Great Run

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title: "Great Run" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["road-running-in-the-united-kingdom", "road-running-competitions"] description: "Road running events in the UK" topic_path: "geography/united-kingdom" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Run" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Road running events in the UK ::

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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. The group specialises in road running events, from a 5k up to a marathon.

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. In 2017, Simplyhealth became title sponsor of the Great Run series of events 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.

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

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Event name	Location	Distance	Founded
Great Edinburgh Winter Run	SCO Holyrood Park, Edinburgh	5K	2005
Great Edinburgh XCountry	9K, 4K
Great Ireland Run	IRL Phoenix Park, Dublin	10K	2003
Great Edinburgh Run	SCO Edinburgh city centre	10 Miles	1993
Great Birmingham 10K	ENG Birmingham city centre	10K	2015
Great Bristol 10K	ENG Bristol city centre	10K	2008
Great Manchester Run	ENG Manchester city centre	Half Marathon, 10K	2003
Great Women's 10K	SCO Glasgow	10K
Great North 10K	ENG Gateshead	10K	2009
Great Tees 10K	ENG Stockton	10K	2018
Great Newham London Run	ENG Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London	10K	2015
Great Newham London Family Run	2K
Great Newham London Marathon Relay	10.54K
Great Yorkshire Run	ENG Harrogate	10K	2007
Great Aberdeen Run	SCO Aberdeen	Half Marathon, 10K	2017
Great North 5K	ENG Quayside, Newcastle upon Tyne/Gateshead	5K
Great North Run	ENG Newcastle upon Tyne-Gateshead-South Shields	Half Marathon	1981
Great Bristol Half Marathon	ENG Bristol city centre	Half Marathon	1989
Great Scottish Run	SCO Glasgow city centre	Half Marathon, 10K	1991
Great Birmingham Run	ENG Birmingham city centre	Half Marathon, 10K	2008
Great East Run	ENG Ipswich city centre	Half Marathon	2017
Great South 5k	ENG Southsea, Portsmouth	5K
Great South Run	10 Miles	1990
Great Ethiopian Run	ETH Addis Ababa	10K	2001
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Former events

• Great Australian Run
• Great Capital Run

References

References

1. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110723071845/http://www.greatrun.org/News/NormalNews.aspx?nid=5995 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".
3. (6 January 2017). "Simplyhealth steps in as Great North Run lead sponsor".
4. (4 January 2023). "AJ Bell Announced as New Title Partner of the Great Run Series".

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