MEDIA GUIDE 8 - 9 SEPTEMBER 2018
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MEDIA GUIDE 8 - 9 SEPTEMBER 2018
CONTENTS
Weekend Contacts / TV Times
Simplyhealth Great North 5k &
Simplyhealth Junior and Mini Great North Run
About the Events
Timetable
Course Maps
Great North CityGames
About the Event
Timetable
Athletes to Watch
Event Site Map
Press Release
Simplyhealth Great North Run
About the Event
Timetable
Celebrity Runners
Human Interest Runners
Course Map
Press Release
Roll of Honour
Notes to Editors
WEEKEND CONTACTS Simplyhealth Great North 5k/Junior and Mini Great North Run Jen Tomlin - 07812 078 064 - jennifer.tomlin@thegreatruncompany.com Great North CityGames Richard Easterbrook - 07970 818 389 - richard.easterbrook@thegreatruncompany.com Philippa Brock - 07921 582 509 - philippa.brock @thegreatruncompany.com Simplyhealth Great North Run Philippa Brock - 07921 582 509 - philippa.brock@thegreatruncompany.com Kerry Simpson - 07808 627 592 - kerry.simpson@thegreatruncompany.com Jen Tomlin - 07812 078 064 - jennifer.tomlin@thegreatruncompany.com Nicola Hedley - 07850 788 310 - nicola.hedley@thegreatruncompany.com Richard Easterbrook - 07970 818 389 - richard.easterbrook@thegreatruncompany.com TV TIMES Saturday 8 September The Great North CityGames will be live on BBC One and BBC One HD from 13:15 – 15:45 Sunday 9 September The Simplyhealth Great North Run is live on BBC One and BBC One HD from 09:30 – 13:30. Highlights will be shown on BBC2 from 17:00 – 18:00.
SIMPLYHEALTH GREAT NORTH 5K &
SIMPLYHEALTH JUNIOR & MINI GREAT NORTH RUN
About the events
The Simplyhealth Junior and Mini Great North Run – the UK’s biggest children’s running event
– will kick off a great weekend of sport in the North East.
Over 8,500 children will be their greatest and take to the NewcastleGateshead Quayside
across the day.
The junior and mini events are followed by the Simplyhealth Great North 5k. Inspirational
marathon runner Kathrine Switzer will officially start the 5k before taking part herself with 1,000
others. She has become a symbol in running of female empowerment and social change after
becoming the first woman to run the Boston Marathon as a numbered entry.
This year the event has teamed up with the This Girl Can campaign, offering a separate wave
for anyone who has been inspired by the campaign and wants to celebrate women getting
active.
Media facilities
Your media pass will gain you access to the start and finish areas, located on the Newcastle
Quayside, between the Tyne and Millennium Bridges. Interviews will be available.
Social media
#GreatNorth5k
#GreatNorthRun
@great_run facebook.com/GreatNorthRunGNR @great_run
SIMPLYHEALTH GREAT NORTH 5K & SIMPLYHEALTH JUNIOR & MINI GREAT NORTH RUN TIMETABLE 08:40 Simplyhealth Mini Great North Run - Purple start 09:20 Simplyhealth Mini Great North Run - Blue start 09:30 Great North Pasta Party opens (Mill Road car park) 10:00 Simplyhealth Mini Great North Run - Pink start 10:05 Simplyhealth Mini Great North Run - Purple and Blue presentations 10:40 Simplyhealth Mini Great North Run - Orange start 11:20 Simplyhealth Mini Great North Run - Green start 11:25 Simplyhealth Mini Great North Run - Pink and Orange presentations 11:55 Simplyhealth Mini Great North Run - Red start 12:15 Start of Junior and Mini Great North - Wheelchair Event 12:45 Simplyhealth Mini Great North Run - Green, Red & wheelchair presentations 13:15 – 15:45 Great North CityGames 15:09 Simplyhealth Junior Great North Run - Boys 15 -16 years | Red start 15:13 Simplyhealth Junior Great North Run - Girls 15 -16 years | Red start 15:19 Simplyhealth Junior Great North Run - Boys 13 - 14 years | Blue start 15:24 Simplyhealth Junior Great North Run - Girls 13 - 14 years | Blue start 15:50 Simplyhealth Junior Great North Run - Girls 