Great North Run

:00:11. > :00:20.When I first started this event, it had 1300 runners, in our first year

:00:21. > :00:26.it had 1100. It's not more than I just believed but what anybody ever

:00:27. > :00:32.believed. It's incredible. I've said it before but it is ordinary people

:00:33. > :00:37.doing extraordinary things. They come now from all over the UK, all

:00:38. > :00:46.over Europe and all over the world to take part.

:00:47. > :00:52.The great wastes denigrates roomful -- a great race and a great win for

:00:53. > :00:58.the champion. 1 million runners 1 million stories and a million smiles

:00:59. > :01:02.as well. People are asking if I will do it again next year and to be

:01:03. > :01:07.perfectly honest we have no choice. The greatest, the friendlies but

:01:08. > :01:26.above all a regional celebration of identity and spirits.

:01:27. > :01:34.I've got a spare kidney if you would like one. It's the world's favourite

:01:35. > :02:01.run. I put my name on the ballot. Life is full of ups and downs. The

:02:02. > :02:09.best thing I've ever said yes to. I always run.

:02:10. > :02:16.Welcome to a glorious morning here in Newcastle for the 36th Great

:02:17. > :02:20.North Run. What today we have in store, you will be incredible

:02:21. > :02:24.stories of bravery and courage and you'll see some amazing distance

:02:25. > :02:31.runners. The men's elite header by Mo Farrah and there are multiple

:02:32. > :02:37.champions out there. Behind them tens of thousands of stories, maybe

:02:38. > :02:43.none more so that the amazing Claire Lomax. Ricky Wilson of the Kaiser

:02:44. > :02:48.Chiefs is here and you'll see people represented from all over the world.

:02:49. > :02:53.It's not just the Great North Run but the world's favourite run. 178

:02:54. > :02:56.countries are represented at there and you'll get plenty of voices. Mo

:02:57. > :03:01.Farrah has arrived and this is the first race ends his epic

:03:02. > :03:04.achievements in Rio. He is so relaxed and we spoke to him

:03:05. > :03:09.yesterday, he is looking forward to getting out there on the streets of

:03:10. > :03:16.Newcastle and run to South Shields to lap up the adoration of the crowd

:03:17. > :03:20.that this multiple gold medal winner is one of the greatest long-distance

:03:21. > :03:26.runners world has ever seen. It's amazing to think it's just three

:03:27. > :03:31.weeks since his triumph in Rio. Mo Farrah attempting to retain his

:03:32. > :03:39.tenth thousand Olympic title. -- 10,000. Mo has fallen and it is the

:03:40. > :03:43.one thing they feared. Has he got the power and the strength and the

:03:44. > :03:51.speed. We have been here before and we have seen this before. They

:03:52. > :03:58.succumbed to the inevitable. Bow to his superiority. Mo Farrah wins the

:03:59. > :04:02.gold. Three medals in the bag, is it going to be an historic fourth. He

:04:03. > :04:10.is sprinting, he is in the driving seat now. Mo Farrah has gone, he is

:04:11. > :04:22.away. The double-double. Arise Sir mode. -- Mo. We all love him but no

:04:23. > :04:27.one else appreciated him more than Mrs Mo Farrah. You're not just here

:04:28. > :04:33.as Mrs Mo Farrah but here as an athlete? I don't know if you can

:04:34. > :04:36.call it an athlete but I'm here getting involved and I'm going to

:04:37. > :04:42.run the full half marathon so this is the first time for me. You like

:04:43. > :04:46.so many people out there, you when he started training nine months ago?

:04:47. > :04:51.More like eight. It's weird to think this is my second half marathon ever

:04:52. > :04:54.within a month and just starting running so I try to not put too much

:04:55. > :05:01.pressure on myself and just enjoy today but can't believe I'm here.

:05:02. > :05:06.Have you had plenty of tips from Mo he said get easy and get settled

:05:07. > :05:12.into a rhythm and push myself hard. I'm just going to let people get

:05:13. > :05:16.past me and then start working past that. I was teasing him last night

:05:17. > :05:20.saying if he was a good husband he would run with you. I tried

:05:21. > :05:24.convincing him to do it but unfortunately he has a job to do

:05:25. > :05:30.today. He has come to win and I'm sure he'll try to cheer me on the

:05:31. > :05:33.rest of the way. How excited is he because all along the way the crowds

:05:34. > :05:39.will come out? This is definitely his favourite half marathon

:05:40. > :05:42.especially after Rio. It is like a homecoming for him. The crowd here

:05:43. > :05:48.and the people have been phenomenal. It has been such a homecoming so it

:05:49. > :05:52.is like a victory lap for him providing he wins of course. He just

:05:53. > :05:57.wants to come out and give the people a good time. Have you got

:05:58. > :06:02.time you you're aiming for? Under two hours is what I'm aiming for.

:06:03. > :06:06.I'll see you at the finish then best of luck you will be brilliant I'm

:06:07. > :06:13.sure. The race will be started today by two men who can give plenty of

:06:14. > :06:19.inspiration to those out there. Lord Sebastian Coe and David Rhodesia,

:06:20. > :06:26.their preferred distance is a bit shorter. There will be joined by Amy

:06:27. > :06:31.Tinkler as well. You see more and hear from them later. I mentioned

:06:32. > :06:34.the 178 countries who are represented out there today, it's

:06:35. > :06:39.quite phenomenal, it really is the world's favourite race. You will

:06:40. > :06:44.hear plenty of voices throughout the morning so here's a little taste of

:06:45. > :06:53.what is to come. Netherlands. Germany. USA. Dortmund in Germany.

:06:54. > :07:07.County Mayo on the west coast of Ireland. Beautiful Stockholm Sweden.

:07:08. > :07:17.Malaysia. Surprisingly sunny island. Switzerland. Toronto. Pennsylvania.

:07:18. > :07:27.Representing the United States of America. Spain. Connect the USA. As

:07:28. > :07:37.we say in Spain has still away go see you in the great move run. I've

:07:38. > :07:41.seen people from all over. If you're from outside the UK then tell us

:07:42. > :07:45.where you're from. Denise Lewis will be catching up with plenty of people

:07:46. > :07:53.today. I'm not sure what her linguistic skills are like the let's

:07:54. > :08:02.see who is weird. I'm with tea great -- I'm with two great bonus of a

:08:03. > :08:05.Connor Hayley representing? Granado. Tell us why you wanted to be here

:08:06. > :08:10.and so important to represent your country? I live in the north-east

:08:11. > :08:15.and I've always wanted to do the Great North Run and here I am today

:08:16. > :08:21.given the opportunity. I'm excited. Just to let everyone know where

:08:22. > :08:27.Granada is, it's a beautiful island in the Caribbean and everyone should

:08:28. > :08:31.go enjoy grenade. Michal you have travelled from Itchen Steyn, tell us

:08:32. > :08:35.about your country. The aged and Steyn is a tiny country between

:08:36. > :08:39.Switzerland and Austria. -- Lynch and Steyn. I'm sure not a lot of

:08:40. > :08:50.people know about it and that's why I want to represent the country so

:08:51. > :08:55.more people know the country. We speak German dialect like this which

:08:56. > :09:02.people but the official language is German. How excited I need to be

:09:03. > :09:09.part of this great event? There are more people here than we have

:09:10. > :09:17.inhabitants, we have 37,000 inhabitants and here I think there

:09:18. > :09:19.are 57,000 people taking part -- Liechtenstein. You have done your

:09:20. > :09:25.homework great for you to represent your country and have a great

:09:26. > :09:27.afternoon. That's incredible. We could have the whole of

:09:28. > :09:32.Liechtenstein running and no one else could take part. We will hear

:09:33. > :09:38.from so many other countries and it truly is a magnificent morning here.

:09:39. > :09:42.Temperatures higher than it has been for many years so it may affect some

:09:43. > :09:46.runners but for the elite runners, that'll be very favourable indeed.

:09:47. > :09:57.Here is a little flavour of what is coming up. The as we have already

:09:58. > :10:04.seen Mo Farrah is here in Newcastle and we will hear from him ahead of

:10:05. > :10:12.the race. The big head-to-head in the women's race, Vivian Cheruiyot

:10:13. > :10:16.taking on Tirunesh Dibaba per. We have the story of Claire Lomas who

:10:17. > :10:24.is trying to complete the course using robotic legs. Terry Geary

:10:25. > :10:32.takes us on a history onto the 13 mile course. More women are running

:10:33. > :10:36.than ever before, we will show how campaigns like this would have made

:10:37. > :10:40.an impact. Whilst author Hannah Phillips discusses all the excuses

:10:41. > :10:47.we make not to run and how to overcome. And the amazing story of

:10:48. > :10:56.how one man saved a little boy 's life after seeing his story at last

:10:57. > :10:59.year 's Great North Run. I implore you to watch that because it is an

:11:00. > :11:03.incredible story and there are people running for all kinds of

:11:04. > :11:11.different reasons the basic unit anybody running hashtag get

:11:12. > :11:15.inspired. You can text us and of course BBC sport is on Instagram and

:11:16. > :11:19.Facebook, plenty of ways to get involved throughout the morning. I

:11:20. > :11:23.mentioned the causes people running for cover many charities will

:11:24. > :11:28.benefit from the 57,000 people running. Along the way they will

:11:29. > :11:31.wish they were at the finish and that is exactly where Colin Jackson

:11:32. > :11:38.is now in the charity tense. Good morning everybody. It is a bit

:11:39. > :11:44.chilly here but I can ensure you it's all very soon. People are

:11:45. > :11:49.organising to welcomed the runners back. When they arrived here they

:11:50. > :11:54.get hugs and kisses and a cup of tea and a bit of our Massad Buttle for a

:11:55. > :12:04.good cause. I will catch up from somebody from candlelight is here.

:12:05. > :12:11.Can you tell us about this and who is running today? We are running for

:12:12. > :12:17.my son die he was here, my husband James is doing the run with two of

:12:18. > :12:21.his friends and then he is biking about 90 miles back home for

:12:22. > :12:28.Liechtenstein. Hopefully it is going to bring in lots of money for

:12:29. > :12:33.Candlelighters. After the death of guy at last year who contracted

:12:34. > :12:37.leukaemia, from the offset of diagnosis, Candlelighters were there

:12:38. > :12:41.for us. Today is a vital day for fundraising and exposure for the

:12:42. > :12:45.charity to get people to donate as much as they can? Without a shadow

:12:46. > :12:56.of a doubt and good luck and thank you for everybody for donating. Have

:12:57. > :13:01.a good year. Thank you you too. Many runners would have had to overcome

:13:02. > :13:06.many kinds of difficulties, fears and phobias even get on the start

:13:07. > :13:10.line, one lady today has had to challenge herself in the most

:13:11. > :13:14.remarkable way. She started the Great North Run Wednesday and has

:13:15. > :13:21.walked three miles a day and in the next hour or so, Clare Lomas will

:13:22. > :13:26.cross the finish line. Back in May 2000 and seven. I was at an event I

:13:27. > :13:31.competed at loads of time on a horse I had written loads of times. It is

:13:32. > :13:39.a risky sports but you thrive in the excitement. The track split into

:13:40. > :13:42.two, he got his eye on one way, it was a misunderstanding and he

:13:43. > :13:46.clipped a shoulder on the tree and flung me into the tree but the

:13:47. > :13:52.consequences were severe. As I hit the ground I knew I was paralysed.

:13:53. > :13:56.What I did was dislocate my spine at T4 level and that is where the

:13:57. > :14:03.spinal damage was, I also fractured my neck, punctured a lung and caught

:14:04. > :14:14.pneumonia so I was in intensive care for days. It was a tough time.

:14:15. > :14:19.Movement and sensation I have nothing from the chest down, I did

:14:20. > :14:24.feel angry, Cross, upset. Everything really. I didn't know what the

:14:25. > :14:31.future would have in store, I didn't know you could be happy and be

:14:32. > :14:35.paralysed. It's a very scary time. I thought when I had my accident I

:14:36. > :14:41.probably wouldn't be able to meet anyone, I felt really low. But then

:14:42. > :14:47.I met Dan, life started to pick up and then a few days later Maisie

:14:48. > :14:55.arrived. I thought this is a miracle my body does still work a little

:14:56. > :14:58.bit. It meant the world. I could do one of the spirit it wouldn't be the

:14:59. > :15:07.same if I didn't have the people around me. The reason I'm doing the

:15:08. > :15:10.Great North Run is to raise money. It was tough after my accident but

:15:11. > :15:15.when I looked around and saw people with neck injuries, that made me

:15:16. > :15:18.want to start fundraising because nothing compared to a neck injury, I

:15:19. > :15:27.have the use of my arms. I have been walking about three

:15:28. > :15:32.miles a day. The toughest thing I have done. It is just really hard,

:15:33. > :15:40.on your shoulders. Your arms are so tired. And already there have been

:15:41. > :15:44.quite a few tears, sometimes because it is really hard and sometimes

:15:45. > :15:49.because of people's reactions, children turning up from schools

:15:50. > :15:54.with little banners saying, "You can do it", when I have got to the point

:15:55. > :16:04.of thinking I can't. It also makes you feel quite emotional. Well, she

:16:05. > :16:09.has had a tough few days and hopefully you will see her finish

:16:10. > :16:12.within the next hour or so, the amazing Claire Lomas. I am joined by

:16:13. > :16:17.the amazing Paula Radcliffe and Brendan Foster on this amazing

:16:18. > :16:22.Sunday morning. Do you book the weather for this? Every year, you

:16:23. > :16:27.know, I set on the Saturday after the Games, and I watched the VTs of

:16:28. > :16:35.all the people around the world, and also so many local people inspired

:16:36. > :16:40.for so many different reasons, Paula, and I know you as a running

:16:41. > :16:43.not love to get out there and see people pounding the streets. That is

:16:44. > :16:47.the thing with mass races, the build-up, seeing people out there.

:16:48. > :16:51.Watching it for the first time, she was stood there watching some of

:16:52. > :16:55.those videos, crying and it hadn't even started yet. There's so much

:16:56. > :16:58.history of people getting to the start line, that journey through the

:16:59. > :17:02.race, all the support along the route, that other people there, and

:17:03. > :17:09.there is not another sport where you will get that. I am almost addicted.

:17:10. > :17:17.I was with a guy who had done this 20 times, and London 15 times

:17:18. > :17:20.comedies from down South, and this is his favourite one. There must be

:17:21. > :17:23.so many people who want to shake your hand and just say, thanks for

:17:24. > :17:26.doing this. -- and he is from down South. We never had any idea. It

:17:27. > :17:30.started as an event 30 odd years ago and we never knew it would reach

:17:31. > :17:36.this level. The atmosphere is good, people excited and nervous, and that

:17:37. > :17:40.mixture makes it great. We know David Rudisha, Lord Sebastian Coe,

:17:41. > :17:45.Amy, they starting today, but with this being the world's favourite

:17:46. > :17:49.run, 178 countries, I understand you had the temerity to ask Ban Ki-moon

:17:50. > :17:56.if he might come along to start the race? Yes, I thought we should aim

:17:57. > :17:59.big, shoot high. We had a wonderful response from him. He is doing other

:18:00. > :18:03.things who couldn't make it but he would have loved to have been here,

:18:04. > :18:08.and it would have been nice to have the Secretary-General of the UN...

:18:09. > :18:13.Yes, if you don't ask, you don't get! Did he say he would come

:18:14. > :18:17.another year? Yes, but they all say that. You never know. You might be

:18:18. > :18:22.on the starting line. We are dipping into those nationalities throughout

:18:23. > :18:29.the morning. I don't know who Denise has with her now... I feel a little

:18:30. > :18:35.out of place here amongst you. Firefighters... Local? And I believe

:18:36. > :18:41.you have actually done this marathon before? We have run the half

:18:42. > :18:44.marathon 2013, which was in conjunction with our charity in

:18:45. > :18:49.memory of one of our colleagues who sadly died of leukaemia that year.

:18:50. > :18:59.This year we are doing it as part of... It being the 1515th

:19:00. > :19:03.anniversary of 911, and also to raise some money for firefighters'

:19:04. > :19:10.charity which is very close to our own hearts -- 15 th anniversary of

:19:11. > :19:14.9/11. And you did the nature and came out this morning? Yes, that was

:19:15. > :19:18.the only opportunity I had to be your -- you did the night shift and

:19:19. > :19:25.intimate this morning. How much does this way? About 30 kilograms. It is

:19:26. > :19:30.supposed to keep that heap insult obviously on the day, and it is

:19:31. > :19:36.quite warm, it will be very hot -- keep the heat in Seoul obviously on

:19:37. > :19:41.the day with it being quite warm it will be very hot. I am sure the team

:19:42. > :19:46.will keep us right. Will you stick together? Yes, we start as a team,

:19:47. > :19:49.and we finish as a team. Good luck to all of you and raise lots of

:19:50. > :19:54.money. GABBY LOGAN: It is all getting a bit

:19:55. > :20:01.rock 'n' roll. Ricky Wilson is here! Hello! I feel like I am in One

:20:02. > :20:06.Direction! I like it. Yes, and the sun here is incredible. You did not

:20:07. > :20:11.expect this? Beautiful and sunny, perfect running conditions. But

:20:12. > :20:16.you're not running? Of course not, I forgot my kit and I didn't want to

:20:17. > :20:19.do it in my pants! Peanut is running, and we are doing a gig

:20:20. > :20:23.tonight, the official after party for the Great North Run, playing at

:20:24. > :20:28.the arena. We have just released more tickets so some are available,

:20:29. > :20:32.so come on down. Hopefully people's legs will not be too tired to jump

:20:33. > :20:41.up and down and enjoy the night but I give everybody permission to take

:20:42. > :20:45.tomorrow off work. The charities? Yes, one that got together to build

:20:46. > :20:48.the centre here in the north-east. The benefit the north-east? Yes, I

:20:49. > :20:51.think when you keep money in the area where it is raised it gets

:20:52. > :20:55.people that incentive to try a little harder and we are keeping the

:20:56. > :21:00.money in the area and are very proud to be part of it. You came on a tour

:21:01. > :21:05.bus overnight from Berlin? Peanut hasn't slept and I haven't slept. We

:21:06. > :21:14.played in Berlin last night, got a Ryanair flight, have been on a tour

:21:15. > :21:17.bus... I am really proud of him. He is eating a banana now, getting

:21:18. > :21:21.ready. His first marathon. Give us wave, Peanut. There he is. He looks

:21:22. > :21:29.like he will actually smash this. He is hoping to do it in under 1.40 but

:21:30. > :21:33.it depends how many autographs he has to say another way. I am

:21:34. > :21:39.actually a bit jealous... I thought you would be. I am sure we can get

:21:40. > :21:42.your kit for you, get something for you. But we have a gig at the Arena

:21:43. > :21:46.later, and he is just the keyboard player. I have to preserve my

:21:47. > :21:51.energy. And you will help us throughout the day as well. Yes,

:21:52. > :21:56.preserve your energy. Yes, my TV career is really taking off! Well,

:21:57. > :22:01.when you're working at BBC Sport you know you have made it! Let's get out

:22:02. > :22:07.there, because Louise is very adept at this, you can take some tips from

:22:08. > :22:11.her. I know you are pretty famous in these parts, but forgive me because

:22:12. > :22:22.I do not know your band. But you're tuned in and ready to go? I am

:22:23. > :22:30.robbed. Gem. Ricky. Mat. Who are you? Little comets. We are going to

:22:31. > :22:36.do at half marathon while playing against, that is the plan. Guitar

:22:37. > :22:40.playing and singing all the way from Newcastle to sunny South Shields.

:22:41. > :22:45.Why did you choose your particular charity? Jim was a good friend of

:22:46. > :22:51.ours. And he couldn't make it gig one time because he had cardiac

:22:52. > :22:55.arrest so Rob became really good friends with Jim and Jim wanted us

:22:56. > :22:58.to do a gig at his university, but instead we thought to raise more

:22:59. > :23:05.money for organ donation we would do a half marathon and play guitar and

:23:06. > :23:11.sing... That is crazy! You will join them in the latter stages of the

:23:12. > :23:14.race? Yes, I am doing the last few yards. I have a bionic heart so it

:23:15. > :23:18.will be quite a task for me but hopefully the percussion will be

:23:19. > :23:22.good enough for these lives to finish in style! Yes, a fantastic

:23:23. > :23:29.reason to take part today. Are you tuned in and ready to give me a bit

:23:30. > :23:33.of a musical interlude? 2, numerically, 4...

:23:34. > :23:44.# Language is dead, or so she believes

:23:45. > :23:54.# I'm looking up, I'm socially bereaved

:23:55. > :24:02.#... She lies on the border # One night in October... #.

:24:03. > :24:09.They are not bad at all! Well done, guys. A round of applause!

:24:10. > :24:13.GABBY LOGAN: I told you this year's Great North Run was very rock 'n'

:24:14. > :24:17.roll. With me now... If you have a child or were born after the early

:24:18. > :24:22.90s you will know this man's work. Terry Deary, the founder of the of

:24:23. > :24:26.Horrible Histories and also our local man. Can I thank you as a

:24:27. > :24:31.parent, and also as a consumer of what you do, because it is just

:24:32. > :24:36.incredible, Horrible Histories? You buy the books so I should thank you.

:24:37. > :24:39.Yes, but other people as well, bringing history alive for so many

:24:40. > :24:47.young people. You are here today as a veteran of the Great North Run? A

:24:48. > :24:53.veteran, sounds better than an old git... This is my 20th at the age of

:24:54. > :24:58.70. It is just a wonderful experience. Something for club

:24:59. > :25:08.runners like myself to aim for. And you're running for a special cause?

:25:09. > :25:11.Campaign Canute, the Viking Centre, who were flooded out. Normally it is

:25:12. > :25:15.for children with disabilities but this year it is a history one,

:25:16. > :25:18.because they need to rebuild the centre, the Viking Centre, which

:25:19. > :25:23.inspired me... I have been there many times and it is an amazing

:25:24. > :25:27.place. It would be even better if people go. We are making you kind of

:25:28. > :25:31.thing for your supper, because you have produced five excellent films

:25:32. > :25:36.for us which have documented some Horrible Histories along the 13 mile

:25:37. > :25:39.course, so we will look at the first which is just somewhere over there,

:25:40. > :25:53.isn't it? Yes, on the other side of those trees. The Town Moor. The

:25:54. > :25:57.Great North Run starts just over there alongside Newcastle's Town

:25:58. > :26:01.Moor, and this was once the most horrible place in the city, because

:26:02. > :26:08.this is the place where criminals were executed. In public. The

:26:09. > :26:17.innocent as well as the guilty. The worst per version of Justice was in

:26:18. > :26:22.1650 -- per version. A witch Hunter arrived from Scotland and offered to

:26:23. > :26:26.point out any witches. The Putin said it corporation were not

:26:27. > :26:29.thrilled. They sent out a man with a bell and invited anyone to name the

:26:30. > :26:35.person they suspected. Verratti accused were tested by the witch

:26:36. > :26:43.finder. -- Verratti accused. He stripped them to look for blemishes

:26:44. > :26:46.on the skin and then put those to the test. If they bled they were

:26:47. > :26:54.innocent but if they did not believe they were guilty and sentenced to

:26:55. > :26:59.hang -- 30 accused. Of course it was fake test. The witch finder was

:27:00. > :27:05.being paid 20 shillings for every which he found. 13 women and one man

:27:06. > :27:13.were hanged here on the Town Moor Gallows, and thousands turned out to

:27:14. > :27:17.watch. You will be pleased to hear the witch finder was suspected of

:27:18. > :27:24.fraud and arrested in Scotland. He confessed to sending 220 people to

:27:25. > :27:29.their deaths. And he was hanged. It is a sort of justice but no

:27:30. > :27:36.consolation for his innocent victims, or their families. Until

:27:37. > :27:43.the middle of the 1800, this patch of land continued to be used for

:27:44. > :27:48.public executions -- 1800s. It was known as the Gallows gate in the

:27:49. > :27:54.east of the city, and to this day Newcastle United football club still

:27:55. > :28:01.has a Gallowgate end. So you are in Newcastle United supporter? No, I am

:28:02. > :28:08.from Sunderland! I am a Black Cat! Black Cat... Witch! Plenty Of

:28:09. > :28:12.Newcastle United Fans Will Be Thinking They Have Seen The Grim

:28:13. > :28:17.Reaper Of Relegation At The Gallowgate End One Too Many Times.

:28:18. > :28:23.Yes, I Am Absolutely Gutted for them! You will see he is a Black Cat

:28:24. > :28:25.a little later on because there are four brilliant films of places

:28:26. > :28:30.around the course and you will see them throughout the morning. Thank

:28:31. > :28:35.you so much, Terry, and hope you smash record today. I wonder Peanut

:28:36. > :28:42.will be posting a new personal best out on the course. He is discussing

:28:43. > :28:47.race tactics with Ricky Wilson, no doubt. Peanut, this is weird. I am

:28:48. > :28:51.interviewing year. Very strange. You're running the Great North Run

:28:52. > :28:55.today. Three great charities have joined forces to benefit the

:28:56. > :29:02.north-east. Tell me about it? I am running for a foundation have been

:29:03. > :29:06.-- who have been building a music therapy centre and also Teenage

:29:07. > :29:13.Cancer Trust. We are also doing it for the run, rock and raise, for the

:29:14. > :29:16.Arena this evening. Tonight we are playing in the arena and it is the

:29:17. > :29:20.slightly official aftershow so there are more tickets released so come on

:29:21. > :29:23.down. I am proud of you because last night we were playing in Berlin and

:29:24. > :29:28.by hook or by crook we have got you and your running on very little

:29:29. > :29:32.sleep? Yes, but it is the occasion. The atmosphere... I have never done

:29:33. > :29:35.anything like this before. You can get a feel for what the course is

:29:36. > :29:39.right with all these people. I cannot wait to get going. I am a bit

:29:40. > :29:43.jealous because now I am here I am feeling the atmosphere, I want to

:29:44. > :29:47.run. I am covered in Vassell in and ready to go but you will run it for

:29:48. > :29:58.me. I am very proud of you to stop cheers -- covered in vaseline.

:29:59. > :30:03.GABBY LOGAN: The women's elite is also full of talent...

:30:04. > :30:08.I think most of us think it could be a real head-to-head between Vivian

:30:09. > :30:32.Cheruiyot and Tirunesh Dibaba. The crowd rise and so they should. A

:30:33. > :30:42.majestic performance from the Queen of distance running. Cheruiyot smelt

:30:43. > :30:52.blood and then she pounced. There is no way the Ethiopian to come back.

