:00:13. > :00:28.When I first started this event, the biggest event in Britain, and in our
:00:29. > :00:35.first year we had 11,000. More than anyone could ever have believed.
:00:36. > :00:39.Just incredible. I've seen it before, but it is ordinary people
:00:40. > :00:45.doing extraordinary things. COMMENTATOR: They come from the UK
:00:46. > :00:54.and Europe and all over the world to take part. A great race and a great
:00:55. > :00:56.victory for a great champion. 1 million runners and 1 million
:00:57. > :01:01.stories and a million smiles, as well. People are asking if we are
:01:02. > :01:07.going to do it next year, but to be understood we have no choice. A
:01:08. > :01:19.joyous celebration of the area and spirit.
:01:20. > :01:32.What you had for breakfast. I've got a spare kidney if you want one. I
:01:33. > :01:46.love the quayside. It is the world's favourite run. I will put my name in
:01:47. > :01:59.the ballot. Life is full of ups and downs. The best thing I have ever
:02:00. > :02:09.said yes to. It is the people. I always run. Welcome to highlights of
:02:10. > :02:12.the 2016 Great North Run and this is the 36th addition, which will be
:02:13. > :02:21.greater and more international than ever before -- edition. Alongside Mo
:02:22. > :02:27.Farah, 57,000 runners from no less than 178 different countries. All
:02:28. > :02:34.tackling the world's biggest half marathon, 13.1 miles from Newcastle
:02:35. > :02:39.to the seaside, South Shields. This is a taste of what is to come. Mo
:02:40. > :02:47.Farah is back in Newcastle and we will hear from him as he goes for a
:02:48. > :02:54.hat-trick of wins here. The big head-to-head in the women's race,
:02:55. > :03:01.Vivian Cheruiyot taking on Tirunesh Dibaba. We have the incredible story
:03:02. > :03:07.of Claire Lomas who has tackled the course over five days using
:03:08. > :03:12.specially built robotic legs. And we have a journey into the dark history
:03:13. > :03:14.of the 13.1 mile course. And we hear some of the many stories from the
:03:15. > :03:31.thousands out on the course today. Mo Farah arrived safe and sound with
:03:32. > :03:41.the other elite runners. But he's not the only one from his family in
:03:42. > :03:49.action. Tania Sarries taking on the course, as well, his wife, not a bad
:03:50. > :03:54.partner to have -- Tania Faro. Claire Lomas in 2007, she fell off a
:03:55. > :03:58.horse at a cross-country event and was left paralysed from the chest
:03:59. > :04:01.down, but she is determined to finish this cause over five days,
:04:02. > :04:06.with the aid of special robotic legs. Her epic journey started on
:04:07. > :04:13.Wednesday and we have been with her every step of the way. In kind of
:04:14. > :04:18.movement and sensation I have nothing from the chest down and I
:04:19. > :04:22.did not know what the future would hold, I did not know you could be
:04:23. > :04:28.happy and paralysed, it was a very scary time. I thought I would not be
:04:29. > :04:33.able to meet someone who would want someone in a wheelchair and I felt
:04:34. > :04:42.very low. But then I met down and live started to pick up -- Daniel
:04:43. > :04:48.and life started to pick up and then the Maisie came along a couple of
:04:49. > :04:51.years later. To be out on this challenge, I could do all of this,
:04:52. > :04:57.but it would not be the same if I did not have the people around me
:04:58. > :04:59.that I got around me. The reason I'm doing the Great North Run is to
:05:00. > :05:06.raise money for the spinal foundation. It was tough after my
:05:07. > :05:09.accident but then I saw people with neck injuries and it made me wanted
:05:10. > :05:15.to start fundraising because my entry is nothing compare to a neck
:05:16. > :05:20.injury. -- my injury. I got use of my arms. Walking a few miles a day
:05:21. > :05:24.is the toughest thing I've done, really hard, my shoulders and arms
:05:25. > :05:29.are so tired, they feel like they weigh a tonne already. There has
:05:30. > :05:35.been quite a few tears because it has been very hard and also people's
:05:36. > :05:38.reactions. Children turning up from schools with banners, telling me I
:05:39. > :05:43.can do it, just at the point when I think I can't. And then I realised
:05:44. > :05:52.the children are telling me I can. I've enjoyed seeing them but it also
:05:53. > :05:59.makes you feel emotional. There is a huge concert taking place tonight in
:06:00. > :06:08.Newcastle, it is the great North after party, if you will. The Kaiser
:06:09. > :06:14.Chiefs will be headlining. It is all getting a bit rock and roll. Ricky
:06:15. > :06:20.Wilson is here. The Ricky Wilson fan is over there. CHEERING
:06:21. > :06:27.I feel like I'm in one direction, I like it. What about the sunshine.
:06:28. > :06:34.Beautiful and crisp, perfect running conditions. But you are not running?
:06:35. > :06:43.No, of course not, I forgot my kit. But peanut is running? Yes. This is
:06:44. > :06:52.for three charities. There is a sense around here in the north-east
:06:53. > :06:56.-- they say centre. All in the area? Yes, we are keeping the money here,
:06:57. > :06:59.and I think that gives people the incentive to try a bit harder, we
:07:00. > :07:03.are keeping the money here and we are very proud to be part of this.