11-12 years | Green start 15:55 Simplyhealth Junior Great North Run - Girls 9-10 years | Orange start 16:00 Simplyhealth Junior Great North Run - Red and Blue presentations 16:25 Simplyhealth Junior Great North Run - Boys 11-12 years | Green start 16:30 Simplyhealth Junior Great North Run - Boys 9-10 years | Orange start 16:50 Simplyhealth Junior Great North Run - Green and Orange presentations 17:10 Simplyhealth Great North 5k - Red start 17:15 Simplyhealth Great North 5k - White start 17:20 Simplyhealth Great North 5k - Green & This Girl Can start 17:50 Simplyhealth Great North 5k - presentations
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GREAT NORTH CITYGAMES
About the event
The Great North CityGames has become an established highlight in an action-packed sporting
weekend for the region. Staged the day before the Simplyhealth Great North Run, the event is
once again set to bring world-class competition to one of the UK’s most iconic locations - the
NewcastleGateshead Quayside, with up to 25,000 spectators.
Taking place in a unique, purpose-built athletics arena in the heart of the city, the exciting
format lets spectators get up close to the action, and best of all – it’s free to spectate.
In 2018, the Elite Mile events will be taking place in Stockton-on-Tees for the first time in Great
North CityGames history. This will be broadcast as part of the Great North CityGames cover-
age on BBC One. Athletes competing in this race will be available for interview in the media
room in Gateshead on request.
Media facilities
The media room will be located in HMS Calliope, where free Wi-Fi and light refreshments will
be available from 12:30.
Wi-Fi
Network: GreatRunPress
Access Code: greatcitygames
**You must show your pass to gain access to these facilities**
Athlete interviews
All athletes will be available for interview in the mixed zone located next to the main entrance of
HMS Calliope.
Social media
#GNGC2018
@great_run facebook.com/GreatNorthRunGNR @great_runGREAT NORTH CITYGAMES TIMETABLE 09:30 Men’s Mile (Stockton) 09:45 Women’s Mile (Stockton) 12:15 Women’s Pole Vault 12:15 Great School Sprint - Girls’ 100m final 12:20 Great School Sprint - Boys’ 100m final 12:25 English Schools - Women’s 150m heat 1 12:30 English Schools - Women’s 150m heat 2 12:35 English Schools - Men’s 150m heat 1 12:40 English Schools - Men’s 150m heat 2 13:20 Men’s & Women’s Long Jump 13:20 Women’s 100m Hurdles 13:33 Men’s 500m (road) 13:45 English Schools - Women’s 150m B race 13:50 English Schools - Men’s 150m B race 14:02 Women’s 500m (road) 14:12 Men’s 110m Hurdles 14:20 English Schools - Women’s 150m A race 14:25 English Schools - Men’s 150m A race 14:34 Men’s IPC 100m 14:45 Women’s 150m 14:56 Men’s 150m
GREAT NORTH CITYGAMES
ATHLETES TO WATCH
Greg Rutherford (GBR) Reece Prescod (GBR) Orlando Ortega (ESP)
Long Jump, 2012 Olympic Games gold, Men’s 150m, 2017 World Men’s 110mh, 2016 Olympic silver, 2018
2016 Olympic bronze, 2015 World Championships 100m 7th place European bronze
Championships gold, 2014 and 2016
European gold, 2014 Commonwealth
gold
Bershawn Jackson (USA) Jonnie Peacock (GBR) Michelle-Lee Ahye (TTO)
Men’s 500m, 2008 Olympic Games IPC T44 100M, 2012 and 2016 Women’s 150m, 2018 Commonwealth
bronze medal, 2005, 2009, 2011 World Paralympic gold, 2013 and 2017 IPC gold, 2015 World Championship bronze
Championships gold medal, 2010 World World Championship gold, 2014 and
Indoor Championship gold medal 2016 European gold
Anyika Onuora (GBR) Alicia Barrett (GBR) Holly Bradshaw (GBR)
Women’s 500m, 2016 Olympic bronze, Women’s 110mh, Represented GBR at Pole Vault, 2018 European
2015 World Championship bronze, 2018 2017 World Championships Championships bronze, 2018 Athletics
World Indoor Championship bronze, World Cup gold, 2012 World Indoor