:30:53. > :30:57.The rest of the field will not be able to believe what they have just

:30:58. > :31:09.taken part in. These women are the very best in their field. A

:31:10. > :31:14.mouthwatering contest in store there. In both elite races though

:31:15. > :31:18.the fields are loaded with talent so let's find out the thoughts and

:31:19. > :31:26.insights from our commentators who are at the finish already. Welcome

:31:27. > :31:32.to a gloriously sunny South Shields where thousands upon thousands of

:31:33. > :31:39.runners will cross, before that we have the elite races and to look at

:31:40. > :31:45.them we have steamed crab and Steve the women's race is more competitive

:31:46. > :31:50.than the men's? We have two of the all-time greats and we have one

:31:51. > :31:54.all-time great in the men's. One who has done this before, Tirunesh

:31:55. > :31:59.Dibaba, she has won the marathon and the half marathon and has had a

:32:00. > :32:05.glorious track career. And Vivien Cherry at who we saw win the gold in

:32:06. > :32:09.the 5000 after silver on the 10,000 -- Cheruiyot. The first opportunity

:32:10. > :32:15.to see if this is a future for her. An awful lot of people in the

:32:16. > :32:26.running world are curious to see how Vivian copes with the distance.

:32:27. > :32:30.Winning her Olympic title on 5000 was a great reward for what has been

:32:31. > :32:34.a great career. This is really a different test for her and one

:32:35. > :32:40.against Tirunesh Dibaba who showed us in Rio she is on her way back to

:32:41. > :32:47.be as good as she has ever been. As for the men's, we know one man is

:32:48. > :32:49.set to take all of the attention. An amazing performance by an amazing

:32:50. > :33:03.man. The greatest we have ever seen. When does it sink in what you have

:33:04. > :33:07.managed to achieve? It takes a little while and you go back home

:33:08. > :33:14.and you look back, I watched the race and thing really I did that.

:33:15. > :33:18.Incredible from Mo Farrah. From the kid who started at age 12 and having

:33:19. > :33:22.ambition watching the Olympics in Sydney and then thinking and telling

:33:23. > :33:27.yourself I want to become an Olympic champion and doing it in your

:33:28. > :33:30.hometown and then four years later, it's incredible, there are no words

:33:31. > :33:38.to explain. You must have that feeling of satisfaction knowing all

:33:39. > :33:41.the hard work has paid off? I know I gave it all I could in training and

:33:42. > :33:46.there was not a day I missed. I worked as hard as I could and waited

:33:47. > :33:53.six months away from the family. When you line up I tell myself, if a

:33:54. > :33:57.better man beats today, let it be because there is not much more you

:33:58. > :34:02.can do. What are the kids like when you show them the medals? Be

:34:03. > :34:17.interested for a few seconds? A few seconds and that's it. London 2017,

:34:18. > :34:20.going back to the place we had magical moments, it could happen

:34:21. > :34:26.again? Just thinking about 2017I get nervous and excited and I would like

:34:27. > :34:32.to end my career on track on a high. It's like the story is written for

:34:33. > :34:36.you, it'd be a perfect ending. It's never goes to plan. Months leading

:34:37. > :34:47.up to it, you get ill, you get little niggles and you fall. Mo has

:34:48. > :34:52.fallen. I was panicking, people didn't see that but I thought my

:34:53. > :34:58.race has done and it took me three or four laps to get back into it but

:34:59. > :35:04.the trainers are talking to me saying it's OK you can get through

:35:05. > :35:10.it. And I just gave a thumbs up. Mo Farrah wins the Great North Run

:35:11. > :35:14.defends his title and their bitters. What's it like to be back in a place

:35:15. > :35:20.where you have great success? I love it here. After my major races in

:35:21. > :35:25.terms of the world and the Olympics, I like to finish up on the quayside

:35:26. > :35:32.and get great support from the public. One more race I tell myself.

:35:33. > :35:35.You have one at the last two years, no one has ever won three in a row

:35:36. > :35:42.so how about that, another piece of history? It is possible. It is going

:35:43. > :35:47.to be hard. But hopefully I can enjoy it and use the crowd as much

:35:48. > :35:55.as I can. Great to see you here and enjoy Sunday. Double Olympic

:35:56. > :35:59.champion. I can't believe it. He says it is going to be hard, in no

:36:00. > :36:09.sporting event is it a foregone conclusion. I think this is his to

:36:10. > :36:13.win. He has the opportunity as was said there is the chance to win

:36:14. > :36:17.three times in a row and he has had an incredible summer but assuming

:36:18. > :36:22.everything would go well in Rio, he was or was wanting to come here and

:36:23. > :36:27.capped it off. I think the field is against him, there are a few runners

:36:28. > :36:32.who are experienced, he could trip up and fall down in this one, it is

:36:33. > :36:35.a question of how fast he wants to go and how much of a show he wants

:36:36. > :36:40.to put on. Great weather today with a breeze behind them so it's pretty

:36:41. > :36:46.much up to him how fast he goes. Here is the thing, 33 now, what is

:36:47. > :36:50.his best distance, we have seen him from 1500 all the way up to

:36:51. > :36:56.marathon. Where is his best? What he's doing on the track. He is

:36:57. > :36:59.winning at 5000 and 10000 and there nobody yet has shown they are

:37:00. > :37:04.capable of beating him so we will see him do that in London next time

:37:05. > :37:10.at the World Championships next year but he is after a fresh challenge.

:37:11. > :37:15.He rightfully is probably thinking I don't want to be caught out down the

:37:16. > :37:19.line so it is a big opportunity for him. A half marathon is OK but we

:37:20. > :37:26.even saw the world half marathon where he was beaten, I think he has

:37:27. > :37:30.a big future whether or not the marathon in Tokyo is the right

:37:31. > :37:36.thing, that remains to be seen. We will see and will it be a hatchery

:37:37. > :37:39.of victories for him today. You wouldn't bet against him today. I am

:37:40. > :37:42.looking forward to seeing the crowds coming out and giving their

:37:43. > :37:51.appreciation. What a wonderful opportunity to show just how

:37:52. > :37:59.appreciative we all are. The crowds are making their way down now to the

:38:00. > :38:04.start line. Shaking their limbs, eating cereal bars and drinking

:38:05. > :38:09.protein drinks. It is a fantastic festival of running. In the midst of

:38:10. > :38:12.a tool, we may forgot to mention as well as the mass runners as an elite

:38:13. > :38:22.runners, there are plenty of famous faces. George W Bush, Steven

:38:23. > :38:26.Gerrard, Tony Blair, they are not running by Jon Culshaw is and he can

:38:27. > :38:34.be all things to all men and Ricky Wilson caught up with them. Now how

:38:35. > :38:38.are you doing? Not too bad. I've been involved with various marathon

:38:39. > :38:44.sessions with you, usually in a pub, this is a half marathon for charity,

:38:45. > :38:48.are you excited? I am, I am nervous but in a good way. The spirit here

:38:49. > :38:53.is amazing. I'm going to be relying on that I think. When you run around

:38:54. > :38:56.and people cheer you on it gives you a buzz that you are doing it for a

:38:57. > :39:05.very good cause, can you tell us about it? The John egging trust. He

:39:06. > :39:08.was the red Arrow pilot who lost his life at the show a few years down

:39:09. > :39:12.the trust was set up by his wife Emma and it is there to help and

:39:13. > :39:20.mental young people to reach the best potential they can -- Jon

:39:21. > :39:25.Egging. And running at an amazing event. How are you going to get

:39:26. > :39:32.through this, will you be channelling any runners? Brendan

:39:33. > :39:42.Foster making his commentary over there and not Sebastian Coates. --

:39:43. > :39:46.Sebastian Coates. I have been running on and off since the school

:39:47. > :39:49.cross-country team, I have done the blackboard ten K a few times so I

:39:50. > :40:01.will keep that in mind and hopefully have some good experience.

:40:02. > :40:12.John everybody. Cheer remand Jon Egging, a very important trust. I'm

:40:13. > :40:17.sure Michael Johnson would think of that, we would have to give him the

:40:18. > :40:22.clip. It is great to see so many famous faces lending their support

:40:23. > :40:28.to charity, raising profile as well as fans amongst the 57,000 today and

:40:29. > :40:32.what glorious conditions they have. Temperatures are really getting on

:40:33. > :40:35.to the likes of 18, it'll be fantastic for the elite runners,

:40:36. > :40:39.some slower paced runners might find it a bit tougher as they head down

:40:40. > :40:43.to the seaside at South Shields. At the moment they are all excited and

:40:44. > :40:47.there will be people who have never done it before there. There are

:40:48. > :40:55.plenty of veterans and of course there is a real -- wheelchair race.

:40:56. > :40:57.Great Britain do very good at the Paralympics over the field in the

:40:58. > :41:02.wheelchair race not as strong as some years because our best athletes

:41:03. > :41:06.are competing for gold and glory but it is about to get and perhaps these

:41:07. > :41:16.the stars of the future he will make this journey now from Newcastle to

:41:17. > :41:21.South Shields. That is the Lord Mayor of Newcastle who has them on

:41:22. > :41:25.their way. They are leading the way and of course it is the elite women

:41:26. > :41:29.who will go off next in a few minutes time before we see them, I'm

:41:30. > :41:34.delighted to say I've been joined in the studio here with Lord Sebastian

:41:35. > :41:40.Coe David Rhodesia who will get everybody on their way along with

:41:41. > :41:46.Amy Tinkler. The local Olympian who won a bronze in Rio. Would you make

:41:47. > :41:50.of today David? It's great to be here and to be part of this

:41:51. > :41:57.wonderful big half marathon. It's amazing. I was teasing him yesterday

:41:58. > :42:02.saying in a few years' time when he has lost a bit of speed, he might

:42:03. > :42:06.fancy coming here, you were supposed to be running it? I was I'm a bit

:42:07. > :42:11.frustrated today. I'm delighted to be here as a spectator but I started

:42:12. > :42:16.training quite hard fritz which probably tells you I shouldn't of

:42:17. > :42:22.been doing it. What happened? About a week ago it all started to not

:42:23. > :42:27.work suddenly and I ended up with a low back and decided it was probably

:42:28. > :42:35.better to be a spectator. I ignored the advice I gave everybody for

:42:36. > :42:41.years. And I didn't follow it. There is a huge appreciation here, what

:42:42. > :42:45.did you make of David's gold in Rio? They were different races. His

:42:46. > :42:50.performance in London for me was the performance of the games at any

:42:51. > :42:54.event and I was just delighted to see him successfully double up and

:42:55. > :42:59.win again in Rio because he is the best 800-metre runner of all time.

:43:00. > :43:04.David we are getting off in a few seconds time, final words of advice

:43:05. > :43:13.for anybody out there? Actually unite in sports, all you have to do

:43:14. > :43:19.is your best. For the athlete I know they have prepared. Smiling like you

:43:20. > :43:22.as well. Thank you David and said they will be joined by a meeting so

:43:23. > :43:32.let's hand you over to the commentary team now.

:43:33. > :43:36.COMMENTATOR: Thank you Gabby. Good morning everybody on a beautiful day

:43:37. > :43:39.as everybody has been saying. We are looking forward to welcoming

:43:40. > :43:44.everybody to South Shields for the finish including our elite athletes

:43:45. > :43:49.already on the line. The women not too far away from their start and we

:43:50. > :43:53.were in the preview talking about the quality of the field here. We

:43:54. > :43:58.spoke about the two big names but also Joyce Chepkirui, second in the

:43:59. > :44:05.New York half marathon earlier this year and a swift 67.41, Colin was

:44:06. > :44:14.champion at 10,000 metres. Former winner she won here a few years ago,

:44:15. > :44:19.Priscah Jeptoo. Eight in the London Marathon earlier this year. She was

:44:20. > :44:28.not selected for the Kenyan team. Pretty disappointed. Gemma Steel.

:44:29. > :44:31.Gemma has flirted with the marathon, the half marathon is certainly an

:44:32. > :44:40.event she has done well at. Third best ever.

:44:41. > :44:49.Gemma will be hoping to lead the British contingent today. And then

:44:50. > :44:57.as we saw, one of the all-time great if not the best, certainly on track,

:44:58. > :45:00.Tirunesh Dibaba, one in 2012 and has got real potential still on the

:45:01. > :45:08.roads despite everything she has done on the track. Joining her

:45:09. > :45:11.finally with an Olympic title, Cheruiyot, one of the greatest ever

:45:12. > :45:21.athletes in Kenya, she took the 5,000-metre title after being second

:45:22. > :45:22.in the 10,000. The elite women have the roads all to themselves to begin

:45:23. > :45:41.with. Big smiles from Seb. Come on, Seb.

:45:42. > :45:46.The elite women finally get under way and a lot of support from them.

:45:47. > :45:55.They will be making up 50% of the main field for the Great North Run.

:45:56. > :46:01.A few others out there to look for, Alyson Dixon, who of course

:46:02. > :46:08.represented Great Britain in the marathon, and in the blue with the

:46:09. > :46:12.sunglasses right behind Gemma Steel, Charlotte Purdue. Charlotte again,

:46:13. > :46:18.one of our bright young talents over recent years, trying to move up and

:46:19. > :46:26.tried to make a team in Rio in the marathon, as indeed did Lily

:46:27. > :46:30.Partridge as well. But on a day like today when the weather is so good,

:46:31. > :46:35.perfect conditions for running fast if they chose to do it. Slight

:46:36. > :46:42.breeze as well. It could be an intriguing race for Cheruiyot and

:46:43. > :46:50.Tirunesh Dibaba. The names, scrolling through, Lily Partridge,

:46:51. > :46:55.she could well go pretty well today, Freya Ross... And if we are thinking

:46:56. > :46:58.about times on a day like this, I am not sure whether Dibaba and

:46:59. > :47:15.Cheruiyot are thinking about times, but the course record, who won the

:47:16. > :47:18.last two years, 65.39, from Mary. I am not sure if we will get that but

:47:19. > :47:24.let's hope for a pretty quick race. I will try to guide you through

:47:25. > :47:28.this... Overall, and you can see the elevation there, they do drop in

:47:29. > :47:34.distance. Nice downhill section over the Tyne Bridge, then past Gateshead

:47:35. > :47:37.International Stadium. On the dual carriage, passing the crowds there,

:47:38. > :47:45.then in about six miles they take the time passed my old track at

:47:46. > :47:53.Jarrow, at the seven, eight mile point, then this is where it gets a

:47:54. > :48:01.little bit of a drag up, then South Shields and they will be able to

:48:02. > :48:09.smell the sea and drop steeply down along the Leas and find us here at

:48:10. > :48:14.the finish. I am delighted to see... And these cameras are coming from

:48:15. > :48:21.our helicopter, of course, and the other helicopter which can carry

:48:22. > :48:25.more people and more weight brought Brendan and Paula, who have made it

:48:26. > :48:29.into the commentary box. Safe journey, guys. Well done. Yes, great

:48:30. > :48:37.view of the course and of sunny South Shields, waiting here... Lets

:48:38. > :48:42.get Paula and throat lozenge! Brendan, I know you have had the odd

:48:43. > :48:54.bit of bad weather over the years, but what a day-to-day? Yes, a lovely

:48:55. > :48:59.day, Steve. Vivian Cheruiyot in the blue dress, just behind Gemma Steel.

:49:00. > :49:03.What a glorious performance it was of horrors and the Olympic Games. A

:49:04. > :49:06.personal best in the 10,000 metres. I spoke to the other day and she

:49:07. > :49:12.said, I thought after that I would never win an Olympic gold medal but

:49:13. > :49:17.then in the 5000 metres things turned around and she was able to

:49:18. > :49:20.win that elusive gold medal so no Vivian Cheruiyot, Olympic career

:49:21. > :49:24.almost behind her, embarks on this road and it will be interesting to

:49:25. > :49:29.see what she does. As we look down on the elite women, with all the

:49:30. > :49:34.great achievements you will hear about today, one stands clear of the

:49:35. > :49:38.rest, Claire Lomas, who suffered serious injury following from a

:49:39. > :49:41.horse in 2007, which left her paralysed from the chest down. On

:49:42. > :49:45.Wednesday she started the Great North Run course wearing these

:49:46. > :49:48.supporting legs to help her stand. Every step a deliberate and

:49:49. > :49:54.difficult effort but she has completed the Great North Run today,

:49:55. > :49:59.after five days. She did the London Marathon. Channelled round England

:50:00. > :50:03.on hand operated bicycle and she has raised ?500,000 for spinal research.

:50:04. > :50:07.She is also currently expecting her second child. He was Colin Jackson

:50:08. > :50:11.to give her her medal and never has one be more deserved. I think of all

:50:12. > :50:21.the medals we saw in Olympics, but this is how special it is... I am

:50:22. > :50:26.worn out! How fantastic does it feel at the end, Claire? Amazing. I am

:50:27. > :50:29.worn out! I will just be pleased to sit down. It has been hard, really

:50:30. > :50:36.hard, but the support has been incredible. The Great North Run

:50:37. > :50:42.team. The donations, my support team, Dan, in particular, holding me

:50:43. > :50:46.up. It is hilly out there, and everyone helped me get through, my

:50:47. > :50:51.little girl, and everyone, really, my mum and dad. I met many of them

:50:52. > :50:55.yesterday and of course we bumped into each other in the list and you

:50:56. > :51:00.were getting the final preparations in your mind. Was it really as tough

:51:01. > :51:06.as you thought? Cover, and more! It has been extra tough because I did

:51:07. > :51:11.not train as much as I wanted to. I'm actually 16 weeks pregnant as

:51:12. > :51:15.well -- tougher, and more. It made it even tougher. I was not very well

:51:16. > :51:18.this summer. Have been sick all the time and could not get into it as

:51:19. > :51:24.much as I wanted. There were times, where I just don't know... It rubbed

:51:25. > :51:28.me in a few places, the straps, and I questioned a few times whether I

:51:29. > :51:32.would actually be here today so I am absolutely over the moon. This will

:51:33. > :51:37.be a really hard question. Anything else planned? At this level? I will

:51:38. > :51:42.pop the baby out first! And I tell you what, that is a challenge!

:51:43. > :51:47.Having two! One drives me mad, but two! That will be a challenge. It be

:51:48. > :52:00.four years to get over the London Marathon, five

:52:01. > :52:04.years to get over having a baby and they seem to have forgotten both are

:52:05. > :52:07.now doing them both again, so you never know! You know what, I have a

:52:08. > :52:09.special medal for a certain person who is behind you and has been

:52:10. > :52:13.working so hard. Do you think he deserves it? Yes, but he has to run

:52:14. > :52:15.it next year! Yes, I will give him his medal. Congratulations, well

:52:16. > :52:20.done, and, really, get the support from the crowd. You thoroughly

:52:21. > :52:23.deserve it. Kagiso much. Well done to Claire. I was listening to her

:52:24. > :52:29.this morning being interviewed on five live by colleagues -- thank you

:52:30. > :52:32.so much. She explained to Colin how hard she was finding it but

:52:33. > :52:36.congratulations to her, a great reception for her down at the finish

:52:37. > :52:41.with thousands of people are already gathered, and they have plenty of

:52:42. > :52:44.sun cream, which is good. They do not have some cream shops normally

:52:45. > :52:53.in South Shields, but the ones who do have been doing a roaring trade!

:52:54. > :52:58.-- they do not normally have sun cream. It is lowest year but we are

:52:59. > :53:04.expecting to pick up a little bit. Paula, probably not unusual

:53:05. > :53:08.considering Tirunesh and Vivian fresh from Rio, feeling through

:53:09. > :53:11.these early miles. Yes, just taking some time to settle into the race.

:53:12. > :53:17.The first mile is slightly downhill so is usually a bit quicker than

:53:18. > :53:23.that but I think perhaps signs that Charlotte Purdue and those up at the

:53:24. > :53:27.front, Alyson Dixon, they would have been expecting to hold up at the

:53:28. > :53:30.back of the front group early on and are pushing on the pace a little bit

:53:31. > :53:36.there to try to get the race moving. I think it will come down to the

:53:37. > :53:40.likes of Priscah Jeptoo to get it moving in the early stages.

:53:41. > :53:43.Cheruiyot and Dibaba did run hard in Rio and although they have the

:53:44. > :53:49.potential to run 65 minutes, on this course, whether they wanted today,

:53:50. > :53:52.and Vivian particularly on her debut, we will see, but certainly

:53:53. > :53:58.not setting out with the pace to challenge that. They have come up

:53:59. > :54:02.with a fairly steep rise onto the Tyne Bridge. The crowds are

:54:03. > :54:05.gathering there of course with a great vantage point. A lot of them

:54:06. > :54:10.will attempt, once they have seen their friends and the elite runners

:54:11. > :54:17.go by, they will then try to get themselves down to the finish as

:54:18. > :54:26.well. But a great vantage point, so the Tyne Bridge, Brendan, you can

:54:27. > :54:32.fill us in on this. There is an emoji here, so firstly can you

:54:33. > :54:41.explain to everyone what an emoji is? Yes, they are on your phone. It

:54:42. > :54:44.is an emoji and a lot of the young audience will know exactly what

:54:45. > :54:48.you're talking about and left saw what I am speaking about, but there

:54:49. > :54:57.they format, crossing the Tyne Bridge, the famous site. -- via the

:54:58. > :55:00.go. Runners of repute and of talent and eventually you will see the

:55:01. > :55:03.masses coming across there but for the moment, looking at the field,

:55:04. > :55:10.the only thing you would look at as an athlete would be the competition.

:55:11. > :55:14.The times for a half marathon, some wonderful ones we have seen, but

:55:15. > :55:18.when you look at Vivian Cheruiyot and Tirunesh Dibaba, two of the

:55:19. > :55:21.world's greatest female distance runners we have ever seen, you would

:55:22. > :55:24.think the battle between those two and the finishing order between

:55:25. > :55:29.those two, finishing second and third in the Olympic Games in the

:55:30. > :55:36.10,000 metres, you would imagine who comes first, it will be and even

:55:37. > :55:38.more interesting question. As you can see Cheruiyot dart through to

:55:39. > :55:45.move a bit closer to the leader. As you can see Cheruiyot

:55:46. > :56:00.darts leader. Paula, I am just trying to work out

:56:01. > :56:04.Alyson 's vest. Can you fill us in? Yes, I got a text last night from

:56:05. > :56:08.her asking for a spear vest because she had forgotten her is, so that is

:56:09. > :56:10.why it looks a bit like a dress on her!

:56:11. > :56:14.LAUGHTER Goodness me. I suppose she had other

:56:15. > :56:18.things to think about. Anyway, it is all happening at the front of the

:56:19. > :56:26.women's race but also let's find out about what is happening back at the

:56:27. > :56:29.start. Right, I am joined here by Kevin and Michael, footballers. You

:56:30. > :56:36.want to do this in about 90 minutes, 90 minutes of running around, you're

:56:37. > :56:40.used to it? Not for me! I used to get substituted before 90 minutes

:56:41. > :56:44.but I... Yes, if I get round about that time, I will be happy! But it

:56:45. > :56:49.is just running in a straight line, not all over the place, and you

:56:50. > :56:54.don't even have a ball! As you know, it hurts, it hurts like heck! Every

:56:55. > :56:58.part of your body, but it is for a great cause and I think there are

:56:59. > :57:02.57,000 people out today, which is great. Which great cars are you

:57:03. > :57:10.doing it for today? Cardiac risk in the young, so to raise a bit of

:57:11. > :57:16.money on the way will be good. And yourself? Yes, a great man in

:57:17. > :57:24.football and a great cause, to raise ?2 million in the last eight years,

:57:25. > :57:33.raise new equipment and raise awareness to beat cancer. When I

:57:34. > :57:37.have run a marathon before, you know, the atmosphere, you're kind of

:57:38. > :57:45.use to that, so how would you get through today? The last two or three

:57:46. > :57:52.miles, they will have to put me through it, because I am not used to

:57:53. > :57:55.this and I will struggle. I will probably get booed for the first

:57:56. > :57:59.five miles in Newcastle but once I get through and into Sunderland they

:58:00. > :58:02.should cheer for me. It is incredible, 57,000 people doing it,

:58:03. > :58:06.but there must be 200,000 people watching right round the course

:58:07. > :58:10.which is incredible really. I will wait at the end and have a couple of

:58:11. > :58:22.bits for you and then we will have a party tonight. Good luck, gents.

:58:23. > :58:27.Great causes. See you later. Mickey great, great to see he runs every

:58:28. > :58:35.year. Not a bad run, does very well every single year -- Grey. He's a

:58:36. > :58:40.good footballer as well, isn't he? Played for a good team. Who was

:58:41. > :58:44.that? Sunderland! You're outnumbered today. Me and Terry Deary are

:58:45. > :58:49.gearing up on you. At least you guys are winning. Are you on Match Of The

:58:50. > :58:58.Day? No, you're not any more. At the front we have the sprint, and the

:58:59. > :59:04.Gateshead Stadium, it is coming in, at three males, but not particularly

:59:05. > :59:10.quick for the second mile. Paula, the very fact that everybody is

:59:11. > :59:13.still there are... I can understand Cheruiyot, as you said, first half

:59:14. > :59:18.marathon, feeling her way through little bit, but Joyce Chepkirui ran

:59:19. > :59:24.pretty well in New York earlier in the year, in pretty good shape, or

:59:25. > :59:26.Priscah Jeptoo, one of those, we thought could maybe break and a

:59:27. > :59:30.little earlier and get things moving a bit? I would have thought so.

