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When I first started this event, it had 1300 runners, in our first year

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it had 1100. It's not more than I just believed but what anybody ever

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believed. It's incredible. I've said it before but it is ordinary people

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doing extraordinary things. They come now from all over the UK, all

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over Europe and all over the world to take part.

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The great wastes denigrates roomful -- a great race and a great win for

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the champion. 1 million runners 1 million stories and a million smiles

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as well. People are asking if I will do it again next year and to be

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perfectly honest we have no choice. The greatest, the friendlies but

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above all a regional celebration of identity and spirits.

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I've got a spare kidney if you would like one. It's the world's favourite

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run. I put my name on the ballot. Life is full of ups and downs. The

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best thing I've ever said yes to. I always run.

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Welcome to a glorious morning here in Newcastle for the 36th Great

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North Run. What today we have in store, you will be incredible

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stories of bravery and courage and you'll see some amazing distance

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runners. The men's elite header by Mo Farrah and there are multiple

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champions out there. Behind them tens of thousands of stories, maybe

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none more so that the amazing Claire Lomax. Ricky Wilson of the Kaiser

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Chiefs is here and you'll see people represented from all over the world.

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It's not just the Great North Run but the world's favourite run. 178

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countries are represented at there and you'll get plenty of voices. Mo

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Farrah has arrived and this is the first race ends his epic

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achievements in Rio. He is so relaxed and we spoke to him

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yesterday, he is looking forward to getting out there on the streets of

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Newcastle and run to South Shields to lap up the adoration of the crowd

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that this multiple gold medal winner is one of the greatest long-distance

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runners world has ever seen. It's amazing to think it's just three

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weeks since his triumph in Rio. Mo Farrah attempting to retain his

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tenth thousand Olympic title. -- 10,000. Mo has fallen and it is the

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one thing they feared. Has he got the power and the strength and the

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speed. We have been here before and we have seen this before. They

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succumbed to the inevitable. Bow to his superiority. Mo Farrah wins the

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gold. Three medals in the bag, is it going to be an historic fourth. He

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is sprinting, he is in the driving seat now. Mo Farrah has gone, he is

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away. The double-double. Arise Sir mode. -- Mo. We all love him but no

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one else appreciated him more than Mrs Mo Farrah. You're not just here

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as Mrs Mo Farrah but here as an athlete? I don't know if you can

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call it an athlete but I'm here getting involved and I'm going to

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run the full half marathon so this is the first time for me. You like

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so many people out there, you when he started training nine months ago?

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More like eight. It's weird to think this is my second half marathon ever

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within a month and just starting running so I try to not put too much

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pressure on myself and just enjoy today but can't believe I'm here.

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Have you had plenty of tips from Mo he said get easy and get settled

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into a rhythm and push myself hard. I'm just going to let people get

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past me and then start working past that. I was teasing him last night

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saying if he was a good husband he would run with you. I tried

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convincing him to do it but unfortunately he has a job to do

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today. He has come to win and I'm sure he'll try to cheer me on the

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rest of the way. How excited is he because all along the way the crowds

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will come out? This is definitely his favourite half marathon

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especially after Rio. It is like a homecoming for him. The crowd here

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and the people have been phenomenal. It has been such a homecoming so it

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is like a victory lap for him providing he wins of course. He just

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wants to come out and give the people a good time. Have you got

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time you you're aiming for? Under two hours is what I'm aiming for.

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I'll see you at the finish then best of luck you will be brilliant I'm

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sure. The race will be started today by two men who can give plenty of

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inspiration to those out there. Lord Sebastian Coe and David Rhodesia,

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their preferred distance is a bit shorter. There will be joined by Amy

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Tinkler as well. You see more and hear from them later. I mentioned

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the 178 countries who are represented out there today, it's

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quite phenomenal, it really is the world's favourite race. You will

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hear plenty of voices throughout the morning so here's a little taste of

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what is to come. Netherlands. Germany. USA. Dortmund in Germany.

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County Mayo on the west coast of Ireland. Beautiful Stockholm Sweden.

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Malaysia. Surprisingly sunny island. Switzerland. Toronto. Pennsylvania.

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Representing the United States of America. Spain. Connect the USA. As

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we say in Spain has still away go see you in the great move run. I've

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seen people from all over. If you're from outside the UK then tell us

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where you're from. Denise Lewis will be catching up with plenty of people

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today. I'm not sure what her linguistic skills are like the let's

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see who is weird. I'm with tea great -- I'm with two great bonus of a

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Connor Hayley representing? Granado. Tell us why you wanted to be here

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and so important to represent your country? I live in the north-east

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and I've always wanted to do the Great North Run and here I am today

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given the opportunity. I'm excited. Just to let everyone know where

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Granada is, it's a beautiful island in the Caribbean and everyone should

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go enjoy grenade. Michal you have travelled from Itchen Steyn, tell us

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about your country. The aged and Steyn is a tiny country between

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Switzerland and Austria. -- Lynch and Steyn. I'm sure not a lot of

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people know about it and that's why I want to represent the country so

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more people know the country. We speak German dialect like this which

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people but the official language is German. How excited I need to be

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part of this great event? There are more people here than we have

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inhabitants, we have 37,000 inhabitants and here I think there

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are 57,000 people taking part -- Liechtenstein. You have done your

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homework great for you to represent your country and have a great

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afternoon. That's incredible. We could have the whole of

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Liechtenstein running and no one else could take part. We will hear

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from so many other countries and it truly is a magnificent morning here.

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Temperatures higher than it has been for many years so it may affect some

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runners but for the elite runners, that'll be very favourable indeed.

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Here is a little flavour of what is coming up. The as we have already

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seen Mo Farrah is here in Newcastle and we will hear from him ahead of

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the race. The big head-to-head in the women's race, Vivian Cheruiyot

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taking on Tirunesh Dibaba per. We have the story of Claire Lomas who

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is trying to complete the course using robotic legs. Terry Geary

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takes us on a history onto the 13 mile course. More women are running

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than ever before, we will show how campaigns like this would have made

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an impact. Whilst author Hannah Phillips discusses all the excuses

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we make not to run and how to overcome. And the amazing story of

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how one man saved a little boy 's life after seeing his story at last

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year 's Great North Run. I implore you to watch that because it is an

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incredible story and there are people running for all kinds of

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different reasons the basic unit anybody running hashtag get

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inspired. You can text us and of course BBC sport is on Instagram and

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Facebook, plenty of ways to get involved throughout the morning. I

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mentioned the causes people running for cover many charities will

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benefit from the 57,000 people running. Along the way they will

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wish they were at the finish and that is exactly where Colin Jackson

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is now in the charity tense. Good morning everybody. It is a bit

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chilly here but I can ensure you it's all very soon. People are

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organising to welcomed the runners back. When they arrived here they

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get hugs and kisses and a cup of tea and a bit of our Massad Buttle for a

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good cause. I will catch up from somebody from candlelight is here.

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Can you tell us about this and who is running today? We are running for

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my son die he was here, my husband James is doing the run with two of

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his friends and then he is biking about 90 miles back home for

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Liechtenstein. Hopefully it is going to bring in lots of money for

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Candlelighters. After the death of guy at last year who contracted

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leukaemia, from the offset of diagnosis, Candlelighters were there

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for us. Today is a vital day for fundraising and exposure for the

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charity to get people to donate as much as they can? Without a shadow

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of a doubt and good luck and thank you for everybody for donating. Have

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a good year. Thank you you too. Many runners would have had to overcome

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many kinds of difficulties, fears and phobias even get on the start

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line, one lady today has had to challenge herself in the most

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remarkable way. She started the Great North Run Wednesday and has

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walked three miles a day and in the next hour or so, Clare Lomas will

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cross the finish line. Back in May 2000 and seven. I was at an event I

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competed at loads of time on a horse I had written loads of times. It is

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a risky sports but you thrive in the excitement. The track split into

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two, he got his eye on one way, it was a misunderstanding and he

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clipped a shoulder on the tree and flung me into the tree but the

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consequences were severe. As I hit the ground I knew I was paralysed.

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What I did was dislocate my spine at T4 level and that is where the

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spinal damage was, I also fractured my neck, punctured a lung and caught

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pneumonia so I was in intensive care for days. It was a tough time.

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Movement and sensation I have nothing from the chest down, I did

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feel angry, Cross, upset. Everything really. I didn't know what the

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future would have in store, I didn't know you could be happy and be

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paralysed. It's a very scary time. I thought when I had my accident I

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probably wouldn't be able to meet anyone, I felt really low. But then

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I met Dan, life started to pick up and then a few days later Maisie

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arrived. I thought this is a miracle my body does still work a little

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bit. It meant the world. I could do one of the spirit it wouldn't be the

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same if I didn't have the people around me. The reason I'm doing the

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Great North Run is to raise money. It was tough after my accident but

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when I looked around and saw people with neck injuries, that made me

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want to start fundraising because nothing compared to a neck injury, I

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have the use of my arms. I have been walking about three

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miles a day. The toughest thing I have done. It is just really hard,

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on your shoulders. Your arms are so tired. And already there have been

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quite a few tears, sometimes because it is really hard and sometimes

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because of people's reactions, children turning up from schools

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with little banners saying, "You can do it", when I have got to the point

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of thinking I can't. It also makes you feel quite emotional. Well, she

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has had a tough few days and hopefully you will see her finish

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within the next hour or so, the amazing Claire Lomas. I am joined by

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the amazing Paula Radcliffe and Brendan Foster on this amazing

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Sunday morning. Do you book the weather for this? Every year, you

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know, I set on the Saturday after the Games, and I watched the VTs of

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all the people around the world, and also so many local people inspired

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for so many different reasons, Paula, and I know you as a running

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not love to get out there and see people pounding the streets. That is

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the thing with mass races, the build-up, seeing people out there.

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Watching it for the first time, she was stood there watching some of

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those videos, crying and it hadn't even started yet. There's so much

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history of people getting to the start line, that journey through the

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race, all the support along the route, that other people there, and

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there is not another sport where you will get that. I am almost addicted.

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I was with a guy who had done this 20 times, and London 15 times

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comedies from down South, and this is his favourite one. There must be

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so many people who want to shake your hand and just say, thanks for

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doing this. -- and he is from down South. We never had any idea. It

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started as an event 30 odd years ago and we never knew it would reach

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this level. The atmosphere is good, people excited and nervous, and that

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mixture makes it great. We know David Rudisha, Lord Sebastian Coe,

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Amy, they starting today, but with this being the world's favourite

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run, 178 countries, I understand you had the temerity to ask Ban Ki-moon

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if he might come along to start the race? Yes, I thought we should aim

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big, shoot high. We had a wonderful response from him. He is doing other

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things who couldn't make it but he would have loved to have been here,

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and it would have been nice to have the Secretary-General of the UN...

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Yes, if you don't ask, you don't get! Did he say he would come

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another year? Yes, but they all say that. You never know. You might be

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on the starting line. We are dipping into those nationalities throughout

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the morning. I don't know who Denise has with her now... I feel a little

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out of place here amongst you. Firefighters... Local? And I believe

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you have actually done this marathon before? We have run the half

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marathon 2013, which was in conjunction with our charity in

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memory of one of our colleagues who sadly died of leukaemia that year.

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This year we are doing it as part of... It being the 1515th

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anniversary of 911, and also to raise some money for firefighters'

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charity which is very close to our own hearts -- 15 th anniversary of

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9/11. And you did the nature and came out this morning? Yes, that was

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the only opportunity I had to be your -- you did the night shift and

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intimate this morning. How much does this way? About 30 kilograms. It is

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supposed to keep that heap insult obviously on the day, and it is

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quite warm, it will be very hot -- keep the heat in Seoul obviously on

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the day with it being quite warm it will be very hot. I am sure the team

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will keep us right. Will you stick together? Yes, we start as a team,

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and we finish as a team. Good luck to all of you and raise lots of

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money. GABBY LOGAN: It is all getting a bit

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rock 'n' roll. Ricky Wilson is here! Hello! I feel like I am in One

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Direction! I like it. Yes, and the sun here is incredible. You did not

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expect this? Beautiful and sunny, perfect running conditions. But

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you're not running? Of course not, I forgot my kit and I didn't want to

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do it in my pants! Peanut is running, and we are doing a gig

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tonight, the official after party for the Great North Run, playing at

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the arena. We have just released more tickets so some are available,

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so come on down. Hopefully people's legs will not be too tired to jump

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up and down and enjoy the night but I give everybody permission to take

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tomorrow off work. The charities? Yes, one that got together to build

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the centre here in the north-east. The benefit the north-east? Yes, I

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think when you keep money in the area where it is raised it gets

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people that incentive to try a little harder and we are keeping the

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money in the area and are very proud to be part of it. You came on a tour

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bus overnight from Berlin? Peanut hasn't slept and I haven't slept. We

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played in Berlin last night, got a Ryanair flight, have been on a tour

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bus... I am really proud of him. He is eating a banana now, getting

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ready. His first marathon. Give us wave, Peanut. There he is. He looks

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like he will actually smash this. He is hoping to do it in under 1.40 but

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it depends how many autographs he has to say another way. I am

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actually a bit jealous... I thought you would be. I am sure we can get

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your kit for you, get something for you. But we have a gig at the Arena

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later, and he is just the keyboard player. I have to preserve my

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energy. And you will help us throughout the day as well. Yes,

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preserve your energy. Yes, my TV career is really taking off! Well,

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when you're working at BBC Sport you know you have made it! Let's get out

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there, because Louise is very adept at this, you can take some tips from

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her. I know you are pretty famous in these parts, but forgive me because

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

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robbed. Gem. Ricky. Mat. Who are you? Little comets. We are going to

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do at half marathon while playing against, that is the plan. Guitar

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playing and singing all the way from Newcastle to sunny South Shields.

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Why did you choose your particular charity? Jim was a good friend of

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ours. And he couldn't make it gig one time because he had cardiac

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arrest so Rob became really good friends with Jim and Jim wanted us

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to do a gig at his university, but instead we thought to raise more

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money for organ donation we would do a half marathon and play guitar and

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sing... That is crazy! You will join them in the latter stages of the

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race? Yes, I am doing the last few yards. I have a bionic heart so it

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will be quite a task for me but hopefully the percussion will be

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good enough for these lives to finish in style! Yes, a fantastic

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

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of a musical interlude? 2, numerically, 4...

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# Language is dead, or so she believes

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# I'm looking up, I'm socially bereaved

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#... She lies on the border # One night in October... #.

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They are not bad at all! Well done, guys. A round of applause!

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GABBY LOGAN: I told you this year's Great North Run was very rock 'n'

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roll. With me now... If you have a child or were born after the early

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90s you will know this man's work. Terry Deary, the founder of the of

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Horrible Histories and also our local man. Can I thank you as a

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parent, and also as a consumer of what you do, because it is just

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incredible, Horrible Histories? You buy the books so I should thank you.

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Yes, but other people as well, bringing history alive for so many

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young people. You are here today as a veteran of the Great North Run? A

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veteran, sounds better than an old git... This is my 20th at the age of

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70. It is just a wonderful experience. Something for club

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runners like myself to aim for. And you're running for a special cause?

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Campaign Canute, the Viking Centre, who were flooded out. Normally it is

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for children with disabilities but this year it is a history one,

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because they need to rebuild the centre, the Viking Centre, which

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inspired me... I have been there many times and it is an amazing

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place. It would be even better if people go. We are making you kind of

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thing for your supper, because you have produced five excellent films

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for us which have documented some Horrible Histories along the 13 mile

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course, so we will look at the first which is just somewhere over there,

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isn't it? Yes, on the other side of those trees. The Town Moor. The

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Great North Run starts just over there alongside Newcastle's Town

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Moor, and this was once the most horrible place in the city, because

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this is the place where criminals were executed. In public. The

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innocent as well as the guilty. The worst per version of Justice was in

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1650 -- per version. A witch Hunter arrived from Scotland and offered to

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point out any witches. The Putin said it corporation were not

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thrilled. They sent out a man with a bell and invited anyone to name the

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person they suspected. Verratti accused were tested by the witch

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finder. -- Verratti accused. He stripped them to look for blemishes

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on the skin and then put those to the test. If they bled they were

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innocent but if they did not believe they were guilty and sentenced to

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hang -- 30 accused. Of course it was fake test. The witch finder was

:26:55.:26:59.

being paid 20 shillings for every which he found. 13 women and one man

:27:00.:27:05.

were hanged here on the Town Moor Gallows, and thousands turned out to

:27:06.:27:13.

watch. You will be pleased to hear the witch finder was suspected of

:27:14.:27:17.

fraud and arrested in Scotland. He confessed to sending 220 people to

:27:18.:27:24.

their deaths. And he was hanged. It is a sort of justice but no

:27:25.:27:29.

consolation for his innocent victims, or their families. Until

:27:30.:27:36.

the middle of the 1800, this patch of land continued to be used for

:27:37.:27:43.

public executions -- 1800s. It was known as the Gallows gate in the

:27:44.:27:48.

east of the city, and to this day Newcastle United football club still

:27:49.:27:54.

has a Gallowgate end. So you are in Newcastle United supporter? No, I am

:27:55.:28:01.

from Sunderland! I am a Black Cat! Black Cat... Witch! Plenty Of

:28:02.:28:08.

Newcastle United Fans Will Be Thinking They Have Seen The Grim

:28:09.:28:12.

Reaper Of Relegation At The Gallowgate End One Too Many Times.

:28:13.:28:17.

Yes, I Am Absolutely Gutted for them! You will see he is a Black Cat

:28:18.:28:23.

a little later on because there are four brilliant films of places

:28:24.:28:25.

around the course and you will see them throughout the morning. Thank

:28:26.:28:30.

you so much, Terry, and hope you smash record today. I wonder Peanut

:28:31.:28:35.

will be posting a new personal best out on the course. He is discussing

:28:36.:28:42.

race tactics with Ricky Wilson, no doubt. Peanut, this is weird. I am

:28:43.:28:47.

interviewing year. Very strange. You're running the Great North Run

:28:48.:28:51.

today. Three great charities have joined forces to benefit the

:28:52.:28:55.

north-east. Tell me about it? I am running for a foundation have been

:28:56.:29:02.

-- who have been building a music therapy centre and also Teenage

:29:03.:29:06.

Cancer Trust. We are also doing it for the run, rock and raise, for the

:29:07.:29:13.

Arena this evening. Tonight we are playing in the arena and it is the

:29:14.:29:16.

slightly official aftershow so there are more tickets released so come on

:29:17.:29:20.

down. I am proud of you because last night we were playing in Berlin and

:29:21.:29:23.

by hook or by crook we have got you and your running on very little

:29:24.:29:28.

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

:29:29.:29:32.

anything like this before. You can get a feel for what the course is

:29:33.:29:35.

right with all these people. I cannot wait to get going. I am a bit

:29:36.:29:39.

jealous because now I am here I am feeling the atmosphere, I want to

:29:40.:29:43.

run. I am covered in Vassell in and ready to go but you will run it for

:29:44.:29:47.

me. I am very proud of you to stop cheers -- covered in vaseline.

:29:48.:29:58.

GABBY LOGAN: The women's elite is also full of talent...

:29:59.:30:03.

I think most of us think it could be a real head-to-head between Vivian

:30:04.:30:08.

Cheruiyot and Tirunesh Dibaba. The crowd rise and so they should. A

:30:09.:30:32.

majestic performance from the Queen of distance running. Cheruiyot smelt

:30:33.:30:42.

blood and then she pounced. There is no way the Ethiopian to come back.

:30:43.:30:52.

The rest of the field will not be able to believe what they have just

:30:53.:30:57.

taken part in. These women are the very best in their field. A

:30:58.:31:09.

mouthwatering contest in store there. In both elite races though

:31:10.:31:14.

the fields are loaded with talent so let's find out the thoughts and

:31:15.:31:18.

insights from our commentators who are at the finish already. Welcome

:31:19.:31:26.

to a gloriously sunny South Shields where thousands upon thousands of

:31:27.:31:32.

runners will cross, before that we have the elite races and to look at

:31:33.:31:39.

them we have steamed crab and Steve the women's race is more competitive

:31:40.:31:45.

than the men's? We have two of the all-time greats and we have one

:31:46.:31:50.

all-time great in the men's. One who has done this before, Tirunesh

:31:51.:31:54.

Dibaba, she has won the marathon and the half marathon and has had a

:31:55.:31:59.

glorious track career. And Vivien Cherry at who we saw win the gold in

:32:00.:32:05.

the 5000 after silver on the 10,000 -- Cheruiyot. The first opportunity

:32:06.:32:09.

to see if this is a future for her. An awful lot of people in the

:32:10.:32:15.

running world are curious to see how Vivian copes with the distance.

:32:16.:32:26.

Winning her Olympic title on 5000 was a great reward for what has been

:32:27.:32:30.

a great career. This is really a different test for her and one

:32:31.:32:34.

against Tirunesh Dibaba who showed us in Rio she is on her way back to

:32:35.:32:40.

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

:32:41.:32:47.

set to take all of the attention. An amazing performance by an amazing

:32:48.:32:49.

man. The greatest we have ever seen. When does it sink in what you have

:32:50.:33:03.

managed to achieve? It takes a little while and you go back home

:33:04.:33:07.

and you look back, I watched the race and thing really I did that.

:33:08.:33:14.

Incredible from Mo Farrah. From the kid who started at age 12 and having

:33:15.:33:18.

ambition watching the Olympics in Sydney and then thinking and telling

:33:19.:33:22.

yourself I want to become an Olympic champion and doing it in your

:33:23.:33:27.

hometown and then four years later, it's incredible, there are no words

:33:28.:33:30.

to explain. You must have that feeling of satisfaction knowing all

:33:31.:33:38.

the hard work has paid off? I know I gave it all I could in training and

:33:39.:33:41.

there was not a day I missed. I worked as hard as I could and waited

:33:42.:33:46.

six months away from the family. When you line up I tell myself, if a

:33:47.:33:53.

better man beats today, let it be because there is not much more you

:33:54.:33:57.

can do. What are the kids like when you show them the medals? Be

:33:58.:34:02.

interested for a few seconds? A few seconds and that's it. London 2017,

:34:03.:34:17.

going back to the place we had magical moments, it could happen

:34:18.:34:20.

again? Just thinking about 2017I get nervous and excited and I would like

:34:21.:34:26.

to end my career on track on a high. It's like the story is written for

:34:27.:34:32.

you, it'd be a perfect ending. It's never goes to plan. Months leading

:34:33.:34:36.

up to it, you get ill, you get little niggles and you fall. Mo has

:34:37.:34:47.

fallen. I was panicking, people didn't see that but I thought my

:34:48.:34:52.

race has done and it took me three or four laps to get back into it but

:34:53.:34:58.

the trainers are talking to me saying it's OK you can get through

:34:59.:35:04.

it. And I just gave a thumbs up. Mo Farrah wins the Great North Run

:35:05.:35:10.

defends his title and their bitters. What's it like to be back in a place

:35:11.:35:14.

where you have great success? I love it here. After my major races in

:35:15.:35:20.

terms of the world and the Olympics, I like to finish up on the quayside

:35:21.:35:25.

and get great support from the public. One more race I tell myself.

:35:26.:35:32.

You have one at the last two years, no one has ever won three in a row

:35:33.:35:35.

so how about that, another piece of history? It is possible. It is going

:35:36.:35:42.

to be hard. But hopefully I can enjoy it and use the crowd as much

:35:43.:35:47.

as I can. Great to see you here and enjoy Sunday. Double Olympic

:35:48.:35:55.

champion. I can't believe it. He says it is going to be hard, in no

:35:56.:35:59.

sporting event is it a foregone conclusion. I think this is his to

:36:00.:36:09.

win. He has the opportunity as was said there is the chance to win

:36:10.:36:13.

three times in a row and he has had an incredible summer but assuming

:36:14.:36:17.

everything would go well in Rio, he was or was wanting to come here and

:36:18.:36:22.

capped it off. I think the field is against him, there are a few runners

:36:23.:36:27.

who are experienced, he could trip up and fall down in this one, it is

:36:28.:36:32.

a question of how fast he wants to go and how much of a show he wants

:36:33.:36:35.

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

:36:36.:36:40.

much up to him how fast he goes. Here is the thing, 33 now, what is

:36:41.:36:46.

his best distance, we have seen him from 1500 all the way up to

:36:47.:36:50.

marathon. Where is his best? What he's doing on the track. He is

:36:51.:36:56.

winning at 5000 and 10000 and there nobody yet has shown they are

:36:57.:36:59.

capable of beating him so we will see him do that in London next time

:37:00.:37:04.

at the World Championships next year but he is after a fresh challenge.

:37:05.:37:10.