2014 and 2016 European gold, 2006 Championships bronze, 2013 European
European silver, 2016 European bronze, Indoor Championships gold
2006 Commonwealth silver, 2014
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HaGREAT NORTH CITYGAMES PRESS RELEASE World class athletics event to celebrate tenth anniversary ELITE athletes will compete in the tenth anniversary of the innovative and exciting Great North CityGames this weekend. Leading world and domestic athletes have been confirmed for the street-level athletics compe- tition on Saturday, which will see eleven events across two sites in NewcastleGateshead and, for the first time in the event’s history, Stockton-on-Tees. Greg Rutherford will bring the curtain down on a glittering career in athletics with his final com- petitive appearance in the long jump on Newcastle Quayside. The 31-year-old Olympic, world and Commonwealth champion called time on his career earlier this summer and will return to the Great North CityGames for the first time since 2016. Ruther- ford took part in the first-ever event in 2009 when it was an England v Australia team event. Paralympic and World champion Jonnie Peacock will return to competitive action when he lines up in the 100m para athletics T44 race on the specially-created running track on the Gates- head side of the River Tyne as part of a line-up of athletes boasting Olympic, World, Common- wealth and European gold medals. More than 25,000 spectators are expected to attend the free-to-watch event which will form part of the Simplyhealth Great North Run weekend featuring the Simplyhealth Junior and Mini Great North Run, and the Simplyhealth Great North 5K. And, for the first time, the Great North CityGames will have events taking place in Stockton-on- Tees, with the Elite Men and Women’s Mile preceding the inaugural Simplyhealth Great Tees 10K and Family Run events as the south of the region is brought into the entire Great North Run weekend. European Championships gold medallist Laura Muir will lead the charge over the mile course which takes in the iconic Infinity Bridge, and will be up against Scottish compatriot Eilish Mc- Colgan, who won silver in this summer’s European Championships. The athletics action is free to watch, no ticket is required, and the event is broadcast live on BBC One from 1.15pm.
SIMPLYHEALTH GREAT NORTH RUN
About the event
The Simplyhealth Great North Run is the UK’s biggest running event and the world’s biggest
half marathon. This year 57,000 people will take on their own personal challenge as they run,
jog and walk 13.1 miles from Newcastle to South Shields.
The course takes in the iconic Tyne Bridge, goes through Gateshead, passing the famous
international athletics stadium, and finishes in the coastal town of South Shields. Live music,
on-course refreshments and thousands of cheering supporters will keep runners motivated
every step of the way.
As the UK marks the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage, this year the event will honour
female pioneers of the sport, recognising five extraordinary women who have played their part
in inspiring an unstoppable wave of female runners around the world. Kathrine Switzer, Rosa
Mota, Ingrid Kristiansen, Paula Radcliffe and Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson will all take to the
starters’ podium to officially set the runners on their way.
Media facilities
The media tent is located at the finish site of the Simplyhealth Great North Run on the Coast
Road in South Shields. Free Wi-Fi and light refreshments will be available.
WI-FI
Network: greatnorthrun18
Access Code: greatnorthrun18
**You must show your pass to gain access to these facilities**
Athlete interviews
All athletes will be available for interview post-race in the media tent.
