:36:57. > :37:01.I'm pleased to come there during the race with the British people.

:37:01. > :37:06.Everybody comes out on Sunday and comes out from their house and

:37:06. > :37:10.everybody's watching. Fantastic atmosphere on the course. The crowd

:37:10. > :37:16.get behind but. It account be very fast. We like fast races. One of the

:37:16. > :37:21.best race in this the country for support. The streets are full. It is

:37:21. > :37:25.not just elite athletes. It is people running for charities.

:37:26. > :37:29.There's so many nning for charities. There's so many people running.

:37:29. > :37:37.# This half marathon is a great opportunity and the people's

:37:37. > :37:42.(Inaudible) It is two generations. My generations, Kenenisa's

:37:42. > :37:46.generation and now Mo Farah. It will be great to have that title, for

:37:46. > :37:50.sure, the Great North Run is a big race. The excitement, the

:37:50. > :37:56.anticipation is really building here on the central motorway in

:37:56. > :37:59.Newcastle. The half marathon distance 13.1 miles stands between

:37:59. > :38:03.these people and finishing what was the greatest half marathon in the

:38:03. > :38:09.world. All sorts of training has been going on. People watching at

:38:09. > :38:17.home, watching their loved ones. And we've got great elite race as

:38:17. > :38:24.including the wheelchair. It is the 3 33rd Bupa Great North Run. It is a

:38:24. > :38:28.good morning to Paul Dickenson. Good morning Jonathan. Good morning

:38:28. > :38:33.everybody. Our wheelchair racers are railroad. The weather's cleared up a

:38:33. > :38:37.bit. It is quite windy. That may well have an effect on the overall

:38:37. > :38:55.result. Jade Jones developing well as a

:38:55. > :39:01.senior three. Next to jade is the familiar smile face of Shelly Woods.

:39:01. > :39:06.A Great North Run champion four times and a glittering career. A

:39:06. > :39:11.Paralympic silver medallist on the track. Jonathan has already said it

:39:11. > :39:17.is a real head to head by two men who've won the Great North Run three

:39:17. > :39:21.times altogether. Josh Cassidy, a strong Canadian. Competed in the

:39:21. > :39:26.World Championships over 10,000 metres. Earlier this year came

:39:26. > :39:31.fourth in the 10,000 metres. And look at the record of David Weir,

:39:31. > :39:38.six times the Paralympic gold medallist on the track and on the

:39:38. > :39:42.road. And Bupa Great North Run champion a few years ago. He's won

:39:42. > :39:47.it three times in total. Not just about them. There's some very good

:39:47. > :39:53.athletes too. There are 14 elite athletes on the start line. But all

:39:53. > :39:57.eyes will be on Josh Cassidy and David Weir. It could well under up

:39:57. > :40:03.being a tactical race. Principally because of the conditions can. I

:40:03. > :40:08.don't think we are going to see too many many course records. The race

:40:08. > :40:13.gets under way and the Bupa Great North Run 2013 is under way wharf.

:40:13. > :40:17.Immediately Cassidy on the right-hand side in the red and white

:40:17. > :40:22.of Canada, and David Weir of Great Britain, locked together. Together.

:40:22. > :40:29.David Weir will not take his eyes off the wheelchair of Josh Cassidy.

:40:29. > :40:33.For the full 13. 1 miles. I can tell you at the seafront in South

:40:33. > :40:35.Shields, despite the fact the wind is blowing strongly, the atmosphere

:40:35. > :41:08.as always is absolutely wonderful. The whole world of Paralympic sport

:41:08. > :41:13.would be eager to see him win again. Every time he went out on to the

:41:13. > :41:22.track, 80,000 people were cheering madly for him. An early leader, but

:41:22. > :41:28.the two principals, Cassidy and Weir behind him. We expect to see them

:41:28. > :41:33.come on to the seafront in South Shields to go for the major medal

:41:33. > :41:38.as. Could it be Weir for the fourth time or maybe Josh Cassidy for the

:41:38. > :41:41.fourth time as well? The wheelchair race is under way. We'll keep you

:41:41. > :41:46.updated with that through the morning. Next it is the women's

:41:46. > :41:52.race. Let's look at the ones to watch.

:41:52. > :41:55.Last year's Great North Run champion Tirunesh Dibaba is arguably the

:41:55. > :42:00.world's greatest female distance runner. A devastating turn of speed

:42:00. > :42:06.at the finish of the race has won her three Olympic titles, five world

:42:06. > :42:12.Championships and five crorld cross-country titles. Only woman who

:42:12. > :42:15.has come close to matching Tirunesh Dibaba is fellow Ethiopian differ

:42:15. > :42:22.differ differ. Two times the Olympic and two times world champion. Last

:42:22. > :42:27.year differ differ beat Dibaba in her own game to win the 5,000 metre

:42:27. > :42:38.crown. This create rivalry is set to move on to to wards. Differ differ

:42:38. > :42:39.differ versus o move on to to wards. Differ differ differ versus Tirunesh

:42:39. > :42:51.differ versus o move on to to wards. Dibaba -- Meseret Defar versus

:42:51. > :42:53.Tirunesh Dibaba. A chilly, damp, breezy but exciting day on the start

:42:53. > :43:35.line. The women's the first to go. We talked a lot about the two

:43:35. > :43:42.Ethiopians, but you can't rule out Kenya. Their representative today is

:43:42. > :43:47.Priscah Jeptoo. Jeptoo. She won the London Marathon this year. She will

:43:47. > :43:55.not be too far away from the two big stars.

:43:55. > :44:01.You heard the long list of world Olympic track cross-country titles

:44:01. > :44:04.shared between Meseret Defar and Tirunesh Dibaba. Two of the greatest

:44:04. > :44:10.distance runners the world has ever seen. They have had strong rivalry.

:44:10. > :44:16.This is the first time we've seen them go head to head on the roads.

:44:16. > :44:24.An intriguing half har thon distance. First time we've seen them

:44:24. > :44:27.go head to head on the roads. An intriguing half har thon distance.

:44:27. > :44:32.-- half marathon distance. Distance. Weather conditions, chilly and wet.

:44:32. > :44:44.But the wind may be with them, so we could see fast times.

:44:44. > :44:51.Away they go. The women's Great North Run under way in 2013. What a

:44:51. > :44:56.race we have in prospect. Yesterday we had the Great City Games.

:44:56. > :45:01.Charlene Thomas at the front was taking part in the elite women's

:45:01. > :45:07.mile. She's gone immediately to the front. She is looking at her watch.

:45:07. > :45:20.I think Charlene has been asked maybe to run a few early miles to

:45:20. > :45:28.get the race going. Alongside me, Brendan foster and Paula Radcliffe.

:45:28. > :45:33.Paula, this mouth watering race? Yep, a very good race in store and I

:45:33. > :45:38.think a lot of Ethiopian pride at stake as well between Meseret Defar

:45:38. > :45:42.and Tirunesh Dibaba. Jeptoo would like to get in the middle of that

:45:42. > :45:47.mix as well. I think Dibaba is the one who has asked for the fasters

:45:47. > :45:53.pace. She wanted something around 31 minutes through 10 K, which would

:45:53. > :45:57.put her in a sub-66 territory, 65 minutes something. Charlene Thomas

:45:57. > :46:03.looks as though she's gone out on that pace. To begin with nobody

:46:03. > :46:09.seemed keen to follow her, but now Dibaba seems keen to get this moving

:46:09. > :46:15.the. A very good pace. Tirunesh Dibaba has been asking if anybody is

:46:15. > :46:19.going to help her run a fast time. We think it is a competitive race.

:46:19. > :46:23.She seems to think it could be a fast race. Charlene Thomas not

:46:23. > :46:31.experienced at running this distance. And she will find this

:46:31. > :47:05.pace slow for her. Jelena Prokopcuka is also in that company.

:47:05. > :47:13.The second mile can be slower and the third one picks up again.

:47:13. > :47:19.Interestingly, how many times do we talk about the idea of setting a

:47:19. > :47:24.pace on the track, both Dibaba and Defar don't always go with the pace

:47:24. > :47:28.that they ask for. But Dibaba this morning seems like they is up for

:47:28. > :47:32.this. Jelena Prokopcuka and Tirunesh Dibaba follow very closely Charlene

:47:32. > :47:38.Thomas, who's been asked to at least get this thing going quickly through

:47:38. > :47:43.the first two or three miles. Defar moving up the kerbside of that

:47:44. > :47:48.following crew. Defar not keen to go with a super-fast pace here today. I

:47:48. > :47:52.think she was more looking for her race. But Dibaba is behind her and

:47:52. > :47:57.Jelena Prokopcuka is the two-times winner of the New York marathon.

:47:57. > :48:05.She's coming back after having a son-in-law 2009 and trying to race

:48:05. > :48:09.herself back into good shape. Let's not get carried away. We've

:48:09. > :48:15.got 12-and-a-half miles of great racing to come. Over the years,

:48:15. > :48:17.including the young lady sitting is next to me, there've been great

:48:17. > :48:20.winners with, including Dibaba last next to me, there've been great

:48:20. > :48:25.year. I think the real questions are about where this race, or how this

:48:25. > :48:30.race sets the two of them up for the next part of their career. They have

:48:30. > :48:36.had these incredible track careers so far, and I'm sure they won't be

:48:36. > :48:52.putting an end to that any time soon. There is always the prospect,

:48:52. > :48:59.Tirunesh Dibaba. The first mile is very quick indeed. David Weir ahead

:48:59. > :49:03.of his Canadian rival, Josh Cassidy. Weir looking very comfortable

:49:03. > :49:10.indeed. I was speaking to his coach a couple of weeks ago, Jenny Archer,

:49:10. > :49:14.he said after a long rest after the Paralympics will, he has renewed

:49:14. > :49:19.zest. There's certainly a lot of speed there for David. So much so

:49:19. > :49:24.that he won the pre-Great North Run race, which is one of the great

:49:24. > :49:29.annual events for wheelchair race, the Tyne Tunnel Race, where there's

:49:29. > :49:33.a downhill stretch, where they can reach anything up to 45 miles per

:49:33. > :49:47.hour. He won that comfortably yesterday. On Friday evening rather.

:49:47. > :49:53.Covered the course in 4. 4.225. Everybody is trying to stay warm.

:49:53. > :49:57.And there would have been some rum animaling through wardrobes last

:49:57. > :50:06.night and this morning, do you mind if I borrow your top? That's right,

:50:06. > :50:16.Steve. I've loaned some of my great track suit tops to my daughter, and

:50:16. > :50:20.off done the same to your son. Like Brendan, my kids are out there this

:50:20. > :50:25.morning. There was a bit of rummaging around. Mind you, he does

:50:25. > :50:29.that all the time. They are keeping warm, this is great. They have to

:50:29. > :50:36.gather at the start a long time in advance. We set off at 7. 15am. Lots

:50:36. > :50:40.of people are making their way to the start line. Looking up to the

:50:40. > :50:53.skies and hoping the rain would hold off. It is forecast to be heavier

:50:53. > :51:01.rain later. The predictions were they would go fast at the beginning.

:51:01. > :51:05.It is a good pace. It explains why Charlene is looking around her and

:51:05. > :51:11.looking at her watch so much. She's been asked to go to five minute

:51:11. > :51:15.miles for the first two miles and people weren't that keen to go with

:51:15. > :51:20.it. Maybe the thinking behind it would have been that Dibaba asking

:51:20. > :51:25.for that would make someone else to go for that and string the race. It

:51:25. > :51:33.has detached the leading four contenders from the rest rest of the

:51:33. > :51:38.field at this early stage. Here we come through the underpass heading

:51:38. > :51:44.for the Tyne bridge on this damp, wet morning Mo. I would imagine

:51:44. > :51:49.there'll be a few peop waiting for the early runners to come on to the

:51:49. > :51:57.Tyne Bridge. There's the famous sight, pictures tomorrow morning

:51:57. > :52:01.will show the runners, there's not many spectator there

:52:01. > :52:08.Here is the first of them. Charlene Thomas doing a bit of a job here.

:52:08. > :52:12.Jelena Prokopcuka, the New York marathon winner in second place,

:52:12. > :52:21.then Tirunesh Dibaba. She's asked for some pace. Right behind her, her

:52:21. > :52:26.big rival Meseret Defar. And the other athlete, Priscah Jeptoo. She

:52:26. > :52:34.is neatly settling in behind them. Charlene Thomas will be coming up

:52:34. > :52:37.soon be, she's done a good job. The great Tirunesh Dibaba, you can sense

:52:37. > :52:41.from here, even from this remote camera, she wants to get the running

:52:41. > :52:47.going. She wants to get in amongst it. She wants a fast one. She won

:52:47. > :52:51.the race last year. That with a a fast sprint finish. We always think

:52:51. > :52:57.Tirunesh Dibaba is unbeatable in finishes but this year she's been

:52:57. > :53:06.beaten recently in Zurich by Meseret Defar. As soon as Tirunesh Dibaba

:53:06. > :53:10.moved through, she slips past the other athletes. Tirunesh Dibaba

:53:10. > :53:17.wants to run quickly. The only reason I can think for that is she

:53:17. > :53:21.thinks she is stronger than Defar and is nervous about her sprint

:53:21. > :53:24.finish. The two great Ethiopian athletes run together across the

:53:24. > :53:36.Tyne Bridge. Charlene Thomas looking athletes run together across the

:53:36. > :53:39.over h shoulder. It takes 10-15 seconds to drive across the Tyne

:53:39. > :53:43.Bridge Bristol. It is longer when you are running it. When they come

:53:44. > :53:51.off the bridge they'll be almost at two miles. A climb up into Gateshead

:53:51. > :53:55.and they'll turn left for the first time. For the first time perhaps

:53:55. > :54:01.really get this stiff breeze behind them. You can see how windy it is

:54:01. > :54:05.from the trees. That will be pretty much we think with them most of the

:54:05. > :54:12.way. That looks tough for the wheelchairs. Ditch to spot with the

:54:12. > :54:17.equipment they've got, but punctures are always a problem. It looks as

:54:17. > :54:19.though David Weir is clear. They've been going for a little over 14

:54:19. > :54:25.minutes now. No sign of Josh been going for a little over 14

:54:25. > :54:31.Cassidy. Cassidy. I'm trying to see if we can see the group behind. Josh

:54:31. > :54:36.Cassidy wearing a similar strip to David Weir. David Weir found that

:54:36. > :54:47.part of the course very hard indeed, physically taxing, but now getting

:54:47. > :54:55.back into his stride. So far at least 100m behind, the chasing

:54:55. > :54:59.group, if not more. Back at the start, another 15 or 16 minutes

:54:59. > :55:05.before the mass race and the elite men get under way. The wheelchair

:55:05. > :55:09.athletes and elite women have the roads clear to themselves. And then

:55:09. > :55:14.tens of thousands of others will follow. Look at all the runners who

:55:14. > :55:19.think they have done this before. Now they are panicking about getting

:55:19. > :55:26.to their start, but it will all happen like clockwork and they'll be

:55:26. > :55:29.in position ready to go in appen like clockwork and they'll be in

:55:29. > :55:37.position ready to go in 15 is -- 15 minutes' time. Charlene leaves

:55:37. > :55:52.Meseret Defar with a did it bit of a gap. They went through two miles.

:55:52. > :55:59.We'll try and get a time. The one on the computer isn't right. It says 9

:55:59. > :56:04.minutes, which would be a world record. Are 10. 10. 0. 29. I think

:56:04. > :56:08.it is three three miles well get are going at. Comfortable so far.

:56:08. > :56:16.Defar having a taster at the front. are going at. Comfortable so far.

:56:16. > :56:22.She looks as though she was really settling into a nice rhythm and

:56:22. > :56:28.She looks as though she was really nice position.

:56:28. > :56:36.She looks as though she was really Thomas stepped to the side. Now we

:56:36. > :56:40.settle into looking at each other, seeing

:56:40. > :56:41.it on, and probably settling in around this pace

:56:41. > :56:44.it on, and probably settling in into the six-mile

:56:44. > :56:50.it on, and probably settling in wind more at

:56:50. > :56:55.it on, and probably settling in They are on the Felling bypass,

:56:55. > :57:05.which will lead them down to Gateshead Stadium in half a mile.

:57:05. > :57:15.Defar ran a pretty good half marathon in in the year in in New

:57:15. > :57:23.Orleans. The same event that Mo Farah was at. The four big names

:57:23. > :57:30.gathered together for time. Settling down in the first

:57:30. > :57:40.two-and-a-half, two and three quarter miles.

:57:40. > :57:46.Many of you watching at home this morning are doing so because you

:57:46. > :58:05.know someone is running. I can't guarantee you will see them but you

:58:05. > :58:07.can send your good luck antee you will see them but you can send your

:58:07. > :58:17.can send your good luck antee you good luck mentals to -- send your

:58:17. > :58:22.good luck messages to #greatnorthrun to.

:58:22. > :58:31.Let us inspire you. Inspire you to get your trainers on, to get your

:58:31. > :58:36.heart racing. Get inspired. Let us inspire you to prove people wrong,

:58:36. > :58:41.to push as hard as you can. And keep coming back for more. We want to

:58:41. > :58:49.inspire all generations. And we mean all generations We want to inspire

:58:50. > :58:52.you. We want you to get inspired. A couple of people here have had not

:58:52. > :58:57.a bad summer. Christine Ohuruogu and A couple of people here have had not

:58:57. > :59:03.Graeme Swann. Graeme, do you do much running? I don't do a great deal,

:59:03. > :59:06.and not as far as these guys are running today. The reason I'm

:59:06. > :59:10.talking to Christine and Graeme is they are the official starters for

:59:10. > :59:14.the race. Quite an honour? It really. I was honoured to be asked

:59:14. > :59:18.to come down this morning and start the race. To be added to the list is

:59:18. > :59:22.quite special. You know a bit about the race. To be added to the list is

:59:22. > :59:28.the atmosphere of the Great North Run, having done the great City

:59:28. > :59:33.Games a few times. It is such a good vibe. People are still pouring in to

:59:33. > :59:37.the start line. It is a testament to the event that so many people turn

:59:37. > :59:41.up the. The weather's not great, but people don't care and they are

:59:41. > :59:46.willing to come and have a great time. It is great to be part of

:59:46. > :59:51.that. It is freezing. Trust me. Graeme, a much tighter Ashes series

:59:51. > :59:55.than perhaps people expected? Is well, certainly than the media

:59:55. > :00:00.expected. I think as players we knew Australia were always a tough team

:00:00. > :00:04.to beat and always give you a great game. We were expecting a tough

:00:04. > :00:12.series and that's what we got in the end. I'm proud of what we achieve

:00:12. > :00:15.t's what we got in the end. I'm proud of what we achieve childhood.

