
Early Sunday
morning some sixty thousand people gathered in Newcastle for the start of this
year's Great North Run. Crowds lined the route dotted with mile markers and
feeding stations down to the finish on South Shields' sea front. At three miles
(near Gateshead International Stadium) the sounds of New Orleans jazz spurred
on Olympians, club runners and an assortment of chickens, hippos and super hero
characters. Tyneside's finest - the Northern Monkey Brass Band - played a
selection of big, bold, brassy numbers to help the runners on their way.

Russell
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