Summary

  • Mo Farah wins record sixth successive Great North Run

  • Kenyan Brigid Kosgei beats women's course record

  • David Weir wins men's wheelchair race for eighth time

  • Jade Jones-Hall seals a British double by winning the women's wheelchair race

  • Tens of thousands took part in main race

  1. Mo Farah high fives crowdpublished at 12:02 British Summer Time 8 September 2019

    Huge crowds cheered Mo Farah home to his six successive Great North Run win.

    After crossing the finishing line he ran back along the course high fiving people.

    Mo Farah high fives crowd
  2. Full elite race resultspublished at 11:56 British Summer Time 8 September 2019

    Here are the full results for the women's, men's and wheelchair elite races.

    elite women's result
    Great North Run men's results
    Great North Run wheelchair race results
  3. Watch Mo Farah win sixth Great North Runpublished at 11:47 British Summer Time 8 September 2019

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  4. Mo Farah wins Great North Run men's racepublished at 11:41 British Summer Time 8 September 2019
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    Mo Farah wins the elite men's race in the Great North Run for a record sixth successive time.

    Mo Farah wins Great North RunImage source, NNP
  5. More fantastic Great North Run costumespublished at 11:35 British Summer Time 8 September 2019

    Here are some more of the amazing costumes people are wearing for today's run.

    Runners dressed as superhoeros
    Runners dressed as Goldilocks and bear
    Runner dressed as gorilla and cage
  6. Watch Brigid Kosgei breaking course recordpublished at 11:29 British Summer Time 8 September 2019

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  7. Brigid Kosgei wins and breaks half marathon recordpublished at 11:24 British Summer Time 8 September 2019
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    Brigid Kosgei wins the women's race and breaks the Great North Run women's course record as well as breaking the world half marathon record.

    Brigid Kosgei wins Great North RunImage source, NNP
  8. Watch David Weir winning men's wheelchair racepublished at 11:17 British Summer Time 8 September 2019

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  9. 'A tear in the eye'published at 11:13 British Summer Time 8 September 2019

    Sunderland-born BBC 6 Music presenter Lauren Laverne sums up what many will be feeling this morning.

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  10. Jade Jones-Hall wins women's wheelchair racepublished at 11:12 British Summer Time 8 September 2019
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    Britain's Jade Jones-Hall has won the women's elite wheelchair race

    Jade Jones-Hall winning women's raceImage source, PA Media
  11. Thousands stream across Tyne Bridgepublished at 11:03 British Summer Time 8 September 2019

    The favourite Great North moment for many runners is crossing the Tyne Bridge.

    Here is a view of a sea of people running over the famous Grade II* listed structure this morning.

    Runners crossing the Tyne Bridge
  12. David Weir wins men's wheelchair racepublished at 10:59 British Summer Time 8 September 2019
    Breaking

    David Weir has won the men's wheelchair race.

    The Briton beat Canadian Brent Lakatos to the finishing line in South Shields.

    David Weir wins men's raceImage source, NNP
  13. Runner's view of the startpublished at 10:53 British Summer Time 8 September 2019

    BBC Look North reporter Jonathan Swingler is running the race and here was his view from the start pen where he said it was feeling warm.

    GNR start pen
  14. Runners stretching back along Newcastle central motorwaypublished at 10:51 British Summer Time 8 September 2019

    Alison Freeman
    BBC Look North

    BBC reporter Alison Freeman says this is her favourite view of the Great North Run.

    Great North Run start line
  15. Runners high fiving starterspublished at 10:49 British Summer Time 8 September 2019

    The sight of thousands of runners streaming across the start line is fantastic.

    Plenty of people are taking part in the Great North Run tradition of high fiving the starters - Lionesses stars Jill Scott and Steph Houghton and Durham and England cricketer Mark Wood.

    Runners high give Steph Houghton
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  16. Elite men and main races startpublished at 10:43 British Summer Time 8 September 2019

    Here we go - the elite men's race and the main field of thousands of Great North runners are on their way.

    Mo Farah is aiming for his sixth successive run. Fellow Briton Callum Hawkins, Ethiopian Tamarit Tola and Belgian Bashir Abdi are likely to be Farah's main rivals.

    Good luck everyone. Have a great run.

    Great North Run starts
  17. Two out in front in wheelchair racepublished at 10:37 British Summer Time 8 September 2019

    In the wheelchair race Britain's David Weir and Canada's Brent Lakatos are out in front at the moment.

    David Weir and Brent Lakatos
  18. Some fantastic outfits out therepublished at 10:30 British Summer Time 8 September 2019

    One of the highlights of the Great North Run is the amazing outfits with people really going to town.

    Here are The Simpsons - they're all from the Nestle biscuit factory in York and running for Clic Sergeant.

    Runners dressed as The Simpsons

    These giraffes look great - they're running to support The Samaritans and Crohns & Colitis UK.

    Runners dressed as giraffes

    Belinda and Joanne are running for the Royal British Legion.

    They say: "We've only just got our costumes so we've done no training in them."

    Good luck ladies!

    Runners dressed as poppies
  19. Pace in women's race is 'hot'published at 10:26 British Summer Time 8 September 2019

    Steve Cram
    BBC Sport athletics commentator

    Steve Cram describes the early pace in the elite women's race as "hot".

    Brigid Kosgei is in the lead as they cross the Tyne Bridge.

  20. Elite women's race under waypublished at 10:21 British Summer Time 8 September 2019

    The elite women have set off.

    Kenyan Mary Keitany will look to win her fourth women's race since 2014.

    Briton Charlotte Purdue, who will be competing in the marathon events at the World Championships, is also in the field as is London Marathon winner Brigid Kosgei, who finished second to Vivian Cheruiyot in 2018.

    Elite women start
    Start of women's Great North RunImage source, NNP