:00:15. > :00:20.-- what we achieved. What was the wantser like? It helped with

:00:20. > :00:31.Warner's banter with Joe Root. It never crossed the line. It was

:00:31. > :00:37.always good natured. The do you walk and do you not walk stuff was

:00:37. > :00:43.interesting. Everything gets blown out of proportion. You even get

:00:43. > :00:51.reported what you eat for breakfast. It did get blown out portion but it

:00:51. > :00:53.adds to the spectacle. Christine, we saw the race yesterday from Moscow,

:00:53. > :01:01.do you watch it -- do you watch that saw the race yesterday from Moscow,

:01:01. > :01:05.and think he will not get there? I am not a fan of watching my races

:01:05. > :01:10.back and have only seen that once and I probably will not watch it

:01:10. > :01:14.this time because it is too close. I watch it and I cannot believe how

:01:14. > :01:20.tight it was and you almost think you were not going to make it.

:01:20. > :01:25.Congratulations to both of you for a brilliant summer and enjoy the your

:01:25. > :01:28.start-up's duties. Give high-fives to everybody for half an hour! Back

:01:29. > :01:33.to the race now and the commentary team.

:01:33. > :01:39.Good luck to Graeme Swann and Christine Ohuruogu. The Great City

:01:39. > :01:43.Games yesterday and Christine was taking part, great fun on the

:01:43. > :01:48.quayside, but all the action is on the roads today. The fig -- the big

:01:48. > :01:58.three names are starting to pull away now. It is a pretty steady

:01:59. > :02:09.pace. You would assume they would pick up from that now. Not

:02:09. > :02:17.superfast, not the pace rumoured for Tirunesh Dibaba, but it is a decent

:02:17. > :02:23.enough pace. 66, 67 minutes as possible, Paula. Definitely. In the

:02:23. > :02:29.early stages, with that kind of pace. We will see this pick-up in

:02:29. > :02:33.the last couple of miles as they settle into racing on each other --

:02:33. > :02:39.racing each other. That is where we see the faster miles, between six

:02:39. > :02:43.and seven miles, seven and eight downhill and very and the last mile

:02:43. > :02:49.down the seafront if the wind stays as it is right now, that should be

:02:49. > :02:55.in their favour. Two Olympic Gold medallists and an Olympic silver

:02:55. > :03:00.medallist. And look at Meseret Defar glancing across. You hear about this

:03:00. > :03:02.great rivalry between Meseret Defar and Tirunesh Dibaba, apparently they

:03:02. > :03:06.great rivalry between Meseret Defar will not fly together two races,

:03:06. > :03:11.they do not spend time together all run together. But we have seen them

:03:11. > :03:17.chatting together here on the start line, they have had breakfast

:03:17. > :03:20.together this morning. So maybe the rivalry is diminishing a little. But

:03:20. > :03:28.in the race, there is certainly no diminishing. That is Elena

:03:28. > :03:29.Prokopchuk. The pace is steady, not spectacular. The talent is

:03:29. > :03:48.spectacular. We know that David Weir is leading

:03:48. > :03:52.the man 's wheelchair race, that is the leader of the women, 's. Four

:03:52. > :03:59.times the champion on the Great North Run course, Shelly Woods.

:03:59. > :04:05.Taking a close look behind her. I do not know if that is one of her

:04:05. > :04:10.rivals. It might be one of the men. We understand that Josh Cassidy has

:04:10. > :04:18.pulled out. The Canadian may have a mechanical problem. But Shelly Woods

:04:18. > :04:21.is leading the women at the moment. If you look at the some -- if you

:04:21. > :04:24.look at some of the moves being made, a lot happening in the

:04:25. > :04:30.wheelchair race. The crowd is getting ready to start the mass race

:04:30. > :04:35.and three of the well's Best female athletes are testing each other,

:04:35. > :04:41.watching each other, nobody doing anything yet. The only indication to

:04:41. > :04:45.me was that Tirunesh Dibaba, the athlete who has won more World

:04:45. > :04:51.Championship Gold medals than any other athlete in history, she is the

:04:51. > :04:57.only athlete unbeaten in her revenge. 10,000 metres, she has

:04:57. > :05:01.never lost. This is a new career, this is a stepping stone. She wants

:05:01. > :05:06.to move to the marathon. She talks about the history of the marathon in

:05:06. > :05:11.Ethiopia, the culture of running in Ethiopia, over 50 years ago. They

:05:11. > :05:17.know about it and the marathon is the magic event. These two best

:05:17. > :05:20.10,000 metre runners in the world, best 5,000 metre runners, two great

:05:20. > :05:25.competitors are embarking on a journey of a half marathon and

:05:25. > :05:29.eventually, certainly for Tirunesh Dibaba, it will be the marathon,

:05:29. > :05:35.maybe even London next year. The winner of London this year, Priscah

:05:35. > :05:41.Jeptoo, we should mention her. It is right focus is on Tirunesh Dibaba

:05:41. > :05:47.and Meseret Defar, but Priscah Jeptoo is in great shape. The last

:05:47. > :05:53.half marathon was in Bogota. She won by 2.5 minutes. That is a good

:05:53. > :06:01.performance at that sort of altar chewed. That was in July. --

:06:01. > :06:05.altitude. She is in good shape, she has kept her performance from

:06:05. > :06:09.London. Olympic silver medallist, so of course we will talk about

:06:09. > :06:12.Tirunesh Dibaba and Meseret Defar, but Priscah Jeptoo has the

:06:12. > :06:15.experience and she knows these roads and she will watch these two her

:06:15. > :06:21.experience and she knows these roads time and see what happens. It is

:06:21. > :06:28.great to run against two of the greatest distance runner -- runners

:06:28. > :06:32.of all time. There is a Japanese athlete further down the field. And

:06:32. > :06:36.there is a strong male contingent. But the Japanese runner doing well

:06:36. > :07:00.in sixth place. The fourth mile. Five minutes macro

:07:00. > :07:05.23. -- 5:23. The conditions are difficult, we drove down. This is

:07:05. > :07:10.just beyond the roundabout. It is undulating for the next mile and

:07:10. > :07:14.they will have the wind with them after that. It is steady, Paula.

:07:14. > :07:20.That is good, given the quality of these three and it undoubtably

:07:20. > :07:26.should pick up in the latter stages. The wind might be behind you and it

:07:26. > :07:30.might not be in front of you too much, but a lot of side wins. And it

:07:30. > :07:35.makes it feel colder so even though the temperature is about 12, 13

:07:35. > :07:40.degrees, it probably feels about four or five. Tirunesh Dibaba and

:07:40. > :07:45.Meseret Defar do not like it too cold. We will see that Digg -- we

:07:45. > :07:50.will see that difference in the man's race as well, Haile

:07:50. > :07:59.Gebrselassie will not be happy if it is too cold.

:07:59. > :08:06.All the excitement is building at the start. And it should be. This is

:08:06. > :08:10.the most outstanding line-up of talent we have seen. The reigning

:08:10. > :08:16.world champion Mo Farah, dominant on the track, can he do it on the

:08:16. > :08:20.roads? Up against him are two of the all-time greats. The greatest ever,

:08:20. > :08:25.Haile Gebrselassie, who has already made that transition after winning

:08:25. > :08:29.six Olympic and world track champions -- championships between

:08:29. > :08:36.1993 and 2,000. He moved onto the roads in 2004, and he won this event

:08:36. > :08:41.in 2010. Also broke the world record for the marathon. And the last

:08:41. > :08:46.member of this trio, Kenenisa Bekele. Five world track titles, 11

:08:46. > :08:52.world cross-country titles, but despite his distance pedigree, this

:08:52. > :08:57.will be the first half marathon of his career.

:08:57. > :09:06.Perhaps the most eagerly awaited and anticipated half marathon maybe

:09:06. > :09:11.there has ever been with those three great names. And a couple of

:09:11. > :09:17.others. From Australia, Birmingham competed well yesterday and gave

:09:17. > :09:22.some of the others a run for their money in the elite mile and did very

:09:22. > :09:33.well, a surprise winner in that race. Roaming right in there. A warm

:09:33. > :09:48.up for today's race. -- burning them right in there. A new Australian

:09:48. > :09:54.record. MEUCCI -- Meucci Is well-known to Mo Farah. A personal

:09:54. > :09:58.best for him in the half marathon. I gave out some of the statistics for

:09:58. > :10:03.Kenenisa Bekele and it still does not do justice for the stature in

:10:03. > :10:07.which he is held in world distance running. Not a great year for him so

:10:07. > :10:14.far but he will be looking to maybe get one over on the old master,

:10:14. > :10:18.Haile Gebrselassie, and you saw him in the clips before. He said, a new

:10:19. > :10:26.generation, but they will still have to work hard to beat the old man!

:10:26. > :10:31.And this is the start of a new section in the career of Mo Farah. A

:10:31. > :10:37.massive welcome onto the start line for the first time in the Great

:10:37. > :10:41.North Run. Marathon is back in next year. And who knows? In

:10:41. > :10:47.championships to come, I am sure we will see him on the track. It has

:10:47. > :10:54.been a phenomenal two years for Mo Farah, can he rounded off with a big

:10:54. > :11:00.win in the Great North Run? -- round it off. Christine Ohuruogu is

:11:00. > :11:03.win in the Great North Run? -- round sometimes late to the finish line,

:11:04. > :11:09.but she was not slow getting them off on the start line! Graeme Swann

:11:09. > :11:13.told his mother he was going to the north-east to start the Great North

:11:13. > :11:23.Run and she said, I bet you do not finish! That is nice! Every year,

:11:23. > :11:29.tens of thousands come. Just a few miles round the corner, a number of

:11:29. > :11:34.clubs are represented. You can see Jarrow already. They come from all

:11:34. > :11:45.over the UK and Europe and all over the world to take part. It is

:11:45. > :11:48.perhaps the world 's greatest half marathon. We have had sunny days but

:11:48. > :11:54.that does not matter when you are taking part. The weather is always a

:11:54. > :11:58.bit of a sideshow. The challenge and the atmosphere is what brings people

:11:58. > :12:01.to this. And the sense of achievement they will all have and I

:12:01. > :12:06.think the vast majority will have when they get to the other end in

:12:06. > :12:15.one hour, two hours, three hours, who knows! All with personal stories

:12:15. > :12:19.and perhaps personal challenges in their training, preparation, just to

:12:19. > :12:28.get to the start line today. Careful with those hands, we need them! We

:12:28. > :12:31.need those against Australia! Celebrities are big part of the

:12:31. > :12:40.day, it Charity is a massive part of the day. -- charities. A big

:12:40. > :12:44.sporting occasions where the world's elite mix with those who are perhaps

:12:45. > :12:46.doing it for the first time. Watch some of the names going through

:12:46. > :12:50.following from Mo Farah and Haile some of the names going through

:12:50. > :12:55.Gebrselassie and Birmingham. A some of the names going through

:12:55. > :13:00.couple of other names you may represent. A good representation

:13:00. > :13:07.from Japan. These pictures will appear all around the world.

:13:07. > :13:12.Stretching all the way back up the central motorway. The town on the

:13:12. > :13:21.right-hand side. Absolutely incredible. And a fantastic

:13:21. > :13:28.operation already underway. The trucks take their gear down before

:13:28. > :13:34.the elite races start. On a day like today, the clothing gets discarded

:13:34. > :13:39.and is quickly tidied up. A lot of it will end up sent to various

:13:39. > :13:41.charities. And you come back in three or four hours and will not

:13:41. > :13:53.even know they have been here. It will take a while for most of

:13:53. > :13:58.them to cross that stop lying but that is a good thing for some of

:13:58. > :14:03.those towards the back -- that start line. And the excitement takes over

:14:03. > :14:07.and the adrenaline kicks in and there is a race to the Tyne Bridge

:14:07. > :14:13.and they settle down. The elite race is no different, they need a couple

:14:13. > :14:18.of hundred metres to get into the race. And Mo Farah and Haile

:14:18. > :14:21.Gebrselassie and Kenenisa Bekele already at the front. Early stages

:14:22. > :14:27.but I am not sure we will see too much happening, no sense of anybody

:14:27. > :14:32.asking for a pace to be set, no sense of any targets timewise, a lot

:14:32. > :14:37.of pride at stake though. And certainly for Mo Farah, a taster of

:14:37. > :14:50.what is to come in the following years.

:14:50. > :14:55.Brendan, you said right at the beginning of the programme, for so

:14:55. > :15:06.many years, we have talked about the Kenyans. All of the greats. But to

:15:06. > :15:17.have more father, a British athlete in that exalted company. -- Mo

:15:17. > :15:30.Farah. We never thought we would see a British athlete ever do what

:15:30. > :15:35.O'Farrell has -- Mo Farah has done. You can see all the surplus clothing

:15:35. > :15:43.being discarded. Graeme Swann is doing well. He has had a great

:15:43. > :15:48.season and is doing a great job. He will get a bit tired, in about 30

:15:48. > :15:52.minutes, he will be still be doing the same thing. But there has been a

:15:52. > :16:03.great response from the crowd. Here is the women's race. And the

:16:03. > :16:14.greatest female has study -- greatest female athlete in history.

:16:14. > :16:21.Tirunesh Dibaba. She is been followed by her compatriot Meseret

:16:21. > :16:28.Defar. That was a very quick mildly. Just outside of five minutes. They

:16:28. > :16:36.were already moving at a very quick pace, but they have decided to

:16:36. > :16:46.increase it. It is interesting, it seems like Dibaba wants to make this

:16:46. > :16:50.a fast one. She has got such a lot of power at the finish. Her strategy

:16:50. > :17:00.must be that she is stronger than the others. I think she knows that

:17:00. > :17:12.she is fast, but she also knows that Defar can be quicker. Kenenisa has

:17:12. > :17:17.decided to put his day had -- to put his head down. I would have expected

:17:17. > :17:29.Gebrselassie to have made the his head down. I would have expected

:17:29. > :17:36.at the start. I think Kenenisa is the unknown quantity. We are not

:17:36. > :17:40.sure what shape he is in because we have not seen him race for a little

:17:41. > :17:48.while. Gebrselassie has been running on the roads during the summer. You

:17:49. > :17:58.would have thought that Kenenisa might have sat back for a little

:17:58. > :18:05.bit. But it is fairly early stages. They will continue to cross the

:18:05. > :18:08.start line for about 20 minutes. We have been going on about the

:18:08. > :18:10.weather. They have had the weather thrown at them over the last couple

:18:10. > :18:21.of days. warned about it. The Bean has held

:18:21. > :18:29.off so far, thank goodness. -- the rain. The temperature is about 12

:18:30. > :18:37.degrees, and it might warm up a bit in the afternoon. If the wind is

:18:37. > :18:55.behind then, that will be pretty good. Mo Farah thought it would be

:18:55. > :19:06.Haile Gebrselassie food to get on. He is running this for experience.

:19:06. > :19:10.Can he get practice at picking up the bottles and drinking? He said

:19:10. > :19:15.that was one of the things that he struggled with when he ran in the

:19:15. > :19:21.London Marathon earlier this year. He will have to get on top of his

:19:21. > :19:28.fuelling strategy. It is something that Gebrselassie struggled with in

:19:28. > :19:29.the first part of his career. He could not get that quite right. It

:19:29. > :19:35.took a little bit of time to could not get that quite right. It

:19:35. > :19:44.that right. Haile Gebrselassie said to me the other day, 40 years of

:19:44. > :19:54.age, I will not be the peacemaker. But he is a fears competitor. --

:19:54. > :20:01.fierce competitor. We also know how competitive Mo Farah is. They have

:20:01. > :20:09.got titles and talent. Three Olympic champions running together across

:20:09. > :20:16.the Tyne Bridge. I never thought I would see that. They are moving

:20:16. > :20:23.pretty nicely. What a delight for us to see the study here today. And for

:20:23. > :20:41.the crowds to see Mo Farah. Two miles completed in the men's race.

:20:41. > :20:55.The second five Kate was quicker than the first five K. Full stop

:20:55. > :20:57.still a pretty good time. The pace is starting to pick up. That is a

:20:57. > :21:28.good platform to start from. it will be interesting to see if

:21:28. > :21:31.that is the case? If you are from these parts, you will know where we

:21:31. > :21:55.are. Coming into Jarrow. Dibaba, this is a fast section. It

:21:55. > :22:15.looks as if Dibaba is pushing things on. This is Cristal -- Cristal

:22:16. > :22:24.Dauney. I am pretty sure the wind is on their backs at the moment. 400

:22:24. > :22:29.metres to go now for David Weir to become our first winner this year of

:22:29. > :22:39.the paper Great North Run. Very disappointing that he lost. Josh

:22:39. > :22:45.Cassidy early on. Mechanical problems for the Canadian. But no

:22:45. > :22:52.doubt about the winner here. For times Paralympic champion in London

:22:52. > :22:59.last year. David Weir, such a tough competitor. Interesting to hear him

:22:59. > :23:10.sounding cagey about his prospects of competing in Rio de Janeiro. I am

:23:10. > :23:23.sure he will, I hope he will. But he has won on Tyneside once again. The

:23:23. > :23:26.fourth time. The first of our great champions taking a win there. It is

:23:26. > :23:31.warming up in this women's race here. They have just run a 4.42

:23:31. > :23:40.mile, possibly the quickest ever. In here. They have just run a 4.42

:23:40. > :23:47.the women's race in the Great North Run. We are not letting up. Back

:23:47. > :23:56.with the men. Gateshead Stadium looking resplendent. That was a

:23:56. > :24:06.great sprint finish at the European looking resplendent. That was a

:24:06. > :24:20.games there. These three athletes are running

:24:20. > :24:27.past Gateshead Stadium, it warms my heart to see this. The three of the

:24:27. > :24:32.greatest. Mo Farah is writing his record books, Haile Gebrselassie, he

:24:32. > :24:38.is probably finished writing the record books, and the question is

:24:38. > :24:51.whether Kenenisa Bekele can do on the road is what he has done on the

:24:51. > :24:56.track? Mo Farah says he has enjoyed being with them, they know

:24:56. > :25:04.respecting hugely. All great athletes. Haile Gebrselassie,

:25:04. > :25:17.possibly his best days are behind him. But what an athlete.

:25:17. > :25:37.Just approaching females for the men. They are the split times.

:25:37. > :25:41.Reasonably quick. Possibly to be expected in the men. Again, that

:25:41. > :25:51.will speed up undoubtedly. Most of expected in the men. Again, that

:25:51. > :25:56.the Japanese athletes a fair way back already. The three big names

:25:56. > :25:57.are already clear and Thomas Birmingham is about 40 metres

:25:57. > :26:12.behind. Just noticing that Haile

:26:12. > :26:18.Gebrselassie did take his own bottle. The women's race is really

:26:19. > :26:31.picking up. They went through the seven mile in 4.42 and I think the

:26:31. > :26:40.eighth mile will be even quicker. Yes, this is the section, they have

:26:40. > :27:01.come through the Lindisfarne roundabout. After that, a little bit

:27:01. > :27:08.of a climb. We do not know about their intuitions. Priscah Jeptoo has

:27:08. > :27:15.the experience, she knows what she is doing. It is an opportunity to

:27:15. > :27:22.test out your competitors. Absolutely, the little rise and the

:27:22. > :27:31.roundabout breaks up the with a little bit. -- rhythm. You can see

:27:31. > :27:42.the difference in their running styles. Priscah Jeptoo is a classic

:27:42. > :27:46.style for a marathon runner. These guys are in a totally different

:27:46. > :27:51.grace. For them, it is about getting out, raising the millions for

:27:51. > :28:03.charity, achieving their own personal targets as well. We are

:28:03. > :28:14.told that about 17,000 have so far crossed the line. That was a hard

:28:14. > :28:19.one. It is a great day for a lot of the athletes. I was chatting to

:28:19. > :28:28.quite a few yesterday, the splinters and the rest to come forward the

:28:28. > :28:42.great city games. -- who come for. They all know about the great North

:28:42. > :28:52.run. The masses crossing the start line. 17,000 already on their way.

