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The
Great North Run has grown over the course of its history to become the world's biggest half marathon.
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Read CRY runners' accounts
of the
Great North Run |
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It is also Britain's biggest running event
with over 50,000 entries.
Today the Great North Run is recognised as
a major sporting event both nationally and internationally.
The successful formula of the Great North
Run has been used to develop a complete programme of major running events
throughout the year called Great Run.
The Great North Run has a long association
with charity fundraising. The event attracts thousands of charity
runners every year, who raise millions of pounds for good causes. |
Every year we buy charity places in the
Great North Run, and  allocate these to runners who will commit to raising
at least
£350 to enable us to continue our work. Sponsorship forms and
posters will be supplied along with a choice of T-shirt, running vest or
the infamous CRY heart costume.
e-mail events@c-r-y.org.uk
for info about CRY charity
places.
For more information on the Great North Run go to the official website
www.greatrun.org
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Great
North Run write-ups |
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Great North Run - 19th
September 2010
Congratulations and a huge "thank you" to all who took part in the BUPA
Great North Run in aid of CRY on Sunday 19th September 2010. This
year we had a team of 52 CRY runners amongst the thousands of participants. |
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Great North Run - 20th
September 2009
80 CRY runners entered the 2009 Great North Run and all performed admirably on
an unseasonably warm September day! |
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Great North Run - 5th October 2008
Paul Moss
ran the 2008 Great North Run to raise money and awareness for CRY, in memory of
his good friend Adam Drawbridge. |
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Great North Run - 30th September 2007
Pam
Edmunds. Gail Edwards, Tracey Bennett, Sheryl Allman and Raj Sanghera entered the 2007 Great North Run to raise money and
awareness for CRY. With flowers in their hair and wearing Hula skirts,
they received lots of encouragement from a fantastic crowd. |
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Great North Run in memory of Kasia Ber - 1st October
2006
Christopher Worrall ran the Great North Run to raise money for CRY, in memory of
his friend Kasia Ber. |
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Great North Run in memory of Laura Fox - 1st October 2006
Mark Fox,
Robi Fox, Sam Cliff and Martin Andrews ran the Great North Run to raise money
for CRY in memory of Laura Fox. |
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Great North Run in memory of Jennifer Hawes - 1st
October 2006
Sarah
Harvey ran the Great North Run 2006 to raise money for CRY in memory of Jennifer
Hawes - one of her best friends who died suddenly of heart failure, aged just
23. |
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Great North Run in memory of
Vicky Johnson - Great North Run 2005
Richard
was determined to finish the run, and wore with pride a sketch of
Vicky on his back. He said about his decision to do the run
that, "it was for Vicky," and he would finish the run in her
memory.
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Great North Run in memory of Charlotte
Turnbull-Adams - Great North Run 2005
Pippa was
motivated to run for the charity because 4 years ago whilst training for school
sports day, her daughter’s friend Charlotte Turnbull-Adams collapsed and died
from a undiagnosed heart condition. Charlotte was eight years old. |
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The
Great North Run in memory of David Staff by Gillian Haddow
Saturday 21st. October - the eve of the Great North Run 2000. I was sitting in a B & B somewhere to the west of Durham City, and feeling extra-ordinarily nervous. I can honestly say that the three leaves of lettuce and a single cherry tomato that I had consumed earlier weren't going to help me get through thirteen miles the following day."....
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Great North Run
by Marje Scott
In February 2000, around Mike’s 21st Birthday I decided that I wanted to do something for him, something ‘big’, something I had never attempted before. I decided to compete in the Great North Run.
Training started at the end of May, very slowly at first, which was just as well, as I had never run since leaving school - too many years
before..... |
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