:07:04. > :07:09.You have come on a tour bus? We haven't slept. We played in Berlin
:07:10. > :07:14.last night and then we got a flight and now we have been on the tour
:07:15. > :07:22.bus. I'm very proud of it. He is having a banana. Give us a wave,
:07:23. > :07:29.peanut. There he is. It looks like he will smash this course. He is
:07:30. > :07:32.hoping to do it under one hour 40, but it depends how me autographs in
:07:33. > :07:39.will have to sign. I'm actually quite jealous. You said that, maybe
:07:40. > :07:43.you could get some kit on, it's not too late. But I have got to run
:07:44. > :07:50.around at the arena. He is the keyboard player, he will just sit
:07:51. > :07:56.down. You are going to do some work for us? Yes, my TV career is really
:07:57. > :08:04.taking off. If you are working for BBC sport, you know you have made
:08:05. > :08:09.it. The great North run is -- the Great North Run has attracted
:08:10. > :08:16.runners from all over the world, they aim to attract as many
:08:17. > :08:21.international runners as possible, and we have 93% of the United
:08:22. > :08:27.Nations countries represented, so I would say that this mission
:08:28. > :08:33.accomplished. Germany. USA. Dortmund, Germany. County Mayo, west
:08:34. > :08:44.coast of Ireland. Beautiful Stockholm, Sweden. The Netherlands.
:08:45. > :08:54.County Tipperary. The Netherlands. From Switzerland. Toronto, Ontario,
:08:55. > :09:04.Canada. We are representing the United States of America. The French
:09:05. > :09:10.out. Connecticut, USA. See you in Newcastle at the Great North Run.
:09:11. > :09:13.I'm with two of our great world runners and you are both looking
:09:14. > :09:23.very colourful. Who are you representing? Grenada. We know all
:09:24. > :09:28.about the great James, why did you want to be here? I live in the
:09:29. > :09:34.north-east and I have always wanted to do the Great North Run and here I
:09:35. > :09:38.am today, given the opportunity, I am excited, just to let everybody
:09:39. > :09:43.know where Grenada is, a beautiful island in the Caribbean and I want
:09:44. > :09:49.everyone to enjoy Grenada. Nicole, you have travelled from
:09:50. > :09:54.Lichtenstein. Can you tell us about your country. It is a tiny country
:09:55. > :09:59.between Switzerland and Austria and I'm sure that not many people know
:10:00. > :10:06.about it. That is why I'm here, I want to represent it. If more people
:10:07. > :10:12.get to know Lichtenstein. You speak German? We speak a German dialect,
:10:13. > :10:18.like Swiss people, but we write in German. The official language is
:10:19. > :10:23.German. Howell excited are you to be part of this great event? -- how
:10:24. > :10:30.excited. It is amazing, so many people here, more people than we
:10:31. > :10:34.have inhabitants in Lichtenstein, we have 37,000 inhabitants, but here we
:10:35. > :10:39.have 57,000 people taking part in the Great North Run. You have done
:10:40. > :10:45.your homework. Very good. It is great that you are representing your
:10:46. > :10:53.country, have a very good afternoon. From the global back to the local,
:10:54. > :10:59.Sunderland born writer who is known for the horrible histories series,
:11:00. > :11:04.he is taking part in his 20th run and he has actually written a
:11:05. > :11:09.horrible histories telling the history of the course itself. Can I
:11:10. > :11:14.thank you as a parent, it is just incredible, horrible histories. You
:11:15. > :11:18.buy the books, so I should be thanking you. They have been a
:11:19. > :11:22.phenomenal success, bringing history alive for so many young people, but
:11:23. > :11:28.you are here as a veteran of the Great North Run. Veteran, that
:11:29. > :11:37.sounds better than an old so-and-so. This is my 20th at the age of 70. It
:11:38. > :11:41.is a wonderful experience. For club runners like myself, this is
:11:42. > :11:46.something to aim for every year. You are running for a special cause? The
:11:47. > :11:53.Viking centre, they were flooded out last year. Usually I run for
:11:54. > :11:57.children with disabilities but now we have a history one and they need
:11:58. > :12:02.to rebuild the Viking centre, which inspired me when I first looked at
:12:03. > :12:08.it. I've been there may times, an amazing place. We are making using
:12:09. > :12:12.for your supper, you have produced five excellent films which have
:12:13. > :12:21.documented some horrible histories along the 13th .1 mile course. The
:12:22. > :12:28.first one is about something just over there, isn't it?
:12:29. > :12:36.The Great North Run starts just over there along Newcastle's Tyne more
:12:37. > :12:39.and this was once the most horrible place in this city because this is
:12:40. > :12:47.where criminals were executed in public. The innocent as well as the
:12:48. > :12:52.guilty. The worse perversion of justice was in 1650, a witch finder
:12:53. > :12:59.arrived from Scotland and offered to root out any witches. The Puritan
:13:00. > :13:04.city Corporation were thrilled, they sent out a man with a bell who
:13:05. > :13:09.invited anyone to name the person they suspected. 30 accused were
:13:10. > :13:14.tested by the witch finder, he stripped them to look for which
:13:15. > :13:19.marks, blemishes on the skin. He pricked the blemishes and if they
:13:20. > :13:27.bled they were innocent, but if they didn't bleed they were guilty. And
:13:28. > :13:33.sentenced to hang. Of course it was a fake sleight of hand, the witch
:13:34. > :13:41.finder was being paid 20 shillings for every which he found, 13 women
:13:42. > :13:48.and one man were hanged here at the gallows and thousands turned out to
:13:49. > :13:53.watch. You will be pleased to hear the witch finder was suspected of
:13:54. > :14:00.fraud and arrested in Scotland, he confessed to sending 220 people to
:14:01. > :14:06.their deaths and he was hanged. It's a sort of justice, but no
:14:07. > :14:14.consolation for his innocent victims or their families. Until the middle
:14:15. > :14:19.of the 1800s this patch of land continued to be used for public
:14:20. > :14:23.executions. The Eastgate of the city was known as the gallows gate. To
:14:24. > :14:30.this day Newcastle United football club still has the Gallowgate end.
:14:31. > :14:46.So you are a Newcastle United supporter? No, I'm from Sunderland,
:14:47. > :14:50.I'm a black cat. Black cat? Witch! The race is not far away, the
:14:51. > :14:56.runners are gathering in their thousands,. Ricky Wilson from the
:14:57. > :15:01.Kaiser Chiefs is out and he has tracked down his team-mate and
:15:02. > :15:08.band-mate Pete at who is embarking on his debut run. -- a nut. You are
:15:09. > :15:12.running the Great North Run for three great charities, and we have
:15:13. > :15:18.joined forces to keep the money in the north-east. Tell me more.