:59:31. > :59:35.Priscah Jeptoo probably did not run as well as she would have expected

:59:36. > :59:38.to, as well as we expected her to, in the London Marathon earlier this

:59:39. > :59:42.year, so perhaps she is not the ship she was the year before, a couple of

:59:43. > :59:48.years ago here, she also knows she's capable of a very fast bit in the

:59:49. > :59:53.middle of the race. Two years ago I think it was, we saw her run that

:59:54. > :59:57.split in the middle portion of this race, so she can do that to break

:59:58. > :00:01.the race up, but I would certainly expect the likes of heart or Joyce

:00:02. > :00:06.Chepkirui to push the pace on early and kind of take the race a little

:00:07. > :00:10.bit to the leaders because once we get into that last five kilometres

:00:11. > :00:13.if those two are anywhere near the front it is not really going to go

:00:14. > :00:18.any other way you today, so they should challenge them to take the

:00:19. > :00:21.race to them, and I think that is why we can see Eloise Wellings there

:00:22. > :00:25.at the front, pushing on the pace, and Gemma Steel alongside her, just

:00:26. > :00:26.trying to keep the race moving at a decent

:00:27. > :00:34.Louise Welling is one of those who followed her home -- Eloise

:00:35. > :00:38.Wellings. Eloise running very well, getting a top ten in the Olympics is

:00:39. > :00:44.a great performance. There is Gateshead Stadium. They're just

:00:45. > :00:49.coming alongside the scene of so many international athletics

:00:50. > :00:55.meetings over the year. The English schools was held there this year. It

:00:56. > :01:00.was a great event. 40 years ago this year, he made his first appearance

:01:01. > :01:05.and his first international race, he ran the mile race against John Moore

:01:06. > :01:10.who was coming back as Olympic champion and Dave Moorcroft and he

:01:11. > :01:14.led until the last laugh and it wasn't until he got to the bell went

:01:15. > :01:19.Dave Moorcroft said you have to get after him and it was only a young

:01:20. > :01:22.lad at university then. He was only 19 but he started his career there

:01:23. > :01:30.and was talking affectionately about last night. Sap has a significant

:01:31. > :01:44.birthday coming up let's just say it begins with a six. -- Seb. Back at

:01:45. > :01:48.the start everybody lining up no need for the extra clothing on a day

:01:49. > :01:52.like this. All getting nicely warmed up by the sunshine and a great

:01:53. > :02:02.atmosphere here and I think the news has someone with her now. I'm here

:02:03. > :02:07.with Ryan McLeod who has a pretty impressive cast today. The

:02:08. > :02:13.pacemaker? Yes I am working for Duracell today. I will be running

:02:14. > :02:15.with the masses and setting the pace around seven minute mile and

:02:16. > :02:21.hopefully get everybody to finish on time. That's a huge honour? Because

:02:22. > :02:28.I'm really looking forward to it. It's nice to be in the Masters,

:02:29. > :02:31.normally I'm in the elite field so I will have to slow myself down and

:02:32. > :02:39.take it easy. A stroll in the park. What is the time you are setting?

:02:40. > :02:47.One hour 35. And your best is? One hour four. Sold rural stroll in the

:02:48. > :02:52.park. Yes. I imagine you don't want to overcook it today? Yes I will use

:02:53. > :02:56.a GPS watch to keep me on track to make sure I'm not going to quit

:02:57. > :03:01.because I don't want to make it too fast and too hard but everybody

:03:02. > :03:04.knows I will be at a seven minute mile there or thereabouts. You have

:03:05. > :03:10.a very special connection to the run? A family connection. My dad was

:03:11. > :03:18.the winner of the first and second great Northern run so that bit of a

:03:19. > :03:26.tradition to the Great North Run. Have you got your pinkies with the?

:03:27. > :03:29.I have right here. -- pink ears. I will get a lot of abuse for this.

:03:30. > :03:43.Great to talk to. Ryan's dad Mickey winning in 1981,

:03:44. > :03:46.some of us were in that race. A long time ago, it was a great day and I

:03:47. > :03:54.don't think anybody knew what it would grow into. It certainly lived

:03:55. > :04:00.up to the name since. And you beat me, I'm happy to say that. I was

:04:01. > :04:06.queueing you up there. In the women's now breaking up a little

:04:07. > :04:10.bit, Gemma Steel with the long ponytail, they have run the third

:04:11. > :04:21.mile so it is picked up a bit, still not really fast running both. A 5.10

:04:22. > :04:33.pace would be quick. It's about that. A little bit quicker 5.09 is

:04:34. > :04:39.67 and a half pace. So when I say 510 is 68. Can I talk to you because

:04:40. > :04:46.I'm going a hard time with my maths are. We have seen how sharp shears

:04:47. > :04:51.with this. But she used to it out herself when she was running because

:04:52. > :04:57.she had no pacemakers and when you get beyond five miles, the maths

:04:58. > :05:05.becomes quite difficult. They are running a bit quicker now, a little

:05:06. > :05:09.quicker so Joyce Chepkirui, Cheruiyot, I'm just looking at

:05:10. > :05:15.Dibaba, her performance in Rio got overlooked a little bit, the world

:05:16. > :05:20.record ahead of an Cheruiyot running so well but it was a real sign that

:05:21. > :05:25.she has become a mum last year and that it is still in there?

:05:26. > :05:32.Definitely we watch Terry Manchester on the ten K on the road and you

:05:33. > :05:37.could see the runner issue was that she was not back to that level but

:05:38. > :05:41.what she did in Rio was run a personal best, run very close to the

:05:42. > :05:45.old world record and get herself a medal and be extremely competitive

:05:46. > :05:50.in one of the best 10,000 races we have ever seen is that was a big

:05:51. > :05:54.step for her confidence wise and getting back to this level so to be

:05:55. > :06:00.able to come into the race on the back of that and know that she has

:06:01. > :06:03.the half marathon experience that Vivien Cheruiyot doesn't have, that

:06:04. > :06:08.is why we are seeing now maybe if it's more confidence of the leading

:06:09. > :06:16.group of five, just biding her time and not using any extra energy and

:06:17. > :06:22.Cheruiyot on the yellow that hard to miss on the inside but looks very

:06:23. > :06:29.economical and efficient. When she was talking about the real Olympics

:06:30. > :06:32.-- Rio Olympics, she said we were running together and it was only

:06:33. > :06:39.when we had the stadium announcer telling us the lap times of the

:06:40. > :06:43.leader, she started running more and I thought my goodness, she is

:06:44. > :06:48.slowing down. But she said when I crossed the line I couldn't remember

:06:49. > :06:51.whether I had passed her and was in first place or whether she had

:06:52. > :06:58.already finished. She said she was so committed in the race but she

:06:59. > :07:03.said time thinking during the race when she became Olympic champion

:07:04. > :07:09.that she has to look forward to taking his eye could be the last

:07:10. > :07:15.chance to win an Olympic gold medal. Ayala remembers her going past, it

:07:16. > :07:26.was a decisive move which really took the last wind in her lungs away

:07:27. > :07:31.from her. That group starting to split a little bit, some pressure

:07:32. > :07:35.applied by Cheruiyot in her first half marathon and Joyce Chepkirui at

:07:36. > :07:41.the back of the group may be struggling a little bit. Very early

:07:42. > :07:44.stages as they go towards the roundabout but already some

:07:45. > :07:52.significant moves being made in the women's race. Meanwhile they are

:07:53. > :08:02.four miles down the road back on the Central motorway next to tell more.

:08:03. > :08:07.Mo Farrah of course will be introduced to the crowd along with a

:08:08. > :08:13.few others on the official start line with the elite start line. I

:08:14. > :08:17.was saying earlier in the preview when Andrew and I were having a

:08:18. > :08:27.chat, this is really Mo 's race today. David McNeill Australia. It'd

:08:28. > :08:38.be interesting to see how he goes in his first half marathon. The Aussies

:08:39. > :08:42.having a resurgent at that distance running. A man who knows Mo Farrah

:08:43. > :08:46.so well, Chris Thomson, a long-time friend and training partner. Chris

:08:47. > :08:56.chased motorhome in the European Championships in 2010 and watched

:08:57. > :09:02.him go on since then. Emmanuel Bett, 33 years of age and he is always a

:09:03. > :09:09.solid performer the Kenyan. Had some good years around 2012 and again

:09:10. > :09:14.didn't make the team. So hard to make the Kenyan team and the same

:09:15. > :09:17.can be said for days and written home the Olympic team didn't work

:09:18. > :09:21.out for him in the American trials which were held in January or early

:09:22. > :09:44.February -- Dathan Ritzenhein. He fell in the 10,000 metres and the

:09:45. > :09:52.kind words he got. Everyone is ready, they all shop a lot closer to

:09:53. > :09:58.the starting line. We have two special starter set, David Rhodesia

:09:59. > :10:06.and Amy Tinkler, the local girl is with David. He fires the gun and the

:10:07. > :10:10.2016 Great North Run is underway. Mo Farrah the red-hot favourite and I'm

:10:11. > :10:16.sure all of these people will go home tonight and say I raced Mo

:10:17. > :10:22.Farrah today and I let him win. It is a wonderful aspect of these big

:10:23. > :10:27.races that you get to line up with the best in the world. We might not

:10:28. > :10:33.see much of them but at least you can say you started the race. Away

:10:34. > :10:41.they go down and we will watch these great scenes every single year as

:10:42. > :10:47.they streamed through this start. The well oiled machine that make

:10:48. > :10:53.sure everybody starts off safely and gets away in a manner which

:10:54. > :10:56.hopefully allows them to have a great day out there, whether they

:10:57. > :11:01.are running from a personal best or whether they are running as so many

:11:02. > :11:05.of them are to raise money for various causes, some of them very

:11:06. > :11:09.close to their own lives, some of them have been asked to help out.

:11:10. > :11:16.Offers some for whom this is the first time they have done anything

:11:17. > :11:24.like this. Rusher or four song. This year, there is Amy, a bronze medal.

:11:25. > :11:29.I remember doing a piece of her earlier in the year when she was

:11:30. > :11:34.talking about Rio and she did not believe winning a medal was up for

:11:35. > :11:37.her but well done. It is being pointed out she is wearing a wrist

:11:38. > :11:43.supports because she's worried about all the high-fiving and clapping.

:11:44. > :11:47.And she needs those wrist to work. I was talking to her this morning and

:11:48. > :11:53.she is from her way to the gym from here. I said you can have a few

:11:54. > :11:59.weeks off? She said no if you are a gymnast you have to carry on

:12:00. > :12:05.Marussia loser skills. Out there today thousands of people -- or you

:12:06. > :12:10.lose your skills. All of the amazing charities. David Rhodesia was giving

:12:11. > :12:15.advice, don't clap everyone David you will be hurting. My daughter

:12:16. > :12:21.Catherine is out there running and my sister Anna who used to run with

:12:22. > :12:26.you guys is out running so good luck to Katherine and Anna. We'll be

:12:27. > :12:30.tracking them en route. I want to say good luck as well. We were

:12:31. > :12:33.talking about our earlier running days and one of my neighbours Kevin

:12:34. > :12:38.Allen is out there with his wife Catherine. His 12 Great North Run

:12:39. > :12:44.and raising money for pancreatic Cancer UK. Catherine running in

:12:45. > :12:53.memory of her first husband Phil who died back in 2003. There is the

:12:54. > :12:57.queue at the back. Those runners and athletes lining up, they'll almost a

:12:58. > :13:03.mile away from the start line you can see both sides of the

:13:04. > :13:07.carriageway, the race is underway. There are a hell of a lot more there

:13:08. > :13:12.waiting to get going as we panned down, we see the crowds they're

:13:13. > :13:16.getting ready to move and the good news is they have their chips on

:13:17. > :13:21.their ankles and they'll be timed as they go through but here we are,

:13:22. > :13:26.this will take 45 minutes for them to get to the starting line. There

:13:27. > :13:31.are a lot of people lined up, a lot of the walking gently towards the

:13:32. > :13:35.start and there you can see just beginning to move as they get

:13:36. > :13:41.through the starting line and there they are, on their journey, 13.1

:13:42. > :13:46.miles to go. It seems a bit warm, it is bright today. There is the centre

:13:47. > :13:57.of Newcastle emptying as they head to the seaside.

:13:58. > :14:05.The central motorway widening through the centre of Newcastle city

:14:06. > :14:10.centre. And then down to the Tyne Bridge. A very quick start for them

:14:11. > :14:17.where the women by contrast are making their way towards White

:14:18. > :14:28.Manipal where they take a sharp left, they went through five miles

:14:29. > :14:35.and they have gone a little quicker but still not too quick. Tirunesh

:14:36. > :14:39.Dibaba is still there, we wondered whether she was struggling a little

:14:40. > :14:47.bit but I think she is staying quiet as we might say during this part of

:14:48. > :14:55.the race letting Joyce Chepkirui and Cheruiyot, they are not forging the

:14:56. > :14:59.pace but they are keeping the upfront. Just charity work out

:15:00. > :15:03.whether there is a breeze out there and she is trying to get what

:15:04. > :15:08.shelter she could. This certainly for a moment she was not happy and

:15:09. > :15:13.she was looking to check he was right behind her and now she is a

:15:14. > :15:16.little bit happier that Tirunesh Dibaba is beside her. She looks

:15:17. > :15:22.comfortable and looks to be letting the others just get the race moving

:15:23. > :15:24.and not really getting anything special for using up too much energy

:15:25. > :15:37.early on in the race. They will kind of beer left a little

:15:38. > :15:46.then start to turn towards the seafront as they approached six

:15:47. > :15:50.miles of the women's race -- veer left. The women have started much

:15:51. > :15:54.quicker and everything we have been saying about the men, Mo Farah the

:15:55. > :15:58.big favourite to win this, and as I said at the beginning it is really

:15:59. > :16:03.interesting how fast Mo was to start today, but at least they have

:16:04. > :16:06.started pretty quickly on the job around -- group around him have made

:16:07. > :16:11.sure it will not be an easy job in the first couple of miles -- the men

:16:12. > :16:16.have started faster. What he said to me, must be tired by now, surely. He

:16:17. > :16:20.has been running quite well so says he will run for his money but at the

:16:21. > :16:28.end of the day we will find out as the miles on fold how tired Mo is as

:16:29. > :16:30.they leave the city centre, towards the Tyne Bridge, heading towards

:16:31. > :16:38.South Shields here at the finish line with thousands and thousands of

:16:39. > :16:43.people -- as the miles on fault. It will be a long time before the race

:16:44. > :16:50.ends, but there is a thin Ritzenhein heading towards the Tyne Bridge. You

:16:51. > :16:56.can see the figure of the USA athlete getting ready to run the New

:16:57. > :17:01.York Marathon in a few weeks' time -- Dathan Ritzenheim. Mo Farah's

:17:02. > :17:05.years will be so if he stays on that side of the track because of the

:17:06. > :17:11.crowd roaring. Chris Thompson in the red vest is just behind Ritzenheim,

:17:12. > :17:16.making a race of this. A pretty good pace being set in the early stages

:17:17. > :17:20.of the men's race, as they come across the Tyne Bridge on a

:17:21. > :17:24.beautiful day such as this. So they will not have time for the views but

:17:25. > :17:27.it is a great view looking up and down the river. Yesterday we were

:17:28. > :17:30.there of course for the city games and the junior runs and it was

:17:31. > :17:33.absolutely rammed. We have been blessed with the weather this

:17:34. > :17:40.weekend which is absolutely wonderful. When they come back the

:17:41. > :17:48.Tyne Bridge of course Darren to the south side of the River Tyne towards

:17:49. > :17:52.Gateshead, towards Jarrell and then to South Shields, as we said, but

:17:53. > :17:55.the crowd is really building on the Tyne Bridge and of course it will

:17:56. > :17:58.take quite a long time for the whole failed to come across the bridge and

:17:59. > :18:06.soon you will not be able to see the road surface at all -- down to the

:18:07. > :18:10.south side of the River Tyne towards Gateshead, towards Jarrell. We will

:18:11. > :18:14.be hearing more around all the different countries being

:18:15. > :18:22.represented this year, a wonderful race which has grown from being a

:18:23. > :18:26.local event to regional, national, and now hugely international event,

:18:27. > :18:35.not just in the elite races, of course but right down throughout the

:18:36. > :18:44.field. The various little groups starting to form. Good club athletes

:18:45. > :18:48.as well, and a pretty good pace being set. That is why I think the

:18:49. > :18:51.early group will break it. If they keep running at this pace there will

:18:52. > :19:00.not be too many in that league group early on. It equals the pace set by

:19:01. > :19:03.the course record run are in 2011 of 58.50 six. If we keep at that pace

:19:04. > :19:09.they are definitely on for a personal best for pretty much

:19:10. > :19:18.everybody in this group including Mo Farah -- 58.56. Dathan Ritzenheim

:19:19. > :19:23.has been quite a lot of time at the top of this sport, winning as a

:19:24. > :19:26.junior, they're developing into an outstanding track runner, ran

:19:27. > :19:31.American records, over 5000 metres. He knows Mo Farah very well, trained

:19:32. > :19:36.together with him in Oregon for a long time. He will want to take the

:19:37. > :19:39.race to Mo and he knows Mo will come to this race extremely ready and in

:19:40. > :19:43.extremely good shape, but he also wants to be able to go away knowing

:19:44. > :19:48.he gave it his best shot and took the race to Mo little bit. You

:19:49. > :19:52.cannot blame him running like this because the question is, has Mo

:19:53. > :19:57.recovered sufficiently from Rio? He has had a bit of rest since Rio, but

:19:58. > :20:00.now the women's race is getting competitive, Tirunesh Dibaba sitting

:20:01. > :20:04.at the back of that group quite nicely, Vivian Cheruiyot looks to be

:20:05. > :20:07.full of the running to me. She was really anticipating this race and

:20:08. > :20:13.looking forward to a longer career at long-distance, too. And you can

:20:14. > :20:19.see the ten kilometre has just been completed and you can see the time

:20:20. > :20:21.there, but the previous mile was 4.57, and I would say it as

:20:22. > :20:26.quickest, you drop down and then take a left as they come now towards

:20:27. > :20:31.Jarrow, but that just shows the race really have started to get moving

:20:32. > :20:38.and Dibaba is still there which is good, still working a little bit.

:20:39. > :20:41.Eloise Wellings is a good 80, 90 metres behind at this point, and

:20:42. > :20:52.that has really just happened in one mile. So through 10K this race is

:20:53. > :20:57.really starting to hot up. But that is a fast mile and you know when you

:20:58. > :21:03.have been running 5.30s and 5.20s, then the one that, and you could say

:21:04. > :21:07.I suppose she's in a 65 second lap in the middle of the final, but it

:21:08. > :21:10.can upset it and you have to settle down after that. Because you cannot

:21:11. > :21:16.keep it up all the way to the finish. No, but if it is a slightly

:21:17. > :21:19.downhill stretch you can take advantage of the momentum you can

:21:20. > :21:24.build up to increase the stride length a little bit, it is a

:21:25. > :21:27.turnover of the turnover was a bit, quicker mile. Where that evens out

:21:28. > :21:29.is if you do try to maintain that then on the flag into the slight

:21:30. > :21:34.incline that will follow because that will start to do damage, and

:21:35. > :21:38.you can see Eloise Wellings there is just not able to go with that

:21:39. > :21:41.increased turnover and pace because she was already operating fairly

:21:42. > :21:45.close to her maximum level, whereas these girls were within their

:21:46. > :21:50.maximum and were just able to adapt to that, and then you can see Jeptoo

:21:51. > :21:53.checking her watch there, are we running a little bit quicker? Or

:21:54. > :21:57.perhaps she is trying to gauge how much longer she has to run in the

:21:58. > :22:00.race, because that is the other difference. The Kenyan athletes, a

:22:01. > :22:05.lot of the time, instead of looking for mile markers along the course,

:22:06. > :22:14.they just think I will roughly four around about 66, 67 minutes, and run

:22:15. > :22:22.as hard as I can for time. Whilst the approach seven males, back at

:22:23. > :22:30.the start -- while the approach. And David Rudisha is still doing a grand

:22:31. > :22:33.job... He is getting me nervous... Well, he has no more races and even

:22:34. > :22:39.if he does he doesn't need to use his arms! It is great to see him

:22:40. > :22:44.here. I thought he ran very well yesterday, by the way, that 500

:22:45. > :22:48.metres, 7.7, very fast, so he is a big hero. I am not sure he gets as

:22:49. > :22:52.much of the international recognition that he probably

:22:53. > :22:56.deserves, the respect he has within the sport however is immense. It is

:22:57. > :23:08.great to see him here, and Amy Tinkler as well, great memories from

:23:09. > :23:13.Rio for both of them. So many people that are out there running for great

:23:14. > :23:23.causes. I mentioned Alex Murray who is running and approaching ?3000,

:23:24. > :23:30.well done to her, and Susan Bell running for the Teenage Cancer

:23:31. > :23:34.Trust, good luck to her as well. There we are, three mile point,

:23:35. > :23:42.Gateshead Stadium, you can see the athletes in the background running

:23:43. > :23:51.past the stadium. Good luck to Simon June, who is running for Cancer

:23:52. > :23:55.Care, and his wife Jo died recently. We know she will be with you every

:23:56. > :24:03.step of the week, Simon. Setting out pretty quickly here. They did slow

:24:04. > :24:07.the second mile to 4.40, but Mo Farah happily just tucked into the

:24:08. > :24:13.grid there which is where he will stay for an awful long time, I am

:24:14. > :24:16.pretty sure. And that group is not too big. Chris Thompson, good to

:24:17. > :24:29.see, he has really been coming back into some good form, Chris. So he

:24:30. > :24:33.has thrown himself into this. 14.16, 5K, and Abdi, the training partner

:24:34. > :24:37.of Mo Farah who follows him around and does all of his work-outs with

:24:38. > :24:41.him, was there with them in fontanelle preparing for Rio, he is

:24:42. > :24:56.still there, and Scott Overall is leading the next great -- Fonteneau.

:24:57. > :24:59.Early stages in the name's race. And Ritzenheim, as Brendan was

:25:00. > :25:02.mentioning earlier, thinking, let's just have a little pest and see

:25:03. > :25:07.whether or not Mo is up for this. I think the big question is whether

:25:08. > :25:11.Ritzenheim can keep running at a strong enough pace for long enough

:25:12. > :25:15.to start having a real impact, if you like. It is really easy to run

:25:16. > :25:19.the first four, five miles hard, but it is what happens after that. If

:25:20. > :25:23.you look at them, Ritzenheim, Chris Thompson, this is exactly what they

:25:24. > :25:27.should be doing, making it fast. They know Mo has come through the

:25:28. > :25:32.mental and physical trials of the Olympic Games and they are both in

:25:33. > :25:36.awe of him and respect him hugely as the world's greatest distance runner

:25:37. > :25:39.of the moment but they also know he is human, that he sometimes can't

:25:40. > :25:49.hire, and really this is exactly what you want to do. Dathan

:25:50. > :25:52.Ritzenheim, Chris Thompson, Emmanuel Bett, and Mo Farah, although with a

:25:53. > :25:57.lot more support than the others. They are all being cheered on but

:25:58. > :26:04.that extra special cheer for Mo who is a national hero. A total distance

:26:05. > :26:06.running legend. I think for Chris Thompson out here as well today

:26:07. > :26:11.there is a little bit of frustration being taken out of this race. The

:26:12. > :26:14.last time we saw him on British TV he was very disappointed with his

:26:15. > :26:17.finish in the London Marathon, but at the same time proud of himself

:26:18. > :26:20.for what he was able to achieve that day after the very limited and very

:26:21. > :26:24.difficult build-up he had through injury, so he has got himself

:26:25. > :26:27.healthy, has worked hard over the summer, and I think he wants to come

:26:28. > :26:31.out here and have a good run today and kind of underlying the progress

:26:32. > :26:36.he has made over the summer, so it will be nice to see him run quick

:26:37. > :26:40.today. Kieran Kennedy well in his last race, the seven miles, and that

:26:41. > :26:43.probably give a good indication... Unita kind of have the confidence

:26:44. > :26:48.that your last couple of races have gone OK to either go with this --

:26:49. > :26:52.you kind of need to have. He must be feeling good and confident. I am not

:26:53. > :26:57.sure he would have liked Dathan to go quite as hard as this, perhaps 15

:26:58. > :26:59.seconds slower through the first five kilometres would have suited

:27:00. > :27:03.him better and the fact he has gone to the back of this group as they

:27:04. > :27:08.take the rise up this kind of undulating section towards the

:27:09. > :27:18.roundabout... Ritzenheim just keeping the pace on the front. -- at

:27:19. > :27:22.the front. As I said earlier, a few minutes ago, it would not take long

:27:23. > :27:27.before you could not see the road surface of the Tyne Bridge, and that

:27:28. > :27:30.was really the picture that went around the UK then eventually round

:27:31. > :27:37.the world in those early years that made people want to come back and

:27:38. > :27:41.take part in this. The Tyne Bridge, even though it is in the very early

:27:42. > :27:49.stages of the race, it has become the picture that everybody

:27:50. > :27:55.associates with the Great North Run. And many are still waiting. About

:27:56. > :28:00.three, four minutes, ago, I had a note saying about 16,000 across the

:28:01. > :28:07.starting line and it is probably about 20 now, David Rashid are

:28:08. > :28:11.there, so plenty left to go. -- David Rudy show there. Plenty of

:28:12. > :28:15.people come to the finish, park their car, then get themselves to

:28:16. > :28:21.the start line. Do they go on the metro in that fancy dress? No, they

:28:22. > :28:29.were beamed up, or something! Star Trek! Or is it Star Wars? She is

:28:30. > :28:32.correcting you again, it is like being at home on a Sunday morning!

:28:33. > :28:37.Yes, I will have to do my homework more! She is going on a quiz show

:28:38. > :28:44.tomorrow so I will not mention that... If she doesn't do well I

:28:45. > :28:48.will give her a hard time. Ant and Dec, great to see them out there.

:28:49. > :28:56.News from the women's race is I said you would not keep running 4.57s,

:28:57. > :29:01.but they did, they went 4.54, through the seventh mile, then threw

:29:02. > :29:07.mile eight, really quick running, picking up to such an extent that

:29:08. > :29:12.Dibaba is definitely struggling now and Cheruiyot may be sensing that,

:29:13. > :29:15.giving this place going. Yes, Cheruiyot looks really good and

:29:16. > :29:19.easy. On her debut I think she either comes in thinking, I will sit

:29:20. > :29:23.back and let the more experienced half marathon girls take it out

:29:24. > :29:26.early on, or I will go out with the attitude that I have nothing to

:29:27. > :29:28.lose, really. If I get the pace, judgment a little wrong on my first

:29:29. > :29:53.time, well, it is my debut, but I know I'm in good shape, the best

:29:54. > :29:56.shape I have ever been in, and she is just enjoying the run out here.

:29:57. > :29:59.Her first real experience. She has run a ten mile, but her first real

:30:00. > :30:02.experience of a mass road race, the support you get on the bus that can

:30:03. > :30:04.give you along the route. This section here, the pace has picked up

:30:05. > :30:06.and running fast. Dibaba has obviously realise that and Vivian

:30:07. > :30:08.realising this... This is a tough mile, slightly uphill. She is

:30:09. > :30:11.probably thinking, I am feeling good, pace is good, I am running at

:30:12. > :30:14.the front, then all of a sudden you come into a mile that is a bit

:30:15. > :30:16.tougher than the ones you have just been running so I just wonder

:30:17. > :30:26.whether or not Tirunesh Dibaba is There are very close race indeed.

