Great Run is a series of

road running Road running is the sport of running on a measured course over an established road. This differs from track and field on a regular track and cross country running over natural terrain. These events are usually classified as long-distance a ...

events around the

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, which includes the

Great North Run The Great North Run (branded the Simplyhealth Great North Run for sponsorship purposes) is the largest half marathon in the world, taking place annually in North East England each September. Participants run between Newcastle upon Tyne and Sou ...

. Great Run is a part of The Great Run Company, which was launched by retired athlete

Brendan Foster Sir Brendan Foster (born 12 January 1948) is a British former long-distance runner, athletics commentator and road race organiser, who founded the Great North Run, one of the sport's most high profile half-marathon races. As an athlete, he wo ...

. The group specialises in

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 Wm Morrison Supermarkets, trading as Morrisons, is the fifth largest supermarket chain in the United Kingdom. As of 2021, the company had 497 supermarkets across England, Wales and Scotland, as well as one in Gibraltar. The company is headqu ...

took over sponsorship of this series of events in 2015. In 2017, Simplyhealth became title sponsor of the Great Run series of events In the early 2000s, the series expanded beyond the UK and established Great Run races in the

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and Australia.

Current list of events

Former events

Great Australian Run The Great Australian Run is an annual 15 kilometres road running race which normally takes place in November in Melbourne, Australia. First held in 2008, it is an international version of the British-based Great Run series. The race fe ...

Great Capital Run The Bupa Great Capital Run was a road race and fun run through the paths of Hyde Park, London (and later Regent's Park) which was established in 2007. It was one of the Great Run race series. The event started in 2007 as a 10k race in Hyde Par ...

References

External links

Official website
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Current list of events

Former events

See also

References

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