:15:19. > :15:31.I am running for the Graham Wylie Foundation to build a building in
:15:32. > :15:36.Newcastle. Also to do the Rankin rock gig at the arena. It is like
:15:37. > :15:46.the official after show, we will have a good night, very proud. Last
:15:47. > :15:49.night we were playing in Berlin. By Peter-macro all correct, you are
:15:50. > :15:53.here running. Very little sleep. I have never done anything like it.
:15:54. > :15:59.The number of people, getting a feel for the course, cannot wait to get
:16:00. > :16:03.going. I'm jealous, feeling the atmosphere, I want to get running.
:16:04. > :16:11.Covered in gasoline. You are going to run it for me, have a good time
:16:12. > :16:15.Peanut. Runners of all shapes and sizes, all kinds of experience
:16:16. > :16:25.taking to the course. Mark is just one of them. Race number 14. What
:16:26. > :16:32.keeps bringing you back? The atmosphere, great crowd, Newcastle,
:16:33. > :16:41.lovely people. You have some serious running to do, good luck. Thank you
:16:42. > :16:45.for talking to us. The elite women's race likely to be dominated by
:16:46. > :16:49.Vivian Cheruiyot and Tirunesh Dibaba. Both looking for the
:16:50. > :17:11.knockout blow today. The crowd rise in the home straight.
:17:12. > :17:20.So they should. Majestic performance from the Queen of distance running.
:17:21. > :17:22.Cheruiyot smelt blood, when she passed, no way for the field to come
:17:23. > :17:34.back. The rest of the field will not be
:17:35. > :17:37.able to believe it, what they have just taken part in. These women are
:17:38. > :17:52.the best in their field. The elite women have the roads all
:17:53. > :18:09.to themselves to begin with. Seb Coe, big smile. Come on, Seb A lot
:18:10. > :18:15.of support for the women. Women making up 50% of the main field for
:18:16. > :18:20.the Great North Run. A small contingent choosing to take part in
:18:21. > :18:25.this elite race. A view others to look for. Ali Dixon, representing
:18:26. > :18:33.Great Britain in the marathon. In the blue, Sunderland stroller, with
:18:34. > :18:40.the sunglasses, Gemma Steel, Charlotte Perdue. One of our bright
:18:41. > :18:47.young talents. Trying to move up, to make the team in Rio, in the
:18:48. > :18:52.marathon. Susan Partridge, as well. Interesting to watch how the British
:18:53. > :18:56.runners do. The day like this, good weather, slight following breeze,
:18:57. > :19:02.almost perfect conditions for running fast, if they choose to.
:19:03. > :19:11.Intriguing race for Cheruiyot and Tirunesh Dibaba. Vinnie Partridge,
:19:12. > :19:20.she could well go pretty good today. -- Lily Partridge. If we are
:19:21. > :19:35.thinking like times, I'm not sure whether they are, Dibaba and
:19:36. > :19:40.Cheruiyot. The win in the last two years, 65.14. Not sure we're going
:19:41. > :19:48.to see that. Let's hope for a quick race. This is what they have ahead
:19:49. > :19:54.of them, should be pretty familiar. Overall, the elevation profile, they
:19:55. > :19:58.dropped in distance. Nice downhill section over the Tyne Bridge. Then
:19:59. > :20:07.over the Gateshead International Stadium. Pass the crowds. At about
:20:08. > :20:18.six miles, taking the turn, passed my old track in Jarrow. They turn
:20:19. > :20:23.right, at the John Reid Road. Dragging up towards South Shields,
:20:24. > :20:32.they will be able to smell the seafront. And find us at the finish.
:20:33. > :20:41.John Culshaw, how are you doing? I have been involved with various
:20:42. > :20:45.marathon sessions, usually in a pub. This is a half marathon, for
:20:46. > :20:50.charity, are you excited? I'm nervous, in a good way. The spirit
:20:51. > :20:55.is amazing. Everybody sparing each other run, I will rely on that. When
:20:56. > :20:58.you run around, people cheer you on, gives you a lift. You're doing it
:20:59. > :21:16.for a good run. John Egin Trust, the Red Arrows
:21:17. > :21:21.pilot who lost his life a few years ago. It is there to mental young
:21:22. > :21:26.people. Amazing event, all about the spirit of being together. How are
:21:27. > :21:36.you going to get through this? Channelling any runners. I have been
:21:37. > :21:41.listening to Brendan faster making his commentaries. Lord Sebastian
:21:42. > :21:45.Coe, watching Steve Ovett and him that inspired me to join the school
:21:46. > :21:50.cross-country dream. I have been running on and off. Doing the
:21:51. > :21:55.Blackpool ten kilometres 80 times. Hopefully a good experience. And
:21:56. > :22:00.when I need to be fast I will challenge Michael Johnson, be a
:22:01. > :22:08.sprinter, go for the line, a sense of occasion, hell, yes. John,
:22:09. > :22:14.everybody. Very important cause. Thank you very much. So, they have
:22:15. > :22:21.come up the fairly steep rise onto the Tyne Bridge. Crowds gathering,
:22:22. > :22:29.great vantage point. A lot of them, once we see them, they will see
:22:30. > :22:33.people from watching them going by. Those people may try to get out of
:22:34. > :22:43.the finish. There they go, crossing the Tyne Bridge. Famous site. Group
:22:44. > :22:50.of distance runners, of great repute. Eventually we will see the
:22:51. > :22:56.masses there. If you look at the field, you would look at the
:22:57. > :23:02.competition. Times in a half marathon, we have seen some
:23:03. > :23:07.wonderful times around this course. When you look at Vivian Cheruiyot
:23:08. > :23:12.entry nicht above, two that the world has my greatest distance
:23:13. > :23:17.runners. Finishing second and third in the Olympic Games in the 10,000
:23:18. > :23:21.metres, you imagine that he comes first between those two will win the
:23:22. > :23:30.race. Tirunesh Dibaba noticing Vivian Cheruiyot, following the
:23:31. > :23:36.leader closer. Gets into closer order. As we look down on the elite
:23:37. > :23:42.women from all the great achievements you will see and hear
:23:43. > :23:45.about. Clare Latimer suffered serious injuries falling from a
:23:46. > :23:50.horse-macro, paralysed from the chest down. On Wednesday she started
:23:51. > :23:56.the Great North Run course, wearing robotic legs. Deliberate and
:23:57. > :24:04.difficult effort. She has completed the Great North Run. After five
:24:05. > :24:11.days. She has done the London Marathon. Raising half ?1 million
:24:12. > :24:17.for spinal research. She is also expecting her second child. Colin
:24:18. > :24:26.Jackson giving her middle. Never has it been so richly deserve. How
:24:27. > :24:34.fantastic does it feel. Amazing, worn out. It has been hard. The
:24:35. > :24:39.support. Great North Run team. The people supporting me, my support
:24:40. > :24:43.team, donations. Down holding the upright. It is very clearly. It has
:24:44. > :24:49.been tough, everybody helped me to get through. It has been amazing.
