Overview
- The 45th Great North Run will take place Sunday 13 September 2026 on the 13.1-mile route from Newcastle to South Shields with organisers confirming roughly 63,000 entrants.
- Live free-to-air coverage begins on BBC One and BBC iPlayer from 10:00 BST and the event schedule lists elite wheelchair at 10:20, elite women at 10:25, visually impaired at 10:27 and the elite men and mass start at 10:50.
- Early forecasts predict mild, mostly dry conditions of about 17–19°C with a coastal breeze that could affect the final mile into South Shields but with low current rain risk.
- Defending champions Alex Mutiso and Sheila Chepkirui return in deep elite fields that include Eilish McColgan and other international contenders, while elite and junior races, celebrity participants and wheelchair events add to the programme.
- Organisers expect more than 200,000 spectators, a Red Arrows flypast timed for 10:50 BST and roughly £25 million raised for charities this year as the cumulative total since 1981 moves above £450 million.