🔥 What a Weekend for #TeamMissedABeat at the AJ Bell Great North Run 2025! 🔥

This year’s Great North Run will go down as one of the most unforgettable yet. The skies above Newcastle lit up red, white and blue as the Red Arrows roared over the Tyne Bridge, creating a spine-tingling start before sweeping across the South Shields coastline for a stunning finale. 💙❤️🤍

Sir Brendan Foster, the legend who founded the race, set us off with pride — and with over 60,000 runners 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️ taking part and more than 200,000 spectators lining the streets, the atmosphere was nothing short of electric.

🏆 Race Winners:

• Men’s Elite: Alex Mutiso (Kenya) in an incredible 1:00:52

• Women’s Elite: Sheila Chepkirui (Kenya) in a brilliant 1:09:32

• Runners-up included world-class athletes Bashir Abdi, Abel Kipchumba, Vivian Cheruiyot, and Eilish McColgan.

Celebrities weren’t just waving from the sidelines — they were running with us! Stars such as Tommy Fury, Joe Wicks, Dame Kelly Holmes, and Sara Davies all joined the charge, adding to the buzz of the day.

GNR 2025

This year we had an amazing 21 adult runners 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️ pounding the pavements for our charity, many of them taking on their very first half marathon — and every single one crossing that finish line with pride. We were also delighted to welcome back Jonathan Simpson and Andrew Dixon, both returning for their second year running the GNR in support of Missed a Beat. 👏💙❤️

Johnathan Simpson running his second GNR for MISSEDABEAT along with some of the missedabeat team

Combined with our 25 junior runners 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ who lit up the Junior Great North Run on Saturday, that’s 46 inspirational runners wearing our name and raising funds for life-saving equipment.

When we think back to last year — with just 1 junior runner (the amazing Leo) and 4 adult runners — the growth has been nothing short of WOW 💙❤️ The support, the smiles, the courage… it fills us with pride and gratitude.

💛 Every step run, every mile covered, helps us raise vital funds to:

• Purchase and install defibrillators & cabinets

• Add bleed control kits to our community defibrillators

• Maintain the equipment we already have in place so it’s always ready when needed most.

🙏 From the bottom of our hearts — thank you to every runner, supporter, and cheerleader. You are helping to save lives.

🎉 And the journey doesn’t end here… We’re planning a special celebration evening to thank all our junior and adult runners, to relive the memories, and to celebrate the incredible impact you’ve made together. Details will follow soon, and we’d love to see as many of you there as possible!

Andrew Dixon Running his second GNR for #teammissedabeat finishing under 2 hours along with some more of the team

Well earned drinks

👉 Looking ahead, we want to grow our team even bigger for 2026. If you’d like to be part of #TeamMissedABeat, the ballot is now open. Enter today and secure your chance to be on that start line with us next year. We’ll also be working to secure charity places later in the year — but for now, let’s get as many names in that ballot as possible!

📩 Junior runners — get your parents to send us a message to join. Adults — hit that ballot link below and be part of something amazing.

Adult runner 2026 ballot

https://ajbellgreatnorthrun2025.enthuse.com/profile?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Junior Runner 2026

https://www.greatrun.org/events/junior-mini-great-north-run/

#GreatNorthRun2025 💙❤️ #TeamMissedABeat 💙❤️ #RunForLives 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️ #DefibrillatorsSaveLives 💛 #BleedControlKits #CommunityMatters #TogetherWeAreStronger