:24:50. > :24:54.Mum and dad. Congratulations, well done. Get the support from the
:24:55. > :25:05.crowd, you thoroughly deserve it. Thank you so much. The elite male
:25:06. > :25:10.runners are nearly ready to go. Mo Farah aiming for his third
:25:11. > :25:16.consecutive Great North Run title. With four Olympic golds to his name,
:25:17. > :25:25.Phil Jones went to see if he's showing would continue to date. --
:25:26. > :25:31.his show would continue to date. When does it sink reality? It takes
:25:32. > :25:37.a while, you get back home. I watched back the race, really, I did
:25:38. > :25:41.that? Incredible from Mo Farah. A kid he started from the age of 12,
:25:42. > :25:45.having the ambition, watching the Olympics in Sydney. Telling
:25:46. > :25:52.yourself, one day I want to become Olympic champion. Doing it in your
:25:53. > :25:58.hometown, later on four years later. Incredible, not a word to explain
:25:59. > :26:03.it. London 2017? Thinking about 2017, I get nervous and excited. I
:26:04. > :26:09.would like to be able to end my career on the track on a high. Such
:26:10. > :26:19.a perfect ending. It never goes to plan. The months leading up to it,
:26:20. > :26:25.you get little niggles. You fall. I was panicking. People may not see
:26:26. > :26:33.it, I thought my race is done. When I trained for finish. Three or four
:26:34. > :26:36.lapse later I got back into it. Galen rap talking to me, telling me
:26:37. > :26:41.you are getting back into it. Giving me the thumbs up. The crowd on their
:26:42. > :26:46.feet, Mo Farah wins the Great North Run. You have won the last two
:26:47. > :26:51.years. Nobody winning three in a row? It will be hard, hopefully
:26:52. > :27:02.enjoy it, use the crowd as much as I can. We have two 's special
:27:03. > :27:10.starters, David Rudisha, and Amy Tinkler. The 2016 Great North Run
:27:11. > :27:14.under way. Mo Farah, the red-hot favourite. I'm sure all of these
:27:15. > :27:26.people will go home tonight, saying I raced Mo Farah. One great part of
:27:27. > :27:30.these big races you get to the line-up with the best of the world.
:27:31. > :27:41.You may not see much of them, but at least you can say he started the
:27:42. > :27:43.race with them. The way they go. The Central motorway, winding its way
:27:44. > :27:53.through the centre of Newcastle city centre. Down to the Tyne Bridge.
:27:54. > :27:58.Quickstart for them, the women at this point, making their way towards
:27:59. > :28:06.White Mare pool. They were taken there. Turning towards the seafront.
:28:07. > :28:10.As they approach six miles. The men, we will see how they go through the
:28:11. > :28:19.first mile. 4.30 to. That is pretty quick. I was talking to the leader,
:28:20. > :28:25.the first thing he said, Mo must be tired. He says, he's going to give
:28:26. > :28:30.him a run for his money. At the end of the day we will find out as the
:28:31. > :28:35.miles unfiled, Tautai Mo Farah is as they leave the city centre, crossing
:28:36. > :28:39.the Tyne Bridge, heading towards South Shields, where we are waiting
:28:40. > :28:48.on the finish line with thousands of people. There is data and
:28:49. > :28:59.Ritzenhein. Mo Farah Tommy Hayes is will be sought. They are roaring
:29:00. > :29:04.him. Dathan getting ready to make a race of this. Chris Thompson just
:29:05. > :29:09.behind him. Pretty good pace early in the men's race. As they come
:29:10. > :29:13.across the Tyne Bridge on a beautiful day. They will have time
:29:14. > :29:18.for the view. Great day looking up and down the river. Yesterday with
:29:19. > :29:22.the death of the city games. The quayside was absolutely rammed. We
:29:23. > :29:26.have been blessed with the weather this weekend, that is wonderful.
:29:27. > :29:40.The news of the women's race. They went for 54 through the seventh mile
:29:41. > :29:48.and then the same, that really is quick running -- 454. Dibaba is
:29:49. > :29:53.definitely struggling and maybe Cheruiyot is sensing that, keeping
:29:54. > :30:00.the pace going. Cheruiyot looks very good, very easy. On her debut, itchy
:30:01. > :30:05.either thinks she will sit back -- she is either thinks she will sit
:30:06. > :30:09.back or she will go out with the attitude that she has nothing to
:30:10. > :30:13.lose, if she gets it wrong first time, it is her debut, but she is in
:30:14. > :30:18.the best shape she has ever been and she's enjoying her run out there.