He rightfully is probably thinking I don't want to be caught out down the

:37:11.:37:15.

line so it is a big opportunity for him. A half marathon is OK but we

:37:16.:37:19.

even saw the world half marathon where he was beaten, I think he has

:37:20.:37:26.

a big future whether or not the marathon in Tokyo is the right

:37:27.:37:30.

thing, that remains to be seen. We will see and will it be a hatchery

:37:31.:37:36.

of victories for him today. You wouldn't bet against him today. I am

:37:37.:37:39.

looking forward to seeing the crowds coming out and giving their

:37:40.:37:42.

appreciation. What a wonderful opportunity to show just how

:37:43.:37:51.

appreciative we all are. The crowds are making their way down now to the

:37:52.:37:59.

start line. Shaking their limbs, eating cereal bars and drinking

:38:00.:38:04.

protein drinks. It is a fantastic festival of running. In the midst of

:38:05.:38:09.

a tool, we may forgot to mention as well as the mass runners as an elite

:38:10.:38:12.

runners, there are plenty of famous faces. George W Bush, Steven

:38:13.:38:22.

Gerrard, Tony Blair, they are not running by Jon Culshaw is and he can

:38:23.:38:26.

be all things to all men and Ricky Wilson caught up with them. Now how

:38:27.:38:34.

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

:38:35.:38:38.

sessions with you, usually in a pub, this is a half marathon for charity,

:38:39.:38:44.

are you excited? I am, I am nervous but in a good way. The spirit here

:38:45.:38:48.

is amazing. I'm going to be relying on that I think. When you run around

:38:49.:38:53.

and people cheer you on it gives you a buzz that you are doing it for a

:38:54.:38:56.

very good cause, can you tell us about it? The John egging trust. He

:38:57.:39:05.

was the red Arrow pilot who lost his life at the show a few years down

:39:06.:39:08.

the trust was set up by his wife Emma and it is there to help and

:39:09.:39:12.

mental young people to reach the best potential they can -- Jon

:39:13.:39:20.

Egging. And running at an amazing event. How are you going to get

:39:21.:39:25.

through this, will you be channelling any runners? Brendan

:39:26.:39:32.

Foster making his commentary over there and not Sebastian Coates. --

:39:33.:39:42.

Sebastian Coates. I have been running on and off since the school

:39:43.:39:46.

cross-country team, I have done the blackboard ten K a few times so I

:39:47.:39:49.

will keep that in mind and hopefully have some good experience.

:39:50.:40:01.

John everybody. Cheer remand Jon Egging, a very important trust. I'm

:40:02.:40:12.

sure Michael Johnson would think of that, we would have to give him the

:40:13.:40:17.

clip. It is great to see so many famous faces lending their support

:40:18.:40:22.

to charity, raising profile as well as fans amongst the 57,000 today and

:40:23.:40:28.

what glorious conditions they have. Temperatures are really getting on

:40:29.:40:32.

to the likes of 18, it'll be fantastic for the elite runners,

:40:33.:40:35.

some slower paced runners might find it a bit tougher as they head down

:40:36.:40:39.

to the seaside at South Shields. At the moment they are all excited and

:40:40.:40:43.

there will be people who have never done it before there. There are

:40:44.:40:47.

plenty of veterans and of course there is a real -- wheelchair race.

:40:48.:40:55.

Great Britain do very good at the Paralympics over the field in the

:40:56.:40:57.

wheelchair race not as strong as some years because our best athletes

:40:58.:41:02.

are competing for gold and glory but it is about to get and perhaps these

:41:03.:41:06.

the stars of the future he will make this journey now from Newcastle to

:41:07.:41:16.

South Shields. That is the Lord Mayor of Newcastle who has them on

:41:17.:41:21.

their way. They are leading the way and of course it is the elite women

:41:22.:41:25.

who will go off next in a few minutes time before we see them, I'm

:41:26.:41:29.

delighted to say I've been joined in the studio here with Lord Sebastian

:41:30.:41:34.

Coe David Rhodesia who will get everybody on their way along with

:41:35.:41:40.

Amy Tinkler. The local Olympian who won a bronze in Rio. Would you make

:41:41.:41:46.

of today David? It's great to be here and to be part of this

:41:47.:41:50.

wonderful big half marathon. It's amazing. I was teasing him yesterday

:41:51.:41:57.

saying in a few years' time when he has lost a bit of speed, he might

:41:58.:42:02.

fancy coming here, you were supposed to be running it? I was I'm a bit

:42:03.:42:06.

frustrated today. I'm delighted to be here as a spectator but I started

:42:07.:42:11.

training quite hard fritz which probably tells you I shouldn't of

:42:12.:42:16.

been doing it. What happened? About a week ago it all started to not

:42:17.:42:22.

work suddenly and I ended up with a low back and decided it was probably

:42:23.:42:27.

better to be a spectator. I ignored the advice I gave everybody for

:42:28.:42:35.

years. And I didn't follow it. There is a huge appreciation here, what

:42:36.:42:41.

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

:42:42.:42:45.

performance in London for me was the performance of the games at any

:42:46.:42:50.

event and I was just delighted to see him successfully double up and

:42:51.:42:54.

win again in Rio because he is the best 800-metre runner of all time.

:42:55.:42:59.

David we are getting off in a few seconds time, final words of advice

:43:00.:43:04.

for anybody out there? Actually unite in sports, all you have to do

:43:05.:43:13.

is your best. For the athlete I know they have prepared. Smiling like you

:43:14.:43:19.

as well. Thank you David and said they will be joined by a meeting so

:43:20.:43:22.

let's hand you over to the commentary team now.

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COMMENTATOR: Thank you Gabby. Good morning everybody on a beautiful day

:43:33.:43:36.

as everybody has been saying. We are looking forward to welcoming

:43:37.:43:39.

everybody to South Shields for the finish including our elite athletes

:43:40.:43:44.

already on the line. The women not too far away from their start and we

:43:45.:43:49.

were in the preview talking about the quality of the field here. We

:43:50.:43:53.

spoke about the two big names but also Joyce Chepkirui, second in the

:43:54.:43:58.

New York half marathon earlier this year and a swift 67.41, Colin was

:43:59.:44:05.

champion at 10,000 metres. Former winner she won here a few years ago,

:44:06.:44:14.

Priscah Jeptoo. Eight in the London Marathon earlier this year. She was

:44:15.:44:19.

not selected for the Kenyan team. Pretty disappointed. Gemma Steel.

:44:20.:44:28.

Gemma has flirted with the marathon, the half marathon is certainly an

:44:29.:44:31.

event she has done well at. Third best ever.

:44:32.:44:40.

Gemma will be hoping to lead the British contingent today. And then

:44:41.:44:49.

as we saw, one of the all-time great if not the best, certainly on track,

:44:50.:44:57.

Tirunesh Dibaba, one in 2012 and has got real potential still on the

:44:58.:45:00.

roads despite everything she has done on the track. Joining her

:45:01.:45:08.

finally with an Olympic title, Cheruiyot, one of the greatest ever

:45:09.:45:11.

athletes in Kenya, she took the 5,000-metre title after being second

:45:12.:45:21.

in the 10,000. The elite women have the roads all to themselves to begin

:45:22.:45:22.

with. Big smiles from Seb. Come on, Seb.

:45:23.:45:41.

The elite women finally get under way and a lot of support from them.

:45:42.:45:46.

They will be making up 50% of the main field for the Great North Run.

:45:47.:45:55.

A few others out there to look for, Alyson Dixon, who of course

:45:56.:46:01.

represented Great Britain in the marathon, and in the blue with the

:46:02.:46:08.

sunglasses right behind Gemma Steel, Charlotte Purdue. Charlotte again,

:46:09.:46:12.

one of our bright young talents over recent years, trying to move up and

:46:13.:46:18.

tried to make a team in Rio in the marathon, as indeed did Lily

:46:19.:46:26.

Partridge as well. But on a day like today when the weather is so good,

:46:27.:46:30.

perfect conditions for running fast if they chose to do it. Slight

:46:31.:46:35.

breeze as well. It could be an intriguing race for Cheruiyot and

:46:36.:46:42.

Tirunesh Dibaba. The names, scrolling through, Lily Partridge,

:46:43.:46:50.

she could well go pretty well today, Freya Ross... And if we are thinking

:46:51.:46:55.

about times on a day like this, I am not sure whether Dibaba and

:46:56.:46:58.

Cheruiyot are thinking about times, but the course record, who won the

:46:59.:47:15.

last two years, 65.39, from Mary. I am not sure if we will get that but

:47:16.:47:18.

let's hope for a pretty quick race. I will try to guide you through

:47:19.:47:24.

this... Overall, and you can see the elevation there, they do drop in

:47:25.:47:28.

distance. Nice downhill section over the Tyne Bridge, then past Gateshead

:47:29.:47:34.

International Stadium. On the dual carriage, passing the crowds there,

:47:35.:47:37.

then in about six miles they take the time passed my old track at

:47:38.:47:45.

Jarrow, at the seven, eight mile point, then this is where it gets a

:47:46.:47:53.

little bit of a drag up, then South Shields and they will be able to

:47:54.:48:01.

smell the sea and drop steeply down along the Leas and find us here at

:48:02.:48:09.

the finish. I am delighted to see... And these cameras are coming from

:48:10.:48:14.

our helicopter, of course, and the other helicopter which can carry

:48:15.:48:21.

more people and more weight brought Brendan and Paula, who have made it

:48:22.:48:25.

into the commentary box. Safe journey, guys. Well done. Yes, great

:48:26.:48:29.

view of the course and of sunny South Shields, waiting here... Lets

:48:30.:48:37.

get Paula and throat lozenge! Brendan, I know you have had the odd

:48:38.:48:42.

bit of bad weather over the years, but what a day-to-day? Yes, a lovely

:48:43.:48:54.

day, Steve. Vivian Cheruiyot in the blue dress, just behind Gemma Steel.

:48:55.:48:59.

What a glorious performance it was of horrors and the Olympic Games. A

:49:00.:49:03.

personal best in the 10,000 metres. I spoke to the other day and she

:49:04.:49:06.

said, I thought after that I would never win an Olympic gold medal but

:49:07.:49:12.

then in the 5000 metres things turned around and she was able to

:49:13.:49:17.

win that elusive gold medal so no Vivian Cheruiyot, Olympic career

:49:18.:49:20.

almost behind her, embarks on this road and it will be interesting to

:49:21.:49:24.

see what she does. As we look down on the elite women, with all the

:49:25.:49:29.

great achievements you will hear about today, one stands clear of the

:49:30.:49:34.

rest, Claire Lomas, who suffered serious injury following from a

:49:35.:49:38.

horse in 2007, which left her paralysed from the chest down. On

:49:39.:49:41.

Wednesday she started the Great North Run course wearing these

:49:42.:49:45.

supporting legs to help her stand. Every step a deliberate and

:49:46.:49:48.

difficult effort but she has completed the Great North Run today,

:49:49.:49:54.

after five days. She did the London Marathon. Channelled round England

:49:55.:49:59.

on hand operated bicycle and she has raised ?500,000 for spinal research.

:50:00.:50:03.

She is also currently expecting her second child. He was Colin Jackson

:50:04.:50:07.

to give her her medal and never has one be more deserved. I think of all

:50:08.:50:11.

the medals we saw in Olympics, but this is how special it is... I am

:50:12.:50:21.

worn out! How fantastic does it feel at the end, Claire? Amazing. I am

:50:22.:50:26.

worn out! I will just be pleased to sit down. It has been hard, really

:50:27.:50:29.

hard, but the support has been incredible. The Great North Run

:50:30.:50:36.

team. The donations, my support team, Dan, in particular, holding me

:50:37.:50:42.

up. It is hilly out there, and everyone helped me get through, my

:50:43.:50:46.

little girl, and everyone, really, my mum and dad. I met many of them

:50:47.:50:51.

yesterday and of course we bumped into each other in the list and you

:50:52.:50:55.

were getting the final preparations in your mind. Was it really as tough

:50:56.:51:00.

as you thought? Cover, and more! It has been extra tough because I did

:51:01.:51:06.

not train as much as I wanted to. I'm actually 16 weeks pregnant as

:51:07.:51:11.

well -- tougher, and more. It made it even tougher. I was not very well

:51:12.:51:15.

this summer. Have been sick all the time and could not get into it as

:51:16.:51:18.

much as I wanted. There were times, where I just don't know... It rubbed

:51:19.:51:24.

me in a few places, the straps, and I questioned a few times whether I

:51:25.:51:28.

would actually be here today so I am absolutely over the moon. This will

:51:29.:51:32.

be a really hard question. Anything else planned? At this level? I will

:51:33.:51:37.

pop the baby out first! And I tell you what, that is a challenge!

:51:38.:51:42.

Having two! One drives me mad, but two! That will be a challenge. It be

:51:43.:51:47.

four years to get over the London Marathon, five

:51:48.:52:00.

years to get over having a baby and they seem to have forgotten both are

:52:01.:52:04.

now doing them both again, so you never know! You know what, I have a

:52:05.:52:07.

special medal for a certain person who is behind you and has been

:52:08.:52:09.

working so hard. Do you think he deserves it? Yes, but he has to run

:52:10.:52:13.

it next year! Yes, I will give him his medal. Congratulations, well

:52:14.:52:15.

done, and, really, get the support from the crowd. You thoroughly

:52:16.:52:20.

deserve it. Kagiso much. Well done to Claire. I was listening to her

:52:21.:52:23.

this morning being interviewed on five live by colleagues -- thank you

:52:24.:52:29.

so much. She explained to Colin how hard she was finding it but

:52:30.:52:32.

congratulations to her, a great reception for her down at the finish

:52:33.:52:36.

with thousands of people are already gathered, and they have plenty of

:52:37.:52:41.

sun cream, which is good. They do not have some cream shops normally

:52:42.:52:44.

in South Shields, but the ones who do have been doing a roaring trade!

:52:45.:52:53.

-- they do not normally have sun cream. It is lowest year but we are

:52:54.:52:58.

expecting to pick up a little bit. Paula, probably not unusual

:52:59.:53:04.

considering Tirunesh and Vivian fresh from Rio, feeling through

:53:05.:53:08.

these early miles. Yes, just taking some time to settle into the race.

:53:09.:53:11.

The first mile is slightly downhill so is usually a bit quicker than

:53:12.:53:17.

that but I think perhaps signs that Charlotte Purdue and those up at the

:53:18.:53:23.

front, Alyson Dixon, they would have been expecting to hold up at the

:53:24.:53:27.

back of the front group early on and are pushing on the pace a little bit

:53:28.:53:30.

there to try to get the race moving. I think it will come down to the

:53:31.:53:36.

likes of Priscah Jeptoo to get it moving in the early stages.

:53:37.:53:40.

Cheruiyot and Dibaba did run hard in Rio and although they have the

:53:41.:53:43.

potential to run 65 minutes, on this course, whether they wanted today,

:53:44.:53:49.

and Vivian particularly on her debut, we will see, but certainly

:53:50.:53:52.

not setting out with the pace to challenge that. They have come up

:53:53.:53:58.

with a fairly steep rise onto the Tyne Bridge. The crowds are

:53:59.:54:02.

gathering there of course with a great vantage point. A lot of them

:54:03.:54:05.

will attempt, once they have seen their friends and the elite runners

:54:06.:54:10.

go by, they will then try to get themselves down to the finish as

:54:11.:54:17.

well. But a great vantage point, so the Tyne Bridge, Brendan, you can

:54:18.:54:26.

fill us in on this. There is an emoji here, so firstly can you

:54:27.:54:32.

explain to everyone what an emoji is? Yes, they are on your phone. It

:54:33.:54:41.

is an emoji and a lot of the young audience will know exactly what

:54:42.:54:44.

you're talking about and left saw what I am speaking about, but there

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they format, crossing the Tyne Bridge, the famous site. -- via the

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go. Runners of repute and of talent and eventually you will see the

:54:58.:55:00.

masses coming across there but for the moment, looking at the field,

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the only thing you would look at as an athlete would be the competition.

:55:04.:55:10.

The times for a half marathon, some wonderful ones we have seen, but

:55:11.:55:14.

when you look at Vivian Cheruiyot and Tirunesh Dibaba, two of the

:55:15.:55:18.

world's greatest female distance runners we have ever seen, you would

:55:19.:55:21.

think the battle between those two and the finishing order between

:55:22.:55:24.

those two, finishing second and third in the Olympic Games in the

:55:25.:55:29.

10,000 metres, you would imagine who comes first, it will be and even

:55:30.:55:36.

more interesting question. As you can see Cheruiyot dart through to

:55:37.:55:38.

move a bit closer to the leader. As you can see Cheruiyot

:55:39.:55:45.

darts leader. Paula, I am just trying to work out

:55:46.:56:00.

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

:56:01.:56:04.

her asking for a spear vest because she had forgotten her is, so that is

:56:05.:56:08.

why it looks a bit like a dress on her!

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LAUGHTER Goodness me. I suppose she had other

:56:11.:56:14.

things to think about. Anyway, it is all happening at the front of the

:56:15.:56:18.

women's race but also let's find out about what is happening back at the

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start. Right, I am joined here by Kevin and Michael, footballers. You

:56:27.:56:29.

want to do this in about 90 minutes, 90 minutes of running around, you're

:56:30.:56:36.

used to it? Not for me! I used to get substituted before 90 minutes

:56:37.:56:40.

but I... Yes, if I get round about that time, I will be happy! But it

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is just running in a straight line, not all over the place, and you

:56:45.:56:49.

don't even have a ball! As you know, it hurts, it hurts like heck! Every

:56:50.:56:54.

part of your body, but it is for a great cause and I think there are

:56:55.:56:58.

57,000 people out today, which is great. Which great cars are you

:56:59.:57:02.

doing it for today? Cardiac risk in the young, so to raise a bit of

:57:03.:57:10.

money on the way will be good. And yourself? Yes, a great man in

:57:11.:57:16.

football and a great cause, to raise ?2 million in the last eight years,

:57:17.:57:24.

raise new equipment and raise awareness to beat cancer. When I

:57:25.:57:33.

have run a marathon before, you know, the atmosphere, you're kind of

:57:34.:57:37.

use to that, so how would you get through today? The last two or three

:57:38.:57:45.

miles, they will have to put me through it, because I am not used to

:57:46.:57:52.

this and I will struggle. I will probably get booed for the first

:57:53.:57:55.

five miles in Newcastle but once I get through and into Sunderland they

:57:56.:57:59.

should cheer for me. It is incredible, 57,000 people doing it,

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but there must be 200,000 people watching right round the course

:58:03.:58:06.

which is incredible really. I will wait at the end and have a couple of

:58:07.:58:10.

bits for you and then we will have a party tonight. Good luck, gents.

:58:11.:58:22.

Great causes. See you later. Mickey great, great to see he runs every

:58:23.:58:27.

year. Not a bad run, does very well every single year -- Grey. He's a

:58:28.:58:35.

good footballer as well, isn't he? Played for a good team. Who was

:58:36.:58:40.

that? Sunderland! You're outnumbered today. Me and Terry Deary are

:58:41.:58:44.

gearing up on you. At least you guys are winning. Are you on Match Of The

:58:45.:58:49.

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

:58:50.:58:58.

Gateshead Stadium, it is coming in, at three males, but not particularly

:58:59.:59:04.

quick for the second mile. Paula, the very fact that everybody is

:59:05.:59:10.

still there are... I can understand Cheruiyot, as you said, first half

:59:11.:59:13.

marathon, feeling her way through little bit, but Joyce Chepkirui ran

:59:14.:59:18.

pretty well in New York earlier in the year, in pretty good shape, or

:59:19.:59:24.

Priscah Jeptoo, one of those, we thought could maybe break and a

:59:25.:59:26.

little earlier and get things moving a bit? I would have thought so.

:59:27.:59:30.

Priscah Jeptoo probably did not run as well as she would have expected

:59:31.:59:35.

to, as well as we expected her to, in the London Marathon earlier this

:59:36.:59:38.

year, so perhaps she is not the ship she was the year before, a couple of

:59:39.:59:42.

years ago here, she also knows she's capable of a very fast bit in the

:59:43.:59:48.

middle of the race. Two years ago I think it was, we saw her run that

:59:49.:59:53.

split in the middle portion of this race, so she can do that to break

:59:54.:59:57.

the race up, but I would certainly expect the likes of heart or Joyce

:59:58.:00:01.

Chepkirui to push the pace on early and kind of take the race a little

:00:02.:00:06.

bit to the leaders because once we get into that last five kilometres

:00:07.:00:10.

if those two are anywhere near the front it is not really going to go

:00:11.:00:13.

any other way you today, so they should challenge them to take the

:00:14.:00:18.

race to them, and I think that is why we can see Eloise Wellings there

:00:19.:00:21.

at the front, pushing on the pace, and Gemma Steel alongside her, just

:00:22.:00:25.

trying to keep the race moving at a decent

:00:26.:00:26.

Louise Welling is one of those who followed her home -- Eloise

:00:27.:00:34.

Wellings. Eloise running very well, getting a top ten in the Olympics is

:00:35.:00:38.

a great performance. There is Gateshead Stadium. They're just

:00:39.:00:44.

coming alongside the scene of so many international athletics

:00:45.:00:49.

meetings over the year. The English schools was held there this year. It

:00:50.:00:55.

was a great event. 40 years ago this year, he made his first appearance

:00:56.:01:00.

and his first international race, he ran the mile race against John Moore

:01:01.:01:05.

who was coming back as Olympic champion and Dave Moorcroft and he

:01:06.:01:10.

led until the last laugh and it wasn't until he got to the bell went

:01:11.:01:14.

Dave Moorcroft said you have to get after him and it was only a young

:01:15.:01:19.

lad at university then. He was only 19 but he started his career there

:01:20.:01:22.

and was talking affectionately about last night. Sap has a significant

:01:23.:01:30.

birthday coming up let's just say it begins with a six. -- Seb. Back at

:01:31.:01:44.

the start everybody lining up no need for the extra clothing on a day

:01:45.:01:48.

like this. All getting nicely warmed up by the sunshine and a great

:01:49.:01:52.

atmosphere here and I think the news has someone with her now. I'm here

:01:53.:02:02.

with Ryan McLeod who has a pretty impressive cast today. The

:02:03.:02:07.

pacemaker? Yes I am working for Duracell today. I will be running

:02:08.:02:13.

with the masses and setting the pace around seven minute mile and

:02:14.:02:15.

hopefully get everybody to finish on time. That's a huge honour? Because

:02:16.:02:21.

I'm really looking forward to it. It's nice to be in the Masters,

:02:22.:02:28.

normally I'm in the elite field so I will have to slow myself down and

:02:29.:02:31.

take it easy. A stroll in the park. What is the time you are setting?

:02:32.:02:39.

One hour 35. And your best is? One hour four. Sold rural stroll in the

:02:40.:02:47.

park. Yes. I imagine you don't want to overcook it today? Yes I will use

:02:48.:02:52.

a GPS watch to keep me on track to make sure I'm not going to quit

:02:53.:02:56.

because I don't want to make it too fast and too hard but everybody

:02:57.:03:01.

knows I will be at a seven minute mile there or thereabouts. You have

:03:02.:03:04.

a very special connection to the run? A family connection. My dad was

:03:05.:03:10.

the winner of the first and second great Northern run so that bit of a

:03:11.:03:18.

tradition to the Great North Run. Have you got your pinkies with the?

:03:19.:03:26.

I have right here. -- pink ears. I will get a lot of abuse for this.

:03:27.:03:29.

Great to talk to. Ryan's dad Mickey winning in 1981,

:03:30.:03:43.

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

:03:44.:03:46.

don't think anybody knew what it would grow into. It certainly lived

:03:47.:03:54.

up to the name since. And you beat me, I'm happy to say that. I was

:03:55.:04:00.

queueing you up there. In the women's now breaking up a little

:04:01.:04:06.

bit, Gemma Steel with the long ponytail, they have run the third

:04:07.:04:10.

mile so it is picked up a bit, still not really fast running both. A 5.10

:04:11.:04:21.

pace would be quick. It's about that. A little bit quicker 5.09 is

:04:22.:04:33.

67 and a half pace. So when I say 510 is 68. Can I talk to you because

:04:34.:04:39.

I'm going a hard time with my maths are. We have seen how sharp shears

:04:40.:04:46.

with this. But she used to it out herself when she was running because

:04:47.:04:51.

she had no pacemakers and when you get beyond five miles, the maths

:04:52.:04:57.

becomes quite difficult. They are running a bit quicker now, a little

:04:58.:05:05.

quicker so Joyce Chepkirui, Cheruiyot, I'm just looking at

:05:06.:05:09.

Dibaba, her performance in Rio got overlooked a little bit, the world

:05:10.:05:15.

record ahead of an Cheruiyot running so well but it was a real sign that

:05:16.:05:20.

she has become a mum last year and that it is still in there?

:05:21.:05:25.

