The Great North Run 2010
Another year sees the annual Great North Run. This year the run takes place on Sunday 19th September and this year it celebrates its 30th Birthday!
The run is the nations biggest half-marathon with over fifty thousands of runners expected to participate. The course is a 13.1 mile trek across Tyneside, starting on the Great North Road and ends on the coast in South Shields. Luckily for the runners the course is reasonably flat but there is a bit of a hill about 5 miles in at the Junction – the Premier Apartments team will be there to cheer you on for extra encouragement!
The Great North Run has grown over the years and each race has its own unique experience. Marking the 30th Anniversary there are a number of special events taking place including the Junior and mini-run on Saturday the 18th. There are many other great runs and events being held in the lead-up to the main ru, details available online.
Its expected that by next years race the 1,000,000 th person will have crossed the finish line since the event began back in 1981 when just 12,000 athletes joined in, over the decades this figure has rocketed and numbers are expected at this years race to be in the region of 54,000. More than £10 million has been raised for good causes.
Its not all just for athletes there are a number of people racing in weird and wacky fancy dress costumes which makes the race even harder for them!
If your not joining in this year live coverage is shown on TV. Good luck to all that are racing this year!!!
