Steve Cram
Athletics commentator on BBC One

Mo Farah has a chance of a season's best. That's not really the story, though, is it?

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Steve Cram
Athletics commentator on BBC One

Gidey will be thinking he has the chance to make a name for himself and get past Mo. He won't be letting that happen easily.

Mo Farah is still in fourth in the men's race. He's around a minute and a half behind race leader Tamirat Tola.

Third place is still just about doable for Farah, he's 28 seconds behind Muktar Edris of Ethiopia.

However, Ireland's Efrem Gidey is on Farah's shoulder and will be thinking he has a chance to pip the British legend in his final race.

Tola is still going strong at the front.

Steve Cram
Athletics commentator on BBC One

It's a lonely run when you're out there isolated in third place, but Charlotte Purdue stuck to it very well. A good, solid performance. She'll be inside the 70 minute mark and that's really good on a day like today.

Big cheers for Charlotte Purdue as she secures a third-placed finish.

The Briton crosses the line in one hour, nine minutes and 36 seconds.

Paula Radcliffe
Former women's marathon world record holder on BBC TV

Sharon Lokedi tried gamely to go with Peres Jepchirchir, but she wasn't able to.

Steve Cram
Athletics commentator on BBC One

If you see the next mile a little slower, then it's not Tola slowing down - the next part of the course is tough.

Tamirat Tola is surely home and dried now in the men's race. He has surged clear of the rest.

He clocked four minutes and 20 seconds for his eighth mile. He's making it look so easy as well!

A mile to go in the women's race and surely no-one is going to catch Peres Jepchirchir now.

The Kenyan won't get the course record after slowing somewhat in the second half of the race but she's been way out in front for some time now and will it will stay that way until the finish.

BBC Sport's Aimee Fuller will run the Great North Run while reporting at the same time: "I'm going to be on the ground running in amongst it and capturing all the emotion of the race."

Ethiopia's Tamirat Tola and Bashir Abdi of Belgium are a long way clear of the rest of the field now in the men's race.

In fact, Tola has very quickly moved clear of Abdi. Impressive stuff from the 2022 World Marathon champion.

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If you think running a half marathon as quick as Mo Farah and co is impressive, it's nothing compared to what Bill Cooksey is aiming to do today.

Bill is 102 - that's not a typo - and is among the 60,000 runners pounding the streets from Newcastle to South Shields.

Bill, we're in awe.

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A treat for all those watching - and running, of course - with a display from the Red Arrows.

I'm not sure how much the elite athletes will feel able to look up and enjoy it but everyone else can probably take a brief moment to drink it in...

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Mo Farah runs in the Newcastle heat as the Great North Run gathers pace.

He's now 24 seconds behind race leader Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia.

Kenya's Peres Jepchirchir is still a long way clear in the women's race but is starting to slow a little.

That may not be too surprising given how quickly she went off in these conditions.

Sharon Lokedi is still 44 seconds back. "Not insurmountable" is the verdict of Paula Radcliffe.

Mo Farah's penultimate race was in London last week at The Big Half, where he finished fourth...

Paula Radcliffe
Former women's marathon world record holder on BBC One

Mo's very used to tuning into his own pace. To have some company and work with someone else in the race is not a bad thing either.

Ethiopia's Tamirat Tola has picked up the pace in the men's race and a lead group of three has now broken clear of Mo Farah.

Make that a lead group of two. It's just Bashir Abdi with Tola now as Muktar Edris drops back.

Still a long way to go...