Join 60,000 other runners in the world's biggest half marathon. Starting in Newcastle you'll cross the Tyne Bride in Gateshead, run parallel with the River Tyne, past the Guide Dogs cheer bus and finish up with a view of the North Sea in South Shields.

When you run for Guide Dogs, you’ll get…

• A Guide Dogs technical running t-shirt or vest of your choice*

• Loads of fundraising tips and resources.
• The loudest, proudest cheer point along the route to help you get across the finish line.
• A dedicated events team to help you throughout your whole journey.
• Exclusive access to our #TeamGuideDogs Great North Run Facebook group.
• A free 10-month subscription to the Coopah app, which creates you a personalised training plan, and allows you to talk to running coaches 24/7 with any questions and concerns.
• And best of all, our four-legged friends to congratulate you at the finish!

• £21 enables us to produce a tailor-made, large print book for a child with sight loss, so they can enjoy reading just like their friends.
• £141 could buy a starter kit for a guide dog partnership, containing everything they need to start their new life together.
• £315 could buy an Early Skills and Tactile Bundle, providing a package of toys carefully selected by our experts.
• £910 could buy a birthing kit, containing all the essential equipment for a volunteer to help a guide dog mum safely deliver her puppies.
• £1,225 could buy a young person a laptop kit, complete with assistive technology such as Supernova magnifier and speech.

How we’ll support you

From the moment you join #TeamGuideDogs we’ll be here to support you every step of the way. We'll be your one-stop shop for all the information you need in the run-up to race day, we'll send hints and tips to help support you with your fundraising, and of course, be your biggest cheerers on race day itself! 

We appreciate the monumental efforts of all of our participants and think you are incredible for taking part in such a physically demanding challenge to support us.

Fundraising ideas

Once you’re all signed up to the Great North Run, it’s time to get thinking about that all important fundraising. Reaching your £350 target doesn’t need to feel overwhelming, and we’re always on hand with lots of tips and resources to help kick start donations.