On 13 September I'll be joining many thousands of runners, professional (Mo Farah) and not so professional (me) for the Great North Run.  As well as trying to keep up with Mo for a selfie, I'll be running the half-marathon from Newcastle to South Shields.

I'm running with Sage (the accountancy and payroll people) as one of their 'Business Experts'. As well as raising sponsorship for Cancer Research UK, the CEO of Sage has promised to pay an additional £2 for every minute each Sage runner completes the course faster than him.

If that isn't incentive enough, I'll also be wearing short shorts and a vest (photos will be available after the event for a small fee).

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