:30:27. > :30:32.Mark Telford to get ahead of Brett Crossley. Mark Telford went out

:30:33. > :30:38.early and took the lead and built it up and then Crossley was closing in

:30:39. > :30:42.but Telford takes it, the man from Perth in Scotland ahead of Brett

:30:43. > :30:49.Crossley believes athletes, the future Paralympic on. Maybe came a

:30:50. > :30:53.bit too early in his development for the Olympics that Mark Telford the

:30:54. > :31:01.winner of the wheelchair race in the Great North Run. Great race from

:31:02. > :31:09.them, just to continue that point about Dibaba, Cheruiyot has that

:31:10. > :31:13.offer bit. The gaps have opened slightly but if you look at the

:31:14. > :31:18.front, you are seeing Tirunesh Dibaba, the greatest female athlete

:31:19. > :31:22.of all time, three Olympic gold medals, three Olympic bronze medals,

:31:23. > :31:26.no female has individually won more medals than that in the Olympic

:31:27. > :31:35.Games. Next to her the Olympic 5,000-metre champion, Tirunesh

:31:36. > :31:41.Dibaba was the previous champion that then Vivian went ahead to win

:31:42. > :31:44.the Olympic 5000. We are looking at two legends of female long-distance

:31:45. > :31:48.running and these athletes are now getting ready after wonderful track

:31:49. > :31:52.is to move onto the road. Today the half marathon is a first step and

:31:53. > :31:55.suddenly after 45 minutes of running, Tirunesh Dibaba suddenly

:31:56. > :32:02.comes to life and this is the closest and most competitive we have

:32:03. > :32:07.seen her so far. The now have another little downhill bit and then

:32:08. > :32:12.goes up again to the roundabout. Tirunesh is just looking who is

:32:13. > :32:22.behind her, there is only Joyce Chepkirui and Vivian Cheruiyot so

:32:23. > :32:29.just back onto the incline. Dibaba maybe sensing Vivian went a bit too

:32:30. > :32:35.early. I think it was a little bit of subtle mind games, coming up the

:32:36. > :32:40.incline, Tirunesh Dibaba sensed Vivian Cheruiyot had made a move and

:32:41. > :32:44.was then just backing off a tiny bit so she easily glides alongside her

:32:45. > :32:49.as if to say I'm still here, that hasn't done a lot of damage to me,

:32:50. > :32:53.but now I've let you know I'm here, I'm just going to drop to the back

:32:54. > :32:57.again. Vivian Cheruiyot pushes on again and tries again just to turn

:32:58. > :33:07.the screw a little more and get daylight opening up between herself

:33:08. > :33:18.and Dibaba. It is real cut and man. -- Mall. All of a sudden as they

:33:19. > :33:25.crested that thrives Dibaba on the downhill section. This will be

:33:26. > :33:29.because there is a fair bit of up and down, if you feel good on the

:33:30. > :33:33.uphill bits and you want to push on and you think your opponent is

:33:34. > :33:37.struggling on the puppets and tend to take the downhill better, there

:33:38. > :33:42.is eventual drop when they come onto the seafront. The men's race down to

:33:43. > :33:50.three already, Chris Thomson has dropped off, this is a good pace by

:33:51. > :33:55.Dathan Ritzenhein. He is doing a very worst thing on his behalf. Now

:33:56. > :33:59.he's doing what he said he would do and he's going to make more run for

:34:00. > :34:06.his money. Emmanuel Bett in second place and Mo Farrah inverts the

:34:07. > :34:11.men's down to three. It is getting competitive now and I am impressed

:34:12. > :34:17.with data and written home, he is running strongly and well -- Dathan

:34:18. > :34:21.Ritzenhein. He's preparing for the New York Marathon and I think you

:34:22. > :34:26.came here wanting to run hard and make it a hard tempo, he struggled a

:34:27. > :34:29.little bit to run to his potential in the marathon and he struggled a

:34:30. > :34:33.bit to get the fuel and right and drinking right so he definitely is

:34:34. > :34:41.using this as a test and as a build and he wants to go into New York

:34:42. > :34:45.City in eight weeks and run well. Meanwhile at the Tyne Bridge,

:34:46. > :34:49.friends of the Great North Run, great friends of the Great North

:34:50. > :34:55.Run, the red arrows flying overhead. Honouring this event is with their

:34:56. > :35:00.flight path as they have done for so many years now, all the way back to

:35:01. > :35:05.2002, they have come every single year and a very welcome indeed. A

:35:06. > :35:12.resplendent day such as today, we get a spectacular view of their

:35:13. > :35:13.skill and expertise and we will be seeing more of them a little bit

:35:14. > :35:29.later on. Interestingly Dibaba struggling as

:35:30. > :35:34.they go through 15 K. That is a roundabout 15.30 which is very quick

:35:35. > :35:43.for a five K section and that is why Dibaba is struggling. She made the

:35:44. > :35:47.little move in a gesture to try and get the pace to back off a little

:35:48. > :35:51.bit and intimidate the other two to do that because before I thought it

:35:52. > :35:58.was Priscah Jeptoo struggling to stay with the increasing pace but

:35:59. > :36:03.now it is Dibaba who lack the gap to open up and that is hard because

:36:04. > :36:07.she's running on her own and she can see the two ahead of and is working

:36:08. > :36:10.hard to close the gap and get back to them but is not making any

:36:11. > :36:18.inroads. In fact it is growing slightly. Around about 15 metres

:36:19. > :36:21.between Tirunesh Dibaba and the leading pair here of Vivian

:36:22. > :36:27.Cheruiyot and Priscah Jeptoo. Priscah Jeptoo a former winner back

:36:28. > :36:31.in 2013. Vivian Cheruiyot a first-time writer of this distance

:36:32. > :36:39.but looking very good, carrying her brilliant Olympic form into the

:36:40. > :36:43.race. But they still have about 3.5 Mars, maybe a bit less to go.

:36:44. > :36:51.Approaching the ten mile point -- miles. One of two hilly sections,

:36:52. > :36:58.not big hills but when you're at ten miles which certainly can have an

:36:59. > :37:02.effect. They drag. They drag for a long time, for almost a mile and

:37:03. > :37:06.that can be very tiring when you run as hard as you can over a 30 mile

:37:07. > :37:18.distance and you are already 11 miles in. The red arrows will head

:37:19. > :37:23.down to South Shields eventually and the guys have made their turn now,

:37:24. > :37:26.they are approaching the ten kilometre point and we will be able

:37:27. > :37:34.to get an indication that it is Emmanuel Bett now who is taken up

:37:35. > :37:41.the challenge. He saying just slipping behind me, just a little

:37:42. > :37:44.word, just coming up to the ten kilometres split and they know

:37:45. > :37:50.exactly what they are doing here, Mo Farrah trying to dictate things as

:37:51. > :37:54.he does on the track, he does it on the track by his presence and he

:37:55. > :38:00.says there you go to the front and get behind me and do as you told, Mo

:38:01. > :38:05., conduct the orchestra. I think Dathan Ritzenhein Willett is getting

:38:06. > :38:11.behind it because you cannot go faster any more. He was probably

:38:12. > :38:16.saying you're doing well but he set the pace and inevitably if they're

:38:17. > :38:21.going to keep running at this pace, I think you were saying he was in

:38:22. > :38:25.61, 62 minutes shape but when they start running 60 minutes pace he

:38:26. > :38:29.will struggle. Approaching ten kilometres, you can see the orange

:38:30. > :38:36.sign on the left. We get the split in the second. The previous miles

:38:37. > :38:41.have been around 4.40, the slow smile has been that, a good pace,

:38:42. > :38:52.not record pace that a good pace being set so Bett and Mo Farrah,

:38:53. > :39:01.Dathan Ritzenhein will have to hold on. 28.32 through ten kilometres.

:39:02. > :39:10.Not bad on the track even if you are running that. Funnily enough, I told

:39:11. > :39:13.Emmanuel Bett this morning and he said if you felt strong in the race

:39:14. > :39:18.he would try to run away from Mo Farrah because he knows he had a

:39:19. > :39:23.magnificent performance in the Olympic Games but he feels strong

:39:24. > :39:32.enough. He's at the front, Kenny run away from Mo Farrah? -- can he run.

:39:33. > :39:39.So those three have a 32nd lead on the chasing group. Ritzenhein as I

:39:40. > :39:48.said, we will have to keep an eye on him. Thomson is ready a minute, if

:39:49. > :39:55.you consider he was with the group to Mars ago and has lost 52 seconds

:39:56. > :39:59.and two miles, -- two miles ago. That gap is not getting any bigger

:40:00. > :40:04.and the longest Tirunesh Dibaba that can hold onto the gap, the more her

:40:05. > :40:07.confidence can grow, this is the roundabout when they head into the

:40:08. > :40:12.new area. They have about a mile and a half to go before they reach the

:40:13. > :40:20.seafront and that hasn't really gotten any bigger and Jewish chariot

:40:21. > :40:29.may be aware that he wonder if these make more of an effort to push on,

:40:30. > :40:35.kind of picking the paces up here? -- Vivian Cheruiyot. He saw her take

:40:36. > :40:40.a look over her shoulder they're just gauging how big the gap was

:40:41. > :40:43.back to Tirunesh Dibaba. She increased the pace, puts her head

:40:44. > :40:51.down and kept working hard and Tirunesh Dibaba has not slowed down,

:40:52. > :40:54.the last mile was 4.58 so a sub five-minute mile which increases the

:40:55. > :41:00.pressure on Tirunesh Dibaba van from the overhead shot, she is managing

:41:01. > :41:04.to maintain the gap and it is hard when you feel like you should be

:41:05. > :41:09.able to close it and you actually see it start, it can be

:41:10. > :41:12.demoralising. It is tantalising. Not definitely all over for Tirunesh

:41:13. > :41:19.Dibaba but, she is definitely working to close the gap. Lets face

:41:20. > :41:22.it, we have seen her over the years, we have seen how great of an athlete

:41:23. > :41:25.she is that we rarely think about her as a competitor because when she

:41:26. > :41:30.wins she has been winning easily over the years and here she is in

:41:31. > :41:34.the race, she has won it before and is comeback from the Olympic Games,

:41:35. > :41:39.a personal best in the 10000 and she has a few more road races in the

:41:40. > :41:43.autumn and then she's getting ready for a marathon next year. Tirunesh

:41:44. > :41:48.Dibaba, the greatest female distance runner of all time now and that

:41:49. > :41:52.limbo between can I just hang on, can I close the back, you are

:41:53. > :41:56.looking at a formidable athlete with Vivian Cheruiyot and I know it is

:41:57. > :42:01.her debut but she's a great runner. Exceptional run up at the other

:42:02. > :42:04.thing about Tirunesh Dibaba is the difference in she came back from the

:42:05. > :42:11.break to having her son Nathan and to come back racing. She is mentally

:42:12. > :42:17.tougher and stronger. Before that because we maybe never saw her

:42:18. > :42:20.tested, could she keep the concentration and fight going when

:42:21. > :42:26.she was seeing the wind drift away a little bit but she certainly showed

:42:27. > :42:35.in Rio that she can maintain that and keep working away and one

:42:36. > :42:42.weakness shown by the two in France and she will house and close the gap

:42:43. > :42:46.down. Cheruiyot. Still at the start of the athletes are streaming over.

:42:47. > :42:55.Thousands and thousands of athletes on their way, a mile to the bridge,

:42:56. > :42:59.we saw the red arrows over the Tyne Bridge. Waving to the crowds. Almost

:43:00. > :43:07.seeing in the back of the field there. I'm glad he's changed hands,

:43:08. > :43:18.both will be sore. He will have good memories though. So many still

:43:19. > :43:26.waiting to get going. Probably run about 28 and 29,000 over the start

:43:27. > :43:29.line. Caroline Sighthill is running for a basketball club today, her

:43:30. > :43:35.sons, and Josh will be cheering Caroline on. Many of you would have

:43:36. > :43:42.been watching the Paralympic games, so many people getting inspired by

:43:43. > :43:45.things they have watched over the years, whether it is the Great North

:43:46. > :43:55.Run on TV, whether it is Mo Farrah or Paralympic games winning, it is

:43:56. > :44:00.great to see so many events ran the country. It is or has been a good

:44:01. > :44:03.thing to do as we know to get out and run, you don't have to run as

:44:04. > :44:10.hard as these guys but the enjoyment is therefore everybody to get

:44:11. > :44:14.involved in. Dathan has managed to pull itself together and I was then

:44:15. > :44:20.say is that because it's low but it isn't there. They are fast Mars at

:44:21. > :44:36.six and seven, always quicker here. 44 to 43, -- four .24 24.2 three. He

:44:37. > :44:42.thinks he has a position, he looked over his shoulder and he checked the

:44:43. > :44:46.distance behind and now he wants the time and the performance to be proud

:44:47. > :44:53.of. He is working hard and running well, those times were impressive

:44:54. > :45:00.and there is Ritzenhein leading the men's and in the women's, Priscah

:45:01. > :45:05.Jeptoo just edging ahead and the gap certainly now is not closing but I'd

:45:06. > :45:09.Tirunesh Dibaba burst so Priscah Jeptoo, remember when she won this

:45:10. > :45:13.race a few years ago, her last couple of miles were phenomenal. We

:45:14. > :45:16.are looking at the chasing Tirunesh Dibaba but, she is still keeping her

:45:17. > :45:21.eyes firmly fixed ahead and that gap has not grown much that she is one

:45:22. > :45:25.outstanding athlete and normally in this position you would say she has

:45:26. > :45:33.no chance that would hurt you could never say that. Interestingly fears

:45:34. > :45:39.is not a brilliantly fast-paced, a slow start and they did pick up in

:45:40. > :45:42.the middle but they are now running 5.13 in the previous mile and this

:45:43. > :45:50.is a bit more of a difficult section. They are going to run

:45:51. > :45:57.inside 68 minutes. But superfast so Dibaba struggling to stay. This is

:45:58. > :46:05.where the track athletes you know this, you start hurting. Especially

:46:06. > :46:08.someone is forcing the pace, I'm interested see how she copes with

:46:09. > :46:19.this downhill section. Maybe then she will rally a little bit.

:46:20. > :46:27.Yeah, maybe somebody has told her about that steep drop and then that

:46:28. > :46:30.will definitely be a deciding factor, whether she knows about it

:46:31. > :46:36.or not. We have discussed it before, haven't we? If you really hammer

:46:37. > :46:39.down the hill then you are tired after 12 miles of running on the

:46:40. > :46:43.road and find that very difficult to absorb and it is a struggle to keep

:46:44. > :46:47.moving along the last mile, along the seafront. Better to relax and

:46:48. > :46:51.almost let the momentum carry you down the hill and not worry about

:46:52. > :46:56.trying to break too much. Having said that she is an extremely tiny

:46:57. > :46:59.light runner so she will not have a huge amount of shock to absorb and

:47:00. > :47:03.should be able to just float down that hill and pick it up. The bigger

:47:04. > :47:08.factor will be any kind of breeze on the seafront moving those flags out

:47:09. > :47:13.in front of us, but looking at those it does not look significant today.

:47:14. > :47:19.My shock absorbing is not as good as it used to be. And mine is worse

:47:20. > :47:26.than that, Stephen, I tell you. There is based on Ritzenhein, no

:47:27. > :47:31.working it, -- Dathan Ritzenhein. This middle place is pretty strong

:47:32. > :47:36.and Dathan Ritzenhein, he clearly wants to run a good time, and that

:47:37. > :47:39.is obvious. Eight miles behind them and 52 go. The women I know

:47:40. > :47:51.approaching the seafront, down the hill, -- five to go. Dibaba has been

:47:52. > :47:55.here before, Priscah Jeptoo has been here before, but Cheruiyot in the

:47:56. > :48:00.pole position, the athlete getting ready to move up to a career at the

:48:01. > :48:06.marathon. Priscah Jeptoo reading as they come under the seafront. The

:48:07. > :48:12.great Vivian Cheruiyot, Olympic champion, world champion, and now

:48:13. > :48:18.onto the seafront in her first half marathon, and 12 miles behind her,

:48:19. > :48:22.1.1 miles to go. Will it be a glorious debut for Vivian Cheruiyot?

:48:23. > :48:29.Or will Priscah Jeptoo, the previous winner of this event, run away from

:48:30. > :48:35.her? Tirunesh Dibaba is still not that far away and there is still 1.1

:48:36. > :48:39.miles to go, so she is five or six seconds? Is that right? Via she is,

:48:40. > :48:45.not that far, and this race may not be over yet even for Tirunesh

:48:46. > :48:49.Dibaba. Once they crest this rise, and it is about judging your effort

:48:50. > :48:54.here. Jeptoo has obviously decided she is off here. I think she is

:48:55. > :49:00.under pressure, about a mile to go, if I can run five minutes, one last

:49:01. > :49:03.mile, but Cheruiyot hanging on to her, but for me Dibaba is moving

:49:04. > :49:07.well again and she just might be thinking she has a chance. Yes, I

:49:08. > :49:11.think the deciding factor here will be that pretty much the writing is

:49:12. > :49:15.on the wall for Priscah Jeptoo. She has a mile and if she runs that as

:49:16. > :49:19.hard as she can she has a chance to win this race, but unless she breaks

:49:20. > :49:23.Vivian Cheruiyot, she is not going to be that, in end there is the

:49:24. > :49:26.subplot of Tirunesh Dibaba trying to catch them. She will lose out to the

:49:27. > :49:32.fact that Jeptoo is pushing the pace because she has to. If this was two

:49:33. > :49:36.fast finishers, and Jeptoo closing, there may be a chance of a bit of

:49:37. > :49:40.cat wood cat and mouse, but Jeptoo only has one chance to win this race

:49:41. > :49:44.and that is to run it as hard as you can -- a bit of cat and mouse. She

:49:45. > :49:49.is four second behind this lead and that is not a lot. It is funny. Four

:49:50. > :49:53.second is on the track and three laps to cut it up, you would think

:49:54. > :49:56.you had a chance. You go on the roads and your 50 metres behind and

:49:57. > :50:01.only have three quarters of a mile, you don't know if you can, but I

:50:02. > :50:04.think Dibaba is making a real effort here, a real effort. There is

:50:05. > :50:08.clearly one thing in her mind. She could have settled for third and she

:50:09. > :50:13.has not. She is chasing the great Vivian Cheruiyot, Priscah Jeptoo,

:50:14. > :50:17.previous winner of the Great North Run, the Olympic 5,000-metre

:50:18. > :50:21.champion on the near side in the blue vest getting ready to make a

:50:22. > :50:25.move, and here comes Tirunesh Dibaba, the great distance runner

:50:26. > :50:30.she has been on the track. They are through 20 kilometres, just over

:50:31. > :50:35.1000 metres to go, and Priscah Jeptoo looks like she is working

:50:36. > :50:43.very hard. Tirunesh is working hard as well but that gap is a little bit

:50:44. > :50:46.to power -- too powerful, too much, too far. You just said that the

:50:47. > :50:50.effort to close that gap was becoming a bit too much and it has

:50:51. > :50:55.now gone to four, perhaps five seconds again now, so bigger for

:50:56. > :51:02.Dibaba. Does not look like it will be enough to get her to these front

:51:03. > :51:05.two -- big effort for Dibaba. Jeptoo doing what all good kickers do,

:51:06. > :51:08.letting you know I am here, letting you know it is not good enough, you

:51:09. > :51:14.have not broken media. 800 metres to go. If it was on the track, last two

:51:15. > :51:17.larks, it is a foregone conclusion, because Jeptoo would never out kept

:51:18. > :51:22.Cheruiyot, the Olympic champion, but it is not on the track, it is on the

:51:23. > :51:26.roads. She has to wait no, because you to make one move, Vivian

:51:27. > :51:32.Cheruiyot, the Olympic champion on the track, can she become in her

:51:33. > :51:35.debut in the half marathon the champion on the road, and Priscah

:51:36. > :51:39.Jeptoo is not giving up this one easily. You know what it is like.

:51:40. > :51:43.Trying to run the finish it. What are her chances? Surely she must be

:51:44. > :51:48.thinking the inevitable is going to happen? Yes, at this point, now. One

:51:49. > :51:51.second ago I was looking at the Gap and thought she has a tiny bit, and

:51:52. > :51:53.she knows that, but I think that was all she had to create that and now

:51:54. > :52:13.it is a foregone conclusion. Vivian Cheruiyot has moved in front

:52:14. > :52:15.and there are, what, 600 metres left to run in this race and I do not

:52:16. > :52:18.think Priscah Jeptoo will come back on her shoulder and be able to take

:52:19. > :52:20.this victory. A little three-metre gap appears. Cheruiyot has not

:52:21. > :52:23.really started kicking yet. Jeptoo gives it another go. They come down

:52:24. > :52:26.there and are approaching the last few hundred metres, Jeptoo

:52:27. > :52:34.desperately trying to hold on, and Cheruiyot, well, she was run away

:52:35. > :52:37.from in the final, but when it comes to winning races on the track

:52:38. > :52:41.Cheruiyot is definitely one of the best. Over the years she has been

:52:42. > :52:44.outkicked by Dibaba, she has won world titles then finally in Rio

:52:45. > :52:50.came away to win the 5,000-metre gold medal, but now with just 200

:52:51. > :52:53.metres to go in her first ever have to marathon she has enough other gap

:52:54. > :52:59.there that would suggest she can continue to build on that, and she

:53:00. > :53:05.does. Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya, moving away from her team-mate

:53:06. > :53:11.Priscah Jeptoo, the winner in 2013. Two former winners behind Cheruiyot,

:53:12. > :53:15.and if she does have a career on the road ahead of her, perhaps the half

:53:16. > :53:20.marathon, she has gotten off to a brilliant start by coming to take

:53:21. > :53:25.the title in her first ever visit to the Great North Run. Vivian

:53:26. > :53:32.Cheruiyot wins, Jeptoo takes second, and Tirunesh Dibaba crosses the line

:53:33. > :53:37.a few seconds behind in third. Great race from three very good athletes,

:53:38. > :53:41.the two big names, Cheruiyot and Dibaba of course, the ones everyone

:53:42. > :53:45.was speaking about beforehand. Jeptoo got in amongst them. It was

:53:46. > :53:49.not a particularly fast time, on a day when the early miles dictated

:53:50. > :53:55.the finishing time, but it did hot up in the middle of the race and

:53:56. > :53:58.that is a fantastic debut for Vivian Cheruiyot, and who knows, it might

:53:59. > :54:06.just lead to a little think about where she goes next in her career.

:54:07. > :54:12.So we are just waiting as these three finish a long way ahead of the

:54:13. > :54:18.rest, to see who is heading down the road behind them. We think Gemma

:54:19. > :54:26.Steel is not too far away. That is Eloise Wellings, I think. 800 metres

:54:27. > :54:33.to go for her, so the top three across the line in the women's race,

:54:34. > :54:42.a great win for Cheruiyot. We can go back and no developments in the

:54:43. > :54:44.men's... Emmanuel Bett, Dathan Ritzenhein, perhaps after a patch

:54:45. > :54:47.for he was not feeling too good or whatever, he has really picked up

:54:48. > :54:52.the pace and thrown in some hard miles in the middle of that race,

:54:53. > :55:00.but Mo Farah is sticking to him like blue. I wonder if he is whispering

:55:01. > :55:04.behind me... Dathan, doing a great job, you have to hand it to him. You

:55:05. > :55:10.can see the speeds they are and that is pretty good running from the

:55:11. > :55:14.American. I say, Paula, he was one who American fans really wanted to

:55:15. > :55:18.see do well, wanted to see him make the team for Rio, and he was not

:55:19. > :55:24.able to do that, so it would have been tough for him to watch Galen

:55:25. > :55:28.Rupp when his medal but good for him today. Yes, really tough for them

:55:29. > :55:32.and I think he had cramping issues and I am not sure he was even able

:55:33. > :55:35.to finish the trial but he was not able to do himself justice certainly

:55:36. > :55:38.and you said he wasn't very good shape for the trial but just got

:55:39. > :55:41.something wrong, something started cramping up within his body and he

:55:42. > :55:45.was not able to run well and make that team. I think that was very

:55:46. > :55:49.hard for him because he knew it was his real shot of making the US

:55:50. > :55:54.Olympic team, so he has bounced back from there, gone away and train hard

:55:55. > :55:57.over the summer. He will have been pleased to see Galen Rupp, former

:55:58. > :56:00.training partner of his, run so well in the marathon in Rio, but he

:56:01. > :56:04.wanted to be in that race, and I think this is now making up for

:56:05. > :56:08.that. You can see a little on his face there, he is very focused on

:56:09. > :56:14.this, putting a lot of effort into this early on and making it a hard

:56:15. > :56:18.run, really taking it to Mo Farah today saying, "You might come in

:56:19. > :56:23.today and beat me on your home turf", but I will make you work hard

:56:24. > :56:26.for it and also get some good temple running training in the bank to make

:56:27. > :56:33.sure I can come back in the marathon in New York and run well as well.

:56:34. > :56:38.The PC is running at, Paula and Brendan, it... Is exactly one hour,

:56:39. > :56:42.perhaps frustrating for him, but he is running a good race here. Now it

:56:43. > :56:48.is not so much about how he gets the ten miles, but... OK, we will come

:56:49. > :56:55.back to that in a minute, as we see Eloise Wellings coming in to finish

:56:56. > :57:02.in fourth place. A clock of 71.20 two. Excuse me, sorry, fifth place.

:57:03. > :57:05.I will make apologies to our winner Vivien Cherry at, because I

:57:06. > :57:10.completely forgot it is her birthday today. I should have said happy

:57:11. > :57:13.birthday as she crossed the line -- Vivian Cheruiyot. One thing athlete

:57:14. > :57:17.speak about when they finish the season, finish their big races,

:57:18. > :57:20.particularly some of the women I chatted to yesterday after the

:57:21. > :57:25.event, I cannot wait for a bit of cake, so a bit of birthday cake

:57:26. > :57:35.coming up for Vivian Cheruiyot. Charlotte Purdue. She will be the

:57:36. > :57:43.first of the British athletes to finish. It is good to see Charlotte

:57:44. > :57:58.Purdue coming in. Charlotte Purdue... Oh! Well done, guys. A

:57:59. > :58:02.pretty good run from Charlotte Purdue. 72.20, there are

:58:03. > :58:13.thereabouts. Not too far off a personal best. I think that is

:58:14. > :58:17.Eloise 's. . Anyway, to this pace being set by Ritzenheim, and I was

:58:18. > :58:21.trying to make the point that he is operating in an area he has not been

:58:22. > :58:25.in too many times, but I was also making the point guys that you can

:58:26. > :58:29.get to ten living miles and then not be able to finish it off well but

:58:30. > :58:32.the question for him is can he finished well? -- Eloise's daughter.

