by the 88 per cent scored by last year's Great South Run.But there's more to that 77 per cent than meets the eye. On atmosphere alone, the GNR scores very well indeed – it's just the hustle and bustle of this enormous event that lets its overall rating down
the starting gun fires on the 25th GNR, almost 50,000 runners will surge over that line – and millions of TV viewers will tune in to watch.Now the world's biggest half marathon, the Great North Run is the brainchild of former Olympic 10,000-metre Bronze
The RW pacers will be making one more outing this year, at the Bupa Great North Run on October 6. We'll be aiming to get home inside 1:30 and 1:45, as well as running a relaxed, run/walk 'Get You Round'.You will have to have an entry to the race if you want to join us (rememberin...
Goal: 1:25 Current PB: 1:26:23 Jason's Profile | Jason's Training Thread Here's what lies in store for Jason over the course of his 1:25 Bupa Great North Run campaign...Pace indications are given in brackets. For example "90 mins slow (8:00)" means "Run for 90 minutes at e...
Goal: 1:35 Current PB: 1:36:59 View Catherine's Profile | Catherine's Training Thread Here's what lies in store for Catherine over the course of her 1:35 Bupa Great North Run campaign...Pace indications are given in brackets. For example "90 mins slow (8:00)" means "Run fo...
Goal: 1:45 Current PB: 1:48 View Sue's Profile | Sue's Training Thread Here's what lies in store for Sue over the course of her 1:45 Bupa Great North Run campaign... Pace indications are given in brackets. For example "90 mins slow (8:00)" means "Run for 90 minutes at eig...
Goal: 2:15 View Tracy's Profile | Tracy's Training Thread Here's what lies in store for Tracy over the course of her 2:15 Bupa Great North Run campaign...Pace indications are given in brackets. For example "90 mins slow (8:00)" means "Run for 90 minutes at eight-minute-mil...
Goal: 2:00 Current PB: 2:05 View Bryan's Profile | Bryan's Training Thread Here's what lies in store for Bryan over the course of his 2:00 Bupa Great North Run campaign...Pace indications are given in brackets. For example "90 mins slow (8:00)" means "Run for 90 minutes at ...
From nervous first-timers to injury-frustrated veterans, self-confessed plodders to sub-1:25 hopefuls, over the last few months our six Bupa Great North Run hopefuls have been sharing all their training highs and lows right here online.Experienced half-marathon runner and UK clu...
perfection.Avoid these mistakes with our must-read 'what went wrong' article.Join The ChatNeed advice? Fancy meeting up with fellow RW members at the start? Pop onto the GNR thread for a healthy dose of pre-race banter.Good luck!