:28:52. > :28:59.It is a cool day, a bit damp, a bit windy. Not overall fantastic

:28:59. > :29:07.conditions for the first time. You have to try and do the damage at

:29:07. > :29:10.this point in the race. Now, if Priscah Jeptoo wants to win this

:29:10. > :29:25.race, she will have to try and take it now. The London Marathon winner

:29:25. > :29:33.this year. Here she is on the roads of South Shields. She looks to be

:29:33. > :29:36.comfortable at every move. At times, the great Tirunesh Dibaba is trying

:29:36. > :29:46.to get away for them, but she has not been able to do that. -- from

:29:47. > :29:59.them. You can see Priscah Jeptoo is very conscious that Dibaba and Defar

:29:59. > :30:14.is behind her. And there we have the men, Haile Gebrselassie. Mo Farah is

:30:14. > :30:19.in second place. Behind him is Kenenisa Bekele. But Mo Farah looks

:30:19. > :30:24.serious and with intent and he thinks, if you are going to beat me

:30:24. > :30:31.today, Haile, you are going to have to run hard. The roundabout is one

:30:31. > :30:37.of the good vantage points for spectators. A number of charities

:30:37. > :30:41.set up. A significant part of the race in the women 's, we are seeing

:30:41. > :30:48.the hills and the inclines. And you can see that Jeptoo has used the

:30:48. > :30:56.second as she goes through six miles in 46:03, well under the 67 minute

:30:56. > :31:00.pace. And Jeptoo has put her foot down and this is the first

:31:00. > :31:07.significant change. Defar trying to hang on but Dibaba is struggling.

:31:07. > :31:12.Daylight is opening up and more than Dibaba would want so she is

:31:12. > :31:16.struggling. Defar locking back to check where she is because she would

:31:16. > :31:22.have expected her to be covering it and she is moving up closer to know

:31:22. > :31:28.Jeptoo knows she has not got rid of her yet. Defar was almost acting as

:31:28. > :31:33.a bridge to Jeptoo look -- to Jeptoo, looked around, realised her

:31:33. > :31:38.team-mate struggling and closed the gap on Jeptoo. She was almost trying

:31:38. > :31:43.to drag Dibaba with her. She is waving to her and she is saying,

:31:43. > :31:50.come on, this is where it is happening! She did accept that. For

:31:50. > :31:55.Jeptoo, a very experienced international athlete. You do not

:31:55. > :31:58.win the London Marathon by athlete. She decided not to let Defar

:31:58. > :32:05.dominate and for the first time in a long time, we are seeing Tirunesh

:32:06. > :32:12.Dibaba under pressure in a race. She won the race, doubly last year and

:32:12. > :32:14.convincingly through 15 kilometres. And you now know the intent of

:32:14. > :32:22.convincingly through 15 kilometres. Priscah Jeptoo, to win it from this

:32:22. > :32:25.far out. To break Meseret Defar who recently beat Tirunesh Dibaba at

:32:25. > :32:31.5,000 metres. A world champion at 5,000 metres, and Olympic champion

:32:31. > :32:41.and 5,000 metres, and she is coming under pressure. Brendan, you talked

:32:41. > :32:46.about 5,000 metres and they just ran 15:03 on an undulating part of the

:32:46. > :32:49.course. I cannot remember how many women run that this year, what was

:32:49. > :33:01.the World Championship qualifying time? 50:18. It is downhill with the

:33:01. > :33:10.wind behind you but it is very fast. And they have had that poll most of

:33:10. > :33:15.the time. It is doing damage and starting to do damage to Defar and

:33:15. > :33:20.gaps are opening up. She takes a short tangent around the roundabout

:33:20. > :33:27.and closes it a bit but Jeptoo is turning the screw and it will start

:33:27. > :33:31.doing major damage. She is trying to win it from here, a long way out. I

:33:31. > :33:36.cried too for the first time under pressure but still has the composure

:33:36. > :33:39.to cut through round the roundabout which tells me she is still in good

:33:39. > :33:44.shape mentally, but this is a brave which tells me she is still in good

:33:44. > :33:48.attempt I Priscah Jeptoo to take on two of the greatest and try and beat

:33:48. > :33:53.them. And as we say that, three of the greatest in the man's race.

:33:53. > :34:00.Breaking up in the women's race at the many yet to reach that stage and

:34:00. > :34:07.these three are very much together, running a steady pace. It is

:34:07. > :34:14.significant. It is significant it was at the six mile stage where they

:34:14. > :34:18.were turning with the wind, that section may be helping them. The men

:34:19. > :34:20.are happy to keep this solid at steady pace going. Back to the

:34:20. > :34:28.women. The gaps are now growing. steady pace going. Back to the

:34:28. > :34:32.Dibaba a long way behind Defar and Defar not able to stay with Jeptoo.

:34:32. > :34:38.I was talking about that race she ran at all to shoot and that is a

:34:38. > :34:44.significant performance at 8,000 feet. -- all to Jude. Dibaba and

:34:44. > :34:55.occurred to have been preparing for track season. -- altitude. I would

:34:55. > :35:02.just raked off. The Red Arrows. -- I will just write off. We wanted to

:35:02. > :35:05.see them at the start but we could not because of weather conditions,

:35:05. > :35:06.but great to see them flying over not because of weather conditions,

:35:06. > :35:21.the Tyne Bridge. Impressive as ever. And as precise

:35:21. > :35:28.as ever. The Red Arrows as much a fixture of the Great North Run as

:35:28. > :35:36.the image of thousands of people crossing the Tyne Bridge.

:35:36. > :35:42.And right on cue, Shelly Woods wins the women's wheelchair race yet

:35:42. > :35:51.again. Five times the winner of this race now. And surely -- and, surely,

:35:51. > :36:05.it will not be long before she emulates Taney Grey Thompson in this

:36:05. > :36:13.race. -- Tanni. Jeptoo is not letting up, 50

:36:13. > :36:21.minutes: 30 seconds. Through ten miles. She is moving all right but

:36:21. > :36:28.has seen the race go away from her. Paula, when you were running 65:

:36:28. > :36:35.40, the last couple of miles were tough. Is there any chance Jeptoo

:36:35. > :36:39.has overcooked this? There is always that chance. I think she has the

:36:40. > :36:43.experience from the many marathons and half marathons she has run to

:36:43. > :36:48.know that and I think she will have paced it well. She is over the worst

:36:48. > :36:54.now and she cannot coast now but there is no major climb. She has to

:36:54. > :36:59.be careful and go down the steep job onto the South Shields front not to

:36:59. > :37:05.do too much damage to have quads because that can hurt. -- to her

:37:05. > :37:12.quads. The confidence from knowing she has broken Dibaba and Defar will

:37:12. > :37:15.give her extra impetus and energy. She has been aggressive since the

:37:15. > :37:20.halfway point but for the first time, that was an anxious look at

:37:20. > :37:24.the corner. Looking over her shoulder to see how big the gap is.

:37:24. > :37:28.And it looks as though this could he a significant lead. Priscah Jeptoo,

:37:28. > :37:31.the London Marathon winner, the a significant lead. Priscah Jeptoo,

:37:31. > :37:36.fastest half marathon runner of these three, and we have talked

:37:36. > :37:40.about the other two all of the time being the stars, which they are on

:37:40. > :37:49.the track and intends to be on the road, but... And we see the Red

:37:49. > :37:56.Arrows over the rivers -- over the River Tyne. They are going to cross

:37:56. > :38:03.the Tyne Bridge. And that is a variation on the theme. They are

:38:03. > :38:08.flying across Gateshead. The way back towards the airport before

:38:08. > :38:12.another show this afternoon. Delighted to see the Red Arrows

:38:12. > :38:16.flying on a day that was supposed to be troublesome. And these guys are

:38:16. > :38:22.celebrating. The Tyne Bridge is filling up and these are the shots

:38:22. > :38:28.from various points at the Tyne Bridge. We have had the Red Arrows

:38:28. > :38:32.many times before but not sideways! That is the Red Arrows entering into

:38:32. > :38:39.the spirit of the thing. Interesting races ahead but the main stars of

:38:39. > :38:48.the show are crossing the Tyne Bridge. Haile Gebrselassie now been

:38:48. > :38:54.joined by Mo Farah, a few inches behind is Kenenisa Bekele. And he

:38:54. > :38:58.looks to be under pressure. Haile knows there is a gap and that will

:38:58. > :39:03.make him want to be so competitive, very conscious of Mo Farah this

:39:03. > :39:08.year, who has been the star of the show. Kenenisa Bekele used to be the

:39:08. > :39:12.star of the show and Haile still wants to be, so there are two

:39:12. > :39:16.races. Kenenisa Bekele struggled for a couple of years coming back from

:39:16. > :39:21.injury and today after an exuberant start from him, he is for the first

:39:21. > :39:25.time coming under pressure. But he is working at it and Haile knows he

:39:25. > :39:31.is under pressure and wants to do damage. If he could not win it,

:39:31. > :39:36.Haile would love to be the first Ethiopian, and that is still in his

:39:36. > :39:41.bones. Kenenisa Bekele finding out what it is all about. I have quite

:39:41. > :39:45.-- there have been questions about his shape because there have --

:39:45. > :39:50.because he has not been racing. So it is difficult to know how training

:39:50. > :39:55.has been going. He was here to come and take on Mo Farah and Tirunesh

:39:55. > :40:00.Dibaba so that must mean he thinks he is capable of doing something

:40:00. > :40:11.today -- and Haile Gebrselassie. So six miles. That was closer to the

:40:11. > :40:18.roundabout. Paula Radcliffe is just working the computer and it says

:40:18. > :40:29.28:58. That is through the first ten K. -10 kilometres. If the guy trying

:40:29. > :40:40.to hand may macro a drink? Is he supposed to be there! -- Mo. I do

:40:40. > :40:49.not know. That is the racing pack. We have Collis Birmingham. The

:40:49. > :40:56.Japanese runner wearing number eight. A good chasing group. They

:40:56. > :41:01.are not far behind. Collis Birmingham checking his time. Maybe

:41:01. > :41:09.a minute or so. Kenenisa Bekele has a look behind. He will not be able

:41:09. > :41:15.to see Collis Birmingham but he is aware of what is in front, these two

:41:15. > :41:16.out in front. Mo Farah looks incredibly confident at the moment

:41:16. > :41:22.and he is wondering if it was the incredibly confident at the moment

:41:22. > :41:29.last he was the Kenenisa Bekele, I suspect it might be. Haile looked

:41:29. > :41:35.over his shoulder, and it was not anxious, it was confident. Mo Farah

:41:35. > :41:41.without a problem. Jobs opening with Kenenisa Bekele. -- yobs. If he does

:41:41. > :41:50.not close that app quickly, we will see the race opening between two

:41:50. > :41:55.men. -- close that app. Mo Farah told me it was tough the other day,

:41:55. > :42:01.he was on his own, he was training hard and winning long runs, sticking

:42:01. > :42:06.to it, trying to stay with enough motivation to keep going. He feels a

:42:06. > :42:17.half marathon at the end of his season was important. Sometimes, the

:42:17. > :42:24.weather is not great there. They are dressed for the weather, the

:42:24. > :42:32.Penguins. When I said, what is the collective noun for a penguin, what

:42:32. > :42:38.did you say? I think it was a Hoddle. It is a packet. So you say,

:42:38. > :42:43.one packet of Penguins! Don't worry, Paula, he becomes the

:42:43. > :42:45.quizmaster and asks impossible questions he has the answers to so

:42:45. > :42:53.he and -- so he looks really clever. questions he has the answers to so

:42:53. > :43:02.Well, we already know he is clever, but even more clever. It was Paula's

:43:02. > :43:10.joke, in the car! So we have not got the 11th mile, what is evident is

:43:10. > :43:15.that Jeptoo is not slowing down. Maybe the gap has not increased too

:43:15. > :43:22.much, but this is relentless from Jeptoo. She put the pressure on at

:43:22. > :43:27.the right time. The 11th mile was covered in 4:55. That is not easy,

:43:27. > :43:35.so not slowing down. Paula's record is? Getting nervous!She will be

:43:35. > :43:37.just a bit outside it because she is on her own and it might not easy on

:43:37. > :43:43.the seafront with the breeze that on her own and it might not easy on

:43:43. > :43:48.might be across the athletes. Defar not giving up and still moving well

:43:48. > :43:52.but Jeptoo a good 100m or so ahead and still looking strong and when

:43:52. > :43:57.she drops onto the seafront, she will note the end is not far away

:43:57. > :44:02.and as long as she has not overcooked it a bit, she should be

:44:02. > :44:10.all right. The gap might be 70, 80 metres. It is less than 100. We can

:44:10. > :44:15.maybe get an idea when they come through how big the gap is. Far

:44:15. > :44:21.enough that Defar has something to work two and Jeptoo looking back

:44:21. > :44:26.will struggle to see her. -- to work too. I do not know if that will have

:44:26. > :44:30.any relevance, probably not. Jeptoo, her marathon running and

:44:30. > :44:34.half marathon experience will stand her in good stead and she will

:44:34. > :44:38.maintain her pace through the finish and not look around too much. The

:44:38. > :44:46.men through about seven miles will be going past the Robin Hood pub to

:44:46. > :44:58.the left, a famous landmark forerunners in South Tyneside. --

:44:58. > :45:05.foreigners. -- for runners. Those two have now a 25 metre lead on

:45:05. > :45:09.Kenenisa Bekele. He always looks so comfortable but is obviously

:45:09. > :45:12.struggling with this pace. Haile Gebrselassie is using these quick

:45:12. > :45:18.miles, on this section we know is fast with the wind behind him, to

:45:18. > :45:24.put his foot down and try and test Mo Farah out, who is in great shape.

:45:24. > :45:30.They have gone for an macro 53 the six mile and have just gone through

:45:30. > :45:42.seven miles, for: 21, so it is getting faster. -- format rope: 21.

:45:42. > :45:49.you forget how competitive he is. You know that he is thinking about

:45:49. > :45:54.Kenenisa. We are all watching this back home in Ethiopia. Big screens

:45:54. > :46:02.have been wrecked did to watch their big athletes. -- have been erected.

:46:02. > :46:10.But Mo Farah has broken that Ethiopian stranglehold. By

:46:10. > :46:27.Kenenisa, he has not given up. There he is. We are saving you a pint for

:46:27. > :46:39.later. I might get a free one. His style, when Kenenisa is running, you

:46:39. > :46:46.never see him struggling. Even now, when I watch him on the track, he is

:46:46. > :46:51.quite deceptive. You think he is OK and then suddenly, I do not know if

:46:51. > :46:57.it is in end to, but he is as strong as Haile Gebrselassie. When I saw

:46:57. > :47:12.him earlier this year, I thought he was giving up, I thought he was

:47:12. > :47:19.struggling and then he surprised us. 24 minutes approximately left. And

:47:19. > :47:27.Haile Gebrselassie, at the age of 40, still competitive. Mo Farah were

:47:27. > :47:33.thinking he has to be careful. -- will be thinking. The women are on

:47:33. > :47:37.the seafront now. The crowds are getting a bit excited about this.

:47:37. > :47:53.And Paula is getting nervous because that course record is 65 minutes,

:47:54. > :48:01.set just a few years ago. Priscah Jeptoo attempting to do the same, to

:48:01. > :48:08.win the London Marathon as well. She is still looking very strong. She

:48:08. > :48:21.did the 12 mile in 4.54. That is still under the piece that I ran --

:48:21. > :48:26.the piece that I run. She is getting plenty of shelter from the depth of

:48:26. > :48:35.the crowd here. A lot of people are out here supporting the finishers.

:48:35. > :48:43.We are sure that you will run again, Paula. This is a great performance,

:48:43. > :48:50.one of the best performances we have seen in the women's race. Priscah

:48:50. > :49:04.Jeptoo. Paula is looking anxiously at that sign which says 400 metres

:49:04. > :49:11.to go, 64 minutes. There is a great Meseret Defar. Priscah Jeptoo looks

:49:11. > :49:19.a little tired all of a sudden. You never know. The time is 6540. That

:49:19. > :49:30.is the course record. I suspect she might just miss it. A little smile

:49:30. > :49:41.across Paula Radcliffe's fees. -- face.

:49:41. > :49:52.The victory to date looks sure to four Priscah Jeptoo. Although she is

:49:52. > :50:00.a little tired, Defar is too far back. Cheered on by these big crowds

:50:00. > :50:06.at the finish. Our Armed Forces on display and giving her a great

:50:06. > :50:11.welcome. She has about 100m to go. But record disappearing. She is

:50:11. > :50:18.looking up at the clock, it is going to be close. It is going to be a

:50:18. > :50:22.great win. The Great North Run, Priscah Jeptoo of Kenya takes the

:50:22. > :50:28.title. Fastest in the world this year, outside the course record.

:50:28. > :50:35.What a brilliant run. Really strong running in the middle of the race.

:50:35. > :50:47.Pushed on hard. She broke a Dibaba first, then Defar. The Ethiopian

:50:47. > :50:57.bickered, -- record is 67.03, that is going to be smashed. That is a

:50:57. > :51:08.good indication of Defar's potential. And Dibaba just coming

:51:08. > :51:22.in, about 100m to go. But rivalry between them, that was won by Defar.

:51:22. > :51:37.Pollock, that is still a very fast run. -- Paula. A really good showing

:51:37. > :51:41.from Defar. Definitely. I think Dibaba will go away a little bit

:51:41. > :51:44.concerned. She is the one that is thinking about moving to the

:51:44. > :51:50.marathon and Defar has shown the greater potential for making that

:51:50. > :51:59.step up to the marathon. I think Dibaba will go away thinking she has

:51:59. > :52:04.work to do. We said that we could see fast times today, but we

:52:04. > :52:23.expect to see that passed from the women. -- fast. That world best of

:52:23. > :52:34.65 white 40 stays in place -- 65.40. It is a great race in the

:52:34. > :52:39.men's as well. We've got Kenenisa was struggling, but he is back in

:52:39. > :52:52.the race. The three of them back up together. I wonder who got a bigger

:52:52. > :53:04.shock, Gebrselassie looking over his shoulder and seeing Kenenisa

:53:04. > :53:14.Bekele, or Kenenisa Bekele catching up with them? The three of them

:53:14. > :53:22.together, 42 minutes. 18 minutes of fascinating distance running.

