Great Run

Great Run is a series of road running events around the United Kingdom, which includes the Great North Run. Great Run is a part of The Great Run Company, which was launched by retired athlete Brendan Foster.[1] The group specialises in road running events, from a 5k up to a marathon.

Great Run Logo

Bupa was title partner of the Great Run Series for 18 years, one of Britain’s longest ever sports sponsorship agreements, which ended in 2014. Morrisons took over sponsorship of this series of events in 2015.[2] In 2017, Simplyhealth became title sponsor of the Great Run series of events [3] and following the expiry of the sponsorship, ExpressTest by Cignpost sponsored the 2021 events, and AJ Bell took over in 2023 as part of a five-year deal.[4]

In the early 2000s, the series expanded beyond the UK and established Great Run races in the Republic of Ireland, Ethiopia and Australia.

Current list of events
Event name Location Distance Founded
Great Edinburgh Winter Run Scotland Holyrood Park, Edinburgh 5K 2005
Great Edinburgh XCountry 9K, 4K
Great Ireland Run Republic of Ireland Phoenix Park, Dublin 10K 2003
Great Edinburgh Run Scotland Edinburgh city centre 10 Miles 1993
Great Birmingham 10K England Birmingham city centre 10K 2015
Great Bristol 10K England Bristol city centre 10K 2008
Great Manchester Run England Manchester city centre 10K 2003
Great Women's 10K Scotland Glasgow 10K
Great North 10K England Gateshead 10K 2009
Great Tees 10K England Stockton 10K 2018
Great Newham London Run England Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London 10K 2015
Great Newham London Family Run 2K
Great Newham London Marathon Relay 10.54K[lower-alpha 1]
Great Yorkshire Run England Harrogate 10K 2007
Great Aberdeen Run Scotland Aberdeen Half Marathon, 10K 2017
Great North 5K England Quayside, Newcastle upon Tyne/Gateshead 5K
Great North Run England Newcastle upon Tyne-Gateshead-South Shields Half Marathon 1981
Great Bristol Half Marathon England Bristol city centre Half Marathon 1989
Great Scottish Run Scotland Glasgow city centre Half Marathon, 10K 1991
Great Birmingham Run England Birmingham city centre Half Marathon, 10K 2008
Great East Run England Ipswich city centre Half Marathon 2017
Great South 5k England Southsea, Portsmouth 5K
Great South Run 10 Miles 1990
Great Ethiopian Run Ethiopia Addis Ababa 10K 2001
  1. per person, in teams of four.

Former events
  • Great Australian Run
  • Great Capital Run

See also
  • Great Swim
  • Great Walks

References
  1. IAAF back Nova International in street racing initiative. Great Run (2009-05-18). Retrieved on 2009-10-25.
  2. "Great South Run loses main sponsor Morrisons". www.portsmouth.co.uk.
  3. "Simplyhealth steps in as Great North Run lead sponsor". BBC News. 6 January 2017.
  4. https://www.greatrun.org/aj-bell-announced-as-new-title-partner-of-the-great-run-series/

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