Definitely we watch Terry Manchester on the ten K on the road and you

:05:26.:05:32.

could see the runner issue was that she was not back to that level but

:05:33.:05:37.

what she did in Rio was run a personal best, run very close to the

:05:38.:05:41.

old world record and get herself a medal and be extremely competitive

:05:42.:05:45.

in one of the best 10,000 races we have ever seen is that was a big

:05:46.:05:50.

step for her confidence wise and getting back to this level so to be

:05:51.:05:54.

able to come into the race on the back of that and know that she has

:05:55.:06:00.

the half marathon experience that Vivien Cheruiyot doesn't have, that

:06:01.:06:03.

is why we are seeing now maybe if it's more confidence of the leading

:06:04.:06:08.

group of five, just biding her time and not using any extra energy and

:06:09.:06:16.

Cheruiyot on the yellow that hard to miss on the inside but looks very

:06:17.:06:22.

economical and efficient. When she was talking about the real Olympics

:06:23.:06:29.

-- Rio Olympics, she said we were running together and it was only

:06:30.:06:32.

when we had the stadium announcer telling us the lap times of the

:06:33.:06:39.

leader, she started running more and I thought my goodness, she is

:06:40.:06:43.

slowing down. But she said when I crossed the line I couldn't remember

:06:44.:06:48.

whether I had passed her and was in first place or whether she had

:06:49.:06:51.

already finished. She said she was so committed in the race but she

:06:52.:06:58.

said time thinking during the race when she became Olympic champion

:06:59.:07:03.

that she has to look forward to taking his eye could be the last

:07:04.:07:09.

chance to win an Olympic gold medal. Ayala remembers her going past, it

:07:10.:07:15.

was a decisive move which really took the last wind in her lungs away

:07:16.:07:26.

from her. That group starting to split a little bit, some pressure

:07:27.:07:31.

applied by Cheruiyot in her first half marathon and Joyce Chepkirui at

:07:32.:07:35.

the back of the group may be struggling a little bit. Very early

:07:36.:07:41.

stages as they go towards the roundabout but already some

:07:42.:07:44.

significant moves being made in the women's race. Meanwhile they are

:07:45.:07:52.

four miles down the road back on the Central motorway next to tell more.

:07:53.:08:02.

Mo Farrah of course will be introduced to the crowd along with a

:08:03.:08:07.

few others on the official start line with the elite start line. I

:08:08.:08:13.

was saying earlier in the preview when Andrew and I were having a

:08:14.:08:17.

chat, this is really Mo 's race today. David McNeill Australia. It'd

:08:18.:08:27.

be interesting to see how he goes in his first half marathon. The Aussies

:08:28.:08:38.

having a resurgent at that distance running. A man who knows Mo Farrah

:08:39.:08:42.

so well, Chris Thomson, a long-time friend and training partner. Chris

:08:43.:08:46.

chased motorhome in the European Championships in 2010 and watched

:08:47.:08:56.

him go on since then. Emmanuel Bett, 33 years of age and he is always a

:08:57.:09:02.

solid performer the Kenyan. Had some good years around 2012 and again

:09:03.:09:09.

didn't make the team. So hard to make the Kenyan team and the same

:09:10.:09:14.

can be said for days and written home the Olympic team didn't work

:09:15.:09:17.

out for him in the American trials which were held in January or early

:09:18.:09:21.

February -- Dathan Ritzenhein. He fell in the 10,000 metres and the

:09:22.:09:44.

kind words he got. Everyone is ready, they all shop a lot closer to

:09:45.:09:52.

the starting line. We have two special starter set, David Rhodesia

:09:53.:09:58.

and Amy Tinkler, the local girl is with David. He fires the gun and the

:09:59.:10:06.

2016 Great North Run is underway. Mo Farrah the red-hot favourite and I'm

:10:07.:10:10.

sure all of these people will go home tonight and say I raced Mo

:10:11.:10:16.

Farrah today and I let him win. It is a wonderful aspect of these big

:10:17.:10:22.

races that you get to line up with the best in the world. We might not

:10:23.:10:27.

see much of them but at least you can say you started the race. Away

:10:28.:10:33.

they go down and we will watch these great scenes every single year as

:10:34.:10:41.

they streamed through this start. The well oiled machine that make

:10:42.:10:47.

sure everybody starts off safely and gets away in a manner which

:10:48.:10:53.

hopefully allows them to have a great day out there, whether they

:10:54.:10:56.

are running from a personal best or whether they are running as so many

:10:57.:11:01.

of them are to raise money for various causes, some of them very

:11:02.:11:05.

close to their own lives, some of them have been asked to help out.

:11:06.:11:09.

Offers some for whom this is the first time they have done anything

:11:10.:11:16.

like this. Rusher or four song. This year, there is Amy, a bronze medal.

:11:17.:11:24.

I remember doing a piece of her earlier in the year when she was

:11:25.:11:29.

talking about Rio and she did not believe winning a medal was up for

:11:30.:11:34.

her but well done. It is being pointed out she is wearing a wrist

:11:35.:11:37.

supports because she's worried about all the high-fiving and clapping.

:11:38.:11:43.

And she needs those wrist to work. I was talking to her this morning and

:11:44.:11:47.

she is from her way to the gym from here. I said you can have a few

:11:48.:11:53.

weeks off? She said no if you are a gymnast you have to carry on

:11:54.:11:59.

Marussia loser skills. Out there today thousands of people -- or you

:12:00.:12:05.

lose your skills. All of the amazing charities. David Rhodesia was giving

:12:06.:12:10.

advice, don't clap everyone David you will be hurting. My daughter

:12:11.:12:15.

Catherine is out there running and my sister Anna who used to run with

:12:16.:12:21.

you guys is out running so good luck to Katherine and Anna. We'll be

:12:22.:12:26.

tracking them en route. I want to say good luck as well. We were

:12:27.:12:30.

talking about our earlier running days and one of my neighbours Kevin

:12:31.:12:33.

Allen is out there with his wife Catherine. His 12 Great North Run

:12:34.:12:38.

and raising money for pancreatic Cancer UK. Catherine running in

:12:39.:12:44.

memory of her first husband Phil who died back in 2003. There is the

:12:45.:12:53.

queue at the back. Those runners and athletes lining up, they'll almost a

:12:54.:12:57.

mile away from the start line you can see both sides of the

:12:58.:13:03.

carriageway, the race is underway. There are a hell of a lot more there

:13:04.:13:07.

waiting to get going as we panned down, we see the crowds they're

:13:08.:13:12.

getting ready to move and the good news is they have their chips on

:13:13.:13:16.

their ankles and they'll be timed as they go through but here we are,

:13:17.:13:21.

this will take 45 minutes for them to get to the starting line. There

:13:22.:13:26.

are a lot of people lined up, a lot of the walking gently towards the

:13:27.:13:31.

start and there you can see just beginning to move as they get

:13:32.:13:35.

through the starting line and there they are, on their journey, 13.1

:13:36.:13:41.

miles to go. It seems a bit warm, it is bright today. There is the centre

:13:42.:13:46.

of Newcastle emptying as they head to the seaside.

:13:47.:13:57.

The central motorway widening through the centre of Newcastle city

:13:58.:14:05.

centre. And then down to the Tyne Bridge. A very quick start for them

:14:06.:14:10.

where the women by contrast are making their way towards White

:14:11.:14:17.

Manipal where they take a sharp left, they went through five miles

:14:18.:14:28.

and they have gone a little quicker but still not too quick. Tirunesh

:14:29.:14:35.

Dibaba is still there, we wondered whether she was struggling a little

:14:36.:14:39.

bit but I think she is staying quiet as we might say during this part of

:14:40.:14:47.

the race letting Joyce Chepkirui and Cheruiyot, they are not forging the

:14:48.:14:55.

pace but they are keeping the upfront. Just charity work out

:14:56.:14:59.

whether there is a breeze out there and she is trying to get what

:15:00.:15:03.

shelter she could. This certainly for a moment she was not happy and

:15:04.:15:08.

she was looking to check he was right behind her and now she is a

:15:09.:15:13.

little bit happier that Tirunesh Dibaba is beside her. She looks

:15:14.:15:16.

comfortable and looks to be letting the others just get the race moving

:15:17.:15:22.

and not really getting anything special for using up too much energy

:15:23.:15:24.

early on in the race. They will kind of beer left a little

:15:25.:15:37.

then start to turn towards the seafront as they approached six

:15:38.:15:46.

miles of the women's race -- veer left. The women have started much

:15:47.:15:50.

quicker and everything we have been saying about the men, Mo Farah the

:15:51.:15:54.

big favourite to win this, and as I said at the beginning it is really

:15:55.:15:58.

interesting how fast Mo was to start today, but at least they have

:15:59.:16:03.

started pretty quickly on the job around -- group around him have made

:16:04.:16:06.

sure it will not be an easy job in the first couple of miles -- the men

:16:07.:16:11.

have started faster. What he said to me, must be tired by now, surely. He

:16:12.:16:16.

has been running quite well so says he will run for his money but at the

:16:17.:16:20.

end of the day we will find out as the miles on fold how tired Mo is as

:16:21.:16:28.

they leave the city centre, towards the Tyne Bridge, heading towards

:16:29.:16:30.

South Shields here at the finish line with thousands and thousands of

:16:31.:16:38.

people -- as the miles on fault. It will be a long time before the race

:16:39.:16:43.

ends, but there is a thin Ritzenhein heading towards the Tyne Bridge. You

:16:44.:16:50.

can see the figure of the USA athlete getting ready to run the New

:16:51.:16:56.

York Marathon in a few weeks' time -- Dathan Ritzenheim. Mo Farah's

:16:57.:17:01.

years will be so if he stays on that side of the track because of the

:17:02.:17:05.

crowd roaring. Chris Thompson in the red vest is just behind Ritzenheim,

:17:06.:17:11.

making a race of this. A pretty good pace being set in the early stages

:17:12.:17:16.

of the men's race, as they come across the Tyne Bridge on a

:17:17.:17:20.

beautiful day such as this. So they will not have time for the views but

:17:21.:17:24.

it is a great view looking up and down the river. Yesterday we were

:17:25.:17:27.

there of course for the city games and the junior runs and it was

:17:28.:17:30.

absolutely rammed. We have been blessed with the weather this

:17:31.:17:33.

weekend which is absolutely wonderful. When they come back the

:17:34.:17:40.

Tyne Bridge of course Darren to the south side of the River Tyne towards

:17:41.:17:48.

Gateshead, towards Jarrell and then to South Shields, as we said, but

:17:49.:17:52.

the crowd is really building on the Tyne Bridge and of course it will

:17:53.:17:55.

take quite a long time for the whole failed to come across the bridge and

:17:56.:17:58.

soon you will not be able to see the road surface at all -- down to the

:17:59.:18:06.

south side of the River Tyne towards Gateshead, towards Jarrell. We will

:18:07.:18:10.

be hearing more around all the different countries being

:18:11.:18:14.

represented this year, a wonderful race which has grown from being a

:18:15.:18:22.

local event to regional, national, and now hugely international event,

:18:23.:18:26.

not just in the elite races, of course but right down throughout the

:18:27.:18:35.

field. The various little groups starting to form. Good club athletes

:18:36.:18:44.

as well, and a pretty good pace being set. That is why I think the

:18:45.:18:48.

early group will break it. If they keep running at this pace there will

:18:49.:18:51.

not be too many in that league group early on. It equals the pace set by

:18:52.:19:00.

the course record run are in 2011 of 58.50 six. If we keep at that pace

:19:01.:19:03.

they are definitely on for a personal best for pretty much

:19:04.:19:09.

everybody in this group including Mo Farah -- 58.56. Dathan Ritzenheim

:19:10.:19:18.

has been quite a lot of time at the top of this sport, winning as a

:19:19.:19:23.

junior, they're developing into an outstanding track runner, ran

:19:24.:19:26.

American records, over 5000 metres. He knows Mo Farah very well, trained

:19:27.:19:31.

together with him in Oregon for a long time. He will want to take the

:19:32.:19:36.

race to Mo and he knows Mo will come to this race extremely ready and in

:19:37.:19:39.

extremely good shape, but he also wants to be able to go away knowing

:19:40.:19:43.

he gave it his best shot and took the race to Mo little bit. You

:19:44.:19:48.

cannot blame him running like this because the question is, has Mo

:19:49.:19:52.

recovered sufficiently from Rio? He has had a bit of rest since Rio, but

:19:53.:19:57.

now the women's race is getting competitive, Tirunesh Dibaba sitting

:19:58.:20:00.

at the back of that group quite nicely, Vivian Cheruiyot looks to be

:20:01.:20:04.

full of the running to me. She was really anticipating this race and

:20:05.:20:07.

looking forward to a longer career at long-distance, too. And you can

:20:08.:20:13.

see the ten kilometre has just been completed and you can see the time

:20:14.:20:19.

there, but the previous mile was 4.57, and I would say it as

:20:20.:20:21.

quickest, you drop down and then take a left as they come now towards

:20:22.:20:26.

Jarrow, but that just shows the race really have started to get moving

:20:27.:20:31.

and Dibaba is still there which is good, still working a little bit.

:20:32.:20:38.

Eloise Wellings is a good 80, 90 metres behind at this point, and

:20:39.:20:41.

that has really just happened in one mile. So through 10K this race is

:20:42.:20:52.

really starting to hot up. But that is a fast mile and you know when you

:20:53.:20:57.

have been running 5.30s and 5.20s, then the one that, and you could say

:20:58.:21:03.

I suppose she's in a 65 second lap in the middle of the final, but it

:21:04.:21:07.

can upset it and you have to settle down after that. Because you cannot

:21:08.:21:10.

keep it up all the way to the finish. No, but if it is a slightly

:21:11.:21:16.

downhill stretch you can take advantage of the momentum you can

:21:17.:21:19.

build up to increase the stride length a little bit, it is a

:21:20.:21:24.

turnover of the turnover was a bit, quicker mile. Where that evens out

:21:25.:21:27.

is if you do try to maintain that then on the flag into the slight

:21:28.:21:29.

incline that will follow because that will start to do damage, and

:21:30.:21:34.

you can see Eloise Wellings there is just not able to go with that

:21:35.:21:38.

increased turnover and pace because she was already operating fairly

:21:39.:21:41.

close to her maximum level, whereas these girls were within their

:21:42.:21:45.

maximum and were just able to adapt to that, and then you can see Jeptoo

:21:46.:21:50.

checking her watch there, are we running a little bit quicker? Or

:21:51.:21:53.

perhaps she is trying to gauge how much longer she has to run in the

:21:54.:21:57.

race, because that is the other difference. The Kenyan athletes, a

:21:58.:22:00.

lot of the time, instead of looking for mile markers along the course,

:22:01.:22:05.

they just think I will roughly four around about 66, 67 minutes, and run

:22:06.:22:14.

as hard as I can for time. Whilst the approach seven males, back at

:22:15.:22:22.

the start -- while the approach. And David Rudisha is still doing a grand

:22:23.:22:30.

job... He is getting me nervous... Well, he has no more races and even

:22:31.:22:33.

if he does he doesn't need to use his arms! It is great to see him

:22:34.:22:39.

here. I thought he ran very well yesterday, by the way, that 500

:22:40.:22:44.

metres, 7.7, very fast, so he is a big hero. I am not sure he gets as

:22:45.:22:48.

much of the international recognition that he probably

:22:49.:22:52.

deserves, the respect he has within the sport however is immense. It is

:22:53.:22:56.

great to see him here, and Amy Tinkler as well, great memories from

:22:57.:23:08.

Rio for both of them. So many people that are out there running for great

:23:09.:23:13.

causes. I mentioned Alex Murray who is running and approaching ?3000,

:23:14.:23:23.

well done to her, and Susan Bell running for the Teenage Cancer

:23:24.:23:30.

Trust, good luck to her as well. There we are, three mile point,

:23:31.:23:34.

Gateshead Stadium, you can see the athletes in the background running

:23:35.:23:42.

past the stadium. Good luck to Simon June, who is running for Cancer

:23:43.:23:51.

Care, and his wife Jo died recently. We know she will be with you every

:23:52.:23:55.

step of the week, Simon. Setting out pretty quickly here. They did slow

:23:56.:24:03.

the second mile to 4.40, but Mo Farah happily just tucked into the

:24:04.:24:07.

grid there which is where he will stay for an awful long time, I am

:24:08.:24:13.

pretty sure. And that group is not too big. Chris Thompson, good to

:24:14.:24:16.

see, he has really been coming back into some good form, Chris. So he

:24:17.:24:29.

has thrown himself into this. 14.16, 5K, and Abdi, the training partner

:24:30.:24:33.

of Mo Farah who follows him around and does all of his work-outs with

:24:34.:24:37.

him, was there with them in fontanelle preparing for Rio, he is

:24:38.:24:41.

still there, and Scott Overall is leading the next great -- Fonteneau.

:24:42.:24:56.

Early stages in the name's race. And Ritzenheim, as Brendan was

:24:57.:24:59.

mentioning earlier, thinking, let's just have a little pest and see

:25:00.:25:02.

whether or not Mo is up for this. I think the big question is whether

:25:03.:25:07.

Ritzenheim can keep running at a strong enough pace for long enough

:25:08.:25:11.

to start having a real impact, if you like. It is really easy to run

:25:12.:25:15.

the first four, five miles hard, but it is what happens after that. If

:25:16.:25:19.

you look at them, Ritzenheim, Chris Thompson, this is exactly what they

:25:20.:25:23.

should be doing, making it fast. They know Mo has come through the

:25:24.:25:27.

mental and physical trials of the Olympic Games and they are both in

:25:28.:25:32.

awe of him and respect him hugely as the world's greatest distance runner

:25:33.:25:36.

of the moment but they also know he is human, that he sometimes can't

:25:37.:25:39.

hire, and really this is exactly what you want to do. Dathan

:25:40.:25:49.

Ritzenheim, Chris Thompson, Emmanuel Bett, and Mo Farah, although with a

:25:50.:25:52.

lot more support than the others. They are all being cheered on but

:25:53.:25:57.

that extra special cheer for Mo who is a national hero. A total distance

:25:58.:26:04.

running legend. I think for Chris Thompson out here as well today

:26:05.:26:06.

there is a little bit of frustration being taken out of this race. The

:26:07.:26:11.

last time we saw him on British TV he was very disappointed with his

:26:12.:26:14.

finish in the London Marathon, but at the same time proud of himself

:26:15.:26:17.

for what he was able to achieve that day after the very limited and very

:26:18.:26:20.

difficult build-up he had through injury, so he has got himself

:26:21.:26:24.

healthy, has worked hard over the summer, and I think he wants to come

:26:25.:26:27.

out here and have a good run today and kind of underlying the progress

:26:28.:26:31.

he has made over the summer, so it will be nice to see him run quick

:26:32.:26:36.

today. Kieran Kennedy well in his last race, the seven miles, and that

:26:37.:26:40.

probably give a good indication... Unita kind of have the confidence

:26:41.:26:43.

that your last couple of races have gone OK to either go with this --

:26:44.:26:48.

you kind of need to have. He must be feeling good and confident. I am not

:26:49.:26:52.

sure he would have liked Dathan to go quite as hard as this, perhaps 15

:26:53.:26:57.

seconds slower through the first five kilometres would have suited

:26:58.:26:59.

him better and the fact he has gone to the back of this group as they

:27:00.:27:03.

take the rise up this kind of undulating section towards the

:27:04.:27:08.

roundabout... Ritzenheim just keeping the pace on the front. -- at

:27:09.:27:18.

the front. As I said earlier, a few minutes ago, it would not take long

:27:19.:27:22.

before you could not see the road surface of the Tyne Bridge, and that

:27:23.:27:27.

was really the picture that went around the UK then eventually round

:27:28.:27:30.

the world in those early years that made people want to come back and

:27:31.:27:37.

take part in this. The Tyne Bridge, even though it is in the very early

:27:38.:27:41.

stages of the race, it has become the picture that everybody

:27:42.:27:49.

associates with the Great North Run. And many are still waiting. About

:27:50.:27:55.

three, four minutes, ago, I had a note saying about 16,000 across the

:27:56.:28:00.

starting line and it is probably about 20 now, David Rashid are

:28:01.:28:07.

there, so plenty left to go. -- David Rudy show there. Plenty of

:28:08.:28:11.

people come to the finish, park their car, then get themselves to

:28:12.:28:15.

the start line. Do they go on the metro in that fancy dress? No, they

:28:16.:28:21.

were beamed up, or something! Star Trek! Or is it Star Wars? She is

:28:22.:28:29.

correcting you again, it is like being at home on a Sunday morning!

:28:30.:28:32.

Yes, I will have to do my homework more! She is going on a quiz show

:28:33.:28:37.

tomorrow so I will not mention that... If she doesn't do well I

:28:38.:28:44.

will give her a hard time. Ant and Dec, great to see them out there.

:28:45.:28:48.

News from the women's race is I said you would not keep running 4.57s,

:28:49.:28:56.

but they did, they went 4.54, through the seventh mile, then threw

:28:57.:29:01.

mile eight, really quick running, picking up to such an extent that

:29:02.:29:07.

Dibaba is definitely struggling now and Cheruiyot may be sensing that,

:29:08.:29:12.

giving this place going. Yes, Cheruiyot looks really good and

:29:13.:29:15.

easy. On her debut I think she either comes in thinking, I will sit

:29:16.:29:19.

back and let the more experienced half marathon girls take it out

:29:20.:29:23.

early on, or I will go out with the attitude that I have nothing to

:29:24.:29:26.

lose, really. If I get the pace, judgment a little wrong on my first

:29:27.:29:28.

time, well, it is my debut, but I know I'm in good shape, the best

:29:29.:29:53.

shape I have ever been in, and she is just enjoying the run out here.

:29:54.:29:56.

Her first real experience. She has run a ten mile, but her first real

:29:57.:29:59.

experience of a mass road race, the support you get on the bus that can

:30:00.:30:02.

give you along the route. This section here, the pace has picked up

:30:03.:30:04.

and running fast. Dibaba has obviously realise that and Vivian

:30:05.:30:06.

realising this... This is a tough mile, slightly uphill. She is

:30:07.:30:08.

probably thinking, I am feeling good, pace is good, I am running at

:30:09.:30:11.

the front, then all of a sudden you come into a mile that is a bit

:30:12.:30:14.

tougher than the ones you have just been running so I just wonder

:30:15.:30:16.

whether or not Tirunesh Dibaba is There are very close race indeed.

:30:17.:30:26.

Mark Telford to get ahead of Brett Crossley. Mark Telford went out

:30:27.:30:32.

early and took the lead and built it up and then Crossley was closing in

:30:33.:30:38.

but Telford takes it, the man from Perth in Scotland ahead of Brett

:30:39.:30:42.

Crossley believes athletes, the future Paralympic on. Maybe came a

:30:43.:30:49.

bit too early in his development for the Olympics that Mark Telford the

:30:50.:30:53.

winner of the wheelchair race in the Great North Run. Great race from

:30:54.:31:01.

them, just to continue that point about Dibaba, Cheruiyot has that

:31:02.:31:09.

offer bit. The gaps have opened slightly but if you look at the

:31:10.:31:13.

front, you are seeing Tirunesh Dibaba, the greatest female athlete

:31:14.:31:18.

of all time, three Olympic gold medals, three Olympic bronze medals,

:31:19.:31:22.

no female has individually won more medals than that in the Olympic

:31:23.:31:26.

Games. Next to her the Olympic 5,000-metre champion, Tirunesh

:31:27.:31:35.

Dibaba was the previous champion that then Vivian went ahead to win

:31:36.:31:41.

the Olympic 5000. We are looking at two legends of female long-distance

:31:42.:31:44.

running and these athletes are now getting ready after wonderful track

:31:45.:31:48.

is to move onto the road. Today the half marathon is a first step and

:31:49.:31:52.

suddenly after 45 minutes of running, Tirunesh Dibaba suddenly

:31:53.:31:55.

comes to life and this is the closest and most competitive we have

:31:56.:32:02.

seen her so far. The now have another little downhill bit and then

:32:03.:32:07.

goes up again to the roundabout. Tirunesh is just looking who is

:32:08.:32:12.

behind her, there is only Joyce Chepkirui and Vivian Cheruiyot so

:32:13.:32:22.

just back onto the incline. Dibaba maybe sensing Vivian went a bit too

:32:23.:32:29.

early. I think it was a little bit of subtle mind games, coming up the

:32:30.:32:35.

incline, Tirunesh Dibaba sensed Vivian Cheruiyot had made a move and

:32:36.:32:40.

was then just backing off a tiny bit so she easily glides alongside her

:32:41.:32:44.

as if to say I'm still here, that hasn't done a lot of damage to me,

:32:45.:32:49.

but now I've let you know I'm here, I'm just going to drop to the back

:32:50.:32:53.

again. Vivian Cheruiyot pushes on again and tries again just to turn

:32:54.:32:57.

the screw a little more and get daylight opening up between herself

:32:58.:33:07.

and Dibaba. It is real cut and man. -- Mall. All of a sudden as they

:33:08.:33:18.

crested that thrives Dibaba on the downhill section. This will be

:33:19.:33:25.

because there is a fair bit of up and down, if you feel good on the

:33:26.:33:29.

uphill bits and you want to push on and you think your opponent is

:33:30.:33:33.

struggling on the puppets and tend to take the downhill better, there

:33:34.:33:37.

is eventual drop when they come onto the seafront. The men's race down to

:33:38.:33:42.

three already, Chris Thomson has dropped off, this is a good pace by

:33:43.:33:50.