:53:22. > :53:26.Gebrselassie said he would have to be the pacemaker because he cannot

:53:26. > :53:27.spin to the finish. He has been watching Mo Farah's finishing

:53:27. > :53:40.prowess. He was asking me, how could watching Mo Farah's finishing

:53:40. > :53:52.he run at that speed? Gebrselassie could never run anywhere near that.

:53:52. > :54:00.He smiles all the time, he laughs all the time, he jokes all the time,

:54:00. > :54:12.but he is a great runner as well. 15 kilometres, 43.01. They could still

:54:12. > :54:18.pick up the pace. They are joined together here. Look at the wind

:54:18. > :54:23.here. The trees are blowing. It is pretty much on their backs at the

:54:23. > :54:26.moment, but it could pick up. Definitely, if you look at the

:54:26. > :54:42.women's split, it was in the late stages of the race that the wind

:54:42. > :54:45.seemed to help them. You can see gapless Alaska and Mo Farah starting

:54:45. > :54:53.to look around a little bit when the gap was there. -- Gebrselassie. The

:54:53. > :55:03.big screen on the track helps you judge those gaps. You have to go on

:55:03. > :55:08.your own with them and on your own feeling and Moloch around -- and not

:55:08. > :55:32.look around too much. A lot of it is run on the track to

:55:32. > :55:39.make sure the hit the target. He is used to this. He is used to

:55:39. > :55:44.sustaining the pace. Whatever years, he is unnatural distance runner. He

:55:44. > :55:48.was always good, all the way through juniors, cross-country, on the

:55:48. > :55:55.roads. He was always there or thereabouts. He has learned it is

:55:56. > :56:02.about gauging your piece. He used to run as hard as he could because he

:56:02. > :56:11.felt that if he did not will hurt himself in a race, he had not run

:56:11. > :56:14.the race properly. But he has said that today, if he feels good enough

:56:14. > :56:22.to run away from them, you know that that today, if he feels good enough

:56:22. > :56:33.he will outsprint them. They're the are together. -- there they are

:56:33. > :56:35.together. The men are well on their Beano. The masses are coming over

:56:35. > :56:45.there playing bridge. Running for their own personal best

:56:45. > :56:46.times. Thousands of them there. The weather has been kinder than

:56:46. > :57:02.anticipated. The weather forecasters weather has been kinder than

:57:02. > :57:09.have frightened us all week. And back at the front, all signs are

:57:10. > :57:16.suggesting that this is developing into a burn up at the end. I cannot

:57:16. > :57:24.see Mo Farah doing anything before the last mile. He looks very relaxed

:57:24. > :57:31.and comfortable. Kenenisa went through a bad patch that has got

:57:31. > :57:35.himself back and involved. With only three miles to go, we have not seen

:57:35. > :57:46.the really big push that we saw from Priscah Jeptoo. This is starting to

:57:46. > :57:51.look like a track race. That would not be bad. That would not be bad at

:57:51. > :58:01.all. But I think we should just enjoy this because we will never see

:58:01. > :58:07.this again. Haile Gebrselassie will eventually go into politics. We will

:58:07. > :58:16.probably see Mo Farah and Kenenisa Bekele again. Possibly in Rio de

:58:16. > :58:22.Janeiro in the marathon. Mo Farah has ambitions in the marathon. Today

:58:22. > :58:26.is a really important day for Mo Farah, it tells whether competition

:58:26. > :58:34.on the roads is like competition on the tracks. And whether the move is

:58:34. > :58:44.possible. I think he needs a confidence booster from today. But

:58:44. > :58:56.Haile Gebrselassie is just doing enough. The big dilemma, the enigma

:58:56. > :58:59.really is Kenenisa Bekele. Why did he let them get away earlier? He

:58:59. > :59:09.looks quite comfortable at this point. Who is going to make the

:59:09. > :59:16.first move? There we go, straightening up, heading for the

:59:16. > :59:21.seafront. They have nearly finished now. They are coming into the

:59:21. > :59:33.closing miles. 41,000 have crossed the start line and are on their way.

:59:33. > :59:44.Not quite as fast as these guys. Haile Gebrselassie has kept it at a

:59:44. > :00:07.steady pace. He has kept that steady and I think Kenenisa has run an even

:00:07. > :00:13.pace. He has worked his way back. I always look at Mo's face. He's had a

:00:13. > :00:21.slightly furrowed brow. That means he's hurting. It means he is hurting

:00:21. > :00:27.hard, Haile's working hard. We know the time's undulating. They might be

:00:27. > :00:32.battling the wind a bit as well. Mo keeps looking behind, but it is hard

:00:32. > :00:37.work. It doesn't matter how good you are, but running a half marathon

:00:37. > :00:44.against these guys, it is going to be hard. Kenenisa Bekele always

:00:44. > :00:51.looks relaxed and pretty good. This is intriguing. Any of these three

:00:51. > :00:57.can still win this. Haile is really working for it now, trying to test

:00:57. > :01:00.them. You can tell Mo Farah is more under pressure than we've seen him

:01:00. > :01:06.so far probably than we've seen him so far this season. But we know how

:01:06. > :01:09.fast he is in the finish. Kenenisa Bekele is a very difficult athlete

:01:09. > :01:14.to predict. I spoke to him the other day and I said to him, you look a

:01:14. > :01:22.little bit leaner than I've seen you in a while. He said, yep, I've been

:01:22. > :01:27.training hard for this one. He's built his own track just outside

:01:27. > :01:32.Addis Ababa. He said the track he used to train on caused him the

:01:32. > :01:35.injuries which stopped him continuing in the fantastic

:01:35. > :01:42.performance as. Three times Olympic champion against the two-times

:01:42. > :01:44.Olympic champion Mo Farah and the two-times Olympic champion Haile

:01:44. > :01:49.Olympic champion Mo Farah and the Gebrselassie. That's seven Olympic

:01:49. > :01:54.gold medals between these three. 11 miles gone, and about 150 seconds.

:01:54. > :01:57.There's Haile with one thing and about 150 seconds. There's Haile

:01:57. > :01:59.with one thing this mind - can I hurt them now? I think Haile has

:01:59. > :02:03.lost the confidence of his sprint finish. Haile would know if he is in

:02:03. > :02:09.the last 800 metres with these two guys, he isn't going to win it, but

:02:09. > :02:16.he wants to try to be competitive. These guys knower in this a great

:02:16. > :02:20.race. Haile says his endurance is still there but it is not the same

:02:21. > :02:26.and if he tries to do the speed work that would enable him to maintain

:02:26. > :02:30.the finish and acceleration he had, he gets injured, so he decided to

:02:30. > :02:35.keep running and maintaining his endurance. He knows with these two

:02:35. > :02:39.behind him that now is the time he really has to make it hurt. As the

:02:40. > :02:45.rain starts to fall, it is not pleasant for them as they turn on to

:02:45. > :02:53.the seafront. I can only assume the conditions can, because they look

:02:53. > :03:01.relaxed, Kenenisa Bekele more than anybody. That last mile was the

:03:01. > :03:04.second lowest of the race. It is a tricky area through there, but given

:03:04. > :03:10.that they've not been operating at a tricky area through there, but given

:03:10. > :03:15.superfast pace and they might pick up, it hasn't be the case and it's

:03:15. > :03:21.been left to Haile. This is one of those races where all three of us

:03:21. > :03:26.can predict, but you cannot tell. Is Mo going to go early? Is Haile going

:03:26. > :03:31.to apply to pressure? And is Kenenisa Bekele under pressure

:03:31. > :03:37.again? I'm trying to read facial expression es. But it is really

:03:37. > :03:42.tough. Kenenisa has that look that others used to have. You can't tell

:03:42. > :03:46.how close to breaking point they are. They still look really

:03:46. > :03:49.composed, and suddenly they lose 20 seconds a mile and their race is

:03:49. > :03:55.over. It is much harder to tell. With Mo you can see that frown, a

:03:55. > :04:02.bit with Haile as well. But some of that in this weather is trying to

:04:02. > :04:06.keep the rain out of your eyes. Kenenisa Bekele said he wants to run

:04:06. > :04:14.the London Marathon in the spring, and I hope they run well enough to

:04:14. > :04:18.make them invite me. Wouldn't it be great to see these two again? Haile

:04:18. > :04:22.will probably give the London Marathon a miss, but to stay this

:04:22. > :04:27.competitive for so many years, you've got to marvel at his ability,

:04:27. > :04:33.his competitiveness, the fact he trains so hard still. He's up every

:04:33. > :04:38.morning five or 6 o'clock he runs ten miles. He runs a business with

:04:38. > :04:45.800 people under his employment, and he goes into the gym, the world's

:04:45. > :04:50.fastest treadmill, the 25 kilometres per hour treadmill. It is a tough

:04:50. > :04:57.time for Ethiopians as they've come from decent weather back there. The

:04:57. > :04:59.weather is tough, and so is the going out there. It is raining quite

:04:59. > :05:09.heavily now. The wind's been going out there. It is raining quite

:05:09. > :05:14.incessant through the whole morning. But it hasn't been in their faces

:05:14. > :05:20.too much. Look how hard Mo is working there. They come to the

:05:20. > :05:24.roundabout and drop steeply downhill. Is that an opportunity for

:05:24. > :05:28.somebody to make the first break? After that downhill it is a sharp

:05:28. > :05:32.left and we are on the seafront and then the long run to the finish. The

:05:32. > :05:38.crowds are watching this on the big screen. All of the umbrellas are up.

:05:38. > :05:44.They are an pistating a big finish. Will Mo Farah leave it to the end.

:05:44. > :05:49.Will he wait for the kick? Will Bekele try to take take this from

:05:49. > :05:54.Haile Gebrselassie? Can Haile run the finish out of the two younger

:05:54. > :05:59.men? Down this steep section, is Haile looking for a bit of room.

:06:00. > :06:05.This is where it hurts. Mo Farah checking back. I hate downhill

:06:05. > :06:09.running myself. It is tough. He is trying to take my advice. I said,

:06:10. > :06:16.the one thing you don't want to do is hammer down this hill. It is a

:06:16. > :06:19.Streep drop. The temptation is to get a gap, but that makes it

:06:19. > :06:24.difficult to pick up in this section here. But Bekele has used that

:06:24. > :06:28.downhill. Haile is putting his arms to his side and letting his body

:06:29. > :06:32.almost float down, the right way to do it, but Bekele has managed to get

:06:32. > :06:36.a gap. Haile crossing to the other side of the road. I don't know

:06:36. > :06:40.whether that's to gain more shelter or to make sure that Bekele looks

:06:40. > :06:44.over his shoulders and doesn't always see him straight away. I

:06:44. > :06:49.asked whether there would be a big push. This is the first big attempt

:06:49. > :06:55.to win this race. Kenenisa Bekele used that downhill section and the

:06:55. > :06:59.corner. Mo lost 10-15 metresness and now the pressure that was on Mo

:06:59. > :07:03.Farah is being applied to a much greater extent. That effort he's

:07:03. > :07:07.having to put in just to get back to Bekele will take away a bit of his

:07:07. > :07:14.sting, if there is to be a sprint finish. Is he even making up some

:07:14. > :07:19.ground on Bekele? That gap is getting bigger. The greatest

:07:19. > :07:23.cross-country runner is using the technique, the up and down. He ran

:07:23. > :07:29.down that hill magnificently. He accelerated down the hill. Mo held

:07:29. > :07:35.back a little but he stole a bit now. Mo Farah is working hard, the

:07:35. > :07:38.only thing we knew about the finishing run was that Haile

:07:38. > :07:44.Gebrselassie would come under pressure. I did say that Kenenisa

:07:44. > :07:49.Bekele said don't worry, I'm fit, I'm ready. Everyone was doubting his

:07:49. > :07:52.ability. But here comes Mo Farah. He is digging the deep. The one thing

:07:52. > :07:59.about Mo Farah that you know is that he will always give 100%. Is is, in

:07:59. > :08:04.his own terms the, a graft ter, but he's running against a began that's

:08:04. > :08:08.back on form. We've seen him be disappointing for a while and come

:08:08. > :08:14.back to form. In the middle of this race you wouldn't have given

:08:14. > :08:17.tuppence for his chance, but here is Kenenisa Bekele testing our great Mo

:08:17. > :08:22.Farah. Every time he looks behind, Mo Farah seems to fight again. Mo is

:08:22. > :08:27.fighting really, really hard. I thought Mo was working hard a couple

:08:27. > :08:32.of miles back. You can tell by his facial expression. He is under

:08:32. > :08:37.pressure, having to grit his teeth, having to find something. Kenenisa

:08:37. > :08:41.Bekele is not giving up. The gap is 5 seconds at the moment. Bekele

:08:41. > :08:45.looks strong, confident, quick as well. Policy in Mo can turn around

:08:45. > :08:50.the momentum here, which is all going towards Bekele, he's going to

:08:50. > :08:55.run out of time, run out of space and out of speed. The greatest

:08:55. > :09:00.cross-country runner of all tile, the great track man of many years

:09:00. > :09:04.ago, the world record holeder of 5-10,000 metres, he is telling

:09:04. > :09:08.everybody, I'm going to be as good on the roads as I was on the track.

:09:08. > :09:14.He wants to be, he is so determined to be, he has built his own running

:09:14. > :09:19.track so he can get his training done. Mo Farah is on his way. Mo

:09:19. > :09:24.Farah will be getting support down this closing straight. He needs to

:09:24. > :09:30.remain focused on Kenenisa Bekele. He has given the odd glance over his

:09:30. > :09:36.shoulder. I don't know if that is a weakness. I don't think that gap is

:09:36. > :09:41.closing any. All of a sudden a different cadence from Mo Farah. Mo

:09:41. > :09:44.Farah changing gear. This over? Is this finished? Kenenisa Bekele

:09:44. > :09:48.doesn't have the pace he used to have any more, but is there enough

:09:48. > :09:53.room? Is there enough distance for Farrah to close this gap? A last

:09:53. > :09:56.effort by Mo Farah. Can he run on the roads like he's run on the

:09:56. > :10:02.track? And is Kenenisa Bekele going to show him today, don't write me

:10:02. > :10:06.off, don't forget me. 400 metres together. Kenenisa Bekele leads but

:10:06. > :10:10.here comes Mo Farah. He is running like we've seen him run all season.

:10:10. > :10:15.He is heading for Kenenisa Bekele and Bekele knows he is coming. Has

:10:15. > :10:19.he left it too late? 300 metres to go. Bekele looks behind but Mo Farah

:10:19. > :10:24.is coming. He's made a huge effort to try to get back to the Ethiopian.

:10:24. > :10:27.And the crowd know it. CHEERING

:10:27. > :10:32.They've seen him do it on the track. Is he going to do it on the roads

:10:32. > :10:37.here? 200 metres to go. Bekele leads it! Farrah on the charge. The great

:10:37. > :10:41.do you Dell between two great champions. Bekele gritting his

:10:41. > :10:43.teeth, but Farrah is coming. It is relentless from Mo Farah. He wants

:10:43. > :10:48.teeth, but Farrah is coming. It is to win this. He's digging deep.

:10:48. > :10:53.Bekele goes again, but Mo Farah fighting hard. The two of them now

:10:53. > :10:55.almost side by side. He's got to make one more effort to try and get

:10:55. > :11:00.there, but Bekele is make one more effort to try and get

:11:00. > :11:04.him off. A Kenenisa Bekele, a great race and a great win for the

:11:04. > :11:08.champion. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE The Great

:11:08. > :11:13.North Run run goes to Bekele. Mo Farah has to settle for second place

:11:13. > :11:18.in one of the greatest finishes we've seen in this race. Just for a

:11:18. > :11:23.moment it looked as though he might do it. Just for a little while it

:11:23. > :11:30.looked as though his track speed might pay off. And the two younger

:11:30. > :11:35.men pulled away in the latter stages from the greatest of all time, Haile

:11:35. > :11:43.Gebrselassie. He might not know who won this. But now he does. Just as a

:11:44. > :11:50.consolation Mark Butler tells me that is a world record for over

:11:50. > :11:57.40-year-olds in a half marathon. Well, Mo might might wonder whether

:11:57. > :12:00.or not he let him get away. You can't do much when somebody makes

:12:00. > :12:05.that big effort. That clever move down the hill and around the corner

:12:05. > :12:11.with a mile and a corner to go. Set him on his way. Mo tried to Chang on

:12:11. > :12:17.to him. The gap reached 5-6 seconds and Mo gave it his best. These three

:12:17. > :12:25.great athletes gave us a fantastic race. Kenenisa Bekele perhaps the

:12:25. > :12:32.underdog coming into this race in his first ever half marathon was the

:12:32. > :12:37.one who came out on top. CHEERING

:12:37. > :12:43.In fourth place Arata Fujiwara from Japan. His first half marathon of

:12:43. > :12:49.the year. Ran 61. 5 last year. That's a good performance for him.

:12:49. > :13:00.He came in fourth. His colleague, Birmingham, faded, and so did much

:13:00. > :13:02.He came in fourth. His colleague, That's a good performance for him.

:13:02. > :13:05.He came in fourth. His colleague, Birmingham, faded, and so did much

:13:05. > :13:11.much much -- and so did Meucci as well. Although Mo didn't come out on

:13:11. > :13:17.top today. It was harder. You can see Mo was working hard two or three

:13:17. > :13:22.miles out. Not a superfast time. Mo's had a long and hard year. It

:13:22. > :13:26.was great he was here today and he put up a really good show. It might

:13:26. > :13:31.make him think how hard he is going to have to work for the longer

:13:31. > :13:35.distances next year. I think it is going to give him fire as he heads

:13:35. > :13:42.into his winter training. He doesn't like to be beaten the. You can see

:13:42. > :13:46.that in how much he threw into it. You need to study the course before

:13:46. > :13:51.hand. I don't think he realised how narrow the straight was here.

:13:51. > :13:56.Kenenisa was conserving and blocking him as well. He didn't have the

:13:56. > :14:01.margin to move wide and come around on the outside of Bekele. He needs

:14:01. > :14:06.to learn how to relax and run downhill as well. I think that race

:14:06. > :14:13.was run on that downhill section. Kenenisa was able to let his body

:14:13. > :14:21.flow and used the momentum to get a gap coming into the seafront. We've

:14:21. > :14:29.seen Watanabe going through before. Another one of the east openians is

:14:29. > :14:37.going to be kicked. Keneally coming through as well. Further back behind

:14:37. > :14:44.these three Collis Birmingham looking tired. Four Japanese

:14:44. > :14:49.athletes in a row. Keneally doing his best to try and outkick at the

:14:50. > :14:58.end. It is amazing what position you are in, trying to fight, and he

:14:58. > :15:01.mansion try and outkick at the end. It is amazing what position you are

:15:01. > :15:17.in, trying to fight, and he mansions -- he manages to do so.

