Organised by Story
#TeamBones are taking on the AJ Bell Great North Run 2025 on 7th September 2025
Click the 'Start Fundraising' button to set up your online page.
Strava
Link your Strava or Fitbit account to your page. Join our Strava club here: https://www.strava.com/clubs/1330757
The event
The worlds biggest and best half marathon, famous for its atmosphere, entertainment and warm Geordie welcome!
Join 60,000 runners from Newcastle to South Shields in one of most popular half marathons, all while supporting the Bone Cancer Research Trust. If this will be your first time taking on a half marathon, the AJ Bell Great North Run promises to be an unforgettable experience.
The route takes you on a journey through Newcastle’s vibrant city streets, across the iconic Tyne Bridge before heading towards the finish line on the stunning coastline at South Shields, with the Red Arrows flying overhead it’s a race not to be missed.
Check out the GNR route below:
Why you should support Bone Cancer Research?
The Bone Cancer Research Trust is the only charity dedicated to this disease, we are a small but national charity based in Leeds, UK. We fund ground-breaking research, life-saving awareness initiatives and provide dedicated, trustworthy information and support to people affected by bone cancer and all their loved ones, all without any government funding.
Every 10 minutes somewhere another child, teenager or adult is diagnosed with this brutal disease and they face a 5-year chance of survival at little over 50%. This drops even further if the disease is discovered late and has already progressed.
Our work has never been so crucial and vital. Figures from the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) have shown that research into primary bone cancer continues to be critically underfunded, with the main UK charities allocating just 0.02% of the £630million research investment for 2020-21 to this devastating disease.
However, since 2006, we have awarded over £9.5 million to research, focused solely on finding a cure for primary bone cancer. To date we have funded 177 research projects and continue to expand our research network, encouraging more researchers to focus their expertise on primary bone cancer.
We rely 100% on people like you supporting our work through donations.
The reason we have these amazing stories is because of amazing people like you!! Challenges like this one directly help fund the Bone Cancer Research Trust. Get involved today!