:30:19. > :30:22.Her first real experience of a mass road race and the support you can
:30:23. > :30:27.get and the boost that can give you a the route. The finish of the
:30:28. > :30:35.wheelchair race and it was a very close race indeed. Mark Telford,
:30:36. > :30:40.just taking it, ahead of Bret Crossley, who was closing in on the
:30:41. > :30:47.way. Mark Telford went out early and took the lead and built it up, Bret
:30:48. > :30:51.Crossley was closing in, but Mark Telford, the man from Perth in
:30:52. > :30:58.Scotland, he takes it, ahead of the Leeds athlete Bret Crossley. He came
:30:59. > :31:04.very close to going to the Olympics in Rio, as well, Bret Crossley. But
:31:05. > :31:13.that is the winner the wheelchair event, Mark Telford. Cheruiyot, you
:31:14. > :31:19.could see she was feeling good, but then she backed off. Subtle mind
:31:20. > :31:24.games. Coming off the incline, Dibaba sensed that Cheruiyot had
:31:25. > :31:28.made a move and she was backing off a little bit, so she glided
:31:29. > :31:34.alongside her as if to say, I'm still here. She is still here and
:31:35. > :31:42.able to stretch it out, but now she has let her know she will drop to
:31:43. > :31:47.the back of the group again. A bit of daylight opening up between
:31:48. > :31:52.herself and Dibaba. So, the mens rea is, down to three already. Chris
:31:53. > :32:00.Thompson has dropped off and this is a good pace being set by Ritzenhein
:32:01. > :32:04.-- the men's race. He has finished third in the Great North Run before,
:32:05. > :32:08.and now he's doing what he said he would do, making Mo Farah run for
:32:09. > :32:14.his money. The men's race is down to three and we have just seen the
:32:15. > :32:18.women's phased out of three, this is now getting competitive, and I'm
:32:19. > :32:25.impressed with Ritzenhein. Running impressively and strongly and
:32:26. > :32:29.running well. Meanwhile, at the Tyne bridge, great friends of the Great
:32:30. > :32:36.North Run, the red arrows, flying overhead. Honouring this event with
:32:37. > :32:42.their fly past as they have done now for so many years. All the way back
:32:43. > :32:47.to 2002, they have come every year and they are the real welcome
:32:48. > :32:52.indeed. A resplendent day such as we have on Tyneside, we have a
:32:53. > :32:59.spectacular view of their skill and expertise and we will see more of
:33:00. > :33:04.them later on. We are looking at the chasing Dibaba, keeping her eyes
:33:05. > :33:09.firmly fixed ahead, the gap has not grown much at all, but she is an
:33:10. > :33:13.outstanding athlete. Normally you would say she has no chance from
:33:14. > :33:21.this position, but you can never say that with her. Developments in the
:33:22. > :33:26.men. No more Emmanuel Bett. Ritzenhein, maybe a patch when he
:33:27. > :33:29.was not feeling too good, but he has really picked up the pace and he has
:33:30. > :33:35.thrown in hard miles in the middle-of-the-road 's. Mo Farah,
:33:36. > :33:44.though, sticking to him like glue -- in the middle of the race. He is
:33:45. > :33:51.doing a great job, Ritzenhein, 42.36 through 15 K, that is pretty good
:33:52. > :33:56.running from the American. Many American fans wanted to see him do
:33:57. > :34:01.well and wanted to see him make the team for the Olympics in Rio, and it
:34:02. > :34:07.would have been suffer him to watch Galen Rupp winning his medal, I'm
:34:08. > :34:10.sure. It was very tough for Ritzenhein, he had cramping issues
:34:11. > :34:14.and I'm not sure he was able to finish the trial, but he was not
:34:15. > :34:18.able to do himself justice and that was very hard for him, he knew that
:34:19. > :34:22.was his last real shot at making the US Olympic team. He has bounced back
:34:23. > :34:27.from that and has gone away and trained hard over the summer. He
:34:28. > :34:32.will have been pleased to see Galen Rupp, forming training partner of
:34:33. > :34:39.his, running so well in the marathon in Rio, but he dearly wanted to be
:34:40. > :34:44.in that race. At the front now in her first half marathon here in
:34:45. > :34:54.South Shields. Is it going to be a glorious debut for Cheruiyot? Or is
:34:55. > :34:58.Jeptoo going to run away with this question at she is a previous winner
:34:59. > :35:08.of this event. -- run away with this? She is about 5-6 seconds, that
:35:09. > :35:12.is not that far. This race might not be over yet, even for Dibaba, but
:35:13. > :35:17.when they have crossed this rise, it is about judging your effort. Jeptoo
:35:18. > :35:27.has sided she's off, and I think Cheruiyot is under pressure --
:35:28. > :35:30.decided she's. Cheruiyot is hanging on to her, but Dibaba is moving well
:35:31. > :35:37.again and she might be thinking she has a chance. Back to this pace
:35:38. > :35:41.being set by Ritzenhein. He is operating in an area he hasn't been
:35:42. > :35:47.in too many times so it is great to see him doing this. I would also
:35:48. > :35:50.make the point, you can get to 10-11 miles and not be able to finish it
:35:51. > :35:55.off well, so that is the question for him. He is testing Mo Farah and
:35:56. > :36:01.also testing himself. The important test is for him because when it
:36:02. > :36:05.comes to the finishing area, you would never bet against Mo Farah, on
:36:06. > :36:14.the road and on the track. Ritzenhein has run a fine race
:36:15. > :36:22.today, though. Jeptoo gives another go. Maybe Cheruiyot was worried they
:36:23. > :36:24.were going to go a bit slow and that would let Dibaba have another chance