:58:33. > :58:35.He is testing Mo Farah but also testing himself as well. An

:58:36. > :58:38.important test for him because he knows when it comes down to the

:58:39. > :58:42.finishing area, and the last couple of hundred metres, you would never

:58:43. > :58:48.bet against Mo Farah, on the roads, on the track. But he has run a fine

:58:49. > :58:52.race today. He came here and the view was, let's find out how tired

:58:53. > :58:57.Mo Farah is, let me run as fast as I can. He had a good ten mile

:58:58. > :59:01.build-up, that race in America, and now getting good support because he

:59:02. > :59:04.is really taking this to Mo Farah, and at the end of the day I think

:59:05. > :59:10.Dathan Ritzenhein will get the reward. He has run 60 minutes flat,

:59:11. > :59:15.as you said, Steve, so could he go under that here? I think he has

:59:16. > :59:20.given it a good go and given it his best shot. I think hats off to

:59:21. > :59:23.Dathan Ritzenhein out here today because how often have we said that

:59:24. > :59:27.those guys, racing Mo Farah in a championship, they have just let him

:59:28. > :59:34.dictate the race and run the race that sits him? But obviously Dathan

:59:35. > :59:37.nos Mo well, has trained with him, knows him as a character, but he has

:59:38. > :59:43.not done that. He has said he would run his own race, I will hit you

:59:44. > :59:45.where I know you're only possible weakness might like, making it hard

:59:46. > :59:49.in the middle of the race and really making you work for it and we will

:59:50. > :59:52.just see how tired you are. We do know Mo Farah is in great shape, he

:59:53. > :59:56.has been away and put his head down over the last couple of weeks since

:59:57. > :00:00.Rio and has got ready again for this race, because it is important to

:00:01. > :00:04.him, to come here and win this again, but this is not a race handed

:00:05. > :00:07.to Mo on a plate with a little bit of a pacemaker to keep it at a

:00:08. > :00:12.decent pace, this is Dathan Ritzenhein giving it a really good

:00:13. > :00:15.shot to win it. To try and beat the great Mo Farah, you know, the test

:00:16. > :00:18.for Mo, he has done the Olympic Games, gone through all of that,

:00:19. > :00:23.gone back to Oregon, settle down for a couple of days, got back into

:00:24. > :00:32.training, won this race twice in a row, and though one has ever won it

:00:33. > :00:35.three times in a row, so he is desperately keen to win it a third

:00:36. > :00:38.time, in a row, but the other thing, he is getting harder race than he

:00:39. > :00:39.anticipated. That anybody anticipated, and Dathan Ritzenhein

:00:40. > :00:43.is really making it, not looking over his shoulder any more, not

:00:44. > :00:46.doing what he is told by Mo any more, not slipping in behind Mo as

:00:47. > :00:51.Mo was asking him to do earlier on, so now we have a race. A yard or two

:00:52. > :01:01.know. He is not trying to run away from Mo at this point, is he?

:01:02. > :01:09.We have had over 40,000 across the start line and still they continue.

:01:10. > :01:20.I think the last runner will cross pretty soon, they are past the ten

:01:21. > :01:25.miles mark so it is an indication of how quick they are going. Ritzenhein

:01:26. > :01:30.keeping the pressure on. The last mile was one of the slowest once

:01:31. > :01:35.we're just waiting for the 11, four .46 which is the slowest mile of the

:01:36. > :01:42.course, it is one of the tougher one so perhaps Dathan, struggling to

:01:43. > :01:47.keep the pressure on, the next will be interesting to see what happens

:01:48. > :01:52.because Mo is biding his time now, he's getting a cruise with

:01:53. > :01:57.Ritzenhein. He is not going to help the American, Ritzenhein heading for

:01:58. > :02:01.a good race whatever happens. He has done very well here and it would be

:02:02. > :02:07.quick from him as long as he doesn't completely fall apart. Can he build

:02:08. > :02:18.it and put a bit more pressure on Mo Farrah? I think he's a really

:02:19. > :02:21.operating at personal best and certainly personal best effort so

:02:22. > :02:29.I'm not sure how much more data and written- can do, he really has. He

:02:30. > :02:33.wants to maintain that -- Dathan Ritzenhein. He doesn't want to

:02:34. > :02:37.overcook it on the last section before he hits the seafront. He will

:02:38. > :02:45.know the closer it gets to the seafront, the more it is into

:02:46. > :02:50.definite Mo's territory. He knows the course well as well, he has run

:02:51. > :02:57.here are a few times before, maybe ten years ago in 2007 or 2006. He

:02:58. > :03:02.knows the course and he knows how to judge the effort and he is a very

:03:03. > :03:08.experienced road racer on any surface but certainly judging his

:03:09. > :03:14.effort you rarely see Ritzenhein get it wrong and fall apart in the last

:03:15. > :03:19.couple of miles. Trying to lead Mo in the event. Running hard, running

:03:20. > :03:23.fast, ten years ago he came here and he was third in the Great North Run.

:03:24. > :03:32.He has tried many things since and many distances. 5,000-metre time

:03:33. > :03:39.under 30 minutes is a class athlete in every sense. He is trying to beat

:03:40. > :03:49.Mo, trying to run away from him but look at 1-macro cruising beautiful

:03:50. > :03:52.style and beautiful action. On the track we know he is invincible, he

:03:53. > :03:56.has been beaten in this event before but has won the last two years. Is

:03:57. > :04:04.this Mo Farrah on his way to a third? He would suspect so and Mo

:04:05. > :04:10.moving out a little bit from behind the shadow of Ritzenhein sensing,

:04:11. > :04:13.you know if he wanted to push on he could still get under 60 minutes

:04:14. > :04:19.that would be more interested in running the race. He is sensing

:04:20. > :04:23.Ritzenhein is working hard to maintain this pace when they drop

:04:24. > :04:31.down through 12 miles, it should be fairly soon, in another minute or

:04:32. > :04:39.so, when they drop down the steep downhill section near Marston. Mo is

:04:40. > :04:44.away and that is someone who hasn't got legs. Ritzenhein braking hard

:04:45. > :04:49.done that where has Mo just flowing down the hill letting himself go. He

:04:50. > :04:56.just wants to make sure he doesn't want to do any damage annexes better

:04:57. > :05:01.to relax down the hill, Mo may even let Ritzenhein comeback, now he has

:05:02. > :05:06.the gap why not push on. He certainly knows he pretty much has

:05:07. > :05:13.this one. It is just a case of how hard he wants to go in the last

:05:14. > :05:17.mile. About five minutes more of running and he has a lead of ten

:05:18. > :05:21.metres. A quick look behind and all of the support along the seafront,

:05:22. > :05:36.there are thousands of people here on a beautiful day in South Shields

:05:37. > :05:40.to welcome Mo Farrah. Keeps checking behind, not sure he has much to

:05:41. > :05:45.worry about, Ritzenhein has run his race. Could see how hard he was

:05:46. > :05:49.working half a mile back and now he has to concentrate and keep his eye

:05:50. > :05:53.on the back of Mo Farrah and try to make sure he can stay as close as he

:05:54. > :06:00.can because he's heading for a quick time. I wonder if Mo can enjoy this

:06:01. > :06:03.now? It seems he has broken Dathan Ritzenhein, he was cruising around

:06:04. > :06:07.the corner and has all the victories behind him, he has the glorious

:06:08. > :06:16.moments from Rio behind him, he has less than a mile to go now. It looks

:06:17. > :06:19.as though he will win his third Great North Run, he has worked hard

:06:20. > :06:24.in this and work hard for everything in his athletic career and I wonder

:06:25. > :06:28.if he would relax but he's doing what runners do, they are closing in

:06:29. > :06:31.on the finish they keep driving and working, he is not relaxing and

:06:32. > :06:37.enjoying it, he will enjoy it when it's finished. You know Mo's Time in

:06:38. > :06:45.Cardiff, the weather was a little bit different, we could call it a

:06:46. > :06:49.squall, gale force winds, rain driving sideways, Mo nearly got

:06:50. > :06:55.blown over when he went past the junction and he ran 59.59, I think

:06:56. > :06:59.you'll be very close to that, if he does as you say hopefully enjoy

:07:00. > :07:04.this, the crowds will be cheering him on, if he can lift himself with

:07:05. > :07:08.the support then he still has a chance of going under the one hour

:07:09. > :07:12.mark and Ritzenhein still has a chance of running perhaps his second

:07:13. > :07:19.best ever. The American trying to hang on and work hard, the 12 mile

:07:20. > :07:31.is a quick one, it always is that mine has carried that pace on -- it

:07:32. > :07:34.always is, but Mo has. Doing something of course which is

:07:35. > :07:38.familiar in the sense of winning but he doesn't have too many races when

:07:39. > :07:44.he's out the front on his own like this. All of the track races come

:07:45. > :07:49.down to the last few hundred metres, a familiar sight now though, Mo

:07:50. > :07:55.Farrah winning a big race. Mo Farrah stretching out, his last of the

:07:56. > :07:58.season, patented metres remaining, he glances over his shoulder, Dathan

:07:59. > :08:05.Ritzenhein is working hard now and Mo Farrah has six or 700 metres to

:08:06. > :08:09.go. The end of the glorious year and a glorious four years since 2012

:08:10. > :08:20.with all of the victories he has achieved. Well done Mo Farrah. I'm

:08:21. > :08:25.not sure he's bothered about going out, he will be on the margin, if he

:08:26. > :08:30.really push this he definitely would have broken it, he doesn't need to

:08:31. > :08:34.do that so if you sort of maintains his rhythm and his cadence that he

:08:35. > :08:38.has at the moment, he might just miss the one hour mark. That doesn't

:08:39. > :08:43.matter, the crowd came here to see Mo Farrah win and that is what they

:08:44. > :08:51.are going to be watching, that is what Mo has delivered for them. A

:08:52. > :08:56.hero of British athletics. Being cheered on by thousands of people

:08:57. > :09:01.here. Of course, I'm sure maybe one or two did not get the chance to go

:09:02. > :09:04.to Rio and cheer him on there, we had great British support there in

:09:05. > :09:07.the stadium but this is their chance to come out on the streets of

:09:08. > :09:13.Tyneside and see not only Britain's hero but one of the greatest

:09:14. > :09:19.distance runners of all time. You have to say that with a record he

:09:20. > :09:22.now has in major championships, two more Olympic gold medals to the

:09:23. > :09:27.amazing tally here ready has, it's not going to stop there or is it?

:09:28. > :09:30.Will be seeing him at London next year, many of these people may well

:09:31. > :09:39.but tickets for but Mo Farrah stretching away continuing his glory

:09:40. > :09:44.run here in the last 150 metres he has really had to go some to break

:09:45. > :09:48.one-hour, probably looking at the clock and he will not be too

:09:49. > :09:51.bothered about that today. No need for the big sprint, no need for him

:09:52. > :09:59.to panic or worry, no need to watch the clock, he is just enjoying this,

:10:00. > :10:04.Heery goes. That might even be a different way but there we go. Mo

:10:05. > :10:10.Farrah wins his third Great North Run and makes another little bit of

:10:11. > :10:17.history. Ritzenhein running very fast indeed. Not far outside his

:10:18. > :10:21.personal best from second. He did really well today, he made Mo work

:10:22. > :10:25.through no doubt about it. You can see how tired Mo Farrah is there and

:10:26. > :10:34.I don't think Mo was bothered at all about the winning time. The win was

:10:35. > :10:38.important today, winning in France of this huge crowd here and winning

:10:39. > :10:46.his third Great North Run. Coming down the finish there, the word

:10:47. > :10:56.tired didn't even apply to Mo this year, he was tired earlier on wasn't

:10:57. > :11:04.it? Emmanuel Bett. Third place. Pretty solid run from him. The clock

:11:05. > :11:17.is just over 61 minutes. So that did well to hang on to his third spot.

:11:18. > :11:20.In the middle part in the pasted kick up and you have two concentrate

:11:21. > :11:31.on hang on and he did that really well. Mo waiting to congratulate

:11:32. > :11:38.Bette, these three are medallists and Mo Farrah is still recovering.

:11:39. > :11:42.It did take it out of them. I think he has another couple of races to go

:11:43. > :11:48.before he rests at the end of the year. But a good performance. He ran

:11:49. > :11:53.hard, very close to 60 minutes and that was an attempt with a hundred

:11:54. > :12:00.metres to go and he almost shipped himself over because when you tried

:12:01. > :12:06.to do that with a hundred metres to go and be enjoying that when he was

:12:07. > :12:11.still running close to breaking the hour is pretty phenomenal running,

:12:12. > :12:16.that is why he is tired and Dathan Ritzenhein type that can walk away

:12:17. > :12:21.very proud today. I suspect that was Mo Farrah's march to Alan Shearer.

:12:22. > :12:29.He been talking a lot of football this weekend and there is a statue

:12:30. > :12:34.being unveiled this week and to Alan Shearer. The great Newcastle United

:12:35. > :12:44.striker, he said those words. He is a great striker. OK well done Mo

:12:45. > :12:52.Farrah and modern Dathan Ritzenhein. A great win again for Mo Farrah.

:12:53. > :13:00.Historic day indeed Steve Cram giving credit to Newcastle United

:13:01. > :13:04.player. Going down the course now to take on the adoration and the

:13:05. > :13:08.incredible crowds who lined the route today and we came up behind

:13:09. > :13:14.from the start behind the elite men and just seeing the people that have

:13:15. > :13:19.come out on the course who are ready to cheer on and give support to the

:13:20. > :13:23.masses, 57,000 runners on the course and now we have had the elite women,

:13:24. > :13:29.the elite men, the wheelchair races and now it is all about the amazing

:13:30. > :13:33.folk who've signed up, some first timers, some multiple Great North

:13:34. > :13:37.Run attendees who will come across the line with amazing stories and

:13:38. > :13:47.incredible acts of bravery and courage to get here. Mo Farrah

:13:48. > :13:48.taking it fairly easy in the end, grey victory a great victory for his

:13:49. > :14:07.summer. This was the result in the men's

:14:08. > :14:11.wheelchair race. You can see in the times how close it was. Crossley was

:14:12. > :14:18.closing in on the man from her for much of the race but couldn't get

:14:19. > :14:24.there. Cala Paul in third place. -- Calum Hall. The result in the

:14:25. > :14:35.women's race. Vivian Cheruiyot, we saw that finish just holding off jet

:14:36. > :14:44.to. -- Priscah Jeptoo. A great win for Vivian Cheruiyot, her first win

:14:45. > :14:49.in the half marathon distance air. And in the men's race, it has just

:14:50. > :14:56.finished. Mo Farrah taking it just outside the one hour but he was not

:14:57. > :15:00.bothered about the times. Dathan Ritzenhein, a great one by the

:15:01. > :15:10.American, Bashir Abdi coming through to take their place. -- third place.

:15:11. > :15:15.GABBY LOGAN: If you have someone out there on the course today and you

:15:16. > :15:24.want to give them a message or wish them luck you can text us or use the

:15:25. > :15:28.hashtag. We are on Instagram, Facebook, BBC

:15:29. > :15:31.Sport is all over them. We would love to hear from you and plenty of

:15:32. > :15:35.people on the course watching this today will think, I want to sign up

:15:36. > :15:40.for this next year. Hugh at home may be thinking, it is time I did

:15:41. > :15:43.something, got off the sofa and got myself running, swimming, whatever

:15:44. > :15:50.you feel could inspire you to do something a little bit more physical

:15:51. > :15:54.-- you at home. Get Inspired is the BBC Sport campaign. You can find

:15:55. > :15:59.inspirational stories from people just like you as well as hints, tips

:16:00. > :16:05.and over 70 practical guides to help you give something a go. You can

:16:06. > :16:10.also find something to try and tell us how you are getting on and ask

:16:11. > :16:12.questions to our social media accounts on Twitter and Facebook and

:16:13. > :16:19.then you can inspire somebody else to give something a try. Now, we are

:16:20. > :16:26.passing the baton over to you. Get inspired and get active. Well, I

:16:27. > :16:31.doubt there is anybody more inspiring than the lady I am going

:16:32. > :16:34.to speak to know. Claire Lomas started on Wednesday, three miles a

:16:35. > :16:41.day, you did, with your incredible bionic legs, Claire. And you made

:16:42. > :16:44.it! Well done. It has been certainly challenging, there were times this

:16:45. > :16:47.make divot-mac week I did not know whether I would make it. It might

:16:48. > :16:51.you have not done that at that pace before. You did the marathon before

:16:52. > :16:55.a little slower and today obviously you cross the line, but not just the

:16:56. > :16:58.challenges you would ordinarily have physically, but you have just

:16:59. > :17:02.announced your pregnant? -- there were times this week I did not

:17:03. > :17:05.whether I would make it. Yes, there were times this week I was quite

:17:06. > :17:12.sick and tired to quite a relief to actually make it and the Great Run

:17:13. > :17:15.team have been great to give me the opportunity so I did not want to let

:17:16. > :17:19.them down and everyone who supported and donated, I just wanted to get to

:17:20. > :17:23.the finish and that has happened so I am over the moon. Congratulations

:17:24. > :17:28.on both runs. Tell us about the really tough moment and when things

:17:29. > :17:32.almost begin too much? On the first day it was really hot. I came here

:17:33. > :17:47.with all the waterproofs thinking it would rain and it was boiling!

:17:48. > :17:52.So it was really hard in the suit because I have to wear a lot of

:17:53. > :17:54.clothing to protect me then I had a few marks, I was in A on that

:17:55. > :17:57.third morning having one of my injuries dressed so it did not keep

:17:58. > :18:00.rubbing and I have to have that checked later. Every pavement, every

:18:01. > :18:03.bump, it is an obstacle and I also found it quite hilly, so also a few

:18:04. > :18:06.tears on the way round when I looked at the pavement and saw what it was

:18:07. > :18:09.like. There you are with your remarkable husband who has literally

:18:10. > :18:13.been behind you every step of the way. It has been amazing. It has not

:18:14. > :18:18.been easy with the ground and damp, so if I lost my balance he could

:18:19. > :18:21.push me back onto my feet and he has had to do that a few times because

:18:22. > :18:31.there were moments where I really lost my balance, I just felt so

:18:32. > :18:34.tired. Claire, you motivate and inspire the many people. What keeps

:18:35. > :18:37.you going? The support I have had your keeps me going a lot, but in

:18:38. > :18:40.the early days it was actually harder than this. Getting out of bed

:18:41. > :18:42.when you had nothing to get it for, after an injury, and suddenly your

:18:43. > :18:46.life changes. I had to find the motivation to get out of that and

:18:47. > :18:49.that was tougher than this. I just took every opportunity I could in

:18:50. > :18:53.those early days, not thinking of what it might lead to but just

:18:54. > :18:57.grabbing small things, and that led on to things I never dreamt I could

:18:58. > :19:00.do. You do not have to think about more challenges because you have the

:19:01. > :19:06.challenge of being pregnant and having another baby! Two children,

:19:07. > :19:10.yes, it will be very challenging! A lot of hard work from just one so

:19:11. > :19:14.that will test me. I am sure I will speak to somewhere else in the

:19:15. > :19:20.future because you either kind of lady we cannot keep down. Thank you,

:19:21. > :19:23.Gabby. Thank you. A true inspiration, Claire Lomas. Claire

:19:24. > :19:27.will hopefully no go off and enjoy a nice piece of cake but a lot of work

:19:28. > :19:35.to be done for a lot of people sell out there. Here is what is up... --

:19:36. > :19:42.now go off. Training tips from other pretty well qualified coach. Tania

:19:43. > :19:47.Farah takes part in her very first Great North Run. Terry Deary

:19:48. > :20:00.continues his "Horrible history" of the Great North Run. As the

:20:01. > :20:05.Kaiserchiefs prepare for a benefit concert tonight, we hear about the

:20:06. > :20:10.money raised. And people affected by loss coming together at the Great

:20:11. > :20:13.North Run. It is a stunning day here in the north-east. Doesn't that

:20:14. > :20:16.coastline looked absolutely beautiful? If you have never made

:20:17. > :20:19.the journey to this part of the world, even if you are not going to

:20:20. > :20:22.do the Great North Run, you should really come to see what is a really

:20:23. > :20:26.special part of the UK. It is not just the UK that is represented, of

:20:27. > :20:33.course, at the Great North Run. It is the world's favourite run. 57,000

:20:34. > :20:45.participants, the most ever in a mass participation run.

:20:46. > :20:49.They are out on the street pounding the 30 males and we have been

:20:50. > :20:52.catching up with a few of them on the streets. I was wanted to do the

:20:53. > :20:55.Great North Run from one I was small. I used to watch it with my

:20:56. > :20:58.dad, the everyone's lining up down to the sea, and this year I get my

:20:59. > :21:00.chance to beer. On a summer's evening like this, who would not

:21:01. > :21:04.want to be running? You can clear your mind of a hard day's worked --

:21:05. > :21:06.my chance to be here. I love the feeling of being free when I am out

:21:07. > :21:09.running. My running journey has taken me to many places and I am

:21:10. > :21:13.really excited to come to England soon. I am doing the Great North Run

:21:14. > :21:21.with my daughter for the first time. First time running for Alzheimer's.

:21:22. > :21:25.There is life after breast cancer is just keep positive. If we can raise

:21:26. > :21:29.a little money towards this great cause it can normally do some good.

:21:30. > :21:34.It can invest in our future as well as yours. There is only one Great

:21:35. > :21:40.North Run. It is one of the biggest best half marathons in the world. It

:21:41. > :21:43.is the world's favourite run. It will always have a special place in

:21:44. > :21:47.my heart in Newcastle and therefore I go back every year and I intend to

:21:48. > :21:53.take part. I am really looking forward to running amongst 50,000

:21:54. > :22:01.people. All those frontrunners, and atmosphere will be great. This is

:22:02. > :22:09.going to be so some! Geordie land and the Great North Run, here we

:22:10. > :22:14.come! See you in Newcastle! GABBY LOGAN: Some incredible people

:22:15. > :22:17.out there representing all kinds of, well, not just countries but

:22:18. > :22:22.charities and raising money for wonderful causes as well. Last year

:22:23. > :22:27.we brought you the story, the amazing story, of the foundation

:22:28. > :22:31.which touched so many of you and so many people got in touch wondering

:22:32. > :22:36.how they could help. It is National Transplant Week And The Story Has

:22:37. > :22:46.Moved On So Far, but let's remind you about what we told you last

:22:47. > :22:49.year. Back in April my son Bodie had a choking accident at home and he

:22:50. > :22:54.then spent the next five days putting up an absolutely incredible

:22:55. > :22:57.fight which enabled me to learn more about his character and his spirit

:22:58. > :23:02.than I probably would have learned about him in ten, 15, 20 years. It

:23:03. > :23:06.was only at the point where we realised he was not coming back that

:23:07. > :23:13.we started to consider organ donation. There was no way we could

:23:14. > :23:20.let his life mean nothing. And it is that that inspired us as a family to

:23:21. > :23:25.start the charity and start to do good things in his name. At the

:23:26. > :23:33.Great North Run, there will be myself, our patron, and Greg

:23:34. > :23:39.Beatrix, the father of Matthew, the ten-year-old boy who has now been

:23:40. > :23:45.seven years waiting for a kidney who spends 12 hours on dialysis each and

:23:46. > :23:53.every day -- Craig. Going through the motions of your life, you're

:23:54. > :23:57.just holding out for that one thing. I just cannot get my head round why

:23:58. > :24:01.we are waiting so long, when there are so many people out there who

:24:02. > :24:10.could donate, but they just don't choose to. It is a pretty wrong way,

:24:11. > :24:16.but for me personally, 30 males, Matthew gets me through it. I just

:24:17. > :24:23.think of all the pain he goes through, so me running 30 males is

:24:24. > :24:29.nothing. I know that part of my son lives on in other people and there

:24:30. > :24:37.is no greater sense of pride -- 13 miles. There is no greater sense of

:24:38. > :24:42.pride you can have as a father. Well, we understand there was a huge

:24:43. > :24:47.reaction to that story last year, but for one man in particular it was

:24:48. > :24:52.literally life changing. Just before the Great North Run last year

:24:53. > :24:59.Matthew's situation kind of changed a lot, he became seriously ill. His

:25:00. > :25:04.antibodies only matched 1% of the populists of the chances of him

:25:05. > :25:11.actually finding a donor were not high. We did a local half marathon

:25:12. > :25:15.where I advertised on running pitch for people to wear pink organ

:25:16. > :25:22.donation T-shirts and there was a certain person called Edward who

:25:23. > :25:31.just came up, got a top, and left. I carry a donor card but... I didn't

:25:32. > :25:35.realise, so I started looking into it, I offered. I don't know how or

:25:36. > :25:38.why I did it, just on the Facebook page, I said, I have a spare kidney,

:25:39. > :25:45.if you would like one. Happy to help. His dad explained, it is not

:25:46. > :25:49.as easy as that, you have to see if you're the match, go through

:25:50. > :25:54.rigorous testing. A couple of months passed, and I get a message from him

:25:55. > :26:02.and it was like, I have passed this test. You donate blood then they

:26:03. > :26:05.test your blood. The next stage is physical where they test the

:26:06. > :26:09.capacity of your kidneys, and if you pass that you go through a mental

:26:10. > :26:13.stage. You have to sure you have thought about it and plan for it.

:26:14. > :26:20.That process took about a year and then he came back. He said, I am a

:26:21. > :26:27.match. I said, what do you mean? Used have more tests. He said, no, I

:26:28. > :26:31.am a complete match. There is a one in 60,000 chance of being a match

:26:32. > :26:37.and passing all those tests and you find him and he says, yes, I will do

:26:38. > :26:42.it. It is like winning the lottery. I'm just going to see it. We have

:26:43. > :26:50.found you a kidney and a donor and you're having a transplant in the

:26:51. > :26:54.next eight weeks. -- and just going to see it. Afterwards you get quite

:26:55. > :26:57.a lot of things said, it is a selfless act. It is quite selfish in

:26:58. > :27:02.actual fact because to get through it you do not think of anybody else.