:15:17. > :15:23.What an exciting end to a much-anticipated race, which really

:15:23. > :15:30.delivered. It was a great duel in much-anticipated race, which really

:15:30. > :15:32.the rain and the wind on Tyneside. Kenenisa Bekele, maybe only he

:15:32. > :15:36.the rain and the wind on Tyneside. coming into this would have the

:15:36. > :15:41.confidence to think he could win wit. I think it was the six-mile

:15:41. > :15:46.point where he was a good 5-6 seconds adrift. The two quick miles

:15:46. > :16:10.that Haile Gebrselassie put in. Maybe if the pressure had -- 65

:16:10. > :16:12.minutes is pretty good in these conditions conditions. It is amazing

:16:12. > :16:17.in these races how much just those conditions conditions. It is amazing

:16:17. > :16:23.little patches you go through. If you go through them you can come out

:16:24. > :16:26.the other end in the way that Kenenisa Bekele did. That's very

:16:26. > :16:32.much the mental side that Mo will have to look at. It is accepting

:16:32. > :16:36.that you are going to go through the bad patches. Every one of those

:16:36. > :16:41.runners is going to go through at least one rough patch today. It is

:16:41. > :16:45.keeping your focus through that and having the confidence, the training

:16:45. > :16:50.that you've done and the preparation that will gets you through that and

:16:50. > :16:55.you will come back into feeling good before you hit the next bad patch.

:16:55. > :17:00.The other thing about the top athletes. We know how fast they've

:17:01. > :17:03.been, the times they've run. Sometimes you forget how competitive

:17:03. > :17:08.they are. That was Kenenisa Bekele today. In the middle of the race we

:17:08. > :17:14.thought he was out the back door. We thought he had been disappointing,

:17:14. > :17:18.but suddenly he exploded. I've seen him do that before in the middle of

:17:18. > :17:23.the race. Steve in commentary said he looks more relaxed, more

:17:23. > :17:29.comfortable and composed. But then the cross-country runner, nipped

:17:29. > :17:34.down that hill, turned sharp left and said, right, you are going to

:17:34. > :17:39.chase me, and by God did Mo chase him. What a great race. If the great

:17:39. > :17:45.Haile Gebrselassie had pass and that pace, it might have been a different

:17:45. > :17:57.result. That's why we come here and find out. Daniele Meucci having a

:17:57. > :18:01.tough day at the office. A good crowd on a day when it is not easy

:18:01. > :18:10.to speck at a time here at the finish line. Quite a few have been

:18:10. > :18:17.watching the coverage on TV. Hopefully they'll have been absorbed

:18:17. > :18:21.with the superfast women's race, Priscah Jeptoo with one of the

:18:21. > :18:27.quickest half marathons the world has ever seen. Meucci looking rather

:18:27. > :18:34.tired. As the elite men start to come across the line, at 20th

:18:34. > :18:39.position at the moment, we can go back down the course and see how

:18:40. > :18:44.everyone is progressing. Some people are still to cross the Tyne Bridge.

:18:44. > :18:49.It is a record turnout. Given that the conditions are so difficult

:18:49. > :18:53.today, the last we heard, over 41,000 had crossed the start line.

:18:53. > :19:02.That will be a record, a fantastic testament to the draw of this event.

:19:02. > :19:10.Going back through this area of South Shields, what we all refer to

:19:10. > :19:16.as the Nook. That's through the 10-11 mile mark. Not too many

:19:16. > :19:20.athletes there yet. Not too many of the massed ranks have reached this

:19:20. > :19:25.part of the course. This is where they'll be looking for plenty of

:19:25. > :19:37.help and support and massage and getting them through those last,

:19:37. > :19:42.tough two or three miles. So many go causes receiving so many millions of

:19:42. > :19:46.pounds. I'm going to start mentioning one or two. One of the

:19:46. > :19:54.great charities up here in the North East, the Bobby Robson Cancer

:19:54. > :20:04.Foundation. Bobby Robson held in such great esteem. One of the other

:20:04. > :20:10.great national charities, Help for Heroes, Giles Evans and Tim and

:20:10. > :20:15.Peter have cycled until three stages from London to Newcastle over the

:20:15. > :20:19.last couple of days, and finished by running the Great North Run today,

:20:19. > :20:24.as if the cycling wasn't hard enough! This is a part of the course

:20:24. > :20:29.you know well, Steve. You spent a lot of your time running here. We

:20:29. > :20:33.are going back through South Shields, along the John Reid Road. I

:20:33. > :20:38.once did the national cross-country Championships on the left, Temple

:20:38. > :20:46.Park. That's right. That's a road which will be filling up. Wasn't it

:20:46. > :20:52.right about this roundabout in the very first run that I passed you? It

:20:52. > :20:57.was about there that you passed me. It was a few yards later we had this

:20:57. > :21:01.little conversation when I told you to move on, and you did,

:21:01. > :21:08.fortunately, otherwise we wouldn't have been friends. But there we are.

:21:08. > :21:13.We are going back to look at the numbers on a miserable day to say

:21:13. > :21:17.the least. At least the weather's been a little better than it was

:21:17. > :21:25.before. If they are inspired, they can go to the BBC website to find

:21:25. > :21:34.oirpd sports to take part in. Water sports today might be of interest or

:21:34. > :21:40.windsurfing. Have a look. There's all sorts for you to mind out about.

:21:40. > :21:46.A events like this have inspired millions over the years. In fact I

:21:46. > :21:52.think next year it will be 1 million. Next year will be the 1

:21:52. > :21:56.millionth finisher crossing the finishing line of the Great North

:21:56. > :22:01.Run. And Steve will help us with the geography here now, because he's a

:22:01. > :22:09.weather forecaster, a geographer, a race reader. That's the crew to get

:22:09. > :22:14.across the Tyne Tunnel. The cars on the Lindisfarne roundabout. This is

:22:14. > :22:18.about seven miles. There's the Robin Hood Pub on the right. Lots of

:22:18. > :22:24.people cheering their friends on. That's where you get a free pint for

:22:24. > :22:32.giving them a mention? I do, yes, and a pie if I'm lucky. On the

:22:32. > :22:41.left-hand side is Jarrow. My old running club is there. York Avenue,

:22:41. > :22:51.a place where... That's where I bought my first car, Steve. Was

:22:51. > :22:57.there a garage there in 1948?! And up towards an area where on the

:22:57. > :23:04.right-hand side in the old days we would have seen the old Monckton

:23:05. > :23:09.Coke Works. A much cleaner and greener part of the course than it

:23:09. > :23:16.might have been. Thousands of athletes. Here they've passed 10 K,

:23:16. > :23:24.that's the Mill Lane roundabout. 10 kilometres is just about halfway.

:23:24. > :23:28.Amongst them my daughter cavrt rin is out there, having discarded by

:23:28. > :23:33.old running kit on the side of the road. She is running with her friend

:23:33. > :23:41.Lucy, to see how well they can do. My niece is out there too on her

:23:41. > :23:48.birthday, Rosy Foster. The White Mare Pool, where they turn left and

:23:48. > :23:52.they are still streaming here. This is about seven miles left isn't it

:23:52. > :23:57.Steve, or more? They've got a long way to go here. You can see the vast

:23:57. > :24:01.numbers. But even on a day like today, you can see a crowd around

:24:01. > :24:05.one of the water stations. Only right that people keep on taking

:24:05. > :24:07.water, because they are going to be out there for a long time. Even

:24:08. > :24:10.though there's a lot of water out there for a long time. Even

:24:10. > :24:16.air, it is not easy to run mouth open and catch any of it, so

:24:16. > :24:21.those water stations are very important. Lots of people

:24:21. > :24:40.who ran last year. The two of them have e today. He's going to take on

:24:40. > :24:43.his older sister, who ran last year. The two of them have been grown-up -

:24:43. > :24:44.it is great that so many kids in the North East do grow up having watched

:24:45. > :24:50.this I will do it one day. Many of them

:24:50. > :24:55.are in running clubs but the vast majority aren't. It is something you

:24:55. > :25:02.have to do. This mass now stretches over ten miles. We are approaching

:25:02. > :25:07.Gateshead stadium. From there it is ten miles to the finish. They are on

:25:07. > :25:11.both sides of the road. If you are travelling on a day like today in

:25:11. > :25:18.the North East, be careful not to try to go from north to south,

:25:18. > :25:22.because the roads are closed. Gateshead Stadium, a

:25:23. > :25:32.in the gloom today weather-wise. But a great atmosphere on the roads.

:25:32. > :25:38.Starting to spread out more now. 41,000 starters this year. They are

:25:38. > :25:43.only a couple of miles into bit, some of them. They'll be out there

:25:43. > :25:46.from a few hours yet. One or two others to mention. Lana Webster from

:25:46. > :25:50.from a few hours yet. One or two Inverness and her partner Mark,

:25:50. > :25:55.running the Great North Run for the first time for unique chromosome

:25:55. > :26:00.disorder. For some of the first time terse, it might be a tough day nique

:26:00. > :26:02.chromosome disorder. For some of the terse, it might be a tough day nique

:26:02. > :26:05.first time terse, it might be a tough day out there -- first timers,

:26:05. > :26:08.it might be a tough day out there. The Tyne Bridge is clear, but it

:26:08. > :26:11.looked fantastic with the signature there on the first time. A great

:26:11. > :26:15.addition. That's been up there for a there on the first time. A great

:26:15. > :26:23.wee weeks there. Everybody in Tyneside's been able to look forward

:26:23. > :26:28.to this wonderful event. That's quite a sight isn't it? 55,000

:26:28. > :26:35.runners along this course from Newcastle to South Shields. If you

:26:35. > :26:43.are just joining us, this is David Weir in the wheelchair event.

:26:43. > :26:48.Event. Certainly the two al s rivals were

:26:48. > :26:52.David Weir and Josh Cassidy. Josh Cassidy the Canadian, lying in

:26:52. > :26:56.second place as they cross the Tyne Bridge. Must have had a few

:26:56. > :27:02.technical problems, because after three miles he began to fall behind.

:27:02. > :27:08.David Weir pushed on in the men's race. Shelly Woods the principal in

:27:08. > :27:15.the women's race. It was all about David Weir. David Weir winning by

:27:15. > :27:20.over two minutes in the end, well below the course record but the win

:27:20. > :27:27.was important for the four-times London Paralympic champion. Josh

:27:27. > :27:33.Cassidy, after a poor start for him, came through strongly in the end.

:27:33. > :27:35.And Shelly Woods it was who won the women's race convincingly. Followed

:27:35. > :27:39.by her young fellow British women's race convincingly. Followed

:27:39. > :28:13.competitor, Jade Jones. David, just past the finish line. We

:28:13. > :28:18.know the conditions were tough. Was it as easy as it looked for you

:28:18. > :28:22.today? Not really. Are it was a good test to see where I'm at at the

:28:22. > :28:29.moment. Had I surprised myself. I've only been pushing for a couple of

:28:29. > :28:31.weeks, so I'm happy with that d myself. I've only been pushing for a

:28:31. > :28:33.weeks, so I'm happy with that d couple of weeks, so I'm happy with

:28:33. > :28:35.that time. Especially - some parts were tough because of the wind. A

:28:35. > :28:38.lot of bits helped you a lot. I was were tough because of the wind. A

:28:38. > :28:41.thankful that the rain held off. The roads were quite greasy. We had to

:28:41. > :28:44.take it careful on the first downhill and make sure the tyres

:28:44. > :28:49.were ready for the greasy roads. You took it out early and dominated and

:28:49. > :28:53.got another Great North Run win. Was that always the plan? You said you

:28:53. > :29:01.are testing the shape you are in, so was it a case of going from the gun?

:29:01. > :29:07.Not really. I had to test to see who was climbing well. We raced in the

:29:07. > :29:12.Tyne Tunnel on Friday and I carded pretty well now. In training I've

:29:12. > :29:17.been climbing well. I done a few tests the spurts on the few hills. I

:29:17. > :29:23.made a gap on them, so I done it for a little bit longer and the gap got

:29:23. > :29:27.bigger. So I thought I would do it from here. What have you got out of

:29:27. > :29:32.the race? Just shows you that I'm still pretty fit for the amount of

:29:32. > :29:36.training that I've done. But it is Jack Straw for the winter. I'm mount

:29:36. > :29:39.of training that I've done. But it is Jack Straw for the winter. I'm

:29:39. > :29:40.going -- but it is just for the winter. I'm going to do the full

:29:40. > :29:43.winter's training and get ready for winter. I'm going to do the full

:29:43. > :29:49.next year, the big challenge for me. To do London and Boston. I've never

:29:49. > :29:57.done two marathon in this a week. Is that it for 2013. If so, can you sum

:29:57. > :30:03.up your year? I'm racing the Bupa Birmingham Run in October. I've

:30:03. > :30:07.decide not to do New York. I need to concentrate on next year. Year's

:30:07. > :30:12.been OK. I knew it was a bit-part year, because I had trained and

:30:12. > :30:20.rested and I wanted to spend time with the family fat. I didn't want

:30:20. > :30:25.to take anything too seriously will. 2012 was a tough year for me

:30:25. > :30:29.mentally. I needed a break from being in high-pressured

:30:29. > :30:34.environments. You took a phone call as you crossed the finishing line.

:30:34. > :30:39.Was that coach or family? Coach, and she is on a coaching course. She

:30:39. > :30:44.rung me and was very pleased with that. Well done today, another win.

:30:44. > :30:46.Cheers, thank you. Shelly Woods, victory number fiver in the North

:30:46. > :30:50.Cheers, thank you. Shelly Woods, East. Compare it to the previous

:30:50. > :30:57.four victories you've had here? It is very cool. Very happy. It was a

:30:57. > :31:04.tough day. The wind was quite swirly and I found it difficult out there.

:31:04. > :31:07.I just kept chasing the guys. There wasn't much international

:31:07. > :31:14.competition here this weekend, but the guys gave me enough competition

:31:14. > :31:17.to fry and chase them and go for a good time. Ion here this weekend,

:31:18. > :31:19.but the guys gave me enough competition to fry and chase them

:31:19. > :31:22.but the guys gave me enough and go for a good time. -- to try

:31:22. > :31:23.and chase them and go for a good time. The course record was taken

:31:23. > :31:26.and chase them and go for a good off you and you really want it back,

:31:26. > :31:31.so I guess we'll see you a couple more times here? Most definitely. I

:31:31. > :31:37.would love to go under 50 minutes on this course. My best is 50 and 7

:31:37. > :31:42.seconds. The one year I took a break from this race the American girl

:31:42. > :31:46.came over and smashed it. One year I will come back. I really want a good

:31:46. > :31:51.day with good conditions can and that would be within my reach. Where

:31:51. > :31:55.do you go in terms of the 2013 season and of course the big year

:31:55. > :32:00.next year? It's been a bit of a weird year. After the Paralympics,

:32:00. > :32:06.such a high year last year. It was incredible. And then after that, you

:32:06. > :32:10.are reassessing what you want to do. I really want to make the

:32:10. > :32:16.Commonwealth next year. And race for England. We have a 1,500 metres. I

:32:16. > :32:21.think it will be another home Games. Really looking forward to that. So

:32:21. > :32:25.my winter will be gathered up for that and I'm doing the New York

:32:26. > :32:28.marathon in nov. This ll be gathered up for that and I'm doing the New

:32:28. > :32:31.York marathon in nov. This is great -- in November. This is great

:32:31. > :32:32.preparation because of the hills had. Them bridges in New York

:32:32. > :32:35.preparation because of the hills massive. I will be getting back on

:32:35. > :32:42.the hills and getting some miles under my belt. Good luck with that

:32:42. > :32:49.and well done today. Thank you. The women's elite race set off with

:32:49. > :32:54.all eyes really on the two Ethiopian stars, Tirunesh Dibaba and Meseret

:32:54. > :32:57.Defar. But it was always about three, because Priscah Jeptoo, the

:32:57. > :33:01.winner of the London Marathon this year and the Olympic silver

:33:01. > :33:09.medallist in the marathon had such good pedigree on the roads that when

:33:09. > :33:16.she put her put down, Tirunesh Dibaba had no answer. A Defar

:33:16. > :33:21.attempted to stay with the Kennian. But Jeptoo got quicker and quicker

:33:21. > :33:25.can. After a fairly steady first 10 kilometres from the three of them,

:33:25. > :33:30.the Kenyan, with 200 metres to go, even had sights on the world's best.

:33:30. > :33:34.The fastest time ever nor a half marathon held by Paula Radcliffe on

:33:34. > :33:37.this very course. In tend it ended up as d's best. The fastest time

:33:37. > :33:38.ever nor a half marathon held by Paula Radcliffe on this very course.

:33:39. > :33:42.In tend it ended up as the -- in the Paula Radcliffe on this very course.

:33:42. > :33:44.end it ended up as the third best ever. The first woman since Paula to

:33:44. > :33:46.win the London Marathon and the ever. The first woman since Paula to

:33:46. > :33:51.Great North Run, the first woman to do that, excuse me.

:33:51. > :33:57.A new Ethiopian best for Meseret Defar in second place. Getting brag

:33:57. > :34:03.rights over her team-mate Tirunesh Dibaba. Christelle Daunay was

:34:03. > :34:07.fourth. The first British athlete to finish

:34:07. > :34:33.was Jilly Wood Thorpe. Jeptoo of Kenya, many

:34:33. > :34:39.congratulations. Your first time doing the Great North Run, and a

:34:39. > :34:44.very strong fast victory. Today I'm very happy, because it is a massive

:34:44. > :34:49.day for me, because I didn't know I would run in such an amazing time

:34:50. > :34:57.today. It was my first time to run here in the Great North Run. Because

:34:57. > :35:02.you've run just outside 66 minutes before for one of the fastest times

:35:02. > :35:05.the ever, but now you've gone even quicker and nearly took Paula

:35:05. > :35:14.Radcliffe's world best time. Very good running. OK. Thank you for

:35:14. > :35:18.that. I know that I trained well. I was (Inaudible) and I thank God

:35:18. > :35:25.because I managed to run the time that I was preparing to run. And a

:35:25. > :35:31.victory for Kenya over the two big names from Ethiopia. That's made you

:35:31. > :35:42.smile. Yes, this also two victories for Kenya, because I matched a

:35:42. > :35:45.winner and they are very strong, Dibaba and Defar. Itch know we

:35:46. > :35:56.should run a good time here. Very well done today. OK, thank you.

:35:56. > :36:02.As in the women's, the men had three starts for us to look out for. Haile

:36:02. > :36:05.Gebrselassie, Kenenisa Bekele and Mo Farah. We were hoping for a great

:36:05. > :36:10.race and we are weren't disappointed. Particularly by the

:36:10. > :36:14.fact we thought that Bekele at one point was struggling. He got back

:36:14. > :36:28.involved. Haile was looking to push the pace on, but on the steep

:36:28. > :36:33.downhill part of the road, Kenenisa Bekele excelled is is. Mo Farah

:36:33. > :36:38.managed to find something a little bit extra, but it wasn't enough.

:36:38. > :36:43.Just left it too late and Bekele had enough to take a victory. His first

:36:43. > :36:48.ever half marathon, winning the Great North Run in fine style. A

:36:48. > :36:54.great race between the two of them. And that is a duel which may be

:36:54. > :36:56.continued in road races to come. I'm sure we can look forward to that in

:36:56. > :36:59.continued in road races to come. I'm the coming years, perhaps in the

:36:59. > :37:04.half marathon and the marathon distance. Just outside 60 minutes

:37:04. > :37:20.for Bekele. That will stand as his personal best.