Social media
#GreatNorthRun
@great_run facebook.com/GreatNorthRunGNR @great_runSIMPLYHEALTH GREAT NORTH RUN
TIMETABLE
10:10 Simplyhealth Great North Run - Elite Wheelchair - Start
10:15 Simplyhealth Great North Run - Elite Women - Start
Simplyhealth Great North Run - Mass Warm-Up
10:40 Simplyhealth Great North Run - Elite Men and Masses - Start
13:15 Red Arrows Display in South ShieldsSIMPLYHEALTH GREAT NORTH RUN
CELEBRITY RUNNERS
Olly Murs Sophie Raworth Nell McAndrew
Singer, songwriter and BBC News presenter Presenter and fitness author
television presenter
Running for Cancer Research
Running for Brainwave
Children’s Charity and Mind UK and Alzheimer’s Society
George Rainsford Ross Noble Tony Audenshaw
Ethan Hardy in Casualty Stand-up comedian and actor Bob Hope in Emmerdale
Running for Bloodwise Running for Newcastle Can Running for Bloodwise
campaignSIMPLYHEALTH GREAT NORTH RUN
CELEBRITY RUNNERS
Scarlett Moffatt Vicky Pattison Pete Wicks
Saturday Night Take-Away Television presenter and winner The Only Way is Essex cast
co-presenter and winner of of I’m a Celebrity member
I’m a Celebrity
Running for Alcohol Running for Humane Society
Running for Angel Trust Research UK International
Nick ‘Peanut’ Baines Ryan Molloy Terry Deary
Keyboardist with the Kaiser Singer and actor on Broadway Author of ‘Horrible Histories’
Chiefs and London’s West End, played
Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys Running for Grace House
Running for Graham Wylie
Running for Graham Wylie
Foundation
FoundationSIMPLYHEALTH GREAT NORTH RUN
HUMAN INTEREST STORIES
The Simplyhealth Great North Run is a celebration of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Here are
some of the Local Heroes taking part in this year’s event.
Claire Coulthard Alex Oliver
Stockton Durham
Claire’s depression led to two suicide Amateur boxer Alex set up Brandon Boxing
attempts, until exercise saved her life. She Club to provide support and encouragement
now runs a peer support group which helps to young people in the East-Durham area.
people suffering with their own mental health
problems.
John Maughan Paul Wilson
South Shields Wakefield
In his spare time, John is a volunteer at the Paul has Down Syndrome and is raising mon-
South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade, which ey for Dark Horse Theatre in Huddersfield,
is one of three search and rescue units left in which provides training and acting
the country and relies on donations. opportunities for learning disabled actors.SIMPLYHEALTH GREAT NORTH RUN
HUMAN INTEREST STORIES
Pete Wallroth Damian Gibson
Glossop Halifax
After his wife passed away from cancer just Ex-rugby league player Damian has spent
two months after the birth of her second the last 18 months training a group of home-
child, Pete set up Mummy’s Star, a charity less people to run the Simplyhealth Great
aiming to support pregnant women diag- North Run. The “Home Run Project”
nosed with cancer.
Sue Hills & Clive Ruggles
Leicester
After their daughter was murdered in 2016
by her ex-boyfriend, Sue and Clive set up
the Alice Ruggles Trust to raise awareness
of stalking, provide education, training and
support researchROAD CLOSURES
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PRESS RELEASE
2018 expected to be biggest ever year for Simplyhealth Great North Run. Local
heroes line up with famous faces and world class athletes for the 38th staging
of the event
Record numbers
A record number of people are expected to take part across the Simplyhealth Great North Run weekend
from 8-9 September this year. The iconic half marathon has transformed into a two-day celebration of
sport in the North East, which includes; the Great North CityGames, the Simplyhealth Junior and Mini
Great North Run, a sold out Simplyhealth Great North 5k and for the first time, new events in the south of
the region in the form of the Simplyhealth Great Tees 10K.
Following several years of reaching capacity in record time, 1,500 additional places were made available
for the 2018 Simplyhealth Junior Mini Great North Run to keep up with ever growing demand. Over 8,500
young athletes are now registered to take part on Saturday 8 September, in the largest children’s run in
the UK.