:27:03. > :27:08.You think of the Child receiving, and then you think, I should have

:27:09. > :27:13.thought more about my own family, my work, but once you go through that

:27:14. > :27:18.process it is quite narrow minded. I cannot honestly describe how happy

:27:19. > :27:25.he is, because obviously he is a lot happier. The whole family... It is

:27:26. > :27:28.just remarkable. You know when dad walks round with the big beaming

:27:29. > :27:32.smile on his face after a newborn baby, it is like that with

:27:33. > :27:36.an-year-old child. Time and they said it would take between 12 and 18

:27:37. > :27:41.weeks to fully recover -- an 11-year-old child. Although I am not

:27:42. > :27:45.supposed to be, I am running. I would do the same thing again. I

:27:46. > :27:49.only have one kidney know but I would donate the other one if I

:27:50. > :27:56.could, it is just the way I am. It happened. He had a transplant. Five

:27:57. > :28:01.weeks ago. And he is just starting to get his life back... I know I

:28:02. > :28:21.keep saying it but it is just phenomenal, it really is.

:28:22. > :28:25.MUSIC: About Today by The National

:28:26. > :28:31.it really is phenomenal and you, too, could be changing someone's

:28:32. > :28:35.life. We wish them all the very best. I am joined by the winner of

:28:36. > :28:40.the men's elite race, Mo Farah. Not quite as straightforward as you may

:28:41. > :28:45.have thought? No, it was really hard. Dathan made a great race

:28:46. > :28:49.today. He knows me really well. He put the foot down and tried to get

:28:50. > :28:58.rid of me because he knows I have faster pace, but amazing support

:28:59. > :29:02.from the home crowd. It just kept us going but to be honest with you I am

:29:03. > :29:06.knackered. You will have to do a bit more talking because somewhere out

:29:07. > :29:12.there of course is Mrs Farah and she wood I just said, she crossed ten

:29:13. > :29:17.kilometres in 38 minutes and you asked if that was good? Yes, she's

:29:18. > :29:23.going well, good thing. About halfway -- and I just said. If she

:29:24. > :29:29.keeps. She will be about 1.40, 1.50. She could possibly go under 1.50 in

:29:30. > :29:32.that last bit but it is a tough course, so it is mainly not to get

:29:33. > :29:37.carried away at that point, but I cannot speak to her, can I? Issue

:29:38. > :29:44.got -- has she got a good spread? She is a better sprinter than me. --

:29:45. > :29:48.a good sprint? You could go back out there and you're cool down could be

:29:49. > :29:54.going to find Tania. Yes, but it might be a bit chaotic, people might

:29:55. > :29:57.be coming through. I should be waiting at the finish line. It you

:29:58. > :30:04.better be waiting at the finish line! Otherwise I will be in the

:30:05. > :30:08.dugout -- doghouse. Your range is so huge and you're still obviously

:30:09. > :30:11.excelling at the five and ten. When you do events like this is road

:30:12. > :30:15.running going to be more and more part of your race format?

:30:16. > :30:22.I like it but it's a different plane, it's a different pain to the

:30:23. > :30:31.track, for me sometimes I question it -- pain. Where is the pain? When

:30:32. > :30:34.I go past six or seven miles, your legs slightly lock-up where is on

:30:35. > :30:39.the track he practised different pace and you don't feel it until the

:30:40. > :30:43.last lap. Here you have a long way to go and you have to keep it going

:30:44. > :30:49.and I think I need to do more training for the road. A different

:30:50. > :30:55.kind you need to do? I don't know only to find out. At the moment

:30:56. > :31:01.everything to keep it going well? Yes just finished on a high, amazing

:31:02. > :31:06.support here from people, what a year I have had, I just have to go

:31:07. > :31:11.home and chill out. See the kids, get up to no good. Can you chill?

:31:12. > :31:19.I've seen the documentary and you don't. I love the sport, I just

:31:20. > :31:23.can't keep my hands and feet still. I love to do stuff, for me it's a

:31:24. > :31:28.couple of weeks resting and hopefully I can go down to NICAM

:31:29. > :31:36.play football with the guys because that's what I love. Now I have the

:31:37. > :31:40.Olympics at the way you can go. Playing football for two weeks

:31:41. > :31:44.sounds good. Who will let you go look for Tanya but if we get back

:31:45. > :31:51.out on the course, maybe Steve has spotted, any idea where she is? I

:31:52. > :31:58.can tell you she is beyond 15 K and it is still progressing for

:31:59. > :32:03.something around 145 seven is pretty good isn't it? Just to confirm the

:32:04. > :32:10.numbers, we are doing statistics and it was all about times and the

:32:11. > :32:13.amount of competitors and this year, 41,399 made it across the start line

:32:14. > :32:22.and most of them will definitely make it to the finish as we head

:32:23. > :32:27.back to the roots. We're looking at so many people, moving into the York

:32:28. > :32:34.Avenue area, the Robin Hood pub not too far from there. So many people

:32:35. > :32:41.as I've mentioned out there, I just bumped into a guy done here at the

:32:42. > :32:45.finish, Rob Hoskins who raised himself over ?100,000 for the

:32:46. > :32:50.Hartlepool Hospice. This year it is the turn of his wife Karen and his

:32:51. > :32:54.two daughters. I know rob himself has been fighting throat cancer this

:32:55. > :32:58.year that he is cheering on his family. So many people will be there

:32:59. > :33:08.on the route waiting for people hopefully to make it to make it

:33:09. > :33:11.safely. I'm delighted to say my daughter Catherine and sister Hannah

:33:12. > :33:15.are coming the nine mile point so that is good news and out M Williams

:33:16. > :33:21.who lost a father and brother-in-law to cancer is out there today for

:33:22. > :33:32.Cancer research. Fay Hamilton and Sally Roberts. We spoke so much

:33:33. > :33:37.about cancer research and children with cancer UK, one of the very

:33:38. > :33:40.popular charities people run four, may Robinson I know out there, her

:33:41. > :33:46.son Elliot was diagnosed with a brain tumour and he challenged his

:33:47. > :33:49.mum Turgott and have a go. I know Elliott's School in York are

:33:50. > :33:57.watching and I'm hoping it'll goes well. Helen Gardner also going for

:33:58. > :34:00.Saint Gemma's Hospice, her first Great North Run. We talk about

:34:01. > :34:04.people have done it so many times before and will be familiar with the

:34:05. > :34:09.route and of course they know where they are exactly before Helen

:34:10. > :34:13.Gardner, first-time powder. Running in memory of her best friend Rachel

:34:14. > :34:18.who sadly lost her battle to cancer age 30 eight. As we go down the

:34:19. > :34:26.course all the way back, the course is filled with runners. Sudan is

:34:27. > :34:31.running for Diabetes UK, Lauren Downey and her friend running for

:34:32. > :34:38.Red Cross and the British Heart Foundation. Catherine Walker. Mike

:34:39. > :34:43.tones running for the Newcastle Freeman Hospital cardiology unit.

:34:44. > :34:48.They are well on their way. Good luck to all of the runners out there

:34:49. > :34:51.raising funds for asthma UK and for the Jane Tomlinson appeal.

:34:52. > :34:59.Representing the Northern Irish contingent, I hope you all having

:35:00. > :35:03.good run. And Gillian Logan. Three friends of mine who made it a target

:35:04. > :35:08.to come here after having children at the same time came here and ran

:35:09. > :35:14.today, Anna Campbell and fun we're, I hope you're all going well. They

:35:15. > :35:20.all her children at the same time? Anyway. As we head back to the

:35:21. > :35:24.roundabout which is only four miles on the bypass, still so many people

:35:25. > :35:33.out there and I know many of the charities base themselves there.

:35:34. > :35:36.They begin on both sides of the carriageway and then at that point

:35:37. > :35:44.at White Liverpool return. They move onto one side of the

:35:45. > :35:50.carriageway and as we watch here at South Shields, this road starts to

:35:51. > :35:55.fill as we look back now. The elite runners finish the size of the

:35:56. > :35:58.commentary box that then there is a great efficient organisation that

:35:59. > :36:04.starts to push them from now on they finish on the grass and make a right

:36:05. > :36:18.turn and that is where they are about to finish with about 100 to go

:36:19. > :36:22.I wonder where Terry Deary is? Somewhere there, the author of the

:36:23. > :36:28.hugely successful horrible histories books, originally from Sunderland.

:36:29. > :36:29.He can give us another bit of horrible history from another part

:36:30. > :36:43.of the course. The iconic image of the Great North

:36:44. > :36:49.Run is the Tyne Bridge. Over here on the right is the level bridge built

:36:50. > :36:59.by a Geordie Robert Stevenson in 1849. For a first time Queen

:37:00. > :37:03.Victoria could travel from London to Balmoral without getting off the

:37:04. > :37:09.train so naturally they invited her to open the bridge. The opening

:37:10. > :37:14.ceremony was followed by a grand dinner at the station terminal. It

:37:15. > :37:19.said after the dinner was finished, the manager of the hotel went up to

:37:20. > :37:25.Queen Victoria and handed her the bill. Victoria was furious, she

:37:26. > :37:28.vowed never to look on the city of Newcastle again and every time the

:37:29. > :37:37.train passed through, she drew the curtains. Draw the curtain and

:37:38. > :37:54.you'll miss the Great North Run. Insolent puppy, officer arrest that

:37:55. > :37:59.man. Run man run. I am not amused. There is more to come from Terry.

:38:00. > :38:02.Lots of people out there on the course today and this will be the

:38:03. > :38:05.first time they have done this, that they have run in a mass

:38:06. > :38:10.participation event and for some of them it'll kick a life of health and

:38:11. > :38:13.fitness. For lots of people it is a struggle to get yourself in the

:38:14. > :38:20.shape and Andrew Whiting was one of those, a charity helping people

:38:21. > :38:23.overcome their fears of being overweight and Andrea to get to that

:38:24. > :38:28.starting lane had to reinvent herself quite literally. In April

:38:29. > :38:34.last year my dad died from terminal cancer. When he died it made me

:38:35. > :38:39.realise how precious life was. I was in a very poor state of health and

:38:40. > :38:43.weighed over 30 stone. I realise that unless I did something, the

:38:44. > :38:50.limited life I did have would be very very short. I had to make a

:38:51. > :38:57.lifestyle change. It was a very slow change initially, it was food. And

:38:58. > :39:03.then from their starting to exercise, tried to walk more. I was

:39:04. > :39:08.very conscious I was big, I was worried that I would step into the

:39:09. > :39:13.gym and feel that I didn't fit in so it was a bit of stepping out of my

:39:14. > :39:18.compass own and taking the leap really. What wasn't important was

:39:19. > :39:24.the number of the scale because I didn't tell me how happy or help

:39:25. > :39:28.cure was. I soon realised it was a really nice gym and everyone was

:39:29. > :39:31.really supportive, it was more like a family and everybody knows each

:39:32. > :39:36.other and everybody supports each other and helps each other. I

:39:37. > :39:40.changed from seeing exercise as a punishment and a necessary evil to

:39:41. > :39:47.something I actually enjoyed. It just made me feel alive again. I've

:39:48. > :39:53.gone from feeling as though I have got a life now. And it was a friend

:39:54. > :40:06.who suggested why not do the Great North Run by which point I laughed.

:40:07. > :40:13.So I then said, if Craig agrees to them put my name. At first I was

:40:14. > :40:18.blown back but nothing surprised me with Andrea. Over the last 6-8

:40:19. > :40:21.months she has come out with new challenges all the time which is

:40:22. > :40:26.fantastic. One final push Andrea, keep your head up. She has never let

:40:27. > :40:32.anything get in a way. I have no doubts that she would run. I started

:40:33. > :40:39.to realise that was capable of doing things and I was pathetic as I

:40:40. > :40:45.thought I was. -- wasn't. I am paying back something that they did

:40:46. > :40:49.for me, it is there to support people who are obese, who are

:40:50. > :40:56.struggling with weight and struggling with day to day issues

:40:57. > :40:59.because of weight. Basically it is believing in yourself, just taking

:41:00. > :41:02.the first step and going through the difficult times because there will

:41:03. > :41:07.be times when things are hard and you just think if this were worth it

:41:08. > :41:12.and realising there is life out there and just going for it, taking

:41:13. > :41:17.the opportunity and giving it a go. This time year ago I didn't even

:41:18. > :41:24.think it was remotely possible, I think there will be a fair few tears

:41:25. > :41:28.at the end, crossed the finish line. Amazing. She has shown that she can

:41:29. > :41:35.which is exactly what sport England were hoping for when they launched

:41:36. > :41:38.this campaign. A campaign to get more women and girls interested and

:41:39. > :41:42.involved in fitness and sports and as a result elite 3 million say they

:41:43. > :41:57.have done exactly that, it has been a huge success.

:41:58. > :42:52.A fantastic campaign. I just love seeing bad and you may

:42:53. > :42:56.recognise this lady here? Sam Mulligan who was the runner in that

:42:57. > :43:02.CT, you are globally famous would you say? I wouldn't say globally but

:43:03. > :43:06.a little there. Jenny O'Brien good to see U2 and we will talk about the

:43:07. > :43:11.campaign which will follow on. Let's talk about your sport involvement

:43:12. > :43:17.and you are running before the campaign started but did it inspire

:43:18. > :43:20.you? I haven't run too much before the campaign started and I was a

:43:21. > :43:25.runner when I became involved in the campaign. And it all went from there

:43:26. > :43:30.and it has kept me going, being involved and the Facebook campaigns,

:43:31. > :43:34.everything in social media, it has just been the most amazing

:43:35. > :43:39.experience, I'm really proud. If somebody is watching as a beginner

:43:40. > :43:44.like you, what other tips to keep going? I don't think you should

:43:45. > :43:48.think much about what you're doing, I put pressure on myself to sort of

:43:49. > :43:53.achieve things but just go out there and have some fun. Being here, the

:43:54. > :43:59.atmosphere today is amazing, I love going to the races. Running with

:44:00. > :44:03.friends. Finding a group may be. I hope in the future I'm going to

:44:04. > :44:06.train to be a run leader and hopefully women who may be a little

:44:07. > :44:13.bit worried about starting running will be able to come along and...

:44:14. > :44:17.Help them take the tentative first steps which is a joy for your ears

:44:18. > :44:25.Jenny. The next age of this girl can is? We have this girl can run. We

:44:26. > :44:27.have launched this to focus on running specifically because it is

:44:28. > :44:31.such an accessible running sport which are slow crossed an easy for

:44:32. > :44:35.people to get involved with and we now have a following of 120,000

:44:36. > :44:40.women focused on running and we have a Facebook, Twitter and Instagram

:44:41. > :44:44.page. It is all around inspiring and motivating women's achievements. And

:44:45. > :44:47.more women are running at more than ever before. Getting close to

:44:48. > :44:53.swimming as a mass participation sports. Absolutely, lots of activity

:44:54. > :44:58.are trying to address this inequality in numbers between men

:44:59. > :45:01.and women. We know from the campaigns there are 20,000 women who

:45:02. > :45:04.are running more as a result of this girl can run campaign which is

:45:05. > :45:08.fantastic but we also know there is a lot of potential out there, a lot

:45:09. > :45:12.of women who maybe have lapsed from running but are struggling to take

:45:13. > :45:17.the first steps we are trying to address that. Sometimes this advice.

:45:18. > :45:21.I love exercise and I'm lucky that I hadn't run for a while and I was

:45:22. > :45:24.with the Olympics and Paula Radcliffe and I thought why to why

:45:25. > :45:28.not ask her for advice and I asked her I said I'm stuck, I run the same

:45:29. > :45:32.distance in same times were 20 years she says run longer and slower and

:45:33. > :45:35.shorter and faster. Little bits of advice that have upped my game

:45:36. > :45:39.because you need somebody, obviously I'm lucky that you need somebody to

:45:40. > :45:48.give you a boost, some activation. Absolutely about is what our

:45:49. > :45:53.community is all about, providing expert advice from that perspective

:45:54. > :45:57.but also ladies inspiring each other, telling their stories, Sam

:45:58. > :46:00.telling her story about the journey she has gone through. We always say,

:46:01. > :46:05.it is not a perfect solution, you do not start running and that is it

:46:06. > :46:09.forever, you need that ongoing. Yes, I am nowhere near being able to go

:46:10. > :46:13.for a run with Paula Radcliffe, I should say! There are a million

:46:14. > :46:17.reasons, million excuses you could find to not go for a run, and that

:46:18. > :46:21.is exactly the book Hannah Phillips wrote, all the excuses she could

:46:22. > :46:27.come up with, but it hasn't stopped her. There are 101 reasons not to

:46:28. > :46:35.run, and believe me I have thought of everyone, from chafing, colds,

:46:36. > :46:42.dating married golds, and literally -- I am literally a one-woman

:46:43. > :46:45.excuse. With a whole 24 hours, and those female multitasking powers...

:46:46. > :46:51.When I say I don't feel like it, what I really mean is, I feel

:46:52. > :46:56.like... That word that rhymes with it. I am a mother, have a life, and

:46:57. > :47:01.sometimes now it seems a struggle. But what I tell myself when I don't

:47:02. > :47:04.feel like running, is I bet Jo Pavey's bomb does not stay on her

:47:05. > :47:10.sofa slumming. I am often too tired after having my body rewired, by a

:47:11. > :47:15.toddler that just doesn't sleep, and she really doesn't sleep. You will

:47:16. > :47:19.feel 100 times better is to address it, and get those trainers on my

:47:20. > :47:24.feet. If it was too dark outside, I was too quick to Abeid, to that

:47:25. > :47:30.voice that told me to stay in. But I got myself a head and some snazzy

:47:31. > :47:32."You can't miss me" plates, and a friend to run with -- too quick to

:47:33. > :47:46.Abeid. Running in the rain is good for the

:47:47. > :47:50.soul and running in the sun is key to your goals, but running on the

:47:51. > :47:53.ice is not so nice and I have that injuries from Mr Jack Frost more

:47:54. > :48:04.than twice. It would not be a list of excuses without mentioning my two

:48:05. > :48:12.nuisances, my boots, my breast, my test -- test, my rack. I have

:48:13. > :48:16.violated Mayberry's name for too long on Wednesday. The Great British

:48:17. > :48:25.Bake Of being a great reason to stay in -- Mary Berry. Because, Hannah,

:48:26. > :48:29.if you want to consume cakes and treats, it is really best to get

:48:30. > :48:34.some mileage under those feet. The never-ending washing basket does

:48:35. > :48:38.cause some issues, especially when pockets stuffed full of forgotten

:48:39. > :48:44.jelly babies and tissues, but it does often happen... And if all else

:48:45. > :48:48.fails, you don't have to cover our bottom. I don't run on an empty

:48:49. > :48:52.tummy, get dizzy and weak and a little bit funny. But again running

:48:53. > :48:57.when one is filled to the brim makes you sick, queasy and a little bit

:48:58. > :49:09.grim. The key to nutrition is socket and see, because the chances are you

:49:10. > :49:13.will always find a willing bush to have wee. There are 101 reasons not

:49:14. > :49:21.to run and over the years I have found everyone. But I still go, I

:49:22. > :49:26.still get out there, I always run. And she is out there today and I

:49:27. > :49:32.believe she has reached the halfway mark in a very respectable time,

:49:33. > :49:37.Denise Lewis? Hanauer, you are at the halfway stage. Thank goodness!

:49:38. > :49:42.Nobody mentioned these little hills on the way, did they? The ground

:49:43. > :49:47.going up and down, lovely, no mention. But you're still smiling? I

:49:48. > :49:51.love it, brilliant, one of the best things I have done. And we were

:49:52. > :49:57.crying at it, when the Red Arrows went over. You have been such an

:49:58. > :50:00.inspiration for so many people. We just loved your story. What would

:50:01. > :50:05.you see to anyone thinking about getting into running? Just get your

:50:06. > :50:09.trainers on and go, the best thing ever, best thing I have ever done.

:50:10. > :50:14.Best thing you have ever done. Find support. I have support. In Wales we

:50:15. > :50:22.have social running, but find the support and go with it. Thanks a

:50:23. > :50:27.lot. Keep going! Thank you. What an inspiration Hannah is. She saw her

:50:28. > :50:30.reflection in a mirror and didn't realise it was her. She thought

:50:31. > :50:33.somebody overweight was wearing the same top as her and that

:50:34. > :50:36.kick-started her running late and she is out there today, you can see

:50:37. > :50:40.she is emotional, loving the atmosphere out there, as are so many

:50:41. > :50:44.of the runners in the mass participation race and I think it is

:50:45. > :50:48.fantastic that this girl has inspired so many women to get going,

:50:49. > :50:51.get running, get on the shoes and get out there to tread those miles.

:50:52. > :51:04.At the elite end of the race, the other end, let's remind you how they

:51:05. > :51:07.did. Sebastian Coe set them on their way before everybody else. The roads

:51:08. > :51:13.were completely clear ahead of them, but all eyes were on Vivian

:51:14. > :51:18.Cheruiyot, the Olympic champion and silver-medallist in the 10,000

:51:19. > :51:24.metres, and there were two binder, Tirunesh Dibaba, who made it about

:51:25. > :51:29.eight males with Vivian Cheruiyot, but that was to prove the end of her

:51:30. > :51:32.big effort and it was left to Cheruiyot to contest the race with

:51:33. > :51:38.Priscah Jeptoo, the former winner from 2015. Dibaba did the best to

:51:39. > :51:42.hang onto those two but into the last half mile it was inevitably a

:51:43. > :51:46.quicker finish from the track specialist Cheruiyot that gave her

:51:47. > :51:47.the victory in her first ever have marathon, and on her birthday as

:51:48. > :52:02.well. The winning time, 67.50 four. I am delighted to see she is with me

:52:03. > :52:07.here and looking fresh as a daisy. The first time you have ever run

:52:08. > :52:13.that far competitively, Vivian? How did you make it look so easy? It was

:52:14. > :52:17.nice because I was thinking, how can I finished the half marathon, and I

:52:18. > :52:23.thought, it is the same as it is going to be... As what I am used to

:52:24. > :52:33.with 5000, 10,000, shorter, but I thought I will do my best, you know.

:52:34. > :52:38.When I was resting, I was with Dibaba, Jeptoo and Joyce Chepkirui,

:52:39. > :52:41.and they were competing in marathons and also have marathons so I thought

:52:42. > :52:45.I should not go in front immediately because I do not know what will

:52:46. > :52:50.happen. I was just relaxing, but it was a little bit tough for the last

:52:51. > :52:59.kilometre, but I am so happy to stop really fantastic for me and also to

:53:00. > :53:03.bring up my season. We spoke to them -- spoke to Mo Farah, the winner of

:53:04. > :53:07.the men's race. He said the road feels different on the body. Did you

:53:08. > :53:18.feel that? It was a little bit tiring because as we were training

:53:19. > :53:22.in Kenya, just for the 5000 and 10,000, so I am not tired training

:53:23. > :53:26.for half marathon like that. Perhaps these women were training for the

:53:27. > :53:30.half marathon, so it was fantastic me. You know, you cannot do

:53:31. > :53:36.something longer without training. It was really good for me. I have

:53:37. > :53:40.seen that may be in the future I will be a good athlete in the half

:53:41. > :53:44.marathon and also in marathons. I think so. It is looking good, isn't

:53:45. > :53:50.it? For the longer distances. It is your birthday. How old are you? I am

:53:51. > :53:53.turning 33, I am old, but I still feel strong!

:53:54. > :53:57.LAUGHTER I perhaps still have eight years to

:53:58. > :54:03.run and then maybe I can retire after that, so I am so happy. It is

:54:04. > :54:07.my birthday day, so a win is so nice. Have you had some cake yet?

:54:08. > :54:10.Not yet but maybe I will get some in the hotel. I also want to see that

:54:11. > :54:15.people from the UK, they are so lovely. The crowd were so lovely,

:54:16. > :54:21.for me, and I thought, you know, you get support from people and you feel

:54:22. > :54:25.like you're running, you have that strength, so I want to say that you

:54:26. > :54:29.so much and I hope next year I will be back and I am going to run maybe

:54:30. > :54:34.better than this one. We look forward to having you back your next

:54:35. > :54:38.time, Vivian, I will have cake here. I am so sorry. I feel such a bad

:54:39. > :54:43.horse I have your with no cake but someone will have you some if you

:54:44. > :54:47.stick around. Yes, some cake, but you said happy birthday. People are

:54:48. > :54:50.saying happy birthday. There are very generous people watching this

:54:51. > :54:54.on the TV soap they might bring you some take-down, I am sure. Well

:54:55. > :54:58.done. But we will go back onto the course -- TV so they may bring it.

:54:59. > :55:09.She is catching up with a man who could be pretty much anyone he wants

:55:10. > :55:17.to be. Jon, how are you doing? Steady speed, steady pace, like Del

:55:18. > :55:23.boy when he was Batman. You're running partners? Yes, you form a

:55:24. > :55:27.little team almost, there are format of us, and that spurs you on. The

:55:28. > :55:34.crowd cheering wherever you go, the band 's other side of the road, it

:55:35. > :55:39.is magical, it really is. And you managed to get some of those jelly

:55:40. > :55:42.babies en route? Yes, very generous crowd, with jelly babies and

:55:43. > :55:49.everything. I cannot believe we are at the halfway stage. And you're

:55:50. > :55:54.mentally ready? I have done one of the ten kilometres before so I guess

:55:55. > :56:01.one more of those. Onwards and upwards, good to speak to you,

:56:02. > :56:08.anchor-mac:. It sounds like the commentary box out their -- to speak

:56:09. > :56:14.to you, Jon. We have cakes were so we could have given 12 Vivian

:56:15. > :56:17.Cheruiyot. She says she will be back next year. What a great experience

:56:18. > :56:21.for her. I would like to see well done to some of the organisers here,

:56:22. > :56:26.the four organisers of the event. The organiser of the event, the man

:56:27. > :56:28.who looks after the start, the finish and Alex Jackson who looks

:56:29. > :56:35.after the course in between those two areas. Well done to all of them,

:56:36. > :56:38.and well done to the runner running in memory of her friend Marcus and

:56:39. > :56:41.her dad who sadly died of cancer this year and there are so many

:56:42. > :56:45.people whose stories we cannot show but that is why the ticker tape is

:56:46. > :56:47.there, so hopefully you can read some of them. I know you have been

:56:48. > :56:53.sending in your messages and hopefully we can get as many of them

:56:54. > :56:58.across the screen as possible. My sister Anna is going well, through

:56:59. > :57:02.15 kilometres now, and my daughter Catherine as well, so well done to

:57:03. > :57:09.those two. I look forward to seeing them fairly soon. Louise Brooks and

:57:10. > :57:13.her friend running for the hospice. Andrew Bruce, Ilona Flannigan, Jamie

:57:14. > :57:20.Dixon. Staying strong, well done to that one. She mist Arroyo over from

:57:21. > :57:25.Ireland, from Northern Ireland, running for Macmillan Cancer. And

:57:26. > :57:37.those running for the Teenage Cancer Trust. And Cancer Research. Well,

:57:38. > :57:42.those crowds on a day like this, I mean, it is a wonderful site. It

:57:43. > :57:47.always is a great site at the Great North Run but on a day like today

:57:48. > :57:54.they can chill out, cheer, watch for their friends and family. One or two

:57:55. > :57:57.having a cheeky beer over at the pub off to our right. Andrew and I came

:57:58. > :58:02.down their early this morning and there were two or three people...

