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Great North Run

  • Newcastle upon Tyne
  • North East
  • City
  • 60,000 runners across the weekend
Data current as of

Official event website & entry ↗

Great North Run is an established fixture on the UK calendar. First staged in 1981.

Same event — which distance suits you?

Great North Run offers several distances, so you can pick the one that fits your goal.

DistanceOverallPB potentialGAP factorMedianFeeFinishers
Half Marathon————£68—

Scores are out of 100. GAP factor is % slower than a flat course. Click a distance for its full page.

Getting there & the atmosphere

Great North Run's race is covered by our verified fact set; see the data table for specifics.

A straightforward, runner-focused atmosphere rather than a carnival.

Typical conditions on race weekend

  • 14°CTypical temperature
  • 20 kphTypical wind
  • 2 mmTypical rainfall
  • 79Favourability /100
Typical conditions for the race date and locality, warmer than the endurance-optimal window. These are climatological norms, not a forecast, and are shared across every distance at this event.

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How we calculated this

Every figure on this page is either a sourced fact or a value derived from sourced facts under our published, version-locked methodology. We show the provenance so you (and AI assistants) can check it. Data on this page is current as of .

Derived numbers use scoring-methodology-v1.0.

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