Dathan Ritzenhein. He is doing a very worst thing on his behalf. Now

:33:51.:33:55.

he's doing what he said he would do and he's going to make more run for

:33:56.:33:59.

his money. Emmanuel Bett in second place and Mo Farrah inverts the

:34:00.:34:06.

men's down to three. It is getting competitive now and I am impressed

:34:07.:34:11.

with data and written home, he is running strongly and well -- Dathan

:34:12.:34:17.

Ritzenhein. He's preparing for the New York Marathon and I think you

:34:18.:34:21.

came here wanting to run hard and make it a hard tempo, he struggled a

:34:22.:34:26.

little bit to run to his potential in the marathon and he struggled a

:34:27.:34:29.

bit to get the fuel and right and drinking right so he definitely is

:34:30.:34:33.

using this as a test and as a build and he wants to go into New York

:34:34.:34:41.

City in eight weeks and run well. Meanwhile at the Tyne Bridge,

:34:42.:34:45.

friends of the Great North Run, great friends of the Great North

:34:46.:34:49.

Run, the red arrows flying overhead. Honouring this event is with their

:34:50.:34:55.

flight path as they have done for so many years now, all the way back to

:34:56.:35:00.

2002, they have come every single year and a very welcome indeed. A

:35:01.:35:05.

resplendent day such as today, we get a spectacular view of their

:35:06.:35:12.

skill and expertise and we will be seeing more of them a little bit

:35:13.:35:13.

later on. Interestingly Dibaba struggling as

:35:14.:35:29.

they go through 15 K. That is a roundabout 15.30 which is very quick

:35:30.:35:34.

for a five K section and that is why Dibaba is struggling. She made the

:35:35.:35:43.

little move in a gesture to try and get the pace to back off a little

:35:44.:35:47.

bit and intimidate the other two to do that because before I thought it

:35:48.:35:51.

was Priscah Jeptoo struggling to stay with the increasing pace but

:35:52.:35:58.

now it is Dibaba who lack the gap to open up and that is hard because

:35:59.:36:03.

she's running on her own and she can see the two ahead of and is working

:36:04.:36:07.

hard to close the gap and get back to them but is not making any

:36:08.:36:10.

inroads. In fact it is growing slightly. Around about 15 metres

:36:11.:36:18.

between Tirunesh Dibaba and the leading pair here of Vivian

:36:19.:36:21.

Cheruiyot and Priscah Jeptoo. Priscah Jeptoo a former winner back

:36:22.:36:27.

in 2013. Vivian Cheruiyot a first-time writer of this distance

:36:28.:36:31.

but looking very good, carrying her brilliant Olympic form into the

:36:32.:36:39.

race. But they still have about 3.5 Mars, maybe a bit less to go.

:36:40.:36:43.

Approaching the ten mile point -- miles. One of two hilly sections,

:36:44.:36:51.

not big hills but when you're at ten miles which certainly can have an

:36:52.:36:58.

effect. They drag. They drag for a long time, for almost a mile and

:36:59.:37:02.

that can be very tiring when you run as hard as you can over a 30 mile

:37:03.:37:06.

distance and you are already 11 miles in. The red arrows will head

:37:07.:37:18.

down to South Shields eventually and the guys have made their turn now,

:37:19.:37:23.

they are approaching the ten kilometre point and we will be able

:37:24.:37:26.

to get an indication that it is Emmanuel Bett now who is taken up

:37:27.:37:34.

the challenge. He saying just slipping behind me, just a little

:37:35.:37:41.

word, just coming up to the ten kilometres split and they know

:37:42.:37:44.

exactly what they are doing here, Mo Farrah trying to dictate things as

:37:45.:37:50.

he does on the track, he does it on the track by his presence and he

:37:51.:37:54.

says there you go to the front and get behind me and do as you told, Mo

:37:55.:38:00.

, conduct the orchestra. I think Dathan Ritzenhein Willett is getting

:38:01.:38:05.

behind it because you cannot go faster any more. He was probably

:38:06.:38:11.

saying you're doing well but he set the pace and inevitably if they're

:38:12.:38:16.

going to keep running at this pace, I think you were saying he was in

:38:17.:38:21.

61, 62 minutes shape but when they start running 60 minutes pace he

:38:22.:38:25.

will struggle. Approaching ten kilometres, you can see the orange

:38:26.:38:29.

sign on the left. We get the split in the second. The previous miles

:38:30.:38:36.

have been around 4.40, the slow smile has been that, a good pace,

:38:37.:38:41.

not record pace that a good pace being set so Bett and Mo Farrah,

:38:42.:38:52.

Dathan Ritzenhein will have to hold on. 28.32 through ten kilometres.

:38:53.:39:01.

Not bad on the track even if you are running that. Funnily enough, I told

:39:02.:39:10.

Emmanuel Bett this morning and he said if you felt strong in the race

:39:11.:39:13.

he would try to run away from Mo Farrah because he knows he had a

:39:14.:39:18.

magnificent performance in the Olympic Games but he feels strong

:39:19.:39:23.

enough. He's at the front, Kenny run away from Mo Farrah? -- can he run.

:39:24.:39:32.

So those three have a 32nd lead on the chasing group. Ritzenhein as I

:39:33.:39:39.

said, we will have to keep an eye on him. Thomson is ready a minute, if

:39:40.:39:48.

you consider he was with the group to Mars ago and has lost 52 seconds

:39:49.:39:55.

and two miles, -- two miles ago. That gap is not getting any bigger

:39:56.:39:59.

and the longest Tirunesh Dibaba that can hold onto the gap, the more her

:40:00.:40:04.

confidence can grow, this is the roundabout when they head into the

:40:05.:40:07.

new area. They have about a mile and a half to go before they reach the

:40:08.:40:12.

seafront and that hasn't really gotten any bigger and Jewish chariot

:40:13.:40:20.

may be aware that he wonder if these make more of an effort to push on,

:40:21.:40:29.

kind of picking the paces up here? -- Vivian Cheruiyot. He saw her take

:40:30.:40:35.

a look over her shoulder they're just gauging how big the gap was

:40:36.:40:40.

back to Tirunesh Dibaba. She increased the pace, puts her head

:40:41.:40:43.

down and kept working hard and Tirunesh Dibaba has not slowed down,

:40:44.:40:51.

the last mile was 4.58 so a sub five-minute mile which increases the

:40:52.:40:54.

pressure on Tirunesh Dibaba van from the overhead shot, she is managing

:40:55.:41:00.

to maintain the gap and it is hard when you feel like you should be

:41:01.:41:04.

able to close it and you actually see it start, it can be

:41:05.:41:09.

demoralising. It is tantalising. Not definitely all over for Tirunesh

:41:10.:41:12.

Dibaba but, she is definitely working to close the gap. Lets face

:41:13.:41:19.

it, we have seen her over the years, we have seen how great of an athlete

:41:20.:41:22.

she is that we rarely think about her as a competitor because when she

:41:23.:41:25.

wins she has been winning easily over the years and here she is in

:41:26.:41:30.

the race, she has won it before and is comeback from the Olympic Games,

:41:31.:41:34.

a personal best in the 10000 and she has a few more road races in the

:41:35.:41:39.

autumn and then she's getting ready for a marathon next year. Tirunesh

:41:40.:41:43.

Dibaba, the greatest female distance runner of all time now and that

:41:44.:41:48.

limbo between can I just hang on, can I close the back, you are

:41:49.:41:52.

looking at a formidable athlete with Vivian Cheruiyot and I know it is

:41:53.:41:56.

her debut but she's a great runner. Exceptional run up at the other

:41:57.:42:01.

thing about Tirunesh Dibaba is the difference in she came back from the

:42:02.:42:04.

break to having her son Nathan and to come back racing. She is mentally

:42:05.:42:11.

tougher and stronger. Before that because we maybe never saw her

:42:12.:42:17.

tested, could she keep the concentration and fight going when

:42:18.:42:20.

she was seeing the wind drift away a little bit but she certainly showed

:42:21.:42:26.

in Rio that she can maintain that and keep working away and one

:42:27.:42:35.

weakness shown by the two in France and she will house and close the gap

:42:36.:42:42.

down. Cheruiyot. Still at the start of the athletes are streaming over.

:42:43.:42:46.

Thousands and thousands of athletes on their way, a mile to the bridge,

:42:47.:42:55.

we saw the red arrows over the Tyne Bridge. Waving to the crowds. Almost

:42:56.:42:59.

seeing in the back of the field there. I'm glad he's changed hands,

:43:00.:43:07.

both will be sore. He will have good memories though. So many still

:43:08.:43:18.

waiting to get going. Probably run about 28 and 29,000 over the start

:43:19.:43:26.

line. Caroline Sighthill is running for a basketball club today, her

:43:27.:43:29.

sons, and Josh will be cheering Caroline on. Many of you would have

:43:30.:43:35.

been watching the Paralympic games, so many people getting inspired by

:43:36.:43:42.

things they have watched over the years, whether it is the Great North

:43:43.:43:45.

Run on TV, whether it is Mo Farrah or Paralympic games winning, it is

:43:46.:43:55.

great to see so many events ran the country. It is or has been a good

:43:56.:44:00.

thing to do as we know to get out and run, you don't have to run as

:44:01.:44:03.

hard as these guys but the enjoyment is therefore everybody to get

:44:04.:44:10.

involved in. Dathan has managed to pull itself together and I was then

:44:11.:44:14.

say is that because it's low but it isn't there. They are fast Mars at

:44:15.:44:20.

six and seven, always quicker here. 44 to 43, -- four .24 24.2 three. He

:44:21.:44:36.

thinks he has a position, he looked over his shoulder and he checked the

:44:37.:44:42.

distance behind and now he wants the time and the performance to be proud

:44:43.:44:46.

of. He is working hard and running well, those times were impressive

:44:47.:44:53.

and there is Ritzenhein leading the men's and in the women's, Priscah

:44:54.:45:00.

Jeptoo just edging ahead and the gap certainly now is not closing but I'd

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Tirunesh Dibaba burst so Priscah Jeptoo, remember when she won this

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race a few years ago, her last couple of miles were phenomenal. We

:45:10.:45:13.

are looking at the chasing Tirunesh Dibaba but, she is still keeping her

:45:14.:45:16.

eyes firmly fixed ahead and that gap has not grown much that she is one

:45:17.:45:21.

outstanding athlete and normally in this position you would say she has

:45:22.:45:25.

no chance that would hurt you could never say that. Interestingly fears

:45:26.:45:33.

is not a brilliantly fast-paced, a slow start and they did pick up in

:45:34.:45:39.

the middle but they are now running 5.13 in the previous mile and this

:45:40.:45:42.

is a bit more of a difficult section. They are going to run

:45:43.:45:50.

inside 68 minutes. But superfast so Dibaba struggling to stay. This is

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where the track athletes you know this, you start hurting. Especially

:45:58.:46:05.

someone is forcing the pace, I'm interested see how she copes with

:46:06.:46:08.

this downhill section. Maybe then she will rally a little bit.

:46:09.:46:19.

Yeah, maybe somebody has told her about that steep drop and then that

:46:20.:46:27.

will definitely be a deciding factor, whether she knows about it

:46:28.:46:30.

or not. We have discussed it before, haven't we? If you really hammer

:46:31.:46:36.

down the hill then you are tired after 12 miles of running on the

:46:37.:46:39.

road and find that very difficult to absorb and it is a struggle to keep

:46:40.:46:43.

moving along the last mile, along the seafront. Better to relax and

:46:44.:46:47.

almost let the momentum carry you down the hill and not worry about

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trying to break too much. Having said that she is an extremely tiny

:46:52.:46:56.

light runner so she will not have a huge amount of shock to absorb and

:46:57.:46:59.

should be able to just float down that hill and pick it up. The bigger

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factor will be any kind of breeze on the seafront moving those flags out

:47:04.:47:08.

in front of us, but looking at those it does not look significant today.

:47:09.:47:13.

My shock absorbing is not as good as it used to be. And mine is worse

:47:14.:47:19.

than that, Stephen, I tell you. There is based on Ritzenhein, no

:47:20.:47:26.

working it, -- Dathan Ritzenhein. This middle place is pretty strong

:47:27.:47:31.

and Dathan Ritzenhein, he clearly wants to run a good time, and that

:47:32.:47:36.

is obvious. Eight miles behind them and 52 go. The women I know

:47:37.:47:39.

approaching the seafront, down the hill, -- five to go. Dibaba has been

:47:40.:47:51.

here before, Priscah Jeptoo has been here before, but Cheruiyot in the

:47:52.:47:55.

pole position, the athlete getting ready to move up to a career at the

:47:56.:48:00.

marathon. Priscah Jeptoo reading as they come under the seafront. The

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great Vivian Cheruiyot, Olympic champion, world champion, and now

:48:07.:48:12.

onto the seafront in her first half marathon, and 12 miles behind her,

:48:13.:48:18.

1.1 miles to go. Will it be a glorious debut for Vivian Cheruiyot?

:48:19.:48:22.

Or will Priscah Jeptoo, the previous winner of this event, run away from

:48:23.:48:29.

her? Tirunesh Dibaba is still not that far away and there is still 1.1

:48:30.:48:35.

miles to go, so she is five or six seconds? Is that right? Via she is,

:48:36.:48:39.

not that far, and this race may not be over yet even for Tirunesh

:48:40.:48:45.

Dibaba. Once they crest this rise, and it is about judging your effort

:48:46.:48:49.

here. Jeptoo has obviously decided she is off here. I think she is

:48:50.:48:54.

under pressure, about a mile to go, if I can run five minutes, one last

:48:55.:49:00.

mile, but Cheruiyot hanging on to her, but for me Dibaba is moving

:49:01.:49:03.

well again and she just might be thinking she has a chance. Yes, I

:49:04.:49:07.

think the deciding factor here will be that pretty much the writing is

:49:08.:49:11.

on the wall for Priscah Jeptoo. She has a mile and if she runs that as

:49:12.:49:15.

hard as she can she has a chance to win this race, but unless she breaks

:49:16.:49:19.

Vivian Cheruiyot, she is not going to be that, in end there is the

:49:20.:49:23.

subplot of Tirunesh Dibaba trying to catch them. She will lose out to the

:49:24.:49:26.

fact that Jeptoo is pushing the pace because she has to. If this was two

:49:27.:49:32.

fast finishers, and Jeptoo closing, there may be a chance of a bit of

:49:33.:49:36.

cat wood cat and mouse, but Jeptoo only has one chance to win this race

:49:37.:49:40.

and that is to run it as hard as you can -- a bit of cat and mouse. She

:49:41.:49:44.

is four second behind this lead and that is not a lot. It is funny. Four

:49:45.:49:49.

second is on the track and three laps to cut it up, you would think

:49:50.:49:53.

you had a chance. You go on the roads and your 50 metres behind and

:49:54.:49:56.

only have three quarters of a mile, you don't know if you can, but I

:49:57.:50:01.

think Dibaba is making a real effort here, a real effort. There is

:50:02.:50:04.

clearly one thing in her mind. She could have settled for third and she

:50:05.:50:08.

has not. She is chasing the great Vivian Cheruiyot, Priscah Jeptoo,

:50:09.:50:13.

previous winner of the Great North Run, the Olympic 5,000-metre

:50:14.:50:17.

champion on the near side in the blue vest getting ready to make a

:50:18.:50:21.

move, and here comes Tirunesh Dibaba, the great distance runner

:50:22.:50:25.

she has been on the track. They are through 20 kilometres, just over

:50:26.:50:30.

1000 metres to go, and Priscah Jeptoo looks like she is working

:50:31.:50:35.

very hard. Tirunesh is working hard as well but that gap is a little bit

:50:36.:50:43.

to power -- too powerful, too much, too far. You just said that the

:50:44.:50:46.

effort to close that gap was becoming a bit too much and it has

:50:47.:50:50.

now gone to four, perhaps five seconds again now, so bigger for

:50:51.:50:55.

Dibaba. Does not look like it will be enough to get her to these front

:50:56.:51:02.

two -- big effort for Dibaba. Jeptoo doing what all good kickers do,

:51:03.:51:05.

letting you know I am here, letting you know it is not good enough, you

:51:06.:51:08.

have not broken media. 800 metres to go. If it was on the track, last two

:51:09.:51:14.

larks, it is a foregone conclusion, because Jeptoo would never out kept

:51:15.:51:17.

Cheruiyot, the Olympic champion, but it is not on the track, it is on the

:51:18.:51:22.

roads. She has to wait no, because you to make one move, Vivian

:51:23.:51:26.

Cheruiyot, the Olympic champion on the track, can she become in her

:51:27.:51:32.

debut in the half marathon the champion on the road, and Priscah

:51:33.:51:35.

Jeptoo is not giving up this one easily. You know what it is like.

:51:36.:51:39.

Trying to run the finish it. What are her chances? Surely she must be

:51:40.:51:43.

thinking the inevitable is going to happen? Yes, at this point, now. One

:51:44.:51:48.

second ago I was looking at the Gap and thought she has a tiny bit, and

:51:49.:51:51.

she knows that, but I think that was all she had to create that and now

:51:52.:51:53.

it is a foregone conclusion. Vivian Cheruiyot has moved in front

:51:54.:52:13.

and there are, what, 600 metres left to run in this race and I do not

:52:14.:52:15.

think Priscah Jeptoo will come back on her shoulder and be able to take

:52:16.:52:18.

this victory. A little three-metre gap appears. Cheruiyot has not

:52:19.:52:20.

really started kicking yet. Jeptoo gives it another go. They come down

:52:21.:52:23.

there and are approaching the last few hundred metres, Jeptoo

:52:24.:52:26.

desperately trying to hold on, and Cheruiyot, well, she was run away

:52:27.:52:34.

from in the final, but when it comes to winning races on the track

:52:35.:52:37.

Cheruiyot is definitely one of the best. Over the years she has been

:52:38.:52:41.

outkicked by Dibaba, she has won world titles then finally in Rio

:52:42.:52:44.

came away to win the 5,000-metre gold medal, but now with just 200

:52:45.:52:50.

metres to go in her first ever have to marathon she has enough other gap

:52:51.:52:53.

there that would suggest she can continue to build on that, and she

:52:54.:52:59.

does. Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya, moving away from her team-mate

:53:00.:53:05.

Priscah Jeptoo, the winner in 2013. Two former winners behind Cheruiyot,

:53:06.:53:11.

and if she does have a career on the road ahead of her, perhaps the half

:53:12.:53:15.

marathon, she has gotten off to a brilliant start by coming to take

:53:16.:53:20.

the title in her first ever visit to the Great North Run. Vivian

:53:21.:53:25.

Cheruiyot wins, Jeptoo takes second, and Tirunesh Dibaba crosses the line

:53:26.:53:32.

a few seconds behind in third. Great race from three very good athletes,

:53:33.:53:37.

the two big names, Cheruiyot and Dibaba of course, the ones everyone

:53:38.:53:41.

was speaking about beforehand. Jeptoo got in amongst them. It was

:53:42.:53:45.

not a particularly fast time, on a day when the early miles dictated

:53:46.:53:49.

the finishing time, but it did hot up in the middle of the race and

:53:50.:53:55.

that is a fantastic debut for Vivian Cheruiyot, and who knows, it might

:53:56.:53:58.

just lead to a little think about where she goes next in her career.

:53:59.:54:06.

So we are just waiting as these three finish a long way ahead of the

:54:07.:54:12.

rest, to see who is heading down the road behind them. We think Gemma

:54:13.:54:18.

Steel is not too far away. That is Eloise Wellings, I think. 800 metres

:54:19.:54:26.

to go for her, so the top three across the line in the women's race,

:54:27.:54:33.

a great win for Cheruiyot. We can go back and no developments in the

:54:34.:54:42.

men's... Emmanuel Bett, Dathan Ritzenhein, perhaps after a patch

:54:43.:54:44.

for he was not feeling too good or whatever, he has really picked up

:54:45.:54:47.

the pace and thrown in some hard miles in the middle of that race,

:54:48.:54:52.

but Mo Farah is sticking to him like blue. I wonder if he is whispering

:54:53.:55:00.

behind me... Dathan, doing a great job, you have to hand it to him. You

:55:01.:55:04.

can see the speeds they are and that is pretty good running from the

:55:05.:55:10.

American. I say, Paula, he was one who American fans really wanted to

:55:11.:55:14.

see do well, wanted to see him make the team for Rio, and he was not

:55:15.:55:18.

able to do that, so it would have been tough for him to watch Galen

:55:19.:55:24.

Rupp when his medal but good for him today. Yes, really tough for them

:55:25.:55:28.

and I think he had cramping issues and I am not sure he was even able

:55:29.:55:32.

to finish the trial but he was not able to do himself justice certainly

:55:33.:55:35.

and you said he wasn't very good shape for the trial but just got

:55:36.:55:38.

something wrong, something started cramping up within his body and he

:55:39.:55:41.

was not able to run well and make that team. I think that was very

:55:42.:55:45.

hard for him because he knew it was his real shot of making the US

:55:46.:55:49.

Olympic team, so he has bounced back from there, gone away and train hard

:55:50.:55:54.

over the summer. He will have been pleased to see Galen Rupp, former

:55:55.:55:57.

training partner of his, run so well in the marathon in Rio, but he

:55:58.:56:00.

wanted to be in that race, and I think this is now making up for

:56:01.:56:04.

that. You can see a little on his face there, he is very focused on

:56:05.:56:08.

this, putting a lot of effort into this early on and making it a hard

:56:09.:56:14.

run, really taking it to Mo Farah today saying, "You might come in

:56:15.:56:18.

today and beat me on your home turf", but I will make you work hard

:56:19.:56:23.

for it and also get some good temple running training in the bank to make

:56:24.:56:26.

sure I can come back in the marathon in New York and run well as well.

:56:27.:56:33.

The PC is running at, Paula and Brendan, it... Is exactly one hour,

:56:34.:56:38.

perhaps frustrating for him, but he is running a good race here. Now it

:56:39.:56:42.

is not so much about how he gets the ten miles, but... OK, we will come

:56:43.:56:48.

back to that in a minute, as we see Eloise Wellings coming in to finish

:56:49.:56:55.

in fourth place. A clock of 71.20 two. Excuse me, sorry, fifth place.

:56:56.:57:02.

I will make apologies to our winner Vivien Cherry at, because I

:57:03.:57:05.

completely forgot it is her birthday today. I should have said happy

:57:06.:57:10.

birthday as she crossed the line -- Vivian Cheruiyot. One thing athlete

:57:11.:57:13.

speak about when they finish the season, finish their big races,

:57:14.:57:17.

particularly some of the women I chatted to yesterday after the

:57:18.:57:20.

event, I cannot wait for a bit of cake, so a bit of birthday cake

:57:21.:57:25.

coming up for Vivian Cheruiyot. Charlotte Purdue. She will be the

:57:26.:57:35.

first of the British athletes to finish. It is good to see Charlotte

:57:36.:57:43.

Purdue coming in. Charlotte Purdue... Oh! Well done, guys. A

:57:44.:57:58.

pretty good run from Charlotte Purdue. 72.20, there are

:57:59.:58:02.

thereabouts. Not too far off a personal best. I think that is

:58:03.:58:13.

Eloise 's. . Anyway, to this pace being set by Ritzenheim, and I was

:58:14.:58:17.

trying to make the point that he is operating in an area he has not been

:58:18.:58:21.

in too many times, but I was also making the point guys that you can

:58:22.:58:25.

get to ten living miles and then not be able to finish it off well but

:58:26.:58:29.

the question for him is can he finished well? -- Eloise's daughter.

:58:30.:58:32.

He is testing Mo Farah but also testing himself as well. An

:58:33.:58:35.

important test for him because he knows when it comes down to the

:58:36.:58:38.

finishing area, and the last couple of hundred metres, you would never

:58:39.:58:42.

bet against Mo Farah, on the roads, on the track. But he has run a fine

:58:43.:58:48.

race today. He came here and the view was, let's find out how tired

:58:49.:58:52.

Mo Farah is, let me run as fast as I can. He had a good ten mile

:58:53.:58:57.

build-up, that race in America, and now getting good support because he

:58:58.:59:01.

is really taking this to Mo Farah, and at the end of the day I think

:59:02.:59:04.

Dathan Ritzenhein will get the reward. He has run 60 minutes flat,

:59:05.:59:10.

as you said, Steve, so could he go under that here? I think he has

:59:11.:59:15.

given it a good go and given it his best shot. I think hats off to

:59:16.:59:20.

