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Great North Run by the moor

Runners and spectators stream across the Town Moor for the annual Great North Run from Newcastle to South Shields. Photographs and words: Jacky Longstaff

  • Above the Great North Run
  • Expedition to the beginning
  • Super runners
  • Pretty in pink
  • Dragon holds forth
  • Foil wrapped runner
  • Runners' warm-up
  • Raring to go
  • Playing to the crowd
  • On the move
  • Replacing the motorway's usual traffic
  • Aerial visitors