:36:25. > :36:29.of thinking that she could get there, but now they are approaching
:36:30. > :36:36.the last few hundred metres and Jeptoo is desperately trying to hang
:36:37. > :36:39.on. Cheruiyot, when it comes to finishing races quickly on the
:36:40. > :36:45.track, it she is one of the best. Over the years she has been
:36:46. > :36:49.outkicked by Dibaba at the Olympics, but she has won world titles and
:36:50. > :36:55.finally she won the 5,000-metre gold medal at the Rio Olympics. And now
:36:56. > :36:59.in her first-ever half marathon, it she has enough of a gap which will
:37:00. > :37:07.suggest she can build on that, and she does. Cheruiyot of Kenya, moving
:37:08. > :37:16.away from her team-mate Jeptoo who was the winner in 2013, two former
:37:17. > :37:20.winners behind Vivian Cheruiyot. She has got the half marathon part of
:37:21. > :37:23.her career off to a brilliant start, by coming to take the title in her
:37:24. > :37:33.first ever visit to the Great North Run. Cheruiyot wins. Jeptoo is
:37:34. > :37:38.second. Dibaba crosses the line a few seconds behind in third. Great
:37:39. > :37:47.race from three very good athletes. The two big names, Cheruiyot and
:37:48. > :37:52.Dibaba, of course, and Jeptoo got in amongst them, and that is a
:37:53. > :37:56.fantastic debut for Cheruiyot. What is it like out here today? The
:37:57. > :38:01.atmosphere is amazing, it always is every year, the whole community
:38:02. > :38:07.comes out to support everyone, it is great. Why are you running? Liberty
:38:08. > :38:13.is a wonder woman, she was diagnosed under three years ago with breast
:38:14. > :38:19.cancer and she had a baby at the time, as well, had just had a baby,
:38:20. > :38:28.and she beat breast cancer. You are a bit of a star. She is. I hope that
:38:29. > :38:32.you don't go, but you are such an inspiration, these ladies have told
:38:33. > :38:40.me. I could not have done it without them. It is wonderful. This is my
:38:41. > :38:45.first Great North Run and this is amazing, you have got to come out
:38:46. > :38:49.and do it, everybody. If Mo Farah would like to push on, he can still
:38:50. > :38:54.dip under 60 minutes, but he would be more interested in winning the
:38:55. > :38:56.race because he senses that Ritzenhein is working so hard to
:38:57. > :39:02.maintain this kind of place, so when they drop down through 12 miles
:39:03. > :39:10.which will be fairly soon, in about another minute. When they drop down
:39:11. > :39:16.through this steep downhill section near Marston. He is away, and that
:39:17. > :39:20.is a sense of someone who hasn't got dead legs. Ritzenhein, breaking
:39:21. > :39:26.hard, but Mo Farah was flowing down the hill, letting himself go. He
:39:27. > :39:32.just wants to make he doesn't do himself any damage. It is better to
:39:33. > :39:38.relax downhill. He might even let Ritzenhein come back to him, but now
:39:39. > :39:42.he has the gap, why not push on? He knows he pretty much has the race
:39:43. > :39:50.won but it is now a case of how hard he wants to go in the last mile.
:39:51. > :39:53.John Culshaw, how are you feeling? Not too bad, I'm going at a steady
:39:54. > :39:59.pace, about the speed that Del boy went when he was dressed as Batman,
:40:00. > :40:06.that is my pace. Where is your running buddy? There is a group of
:40:07. > :40:13.four of us and we are having a chat, and you form a little team, and that
:40:14. > :40:18.spurs you on, and the crowd, the cheering, the music, it is magical,
:40:19. > :40:23.it really is. You managed to stay off the jelly babies? The crowd are
:40:24. > :40:26.very generous with jelly babies and energy drinks, we have everything we
:40:27. > :40:34.need and I can't believe the halfway stage is here. Not far to go now.
:40:35. > :40:36.Mentally you are ready? I have done the Blackpool ten K a few times.
:40:37. > :40:51.Onwards and upwards. None of this track races are like
:40:52. > :40:55.this, they always come down to the last 400 metres, but this is a very
:40:56. > :41:00.familiar sight in a British sport, Mo Farah winning another race. Mo
:41:01. > :41:06.Farah, stretching out, 800 metres remaining. A glance over his
:41:07. > :41:12.shoulder. Ritzenhein is working hard now. Mo Farah, 600 metres to go, the
:41:13. > :41:17.end of a glorious year and a glorious four years since 2012 and
:41:18. > :41:23.all the victories he has achieved. Well done, Mo Farah. I'm not sure he
:41:24. > :41:30.is that bothered about going below one hour, but I think he will be
:41:31. > :41:33.right on the margin. If he had really tapped this last 500 metres
:41:34. > :41:39.he would have broken it. He doesn't really need to do that. If he
:41:40. > :41:43.maintains his rhythm and his cadence he might just miss the one-hour mark
:41:44. > :41:48.but that doesn't matter. The crowd came to see Mo Farah win and that is
:41:49. > :41:55.what they will be watching. That is what he has delivered for them. The
:41:56. > :42:04.hero of British athletics. He is being cheered by thousands of
:42:05. > :42:08.people. None of them... Maybe a few went to Rio to cheer him on, he had
:42:09. > :42:12.great British support in the stadium, but this is their chance to
:42:13. > :42:17.come out on the streets of Tyneside and see Britain's hero, and one of
:42:18. > :42:20.the greatest distance runners of all time, you have to say that, with the
:42:21. > :42:27.record he now has in major championships. Two more Olympic gold
:42:28. > :42:35.medals to add to the amazing tally he'll rehouse. It won't stop there.