Dathan Ritzenhein out here today because how often have we said that

:59:21.:59:23.

those guys, racing Mo Farah in a championship, they have just let him

:59:24.:59:27.

dictate the race and run the race that sits him? But obviously Dathan

:59:28.:59:34.

nos Mo well, has trained with him, knows him as a character, but he has

:59:35.:59:37.

not done that. He has said he would run his own race, I will hit you

:59:38.:59:43.

where I know you're only possible weakness might like, making it hard

:59:44.:59:45.

in the middle of the race and really making you work for it and we will

:59:46.:59:49.

just see how tired you are. We do know Mo Farah is in great shape, he

:59:50.:59:52.

has been away and put his head down over the last couple of weeks since

:59:53.:59:56.

Rio and has got ready again for this race, because it is important to

:59:57.:00:00.

him, to come here and win this again, but this is not a race handed

:00:01.:00:04.

to Mo on a plate with a little bit of a pacemaker to keep it at a

:00:05.:00:07.

decent pace, this is Dathan Ritzenhein giving it a really good

:00:08.:00:12.

shot to win it. To try and beat the great Mo Farah, you know, the test

:00:13.:00:15.

for Mo, he has done the Olympic Games, gone through all of that,

:00:16.:00:18.

gone back to Oregon, settle down for a couple of days, got back into

:00:19.:00:23.

training, won this race twice in a row, and though one has ever won it

:00:24.:00:32.

three times in a row, so he is desperately keen to win it a third

:00:33.:00:35.

time, in a row, but the other thing, he is getting harder race than he

:00:36.:00:38.

anticipated. That anybody anticipated, and Dathan Ritzenhein

:00:39.:00:39.

is really making it, not looking over his shoulder any more, not

:00:40.:00:43.

doing what he is told by Mo any more, not slipping in behind Mo as

:00:44.:00:46.

Mo was asking him to do earlier on, so now we have a race. A yard or two

:00:47.:00:51.

know. He is not trying to run away from Mo at this point, is he?

:00:52.:01:01.

We have had over 40,000 across the start line and still they continue.

:01:02.:01:09.

I think the last runner will cross pretty soon, they are past the ten

:01:10.:01:20.

miles mark so it is an indication of how quick they are going. Ritzenhein

:01:21.:01:25.

keeping the pressure on. The last mile was one of the slowest once

:01:26.:01:30.

we're just waiting for the 11, four .46 which is the slowest mile of the

:01:31.:01:35.

course, it is one of the tougher one so perhaps Dathan, struggling to

:01:36.:01:42.

keep the pressure on, the next will be interesting to see what happens

:01:43.:01:47.

because Mo is biding his time now, he's getting a cruise with

:01:48.:01:52.

Ritzenhein. He is not going to help the American, Ritzenhein heading for

:01:53.:01:57.

a good race whatever happens. He has done very well here and it would be

:01:58.:02:01.

quick from him as long as he doesn't completely fall apart. Can he build

:02:02.:02:07.

it and put a bit more pressure on Mo Farrah? I think he's a really

:02:08.:02:18.

operating at personal best and certainly personal best effort so

:02:19.:02:21.

I'm not sure how much more data and written- can do, he really has. He

:02:22.:02:29.

wants to maintain that -- Dathan Ritzenhein. He doesn't want to

:02:30.:02:33.

overcook it on the last section before he hits the seafront. He will

:02:34.:02:37.

know the closer it gets to the seafront, the more it is into

:02:38.:02:45.

definite Mo's territory. He knows the course well as well, he has run

:02:46.:02:50.

here are a few times before, maybe ten years ago in 2007 or 2006. He

:02:51.:02:57.

knows the course and he knows how to judge the effort and he is a very

:02:58.:03:02.

experienced road racer on any surface but certainly judging his

:03:03.:03:08.

effort you rarely see Ritzenhein get it wrong and fall apart in the last

:03:09.:03:14.

couple of miles. Trying to lead Mo in the event. Running hard, running

:03:15.:03:19.

fast, ten years ago he came here and he was third in the Great North Run.

:03:20.:03:23.

He has tried many things since and many distances. 5,000-metre time

:03:24.:03:32.

under 30 minutes is a class athlete in every sense. He is trying to beat

:03:33.:03:39.

Mo, trying to run away from him but look at 1-macro cruising beautiful

:03:40.:03:49.

style and beautiful action. On the track we know he is invincible, he

:03:50.:03:52.

has been beaten in this event before but has won the last two years. Is

:03:53.:03:56.

this Mo Farrah on his way to a third? He would suspect so and Mo

:03:57.:04:04.

moving out a little bit from behind the shadow of Ritzenhein sensing,

:04:05.:04:10.

you know if he wanted to push on he could still get under 60 minutes

:04:11.:04:13.

that would be more interested in running the race. He is sensing

:04:14.:04:19.

Ritzenhein is working hard to maintain this pace when they drop

:04:20.:04:23.

down through 12 miles, it should be fairly soon, in another minute or

:04:24.:04:31.

so, when they drop down the steep downhill section near Marston. Mo is

:04:32.:04:39.

away and that is someone who hasn't got legs. Ritzenhein braking hard

:04:40.:04:44.

done that where has Mo just flowing down the hill letting himself go. He

:04:45.:04:49.

just wants to make sure he doesn't want to do any damage annexes better

:04:50.:04:56.

to relax down the hill, Mo may even let Ritzenhein comeback, now he has

:04:57.:05:01.

the gap why not push on. He certainly knows he pretty much has

:05:02.:05:06.

this one. It is just a case of how hard he wants to go in the last

:05:07.:05:13.

mile. About five minutes more of running and he has a lead of ten

:05:14.:05:17.

metres. A quick look behind and all of the support along the seafront,

:05:18.:05:21.

there are thousands of people here on a beautiful day in South Shields

:05:22.:05:36.

to welcome Mo Farrah. Keeps checking behind, not sure he has much to

:05:37.:05:40.

worry about, Ritzenhein has run his race. Could see how hard he was

:05:41.:05:45.

working half a mile back and now he has to concentrate and keep his eye

:05:46.:05:49.

on the back of Mo Farrah and try to make sure he can stay as close as he

:05:50.:05:53.

can because he's heading for a quick time. I wonder if Mo can enjoy this

:05:54.:06:00.

now? It seems he has broken Dathan Ritzenhein, he was cruising around

:06:01.:06:03.

the corner and has all the victories behind him, he has the glorious

:06:04.:06:07.

moments from Rio behind him, he has less than a mile to go now. It looks

:06:08.:06:16.

as though he will win his third Great North Run, he has worked hard

:06:17.:06:19.

in this and work hard for everything in his athletic career and I wonder

:06:20.:06:24.

if he would relax but he's doing what runners do, they are closing in

:06:25.:06:28.

on the finish they keep driving and working, he is not relaxing and

:06:29.:06:31.

enjoying it, he will enjoy it when it's finished. You know Mo's Time in

:06:32.:06:37.

Cardiff, the weather was a little bit different, we could call it a

:06:38.:06:45.

squall, gale force winds, rain driving sideways, Mo nearly got

:06:46.:06:49.

blown over when he went past the junction and he ran 59.59, I think

:06:50.:06:55.

you'll be very close to that, if he does as you say hopefully enjoy

:06:56.:06:59.

this, the crowds will be cheering him on, if he can lift himself with

:07:00.:07:04.

the support then he still has a chance of going under the one hour

:07:05.:07:08.

mark and Ritzenhein still has a chance of running perhaps his second

:07:09.:07:12.

best ever. The American trying to hang on and work hard, the 12 mile

:07:13.:07:19.

is a quick one, it always is that mine has carried that pace on -- it

:07:20.:07:31.

always is, but Mo has. Doing something of course which is

:07:32.:07:34.

familiar in the sense of winning but he doesn't have too many races when

:07:35.:07:38.

he's out the front on his own like this. All of the track races come

:07:39.:07:44.

down to the last few hundred metres, a familiar sight now though, Mo

:07:45.:07:49.

Farrah winning a big race. Mo Farrah stretching out, his last of the

:07:50.:07:55.

season, patented metres remaining, he glances over his shoulder, Dathan

:07:56.:07:58.

Ritzenhein is working hard now and Mo Farrah has six or 700 metres to

:07:59.:08:05.

go. The end of the glorious year and a glorious four years since 2012

:08:06.:08:09.

with all of the victories he has achieved. Well done Mo Farrah. I'm

:08:10.:08:20.

not sure he's bothered about going out, he will be on the margin, if he

:08:21.:08:25.

really push this he definitely would have broken it, he doesn't need to

:08:26.:08:30.

do that so if you sort of maintains his rhythm and his cadence that he

:08:31.:08:34.

has at the moment, he might just miss the one hour mark. That doesn't

:08:35.:08:38.

matter, the crowd came here to see Mo Farrah win and that is what they

:08:39.:08:43.

are going to be watching, that is what Mo has delivered for them. A

:08:44.:08:51.

hero of British athletics. Being cheered on by thousands of people

:08:52.:08:56.

here. Of course, I'm sure maybe one or two did not get the chance to go

:08:57.:09:01.

to Rio and cheer him on there, we had great British support there in

:09:02.:09:04.

the stadium but this is their chance to come out on the streets of

:09:05.:09:07.

Tyneside and see not only Britain's hero but one of the greatest

:09:08.:09:13.

distance runners of all time. You have to say that with a record he

:09:14.:09:19.

now has in major championships, two more Olympic gold medals to the

:09:20.:09:22.

amazing tally here ready has, it's not going to stop there or is it?

:09:23.:09:27.

Will be seeing him at London next year, many of these people may well

:09:28.:09:30.

but tickets for but Mo Farrah stretching away continuing his glory

:09:31.:09:39.

run here in the last 150 metres he has really had to go some to break

:09:40.:09:44.

one-hour, probably looking at the clock and he will not be too

:09:45.:09:48.

bothered about that today. No need for the big sprint, no need for him

:09:49.:09:51.

to panic or worry, no need to watch the clock, he is just enjoying this,

:09:52.:09:59.

Heery goes. That might even be a different way but there we go. Mo

:10:00.:10:04.

Farrah wins his third Great North Run and makes another little bit of

:10:05.:10:10.

history. Ritzenhein running very fast indeed. Not far outside his

:10:11.:10:17.

personal best from second. He did really well today, he made Mo work

:10:18.:10:21.

through no doubt about it. You can see how tired Mo Farrah is there and

:10:22.:10:25.

I don't think Mo was bothered at all about the winning time. The win was

:10:26.:10:34.

important today, winning in France of this huge crowd here and winning

:10:35.:10:38.

his third Great North Run. Coming down the finish there, the word

:10:39.:10:46.

tired didn't even apply to Mo this year, he was tired earlier on wasn't

:10:47.:10:56.

it? Emmanuel Bett. Third place. Pretty solid run from him. The clock

:10:57.:11:04.

is just over 61 minutes. So that did well to hang on to his third spot.

:11:05.:11:17.

In the middle part in the pasted kick up and you have two concentrate

:11:18.:11:20.

on hang on and he did that really well. Mo waiting to congratulate

:11:21.:11:31.

Bette, these three are medallists and Mo Farrah is still recovering.

:11:32.:11:38.

It did take it out of them. I think he has another couple of races to go

:11:39.:11:42.

before he rests at the end of the year. But a good performance. He ran

:11:43.:11:48.

hard, very close to 60 minutes and that was an attempt with a hundred

:11:49.:11:53.

metres to go and he almost shipped himself over because when you tried

:11:54.:12:00.

to do that with a hundred metres to go and be enjoying that when he was

:12:01.:12:06.

still running close to breaking the hour is pretty phenomenal running,

:12:07.:12:11.

that is why he is tired and Dathan Ritzenhein type that can walk away

:12:12.:12:16.

very proud today. I suspect that was Mo Farrah's march to Alan Shearer.

:12:17.:12:21.

He been talking a lot of football this weekend and there is a statue

:12:22.:12:29.

being unveiled this week and to Alan Shearer. The great Newcastle United

:12:30.:12:34.

striker, he said those words. He is a great striker. OK well done Mo

:12:35.:12:44.

Farrah and modern Dathan Ritzenhein. A great win again for Mo Farrah.

:12:45.:12:52.

Historic day indeed Steve Cram giving credit to Newcastle United

:12:53.:13:00.

player. Going down the course now to take on the adoration and the

:13:01.:13:04.

incredible crowds who lined the route today and we came up behind

:13:05.:13:08.

from the start behind the elite men and just seeing the people that have

:13:09.:13:14.

come out on the course who are ready to cheer on and give support to the

:13:15.:13:19.

masses, 57,000 runners on the course and now we have had the elite women,

:13:20.:13:23.

the elite men, the wheelchair races and now it is all about the amazing

:13:24.:13:29.

folk who've signed up, some first timers, some multiple Great North

:13:30.:13:33.

Run attendees who will come across the line with amazing stories and

:13:34.:13:37.

incredible acts of bravery and courage to get here. Mo Farrah

:13:38.:13:47.

taking it fairly easy in the end, grey victory a great victory for his

:13:48.:13:48.

summer. This was the result in the men's

:13:49.:14:07.

wheelchair race. You can see in the times how close it was. Crossley was

:14:08.:14:11.

closing in on the man from her for much of the race but couldn't get

:14:12.:14:18.

there. Cala Paul in third place. -- Calum Hall. The result in the

:14:19.:14:24.

women's race. Vivian Cheruiyot, we saw that finish just holding off jet

:14:25.:14:35.

to. -- Priscah Jeptoo. A great win for Vivian Cheruiyot, her first win

:14:36.:14:44.

in the half marathon distance air. And in the men's race, it has just

:14:45.:14:49.

finished. Mo Farrah taking it just outside the one hour but he was not

:14:50.:14:56.

bothered about the times. Dathan Ritzenhein, a great one by the

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American, Bashir Abdi coming through to take their place. -- third place.

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GABBY LOGAN: If you have someone out there on the course today and you

:15:11.:15:15.

want to give them a message or wish them luck you can text us or use the

:15:16.:15:24.

hashtag. We are on Instagram, Facebook, BBC

:15:25.:15:28.

Sport is all over them. We would love to hear from you and plenty of

:15:29.:15:31.

people on the course watching this today will think, I want to sign up

:15:32.:15:35.

for this next year. Hugh at home may be thinking, it is time I did

:15:36.:15:40.

something, got off the sofa and got myself running, swimming, whatever

:15:41.:15:43.

you feel could inspire you to do something a little bit more physical

:15:44.:15:50.

-- you at home. Get Inspired is the BBC Sport campaign. You can find

:15:51.:15:54.

inspirational stories from people just like you as well as hints, tips

:15:55.:15:59.

and over 70 practical guides to help you give something a go. You can

:16:00.:16:05.

also find something to try and tell us how you are getting on and ask

:16:06.:16:10.

questions to our social media accounts on Twitter and Facebook and

:16:11.:16:12.

then you can inspire somebody else to give something a try. Now, we are

:16:13.:16:19.

passing the baton over to you. Get inspired and get active. Well, I

:16:20.:16:26.

doubt there is anybody more inspiring than the lady I am going

:16:27.:16:31.

to speak to know. Claire Lomas started on Wednesday, three miles a

:16:32.:16:34.

day, you did, with your incredible bionic legs, Claire. And you made

:16:35.:16:41.

it! Well done. It has been certainly challenging, there were times this

:16:42.:16:44.

make divot-mac week I did not know whether I would make it. It might

:16:45.:16:47.

you have not done that at that pace before. You did the marathon before

:16:48.:16:51.

a little slower and today obviously you cross the line, but not just the

:16:52.:16:55.

challenges you would ordinarily have physically, but you have just

:16:56.:16:58.

announced your pregnant? -- there were times this week I did not

:16:59.:17:02.

whether I would make it. Yes, there were times this week I was quite

:17:03.:17:05.

sick and tired to quite a relief to actually make it and the Great Run

:17:06.:17:12.

team have been great to give me the opportunity so I did not want to let

:17:13.:17:15.

them down and everyone who supported and donated, I just wanted to get to

:17:16.:17:19.

the finish and that has happened so I am over the moon. Congratulations

:17:20.:17:23.

on both runs. Tell us about the really tough moment and when things

:17:24.:17:28.

almost begin too much? On the first day it was really hot. I came here

:17:29.:17:32.

with all the waterproofs thinking it would rain and it was boiling!

:17:33.:17:47.

So it was really hard in the suit because I have to wear a lot of

:17:48.:17:52.

clothing to protect me then I had a few marks, I was in A on that

:17:53.:17:54.

third morning having one of my injuries dressed so it did not keep

:17:55.:17:57.

rubbing and I have to have that checked later. Every pavement, every

:17:58.:18:00.

bump, it is an obstacle and I also found it quite hilly, so also a few

:18:01.:18:03.

tears on the way round when I looked at the pavement and saw what it was

:18:04.:18:06.

like. There you are with your remarkable husband who has literally

:18:07.:18:09.

been behind you every step of the way. It has been amazing. It has not

:18:10.:18:13.

been easy with the ground and damp, so if I lost my balance he could

:18:14.:18:18.

push me back onto my feet and he has had to do that a few times because

:18:19.:18:21.

there were moments where I really lost my balance, I just felt so

:18:22.:18:31.

tired. Claire, you motivate and inspire the many people. What keeps

:18:32.:18:34.

you going? The support I have had your keeps me going a lot, but in

:18:35.:18:37.

the early days it was actually harder than this. Getting out of bed

:18:38.:18:40.

when you had nothing to get it for, after an injury, and suddenly your

:18:41.:18:42.

life changes. I had to find the motivation to get out of that and

:18:43.:18:46.

that was tougher than this. I just took every opportunity I could in

:18:47.:18:49.

those early days, not thinking of what it might lead to but just

:18:50.:18:53.

grabbing small things, and that led on to things I never dreamt I could

:18:54.:18:57.

do. You do not have to think about more challenges because you have the

:18:58.:19:00.

challenge of being pregnant and having another baby! Two children,

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yes, it will be very challenging! A lot of hard work from just one so

:19:07.:19:10.

that will test me. I am sure I will speak to somewhere else in the

:19:11.:19:14.

future because you either kind of lady we cannot keep down. Thank you,

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Gabby. Thank you. A true inspiration, Claire Lomas. Claire

:19:21.:19:23.

will hopefully no go off and enjoy a nice piece of cake but a lot of work

:19:24.:19:27.

to be done for a lot of people sell out there. Here is what is up... --

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now go off. Training tips from other pretty well qualified coach. Tania

:19:36.:19:42.

Farah takes part in her very first Great North Run. Terry Deary

:19:43.:19:47.

continues his "Horrible history" of the Great North Run. As the

:19:48.:20:00.

Kaiserchiefs prepare for a benefit concert tonight, we hear about the

:20:01.:20:05.

money raised. And people affected by loss coming together at the Great

:20:06.:20:10.

North Run. It is a stunning day here in the north-east. Doesn't that

:20:11.:20:13.

coastline looked absolutely beautiful? If you have never made

:20:14.:20:16.

the journey to this part of the world, even if you are not going to

:20:17.:20:19.

do the Great North Run, you should really come to see what is a really

:20:20.:20:22.

special part of the UK. It is not just the UK that is represented, of

:20:23.:20:26.

course, at the Great North Run. It is the world's favourite run. 57,000

:20:27.:20:33.

participants, the most ever in a mass participation run.

:20:34.:20:45.

They are out on the street pounding the 30 males and we have been

:20:46.:20:49.

catching up with a few of them on the streets. I was wanted to do the

:20:50.:20:52.

Great North Run from one I was small. I used to watch it with my

:20:53.:20:55.

dad, the everyone's lining up down to the sea, and this year I get my

:20:56.:20:58.

chance to beer. On a summer's evening like this, who would not

:20:59.:21:00.

want to be running? You can clear your mind of a hard day's worked --

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my chance to be here. I love the feeling of being free when I am out

:21:05.:21:06.

running. My running journey has taken me to many places and I am

:21:07.:21:09.

really excited to come to England soon. I am doing the Great North Run

:21:10.:21:13.

with my daughter for the first time. First time running for Alzheimer's.

:21:14.:21:21.

There is life after breast cancer is just keep positive. If we can raise

:21:22.:21:25.

a little money towards this great cause it can normally do some good.

:21:26.:21:29.

It can invest in our future as well as yours. There is only one Great

:21:30.:21:34.

North Run. It is one of the biggest best half marathons in the world. It

:21:35.:21:40.

is the world's favourite run. It will always have a special place in

:21:41.:21:43.

my heart in Newcastle and therefore I go back every year and I intend to

:21:44.:21:47.

take part. I am really looking forward to running amongst 50,000

:21:48.:21:53.

people. All those frontrunners, and atmosphere will be great. This is

:21:54.:22:01.

going to be so some! Geordie land and the Great North Run, here we

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come! See you in Newcastle! GABBY LOGAN: Some incredible people

:22:10.:22:14.

out there representing all kinds of, well, not just countries but

:22:15.:22:17.

charities and raising money for wonderful causes as well. Last year

:22:18.:22:22.

we brought you the story, the amazing story, of the foundation

:22:23.:22:27.

which touched so many of you and so many people got in touch wondering

:22:28.:22:31.

how they could help. It is National Transplant Week And The Story Has

:22:32.:22:36.

Moved On So Far, but let's remind you about what we told you last

:22:37.:22:46.

year. Back in April my son Bodie had a choking accident at home and he

:22:47.:22:49.

then spent the next five days putting up an absolutely incredible

:22:50.:22:54.

fight which enabled me to learn more about his character and his spirit

:22:55.:22:57.

than I probably would have learned about him in ten, 15, 20 years. It

:22:58.:23:02.

was only at the point where we realised he was not coming back that

:23:03.:23:06.

we started to consider organ donation. There was no way we could

:23:07.:23:13.

let his life mean nothing. And it is that that inspired us as a family to

:23:14.:23:20.

start the charity and start to do good things in his name. At the

:23:21.:23:25.

Great North Run, there will be myself, our patron, and Greg

:23:26.:23:33.

Beatrix, the father of Matthew, the ten-year-old boy who has now been

:23:34.:23:39.

seven years waiting for a kidney who spends 12 hours on dialysis each and

:23:40.:23:45.

every day -- Craig. Going through the motions of your life, you're

:23:46.:23:53.

just holding out for that one thing. I just cannot get my head round why

:23:54.:23:57.

we are waiting so long, when there are so many people out there who

:23:58.:24:01.

could donate, but they just don't choose to. It is a pretty wrong way,

:24:02.:24:10.

but for me personally, 30 males, Matthew gets me through it. I just

:24:11.:24:16.

think of all the pain he goes through, so me running 30 males is

:24:17.:24:23.

nothing. I know that part of my son lives on in other people and there

:24:24.:24:29.

is no greater sense of pride -- 13 miles. There is no greater sense of

:24:30.:24:37.

pride you can have as a father. Well, we understand there was a huge

:24:38.:24:42.

reaction to that story last year, but for one man in particular it was

:24:43.:24:47.

literally life changing. Just before the Great North Run last year

:24:48.:24:52.

Matthew's situation kind of changed a lot, he became seriously ill. His

:24:53.:24:59.

antibodies only matched 1% of the populists of the chances of him

:25:00.:25:04.

actually finding a donor were not high. We did a local half marathon

:25:05.:25:11.

where I advertised on running pitch for people to wear pink organ

:25:12.:25:15.

donation T-shirts and there was a certain person called Edward who

:25:16.:25:22.

just came up, got a top, and left. I carry a donor card but... I didn't

:25:23.:25:31.

realise, so I started looking into it, I offered. I don't know how or

:25:32.:25:35.

why I did it, just on the Facebook page, I said, I have a spare kidney,

:25:36.:25:38.

if you would like one. Happy to help. His dad explained, it is not

:25:39.:25:45.

as easy as that, you have to see if you're the match, go through

:25:46.:25:49.

rigorous testing. A couple of months passed, and I get a message from him

:25:50.:25:54.

and it was like, I have passed this test. You donate blood then they

:25:55.:26:02.

test your blood. The next stage is physical where they test the

:26:03.:26:05.

capacity of your kidneys, and if you pass that you go through a mental

:26:06.:26:09.

stage. You have to sure you have thought about it and plan for it.

:26:10.:26:13.

That process took about a year and then he came back. He said, I am a

:26:14.:26:20.

match. I said, what do you mean? Used have more tests. He said, no, I

:26:21.:26:27.

am a complete match. There is a one in 60,000 chance of being a match

:26:28.:26:31.

and passing all those tests and you find him and he says, yes, I will do

:26:32.:26:37.

it. It is like winning the lottery. I'm just going to see it. We have

:26:38.:26:42.

found you a kidney and a donor and you're having a transplant in the

:26:43.:26:50.

next eight weeks. -- and just going to see it. Afterwards you get quite

:26:51.:26:54.

a lot of things said, it is a selfless act. It is quite selfish in

:26:55.:26:57.

actual fact because to get through it you do not think of anybody else.

:26:58.:27:02.