Organisers are also expecting a huge turnout for the main event, the Simplyhealth Great North Run, on
Sunday 9 September. 57,000 are registered to take part and in recent years, the number of those
dropping out before they reach the start line has been falling, based on this trend organisers are
predicting the highest ever number of finishers on the day.
Pioneering runners
Setting them on their way will be a group of extraordinary women who have played their part in inspiring
an unstoppable wave of female runners around the world.
Kathrine Switzer, Rosa Mota, Ingrid Kristiansen and Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson will appear in a
visual performance marking the closing weekend of the Great Exhibition of the North, Great North Star,
before taking to the starters’ podium.
The official starters of the 2018 Simplyhealth Great North Run have overcome challenges throughout their
careers to leave their mark in the running world, creating change that has ultimately led to an explosion of
women’s participation in running.
• A true pioneer, in a time when women were not allowed to take part in long distance races,
Kathrine Switzer defied convention and became the first woman to officially complete the Boston
Marathon in 1967.
• Rosa Mota was the first and only woman to win marathon gold at the European Championships,
World Championships and Olympic Games. At the 1982 European Championships in Athens,
she won the first ever women’s marathon in a major championship.
• A powerhouse of distance running in the 1980s, Ingrid Kristiansen is the only woman to have
held the record for the 5000m, 10000m, half marathon and marathon simultaneously. She was
also the first athlete to win world titles on the track, on the road and cross country.SIMPLYHEALTH GREAT NORTH RUN
PRESS RELEASE
• Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson is one of the UK’s most successful female athletes, a two-time
world champion who has also won a staggering 11 gold medals at the Paralympic Games, she
is also an eight-time winner of the women’s wheelchair race at the Great North Run.
Romana Abdin, Chief Executive Officer of title sponsor Simplyhealth said; “Alongside Great Run, I’m
thrilled to welcome a group of truly amazing women who have each played their part in inspiring an
unstoppable wave of female runners around the world. Overcoming challenges throughout their careers,
they have each left their mark in the running world.
“The Simplyhealth Great North Run weekend is an iconic event that inspires thousands of people to
challenge themselves to do just a little bit more than they might have yesterday. No matter your age,
ability or gender, it shows that you can achieve greatness on your own terms.
“At Simplyhealth we help millions of people make the most of life by supporting them with their health and
wellbeing. Through our partnership with the Great Run Series and Mind, our charity partner, we want to
encourage and inspire even more people to benefit from better physical health and mental wellbeing.
Whether you’re running, jogging or walking, taking part is reward in itself and a huge personal
achievement. Every single person here this weekend is showing just how great being active can feel.
“Whether you’re training for your first event or you’re here because you’ve got your eye on setting yourself
a half marathon PB, Simplyhealth is here to support you every step of the way.”
Brendan Foster, founder of the Great North Run said: “This year there will be more women than ever
before lining up on the start line of the Simplyhealth Great North Run.
“We’re honoured these pioneering athletes will be there to send them on their way. They will demonstrate
to everyone who is running, men and women, what can be achieved with hard work and determination.
“Undoubtedly their stories will inspire all runners as they take on their own 13.1 mile challenge, and for all
those who benefited from their bravery it will be a chance to say thank you, you’re the women who got us
started.”
These pioneering athletes will be inspiring the tens of thousands of amateur runners taking part on the
day, and undoubtedly many of the world class elite runners making up the competitive field.
World class elites
Sir Mo Farah will look to make it five wins in a row when he returns to Tyneside for the elite men’s race.
The ten-time Olympic and world champion became the first runner to win four consecutive times when he
beat Jake Robertson over 13.1miles last year – victory on Sunday will put him clear at the top of the roll of
honour in the iconic event’s history.