:58:03. > :58:08.Not for a beer, Brendan! People already had their seats on the

:58:09. > :58:22.grass. But a couple had their early positions.

:58:23. > :58:30.Well, if you have been with us told you will know we were chatting to

:58:31. > :58:38.Ricky Wilson earlier on because his band-mate Peanut from the

:58:39. > :58:45.Kaiserchiefs is here and he completed it in... One minute 34...

:58:46. > :58:49.UK came off a tour bus from Germany and had no sleep. That is

:58:50. > :58:52.ridiculous! Yes, I don't know what the afternoon will hold but I am

:58:53. > :58:58.really pleased. Have you done a lot of training, do you run a lot? I had

:58:59. > :59:01.my car, but I got as far so thought I would not give up. It is good

:59:02. > :59:06.being on tour because you get to go to different places. Does it keep

:59:07. > :59:11.you sane when you're out there? Yes, somewhere in Munich or whatever.

:59:12. > :59:14.Tonight you have this cake, of course? Yes, or that the foundation

:59:15. > :59:18.is putting on so we are playing down at the arena. I think we just

:59:19. > :59:22.released some more production tickets, so it is a great day, a

:59:23. > :59:26.great end to the day, I think. I promise not to sit down for the gig,

:59:27. > :59:30.I will be on my feet! I was a bit worried about you coming up the

:59:31. > :59:35.stairs there! Your legs look a bit... I am sure there will be a Mrs

:59:36. > :59:43.somewhere around here. You will have to get Ricky running. -- I am sure

:59:44. > :59:46.there will be a masseuse. Yes, just the occasion, I didn't know what to

:59:47. > :59:53.expect but I will be here next year, for sure. It is, and so many nations

:59:54. > :00:02.represented, 178. A person for every nation! Almost! And Leeds is the

:00:03. > :00:05.biggest city outside of the north-east represented. Is it? I

:00:06. > :00:08.knew you would like that. There are many different people from countries

:00:09. > :00:12.all over the world and we have been hearing from quite a few as the day

:00:13. > :00:18.has gone on, so let's see who else we have out there... My name is

:00:19. > :00:20.Steve and I am 59 years old. I am British but I live and work here in

:00:21. > :00:43.Switzerland. A beautiful day to be out here

:00:44. > :00:57.retracing the footsteps of Rocky Balboa.

:00:58. > :01:09.See you in Newcastle. Local author Terry Geary who founded and wrote so

:01:10. > :01:13.many of the horrible history book started it all back in the early

:01:14. > :01:18.1990s, inspired so many young people to get involved in history, has been

:01:19. > :01:24.of action of the Great North Run, this is his 20th. We made him sing

:01:25. > :01:27.for his supper and sent him out and about to find some interesting

:01:28. > :01:37.stories, some horrible histories of the Great North Run.

:01:38. > :01:45.Five miles into the run and we passed one of the most important

:01:46. > :01:51.places in the history of the world. The Coles from Newcastle were mined

:01:52. > :01:56.on the side of the river. On the other side of this church in 1812,

:01:57. > :02:04.the felling pits that. That year mine gas exploded and killed 92 men

:02:05. > :02:11.and boys. Thomas Gordon was eight years old, a third of the victims

:02:12. > :02:15.were under 16. Here in Saint Mary 's Church is a memorial to the 92 who

:02:16. > :02:19.died so that thousands of others could live, over a million runners

:02:20. > :02:25.have run past her and not a lot of people know that. At least the

:02:26. > :02:30.disaster prompted the engineers of the day to come up with a design.

:02:31. > :02:37.George Stephenson and engineer from Newcastle came up with the lamp B

:02:38. > :02:44.Davis came up with the Davy lamp, both claimed they were... The

:02:45. > :02:49.principles of a safety love were constructed. Long before Sir

:02:50. > :02:54.Humphrey Davy came into this part of the country. An ignorant Northern

:02:55. > :02:58.Pittman could not have invented something as sophisticated as this.

:02:59. > :03:06.The truth both were based on an earlier designed by Sunderland

:03:07. > :03:07.Doctor. He did not make the fortunes of these deeper to lease they gave

:03:08. > :03:15.him a medal. We think we know a lot about Mo

:03:16. > :03:20.Farrah and have seen his progress over the last few years at every

:03:21. > :03:24.global stage since 2011, but of force behind Mo Farrah there is a

:03:25. > :03:32.huge team support and nobody bigger than his wife Tanya. Phil Jones has

:03:33. > :03:39.taken a closer look. Behind many of an elite athlete there is a selfless

:03:40. > :03:43.support group. For Mo Farrah it is a family of five, a wife and four

:03:44. > :03:47.children who may only seen this driven husband and father for half

:03:48. > :03:50.the year but for Tanya today there is some me time as she runs from

:03:51. > :03:56.shadows of support to the glare of celebrity athlete in her first Great

:03:57. > :03:59.North Run. How does it feel for you to be a part of something you have

:04:00. > :04:02.seen your husband win the last couple of years? Quite surreal

:04:03. > :04:06.because I've been here before watching him either start the race

:04:07. > :04:13.as the starter or run it. So for me to be running it myself feels a bit

:04:14. > :04:17.strange but at the same time I'm quite proud of the fact I have

:04:18. > :04:21.trained myself well enough to see where I could run here because a few

:04:22. > :04:24.years ago I never would've thought I could have run and here I am now

:04:25. > :04:27.doing it and having only just started running nine months ago.

:04:28. > :04:33.What advice have you been giving her? I hope I've been a good coach

:04:34. > :04:37.because if not I'm in trouble. I've been giving her good advice from

:04:38. > :04:40.what I've learnt a lot in my career and she's been doing good and

:04:41. > :04:45.hopefully we can go out there and not put too much pressure out there.

:04:46. > :04:49.When she doesn't run she think she gets cramping a stomach and that's

:04:50. > :04:52.what I get all the time, there is a fine line when you push the body

:04:53. > :05:02.beyond, you get different pains. It's part of adverts no one knows.

:05:03. > :05:05.Now she does. I've gained a huge amount of respect for running, more

:05:06. > :05:09.so than I ever did before because I'm getting to understand what it's

:05:10. > :05:14.like, it's such a mental game and in the physical elements of it I felt

:05:15. > :05:20.this stomach cramps that Mo describes to me so often --. It is

:05:21. > :05:24.torture but the feeling you get afterwards when you have achieved

:05:25. > :05:26.something with that, you're gone through all the pain he finally

:05:27. > :05:33.achieve it at a good time it certainly outweighs any payment you

:05:34. > :05:38.been through building up to that. It's just shows you can do anything,

:05:39. > :05:43.you can get up and within your own limits you can do what you want. The

:05:44. > :05:47.double at the weekend would be Mo to win the race and you getting a

:05:48. > :05:52.personal best? That would be great I love it and would love to get under

:05:53. > :06:05.150 that Mo told me the course is quite tough and not to expect too

:06:06. > :06:09.much. And there she is. Tania Farah had a significant person to greet

:06:10. > :06:13.her there was that Mo who won the men's race and it did not look like

:06:14. > :06:17.Tania was in the mood for a big cuddle at that point? I didn't know

:06:18. > :06:21.he was there for the first minute I was like Lewis 's touching me. It

:06:22. > :06:30.was hard but it was nice after I gathered myself and I said did you

:06:31. > :06:36.win? You cross the line in? 1.49 .34. I said if I could go under two

:06:37. > :06:42.hours I'd be happy so my aim was to get to 150 so to break that is

:06:43. > :06:46.amazing, so happy. What did you think of the course? I told you

:06:47. > :06:51.about the hill near the end, how did you find it? I was prepared for some

:06:52. > :06:56.big hills so us try to save as much as I could for Myler 11 and when the

:06:57. > :07:01.hill started I four OK this is an too bad so I try to fight my way up

:07:02. > :07:06.and then it was maintaining pace until the finish so I have a game

:07:07. > :07:12.plan for the. That helped a bit but it was still hard. Did you do the

:07:13. > :07:20.Farah kick and the guy next to me said go through. I have nothing left

:07:21. > :07:24.so I can. Do you have more of an insight now into the world of

:07:25. > :07:27.running? I was feeling of a lot of pain from Myler ten onwards and I

:07:28. > :07:32.thought how my going to get to the finish line. I get it, I know the

:07:33. > :07:36.pain and I was telling myself right Mo is at the finish line and he was

:07:37. > :07:41.here now he'll be telling me push through it so I kept telling herself

:07:42. > :07:46.pushed it. When I got to 12 I thought once go so nearly there. Are

:07:47. > :07:52.you back next year? I don't know it's too soon to ask me that. What's

:07:53. > :07:58.the reward? Burger and chips I think. And some ice cream would be

:07:59. > :08:04.nice. I'm sure we could do that for you Tanya Lee Mack Tania. Enjoy your

:08:05. > :08:10.evening and the success of Mo. It all started yesterday with their

:08:11. > :08:14.kids out there on the quayside ready for their races and we've sent Colin

:08:15. > :08:21.Jackson down to mingle with the minis. I'm here on the quayside in

:08:22. > :08:26.Newcastle, the beginning of the Great North Run weekend which starts

:08:27. > :08:28.today with the five run for adults and continues later with the many

:08:29. > :08:44.Great North Run for the children. Now I know you are running for a

:08:45. > :08:48.special cause which is pretty clear that tellers us a bit more about it?

:08:49. > :08:53.Today we are running for tiny lives. We work at a hospital in Newcastle

:08:54. > :09:01.and it helps support the families who have had babies who are

:09:02. > :09:05.premature. I'm going to have a quick chat with Mandy who has such an

:09:06. > :09:10.inspirational story for anybody who has never run or thought about

:09:11. > :09:18.fitness before, tell us your story? Where do I start. Four years ago I

:09:19. > :09:23.had my first five K here. I started losing weight then, I was a size 22

:09:24. > :09:28.and I had to lose weight. My husband started to get me out running and

:09:29. > :09:34.like I say the first year I did five K and I came back year after ended

:09:35. > :09:39.the Great North Run. The many Great North Run has over 6500 youngsters

:09:40. > :09:44.participating between the age group of 3-6. This is the biggest running

:09:45. > :09:50.event for this age group and the whole of the UK and it's sold out

:09:51. > :10:05.rapidly this year. You may know a few names who have participated, and

:10:06. > :10:10.an deck and less. -- Ant and Dec. The Great North Run is my favourite

:10:11. > :10:14.race and this year they are trying to get 193 UN nations I came up with

:10:15. > :10:23.the idea of sticking a flag of every nation address. I'm raising money at

:10:24. > :10:27.the same time so it's done well. Do you like your address? Of course I

:10:28. > :10:40.do. -- your address. Tell us the background? Isaac is a

:10:41. > :10:44.keen runner, he has been running for many years and it runs in our

:10:45. > :10:47.family. He was diagnosed with leukaemia in February so is unable

:10:48. > :10:50.to run this time so we decided we would raise loads of money for

:10:51. > :10:54.charities who have been helping us and he's getting to start the junior

:10:55. > :11:01.race today. Last year I did the genie run and came somewhere in the

:11:02. > :11:09.top 200. What are you looking forward to at the end? The medal.

:11:10. > :11:15.What do you enjoy about being hit? I enjoy taking part and getting a

:11:16. > :11:22.medal. You have a bit of company with you have a you. Tell us the

:11:23. > :11:28.name of the bunny? Flopsy. Flopsy has a number as well write? Yes. Are

:11:29. > :11:43.you going to give flock to the medal or yourself? Keep it myself. The

:11:44. > :11:47.number of runners and the number of countries, 195 independent sovereign

:11:48. > :11:51.states in the world, 193 member nations of the United Nations and

:11:52. > :11:55.the Great North Run had a message from the Secretary General of the

:11:56. > :11:59.United Nations, a little bit here. The Great North Run is an example

:12:00. > :12:03.how sport empowers motivate and inspire is and all of this while

:12:04. > :12:07.raising money for worthwhile causes. The Great North Run is a true

:12:08. > :12:12.celebration of humanity in a culture that loves to celebrate winners,

:12:13. > :12:20.this event makes winners of all the participants. I celebrate you all.

:12:21. > :12:24.178 out of 193 member nations are represented here. It is up to

:12:25. > :12:30.Brendan Foster to give entry forms edge dropped to the 15 countries

:12:31. > :12:34.which are not represented this year. Perhaps a fact-finding mission. The

:12:35. > :12:36.few in the South Pacific but a tremendous representation. 178

:12:37. > :12:50.represented today. An amazing representation 178

:12:51. > :12:57.countries, we have 15 to find though, or 17 more, how are you

:12:58. > :13:02.going to get those to them? I will need a massive map first of all. And

:13:03. > :13:10.Alice of the world. Once you found the countries, that could be the

:13:11. > :13:15.job, go visit the Maybe -- Atlas. A lot in the South Pacific, small

:13:16. > :13:19.islands off the coast of South Lever Australia. You are lining up the

:13:20. > :13:33.fact finding mission. It is amazing to get that message from the head of

:13:34. > :13:39.the UN though. Somewhere further down there, looking down the finish,

:13:40. > :13:45.somewhere down the course is Denise Lewis. Finesse we saw you at the

:13:46. > :13:50.beginning of the race and you are at the halfway stage now, how you

:13:51. > :13:55.feeling? Amazing the support is fantastic and I've had so many jelly

:13:56. > :14:01.babies. But it's lovely. Was the atmosphere like? Amazing. Look at

:14:02. > :14:08.everybody supporting each other going along the way, amazing. This

:14:09. > :14:12.is your first half marathon? PS I started running in March so it's

:14:13. > :14:25.fantastic. How is the body feeling? Good. Keep up the good work. All

:14:26. > :14:28.morning we have been bringing you some horrible histories of the Great

:14:29. > :14:40.North Run course courtesy of Terry Deary and I think this next one...

:14:41. > :14:48.Jarrow was one of the most important places in the world in the 1700s, in

:14:49. > :14:52.the late 700s, the vicious Vikings make their famous attack on the

:14:53. > :14:57.monastery here. But when they got here, the Viking terror nearly came

:14:58. > :15:03.to a sticky end. The monastery here at Saint Pauls was the sense of

:15:04. > :15:10.cultural learning and they have the greatest story beat. A year after

:15:11. > :15:16.the raid, the Vikings sailed up the River Tyne to plunder this monastery

:15:17. > :15:20.here, this time the locals were ready for them and they met armed

:15:21. > :15:22.resistance. They Viking leader was killed and it was sent back to the

:15:23. > :15:34.ship. The Viking misery was not over

:15:35. > :15:38.because of storm wrecked their ships and the ones who made it safely to

:15:39. > :15:42.shore were slaughtered by the Saxons. The Viking threat

:15:43. > :15:57.disappeared for 40 years. Don't mess around with Jarrow! It's no use! He

:15:58. > :16:10.is too fast for us! But we need to catch Mo Farah! Mo? Yes, it is short

:16:11. > :16:14.for monk. One more Terry Deary horrible history to come, and we are

:16:15. > :16:18.looking out for him because he said he will finish before the Red

:16:19. > :16:24.Arrows. He said he always finishes before them. He is a great advert

:16:25. > :16:30.for keeping young with a bit of running, a bit of distance running.

:16:31. > :16:33.Let's keep out there because Terry will probably like a lot of those

:16:34. > :16:37.who need a bit of TLC tonight, a little bit of a massage or a rub

:16:38. > :16:42.down, and I think Colin has found just the spot. I tell you, running

:16:43. > :16:48.this Great North Run, you get some luxuries. Relaxing yourself now but

:16:49. > :16:52.some hard work. Did you enjoy it? Yes, really good. It has been ten

:16:53. > :16:55.years since my last Great North Run and the people are just amazing,

:16:56. > :17:00.amazing all the way round. Shouting, calling out your name, it gets you

:17:01. > :17:03.going, really good. How much money have you actually raised, because we

:17:04. > :17:08.know this is one of the biggest events where money is raised for

:17:09. > :17:14.charity, so how much? My target was ?600 and I am well over that, up to

:17:15. > :17:19.nearly ?900, and I am doing this for Click Sergeant and doing the Great

:17:20. > :17:23.South Run in October. All the best for that and I guess I better leave

:17:24. > :17:29.you to your massage. I really need it, my legs need it. I have enjoyed

:17:30. > :17:33.it. Thank you, Colin. I am sure plenty of people would love a little

:17:34. > :17:38.rub down at the end of their 13.1 miles today. We told you the story

:17:39. > :17:41.of Andrea waiting, an incredible woman who has lost a heck of a lot

:17:42. > :17:44.of weight thanks to the charity she has been inspired to run for in the

:17:45. > :17:50.Great North Run today. I think she has reached the halfway stage with

:17:51. > :17:54.Denise Lewis. Andrea, we heard your story earlier today. Are you feeling

:17:55. > :18:02.at the halfway stage? Fantastic, absolutely amazing. I love it. Can

:18:03. > :18:05.you believe you are here doing this? Absolutely not, gobsmacked. I just

:18:06. > :18:09.think when I am doing it, I have run whatever distance. Unbelievable.

:18:10. > :18:13.What kind of support have you had over the course of this race so far?

:18:14. > :18:18.Absolutely amazing. Fantastic, everyone with a good happy spirit.

:18:19. > :18:20.Family and friends have all supported me so much and are so

:18:21. > :18:25.proud of me. What has been keeping you going? What are you listening to

:18:26. > :18:36.on your iPod? It is a work-out mix and the first song is Are You

:18:37. > :18:41.WithMe? And then David Bowie, Heroes, so they have been keeping me

:18:42. > :18:45.going. She started out, Andrea waiting, on her journey to lose

:18:46. > :18:49.weight, 13 stone, and she is out there on the course today hopefully

:18:50. > :18:53.inspiring many other people to get up, get out and take those first

:18:54. > :18:58.steps. As part of the Great North Run weekend, the centre of lighting

:18:59. > :19:03.in Newcastle has commissioned a very special film to take a mindset at

:19:04. > :19:04.the elite runner -- Centre Of Life. They have invited some of the great

:19:05. > :19:25.and good to view the outcome. While I am running, certain senses

:19:26. > :19:30.or potent. You just become aware of what things around you are, the

:19:31. > :19:33.grass, the movements, landscapes that even though you're still living

:19:34. > :19:36.and working hard you can take the time to appreciate -- certain senses

:19:37. > :19:52.are heightened. I am trying to push my body hard,

:19:53. > :19:57.and I do try to distract myself. Move my brain away from thinking

:19:58. > :20:03.about how far I have two go or how bad I feel. I just use accounting

:20:04. > :20:14.technique to keep myself in the moment. I am just

:20:15. > :20:19.thinking, one, two, three, four, and putting one foot in front of the

:20:20. > :20:29.other. Then when I get tired I just start again. Most elite athletes

:20:30. > :20:39.have that ability to overcome the mental barriers. When I stopped, in

:20:40. > :20:46.Athens, when I couldn't carry on there, my mum actually said to me, I

:20:47. > :20:53.am glad, because you were able to override that instinct and just

:20:54. > :20:57.push, push, no matter what. At the time it was hard for me to process

:20:58. > :21:05.all of those things because I just felt the disappointment of not being

:21:06. > :21:09.able to push my body on. But actually as time has gone on and I

:21:10. > :21:13.have been able to look back and see that, yes, I do believe I have a

:21:14. > :21:19.strong mind and I can push on through a lot. But when maybe it

:21:20. > :21:30.should not be pushed through, I can stop. I think it was a very

:21:31. > :21:34.interesting revelation of what goes on behind the scenes and in the

:21:35. > :21:40.mind, the psyche, of world-class distance runner. And I thought Paula

:21:41. > :21:44.explained some of her feelings with tremendous emotion. I think it was

:21:45. > :21:53.beautifully filmed. And I think it is very revealing of how they

:21:54. > :21:58.progress and how to live through a career as one of the world's

:21:59. > :22:01.greatest distance runners. And the star of the film is with me here,

:22:02. > :22:06.Paula Radcliffe. That is of course just a short excerpt of the whole

:22:07. > :22:09.bigger film, but it is fascinating, you know, going into your mind and

:22:10. > :22:14.seeing how you overcome those physical barriers? Yes, it made me

:22:15. > :22:22.think about it a little bit. I think a lot of times, you don't. I look at

:22:23. > :22:26.those pictures and whilst I see that, some of the camerawork, just

:22:27. > :22:29.expressing the beauty of the areas I got to training, and it really was a

:22:30. > :22:33.privilege to be able to do that as my job and just be able basically to

:22:34. > :22:36.do what I wanted. I did look at some of the scenery and thought,

:22:37. > :22:40.actually, I think I would want to keep running and running, it is

:22:41. > :22:42.stunning. That must make a difference, the kind of places you

:22:43. > :22:49.have been able to run in your career? Definitely. The principal

:22:50. > :22:53.reason I used that so much for my training was not so much altitude

:22:54. > :22:56.but because it was a beautiful area to training, somewhere I could go

:22:57. > :23:01.away and focus on my training, on my recovery, and be motivated on those

:23:02. > :23:05.days when everyone gets. Whereas I just have to focus on the next lamp

:23:06. > :23:09.post because I know I have to much more to go. That can work as well! A

:23:10. > :23:12.lot of people use that for motivation along the route and that

:23:13. > :23:17.is one of the special things about races like this, isn't it? Seeing

:23:18. > :23:23.that emotion hit the runners as they cross the finish and they realise

:23:24. > :23:27.they have it accomplished, they have done it. One of my friends finished

:23:28. > :23:31.and said, my God, it was so hard, but I loved it every step of the

:23:32. > :23:37.way. The crowd pushes you on and the runners around you push on. Euphoria

:23:38. > :23:41.on people's faces is wonderful. I love watching people crossed that

:23:42. > :23:44.line. They are either looking at the time, delighted with themselves,

:23:45. > :23:46.there is the reward of either a hug with a loved one or a piece of cake,

:23:47. > :24:01.but the mindset is interesting. Some people will have

:24:02. > :24:04.their own tools, and even Tania Farah was saying, Mo does this, he

:24:05. > :24:06.tells me to keep going, and you have your own kind of mantra, don't you?

:24:07. > :24:09.Yes, you definitely do. You have your own goals and whatever you want

:24:10. > :24:12.to get out of the race and that is what is special about this. You find

:24:13. > :24:15.something else out about yourself along the way and you discover kind

:24:16. > :24:18.of what makes you tick and what works for you. What you get out of

:24:19. > :24:21.it. There are those people who want to be in their own little world,

:24:22. > :24:25.Kelly Holmes, when she ran this year in the marathon, her music on,

:24:26. > :24:29.didn't want to hear anything around her, but it is so special, what

:24:30. > :24:32.everyone around you is going through! Chatting to those people

:24:33. > :24:34.coming hearing things from the site, but everybody is different and has a

:24:35. > :24:39.different motivation and a different thing that makes them tick and get

:24:40. > :24:43.through it. Getting through those challenges, yes. It is a very

:24:44. > :24:49.special occasion and Colin is still there in the tent, I believe. Who

:24:50. > :24:53.has he found this time to chat to? Well, I have three... I would like

:24:54. > :24:57.to see exhausted men, but you look really fresh! Michael, first. This

:24:58. > :25:04.is great, everyone's names and numbers here. What happened? I

:25:05. > :25:11.changed it at the last minute and it didn't have my nickname. You better

:25:12. > :25:17.tell me. David. Gentlemen, how was the race? How did it go? I am

:25:18. > :25:20.absolutely knackered. I did it before but it did not seem as hard

:25:21. > :25:27.the last ten. It seems harder this time. Really good, really great.

:25:28. > :25:32.Rob, you are the first of these to finish? Rate, the atmosphere was

:25:33. > :25:36.great out there, everybody came out in force. Brilliant. Brilliant.

:25:37. > :25:41.David, how much money did you actually raise? About ?400. The

:25:42. > :25:46.first time I have done it. The first males were no bother but the last

:25:47. > :25:50.few, couldn't have run any faster, too hot -- first miles. Would you

:25:51. > :25:54.advise someone with my background to do this run? Absolutely. I am glad

:25:55. > :25:58.you said that! LAUGHTER

:25:59. > :26:08.Gentleman, well done. Thank you. GABBY LOGAN: Some familiar faces! Or

:26:09. > :26:13.not so familiar! Who is behind these masks -- here are some familiar

:26:14. > :26:19.faces. I am running for a good charity for disabled kids and hoping

:26:20. > :26:24.to get them doing the Great North Run one day. I am running for an

:26:25. > :26:28.amazing charity at the hospital that helps everybody with cancer, gives

:26:29. > :26:37.support to families and friends, so get your sponsorship to please. It

:26:38. > :26:41.has been amazing running round as Ant and Dec, I have to say. So many

:26:42. > :26:46.autographs and selfies. It has slowed down a little bit but it has

:26:47. > :26:52.been great. Are you enjoying the atmosphere? Definitely! Definitely!