You think of the Child receiving, and then you think, I should have

:27:03.:27:08.

thought more about my own family, my work, but once you go through that

:27:09.:27:13.

process it is quite narrow minded. I cannot honestly describe how happy

:27:14.:27:18.

he is, because obviously he is a lot happier. The whole family... It is

:27:19.:27:25.

just remarkable. You know when dad walks round with the big beaming

:27:26.:27:28.

smile on his face after a newborn baby, it is like that with

:27:29.:27:32.

an-year-old child. Time and they said it would take between 12 and 18

:27:33.:27:36.

weeks to fully recover -- an 11-year-old child. Although I am not

:27:37.:27:41.

supposed to be, I am running. I would do the same thing again. I

:27:42.:27:45.

only have one kidney know but I would donate the other one if I

:27:46.:27:49.

could, it is just the way I am. It happened. He had a transplant. Five

:27:50.:27:56.

weeks ago. And he is just starting to get his life back... I know I

:27:57.:28:01.

keep saying it but it is just phenomenal, it really is.

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MUSIC: About Today by The National

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it really is phenomenal and you, too, could be changing someone's

:28:26.:28:31.

life. We wish them all the very best. I am joined by the winner of

:28:32.:28:35.

the men's elite race, Mo Farah. Not quite as straightforward as you may

:28:36.:28:40.

have thought? No, it was really hard. Dathan made a great race

:28:41.:28:45.

today. He knows me really well. He put the foot down and tried to get

:28:46.:28:49.

rid of me because he knows I have faster pace, but amazing support

:28:50.:28:58.

from the home crowd. It just kept us going but to be honest with you I am

:28:59.:29:02.

knackered. You will have to do a bit more talking because somewhere out

:29:03.:29:06.

there of course is Mrs Farah and she wood I just said, she crossed ten

:29:07.:29:12.

kilometres in 38 minutes and you asked if that was good? Yes, she's

:29:13.:29:17.

going well, good thing. About halfway -- and I just said. If she

:29:18.:29:23.

keeps. She will be about 1.40, 1.50. She could possibly go under 1.50 in

:29:24.:29:29.

that last bit but it is a tough course, so it is mainly not to get

:29:30.:29:32.

carried away at that point, but I cannot speak to her, can I? Issue

:29:33.:29:37.

got -- has she got a good spread? She is a better sprinter than me. --

:29:38.:29:44.

a good sprint? You could go back out there and you're cool down could be

:29:45.:29:48.

going to find Tania. Yes, but it might be a bit chaotic, people might

:29:49.:29:54.

be coming through. I should be waiting at the finish line. It you

:29:55.:29:57.

better be waiting at the finish line! Otherwise I will be in the

:29:58.:30:04.

dugout -- doghouse. Your range is so huge and you're still obviously

:30:05.:30:08.

excelling at the five and ten. When you do events like this is road

:30:09.:30:11.

running going to be more and more part of your race format?

:30:12.:30:15.

I like it but it's a different plane, it's a different pain to the

:30:16.:30:22.

track, for me sometimes I question it -- pain. Where is the pain? When

:30:23.:30:31.

I go past six or seven miles, your legs slightly lock-up where is on

:30:32.:30:34.

the track he practised different pace and you don't feel it until the

:30:35.:30:39.

last lap. Here you have a long way to go and you have to keep it going

:30:40.:30:43.

and I think I need to do more training for the road. A different

:30:44.:30:49.

kind you need to do? I don't know only to find out. At the moment

:30:50.:30:55.

everything to keep it going well? Yes just finished on a high, amazing

:30:56.:31:01.

support here from people, what a year I have had, I just have to go

:31:02.:31:06.

home and chill out. See the kids, get up to no good. Can you chill?

:31:07.:31:11.

I've seen the documentary and you don't. I love the sport, I just

:31:12.:31:19.

can't keep my hands and feet still. I love to do stuff, for me it's a

:31:20.:31:23.

couple of weeks resting and hopefully I can go down to NICAM

:31:24.:31:28.

play football with the guys because that's what I love. Now I have the

:31:29.:31:36.

Olympics at the way you can go. Playing football for two weeks

:31:37.:31:40.

sounds good. Who will let you go look for Tanya but if we get back

:31:41.:31:44.

out on the course, maybe Steve has spotted, any idea where she is? I

:31:45.:31:51.

can tell you she is beyond 15 K and it is still progressing for

:31:52.:31:58.

something around 145 seven is pretty good isn't it? Just to confirm the

:31:59.:32:03.

numbers, we are doing statistics and it was all about times and the

:32:04.:32:10.

amount of competitors and this year, 41,399 made it across the start line

:32:11.:32:13.

and most of them will definitely make it to the finish as we head

:32:14.:32:22.

back to the roots. We're looking at so many people, moving into the York

:32:23.:32:27.

Avenue area, the Robin Hood pub not too far from there. So many people

:32:28.:32:34.

as I've mentioned out there, I just bumped into a guy done here at the

:32:35.:32:41.

finish, Rob Hoskins who raised himself over ?100,000 for the

:32:42.:32:45.

Hartlepool Hospice. This year it is the turn of his wife Karen and his

:32:46.:32:50.

two daughters. I know rob himself has been fighting throat cancer this

:32:51.:32:54.

year that he is cheering on his family. So many people will be there

:32:55.:32:58.

on the route waiting for people hopefully to make it to make it

:32:59.:33:08.

safely. I'm delighted to say my daughter Catherine and sister Hannah

:33:09.:33:11.

are coming the nine mile point so that is good news and out M Williams

:33:12.:33:15.

who lost a father and brother-in-law to cancer is out there today for

:33:16.:33:21.

Cancer research. Fay Hamilton and Sally Roberts. We spoke so much

:33:22.:33:32.

about cancer research and children with cancer UK, one of the very

:33:33.:33:37.

popular charities people run four, may Robinson I know out there, her

:33:38.:33:40.

son Elliot was diagnosed with a brain tumour and he challenged his

:33:41.:33:46.

mum Turgott and have a go. I know Elliott's School in York are

:33:47.:33:49.

watching and I'm hoping it'll goes well. Helen Gardner also going for

:33:50.:33:57.

Saint Gemma's Hospice, her first Great North Run. We talk about

:33:58.:34:00.

people have done it so many times before and will be familiar with the

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route and of course they know where they are exactly before Helen

:34:05.:34:09.

Gardner, first-time powder. Running in memory of her best friend Rachel

:34:10.:34:13.

who sadly lost her battle to cancer age 30 eight. As we go down the

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course all the way back, the course is filled with runners. Sudan is

:34:19.:34:26.

running for Diabetes UK, Lauren Downey and her friend running for

:34:27.:34:31.

Red Cross and the British Heart Foundation. Catherine Walker. Mike

:34:32.:34:38.

tones running for the Newcastle Freeman Hospital cardiology unit.

:34:39.:34:43.

They are well on their way. Good luck to all of the runners out there

:34:44.:34:48.

raising funds for asthma UK and for the Jane Tomlinson appeal.

:34:49.:34:51.

Representing the Northern Irish contingent, I hope you all having

:34:52.:34:59.

good run. And Gillian Logan. Three friends of mine who made it a target

:35:00.:35:03.

to come here after having children at the same time came here and ran

:35:04.:35:08.

today, Anna Campbell and fun we're, I hope you're all going well. They

:35:09.:35:14.

all her children at the same time? Anyway. As we head back to the

:35:15.:35:20.

roundabout which is only four miles on the bypass, still so many people

:35:21.:35:24.

out there and I know many of the charities base themselves there.

:35:25.:35:33.

They begin on both sides of the carriageway and then at that point

:35:34.:35:36.

at White Liverpool return. They move onto one side of the

:35:37.:35:44.

carriageway and as we watch here at South Shields, this road starts to

:35:45.:35:50.

fill as we look back now. The elite runners finish the size of the

:35:51.:35:55.

commentary box that then there is a great efficient organisation that

:35:56.:35:58.

starts to push them from now on they finish on the grass and make a right

:35:59.:36:04.

turn and that is where they are about to finish with about 100 to go

:36:05.:36:18.

I wonder where Terry Deary is? Somewhere there, the author of the

:36:19.:36:22.

hugely successful horrible histories books, originally from Sunderland.

:36:23.:36:28.

He can give us another bit of horrible history from another part

:36:29.:36:29.

of the course. The iconic image of the Great North

:36:30.:36:43.

Run is the Tyne Bridge. Over here on the right is the level bridge built

:36:44.:36:49.

by a Geordie Robert Stevenson in 1849. For a first time Queen

:36:50.:36:59.

Victoria could travel from London to Balmoral without getting off the

:37:00.:37:03.

train so naturally they invited her to open the bridge. The opening

:37:04.:37:09.

ceremony was followed by a grand dinner at the station terminal. It

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said after the dinner was finished, the manager of the hotel went up to

:37:15.:37:19.

Queen Victoria and handed her the bill. Victoria was furious, she

:37:20.:37:25.

vowed never to look on the city of Newcastle again and every time the

:37:26.:37:28.

train passed through, she drew the curtains. Draw the curtain and

:37:29.:37:37.

you'll miss the Great North Run. Insolent puppy, officer arrest that

:37:38.:37:54.

man. Run man run. I am not amused. There is more to come from Terry.

:37:55.:37:59.

Lots of people out there on the course today and this will be the

:38:00.:38:02.

first time they have done this, that they have run in a mass

:38:03.:38:05.

participation event and for some of them it'll kick a life of health and

:38:06.:38:10.

fitness. For lots of people it is a struggle to get yourself in the

:38:11.:38:13.

shape and Andrew Whiting was one of those, a charity helping people

:38:14.:38:20.

overcome their fears of being overweight and Andrea to get to that

:38:21.:38:23.

starting lane had to reinvent herself quite literally. In April

:38:24.:38:28.

last year my dad died from terminal cancer. When he died it made me

:38:29.:38:34.

realise how precious life was. I was in a very poor state of health and

:38:35.:38:39.

weighed over 30 stone. I realise that unless I did something, the

:38:40.:38:43.

limited life I did have would be very very short. I had to make a

:38:44.:38:50.

lifestyle change. It was a very slow change initially, it was food. And

:38:51.:38:57.

then from their starting to exercise, tried to walk more. I was

:38:58.:39:03.

very conscious I was big, I was worried that I would step into the

:39:04.:39:08.

gym and feel that I didn't fit in so it was a bit of stepping out of my

:39:09.:39:13.

compass own and taking the leap really. What wasn't important was

:39:14.:39:18.

the number of the scale because I didn't tell me how happy or help

:39:19.:39:24.

cure was. I soon realised it was a really nice gym and everyone was

:39:25.:39:28.

really supportive, it was more like a family and everybody knows each

:39:29.:39:31.

other and everybody supports each other and helps each other. I

:39:32.:39:36.

changed from seeing exercise as a punishment and a necessary evil to

:39:37.:39:40.

something I actually enjoyed. It just made me feel alive again. I've

:39:41.:39:47.

gone from feeling as though I have got a life now. And it was a friend

:39:48.:39:53.

who suggested why not do the Great North Run by which point I laughed.

:39:54.:40:06.

So I then said, if Craig agrees to them put my name. At first I was

:40:07.:40:13.

blown back but nothing surprised me with Andrea. Over the last 6-8

:40:14.:40:18.

months she has come out with new challenges all the time which is

:40:19.:40:21.

fantastic. One final push Andrea, keep your head up. She has never let

:40:22.:40:26.

anything get in a way. I have no doubts that she would run. I started

:40:27.:40:32.

to realise that was capable of doing things and I was pathetic as I

:40:33.:40:39.

thought I was. -- wasn't. I am paying back something that they did

:40:40.:40:45.

for me, it is there to support people who are obese, who are

:40:46.:40:49.

struggling with weight and struggling with day to day issues

:40:50.:40:56.

because of weight. Basically it is believing in yourself, just taking

:40:57.:40:59.

the first step and going through the difficult times because there will

:41:00.:41:02.

be times when things are hard and you just think if this were worth it

:41:03.:41:07.

and realising there is life out there and just going for it, taking

:41:08.:41:12.

the opportunity and giving it a go. This time year ago I didn't even

:41:13.:41:17.

think it was remotely possible, I think there will be a fair few tears

:41:18.:41:24.

at the end, crossed the finish line. Amazing. She has shown that she can

:41:25.:41:28.

which is exactly what sport England were hoping for when they launched

:41:29.:41:35.

this campaign. A campaign to get more women and girls interested and

:41:36.:41:38.

involved in fitness and sports and as a result elite 3 million say they

:41:39.:41:42.

have done exactly that, it has been a huge success.

:41:43.:41:57.

A fantastic campaign. I just love seeing bad and you may

:41:58.:42:52.

recognise this lady here? Sam Mulligan who was the runner in that

:42:53.:42:56.

CT, you are globally famous would you say? I wouldn't say globally but

:42:57.:43:02.

a little there. Jenny O'Brien good to see U2 and we will talk about the

:43:03.:43:06.

campaign which will follow on. Let's talk about your sport involvement

:43:07.:43:11.

and you are running before the campaign started but did it inspire

:43:12.:43:17.

you? I haven't run too much before the campaign started and I was a

:43:18.:43:20.

runner when I became involved in the campaign. And it all went from there

:43:21.:43:25.

and it has kept me going, being involved and the Facebook campaigns,

:43:26.:43:30.

everything in social media, it has just been the most amazing

:43:31.:43:34.

experience, I'm really proud. If somebody is watching as a beginner

:43:35.:43:39.

like you, what other tips to keep going? I don't think you should

:43:40.:43:44.

think much about what you're doing, I put pressure on myself to sort of

:43:45.:43:48.

achieve things but just go out there and have some fun. Being here, the

:43:49.:43:53.

atmosphere today is amazing, I love going to the races. Running with

:43:54.:43:59.

friends. Finding a group may be. I hope in the future I'm going to

:44:00.:44:03.

train to be a run leader and hopefully women who may be a little

:44:04.:44:06.

bit worried about starting running will be able to come along and...

:44:07.:44:13.

Help them take the tentative first steps which is a joy for your ears

:44:14.:44:17.

Jenny. The next age of this girl can is? We have this girl can run. We

:44:18.:44:25.

have launched this to focus on running specifically because it is

:44:26.:44:27.

such an accessible running sport which are slow crossed an easy for

:44:28.:44:31.

people to get involved with and we now have a following of 120,000

:44:32.:44:35.

women focused on running and we have a Facebook, Twitter and Instagram

:44:36.:44:40.

page. It is all around inspiring and motivating women's achievements. And

:44:41.:44:44.

more women are running at more than ever before. Getting close to

:44:45.:44:47.

swimming as a mass participation sports. Absolutely, lots of activity

:44:48.:44:53.

are trying to address this inequality in numbers between men

:44:54.:44:58.

and women. We know from the campaigns there are 20,000 women who

:44:59.:45:01.

are running more as a result of this girl can run campaign which is

:45:02.:45:04.

fantastic but we also know there is a lot of potential out there, a lot

:45:05.:45:08.

of women who maybe have lapsed from running but are struggling to take

:45:09.:45:12.

the first steps we are trying to address that. Sometimes this advice.

:45:13.:45:17.

I love exercise and I'm lucky that I hadn't run for a while and I was

:45:18.:45:21.

with the Olympics and Paula Radcliffe and I thought why to why

:45:22.:45:24.

not ask her for advice and I asked her I said I'm stuck, I run the same

:45:25.:45:28.

distance in same times were 20 years she says run longer and slower and

:45:29.:45:32.

shorter and faster. Little bits of advice that have upped my game

:45:33.:45:35.

because you need somebody, obviously I'm lucky that you need somebody to

:45:36.:45:39.

give you a boost, some activation. Absolutely about is what our

:45:40.:45:48.

community is all about, providing expert advice from that perspective

:45:49.:45:53.

but also ladies inspiring each other, telling their stories, Sam

:45:54.:45:57.

telling her story about the journey she has gone through. We always say,

:45:58.:46:00.

it is not a perfect solution, you do not start running and that is it

:46:01.:46:05.

forever, you need that ongoing. Yes, I am nowhere near being able to go

:46:06.:46:09.

for a run with Paula Radcliffe, I should say! There are a million

:46:10.:46:13.

reasons, million excuses you could find to not go for a run, and that

:46:14.:46:17.

is exactly the book Hannah Phillips wrote, all the excuses she could

:46:18.:46:21.

come up with, but it hasn't stopped her. There are 101 reasons not to

:46:22.:46:27.

run, and believe me I have thought of everyone, from chafing, colds,

:46:28.:46:35.

dating married golds, and literally -- I am literally a one-woman

:46:36.:46:42.

excuse. With a whole 24 hours, and those female multitasking powers...

:46:43.:46:45.

When I say I don't feel like it, what I really mean is, I feel

:46:46.:46:51.

like... That word that rhymes with it. I am a mother, have a life, and

:46:52.:46:56.

sometimes now it seems a struggle. But what I tell myself when I don't

:46:57.:47:01.

feel like running, is I bet Jo Pavey's bomb does not stay on her

:47:02.:47:04.

sofa slumming. I am often too tired after having my body rewired, by a

:47:05.:47:10.

toddler that just doesn't sleep, and she really doesn't sleep. You will

:47:11.:47:15.

feel 100 times better is to address it, and get those trainers on my

:47:16.:47:19.

feet. If it was too dark outside, I was too quick to Abeid, to that

:47:20.:47:24.

voice that told me to stay in. But I got myself a head and some snazzy

:47:25.:47:30.

"You can't miss me" plates, and a friend to run with -- too quick to

:47:31.:47:32.

Abeid. Running in the rain is good for the

:47:33.:47:46.

soul and running in the sun is key to your goals, but running on the

:47:47.:47:50.

ice is not so nice and I have that injuries from Mr Jack Frost more

:47:51.:47:53.

than twice. It would not be a list of excuses without mentioning my two

:47:54.:48:04.

nuisances, my boots, my breast, my test -- test, my rack. I have

:48:05.:48:12.

violated Mayberry's name for too long on Wednesday. The Great British

:48:13.:48:16.

Bake Of being a great reason to stay in -- Mary Berry. Because, Hannah,

:48:17.:48:25.

if you want to consume cakes and treats, it is really best to get

:48:26.:48:29.

some mileage under those feet. The never-ending washing basket does

:48:30.:48:34.

cause some issues, especially when pockets stuffed full of forgotten

:48:35.:48:38.

jelly babies and tissues, but it does often happen... And if all else

:48:39.:48:44.

fails, you don't have to cover our bottom. I don't run on an empty

:48:45.:48:48.

tummy, get dizzy and weak and a little bit funny. But again running

:48:49.:48:52.

when one is filled to the brim makes you sick, queasy and a little bit

:48:53.:48:57.

grim. The key to nutrition is socket and see, because the chances are you

:48:58.:49:09.

will always find a willing bush to have wee. There are 101 reasons not

:49:10.:49:13.

to run and over the years I have found everyone. But I still go, I

:49:14.:49:21.

still get out there, I always run. And she is out there today and I

:49:22.:49:26.

believe she has reached the halfway mark in a very respectable time,

:49:27.:49:32.

Denise Lewis? Hanauer, you are at the halfway stage. Thank goodness!

:49:33.:49:37.

Nobody mentioned these little hills on the way, did they? The ground

:49:38.:49:42.

going up and down, lovely, no mention. But you're still smiling? I

:49:43.:49:47.

love it, brilliant, one of the best things I have done. And we were

:49:48.:49:51.

crying at it, when the Red Arrows went over. You have been such an

:49:52.:49:57.

inspiration for so many people. We just loved your story. What would

:49:58.:50:00.

you see to anyone thinking about getting into running? Just get your

:50:01.:50:05.

trainers on and go, the best thing ever, best thing I have ever done.

:50:06.:50:09.

Best thing you have ever done. Find support. I have support. In Wales we

:50:10.:50:14.

have social running, but find the support and go with it. Thanks a

:50:15.:50:22.

lot. Keep going! Thank you. What an inspiration Hannah is. She saw her

:50:23.:50:27.

reflection in a mirror and didn't realise it was her. She thought

:50:28.:50:30.

somebody overweight was wearing the same top as her and that

:50:31.:50:33.

kick-started her running late and she is out there today, you can see

:50:34.:50:36.

she is emotional, loving the atmosphere out there, as are so many

:50:37.:50:40.

of the runners in the mass participation race and I think it is

:50:41.:50:44.

fantastic that this girl has inspired so many women to get going,

:50:45.:50:48.

get running, get on the shoes and get out there to tread those miles.

:50:49.:50:51.

At the elite end of the race, the other end, let's remind you how they

:50:52.:51:04.

did. Sebastian Coe set them on their way before everybody else. The roads

:51:05.:51:07.

were completely clear ahead of them, but all eyes were on Vivian

:51:08.:51:13.

Cheruiyot, the Olympic champion and silver-medallist in the 10,000

:51:14.:51:18.

metres, and there were two binder, Tirunesh Dibaba, who made it about

:51:19.:51:24.

eight males with Vivian Cheruiyot, but that was to prove the end of her

:51:25.:51:29.

big effort and it was left to Cheruiyot to contest the race with

:51:30.:51:32.

Priscah Jeptoo, the former winner from 2015. Dibaba did the best to

:51:33.:51:38.

hang onto those two but into the last half mile it was inevitably a

:51:39.:51:42.

quicker finish from the track specialist Cheruiyot that gave her

:51:43.:51:46.

the victory in her first ever have marathon, and on her birthday as

:51:47.:51:47.

well. The winning time, 67.50 four. I am delighted to see she is with me

:51:48.:52:02.

here and looking fresh as a daisy. The first time you have ever run

:52:03.:52:07.

that far competitively, Vivian? How did you make it look so easy? It was

:52:08.:52:13.

nice because I was thinking, how can I finished the half marathon, and I

:52:14.:52:17.

thought, it is the same as it is going to be... As what I am used to

:52:18.:52:23.

with 5000, 10,000, shorter, but I thought I will do my best, you know.

:52:24.:52:33.

When I was resting, I was with Dibaba, Jeptoo and Joyce Chepkirui,

:52:34.:52:38.

and they were competing in marathons and also have marathons so I thought

:52:39.:52:41.

I should not go in front immediately because I do not know what will

:52:42.:52:45.

happen. I was just relaxing, but it was a little bit tough for the last

:52:46.:52:50.

kilometre, but I am so happy to stop really fantastic for me and also to

:52:51.:52:59.

bring up my season. We spoke to them -- spoke to Mo Farah, the winner of

:53:00.:53:03.

the men's race. He said the road feels different on the body. Did you

:53:04.:53:07.

feel that? It was a little bit tiring because as we were training

:53:08.:53:18.

in Kenya, just for the 5000 and 10,000, so I am not tired training

:53:19.:53:22.

for half marathon like that. Perhaps these women were training for the

:53:23.:53:26.

half marathon, so it was fantastic me. You know, you cannot do

:53:27.:53:30.

something longer without training. It was really good for me. I have

:53:31.:53:36.

seen that may be in the future I will be a good athlete in the half

:53:37.:53:40.

marathon and also in marathons. I think so. It is looking good, isn't

:53:41.:53:44.

it? For the longer distances. It is your birthday. How old are you? I am

:53:45.:53:50.

turning 33, I am old, but I still feel strong!

:53:51.:53:53.

LAUGHTER I perhaps still have eight years to

:53:54.:53:57.

run and then maybe I can retire after that, so I am so happy. It is

:53:58.:54:03.

my birthday day, so a win is so nice. Have you had some cake yet?

:54:04.:54:07.

Not yet but maybe I will get some in the hotel. I also want to see that

:54:08.:54:10.

people from the UK, they are so lovely. The crowd were so lovely,

:54:11.:54:15.

for me, and I thought, you know, you get support from people and you feel

:54:16.:54:21.

like you're running, you have that strength, so I want to say that you

:54:22.:54:25.

so much and I hope next year I will be back and I am going to run maybe

:54:26.:54:29.

better than this one. We look forward to having you back your next

:54:30.:54:34.

time, Vivian, I will have cake here. I am so sorry. I feel such a bad

:54:35.:54:38.

horse I have your with no cake but someone will have you some if you

:54:39.:54:43.

stick around. Yes, some cake, but you said happy birthday. People are

:54:44.:54:47.

saying happy birthday. There are very generous people watching this

:54:48.:54:50.

on the TV soap they might bring you some take-down, I am sure. Well

:54:51.:54:54.

done. But we will go back onto the course -- TV so they may bring it.

:54:55.:54:58.

