2010-9-19 00:00:00 GMT+09:30
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HE may be 81, but Stewart Temple will be showing runners half his age a clean pair of heels at next month's Great North Run.
A DAD and daughter are going on the run – to raise money for charity.
THREE families devastated by knife crime have launched an appeal for people to be part of their Great North Run fundraising team.
FLINTSTONES, meet the Flintstones – they're a Great North Running family ... from the town of South Shields, they'll be doing it for charity.
CHILDREN'S TV presenter Mark Rhodes has signed up for this year's Great North Run.
HE asked for your votes, now X Factor champ Joe McElderry is asking for your money.
THE world's greatest-ever distance runner will fulfil a promise by competing at the 30th Bupa Great North Run in September.
A SOUTH Tyneside sports club hopes to be a financial winner from the Great North Run.
AN "outstanding" South Tyneside couple have been honoured for their contribution to the town's branch of the RNLI.
TIME is running out to sign up for this year's Great North Run.
SOUTH Tyneside X Factor winner Joe McElderry is already on the road to success – but now it's 13 miles longer.
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See the entire course condensed in just 2 minutes
INTERACTIVE MAP
View our interactive map for the Great North Run. See the stages and the route they will take.
View our interactive map for the Great North Run. See the stages and the route they will take.
TRACK STATS
- The course record of 59mins 37 secs was set by Dejene Berhanu in 2004.
- In the past 26 years, only four male runners have completed the course in under 1 hour
- The average age of runners is 35 years and 7 months.
- In each run, runners drink 275,000 bottles of water
- About 25 miles of cloth is used to make the race t-shirts
- Over 3,200 traffic cones will be used on the event