:26:53. > :26:57.Well done, ladies. I am sure we can get the real Ant and Dec out here

:26:58. > :27:00.next year pounding these streets. I am pretty sure they would be mobbed

:27:01. > :27:03.all the way round. Other support for everyone out there, whether you are

:27:04. > :27:08.well-known, whether they know you from the television, whether you are

:27:09. > :27:11.a local sportsman, a national one, an elite runner, the support out

:27:12. > :27:14.there is absolutely fantastic. You get the feeling as well that people

:27:15. > :27:20.along the course, it every year because it is a tradition, it is

:27:21. > :27:23.what they love to do, they love to show their running and they cannot

:27:24. > :27:25.imagine life without this Great North Run. The Great North Run as it

:27:26. > :27:29.was brought together incredible stories of people over the years,

:27:30. > :27:40.and it was a tragic set of circumstances and rugby that brought

:27:41. > :27:44.these two together. Drawing up rugby was my life, I was playing,

:27:45. > :27:54.training, then my dream came true. My 17th birthday I was asked to play

:27:55. > :28:02.for the London Broncos. Just 20 seconds into the match, as I had

:28:03. > :28:06.hundreds if not thousands of times before playing the game, something

:28:07. > :28:12.went terribly wrong, and I have since been told when I went in for

:28:13. > :28:15.that tackle, someone came in to help me and his knee struck me in the

:28:16. > :28:20.side of my neck and it broke instantly. I knew I had broken my

:28:21. > :28:25.neck. Paramedics were acting -- asking if I could touch my hands and

:28:26. > :28:32.I could not. I was pleading with them to let me die. As a 17-year-old

:28:33. > :28:35.lad, how do you come to terms with having everything you ever lived for

:28:36. > :28:44.and cleaned about ticking away from you? -- lived for and screamed

:28:45. > :28:48.about. It was horrific. I made the decision to try to build a career

:28:49. > :28:54.for myself and over 12 years, down the line, I am here at the Great

:28:55. > :29:01.North Run, sat here as somebody who has been fortunate enough to read

:29:02. > :29:05.law and can work as a lawyer. The OBE was just something completely

:29:06. > :29:09.out of the blue. Receiving that from Prince Charles at the palace, it was

:29:10. > :29:14.almost like I had come full circle. Now I was back working, back to

:29:15. > :29:26.normal life, and to get it was a great honour. Danny was hilarious,

:29:27. > :29:30.the joker of the pack. Everybody wanted him on their stag do, that

:29:31. > :29:35.sort of guy, once seen and never forgotten. My life has changed so

:29:36. > :29:39.much since losing Danny. Sometimes you think you do whatever to come to

:29:40. > :29:45.terms with it, you just learn to live again. A lot of rugby league

:29:46. > :29:47.players have died of cardiac arrests and hereditary heart problems before

:29:48. > :29:52.and nothing ever seems to have been done about it. I couldn't live with

:29:53. > :29:56.myself doing nothing. I have always said he was just far too special to

:29:57. > :30:04.not make a change, to make a difference. It needed to start with

:30:05. > :30:08.him. My main thing was that maybe if somebody else's mum or a wife or

:30:09. > :30:11.sister or brother had done what I have done so far for the Rugby

:30:12. > :30:15.league, Danny might still be alive right now. He might have had the

:30:16. > :30:20.tests that I have had passed, he might have been served a good

:30:21. > :30:28.defibrillator at the club that wasn't there before.

:30:29. > :30:33.Danny was one of the biggest fans I had with singing, he would have me

:30:34. > :30:39.singing in front of anyone so when they asked me I said of course there

:30:40. > :30:43.were 100%. When Matt did get injured, Danny was playing in the

:30:44. > :30:50.game at Halifax. A turn of events meant Danny was playing in the

:30:51. > :31:02.match. A weird twist of fate he would run wants me to run by the

:31:03. > :31:06.side of them. 2006 was with a worlds first, driving my wheelchair using

:31:07. > :31:13.my chin because I only have neck movement. I spent hour after hour

:31:14. > :31:17.driving round a disused circuit in Bedfordshire building at the time I

:31:18. > :31:23.could control my chair for. The best thing I've ever said yes to. Raising

:31:24. > :31:36.money for rugby league cares, I can want anything more. -- couldn't.

:31:37. > :31:41.Incredible people dealing with extraordinary circumstances and they

:31:42. > :31:45.are side-by-side on this Great North Run course. They got to the halfway

:31:46. > :31:50.mark where Denise Lewis stopped them for a chat. I'm joined now by Matt

:31:51. > :31:56.and Lizzie, it's great you are at the halfway stage, this team of

:31:57. > :32:04.yours, fantastic art made? It's only halfway. Though it's an amazing

:32:05. > :32:09.team, and amazing course, rugby league cares, counting down the

:32:10. > :32:14.miles, a fantastic day. Such a great day and great energy. That keeping

:32:15. > :32:19.everyone going at the moment, it's tough out there. Lizzie you look

:32:20. > :32:27.fresh as a daisy. Thank you I don't feel it. Keeping each other safe.

:32:28. > :32:32.Great inspiration so many of you, raising money and raising awareness

:32:33. > :32:37.for such a vital cause. Definitely, the charity started in my husband's

:32:38. > :32:41.memory is driving. It's a fantastic organisation, they are not the

:32:42. > :32:47.richest the richest in valleys and that is what the team is all about.

:32:48. > :32:52.And big on heart? Massive. Saving hearts in rugby league. If you to

:32:53. > :32:54.stop and talk, you're doing a fab job everybody. Matt Eurostar. Thank

:32:55. > :33:11.you. -- you're a star. We've had so many

:33:12. > :33:16.great stories today and of course so many out there which as I said

:33:17. > :33:19.earlier, we cannot talk about everybody but I'm sure they all know

:33:20. > :33:25.and you know if you're watching and supporting. I want to say well done

:33:26. > :33:35.to my daughter Catherine and Anna, both finished now and cake seems to

:33:36. > :33:40.be the order of the day. Heather Armstrong for the Stroke

:33:41. > :33:43.Association. Catherine Nicholson for north-east autism. Steve Gormley for

:33:44. > :33:49.the little heart appeal. Lesnar Children's Hospital. Of course there

:33:50. > :33:55.are those who get the unfortunate job of wearing the charity mascot,

:33:56. > :34:02.George the giraffe is out there. Alice Townsend, well done, she is

:34:03. > :34:05.going to make it dressed as a giraffe, I'm not sure she will then

:34:06. > :34:09.surely that will make it like everyone else. A hot day for those

:34:10. > :34:14.in fancy dress. Three Scooby Doo 's I've seen, two supermen are crossing

:34:15. > :34:20.the line right now but three Scooby Doo 's. The biggest club

:34:21. > :34:28.representation comes from time bridge carriers, 170 of them

:34:29. > :34:32.represented. Outside the north-east Leeds, 1366, Sheffield 1092 or the

:34:33. > :34:38.way down to the Outer Hebrides, a big area, seven running from there.

:34:39. > :34:46.Cani confirm if this is true Brendan, 1981, Kevin Keegan ran the

:34:47. > :34:52.very first Great North Run and he had problem with his but an

:34:53. > :34:58.11-year-old, Eddie ended up stopping his trainers? What size of the

:34:59. > :35:05.steered Kevin Keegan have iffy soft tissues? Same size as Eddie. They

:35:06. > :35:10.recently got together and Kevin Na photograph of them, if you think

:35:11. > :35:15.about it, Kevin was the England football captain of the time. With

:35:16. > :35:22.tiny size five feet. But a great player. And he ran one hour 26 even

:35:23. > :35:31.after swapping shoes with Eddie, an 11-year-old. They will be coming

:35:32. > :35:34.through for a good few hours, 57,000 entrants, 50,000 of them running and

:35:35. > :35:39.everybody here just crossing the line, their work is done and it's

:35:40. > :35:40.the feeling of euphoria, the endorphins flooding the body and a

:35:41. > :35:53.great effort by all. I said it before. You stand here and

:35:54. > :35:58.you get the great privilege seeing people, over the line and seeing the

:35:59. > :36:05.euphoria and seeing the emotion. I turned round them and on the back of

:36:06. > :36:10.a vest was a picture of a man's wife and she died this year, these people

:36:11. > :36:13.are so brave and it is so inspirational, it is a true joy to

:36:14. > :36:16.stand here and a privilege to see them running through the line. Out

:36:17. > :36:20.there on the course there are plenty of those people who will inspire you

:36:21. > :36:26.but also people having a lot of fun and going for records of their own.

:36:27. > :36:29.The little comets are going for a musical world record, how are they

:36:30. > :36:38.getting on Denise? You are looking tired Little comets. Plodding on.

:36:39. > :36:42.How was it out there? Everyone's been sharing a son, is difficult to

:36:43. > :36:46.get round people let people passed us, I knocked someone on the head

:36:47. > :36:55.before so I'm sorry. Tuning issues with the guitars. The singing is all

:36:56. > :36:59.right,. You've nailed the singing and running together? Yeah it's just

:37:00. > :37:02.the guitars going out of June but it's arrived. Now is your moment to

:37:03. > :37:41.tune up again. Excellent guys keep going. Get the

:37:42. > :37:48.stopwatch back on again. Keep going little comets, a local indie band

:37:49. > :37:52.hoping to go down the hallway in keeping in musical. We spoke to

:37:53. > :37:56.Ricky Wilson earlier about the concert tonight which is an after

:37:57. > :38:00.party for the Great North Run, masterminded by Graham Wylie who is

:38:01. > :38:03.a local entrepreneur. All of the money raised will stay in the

:38:04. > :38:05.north-east and primarily go to two charities, the Teenage Cance Trust

:38:06. > :38:19.and Lord of Robins. Imaging has autism, and other

:38:20. > :38:24.develop mental delays. Music for imaging is one way she can connect

:38:25. > :38:32.with other people. She is able to learn even tasks, the alphabet to

:38:33. > :38:38.music, tying her shoelaces to music, so for people like image in its

:38:39. > :38:41.actually a bit of a lifeline. She does seem to come alive and it's

:38:42. > :38:47.really great to see and that's why I love doing this work because she is

:38:48. > :38:51.in our own little world but the many you strike chord and you give that

:38:52. > :38:58.first night to lead into a piece of music she is there with the end she

:38:59. > :39:04.will immediately. She just giggles and smiles and she has Harry Kane in

:39:05. > :39:08.hand and will bounce it off the floor and then we'll with

:39:09. > :39:14.instrumental playing which will allow it to express a different form

:39:15. > :39:24.which has become her identity so music is vital for her. -- she has

:39:25. > :39:30.her cane in hand. In particular kids who are disadvantaged or have a

:39:31. > :39:39.disability. The idea is that we will build a centre in Newcastle, the

:39:40. > :39:42.Centre were very fortunate to talk to the Kaiser Chiefs and they said

:39:43. > :39:49.they would love to put a concert on in the north-east and help raise the

:39:50. > :39:53.money for the centre. It's the same day as the Great North Run so we're

:39:54. > :39:56.hoping that many the runners and families and friends will come along

:39:57. > :40:00.to the concert tonight and raise money for a good cause. Run, rock

:40:01. > :40:08.and raise is the official after party. It is on behalf of three

:40:09. > :40:12.charities, the Graham Wylie foundation, Teenage Cance Trust and

:40:13. > :40:18.none of Robins. The Teenage Cance Trust, they are the only UK trust

:40:19. > :40:25.providing specialist care for teenagers and young adults so from

:40:26. > :40:28.the ages of 13 to 24. They provide a specialist units with specialist

:40:29. > :40:32.nurses, almost like a home from home so you can carry on being a teenager

:40:33. > :40:40.and have your treatments running alongside.

:40:41. > :40:46.Unfortunately after Christmas this year my brother passed away of

:40:47. > :40:51.leukaemia and he undertook a lot of treatment at Cancer trust unit in

:40:52. > :40:55.Harle and what I did for Christmas, I did one of the things you never

:40:56. > :40:59.have to do which is Google what to buy someone who is dying for

:41:00. > :41:03.Christmas and things that materialistic didn't really matter

:41:04. > :41:08.and I decided to make an term promises so I did different promises

:41:09. > :41:15.of which one was to raise ?20,000 for Teenage Cance Trust. The Teenage

:41:16. > :41:20.Cance Trust was one of the wards where Rob was for three years when

:41:21. > :41:24.he was undertaking treatment for his bone marrow transplant and everybody

:41:25. > :41:27.on the wards supported and helped him. You don't want to be on a

:41:28. > :41:33.depressing one, it is light and airy and lots of things for people to do

:41:34. > :41:37.to keep themselves occupied, not sat there moping around thinking I've

:41:38. > :41:41.got cancer, you are actually thinking positively and just the

:41:42. > :41:48.smallest of things make a huge difference. These ten promises are

:41:49. > :41:53.helping me in terms of wanting to do things as best as I can for Robert

:41:54. > :41:57.or so in my mind, not forgetting his memory as well and hopefully he will

:41:58. > :42:01.be proud of me as well so fingers crossed we will finish in a good

:42:02. > :42:10.time and all in one piece which is what counts. And the Great North Run

:42:11. > :42:14.after party in the shape of that fantastic concert night headlined by

:42:15. > :42:23.the Kaiser Chiefs, we saw the keyboardist earlier on Peanuts. He

:42:24. > :42:27.came in at 1.30, Ricky Wilson will be there leading the show and

:42:28. > :42:32.tickets are available at the Metro radio Arena so great way to combat

:42:33. > :42:36.after the euphoria and high of the Great North Run. For some people it

:42:37. > :42:42.is not always a high. They need a bit of respite and all they want to

:42:43. > :42:47.do is chat to Colin Jackson. I said earlier I have one of the best jobs

:42:48. > :42:51.because I've just relaxing but I mean, what did you think when you

:42:52. > :42:56.decided to run like this? I poured the short straw why can I say. We

:42:57. > :43:00.did is six years ago and we are running in memory of our friend

:43:01. > :43:03.Graham Harrison and my friend John Dawes who would up the anti-little

:43:04. > :43:08.bit and put on the hot seat just two of the Challenger little bit but it

:43:09. > :43:13.was all worth it, people thought I was an apple or an Eminem, they know

:43:14. > :43:19.it's all for a good cause. It hurts but was worth it. Brilliant stuff.

:43:20. > :43:26.He will use that as the reason why you ended up being in red?

:43:27. > :43:29.Definitely. How was the run for you? Brilliant slow start picked up at

:43:30. > :43:36.the end. Slow and steady wins the race. Apparently you were the talk

:43:37. > :43:39.of the I left you last. Tell us about how much money you think

:43:40. > :43:45.between the three of you how much she raised? I think two and a half

:43:46. > :43:51.thousand now. So we are really pleased between our group, a couple

:43:52. > :43:57.of us are still running, we said we would do it again and to hear that

:43:58. > :44:02.amount of money is brilliant. All a great cause so pleased.

:44:03. > :44:07.Characteristic of the Berlin cause, well done gentlemen, I will see you

:44:08. > :44:15.next year. Brilliant thank you. -- the brilliant cause. As is

:44:16. > :44:19.tradition, the first fly-past of the red arrows is taking place and we'll

:44:20. > :44:26.shot our heads in the air because it is such a magnificent sound. The man

:44:27. > :44:30.next to me is Stephen Hillier he basically runs the air force who has

:44:31. > :44:34.been running today as well. Is it a sound and a site that still fills

:44:35. > :44:39.you with marble? It's great to see the red arrows in such a great day

:44:40. > :44:45.-- marvel. Is this your first time? First time at the Great North Run. A

:44:46. > :44:51.great race, great weather and a great crowd, what a great

:44:52. > :44:55.atmosphere. Tell me your time. 1:48.50, I was pleased with that.

:44:56. > :45:00.Running for the John egging trust and it commemorates John egging he

:45:01. > :45:05.was one of the red arrows pilot who tragically lost his life five years

:45:06. > :45:08.ago during an air display and the trust seeks to improve the lives of

:45:09. > :45:14.young people and motivate them to give them opportunities so I am

:45:15. > :45:18.proud to be running for them today. The charity does incredible work.

:45:19. > :45:23.This involvement with the red arrows in the Great North Run is historic.

:45:24. > :45:26.It feels it is part of whole thing. The founder of horrible history said

:45:27. > :45:31.he always finishes before the red arrows.

:45:32. > :45:39.It is a marker for some people, isn't it? Yes, and to see them

:45:40. > :45:44.flying over the Tyne, it is iconic, and great to see the display on such

:45:45. > :45:48.a fantastic location. However we have not seen Terry do it just yet

:45:49. > :45:52.so this may be the first year he has not finished before the red arrows

:45:53. > :45:56.so he may be mightily disappointed. They are about to start their

:45:57. > :46:04.display, out over the North Sea, ready to that. The hours and hours

:46:05. > :46:06.of practice that goes into do this, practising the moves. It is so

:46:07. > :46:10.meticulous, isn't it? Absolutely. And we are proud to display in front

:46:11. > :46:13.of the public. It takes a huge amount of effort and choose the

:46:14. > :46:17.qualities we look for in the RAF, the discipline, and that sense of

:46:18. > :46:22.challenge and purpose, saw a great advert for the Royal Air Force and

:46:23. > :46:25.for the nation as well, I think. You can enjoy that, too, along with the

:46:26. > :46:30.crowds. Well done on your run today as well. Thank you for that -- so it

:46:31. > :46:38.is a great advert. Let's get back to our commentators to talk you through

:46:39. > :46:42.this magnificent display. Steve. Thank you, Gabby. It was certainly

:46:43. > :46:51.very exciting to get the chance to fly with the title red arrows a good

:46:52. > :47:03.few years ago. Most of them in my book were names like Aaargh and Ooh!

:47:04. > :47:10.Because it is pretty tough out there. You have to be pretty fit, it

:47:11. > :47:16.is great rigorous physical test -- a chance to fly with the Red Arrows.

:47:17. > :47:23.When you said you were flying with them, you're actually a passenger? I

:47:24. > :47:35.got to twiddle the Nobbs a little bit! To release the smoke?

:47:36. > :47:39.Excellent. -- the knobs. It is a great experience and one of the

:47:40. > :47:42.reasons we are so very proud, because as Gabby was saying, such a

:47:43. > :47:47.fixture here. Not in the early years. I am trying to think,

:47:48. > :47:52.Brendan. 2002... Certainly not in the early years. How did it start? I

:47:53. > :48:02.think we saw them on telly once! LAUGHTER

:48:03. > :48:06.Well, from a bunch of wonderful men in their wonderful flying machines,

:48:07. > :48:13.this is a tenuous link, but let's see who Denise has with her... I

:48:14. > :48:18.couldn't help but notice this trio of wonder women. What has it been

:48:19. > :48:21.like out there today? The absolutely amazing atmosphere like it has been

:48:22. > :48:26.every year. The community coming to sort everyone, it is to Mendis. Why

:48:27. > :48:31.are you running? Because she is such a wonder woman. She was diagnosed

:48:32. > :48:35.just under, just over three years ago, with breast cancer. She had a

:48:36. > :48:43.baby at the time as well, had just had a baby, and has beaten breast

:48:44. > :48:46.cancer and said she could not have done it without McMillan so we are

:48:47. > :48:49.running for them. You are a bit of a star? I know as soon as I put this

:48:50. > :48:52.microphone here, I just hope... You're such an inspiration.

:48:53. > :48:56.Honestly, I could not have done it without them. They dragged me...

:48:57. > :49:00.They still have to drag me! It is wonderful. My first Great North Run,

:49:01. > :49:04.and it is amazing. You have to come out and do it, everyone. We are

:49:05. > :49:10.delighted to have you, to have all three of you. Enjoy the rest of the

:49:11. > :49:19.way. Nearly their! Thank you! Goodbye! What do you call a group

:49:20. > :49:24.of... Well, we will put busy in there, four wonder women! You are

:49:25. > :49:26.good at this? It will come to me. I am sure there is such a thing. I

:49:27. > :49:31.love watching all the different rounds. They come through and it is

:49:32. > :49:35.so well managed, after they have let a few on one final, they move the

:49:36. > :49:40.rope across and get the runners to another final, because it gets very

:49:41. > :49:45.crowded at the finish at this stage. You can see the Pacers and they are

:49:46. > :49:49.there throughout the run, going back to... How far back, I don't know.

:49:50. > :49:52.You can see them running there with the banners above them, so if you

:49:53. > :49:58.want to get a particular time, pretty much from an hour and 20

:49:59. > :50:01.minutes, I think, back down, then you can do that. A lot of people

:50:02. > :50:06.have a tremendous kick left because it is very crowded and you might get

:50:07. > :50:09.caught in a bit of a crush. Then it just opens towards the end and you

:50:10. > :50:16.have a bit of a mad strength. We have seen a few of those and a few

:50:17. > :50:20.in a of this report as well, but they are finishing, so that is

:50:21. > :50:26.imported, or perhaps even more important that they taking part --

:50:27. > :50:30.in various states of disrepair as well. We have the Red Arrows as

:50:31. > :50:36.well, but all sorts of outfits and costumes and I think that maybe...

:50:37. > :50:40.Is that Terry Deary? Anyway, we are looking for him, still out there,

:50:41. > :50:45.just about finishing. That is ten! Horrible Histories of them who has

:50:46. > :50:49.been giving us a guide to the history around the course. He is out

:50:50. > :50:54.there running in his 20th Great North Run today. Yes, he does love

:50:55. > :50:58.his running, Terry. I know he has been getting slower in recent times.

:50:59. > :51:04.A great supporter of lots of local events, not just the Great North

:51:05. > :51:09.Run. He is a regular fixture and we are delighted to see him here. Those

:51:10. > :51:22.films have been really informative. Finding out a bit more about it.

:51:23. > :51:26.GABBY LOGAN: Terry, with just a few hundred yards to go and he will have

:51:27. > :51:31.a chat with us, no doubt. Making his way across the finish line, and well

:51:32. > :51:34.we have that, we have a bit more educational footage to show you,

:51:35. > :51:47.which is his final Horrible Histories don't assure you...

:51:48. > :51:55.The final mile! Most runners agree, it is the longest mail since Mr

:51:56. > :52:06.Imperial invented measurement, and it starts just here, north of the

:52:07. > :52:13.grotto, which is blasted into a large cliff and in 70 needed to a

:52:14. > :52:16.man and his wife borrowed some explosives from a local quarry and

:52:17. > :52:22.turned a small cave into a large one to live in. They also built this

:52:23. > :52:31.zigzag stairway down the cliff. There are choice of accommodation

:52:32. > :52:34.attracted visitors, and it was suggested they supplied the

:52:35. > :52:39.smugglers who use the caves alongside these cliffs -- along

:52:40. > :52:49.these cliffs to hide their cargoes. Legend says one smuggler was turned

:52:50. > :52:57.down but they escaped. When they found him, they put him in a basket

:52:58. > :53:03.and laud him down the shaft known as Smuggler's Hole, Where They Left

:53:04. > :53:09.Them To Starve To Death they left him to die in front of their eyes

:53:10. > :53:19.and it is said on the long dark stormy nights the sound of his ghost

:53:20. > :53:27.can be heard. Those be the ghostly moans of John the Jibber! Or they

:53:28. > :53:31.could be the ghostly moans of runners at the finishing line... You

:53:32. > :53:35.could be right! GABBY LOGAN: There are the Hours

:53:36. > :53:45.with their fantastic display. Kerry, you said you always finish with

:53:46. > :53:50.them, but not today -- there are the Red Arrows. I think you have done

:53:51. > :53:53.tremendously well as a man on his 20th outing here. With your time. I

:53:54. > :53:58.have met some superb crazy people. Can I tell you one? A guy at the

:53:59. > :54:02.start said, I have done every single run and this week I have not felt so

:54:03. > :54:08.good. I have just been diagnosed with prostate cancer. Maybe that is

:54:09. > :54:13.the reason? Maybe it is! Incredible. Did you stay with them? No, he was

:54:14. > :54:17.too fast for me, but I am glad to have finished, and I hope you have

:54:18. > :54:21.enjoyed all the videos. We have absolutely love them. Steve Cram

:54:22. > :54:25.said you actually taught him something about Jarrow, which is

:54:26. > :54:29.great because I thought he knew absolutely everything about it. Use

:54:30. > :54:36.the Chancellor of university so there is quite he doesn't know!

:54:37. > :54:41.Sorry, Steve! And you are Black Cat, so you know quite a lot... Yes, and

:54:42. > :54:45.Brendan Foster is on the other side. He was sent a map of how to how to

:54:46. > :54:49.get to Burton Albion football club, and Brendan was not amused! It has

:54:50. > :54:54.been great having you are involved with the films. Will you be back

:54:55. > :55:00.next year? Perhaps, but I will let you know next year. 1720 does sound

:55:01. > :55:03.like a good round-up! Let's go back to our commentary team. Steve,

:55:04. > :55:11.Brendan and Andrew. LAUGHTER

:55:12. > :55:14.We love Terry! I will not mention what you said to my colleagues at

:55:15. > :55:21.the University of Sunderland, but we loved all of your films, Terry, it

:55:22. > :55:28.was great fun. He is right about the little zero I sent Brendan at the

:55:29. > :55:32.end of last season. Anyway! -- the little note. If you would like the

:55:33. > :55:35.chance to come and enjoy this wonderful event next year it will be

:55:36. > :55:40.on September the tenth, and we have a reminder service we will open, so

:55:41. > :55:43.if you would like to sign up to that, that will then let you know

:55:44. > :55:49.when the ballot opens which will be sometime early next year. So another

:55:50. > :55:53.wonderful day and I know that from us in the commentary box it has been

:55:54. > :55:59.a cracker, Mo Farah winning his third race. And Brendan has lost

:56:00. > :56:04.out... Fantastic to see such a nice day, two Olympic champions winning

:56:05. > :56:10.the men's and women's races. A very tired Mo Farah, what a year he has

:56:11. > :56:17.given us. 57,000 starters, almost a record number, we have had a great

:56:18. > :56:25.day with them and it is still going! I feel a little bit sorry for John

:56:26. > :56:28.the Jibber after that and peace from Terry Deary because it does not

:56:29. > :56:33.sound like he had a fair trial, but what a glorious day here. They

:56:34. > :56:35.continue to funnel down the road at South Shields towards the finish

:56:36. > :56:38.line, all weary and tired having worked very hard but enjoying

:56:39. > :56:44.themselves as well, cheered along the way by so many thousands and

:56:45. > :56:49.thousands of spectators. As the Red Arrows do their thing up there, and

:56:50. > :56:53.many people running below them also do their journey, setting out to

:56:54. > :56:56.achieve what they -- achieving what they set out to achieve today. That

:56:57. > :57:00.is the biggest thing for me. Watching people streamed through the

:57:01. > :57:04.front at South Shields, achieving that finish in the Great North Run.

:57:05. > :57:09.See you next year. Yes, it has been a great day and that is just about

:57:10. > :57:13.it from us in the commentary box, Gabby, we are off for a little bit

:57:14. > :57:24.of cake. I will join you soon. Thank you to you, Steve, Andrew, Denise,

:57:25. > :57:28.Paula, and Steve does not have to worry because Sunderland play

:57:29. > :57:32.tomorrow! The women's football show is on at 20 past midnight.

:57:33. > :57:36.Paralympic coverage is on five live and the BBC sport website as well.

:57:37. > :57:42.It has been a magnificent Great North Run from the very start, with

:57:43. > :57:45.Sebastian Coe and David Rudisha and Amy Tinkler getting all the runners

:57:46. > :57:49.on their way. So many charities have benefited today. So many lives have

:57:50. > :57:53.been changed. So many people will come through this experience

:57:54. > :58:00.thinking, this is for them. A better and more active life. I hope you

:58:01. > :58:02.have been inspired. I know I have. We will see you next time. From all

:58:03. > :58:14.of us, goodbye.