She is catching up with a man who could be pretty much anyone he wants

:54:59.:55:09.

to be. Jon, how are you doing? Steady speed, steady pace, like Del

:55:10.:55:17.

boy when he was Batman. You're running partners? Yes, you form a

:55:18.:55:23.

little team almost, there are format of us, and that spurs you on. The

:55:24.:55:27.

crowd cheering wherever you go, the band 's other side of the road, it

:55:28.:55:34.

is magical, it really is. And you managed to get some of those jelly

:55:35.:55:39.

babies en route? Yes, very generous crowd, with jelly babies and

:55:40.:55:42.

everything. I cannot believe we are at the halfway stage. And you're

:55:43.:55:49.

mentally ready? I have done one of the ten kilometres before so I guess

:55:50.:55:54.

one more of those. Onwards and upwards, good to speak to you,

:55:55.:56:01.

anchor-mac:. It sounds like the commentary box out their -- to speak

:56:02.:56:08.

to you, Jon. We have cakes were so we could have given 12 Vivian

:56:09.:56:14.

Cheruiyot. She says she will be back next year. What a great experience

:56:15.:56:17.

for her. I would like to see well done to some of the organisers here,

:56:18.:56:21.

the four organisers of the event. The organiser of the event, the man

:56:22.:56:26.

who looks after the start, the finish and Alex Jackson who looks

:56:27.:56:28.

after the course in between those two areas. Well done to all of them,

:56:29.:56:35.

and well done to the runner running in memory of her friend Marcus and

:56:36.:56:38.

her dad who sadly died of cancer this year and there are so many

:56:39.:56:41.

people whose stories we cannot show but that is why the ticker tape is

:56:42.:56:45.

there, so hopefully you can read some of them. I know you have been

:56:46.:56:47.

sending in your messages and hopefully we can get as many of them

:56:48.:56:53.

across the screen as possible. My sister Anna is going well, through

:56:54.:56:58.

15 kilometres now, and my daughter Catherine as well, so well done to

:56:59.:57:02.

those two. I look forward to seeing them fairly soon. Louise Brooks and

:57:03.:57:09.

her friend running for the hospice. Andrew Bruce, Ilona Flannigan, Jamie

:57:10.:57:13.

Dixon. Staying strong, well done to that one. She mist Arroyo over from

:57:14.:57:20.

Ireland, from Northern Ireland, running for Macmillan Cancer. And

:57:21.:57:25.

those running for the Teenage Cancer Trust. And Cancer Research. Well,

:57:26.:57:37.

those crowds on a day like this, I mean, it is a wonderful site. It

:57:38.:57:42.

always is a great site at the Great North Run but on a day like today

:57:43.:57:47.

they can chill out, cheer, watch for their friends and family. One or two

:57:48.:57:54.

having a cheeky beer over at the pub off to our right. Andrew and I came

:57:55.:57:57.

down their early this morning and there were two or three people...

:57:58.:58:02.

Not for a beer, Brendan! People already had their seats on the

:58:03.:58:08.

grass. But a couple had their early positions.

:58:09.:58:22.

Well, if you have been with us told you will know we were chatting to

:58:23.:58:30.

Ricky Wilson earlier on because his band-mate Peanut from the

:58:31.:58:38.

Kaiserchiefs is here and he completed it in... One minute 34...

:58:39.:58:45.

UK came off a tour bus from Germany and had no sleep. That is

:58:46.:58:49.

ridiculous! Yes, I don't know what the afternoon will hold but I am

:58:50.:58:52.

really pleased. Have you done a lot of training, do you run a lot? I had

:58:53.:58:58.

my car, but I got as far so thought I would not give up. It is good

:58:59.:59:01.

being on tour because you get to go to different places. Does it keep

:59:02.:59:06.

you sane when you're out there? Yes, somewhere in Munich or whatever.

:59:07.:59:11.

Tonight you have this cake, of course? Yes, or that the foundation

:59:12.:59:14.

is putting on so we are playing down at the arena. I think we just

:59:15.:59:18.

released some more production tickets, so it is a great day, a

:59:19.:59:22.

great end to the day, I think. I promise not to sit down for the gig,

:59:23.:59:26.

I will be on my feet! I was a bit worried about you coming up the

:59:27.:59:30.

stairs there! Your legs look a bit... I am sure there will be a Mrs

:59:31.:59:35.

somewhere around here. You will have to get Ricky running. -- I am sure

:59:36.:59:43.

there will be a masseuse. Yes, just the occasion, I didn't know what to

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expect but I will be here next year, for sure. It is, and so many nations

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represented, 178. A person for every nation! Almost! And Leeds is the

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biggest city outside of the north-east represented. Is it? I

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knew you would like that. There are many different people from countries

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all over the world and we have been hearing from quite a few as the day

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has gone on, so let's see who else we have out there... My name is

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Steve and I am 59 years old. I am British but I live and work here in

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Switzerland. A beautiful day to be out here

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retracing the footsteps of Rocky Balboa.

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See you in Newcastle. Local author Terry Geary who founded and wrote so

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many of the horrible history book started it all back in the early

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1990s, inspired so many young people to get involved in history, has been

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of action of the Great North Run, this is his 20th. We made him sing

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for his supper and sent him out and about to find some interesting

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stories, some horrible histories of the Great North Run.

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Five miles into the run and we passed one of the most important

:01:38.:01:45.

places in the history of the world. The Coles from Newcastle were mined

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on the side of the river. On the other side of this church in 1812,

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the felling pits that. That year mine gas exploded and killed 92 men

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and boys. Thomas Gordon was eight years old, a third of the victims

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were under 16. Here in Saint Mary 's Church is a memorial to the 92 who

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died so that thousands of others could live, over a million runners

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have run past her and not a lot of people know that. At least the

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disaster prompted the engineers of the day to come up with a design.

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George Stephenson and engineer from Newcastle came up with the lamp B

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Davis came up with the Davy lamp, both claimed they were... The

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principles of a safety love were constructed. Long before Sir

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Humphrey Davy came into this part of the country. An ignorant Northern

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Pittman could not have invented something as sophisticated as this.

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The truth both were based on an earlier designed by Sunderland

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Doctor. He did not make the fortunes of these deeper to lease they gave

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him a medal. We think we know a lot about Mo

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Farrah and have seen his progress over the last few years at every

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global stage since 2011, but of force behind Mo Farrah there is a

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huge team support and nobody bigger than his wife Tanya. Phil Jones has

:03:25.:03:32.

taken a closer look. Behind many of an elite athlete there is a selfless

:03:33.:03:39.

support group. For Mo Farrah it is a family of five, a wife and four

:03:40.:03:43.

children who may only seen this driven husband and father for half

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the year but for Tanya today there is some me time as she runs from

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shadows of support to the glare of celebrity athlete in her first Great

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North Run. How does it feel for you to be a part of something you have

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seen your husband win the last couple of years? Quite surreal

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because I've been here before watching him either start the race

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as the starter or run it. So for me to be running it myself feels a bit

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strange but at the same time I'm quite proud of the fact I have

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trained myself well enough to see where I could run here because a few

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years ago I never would've thought I could have run and here I am now

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doing it and having only just started running nine months ago.

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What advice have you been giving her? I hope I've been a good coach

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because if not I'm in trouble. I've been giving her good advice from

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what I've learnt a lot in my career and she's been doing good and

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hopefully we can go out there and not put too much pressure out there.

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When she doesn't run she think she gets cramping a stomach and that's

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what I get all the time, there is a fine line when you push the body

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beyond, you get different pains. It's part of adverts no one knows.

:04:53.:05:02.

Now she does. I've gained a huge amount of respect for running, more

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so than I ever did before because I'm getting to understand what it's

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like, it's such a mental game and in the physical elements of it I felt

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this stomach cramps that Mo describes to me so often --. It is

:05:15.:05:20.

torture but the feeling you get afterwards when you have achieved

:05:21.:05:24.

something with that, you're gone through all the pain he finally

:05:25.:05:26.

achieve it at a good time it certainly outweighs any payment you

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been through building up to that. It's just shows you can do anything,

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you can get up and within your own limits you can do what you want. The

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double at the weekend would be Mo to win the race and you getting a

:05:44.:05:47.

personal best? That would be great I love it and would love to get under

:05:48.:05:52.

150 that Mo told me the course is quite tough and not to expect too

:05:53.:06:05.

much. And there she is. Tania Farah had a significant person to greet

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her there was that Mo who won the men's race and it did not look like

:06:10.:06:13.

Tania was in the mood for a big cuddle at that point? I didn't know

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he was there for the first minute I was like Lewis 's touching me. It

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was hard but it was nice after I gathered myself and I said did you

:06:22.:06:30.

win? You cross the line in? 1.49 .34. I said if I could go under two

:06:31.:06:36.

hours I'd be happy so my aim was to get to 150 so to break that is

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amazing, so happy. What did you think of the course? I told you

:06:43.:06:46.

about the hill near the end, how did you find it? I was prepared for some

:06:47.:06:51.

big hills so us try to save as much as I could for Myler 11 and when the

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hill started I four OK this is an too bad so I try to fight my way up

:06:57.:07:01.

and then it was maintaining pace until the finish so I have a game

:07:02.:07:06.

plan for the. That helped a bit but it was still hard. Did you do the

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Farah kick and the guy next to me said go through. I have nothing left

:07:13.:07:20.

so I can. Do you have more of an insight now into the world of

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running? I was feeling of a lot of pain from Myler ten onwards and I

:07:25.:07:27.

thought how my going to get to the finish line. I get it, I know the

:07:28.:07:32.

pain and I was telling myself right Mo is at the finish line and he was

:07:33.:07:36.

here now he'll be telling me push through it so I kept telling herself

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pushed it. When I got to 12 I thought once go so nearly there. Are

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you back next year? I don't know it's too soon to ask me that. What's

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the reward? Burger and chips I think. And some ice cream would be

:07:53.:07:58.

nice. I'm sure we could do that for you Tanya Lee Mack Tania. Enjoy your

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evening and the success of Mo. It all started yesterday with their

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kids out there on the quayside ready for their races and we've sent Colin

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Jackson down to mingle with the minis. I'm here on the quayside in

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Newcastle, the beginning of the Great North Run weekend which starts

:08:22.:08:26.

today with the five run for adults and continues later with the many

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Great North Run for the children. Now I know you are running for a

:08:29.:08:44.

special cause which is pretty clear that tellers us a bit more about it?

:08:45.:08:48.

Today we are running for tiny lives. We work at a hospital in Newcastle

:08:49.:08:53.

and it helps support the families who have had babies who are

:08:54.:09:01.

premature. I'm going to have a quick chat with Mandy who has such an

:09:02.:09:05.

inspirational story for anybody who has never run or thought about

:09:06.:09:10.

fitness before, tell us your story? Where do I start. Four years ago I

:09:11.:09:18.

had my first five K here. I started losing weight then, I was a size 22

:09:19.:09:23.

and I had to lose weight. My husband started to get me out running and

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like I say the first year I did five K and I came back year after ended

:09:29.:09:34.

the Great North Run. The many Great North Run has over 6500 youngsters

:09:35.:09:39.

participating between the age group of 3-6. This is the biggest running

:09:40.:09:44.

event for this age group and the whole of the UK and it's sold out

:09:45.:09:50.

rapidly this year. You may know a few names who have participated, and

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an deck and less. -- Ant and Dec. The Great North Run is my favourite

:10:06.:10:10.

race and this year they are trying to get 193 UN nations I came up with

:10:11.:10:14.

the idea of sticking a flag of every nation address. I'm raising money at

:10:15.:10:23.

the same time so it's done well. Do you like your address? Of course I

:10:24.:10:27.

do. -- your address. Tell us the background? Isaac is a

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keen runner, he has been running for many years and it runs in our

:10:41.:10:44.

family. He was diagnosed with leukaemia in February so is unable

:10:45.:10:47.

to run this time so we decided we would raise loads of money for

:10:48.:10:50.

charities who have been helping us and he's getting to start the junior

:10:51.:10:54.

race today. Last year I did the genie run and came somewhere in the

:10:55.:11:01.

top 200. What are you looking forward to at the end? The medal.

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What do you enjoy about being hit? I enjoy taking part and getting a

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medal. You have a bit of company with you have a you. Tell us the

:11:16.:11:22.

name of the bunny? Flopsy. Flopsy has a number as well write? Yes. Are

:11:23.:11:28.

you going to give flock to the medal or yourself? Keep it myself. The

:11:29.:11:43.

number of runners and the number of countries, 195 independent sovereign

:11:44.:11:47.

states in the world, 193 member nations of the United Nations and

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the Great North Run had a message from the Secretary General of the

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United Nations, a little bit here. The Great North Run is an example

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how sport empowers motivate and inspire is and all of this while

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raising money for worthwhile causes. The Great North Run is a true

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celebration of humanity in a culture that loves to celebrate winners,

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this event makes winners of all the participants. I celebrate you all.

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178 out of 193 member nations are represented here. It is up to

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Brendan Foster to give entry forms edge dropped to the 15 countries

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which are not represented this year. Perhaps a fact-finding mission. The

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few in the South Pacific but a tremendous representation. 178

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represented today. An amazing representation 178

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countries, we have 15 to find though, or 17 more, how are you

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going to get those to them? I will need a massive map first of all. And

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Alice of the world. Once you found the countries, that could be the

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job, go visit the Maybe -- Atlas. A lot in the South Pacific, small

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islands off the coast of South Lever Australia. You are lining up the

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fact finding mission. It is amazing to get that message from the head of

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the UN though. Somewhere further down there, looking down the finish,

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somewhere down the course is Denise Lewis. Finesse we saw you at the

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beginning of the race and you are at the halfway stage now, how you

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feeling? Amazing the support is fantastic and I've had so many jelly

:13:51.:13:55.

babies. But it's lovely. Was the atmosphere like? Amazing. Look at

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everybody supporting each other going along the way, amazing. This

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is your first half marathon? PS I started running in March so it's

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fantastic. How is the body feeling? Good. Keep up the good work. All

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morning we have been bringing you some horrible histories of the Great

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North Run course courtesy of Terry Deary and I think this next one...

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Jarrow was one of the most important places in the world in the 1700s, in

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the late 700s, the vicious Vikings make their famous attack on the

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monastery here. But when they got here, the Viking terror nearly came

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to a sticky end. The monastery here at Saint Pauls was the sense of

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cultural learning and they have the greatest story beat. A year after

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the raid, the Vikings sailed up the River Tyne to plunder this monastery

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here, this time the locals were ready for them and they met armed

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resistance. They Viking leader was killed and it was sent back to the

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ship. The Viking misery was not over

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because of storm wrecked their ships and the ones who made it safely to

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shore were slaughtered by the Saxons. The Viking threat

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disappeared for 40 years. Don't mess around with Jarrow! It's no use! He

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is too fast for us! But we need to catch Mo Farah! Mo? Yes, it is short

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for monk. One more Terry Deary horrible history to come, and we are

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looking out for him because he said he will finish before the Red

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Arrows. He said he always finishes before them. He is a great advert

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for keeping young with a bit of running, a bit of distance running.

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Let's keep out there because Terry will probably like a lot of those

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who need a bit of TLC tonight, a little bit of a massage or a rub

:16:34.:16:37.

down, and I think Colin has found just the spot. I tell you, running

:16:38.:16:42.

this Great North Run, you get some luxuries. Relaxing yourself now but

:16:43.:16:48.

some hard work. Did you enjoy it? Yes, really good. It has been ten

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years since my last Great North Run and the people are just amazing,

:16:53.:16:55.

amazing all the way round. Shouting, calling out your name, it gets you

:16:56.:17:00.

going, really good. How much money have you actually raised, because we

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know this is one of the biggest events where money is raised for

:17:04.:17:08.

charity, so how much? My target was ?600 and I am well over that, up to

:17:09.:17:14.

nearly ?900, and I am doing this for Click Sergeant and doing the Great

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South Run in October. All the best for that and I guess I better leave

:17:20.:17:23.

you to your massage. I really need it, my legs need it. I have enjoyed

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it. Thank you, Colin. I am sure plenty of people would love a little

:17:30.:17:33.

rub down at the end of their 13.1 miles today. We told you the story

:17:34.:17:38.

of Andrea waiting, an incredible woman who has lost a heck of a lot

:17:39.:17:41.

of weight thanks to the charity she has been inspired to run for in the

:17:42.:17:44.

Great North Run today. I think she has reached the halfway stage with

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Denise Lewis. Andrea, we heard your story earlier today. Are you feeling

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at the halfway stage? Fantastic, absolutely amazing. I love it. Can

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you believe you are here doing this? Absolutely not, gobsmacked. I just

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think when I am doing it, I have run whatever distance. Unbelievable.

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What kind of support have you had over the course of this race so far?

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Absolutely amazing. Fantastic, everyone with a good happy spirit.

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Family and friends have all supported me so much and are so

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proud of me. What has been keeping you going? What are you listening to

:18:21.:18:25.

on your iPod? It is a work-out mix and the first song is Are You

:18:26.:18:36.

WithMe? And then David Bowie, Heroes, so they have been keeping me

:18:37.:18:41.

going. She started out, Andrea waiting, on her journey to lose

:18:42.:18:45.

weight, 13 stone, and she is out there on the course today hopefully

:18:46.:18:49.

inspiring many other people to get up, get out and take those first

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steps. As part of the Great North Run weekend, the centre of lighting

:18:54.:18:58.

in Newcastle has commissioned a very special film to take a mindset at

:18:59.:19:03.

the elite runner -- Centre Of Life. They have invited some of the great

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and good to view the outcome. While I am running, certain senses

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or potent. You just become aware of what things around you are, the

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grass, the movements, landscapes that even though you're still living

:19:31.:19:33.

and working hard you can take the time to appreciate -- certain senses

:19:34.:19:36.

are heightened. I am trying to push my body hard,

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and I do try to distract myself. Move my brain away from thinking

:19:53.:19:57.

about how far I have two go or how bad I feel. I just use accounting

:19:58.:20:03.

technique to keep myself in the moment. I am just

:20:04.:20:14.

thinking, one, two, three, four, and putting one foot in front of the

:20:15.:20:19.

other. Then when I get tired I just start again. Most elite athletes

:20:20.:20:29.

have that ability to overcome the mental barriers. When I stopped, in

:20:30.:20:39.

Athens, when I couldn't carry on there, my mum actually said to me, I

:20:40.:20:46.

am glad, because you were able to override that instinct and just

:20:47.:20:53.

push, push, no matter what. At the time it was hard for me to process

:20:54.:20:57.

all of those things because I just felt the disappointment of not being

:20:58.:21:05.

able to push my body on. But actually as time has gone on and I

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have been able to look back and see that, yes, I do believe I have a

:21:10.:21:13.

strong mind and I can push on through a lot. But when maybe it

:21:14.:21:19.

should not be pushed through, I can stop. I think it was a very

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interesting revelation of what goes on behind the scenes and in the

:21:31.:21:34.

mind, the psyche, of world-class distance runner. And I thought Paula

:21:35.:21:40.

explained some of her feelings with tremendous emotion. I think it was

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beautifully filmed. And I think it is very revealing of how they

:21:45.:21:53.

progress and how to live through a career as one of the world's

:21:54.:21:58.

greatest distance runners. And the star of the film is with me here,

:21:59.:22:01.

Paula Radcliffe. That is of course just a short excerpt of the whole

:22:02.:22:06.

bigger film, but it is fascinating, you know, going into your mind and

:22:07.:22:09.

seeing how you overcome those physical barriers? Yes, it made me

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think about it a little bit. I think a lot of times, you don't. I look at

:22:15.:22:22.

those pictures and whilst I see that, some of the camerawork, just

:22:23.:22:26.

expressing the beauty of the areas I got to training, and it really was a

:22:27.:22:29.

privilege to be able to do that as my job and just be able basically to

:22:30.:22:33.

do what I wanted. I did look at some of the scenery and thought,

:22:34.:22:36.

actually, I think I would want to keep running and running, it is

:22:37.:22:40.

stunning. That must make a difference, the kind of places you

:22:41.:22:42.

have been able to run in your career? Definitely. The principal

:22:43.:22:49.

reason I used that so much for my training was not so much altitude

:22:50.:22:53.

but because it was a beautiful area to training, somewhere I could go

:22:54.:22:56.

away and focus on my training, on my recovery, and be motivated on those

:22:57.:23:01.

days when everyone gets. Whereas I just have to focus on the next lamp

:23:02.:23:05.

post because I know I have to much more to go. That can work as well! A

:23:06.:23:09.

lot of people use that for motivation along the route and that

:23:10.:23:12.

is one of the special things about races like this, isn't it? Seeing

:23:13.:23:17.

that emotion hit the runners as they cross the finish and they realise

:23:18.:23:23.

they have it accomplished, they have done it. One of my friends finished

:23:24.:23:27.

and said, my God, it was so hard, but I loved it every step of the

:23:28.:23:31.

way. The crowd pushes you on and the runners around you push on. Euphoria

:23:32.:23:37.

on people's faces is wonderful. I love watching people crossed that

:23:38.:23:41.

line. They are either looking at the time, delighted with themselves,

:23:42.:23:44.

there is the reward of either a hug with a loved one or a piece of cake,

:23:45.:23:46.

but the mindset is interesting. Some people will have

:23:47.:24:01.

their own tools, and even Tania Farah was saying, Mo does this, he

:24:02.:24:04.

tells me to keep going, and you have your own kind of mantra, don't you?

:24:05.:24:06.

Yes, you definitely do. You have your own goals and whatever you want

:24:07.:24:09.

to get out of the race and that is what is special about this. You find

:24:10.:24:12.

something else out about yourself along the way and you discover kind

:24:13.:24:15.

of what makes you tick and what works for you. What you get out of

:24:16.:24:18.

it. There are those people who want to be in their own little world,

:24:19.:24:21.

Kelly Holmes, when she ran this year in the marathon, her music on,

:24:22.:24:25.

didn't want to hear anything around her, but it is so special, what

:24:26.:24:29.

everyone around you is going through! Chatting to those people

:24:30.:24:32.

coming hearing things from the site, but everybody is different and has a

:24:33.:24:34.

different motivation and a different thing that makes them tick and get

:24:35.:24:39.

through it. Getting through those challenges, yes. It is a very

:24:40.:24:43.

special occasion and Colin is still there in the tent, I believe. Who

:24:44.:24:49.

has he found this time to chat to? Well, I have three... I would like

:24:50.:24:53.

to see exhausted men, but you look really fresh! Michael, first. This

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is great, everyone's names and numbers here. What happened? I

:24:58.:25:04.

changed it at the last minute and it didn't have my nickname. You better

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tell me. David. Gentlemen, how was the race? How did it go? I am

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absolutely knackered. I did it before but it did not seem as hard

:25:18.:25:20.

the last ten. It seems harder this time. Really good, really great.

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Rob, you are the first of these to finish? Rate, the atmosphere was

:25:28.:25:32.

great out there, everybody came out in force. Brilliant. Brilliant.

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David, how much money did you actually raise? About ?400. The

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first time I have done it. The first males were no bother but the last

:25:42.:25:46.

few, couldn't have run any faster, too hot -- first miles. Would you

:25:47.:25:50.

advise someone with my background to do this run? Absolutely. I am glad

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you said that! LAUGHTER

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Gentleman, well done. Thank you. GABBY LOGAN: Some familiar faces! Or

:25:59.:26:08.

not so familiar! Who is behind these masks -- here are some familiar

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faces. I am running for a good charity for disabled kids and hoping

:26:14.:26:19.

to get them doing the Great North Run one day. I am running for an

:26:20.:26:24.

amazing charity at the hospital that helps everybody with cancer, gives

:26:25.:26:28.

support to families and friends, so get your sponsorship to please. It

:26:29.:26:37.

has been amazing running round as Ant and Dec, I have to say. So many

:26:38.:26:41.

autographs and selfies. It has slowed down a little bit but it has

:26:42.:26:46.

been great. Are you enjoying the atmosphere? Definitely! Definitely!

:26:47.:26:52.

Well done, ladies. I am sure we can get the real Ant and Dec out here

:26:53.:26:57.

next year pounding these streets. I am pretty sure they would be mobbed

:26:58.:27:00.

all the way round. Other support for everyone out there, whether you are

:27:01.:27:03.

well-known, whether they know you from the television, whether you are

:27:04.:27:08.

a local sportsman, a national one, an elite runner, the support out

:27:09.:27:11.

there is absolutely fantastic. You get the feeling as well that people

:27:12.:27:14.

along the course, it every year because it is a tradition, it is

:27:15.:27:20.

what they love to do, they love to show their running and they cannot

:27:21.:27:23.

imagine life without this Great North Run. The Great North Run as it

:27:24.:27:25.

was brought together incredible stories of people over the years,

:27:26.:27:29.

and it was a tragic set of circumstances and rugby that brought

:27:30.:27:40.

these two together. Drawing up rugby was my life, I was playing,

:27:41.:27:44.

training, then my dream came true. My 17th birthday I was asked to play

:27:45.:27:54.

for the London Broncos. Just 20 seconds into the match, as I had

:27:55.:28:02.

hundreds if not thousands of times before playing the game, something

:28:03.:28:06.

went terribly wrong, and I have since been told when I went in for

:28:07.:28:12.

that tackle, someone came in to help me and his knee struck me in the

:28:13.:28:15.

side of my neck and it broke instantly. I knew I had broken my

:28:16.:28:20.

neck. Paramedics were acting -- asking if I could touch my hands and

:28:21.:28:25.

