Hellrunner, Hants - 7th in 10+ Votes category--Stoop 5, Yorkshire - 1st in 3+ Votes category - Photo by David Brett If you submitted one of our 9000 race ratings in 2004, very many thanks indeed. Whether yours was one of 260 for the Great North Run
. But that appeared to be the primary motivation for making the trip for the 15 who signed up to run. To add an extra element of unreality to the whole thing, the North Pole Marathon is put on as a very serious event: accurately measured, precisely timed and fiercely