:37:20. > :37:24.Collis Birmingham, a busy weekend for him. Ran the elite mile

:37:24. > :37:53.yesterday. A great run but in a great spirit.

:37:53. > :37:58.Kenenisa, many congratulations on a great win. You must be very pleased.

:37:58. > :38:03.Thank you, thank you very much. It is amazing. Coming into this race

:38:03. > :38:08.race you hadn't maybe had the best form. How confident were you that

:38:08. > :38:17.you could run like this? Since before the World Championship I was

:38:17. > :38:25.concentrating to train hard and I'm feeling confident. Confident. My

:38:25. > :38:29.injury was, it is better and better. I trained well and in the end I did

:38:29. > :38:39.it. You certainly did. At one point, these two dropped you. You were back

:38:39. > :38:44.20 metres, what was going on then? I didn't tire in that time. I wanted

:38:44. > :38:49.to pace a little bit increased. If we are sticking together, maybe the

:38:49. > :38:55.pace is slow, because we are waiting for each other. I want to pace a

:38:55. > :39:00.little bit, so that's why... You know. Playing games with you two I

:39:00. > :39:06.think. Mo, just talk about that finish. You obviously lost a bit of

:39:06. > :39:09.distance down the hill and then turn gathering fast at the end but didn't

:39:09. > :39:12.quite f distance down the hill and then turn gathering fast at the end

:39:12. > :39:14.but didn't quite make it. # It was a great race. A great

:39:14. > :39:16.but didn't quite make it. finish. When Kenenisa went with a

:39:16. > :39:20.mile to go, I thought the pace was ridiculous. I thought I would come

:39:20. > :39:25.back and close the gap slowly. I managed to close a bit of it a, but

:39:25. > :39:30.you can't take away what he has. He has great speed. It came down to the

:39:30. > :39:35.last few metres, right to the line loop. It it was a great race. Haile

:39:36. > :39:39.did most of the work. You young boys, the 40-year-old in the middle,

:39:39. > :39:44.sitting on his should serious doing all the work and then you kick away

:39:44. > :39:50.from him. Sorry Haile. It is the only chance I have to push from the

:39:50. > :39:56.beginning. It was wonderful. It is a nice draw and I'm so thank you to

:39:56. > :40:03.the organisers of the Bupa Great North Run for organising such a big

:40:03. > :40:05.anotheretic year. It is important to -- it's the impossible to organise a

:40:05. > :40:10.race like today, to bring the best -- it's the impossible to organise a

:40:10. > :40:17.in the world. Fantastic. A nice crowd. Look at how many people are

:40:17. > :40:21.here! 56,000. It is amazing. What you've got which neither of these

:40:21. > :40:25.two have got is a world record. At least I finished with something, and

:40:25. > :40:31.the world record over 40. What I want to know, will you, Mo, and

:40:31. > :40:35.Kenenisa, still be running at 40 years old? Yes, maybe. Definitely

:40:35. > :40:39.not. I would rather be playing football at that age. Mo, we know

:40:39. > :40:45.you are doing the London Marathon. Kenenisa, what's your focus now, is

:40:45. > :40:51.it now the road? Yes. Maybe I want to run a more than. If I go to a

:40:51. > :40:56.race, I want to try. We mope to see you run the marathon for sure. Mo,

:40:56. > :41:01.in terms of your preparations for London, how much did this teach you

:41:01. > :41:05.today? It has taught me a lot, because my main preparation was the

:41:05. > :41:09.World Championship and that was my main focus. I had two to three weeks

:41:09. > :41:14.to prepare for this race. At the same time I am disappointed to

:41:14. > :41:15.finish second, but pi didn't just finish second. It finished seconded

:41:16. > :41:20.to a great athlete. Now I will take finish second. It finished seconded

:41:20. > :41:26.my break, go on holiday and get ready for the London Marathon.

:41:26. > :41:35.Haile, what's next for you? Nominate a more than!

:41:35. > :41:40.Not a marathon! LAUGHTER Let me run a shorter

:41:40. > :41:48.distance. A I have four miles in Holland and later on the half

:41:48. > :41:54.marathon in Portsmouth, what do they call it? And will we see you back

:41:54. > :42:00.here in the Great North Run? I hope so. If it is going to be just the

:42:00. > :42:04.one here today, but today except the weather, the race was fantastic.

:42:04. > :42:09.Lovely. Let me thank all three of you for everybody at home. We loved

:42:09. > :42:12.watching you race and have three generations of distance greats head

:42:12. > :42:22.to head. It has been magnificent. Thank you. In terms of the Mo Farah

:42:22. > :42:28.found foundation we've started the Mo Farah Academy. It sponsors young

:42:28. > :42:33.athletes. Are you saying sponsor me? Have you got the talent? I will

:42:33. > :42:38.leave you three to sort out the sponsorship. That wraps up the elite

:42:38. > :42:42.races. 55,000 people back through the dours. P. That wraps up the

:42:42. > :42:44.elite races. 55,000 people back through the dours. -- back through

:42:44. > :42:49.the course cosmt I spoke to Robbie savage. He has got to har way with

:42:49. > :42:54.Tina. You are at the halfway stage. How are you feeling? I'm alright. My

:42:54. > :42:59.legs feel a bit heavy but my heart and lungs are alright. How's your

:42:59. > :43:03.hair? It is a terrible mess. I can't believe people are seeing me like

:43:03. > :43:07.this. What's the atmosphere like? Amazing. All the support from

:43:07. > :43:14.runners going past me, stand crowd, they keep you going. Good luck for

:43:14. > :43:16.the rest of it. Thank you.Robbie got a Real Story to tell. He is

:43:16. > :43:19.running for his dad and the got a Real Story to tell. He is

:43:19. > :43:23.Alzheimer's Society. So many people running for charities close to their

:43:23. > :43:28.heart. Denise Lewis is in the charity village.

:43:28. > :43:31.This is the calm before the storm St Literally it could rain at any

:43:31. > :43:34.This is the calm before the storm St moment here at the charity village.

:43:34. > :43:37.We are poised waiting for the runners to arrive and meet up with

:43:37. > :43:42.their nominated charities. There are 99 of them housed here, with teas,

:43:42. > :43:47.coffees and biscuits. But more importantly a pat on the back for

:43:47. > :43:56.their runners. Whilst we wait I've had a chance to look around and meet

:43:56. > :44:03.some of the organisations here. We are Barnardo's. We have 80 runners

:44:03. > :44:08.here today and we are going to raise £30,000. Brother and sister

:44:09. > :44:12.combinations. People running in fancy dress costumes. Neon face

:44:12. > :44:16.paint. I hope that survive in this the rain. And lots of people running

:44:16. > :44:21.in memory of somebody as well, so a lot of emotion. I'm Becky Nelson and

:44:21. > :44:27.I work for the national lifeboat institution. We've got 250 runners

:44:27. > :44:29.today and we hope to race £85,000 for the charity that saves lives at

:44:29. > :44:34.today and we hope to race £85,000 sea. Good luck everybody. I'm

:44:34. > :44:38.Douglas Graham from the motor neurodisease association. It is

:44:38. > :44:42.probably one of the most colourful marquees I've been to. This is all

:44:42. > :44:46.the food and the snacks for our runners are. We'll have a tea table

:44:46. > :44:52.set up so that when they come along and their friends and family come

:44:53. > :44:55.along they'll be assure.ed tea table set up so that when they come along

:44:55. > :44:57.and their friends and family come along they'll be assure.ed of a --

:44:57. > :45:02.and their friends and family come assured of a warm welcome. We've got

:45:02. > :45:28.84 runners today and we are hoping to raise £17,000. 1

:45:28. > :45:35.I'm from the RNIB. We have 70 runners today. Four of our runners

:45:35. > :45:41.are blind and will be running with co-runners. We are hoping to raise

:45:41. > :45:49.£25,000. You should be looking out for Paula in her blue orange and

:45:49. > :45:54.blue running gear. We will look out for her. Thank you.I've just popped

:45:54. > :45:58.in to see action for children, who have given me a nice cup of tea.

:45:58. > :46:07.Thank you. You're welcome.Join me later when we get to meet some of

:46:07. > :46:09.the runners. Bye!I'm not in the least bit jealous about Denise Lewis

:46:10. > :46:16.with a cup of tea! The be looking forward to getting to

:46:16. > :46:22.that charity village to get a nice cup of tea, a biscuit perhaps, a

:46:22. > :46:27.nice blanket over their shoulders. It has been a super day. The

:46:27. > :46:29.weather's closing in. Maybe you are sitting at home comfortably on your

:46:29. > :46:33.sofa and you used age as an excuse sitting at home comfortably on your

:46:33. > :46:41.not to run the Great North Run. That excuse is about to go up in a puff

:46:41. > :46:53.of smoke. I'm known as Jarrow Jim and I'm I'm 92. It is not far here

:46:53. > :46:55.from the Great North Run. I ran at Dunkirk in 1940. 1940. Me and my

:46:55. > :47:01.wife, I was so excited, I said, I Dunkirk in 1940. 1940. Me and my

:47:01. > :47:06.will do it next year. She says, right, I will do it too, and she

:47:06. > :47:10.died. She was only 54 at the time. That shook me so much that I didn't

:47:10. > :47:16.know what to do with myself. Little Betty, they called her. After, that

:47:16. > :47:21.I started to run. Are I got into the Great North Run eventually and I've

:47:22. > :47:26.done it ever since. This is my 23rd year, in spite of my false knees.

:47:26. > :47:31.This is my brother Noah. He is the youngest one in the Great North Run.

:47:31. > :47:35.Noah is three years old. Noah's been running all his life. He is very

:47:35. > :47:45.serious about running are. And he is a man of few words. And he keeps

:47:45. > :47:54.falling over. Like this. LAUGHTER Noah, why do you always

:47:55. > :48:00.fall This is me finishing if, and a month

:48:00. > :48:05.later I decided to go to Edinburgh. That wasn't enough. I went to

:48:05. > :48:08.Manchester. And I done that one. And there I am there. And this was the

:48:09. > :48:18.Manchester. And I done that one. And Great North Run itself. And then I

:48:18. > :48:24.went off. It was pouring with rain. I think for his age he can

:48:24. > :48:27.definitely keep going. He runs and he runs a bit faster. He slows down

:48:27. > :48:37.and then he much energy. He just seems to enjoy

:48:37. > :48:44.it. That's why e-likes to do it. And he wants to beat his sister. Mo

:48:44. > :48:52.Farah, I've got more hair than him, because he's bald isn't he? When I

:48:52. > :48:57.carried the torch in 2002, I also got the outfit. When I carried the

:48:57. > :49:03.Olympic torch, to I also got the outfit. This was the torch I car

:49:03. > :49:08.rismtd I would love to carry the Glasgow torch because that means I

:49:08. > :49:18.will be the only bloke in Great Britain to carry the three. I'm just

:49:18. > :49:25.old Jim from Jarra. The girls will definitely win. The girls are going

:49:26. > :49:29.to win. Hello Noah, the little boy in the Great North Run for his first

:49:29. > :49:39.time. I want you to enjoy every minute of it. Talk to people, the

:49:39. > :49:43.one thing we must do, keep smiling. I wonder if Haile Gebrselassie will

:49:43. > :49:46.be running when he's 93. Jim and Noah, the oldest and the youngest

:49:46. > :49:48.competitors here at the Great North Run weekend. Jim set off an hour and

:49:48. > :49:53.a half ago. His aim was to finish in Run weekend. Jim set off an hour and

:49:53. > :49:57.three-and-a-half hours. Hopefully we'll catch up with him at the

:49:57. > :50:02.halfway point. Noah was in action yesterday along with the great north

:50:02. > :50:07.City Games there was the great north 5K run. That was started by Mo Farah

:50:07. > :50:11.on the Gateshead quayside. Earlier the whole of the quayside was packed

:50:11. > :50:17.out with children. Some taking part in the 4 K junior run. Some like

:50:17. > :50:21.Noah taking part in the 1. 1. 5K junior run. It was started by CBBC's

:50:21. > :50:34.Mr Maker. I'm so excited to be here at the

:50:34. > :50:38.start of the mini Great North Run, and I've got the honour to represent

:50:38. > :50:43.CBeebies and start the race! I can't wait. All the mini makers, or should

:50:43. > :50:48.I say mini reason runners, are ready. Ready. Have a great time

:50:48. > :50:50.everyone. Are you going to sprint, are you

:50:50. > :51:10.going to go slow or fast? Fast? Hello, my name is Ellie. We believe

:51:10. > :51:15.I'm Esmee. I'm Maggie. Are Mr Maker we would all like to ask you what

:51:15. > :51:24.your real name is? Good question, ladies. My real? It's Mr Maker.

:51:24. > :51:39.First name Mister, second name Maker. I'm name is Harry. Harry. My

:51:39. > :51:44.name is Emma. Ierks I'm Alfie. Mime James's Joshua Nelson. I want to ask

:51:44. > :51:48.Mr Maker if he supports Newcastle. Newcastle. Newcastle. Hello Joshua,

:51:48. > :51:51.yes, I think Newcastle are a fantastic team and I think this year

:51:51. > :52:04.they are going to have a very, very good season. But not as good as

:52:04. > :52:11.Gillingham. Mime name's Matthew. Mr Maker, does

:52:11. > :52:14.he like Batman. Matthew, I do like Batman. Actually out of all the

:52:14. > :52:20.cometic book characters, Batman is probably my favourite, although I

:52:20. > :52:27.don't like bats, because they're a bit spooky!

:52:28. > :52:33.A great day yesterday on the quayside. All of the youngsters

:52:33. > :52:37.taking part. And we had the City Games to follow that. Big crowds

:52:37. > :52:40.supporting the youngsters and the elite athletes. We've had a couple

:52:40. > :52:44.of great race in this the elite races today. But now it is all about

:52:44. > :52:48.the thousands who are out there running for all their various good

:52:48. > :52:53.causes. Don't forget the send your messages in. We'll try and give them

:52:53. > :52:59.a mention or see the edge manies scrolling introduce the bottom of

:52:59. > :53:04.the screen. There are so many great causes. There are plenty of our

:53:04. > :53:10.friend out there, running for charities that we know. Alex and her

:53:10. > :53:13.brother Oliver Gatehouse running to commemorate ten years since their

:53:13. > :53:23.brother Oliver Gatehouse running to father died. They are running for

:53:23. > :53:32.ward 36 for the Infirmary in Newcastle. And running for 36 for

:53:32. > :53:38.the Infirmary in Newcastle. And running for Co-Coe -- cocoa.

:53:38. > :53:42.Louise and Nicola. The chief executive raised over £1,500. That's

:53:42. > :53:46.brilliant. Sally Davidson, who turned 30 yesterday, running for the

:53:46. > :53:51.first time temperature, raising money for the brain tumour charity,

:53:51. > :53:58.in memory of her father, who died. There's Iowan Thomas, who is running

:53:58. > :54:14.for charity. He is running well today. Gemma

:54:14. > :54:22.Mr Maker is running for a good charity, for Echo, a charity which

:54:22. > :54:25.supports children with heart conditions. O, a charity which

:54:25. > :54:32.supports children with heart conditions. Well done - my hero.

:54:32. > :54:38.Brendan will haves Peppa Pig as well. I want to give a mention to

:54:38. > :54:43.the runners for asthma UK. And the disciple serious society. Darren

:54:43. > :55:09.Middleton is running for the British Heart Foundation.

:55:09. > :55:36.The antiques road trip crew are making it through. Jonathan, how are

:55:36. > :55:41.you feeling? I'm exhausted. I'm glad it's raining, so I can cool down a

:55:41. > :55:46.bit. All of these people poor, you want to see who they are running

:55:47. > :55:51.for, but you've got to focus who we are running for. We don't have

:55:51. > :55:56.anyone from Sands today. I looked up and saw five miles, and I thought it

:55:56. > :56:05.was three miles. And now we are six miles. Halfway.I think I had limber

:56:05. > :56:10.up again and start going. Good luck. Thank you. Un Thomas one of the

:56:10. > :56:16.first celebrity finish force. 1.42? I was happy with that, I'm in bad

:56:16. > :56:20.shape this year, but brilliant organisation. The crowd are

:56:20. > :56:26.fantastic. This man here, I've got to thank this man, Lord Smyth.

:56:26. > :56:35.Brendan puts on a pacemaker on me every year and he gets me to the

:56:35. > :56:39.perfect ability. He talks a lot. He doesn't talk as much as me. But he

:56:39. > :56:46.did well. A good runner. Have you ever run with anybody who has got

:56:46. > :56:52.diamante on his name? I'm so jealous. Jonathan, it is all about

:56:52. > :56:56.the bling. You did a double shift, because you were working at the

:56:56. > :57:00.start. I've been working at 6. 30am A fantastic opportunity to introduce

:57:00. > :57:06.the athletes and do some interviews. I thought I wouldn't run fast and

:57:06. > :57:12.I've run three minutes quicker than last than last year. It is raining

:57:12. > :57:19.but I would rather have this than head hot sun, especially being pasty

:57:19. > :57:26.boy. I would take the sun. You are running for someone close to your

:57:26. > :57:30.heart? I lost a friend to cancer. I'm an ambassador for Macmillan.

:57:30. > :57:35.When you are running and it starts to hurt, you remember you are

:57:35. > :57:41.returning for a great charity and it makes you dig deep, to raise

:57:41. > :57:49.awareness. You have a wager on with Mel C? We are doing something with

:57:49. > :57:53.Vodafone just text give dpn. We are seeing who with raise the most for

:57:53. > :57:59.charity. I think she's going to do quite well. She's got some pretty

:57:59. > :58:05.famous rich friends. She is pretty rich her and could dig into her own

:58:05. > :58:08.pocket. It is good to raise awareness for our given charities.

:58:08. > :58:15.She's a great personality and it is great to spend time with you. Thank

:58:15. > :58:19.you. Thank you.Well done to Iwan Thomas and to all our celebrities

:58:19. > :58:25.out there. We've just seen Sophie raw ort cross the line. We'll be

:58:25. > :58:37.talking to her shortly. Mel C is still out there. Iwan was talking

:58:37. > :58:44.about the great organisation of the Great North Run. Congratulatio have

:58:44. > :58:50.got to go to the race director, Nigel Gough, along with Jamie Still

:58:50. > :58:55.on the course, Alex Jackson. Mel C there looking pretty sprightly at

:58:55. > :59:02.the finish. Trying to find out which way she's got to go to the finish.

:59:02. > :59:08.Full of running isn't she? Well done, Mel. I hope you've raised a

:59:08. > :59:13.lot of money for charity. The officials the at the finish, if

:59:13. > :59:18.Charlie, and well done to the organisers. Good luck to Tanya

:59:18. > :59:28.Dickson from Penrith running for the Joe and Maya Fund. And Karl Reid,

:59:28. > :59:33.Reid, and Sue Gregory Phillips, running for Star light which grants

:59:33. > :59:37.once in a lifetime wishes for seriously and terminally ill

:59:37. > :59:45.children, in hospices throughout the UK.