I could not. I was pleading with them to let me die. As a 17-year-old

:28:26.:28:32.

lad, how do you come to terms with having everything you ever lived for

:28:33.:28:35.

and cleaned about ticking away from you? -- lived for and screamed

:28:36.:28:44.

about. It was horrific. I made the decision to try to build a career

:28:45.:28:48.

for myself and over 12 years, down the line, I am here at the Great

:28:49.:28:54.

North Run, sat here as somebody who has been fortunate enough to read

:28:55.:29:01.

law and can work as a lawyer. The OBE was just something completely

:29:02.:29:05.

out of the blue. Receiving that from Prince Charles at the palace, it was

:29:06.:29:09.

almost like I had come full circle. Now I was back working, back to

:29:10.:29:14.

normal life, and to get it was a great honour. Danny was hilarious,

:29:15.:29:26.

the joker of the pack. Everybody wanted him on their stag do, that

:29:27.:29:30.

sort of guy, once seen and never forgotten. My life has changed so

:29:31.:29:35.

much since losing Danny. Sometimes you think you do whatever to come to

:29:36.:29:39.

terms with it, you just learn to live again. A lot of rugby league

:29:40.:29:45.

players have died of cardiac arrests and hereditary heart problems before

:29:46.:29:47.

and nothing ever seems to have been done about it. I couldn't live with

:29:48.:29:52.

myself doing nothing. I have always said he was just far too special to

:29:53.:29:56.

not make a change, to make a difference. It needed to start with

:29:57.:30:04.

him. My main thing was that maybe if somebody else's mum or a wife or

:30:05.:30:08.

sister or brother had done what I have done so far for the Rugby

:30:09.:30:11.

league, Danny might still be alive right now. He might have had the

:30:12.:30:15.

tests that I have had passed, he might have been served a good

:30:16.:30:20.

defibrillator at the club that wasn't there before.

:30:21.:30:28.

Danny was one of the biggest fans I had with singing, he would have me

:30:29.:30:33.

singing in front of anyone so when they asked me I said of course there

:30:34.:30:39.

were 100%. When Matt did get injured, Danny was playing in the

:30:40.:30:43.

game at Halifax. A turn of events meant Danny was playing in the

:30:44.:30:50.

match. A weird twist of fate he would run wants me to run by the

:30:51.:31:02.

side of them. 2006 was with a worlds first, driving my wheelchair using

:31:03.:31:06.

my chin because I only have neck movement. I spent hour after hour

:31:07.:31:13.

driving round a disused circuit in Bedfordshire building at the time I

:31:14.:31:17.

could control my chair for. The best thing I've ever said yes to. Raising

:31:18.:31:23.

money for rugby league cares, I can want anything more. -- couldn't.

:31:24.:31:36.

Incredible people dealing with extraordinary circumstances and they

:31:37.:31:41.

are side-by-side on this Great North Run course. They got to the halfway

:31:42.:31:45.

mark where Denise Lewis stopped them for a chat. I'm joined now by Matt

:31:46.:31:50.

and Lizzie, it's great you are at the halfway stage, this team of

:31:51.:31:56.

yours, fantastic art made? It's only halfway. Though it's an amazing

:31:57.:32:04.

team, and amazing course, rugby league cares, counting down the

:32:05.:32:09.

miles, a fantastic day. Such a great day and great energy. That keeping

:32:10.:32:14.

everyone going at the moment, it's tough out there. Lizzie you look

:32:15.:32:19.

fresh as a daisy. Thank you I don't feel it. Keeping each other safe.

:32:20.:32:27.

Great inspiration so many of you, raising money and raising awareness

:32:28.:32:32.

for such a vital cause. Definitely, the charity started in my husband's

:32:33.:32:37.

memory is driving. It's a fantastic organisation, they are not the

:32:38.:32:41.

richest the richest in valleys and that is what the team is all about.

:32:42.:32:47.

And big on heart? Massive. Saving hearts in rugby league. If you to

:32:48.:32:52.

stop and talk, you're doing a fab job everybody. Matt Eurostar. Thank

:32:53.:32:54.

you. -- you're a star. We've had so many

:32:55.:33:11.

great stories today and of course so many out there which as I said

:33:12.:33:16.

earlier, we cannot talk about everybody but I'm sure they all know

:33:17.:33:19.

and you know if you're watching and supporting. I want to say well done

:33:20.:33:25.

to my daughter Catherine and Anna, both finished now and cake seems to

:33:26.:33:35.

be the order of the day. Heather Armstrong for the Stroke

:33:36.:33:40.

Association. Catherine Nicholson for north-east autism. Steve Gormley for

:33:41.:33:43.

the little heart appeal. Lesnar Children's Hospital. Of course there

:33:44.:33:49.

are those who get the unfortunate job of wearing the charity mascot,

:33:50.:33:55.

George the giraffe is out there. Alice Townsend, well done, she is

:33:56.:34:02.

going to make it dressed as a giraffe, I'm not sure she will then

:34:03.:34:05.

surely that will make it like everyone else. A hot day for those

:34:06.:34:09.

in fancy dress. Three Scooby Doo 's I've seen, two supermen are crossing

:34:10.:34:14.

the line right now but three Scooby Doo 's. The biggest club

:34:15.:34:20.

representation comes from time bridge carriers, 170 of them

:34:21.:34:28.

represented. Outside the north-east Leeds, 1366, Sheffield 1092 or the

:34:29.:34:32.

way down to the Outer Hebrides, a big area, seven running from there.

:34:33.:34:38.

Cani confirm if this is true Brendan, 1981, Kevin Keegan ran the

:34:39.:34:46.

very first Great North Run and he had problem with his but an

:34:47.:34:52.

11-year-old, Eddie ended up stopping his trainers? What size of the

:34:53.:34:58.

steered Kevin Keegan have iffy soft tissues? Same size as Eddie. They

:34:59.:35:05.

recently got together and Kevin Na photograph of them, if you think

:35:06.:35:10.

about it, Kevin was the England football captain of the time. With

:35:11.:35:15.

tiny size five feet. But a great player. And he ran one hour 26 even

:35:16.:35:22.

after swapping shoes with Eddie, an 11-year-old. They will be coming

:35:23.:35:31.

through for a good few hours, 57,000 entrants, 50,000 of them running and

:35:32.:35:34.

everybody here just crossing the line, their work is done and it's

:35:35.:35:39.

the feeling of euphoria, the endorphins flooding the body and a

:35:40.:35:40.

great effort by all. I said it before. You stand here and

:35:41.:35:53.

you get the great privilege seeing people, over the line and seeing the

:35:54.:35:58.

euphoria and seeing the emotion. I turned round them and on the back of

:35:59.:36:05.

a vest was a picture of a man's wife and she died this year, these people

:36:06.:36:10.

are so brave and it is so inspirational, it is a true joy to

:36:11.:36:13.

stand here and a privilege to see them running through the line. Out

:36:14.:36:16.

there on the course there are plenty of those people who will inspire you

:36:17.:36:20.

but also people having a lot of fun and going for records of their own.

:36:21.:36:26.

The little comets are going for a musical world record, how are they

:36:27.:36:29.

getting on Denise? You are looking tired Little comets. Plodding on.

:36:30.:36:38.

How was it out there? Everyone's been sharing a son, is difficult to

:36:39.:36:42.

get round people let people passed us, I knocked someone on the head

:36:43.:36:46.

before so I'm sorry. Tuning issues with the guitars. The singing is all

:36:47.:36:55.

right,. You've nailed the singing and running together? Yeah it's just

:36:56.:36:59.

the guitars going out of June but it's arrived. Now is your moment to

:37:00.:37:02.

tune up again. Excellent guys keep going. Get the

:37:03.:37:41.

stopwatch back on again. Keep going little comets, a local indie band

:37:42.:37:48.

hoping to go down the hallway in keeping in musical. We spoke to

:37:49.:37:52.

Ricky Wilson earlier about the concert tonight which is an after

:37:53.:37:56.

party for the Great North Run, masterminded by Graham Wylie who is

:37:57.:38:00.

a local entrepreneur. All of the money raised will stay in the

:38:01.:38:03.

north-east and primarily go to two charities, the Teenage Cance Trust

:38:04.:38:05.

and Lord of Robins. Imaging has autism, and other

:38:06.:38:19.

develop mental delays. Music for imaging is one way she can connect

:38:20.:38:24.

with other people. She is able to learn even tasks, the alphabet to

:38:25.:38:32.

music, tying her shoelaces to music, so for people like image in its

:38:33.:38:38.

actually a bit of a lifeline. She does seem to come alive and it's

:38:39.:38:41.

really great to see and that's why I love doing this work because she is

:38:42.:38:47.

in our own little world but the many you strike chord and you give that

:38:48.:38:51.

first night to lead into a piece of music she is there with the end she

:38:52.:38:58.

will immediately. She just giggles and smiles and she has Harry Kane in

:38:59.:39:04.

hand and will bounce it off the floor and then we'll with

:39:05.:39:08.

instrumental playing which will allow it to express a different form

:39:09.:39:14.

which has become her identity so music is vital for her. -- she has

:39:15.:39:24.

her cane in hand. In particular kids who are disadvantaged or have a

:39:25.:39:30.

disability. The idea is that we will build a centre in Newcastle, the

:39:31.:39:39.

Centre were very fortunate to talk to the Kaiser Chiefs and they said

:39:40.:39:42.

they would love to put a concert on in the north-east and help raise the

:39:43.:39:49.

money for the centre. It's the same day as the Great North Run so we're

:39:50.:39:53.

hoping that many the runners and families and friends will come along

:39:54.:39:56.

to the concert tonight and raise money for a good cause. Run, rock

:39:57.:40:00.

and raise is the official after party. It is on behalf of three

:40:01.:40:08.

charities, the Graham Wylie foundation, Teenage Cance Trust and

:40:09.:40:12.

none of Robins. The Teenage Cance Trust, they are the only UK trust

:40:13.:40:18.

providing specialist care for teenagers and young adults so from

:40:19.:40:25.

the ages of 13 to 24. They provide a specialist units with specialist

:40:26.:40:28.

nurses, almost like a home from home so you can carry on being a teenager

:40:29.:40:32.

and have your treatments running alongside.

:40:33.:40:40.

Unfortunately after Christmas this year my brother passed away of

:40:41.:40:46.

leukaemia and he undertook a lot of treatment at Cancer trust unit in

:40:47.:40:51.

Harle and what I did for Christmas, I did one of the things you never

:40:52.:40:55.

have to do which is Google what to buy someone who is dying for

:40:56.:40:59.

Christmas and things that materialistic didn't really matter

:41:00.:41:03.

and I decided to make an term promises so I did different promises

:41:04.:41:08.

of which one was to raise ?20,000 for Teenage Cance Trust. The Teenage

:41:09.:41:15.

Cance Trust was one of the wards where Rob was for three years when

:41:16.:41:20.

he was undertaking treatment for his bone marrow transplant and everybody

:41:21.:41:24.

on the wards supported and helped him. You don't want to be on a

:41:25.:41:27.

depressing one, it is light and airy and lots of things for people to do

:41:28.:41:33.

to keep themselves occupied, not sat there moping around thinking I've

:41:34.:41:37.

got cancer, you are actually thinking positively and just the

:41:38.:41:41.

smallest of things make a huge difference. These ten promises are

:41:42.:41:48.

helping me in terms of wanting to do things as best as I can for Robert

:41:49.:41:53.

or so in my mind, not forgetting his memory as well and hopefully he will

:41:54.:41:57.

be proud of me as well so fingers crossed we will finish in a good

:41:58.:42:01.

time and all in one piece which is what counts. And the Great North Run

:42:02.:42:10.

after party in the shape of that fantastic concert night headlined by

:42:11.:42:14.

the Kaiser Chiefs, we saw the keyboardist earlier on Peanuts. He

:42:15.:42:23.

came in at 1.30, Ricky Wilson will be there leading the show and

:42:24.:42:27.

tickets are available at the Metro radio Arena so great way to combat

:42:28.:42:32.

after the euphoria and high of the Great North Run. For some people it

:42:33.:42:36.

is not always a high. They need a bit of respite and all they want to

:42:37.:42:42.

do is chat to Colin Jackson. I said earlier I have one of the best jobs

:42:43.:42:47.

because I've just relaxing but I mean, what did you think when you

:42:48.:42:51.

decided to run like this? I poured the short straw why can I say. We

:42:52.:42:56.

did is six years ago and we are running in memory of our friend

:42:57.:43:00.

Graham Harrison and my friend John Dawes who would up the anti-little

:43:01.:43:03.

bit and put on the hot seat just two of the Challenger little bit but it

:43:04.:43:08.

was all worth it, people thought I was an apple or an Eminem, they know

:43:09.:43:13.

it's all for a good cause. It hurts but was worth it. Brilliant stuff.

:43:14.:43:19.

He will use that as the reason why you ended up being in red?

:43:20.:43:26.

Definitely. How was the run for you? Brilliant slow start picked up at

:43:27.:43:29.

the end. Slow and steady wins the race. Apparently you were the talk

:43:30.:43:36.

of the I left you last. Tell us about how much money you think

:43:37.:43:39.

between the three of you how much she raised? I think two and a half

:43:40.:43:45.

thousand now. So we are really pleased between our group, a couple

:43:46.:43:51.

of us are still running, we said we would do it again and to hear that

:43:52.:43:57.

amount of money is brilliant. All a great cause so pleased.

:43:58.:44:02.

Characteristic of the Berlin cause, well done gentlemen, I will see you

:44:03.:44:07.

next year. Brilliant thank you. -- the brilliant cause. As is

:44:08.:44:15.

tradition, the first fly-past of the red arrows is taking place and we'll

:44:16.:44:19.

shot our heads in the air because it is such a magnificent sound. The man

:44:20.:44:26.

next to me is Stephen Hillier he basically runs the air force who has

:44:27.:44:30.

been running today as well. Is it a sound and a site that still fills

:44:31.:44:34.

you with marble? It's great to see the red arrows in such a great day

:44:35.:44:39.

-- marvel. Is this your first time? First time at the Great North Run. A

:44:40.:44:45.

great race, great weather and a great crowd, what a great

:44:46.:44:51.

atmosphere. Tell me your time. 1:48.50, I was pleased with that.

:44:52.:44:55.

Running for the John egging trust and it commemorates John egging he

:44:56.:45:00.

was one of the red arrows pilot who tragically lost his life five years

:45:01.:45:05.

ago during an air display and the trust seeks to improve the lives of

:45:06.:45:08.

young people and motivate them to give them opportunities so I am

:45:09.:45:14.

proud to be running for them today. The charity does incredible work.

:45:15.:45:18.

This involvement with the red arrows in the Great North Run is historic.

:45:19.:45:23.

It feels it is part of whole thing. The founder of horrible history said

:45:24.:45:26.

he always finishes before the red arrows.

:45:27.:45:31.

It is a marker for some people, isn't it? Yes, and to see them

:45:32.:45:39.

flying over the Tyne, it is iconic, and great to see the display on such

:45:40.:45:44.

a fantastic location. However we have not seen Terry do it just yet

:45:45.:45:48.

so this may be the first year he has not finished before the red arrows

:45:49.:45:52.

so he may be mightily disappointed. They are about to start their

:45:53.:45:56.

display, out over the North Sea, ready to that. The hours and hours

:45:57.:46:04.

of practice that goes into do this, practising the moves. It is so

:46:05.:46:06.

meticulous, isn't it? Absolutely. And we are proud to display in front

:46:07.:46:10.

of the public. It takes a huge amount of effort and choose the

:46:11.:46:13.

qualities we look for in the RAF, the discipline, and that sense of

:46:14.:46:17.

challenge and purpose, saw a great advert for the Royal Air Force and

:46:18.:46:22.

for the nation as well, I think. You can enjoy that, too, along with the

:46:23.:46:25.

crowds. Well done on your run today as well. Thank you for that -- so it

:46:26.:46:30.

is a great advert. Let's get back to our commentators to talk you through

:46:31.:46:38.

this magnificent display. Steve. Thank you, Gabby. It was certainly

:46:39.:46:42.

very exciting to get the chance to fly with the title red arrows a good

:46:43.:46:51.

few years ago. Most of them in my book were names like Aaargh and Ooh!

:46:52.:47:03.

Because it is pretty tough out there. You have to be pretty fit, it

:47:04.:47:10.

is great rigorous physical test -- a chance to fly with the Red Arrows.

:47:11.:47:16.

When you said you were flying with them, you're actually a passenger? I

:47:17.:47:23.

got to twiddle the Nobbs a little bit! To release the smoke?

:47:24.:47:35.

Excellent. -- the knobs. It is a great experience and one of the

:47:36.:47:39.

reasons we are so very proud, because as Gabby was saying, such a

:47:40.:47:42.

fixture here. Not in the early years. I am trying to think,

:47:43.:47:47.

Brendan. 2002... Certainly not in the early years. How did it start? I

:47:48.:47:52.

think we saw them on telly once! LAUGHTER

:47:53.:48:02.

Well, from a bunch of wonderful men in their wonderful flying machines,

:48:03.:48:06.

this is a tenuous link, but let's see who Denise has with her... I

:48:07.:48:13.

couldn't help but notice this trio of wonder women. What has it been

:48:14.:48:18.

like out there today? The absolutely amazing atmosphere like it has been

:48:19.:48:21.

every year. The community coming to sort everyone, it is to Mendis. Why

:48:22.:48:26.

are you running? Because she is such a wonder woman. She was diagnosed

:48:27.:48:31.

just under, just over three years ago, with breast cancer. She had a

:48:32.:48:35.

baby at the time as well, had just had a baby, and has beaten breast

:48:36.:48:43.

cancer and said she could not have done it without McMillan so we are

:48:44.:48:46.

running for them. You are a bit of a star? I know as soon as I put this

:48:47.:48:49.

microphone here, I just hope... You're such an inspiration.

:48:50.:48:52.

Honestly, I could not have done it without them. They dragged me...

:48:53.:48:56.

They still have to drag me! It is wonderful. My first Great North Run,

:48:57.:49:00.

and it is amazing. You have to come out and do it, everyone. We are

:49:01.:49:04.

delighted to have you, to have all three of you. Enjoy the rest of the

:49:05.:49:10.

way. Nearly their! Thank you! Goodbye! What do you call a group

:49:11.:49:19.

of... Well, we will put busy in there, four wonder women! You are

:49:20.:49:24.

good at this? It will come to me. I am sure there is such a thing. I

:49:25.:49:26.

love watching all the different rounds. They come through and it is

:49:27.:49:31.

so well managed, after they have let a few on one final, they move the

:49:32.:49:35.

rope across and get the runners to another final, because it gets very

:49:36.:49:40.

crowded at the finish at this stage. You can see the Pacers and they are

:49:41.:49:45.

there throughout the run, going back to... How far back, I don't know.

:49:46.:49:49.

You can see them running there with the banners above them, so if you

:49:50.:49:52.

want to get a particular time, pretty much from an hour and 20

:49:53.:49:58.

minutes, I think, back down, then you can do that. A lot of people

:49:59.:50:01.

have a tremendous kick left because it is very crowded and you might get

:50:02.:50:06.

caught in a bit of a crush. Then it just opens towards the end and you

:50:07.:50:09.

have a bit of a mad strength. We have seen a few of those and a few

:50:10.:50:16.

in a of this report as well, but they are finishing, so that is

:50:17.:50:20.

imported, or perhaps even more important that they taking part --

:50:21.:50:26.

in various states of disrepair as well. We have the Red Arrows as

:50:27.:50:30.

well, but all sorts of outfits and costumes and I think that maybe...

:50:31.:50:36.

Is that Terry Deary? Anyway, we are looking for him, still out there,

:50:37.:50:40.

just about finishing. That is ten! Horrible Histories of them who has

:50:41.:50:45.

been giving us a guide to the history around the course. He is out

:50:46.:50:49.

there running in his 20th Great North Run today. Yes, he does love

:50:50.:50:54.

his running, Terry. I know he has been getting slower in recent times.

:50:55.:50:58.

A great supporter of lots of local events, not just the Great North

:50:59.:51:04.

Run. He is a regular fixture and we are delighted to see him here. Those

:51:05.:51:09.

films have been really informative. Finding out a bit more about it.

:51:10.:51:22.

GABBY LOGAN: Terry, with just a few hundred yards to go and he will have

:51:23.:51:26.

a chat with us, no doubt. Making his way across the finish line, and well

:51:27.:51:31.

we have that, we have a bit more educational footage to show you,

:51:32.:51:34.

which is his final Horrible Histories don't assure you...

:51:35.:51:47.

The final mile! Most runners agree, it is the longest mail since Mr

:51:48.:51:55.

Imperial invented measurement, and it starts just here, north of the

:51:56.:52:06.

grotto, which is blasted into a large cliff and in 70 needed to a

:52:07.:52:13.

man and his wife borrowed some explosives from a local quarry and

:52:14.:52:16.

turned a small cave into a large one to live in. They also built this

:52:17.:52:22.

zigzag stairway down the cliff. There are choice of accommodation

:52:23.:52:31.

attracted visitors, and it was suggested they supplied the

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smugglers who use the caves alongside these cliffs -- along

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these cliffs to hide their cargoes. Legend says one smuggler was turned

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down but they escaped. When they found him, they put him in a basket

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and laud him down the shaft known as Smuggler's Hole, Where They Left

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Them To Starve To Death they left him to die in front of their eyes

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and it is said on the long dark stormy nights the sound of his ghost

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can be heard. Those be the ghostly moans of John the Jibber! Or they

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could be the ghostly moans of runners at the finishing line... You

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could be right! GABBY LOGAN: There are the Hours

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with their fantastic display. Kerry, you said you always finish with

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them, but not today -- there are the Red Arrows. I think you have done

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tremendously well as a man on his 20th outing here. With your time. I

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have met some superb crazy people. Can I tell you one? A guy at the

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start said, I have done every single run and this week I have not felt so

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good. I have just been diagnosed with prostate cancer. Maybe that is

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the reason? Maybe it is! Incredible. Did you stay with them? No, he was

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too fast for me, but I am glad to have finished, and I hope you have

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enjoyed all the videos. We have absolutely love them. Steve Cram

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said you actually taught him something about Jarrow, which is

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great because I thought he knew absolutely everything about it. Use

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the Chancellor of university so there is quite he doesn't know!

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Sorry, Steve! And you are Black Cat, so you know quite a lot... Yes, and

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Brendan Foster is on the other side. He was sent a map of how to how to

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get to Burton Albion football club, and Brendan was not amused! It has

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been great having you are involved with the films. Will you be back

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next year? Perhaps, but I will let you know next year. 1720 does sound

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like a good round-up! Let's go back to our commentary team. Steve,

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Brendan and Andrew. LAUGHTER

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We love Terry! I will not mention what you said to my colleagues at

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the University of Sunderland, but we loved all of your films, Terry, it

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was great fun. He is right about the little zero I sent Brendan at the

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end of last season. Anyway! -- the little note. If you would like the

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chance to come and enjoy this wonderful event next year it will be

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on September the tenth, and we have a reminder service we will open, so

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if you would like to sign up to that, that will then let you know

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when the ballot opens which will be sometime early next year. So another

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wonderful day and I know that from us in the commentary box it has been

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a cracker, Mo Farah winning his third race. And Brendan has lost

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out... Fantastic to see such a nice day, two Olympic champions winning

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the men's and women's races. A very tired Mo Farah, what a year he has

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given us. 57,000 starters, almost a record number, we have had a great

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day with them and it is still going! I feel a little bit sorry for John

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the Jibber after that and peace from Terry Deary because it does not

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sound like he had a fair trial, but what a glorious day here. They

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continue to funnel down the road at South Shields towards the finish

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line, all weary and tired having worked very hard but enjoying

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themselves as well, cheered along the way by so many thousands and

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thousands of spectators. As the Red Arrows do their thing up there, and

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many people running below them also do their journey, setting out to

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achieve what they -- achieving what they set out to achieve today. That

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is the biggest thing for me. Watching people streamed through the

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front at South Shields, achieving that finish in the Great North Run.

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See you next year. Yes, it has been a great day and that is just about

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it from us in the commentary box, Gabby, we are off for a little bit

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of cake. I will join you soon. Thank you to you, Steve, Andrew, Denise,

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Paula, and Steve does not have to worry because Sunderland play

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tomorrow! The women's football show is on at 20 past midnight.

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Paralympic coverage is on five live and the BBC sport website as well.

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It has been a magnificent Great North Run from the very start, with

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Sebastian Coe and David Rudisha and Amy Tinkler getting all the runners

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on their way. So many charities have benefited today. So many lives have

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been changed. So many people will come through this experience

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thinking, this is for them. A better and more active life. I hope you

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have been inspired. I know I have. We will see you next time. From all

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of us, goodbye.

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