:42:36. > :42:38.-- amazing tally he already has. We will see him at the World
:42:39. > :42:42.Championships in London next year and many people will have already
:42:43. > :42:48.got tickets for that. Mo Farah, continuing his glory run, in the
:42:49. > :42:51.last 150 metres. He would have to go some to break one-hour, he's
:42:52. > :42:57.probably looking at the clock, but he well be bothered by that. No need
:42:58. > :43:05.for him to panic or worry, no need to watch the clock. He is just
:43:06. > :43:11.enjoying this. That might even be a little different ways, but there is
:43:12. > :43:19.the usual gesture and he makes another bit of history. Ritzenhein,
:43:20. > :43:24.running very fast indeed, not far outside his personal best, he did
:43:25. > :43:29.very well today in second. He made Mo Farah work for it. Winning in
:43:30. > :43:38.front of this huge crowd and winning his third Great North Run. We can
:43:39. > :43:45.round up the elite races. Very close in the wheelchair race. Mark Telford
:43:46. > :43:47.taking it by a second, from Bret Crossley, who was closing in for
:43:48. > :43:59.much of the race. It was very close in the women's
:44:00. > :44:08.race. Dibaba drops towards the end, but Cheruiyot got it in front of her
:44:09. > :44:12.fellow countrywoman Jeptoo. It was Mo Farah's race in the men's but he
:44:13. > :44:20.was made to work very hard by the American Ritzenhein. Emmanuel Bett
:44:21. > :44:21.finished in third. Mo Farah taking his third successive victory in the
:44:22. > :44:43.Great North Run. There are thousands upon thousands
:44:44. > :44:47.of people on the course. Some pushing for personal bests, some
:44:48. > :44:56.struggling with the pain barrier, they all have their own motivation.
:44:57. > :45:03.Just getting your trainers on can be enough. There are 101 reasons not to
:45:04. > :45:07.run, and I thought of everyone, a date with marigolds, a one-woman
:45:08. > :45:16.excuse. I don't have time, one of my favourite lines of that has to be
:45:17. > :45:22.the worst of the lot. Female multitasking powers mean there are
:45:23. > :45:29.always moments. When I say I don't feel like it, I'm a mother, wife, I
:45:30. > :45:34.work, I have a life, lacing up seems a struggle sometimes. What I tell
:45:35. > :45:38.myself when I don't feel like running to my veg OPV's bum does not
:45:39. > :45:44.stay on the sofa. The never-ending washing basket does cause issues,
:45:45. > :45:54.especially the lot pockets of jelly babies and tissues. If all else
:45:55. > :45:58.fails, you don't have to do it. I cannot run on empty tummy. I get
:45:59. > :46:04.dizzy. Running when one is full to the brim makes me sick, queasy
:46:05. > :46:07.evident that grin. The key to nutrition is suck it and see. The
:46:08. > :46:14.chances are, you will always find a willing Bush to have a wee. There
:46:15. > :46:20.are 101 reasons not to run, over the years I have been through everyone.
:46:21. > :46:24.At the end of the day, with no run intended, all the other pans, I
:46:25. > :46:31.still go, I still get out there, I always run.
:46:32. > :46:39.35 years, the Great North Run has been going. I'm not sure it has ever
:46:40. > :46:44.looked better. Thousands upon thousands lining the last mile at
:46:45. > :46:49.South Shields. It has the almost perfect conditions. Gentle breeze.
:46:50. > :46:55.Blue skies, sunshine. Over 40,000 pounding the streets from Newcastle
:46:56. > :47:03.down through Gateshead, Jarrow and South Shields. Wonderful day.
:47:04. > :47:09.Talking earlier on. The first year was 1981, about 12,000, I'm not sure
:47:10. > :47:16.how many finished. We use to finish a bit further down, not even a half
:47:17. > :47:22.marathon. The half marathon distance, as a regulation distance
:47:23. > :47:27.had not been invented. Only 1981. It was a run from Newcastle to South
:47:28. > :47:32.Shields. Brendan was saying, if they had thought about it properly, they
:47:33. > :47:38.may have gone the other way round. Great finish, brilliant start. The
:47:39. > :47:44.last mile or so, it is great. A chance to look all the way up the
:47:45. > :47:46.street, the big crowds get so close, getting the chance to strike and
:47:47. > :47:55.spot if they are lucky, their loved ones. -- to try and spot. More
:47:56. > :48:00.colourful than it used to be. 103 people have taken part in the Great
:48:01. > :48:07.North Run since it was first staged in 1981. 103 people giving all 35.
:48:08. > :48:13.There is the holding area, they gave three, gets the goody bags, a mass
:48:14. > :48:22.IS, some sustenance. Reflecting with others, on a great day's work. Weeks
:48:23. > :48:29.and months of training for many, a lot of them back to do it next year.
:48:30. > :48:37.Thousands of people still on the iconic course, so much history
:48:38. > :48:46.around it. Terry Deary, author of Horrible Histories can explain.
:48:47. > :48:57.The final mile. Most runners agree, it is the longest mile since
:48:58. > :49:06.Mr Imperial invented measurements. It starts here. The grotto is a
:49:07. > :49:14.large cave blasted into the cliffs. In 1782, a man called Jack the
:49:15. > :49:18.Bluster and his wife Jessie borrowed some explosives in a local quarry
:49:19. > :49:25.turned a small cave into a large one to live in. They built this stairway
:49:26. > :49:29.down the cliff. The odd choice of accommodation attracted visitors.
:49:30. > :49:37.The couple supplied with refreshments at a cost. Supplying
:49:38. > :49:45.the smugglers along the caves to hide their cargoes. The legend says
:49:46. > :49:49.one smuggler turned informer, but the smugglers escaped by dumping the
:49:50. > :49:54.cargo along there. When the smugglers found John, they put him
:49:55. > :50:00.in a basket, lowered him down the shaft known as Smuggler's Hole,
:50:01. > :50:05.where they left in to starve to death. They feasted in front of his
:50:06. > :50:12.eyes, and used him as a target. It is set on cold, dark, stormy nights,
:50:13. > :50:17.the wailing of his ghost can be heard above the sounds of the
:50:18. > :50:23.howling wind. Those be the ghostly moan is of John the Gibber. Actually
:50:24. > :50:37.the ghostly moans of runners at the finishing line. They could be right.
:50:38. > :50:43.You are at the halfway stage. Nobody mentioned these little hills. To the
:50:44. > :50:49.Great North Run, lovely. No mention of hills. You are still smiling?