New Zealand record holder Robertson marked his second-placed finish a year ago by memorably
proposing to his girlfriend Magdalyne Masai who had finished fourth in the women’s race, and will return
to the scene of his romantic act when he lines up against Farah on Sunday.SIMPLYHEALTH GREAT NORTH RUN PRESS RELEASE Commonwealth marathon champion Mike Shelley has also been announced, 26.2mile heavyweight Daniel Wanjiru will provide stiff opposition, while British interest will come in the shape of Great Britain’s Olympian Andy Vernon and Jonny Mellor. In the women’s race, Vivian Cheruiyot will attempt to make it two Simplyhealth Great North Run wins in three years when she lines up on Sunday. Facing off against the Olympic champion will be Joyciline Jepkosgei, the fastest woman in the world over the half marathon. Betsy Saina and Brigid Kosgei will also be in contention, with British hopes lying with Lily Partridge, Gemma Steel, Charlotte Purdue and Sunderland athlete Aly Dixon. Six-time Paralympic gold medallist David Weir will seek his first Simplyhealth Great North Run win since 2015 in the men’s wheelchair race. Famous faces Alongside elite athletes, famous faces will appear on the start line. After watching the Simplyhealth Great North Run on TV last year, chart-topping singer-songwriter Olly Murs and his sister Fay made a pact that they would enter it together this year. Olly is running for Brainwave, a local charity in Essex, while sister Faye is supporting Mind. Local girl Scarlett Moffatt of Gogglebox and Saturday Night Takeaway fame will be running for the Angel Trust, a charity that provides community support in Darlington and County Durham. These first-timers are will undoubtedly receive some start line tips from regulars including BBC News presenter Sophie Raworth and model turned presenter and fitness author Nell McAndrew. They will be joined by many well-known personalities including Casualty star George Rainsford, comedian Ross Noble, Pete Wicks from The Only Way is Essex and Vicky Pattinson, former winner of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here. The event will be shown live on BBC One from 09:30-13:30 and in a highlights programme on BBC Two from 17:00-18:00.
SIMPLYHEALTH GREAT NORTH RUN ROLL OF HONOUR MEN WOMEN 2017 Mo Farah Great Britain 01:00:06 2017 Mary Keitany Kenya 01:05:59 2016 Mo Farah Great Britain 01:00:04 2016 Vivian Cheruiyot Kenya 01:07:54 2015 Mo Farah Great Britain 00:59:22 2015 Mary Keitany Kenya 01:07:32 2014 Mo Farah Great Britain 01:00:00 2014 Mary Keitany Kenya 01:05:39 2013 Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia 01:00:09 2013 Priscah Jeptoo Kenya 01:05:45 2012 Wilson Kipsang Kenya 00:59:06 2012 Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia 01:07:35 2011 Martin Mathathi Kenya 00:58:56 2011 Lucy Kabuu Kenya 01:07:06 2010 Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia 00:59:33 2010 Berhane Adere Ethiopia 01:08:49 2009 Martin Lel Kenya 00:59:32 2009 Jessica Augusto Portugal 01:09:08 2008 Tsegay Kebede Ethiopia 00:59:45 2008 Gete Wami Ethiopia 01:08:51 2007 Martin Lel Kenya 01:00:10 2007 Kara Goucher USA 01:06:57 2006 Hendrick Ramaala South Africa 01:01:03 2006 Berhane Adere Ethiopia 01:10:03 2005 Zersenay Tadesse Eritrea 00:59:05 2005 Derartu Tulu Ethiopia 01:07:33 2004 Dejene Berhanu Ethiopia 00:59:37 2004 Benita Johnson Australia 01:07:55 2003 Hendrick Ramaala South Africa 01:00:01 2003 Paula Radcliffe Great Britain 01:05:40 