:59:45. > :59:51.Sophie Raworth, a you've been here many times before. Give us a score

:59:51. > :59:57.out of time for the 2013 Great North Run? It was incredibly difficult. It

:59:57. > :00:03.is a bit like childbirth, you forget how hard it is and you sign up again

:00:03. > :00:06.and it is all uphill. I trained in flat London. It was a shock to the

:00:06. > :00:09.system. I wouldn't believe the number of children on the street

:00:10. > :00:19.given the weather. I've beaten my time last year, so it was great. So

:00:19. > :00:26.the hills were an issue? The weather did not bother you. I like running

:00:26. > :00:31.in the rain, you always run in the rain in the marathon. But the hills,

:00:31. > :00:34.you cannot work out what is wrong with your body and you realise you

:00:34. > :00:38.are going uphill and it slows you down. What a wonderful and amazing

:00:38. > :00:43.atmosphere and the people cheer you on and it keeps you going. You are a

:00:43. > :00:48.fitness queen, what is next on the agenda? There is one in a London in

:00:48. > :00:52.one month's time and I have a place in the London Marathon and the

:00:52. > :00:58.Boston Marathon. If I do them both back to back, I have no idea! We

:00:58. > :01:02.will see. Well done today. Thank you very much.

:01:02. > :01:09.The oldest runner has made to the halfway stage. I am on top of the

:01:09. > :01:16.world. I will tell you something. Not only the crowd cheering me, but

:01:16. > :01:25.the other runners. I have got a lovely story. There is a child about

:01:25. > :01:31.two foot high came out and gave me a 20p piece. I gave it back to her and

:01:31. > :01:37.gave her a kiss and cuddle! Can you still make it round and 3.5 hours? I

:01:37. > :01:41.do not, -- I do not know, I do not know the time. Halfway now, an

:01:41. > :01:50.incredible achievement. It is 12:20pm. You sure is to mark I think

:01:50. > :01:56.so. 12:30pm. I said I would be at the bottom of the Tyne Tunnel by one

:01:56. > :02:03.o'clock. I will let you keep going then. Do not stop me, I am enjoying

:02:03. > :02:10.this! What a boy, Jarrow Jim, 90 years

:02:10. > :02:16.old. And alongside me is somebody so excited. Mel C. She wants to do it

:02:16. > :02:23.again! Want to ratio! Let's do it! -- I want to ratio. I did not expect

:02:23. > :02:27.one hour 50 minutes, it is amazing. You trained reasonably hard, but you

:02:27. > :02:32.were not confident at first. I was nervous because I have done so much

:02:32. > :02:34.work that my training has taken a back-seat. But people say it and it

:02:34. > :02:39.work that my training has taken a is true, the crowd pull you through.

:02:39. > :02:44.Please do it, it is brilliant, I am back next year! What do you make of

:02:44. > :02:49.this, it is phenomenal? Incredible. It is not the best day with the

:02:49. > :02:54.weather but a lining streets, they are handing out beer, everything,

:02:54. > :03:03.amazing. You did not beat Iwan Thomas. But he is an Olympic

:03:03. > :03:06.athlete. At he is worried about the -- but he is worried about the

:03:07. > :03:14.fundraising. He did one hour 42 minutes. Have you got the running

:03:14. > :03:19.bug? I think so. I am a triathlon girl, running comes a close second.

:03:19. > :03:25.And you had a couple of minders pacing queue, they did a great job.

:03:25. > :03:30.Amazing. Thank you to my girls, they were brilliant, I had a lovely time

:03:30. > :03:37.and I enjoyed every second. Congratulations, get warm and dry!

:03:37. > :03:42.Back onto the course now. And those are the Penguins, they spoke to

:03:42. > :03:46.Colin Jack -- to Colin Jackson. They cycled from Leeds and they will run

:03:46. > :03:53.as Penguins and cycle back. It does take all sorts! That is what makes

:03:53. > :03:55.it such a magical day. We will look at a few moments to enjoy some of

:03:55. > :03:58.it such a magical day. We will look the moment on this half marathon

:03:58. > :04:57.course and read your messages of support.

:04:57. > :07:55.no more so than breast Cancer care. I am joined by Tom. How is the

:07:55. > :07:58.fundraising going? This year, an incredible team has signed up for

:07:58. > :08:01.the Great North Run, the biggest ever team with 540 runners. It means

:08:01. > :08:06.so much to the charity to have so ever team with 540 runners. It means

:08:06. > :08:12.many people supporting us and raising over £140,000 in one day. A

:08:12. > :08:18.very big day for us. A staggering amount. What type of things will the

:08:18. > :08:23.money raised -- braced be used for? It is for anybody affected by breast

:08:23. > :08:27.cancer, if you are going through a diagnosis of friends and family, to

:08:27. > :08:33.offer support and advice through services like the website, the free

:08:33. > :08:38.helpline. And face-to-face services to meet with professional people or

:08:38. > :08:43.people who have been there before and can give advice as you need it.

:08:43. > :08:46.Wonderful charity and the atmosphere here when you're runners come

:08:46. > :08:52.through but be electric, what will you be doing? -- will be electric.

:08:52. > :08:57.We want them to be appreciated. Rain or shine, we are here and we will be

:08:57. > :09:01.here to make tea and coffee, give them a hug and say thank you in any

:09:01. > :09:08.way we can. A brilliant charity, keep up the good work.

:09:08. > :09:13.I am pleased to report that the weather is improving slightly, very

:09:13. > :09:15.windy but the rain has stopped. The next film is a tribute to the

:09:15. > :09:22.incredible strength of the human spirit, the fact a victory blow is

:09:22. > :09:28.running today is a miracle. -- the fact that David. The fact he is

:09:28. > :09:31.walking is a bigger miracle. When I went into the army,

:09:31. > :09:36.straightaway if you had a sport you were good at, they would encourage

:09:36. > :09:43.you to do so. I decided to try for rugby. Did a lot of training in

:09:43. > :09:50.rugby. Unfortunately, that was the end of my Army career. It was 2008,

:09:50. > :09:58.September in the second half of the match, a Fijian came running at us

:09:58. > :10:03.too fast. I decided to go towards him and put him into touch but that

:10:03. > :10:09.was the last I know of. I was knocked out for about seven minutes.

:10:09. > :10:13.The ambulance took me away to the hospital and that is when I found

:10:13. > :10:19.out I had broken my neck. Put us back on the ambulance and I was

:10:19. > :10:23.taken into London and woke up in intensive care. When I came to, my

:10:23. > :10:26.parents and wife were there and the doctors came in to talk to was. That

:10:26. > :10:31.parents and wife were there and the is when they said I may never walk

:10:31. > :10:36.again because of the damage to my spinal-cord. That is probably one of

:10:36. > :10:38.the worst things you could hear. Somebody taking the main thing away

:10:38. > :10:44.the worst things you could hear. from you.

:10:44. > :10:52.After seven weeks, I woke up in the morning. When you join and stretch

:10:52. > :10:54.at the same time, I did and my left leg moved and I was like, what is

:10:55. > :11:01.at the same time, I did and my left going on? The nurse came in and I

:11:01. > :11:09.was like, I am moving, I am moving! Only by two inches, but that was a

:11:09. > :11:13.mail for me. A good day. When I got up to Middlesbrough, that is when

:11:13. > :11:21.the physio started to happen. I did a lot of, the hospital, James Cook

:11:21. > :11:25.Hospital. They got me walking. The pain was excruciating in my neck and

:11:25. > :11:31.lower back. As an adult learning to walk, people trained to help you,

:11:31. > :11:38.and being a proud man like myself, it you do not want help -- people

:11:38. > :11:42.trying. You want to do it yourself. You get angry and agitated when

:11:42. > :11:49.nothing is going right. You have more bad days than good.

:11:49. > :12:05.And after that, I started hitting the gymnasium and physio time.

:12:05. > :12:09.Probably one of the best pieces of kit the Armed Forces have got. The

:12:09. > :12:14.nurses are fantastic but the main thing was the lads, the Army lads,

:12:14. > :12:22.the banter, it is fantastic. It takes your mind off the pain you are

:12:23. > :12:28.getting. Once I had finished, I came home for about three months. In that

:12:28. > :12:34.time, I was getting depressed and not doing any physical activity. I

:12:34. > :12:39.ended up putting on 16 stone within a couple of months and the officer

:12:39. > :12:45.came to see me and suggested the recovery centre in Edinburgh. So I

:12:45. > :12:51.went there, a personal recovery centre was a really good place. And

:12:51. > :12:58.they have got a lot more open, thankfully. I would like to give

:12:58. > :13:05.something back and to say thank you for what they did.

:13:05. > :13:10.So many great stories. And I think he is going to be all right, Mark is

:13:10. > :13:12.giving a helping hand to Robbie Savage who is struggling a bit.

:13:12. > :13:18.Robbie is running for a great cause, Savage who is struggling a bit.

:13:18. > :13:27.for Alzheimer's, he lost his father suddenly to outsiders. Michelle

:13:27. > :13:32.Atkins also running for Alzheimer's. A local spin bowler also. Maybe

:13:32. > :13:36.Robbie should give cricket a go! The way he is running at the moment!

:13:36. > :13:48.Well done, that has been a real effort for him. Not far to go. So

:13:48. > :13:56.great, it does not matter who you are. You have worked so hard over

:13:56. > :13:58.that final stage and the finish line never seems to get closer and all of

:13:58. > :14:15.a sudden, there it is! Paul and Tony, Kylie and Bob, the

:14:15. > :14:20.soap opera, king and queen of the Great North Run. How did it go? You

:14:20. > :14:27.said you are happy with your time. Really happy, 1:51, I did not think

:14:27. > :14:31.I would beat my time last year so I am thrilled and the crowd were

:14:31. > :14:36.amazing. I came out in their thousands so really happy with the

:14:36. > :14:40.time. You said it was such a heck tick work schedule at the moment on

:14:40. > :14:46.Coronation Street and you are tired, what made it come out? -- hectic.

:14:46. > :14:50.The pacing helped, but it is the drums and everything, like an army

:14:50. > :14:54.running. If you have not done it, you have to sign up for this run, it

:14:54. > :15:01.is amazing. Tony, Bob, from Emmerdale, you are a favourite, how

:15:01. > :15:05.did it go? I have loved it this year. I have always started at the

:15:05. > :15:09.front and today I have gone way back and started and it took me seven

:15:09. > :15:13.minutes to cross the line. I stopped and chatted to people and it has

:15:14. > :15:18.been a totally different experience. And great money for both

:15:18. > :15:23.the charities you are running for. Always great money, people donate

:15:23. > :15:27.all the time so I am really privileged. And we always know you

:15:27. > :15:33.are in green, bright yellow. And we have done this on, the Great North

:15:33. > :15:37.Run song, download it for free but if you want to give money to

:15:37. > :15:38.leukaemia, that will be brilliant. Paula, you will stick to the acting.

:15:38. > :15:55.Well done! was helping who they are? It is the

:15:55. > :16:01.first time I would say thank you for helping me. He has given me a fair

:16:01. > :16:07.amount of yellow cards. What an achievement. He has been through

:16:07. > :16:12.cancer, what an achievement. You said you have not done much training

:16:12. > :16:25.this year. Yes, I have drunk warm red wine in this last week. -- more

:16:25. > :16:32.red wine. It is a proud moment for me. I have struggled with no saliva

:16:32. > :16:41.through my illness, so that has been uncomfortable. But he helped me

:16:42. > :16:52.across the line. You have only got one shoe on. What happened there? I

:16:52. > :16:59.had the timing tag on. I have to say thank you for David who pulled me

:16:59. > :17:04.round, who ran with me. It was horrendous. There is no rest for the

:17:04. > :17:11.wicked. You are on much of the day to night. Yes. -- much of the day.I

:17:11. > :17:15.wicked. You are on much of the day think we'll beat the living the

:17:15. > :17:25.Great North Run on the programme tonight? Probably.Thank you. I

:17:25. > :17:36.would like to say thank you to David Moyes, and Sir Alex Ferguson and was

:17:36. > :17:46.a Mourinho for sponsoring me and Hope foundation. One of the things

:17:46. > :17:50.about the Great North Run is that it is very familiar. All of the same

:17:50. > :17:54.images year after year. But this year, there is something a little

:17:54. > :18:00.bit different towards the start. It is a new addition to the Tyne

:18:01. > :18:13.Bridge. It took six nights to put up. It measures 41.5 metres by nine

:18:13. > :18:17.metres. It is just one of the many installations that take place every

:18:17. > :18:26.year across the North East. The cultural team commission arced

:18:26. > :18:34.across a range of art forms to celebrate this event. Here is a

:18:34. > :18:40.taste of this year's commissions. Every year, we culture new artwork

:18:40. > :18:49.inspired by the Great North Run. We have worked with some incredible

:18:49. > :19:16.artist, Turner prizewinners, authors, composers. We have got a

:19:16. > :19:24.new film called Tracer, music commissions, and many other pieces.

:19:24. > :19:28.Just knowing that something on the telly was going on down the road,

:19:28. > :19:33.that is something happening in our region. Something really important.

:19:34. > :19:42.To get involved with it is so important. It reflects the state of

:19:43. > :19:49.Mind of the long-distance runner. I have created a piece for six

:19:49. > :19:58.musicians who are vocalists. That is very unusual for me. I have tried to

:19:58. > :20:07.incorporate the rhythm of running into the work.

:20:07. > :20:13.That is something that I like about the piece. It challenges listeners

:20:13. > :20:25.who have come to me through my previous work. They will hear things

:20:25. > :20:33.that they do not usually here. -- hear. The piece I made is called

:20:33. > :20:38.Tracer. It is quite an emotional experience, the Great North Run. To

:20:38. > :20:43.have that many people doing the same thing at a particular point in

:20:43. > :20:48.time. To set off on this long journey individually yet

:20:48. > :20:55.collectively. I am working with a group of ten performance. The piece

:20:55. > :20:58.involves me working with them in creating a new language of

:20:58. > :21:10.imagination around the spaces of the Great North Run, its landscapes and

:21:10. > :21:17.its architecture. It is not just the normal arts audiences, long during

:21:17. > :21:27.the Great North Run. You get people who, long because they are

:21:27. > :21:38.registered in geography, the course of the route, in athletics. --

:21:39. > :21:50.interested. Brendan Foster has joined me know. My daughter has just

:21:50. > :22:01.finished. Two hours ten. Is that good? She will be happy with that.

:22:01. > :22:06.When you started this race in 1980, the cultural side of it must be a

:22:06. > :22:11.revelation? They do read books in this part of the world. But some of

:22:11. > :22:12.this stuff has developed into something more than people running a

:22:12. > :22:20.half marathon. It has become an something more than people running a

:22:20. > :22:30.event in itself. People sometimes say to me you have made a monster

:22:30. > :22:35.here. Well it is a great monster. People's spirit overcomes

:22:35. > :22:41.everything. We saw Robbie Savage limping away, I saw my daughter. It

:22:41. > :22:45.is a great athletic base, this is what it is all about. Melanie C

:22:45. > :23:09.finished and said she wanted to run it again. Sporty Spice!Next year is

:23:10. > :23:13.a milestone. Well, next year, we will have the 1,000,000th runner

:23:13. > :23:18.crossing the finish line. We are very proud of that. When

:23:18. > :23:34.crossing the finish line. We are about the Great North Run, 1 million

:23:34. > :23:39.finishs -- finishers. We started this from nothing, we had no idea it

:23:39. > :23:44.would be anything like this. It is not ask that has made it, it is the

:23:44. > :23:46.people. If they did not come, we would not have an event and we would

:23:46. > :23:50.not have the elite athletes. This would not have an event and we would

:23:50. > :24:05.a canvas for the stars to perform on. Those celebrations for the

:24:05. > :24:19.1,000,000th finish er, what is planned? We have lots of ideas. A

:24:19. > :24:23.long way to go on that one. We are in the early stages of planning a

:24:23. > :24:28.big celebration. In terms of the races that we have seen today, they

:24:28. > :24:43.were stunning. Mo Farah, Kenenisa got the jump on him. Does that put

:24:43. > :24:55.a? -- put a question mark over his career on the road? Kenenisa, you

:24:55. > :25:00.would not bet against him being an entire stick marathon runner. Mo

:25:00. > :25:03.Farah is king on the track, now it is his transition to the roads. It

:25:03. > :25:10.Farah is king on the track, now it does not come automatically, the

:25:10. > :25:22.transition to the road. Can't Mo Farah move on to the marathon? I

:25:22. > :25:35.think he can. -- can Mo Farah. To actually get them to the start line

:25:35. > :25:43.was an achievement. Indeed.Steve Cram has commented on historic

:25:43. > :25:49.moments through his career. Next year, the 1,000,000th finish, but

:25:49. > :25:52.will be an historic moment. Brendan Foster should be proud. Everybody in

:25:52. > :26:02.the north-east is proud of this event. Everybody wants to be part of

:26:02. > :26:15.this. If you want the chance to become part of the Great North Run,

:26:15. > :26:26.have a chance at being the 1,000,000th finisher, it could be

:26:26. > :26:31.you. Jo Whiley, you're looking fresh as a

:26:31. > :26:35.daisy. You have never done a race before, let alone one of this

:26:35. > :26:42.distance. I feel all right, actually. The people just get you

:26:42. > :26:49.through. I just wanted to cry when I crossed the finishing line. My

:26:49. > :26:51.daughter and I, we crossed together, and we had never run before. I will

:26:51. > :26:59.daughter and I, we crossed together, be back. Why? What made you start

:26:59. > :27:04.running and what made you want to do the Great North Run? I just wanted

:27:04. > :27:11.to do it as part of my first run. I like to be active and fit. It is a

:27:11. > :27:15.good example for my family. Susan is running for autism. It was good to

:27:15. > :27:21.go through the whole experience together. If anybody is thinking

:27:21. > :27:28.about doing the run, do it, it is not as painful as you think it will

:27:28. > :27:32.be. You have made it look very easy. You will be faster next year. Yes,

:27:32. > :27:38.next year I want to go under two hours. Well done. It has been

:27:38. > :27:46.next year I want to go under two lovely, thank you.

:27:46. > :27:55.Margaret, you do a lot of fundraising for charity. Yes, we are

:27:55. > :28:00.a race boat -- respite care centre for babies with limited life spans.

:28:01. > :28:09.You have three sites around the country. We have got one in

:28:09. > :28:16.Liverpool, and a new one in Coventry. And one in Middlesbrough.

