Overview: Great South Run

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Portsmouth's notorious Great South Run is arguably one of the biggest events in the calendar for the city with thousands of people flocking to take part in the ten mile challenge across the waterfront city.

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00:00I'm not running I'm supporting we're cheerleading from the side in fact if

00:06you don't hear us that would be amazing because we are loud we're very loud we've

00:11got microphones we've got loudspeakers we've got flags we've got pom-poms and

00:16we are supporting runners who are running for spark and motivate to local

00:21charities that work really closely together hi hi Herndon I'm Jack Herndon

00:26we're dressed as Smurfs and the reason we dressed as Smurfs is so that he

00:30actually finishes the race there's no reasoning no reasoning really just a bit

00:36of fun you know quick coffee you know and off we go

00:43my name's Rob I'm from Pai Karumba in Southsea and we're running for Homestart

00:49today yeah and yeah it's very important for us that we run for a local base

00:55charity especially one that's close to our heart and hopefully that we can

00:59raise some raise some money and have a great day

01:03now I think the excitement's really at peak I can't wait to get going and yeah I think it's

01:09going to be a brilliant event the rain is holding on

01:12so yeah it's going to be good

01:14where you're going

01:15so Chris things I'm running for in memory of my brother today yeah I'm Jess day running for my mother-in-law who

01:40It's a day running for my mother-in-law who passed away from cancer last year.

01:44Yeah, so my brother passed away around seven or eight years ago to a horrible disease.

01:49So that's why we're running today.

01:50Good morning, I'm Mick. I'm running the Great South Run with the fridge on my back.

01:54I took it up Mount Snowdon in June and raised three and a half thousand.

01:58This time doing it for men and their emotions, which helps men with free counselling,

02:02stops them, brings them back from the point of suicide.

02:05There's a really good charity, so there'll be a link, go on there, a few quid, it all matters.

02:09It's built up.

02:25You are looking so good. Welcome to your finish.

02:28More exposed areas on the coastline.

02:30There'll be a huge few.

02:31Well, here it is.

02:34Hello.

02:36Hello guys.

02:37Well done.

02:38Welcome.

02:39Welcome.

02:40Welcome.

02:41Welcome.

02:42The ball might have fallen off. Show it to us as you come to the finish line.

02:58My name is Alan. I'm 50 years old and I started running just before Covid and I run just to make my kids happy.

03:07Oh, it was really good. I normally do the Great South run dressed as something.

03:12So I've done a crab and a banana and this time it was just to go around and high five all the children and just go for fun.

03:20Hi, my name is Arnie. I'm 28 and I've been running the Great South today as a dinosaur for cancer research.

03:28Actually, I've been running quite a lot for South Sea Park Run. I believe I've ran nearly 200 miles now, about 220 miles as this dinosaur.

03:38And actually have the world record for fastest T-Rex doing a marathon.

03:43So today I was taking it easy. Thankfully, I had another dinosaur who I'd convinced to run for the first time.

03:50And the aim really is to try and get as many dinosaurs out there as I can.

03:54People think they're extinct, but I think they're making a quick comeback.

03:58Brilliant.

03:59I think we're all people think that you are in class to yep.

04:04A, I think that you're a football teacher.

04:09Oh.

04:10Awesome.

04:11Oh, sun boots and sun nineteenth números.

04:12Oh.

04:13Mm.

04:14He's been so cool.

04:16Yeah.

04:17Oh, wow.

04:18Mm.

04:19Oh.

04:20Oh, yeah.

04:21Oh.

04:22Oh.

04:23Oh, you really don't mark special ingredients for no music.

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