2002 Paul Kosgei Kenya 00:59:58 2002 Sonia O’Sullivan Ireland 01:07:19 2001 Paul Tergat Kenya 01:00:30 2001 Susan Chepkemei Kenya 01:08:40 2000 Faustin Baha Tanzania 01:01:51 2000 Paula Radcliffe Great Britain 01:07:07 1999 John Mutai Kenya 01:00:52 1999 Joyce Chepchumba Kenya 01:09:07 1998 Josiah Thugwane South Africa 01:02:32 1998 Sonia O’Sullivan Ireland 01:11:50 1997 Hendrick Ramaala South Africa 01:00:25 1997 Luciana Subano Kenya 01:09:24 1996 Benson Masya Kenya 01:01:43 1996 Liz McColgan Scotland 01:10:28 1995 Moses Tanui Kenya 01:00:39 1995 Liz McColgan Scotland 01:11:42 1994 Benson Masya Kenya 01:00:02 1994 Rosanna Munerotto Italy 01:11:29 1993 Moses Tanui Kenya 01:00:15 1993 Tegla Loroupe Kenya 01:12:55 1992 Benson Masya Kenya 01:00:24 1992 Liz McColgan Scotland 01:08:53 1991 Benson Masya Kenya 01: 01:28 1991 Ingrid Kristiansen Norway 01:10:57 1990 Steve Moneghetti Australia 01:00:34 1990 Rosa Mota Portugal 01:09:33 1989 El Mostafa Nechadi Morocco 01:02:39 1989 Lisa Martin Australia 01:10:43 1988 John Treacy Ireland 01:01:00 1988 Grete Waitz Norway 01:08:49 1987 Rob De Castella Australia 01:02:04 1987 Lisa Martin Australia 01:10:00 1986 Michael Musyoki Kenya 01:00:43 1986 Lisa Martin Australia 01:09:45 1985 Steve Kenyon Great Britain 01:02:44 1985 Rosa Mota Portugal 01:09:54 1984 Oyvind Dahl Norway 01:04:36 1984 Grete Waitz Norway 01:10:27 1983 Carlos Lopez Portugal 01:02:46 1983 Julie Barleycorn Great Britain 01:16:39 1982 Mike McLeod Great Britain 01:02:44 1982 Margaret Lockley Isle of Man 01:19:24 1981 Mike McLeod Great Britain 01:03:23 1981 Karen Goldhawk Great Britain 01:17:36
SIMPLYHEALTH GREAT NORTH RUN
ROLL OF HONOUR
WHEELCHAIR - MEN WHEELCHAIR - WOMEN
2017 Simon Lawson Great Britain 00:44:22 2017 Sammi Kinghorn Great Britain 00:52:48
2016 Mark Telford Great Britain 00:49:02 2016 n/a n/a n/a
2015 David Weir Great Britain 00:42:46 2015 Shelley Woods Great Britain 00:53:58
2014 Jordi Madeira Spain 00:43:02 2014 Shelley Woods Great Britain 00:50:34
2013 David Weir Great Britain 00:43:06 2013 Shelley Woods Great Britain 00:54:38
2012 Josh Cassidy Canada 00:43:18 2012 Jane Egan Great Britain 01:15:00
2011 Josh Cassidy Canada 00:43:57 2011 Shelley Woods Great Britain 00:50:14
2010 David Weir Great Britain 00:44:49 2010 Shelley Woods Great Britain 00:52:59
2009 David Weir Great Britain 00:41:34 2009 Amanda McGrory USA 00:49:47
2008 Josh Cassidy Canada 00:44:10 2008 Diana Roy Canada 00:51:10
2007 Ernst Van Dyk South Africa 00:42:36 2007 Shelley Woods Great Britain 00:50:36
2006 Kurt Fearley Australia 00:42:38 2006 Diana Roy Canada 00:50:33
2005 David Weir Great Britain 00:42:35 2005 Shelly Woods Great Britain 00:50:07
2004 Kenny Herriot Great Britain 00:45:37 2004 Gunilla Wallengren Sweden 00:52:14
2003 David Weir Great Britain 00:45:41 2003 Gunilla Wallengren Sweden 00:53:04
2002 Tushar Patel Great Britain 00:48:46 2002 Gunilla Wallengren Sweden 00:57:47
2001 Tushar Patel Great Britain 00:48:10 2001 Gunilla Wallengren Sweden 00:52:59
2000 Kevin Papworth Great Britain 00:49:18 2000 Sarah Piercey Great Britain 01:13:32
1999 Hadj Lahmar Great Britain 00:49:57 1999 Tanni Grey Thompson Great Britain 01:02:32
1998 Hadj Lahmar Great Britain 00:53:47 1998 Tanni Grey Thompson Great Britain 01:10:58
1997 David Holding Great Britain 00:44:22 1997 Tanni Grey Great Britain 00:52:17
1996 David Holding Great Britain 00:49:17 1996 Tanni Grey Great Britain 00:57:17
1995 Jack McKenna Great Britain 00:52:16 1995 Tanni Grey Great Britain 00:58:44