:50:50. > :50:56.Brilliant, one of the best things I have done. We cried when the Red
:50:57. > :51:00.Arrows went over. A moment. Such an inspiration for so many people. We
:51:01. > :51:06.loved your story. What would you say to anyone thinking about getting
:51:07. > :51:13.into running. Get your trainers on, go. Best thing ever. Best thing you
:51:14. > :51:19.done. Go for it, find support. I have supported with Run Wales. Find
:51:20. > :51:25.support go for it. Delighted to say Vivian Cheruiyot is with me. Looking
:51:26. > :51:28.fresh as a daisy. First time you have ever run that far
:51:29. > :51:34.competitively. How did you find the half marathon? You made it look
:51:35. > :51:41.easy. I was trying to finish the half marathon. It seems as if it is
:51:42. > :51:48.going to be too tough. I have been used to 5000, 10,000 metres. Maybe
:51:49. > :51:57.I'm going to do my best. When I was racing, racing Tirunesh Dibaba.
:51:58. > :52:02.Jeptoo. They have been competing in half marathons and marathons. I
:52:03. > :52:08.should not go in front immediately, I never know what is going to happen
:52:09. > :52:12.ahead of me. I was relaxing. It was a little bit tough, the last one
:52:13. > :52:21.kilometre. I am so happy, fantastic for me, also to wrap up my season. I
:52:22. > :52:26.have three, I want is exhausted, men. They look fresh. This is great,
:52:27. > :52:33.everybody names, numbers. What happened there? I changed it at the
:52:34. > :52:39.last minute. Did not have my name on. Tell me your name. David. The
:52:40. > :52:46.first three runners. How was the race? Absolutely knackered. I have
:52:47. > :52:53.done before. Did not seem as hard last time. Seems either. Really
:52:54. > :52:59.good. Brilliant. Rob, you were the first of these two. Great.
:53:00. > :53:06.Supporters came at in force, great atmosphere. How much money did you
:53:07. > :53:11.raise? About ?400, first time I have done. The verse eight or nine miles,
:53:12. > :53:15.no bother, last few could not go faster. Would you advise someone
:53:16. > :53:26.like me to do this instead of running? Definitely. Thank you, glad
:53:27. > :53:32.you said that. Well done, gentlemen. I have been joined by the winner of
:53:33. > :53:35.the elite men's race, Mo Farah. Not quite as straightforward as you
:53:36. > :53:42.would think. I knew it would be hard work. Dathan ran a great race. I
:53:43. > :53:47.know him well, he knows me well, former training partner. He put the
:53:48. > :53:53.boot down, trying to get rid of me, he knows I have thus the face.
:53:54. > :53:57.Amazing support kept me going. I am knackered. Hardly gentle. You have
:53:58. > :54:02.to do a bit more talking. Somewhere out there is a wife. I said she has
:54:03. > :54:08.crossed ten kilometres in 52 minutes. Because you are not used to
:54:09. > :54:15.those kind of times, you said, is that good? I think she's doing well.
:54:16. > :54:24.Good time for her. About halfway. If she goes like that, about 150. She
:54:25. > :54:31.puts a little bit more, 150. It is a tough course. Mainly, do not get
:54:32. > :54:37.carried away. I cannot talk to her. Does she have the Mo Farah kick? She
:54:38. > :54:42.is a better sprinter. In the 100 metres, she has a better style. When
:54:43. > :54:47.we release you, you can go back out there. You're cool down could be
:54:48. > :54:53.going back to find Tanya. There might be chaos there and there. I
:54:54. > :55:06.will be waiting at the finish line. -- chaos out there. Dathan's wife
:55:07. > :55:09.Tanya is out on the course. She has been telling still all about the
:55:10. > :55:16.pain that training for the world's Leichhardt marathon. Behind every
:55:17. > :55:22.elite athlete chasing medals with a sole focus, there is a family behind
:55:23. > :55:32.them. A family you may only see this husband and father for half a year.
:55:33. > :55:36.For Tanya, some me time. She goes from the woman behind the athlete,
:55:37. > :55:43.to the celebrity athlete in her rain right. I often have to watch
:55:44. > :55:50.him at the start. To run it, I'm proud of the fact I have been able
:55:51. > :55:55.to train myself well enough to the point where I feel I can run. I hope
:55:56. > :56:01.I have been a good coach. If not, I will be in trouble. When she does
:56:02. > :56:06.her run, she says she's getting cramps in your stomach. I say I'm
:56:07. > :56:10.doing that over time. There is a fine line when you push the body
:56:11. > :56:18.beyond, you get different pain. It is part of it. No one knows. Now she
:56:19. > :56:21.does. I have gained a huge amount of respect for running more so than
:56:22. > :56:27.ever before. I understand what it is like. Such a mental game. The
:56:28. > :56:38.physical element, I felt the stomach cramps and the pain Mo's describes.
:56:39. > :56:41.When you go through something from achieve something at the end, it
:56:42. > :56:49.outweighs all the pain you have been through. It is great. There she is.
:56:50. > :56:54.She crossed the line from significant and knowledgeable person
:56:55. > :57:00.to greet her, her husband from a Mo, who won the elite men's race. Did
:57:01. > :57:09.not look like you were in the mood for a big cuddle? I was not. Did not
:57:10. > :57:20.even know he was there. The first thing I said, did you win? You cross
:57:21. > :57:25.the line in? 1.39 something. I said if I could go under two hours, I
:57:26. > :57:31.would be happy. I wanted to get close to 1.50, to get the that,
:57:32. > :57:44.crazy. -- below that. That is it from the 36th edition of
:57:45. > :57:49.the Great North Run. Another incredible day. For so many people.
:57:50. > :58:01.We hope you enjoy watching. We will see you next year.
:58:02. > :58:10.These people tonight will say yes, I raced Mo Farah.
:58:11. > :58:17.Vivian Cheruiyot wins. A hero of British athletics. Mo Farah
:58:18. > :58:20.sprinting away.