:28:16. > :28:24.And the one in Middlesbrough went through that terrible flooding. Yes,

:28:24. > :28:32.we are worried about the flooding. We are determined to be open as soon

:28:32. > :28:36.as possible. David, this is your son. You have

:28:36. > :28:43.just finished the course. How was that? It was wet, and that was good

:28:43. > :28:51.because it called a stone. I did it in my fastest time. -- cooled us

:28:52. > :29:05.down. I am delighted to have got round in one piece. Another runner

:29:06. > :29:15.here. It was a tough run to day. I set off a little bit quickly. But

:29:15. > :29:21.fantastic. Well done. Everybody running today has a story

:29:21. > :29:27.to tell. The next film is about a group of firefighters running in

:29:27. > :29:31.member of their colleague. Last year, he contracted leukaemia and

:29:31. > :29:45.died aged 39 just after becoming a father to twins.

:29:45. > :29:51.running and things went from there. He was such a happy go lucky guy,

:29:51. > :29:56.always a smile on his face. He would do anything for anyone. A really

:29:56. > :30:01.nice guy. So easy to talk to. He loved a laugh, he would do anything

:30:01. > :30:06.for you. Whatever needed doing, he would get his hands dirty and he was

:30:06. > :30:10.a funny guy. He was sick for a little while and went into hospital

:30:10. > :30:14.and before he knew it, he was having chemotherapy because he had been

:30:14. > :30:20.diagnosed with the union. -- leukaemia. That was April. He always

:30:20. > :30:30.told me things would be OK and not to worry. He lost his battle in

:30:30. > :30:34.October last year. When he went back into hospital and was told leukaemia

:30:34. > :30:41.had come back, the decline in his health was so rapid and it was

:30:41. > :30:44.awful. There are eight of us on the team from the fire station and we

:30:44. > :30:49.are raising money for the firefighters charity. It is a

:30:49. > :30:54.rehabilitation centre for fallen firefighters who have been injured

:30:54. > :30:58.in the line of duty. And rehabilitation for people like Rob

:30:58. > :31:03.who are suffering with cancer, leukaemia, different illnesses, to

:31:03. > :31:09.get them back and well again. I am running the Great North Run in the

:31:09. > :31:17.memory of Rob, running for a charity, it cancer charity for

:31:17. > :31:23.people with blood cancers. It is somewhere in the region of 25 kilo

:31:23. > :31:27.in weight altogether. The problem we have is the fire kit is so great in

:31:27. > :31:31.protecting us from the heat but does not expel the heat from within so

:31:31. > :31:36.whatever heat is generated from within the fire kit stays within

:31:36. > :31:41.that and we have to monitor our conditions to make sure we call down

:31:41. > :31:44.as much as possible. Otherwise, the body will overheat very quickly. I

:31:44. > :31:50.have not run the full distance in the reading apparatus and fire kit

:31:50. > :31:55.but I have done a lot of training and am quite confident. We will have

:31:55. > :32:00.some great support. We will beat competing as a team so we should get

:32:00. > :32:04.through with morale. Robert loved going to work and he will be looking

:32:04. > :32:12.down and saying, I could have done it faster than you lot!

:32:12. > :32:18.A nice story. Hopefully things are going well for them. We have had

:32:18. > :32:23.17,000 people so far crossing the finish line, approaching the halfway

:32:23. > :32:31.mark. And a couple of others we can mention. Runners from Sunderland,

:32:32. > :32:39.they have David Barraclough, Roy Walker and others. Alan Coates,

:32:39. > :32:46.running for motor new round disease. -- motor neurone. And Jennifer, a

:32:46. > :32:51.special mention to her, she has had sleepless nights. All of these

:32:51. > :32:51.people can look forward to a good night 's sleep tonight.

:32:51. > :32:56.Thank you for Ray Scott, from the night 's sleep tonight.

:32:56. > :33:02.Hall of Fame of the Great North Run, he is still out on the course. And

:33:03. > :33:08.good luck to Sophie Meade, a PE teacher from Bedfordshire, running

:33:08. > :33:11.for both her grandfathers. For the stroke Association. And Greg Key,

:33:11. > :33:17.who started with Sophie but has finished, and he is also a PE

:33:17. > :33:22.teacher running for a hospice in York. And Lindsay Stevenson, running

:33:22. > :33:27.in memory of her husband Philip who run last year and sadly died since

:33:27. > :33:36.then. Emily Dickinson, it needed to consume, -- Helen Dickinson, and

:33:36. > :33:44.others from the family running for their mother. Mark and Katie

:33:44. > :33:51.Hammond, and Zoe Evans. And Andrew Watson, running for the British

:33:51. > :33:54.Heart Foundation. So many great stories and great statistics. One of

:33:54. > :34:02.the great things about these races, and Brendan was talking about the 1

:34:02. > :34:10.million finish next year. -1 melon -- 1,000,000th person to finish. We

:34:10. > :34:15.do not have the amount of money raised is -- raised to hand. Another

:34:15. > :34:26.statistic, in the middle of that race, the mile was run from nine to

:34:26. > :34:31.ten by a runner quicker than Haile Gebrselassie. And Mo Farah. So in

:34:31. > :34:35.another 30 years, I wonder if the women will beat the men! Ball is

:34:35. > :34:38.going, of course they will. Do not start her on that, she is always

:34:38. > :34:43.going, of course they will. Do not talking about that. -- Paula is

:34:43. > :34:48.going. I think the endurance is stronger. I watch you most mornings

:34:48. > :34:54.and you have work -- and you have run many races before, not this, you

:34:54. > :34:56.are looking really fresh. The rain has kept me clean. I have always

:34:56. > :35:01.wanted to do the Great North Run and has kept me clean. I have always

:35:01. > :35:05.today was so special. The energy is fantastic and it is one of my

:35:05. > :35:08.favourites. You are busy on television and radio, how much

:35:08. > :35:13.training did you put in and did you have the time? I did not do much

:35:14. > :35:18.training for this, which will show with my time, two hours and ten

:35:18. > :35:22.minutes. But I did the London Marathon this year and I hoped the

:35:22. > :35:28.training would carry through. It did not! My knees are hurting, I enjoyed

:35:28. > :35:34.it. The pride of Britain awards on your chest, who did you run for?

:35:34. > :35:39.Mind, a mental health organisation. Raising awareness and money for two

:35:39. > :35:43.amazing causes. Never done it before, would you come back?

:35:43. > :35:48.Absolutely, I will go out on the town tonight and have drinks with

:35:48. > :35:52.you and Thomas, life does not get better than that! He did one hour

:35:52. > :35:57.and 42 minutes, much to his surprise. And much to my surprise!

:35:57. > :36:01.Much to mine! In the London Marathon, he went out the night

:36:01. > :36:06.before and something happened! He is trying to make amends, I think.

:36:06. > :36:14.Enjoy tonight. It is going to be a good laugh!

:36:14. > :36:21.That is the halfway stage. It is carnage! They are regretting that

:36:21. > :36:27.they wore that outfit. Hopefully they have raised a lot of money. I

:36:27. > :36:33.had a Spice Girl and now I have atomic Kitten. Natasha Hamilton. How

:36:33. > :36:38.was that? Absolutely amazing. The crowd get you to the end and they

:36:39. > :36:43.come with bits of orange and lollipops. Things to keep you

:36:43. > :36:50.going. Everybody is chanting. I have never felt pain quite like it in my

:36:50. > :36:53.legs but I made it to the end in two hours and 30 minutes. But your face

:36:53. > :37:07.and the rest of you looks really fresh. I look like I have come at a

:37:07. > :37:10.frag rock! Out of Fraggle Rock. I do not have stitches and my back was

:37:10. > :37:16.frag rock! Out of Fraggle Rock. I do all right, am happy. What motivated

:37:16. > :37:21.you to do it? I had a trapped nerve in my back so I have done nothing

:37:21. > :37:25.for the past couple of weeks. I am running as part of the pride of

:37:26. > :37:30.Britain team and people who work nominated for the awards go above

:37:30. > :37:35.and beyond the call of duty and sacrifice so much for others so I

:37:35. > :37:40.thought, I can run 30 miles. Will we see you back again? Definitely. Look

:37:40. > :37:45.forward to it, congratulations. Get yourself warm and get under a

:37:45. > :37:49.blanket. The finish is full of people humming through to complete

:37:49. > :37:55.their run in the 33rd Great North Run. -- coming through. When they

:37:55. > :37:58.started, there was a young boy called Daniel who run as a

:37:58. > :38:00.six-year-old with his mother and he is back to run for his mother now

:38:00. > :38:14.who died of ovarian cancer. What is your name and how old are

:38:14. > :38:20.you? Daniel, I am six. I am Dan and in 1982 when I was six,

:38:20. > :38:26.I run the second ever Great North Run with my mother. What has it been

:38:26. > :38:33.like for these last template five miles? Hard! 31 years later, I am

:38:33. > :38:41.doing it again with my new training partner, Gabriel. How old are you?

:38:41. > :38:45.Four! My mother passed away from varying cancer at the end of last

:38:45. > :38:50.year. Want to run the Great North Run to remember her and to raise

:38:50. > :38:55.money for the hospice she stayed at. Sinclair is hospice in Jarrow.

:38:55. > :39:02.My younger sister Rachel is also running in memory of my mother. She

:39:02. > :39:05.went to watch the Great North Run and she took part in it when she was

:39:06. > :39:14.younger and I am looking forward to running it for her. Who is that?

:39:14. > :39:15.Grandma. Gabriel will run the mini marathon and he was excited when he

:39:15. > :39:21.saw the photographs of me. It marathon and he was excited when he

:39:21. > :39:26.the memory alive. Gabriel is such an actress -- active, bright, full of

:39:26. > :39:27.the memory alive. Gabriel is such an energy light, we cannot keep him

:39:27. > :39:34.the memory alive. Gabriel is such an still, so he will love it. How did

:39:34. > :39:39.he get on? Super, he was amazing. Did you think he might not finish?

:39:39. > :39:45.When the rain was heavy, we were drenched, and I thought, no. But he

:39:45. > :39:50.would not have in. My mother was not sporty, but she was determined. She

:39:50. > :39:56.saw it as a challenge and she could face it. I do remember being the

:39:56. > :40:02.last one left on the streets and cleaning up litter hanged does. And

:40:02. > :40:05.an ambulance coming behind us and tapping her on the shoulder and

:40:05. > :40:10.saying, hats might be sensible to get in. It is a distant memory. --

:40:11. > :40:14.saying, hats might be sensible to perhaps it might be sensible.

:40:14. > :40:23.Looking as fresh as a daisy, six-year-old Daniel. He eat his

:40:23. > :40:28.mother, Margaret, over the line. Was it more difficult than you expected.

:40:28. > :40:33.-- he beat. More difficult than I thought. Do you feel tired?Not

:40:34. > :40:36.really. These days, you would not be allowed to take a six-year-old to

:40:36. > :40:42.the Great North Run, they would think you would be mad, but what a

:40:42. > :40:46.memory! To have the photographs, they tell people at work, nobody

:40:46. > :40:51.believes that you run it at six years old.

:40:51. > :41:00.When we are out to training, it has been a real motivator, and hopefully

:41:00. > :41:07.I will make it. I will make it. The plan is to run together and crossed

:41:07. > :41:15.the finish line together. It is always quite emotional anyway but we

:41:15. > :41:18.are expecting a few tears. My mum will be running with us so it will

:41:18. > :41:22.be Rachel and I with my mum. She will be running with us so it will

:41:22. > :41:29.will be alongside us the whole weight so we have no excuse but to

:41:29. > :41:34.finish! -- the whole way. A lovely film of a lovely family. A

:41:34. > :41:41.big day for Dina running in memory of his mum and a big day for the

:41:41. > :41:47.family yesterday. -- Dan. And he ran with Gabriel in the mini run

:41:47. > :41:50.yesterday. And Catherine has a weatherman with her.

:41:50. > :41:52.Phil, weatherman extraordinaire! Did you wake up this morning and think,

:41:52. > :41:57.Phil, weatherman extraordinaire! Did it might be a bit damp today? We

:41:57. > :42:04.knew that a couple of days ago, that was a given! No surprise. But I had

:42:04. > :42:08.a morale booster in John Hammond who said most of it will fall the other

:42:08. > :42:12.side of the Pennines, so I had absolute faith. It would always be

:42:12. > :42:17.windy but plus about the wind was it was former -- it was for the most

:42:17. > :42:19.part with us and not against. I am so glad we were not soaked through,

:42:19. > :42:25.part with us and not against. I am that could have been nasty. You have

:42:25. > :42:28.run many before, how did this compare in terms of atmosphere? A

:42:28. > :42:34.good turnout considering the weather. Phenomenal and whoever the

:42:34. > :42:40.woman was with the sausage rolls, that is not Mo Farah stuff, but it

:42:40. > :42:48.did it for me. My 11, uphill, nearly there, you know what it is like. --

:42:48. > :42:54.mile. You need something and that was the left. And the people have

:42:54. > :43:00.stood out in not great weather. -- lift. But I wish people would pay

:43:00. > :43:06.attention to the forecast, not enough umbrellas for my liking. And

:43:06. > :43:13.what might the weather be like for next year, just asking! Are you

:43:14. > :43:16.running? No.A bit long range for me, I will leave that to John

:43:17. > :43:28.Hammond, the real brains of the outfit!

:43:28. > :43:33.There are plenty of celebrities still running for their various

:43:33. > :43:38.causes. You have been sending us messages and they are on the screen.

:43:38. > :43:46.causes. You have been sending us And we are two hours 32 minutes into

:43:46. > :43:53.the race and we have just had the 20,000th competitor crossed the

:43:53. > :43:58.finish line. We think just over 40,000 started, a new record. And

:43:58. > :44:03.half of them have already made to South Shields and the finish line,

:44:03. > :44:13.which is fantastic. -- made it too. And the weather is writing up a bit.

:44:13. > :44:18.Still very breezy. -- brightening. But spirits are still high and it

:44:18. > :44:22.must make you proud, Renton. Yes, I am proud of my daughter, who ran two

:44:22. > :44:27.hours and nine minutes and she said it was wet, cold, windy, but she was

:44:27. > :44:30.happy with her time. She came over the line wearing devil's columns, I

:44:30. > :44:38.do not know why. -- horns. She was the line wearing devil's columns, I

:44:38. > :44:42.wearing my good running kit so I will have to wear something else

:44:42. > :45:02.tomorrow. My daughter Josie ran a personal best.

:45:02. > :45:09.We will do it next year. You can keep it going in the commentary box.

:45:09. > :45:20.For all of us, it is events like this that make you think about doing

:45:20. > :45:24.things again. I think it is big events like this where you have all

:45:24. > :45:29.these people around you, and a lot of their great stories, and a great

:45:30. > :45:40.occasion like this, it makes you want to take part. Don't forget. The

:45:40. > :45:45.7th of September next year. We have the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow,

:45:45. > :45:50.European athletic Championships, and the Great North Run at the end of

:45:50. > :45:54.the summer. It all starts with the great Manchester run on the 18th of

:45:54. > :46:04.May. The entries are open for that as well. There is plenty of activity

:46:04. > :46:09.here still to come. We have the great Scottish run in just a few

:46:09. > :46:14.weeks. That is in Glasgow. What a year they will have in Glasgow in

:46:14. > :46:24.the next 12 months. Culminating in the games next summer.

:46:24. > :46:29.The mental testing that is going on at this early stage. Running

:46:29. > :46:48.Scotland's greatest race. There is 20 on the course and we

:46:48. > :46:55.have the Emperor with us. You are the first home, did you enjoy that?

:46:55. > :47:03.It was brilliant. My right hand is sore from high-fiving kids. I would

:47:03. > :47:10.do it every year. And you said you were pleased because the weather is

:47:10. > :47:14.a bit cooler. We are perfectly equipped for it. It was warm at the

:47:14. > :47:23.start line and a perfect temperature all the way through. Remind us of

:47:23. > :47:27.the charity you are running through. Yorkshire can't charity. We cycled

:47:27. > :47:35.the charity you are running through. up from Leeds yesterday. -- cancer

:47:36. > :47:44.charity. Would you do it again?Not sure about the cycling, but the

:47:44. > :47:53.running bit, yes. I will let you go, absolutely spectacular. Thank you.

:47:53. > :48:02.They will be finishing for another hour or so yet. Just less than half

:48:02. > :48:12.the field to cross the line. As they do so, they will be telling their

:48:12. > :48:17.stories. Another great day for David Weir? It was. He was the first

:48:17. > :48:23.finisher in this year's Great North Run. A wonderful hard Olympian

:48:23. > :48:28.champion. Taking a bit of time this year, but coming back into the sort

:48:28. > :48:36.of form that we expect of him. He won the Great North Run for the

:48:36. > :48:55.fourth time. Paula, your course record looked as if it might go, but

:48:55. > :49:01.it held on. Yes, a great run from Priscah Jeptoo. We are watching the

:49:01. > :49:07.thousands still finishing here today. They provide the canvas for

:49:07. > :49:12.the top athletes to perform. We saw an incredible mens rea is. The

:49:12. > :49:18.greatest distance runner of all times Haile Gebrselassie in third,

:49:18. > :49:25.Mo Farah second, and Kenenisa Bekele finishing and winning the race. He

:49:25. > :49:31.Mo Farah second, and Kenenisa Bekele dominated distance running on the

:49:31. > :49:38.track. Today, he won his first ever international road race. I wonder if

:49:38. > :49:45.he will dominate the roads as well. Kenenisa Bekele on his debut running

:49:45. > :49:53.a fantastic race. 20 people out there running for their first time

:49:53. > :50:00.as well. -- plenty of people. Despite the weather and despite the

:50:00. > :50:11.conditions, this may well have been the best we have had in terms of the

:50:11. > :50:18.big names. But as ever, the story is about the thousands of others who

:50:18. > :50:26.line up with their own personal challenges. And there have been more

:50:26. > :50:30.this year than ever before. So far, 25,000 have now crossed the

:50:30. > :50:37.finishing line. They will be greeted and welcomed by friends, in the

:50:37. > :50:43.charity village, and get themselves warmed up. We may see them again

:50:43. > :50:49.next year. It promises to be a very special event. Mo Farah did not win

:50:49. > :50:55.today. It is a great thing about sport, you cannot predict what is

:50:55. > :51:04.going to happen. It has been a great race this year and it continues.

:51:04. > :51:16.Another brilliant day on time said. The runners streaming in behind be

:51:16. > :51:22.still. -- on Tyneside. Here are the headlines from the elite races.

:51:22. > :51:33.The women's race was a head-to-head between the above but and Defar. --

:51:33. > :51:38.Dibaba. But Priscah Jeptoo took the title.

:51:38. > :51:51.David Weir took the title in the men's wheelchair race. For Shelly

:51:51. > :51:56.Woods, after a difficult time, she once again took the title of the

:51:56. > :52:07.Great North Run. In the men's race, Kenenisa Bekele came out in the

:52:07. > :52:27.battle of Mo Farah, Haile Gebrselassie.

:52:27. > :52:37.It is time to say goodbye. Once again, it has thrilled and inspired

:52:37. > :52:46.us. We have seen some amazing elite races. Particularly in the men's

:52:46. > :52:52.elite race. And we get to do it all again next year. It is a very

:52:52. > :52:56.special year for the Great North Run when we celebrate the millionth

:52:56. > :53:49.finisher. Goodbye. previous work. They will hear things

:53:49. > :53:50.that