1994 David Holding Great Britain 00:50:33 1994 Rose Hill Great Britain 01:00:41
1993 Ivan Newman Great Britain 00:54:11 1993 Rose Hill Great Britain 00:58:00
1992 David Holding Great Britain 00:50:21 1992 Tanni Grey Great Britain 00:59:21
1991 David Holding Great Britain 00:47:24 1991 Tanni Grey Great Britain 01:00:22
1990 Chris Hallam Great Britain 00:56:32 1990 Tanni Grey Great Britain 01:05:08
1989 Chris Hallam Great Britain 01:01:40 1989 Eileen Dixon Great Britain 02:06:54
1988 David Holding Great Britain 00:57:57 1988 Josie Cichockyj Great Britain 01:37:38
1987 Chris Hallam Great Britain 00:56:37 1987 Karen Davidson Great Britain 01:19:55
1986 Chris Hallam Great Britain 01:01:15 1986 Karen Davidson Great Britain 01:13:04
1985 Mark Tong Great Britain 01:17:18 1985 Anne Graham Great Britain 02:26:53
1984 Terry Clark Great Britain 01:10:28 1984 Ellen Hodgson Great Britain 02:50:42
1983 John Grant Great Britain 01:17:16 1983 Maria Dodsworth Great Britain 02:27:29
1982 Alan Robinson Great Britain 01:32:00
1981 Alan Robinson Great Britain 01:28:54SIMPLYHEALTH GREAT NORTH RUN NOTES TO EDITORS The Great Run Company As the UK’s original running events series, we know a thing or two about motivation. Over the last three decades we’ve realised it doesn’t matter why people run or how far they go - the one thing every runner has in common is that moment of triumph when they cross the line. We want everyone to experience that feeling, so we’ll do whatever we can to help our customers achieve their goal and be their greatest. Starting with the very first Great North Run in 1981, our events have always been a celebration of what makes our locations great. The Great Run Series now sees 230,000 participants a year taking part. The events programme stretches across the UK from Aberdeen to Portsmouth offering a full range of distanc- es from 5k through to the marathon. Great Run Local is a series of weekly events staged in our key cities. All designed to provide the support and advice for participants of all abilities to achieve their personal goal. To find out more about the events and services provided by Great Run and its partners visit www.greatrun.org. Simplyhealth For 145 years we’ve been helping people to make the most of life through better everyday health. In 2017 Simplyhealth and Denplan united under one Simplyhealth brand and today we’re proud to be the UK’s leading provider of health cash plans, Denplan dental payment plans and animal health plans. We help over three million people in the UK access the health and care products, services and support that they need, when they need them and at a price they can afford. We strongly believe that movement and activity is the cornerstone to better health and we’ll be supporting runners and supporters every step of the way on their Simplyhealth Great Run journey, from our expert training and injury prevention advice (www.greatrun.org/training-simplyhealth); through our support zone on course, to the Simplyhealth stretch zone and post-run massage. We’re proud to donate 10% of our pre-tax profits to health-related charities every year, and this amount- ed to over £1 million in 2017. Our Simplyhealth Great Run Series partnership raised an additional £42.6 million for charity. Simplyhealth is a trading name of Simplyhealth Access, which is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority.
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