IMAGES: Great North Run 2014 roll of honour

They joined Mo Farah for the half marathon, which begins in Newcastle and finishes at South Shields.

And NiddValley Running Club member Sam Fugill got closer than most, managing to meet and get a photograph with the great man.

Sam said: “Meeting Mo was brilliant. He was a genuinely nice guy and it was fantastic to meet someone who is such an icon and hero for runners everywhere.”

Chris Lawrence and Neil Jones, both 42 and of Harrogate, ran in giant shoes, dressed as Shoe Barker, the unofficial sponsor of Cancer Research UK.

Zoe Simpson and Holly Gadd, both 24, from Ripon took part. Zoe said: “We ran for Pancreatic Cancer UK in memory of my grandad, John Strothard from Tadcaster.”

Halo Hair and Beauty hairdresser Lauren Hewitt-Dawson completed the run and has so far raised more than £800 for Great Ormond Street Hospital.

“I had a great day and met some wonderful people all out running for good causes. It was a real sense of achievement finishing the run - and raising so much money for charity,” she said.

Roll of honour

Jenny Adrian for Saint Michael’s Hospice and the Stroke Association

Chris Aldred for Saint Michael’s Hospice

Ashley Atkinson for Yorkshire Cancer Research

Kate Atkinson for Yorkshire Cancer Research

Ryan Atkinson for Yorkshire Cancer Research

Sadie Bellerby for Farplace Animal Rescue

Steve Bowyer for Scope

Simon Brown for Motor Neurone Disease Association

Clare Chalmers for Yorkshire Cancer Research

Amy Collins for Martin House Children’s Hospice

Caroline Cook for Yorkshire Cancer Research

Catriona Coulthurst for MIND

Tiffany Devine for Henshaws

James Edmondson for Anthony Nolan

Alice Featherstone for Saint Michael’s Hospice

Connor Featherstone for Saint Michael’s Hospice

Georgia Featherstone for Saint Michael’s Hospice

Gale Filburn for Martin House Children’s Hospice

Helen Flynn for Henshaws College for the Blind

Nigel Foster for Alzheimer’s Society

Sam Fugill for Northumbria Blood Bikes

Holly Gadd for Pancreatic Cancer UK

Philippa Goodall for Get Kids Going

Jacqui Hall for Martin House Children’s Hospice

Lauren Hewitt-Dawson for Great Ormond Street Hospital

Laura Hirst for Shelter

Neil Jones for Cancer Research UK

Libby Lancaster for Alzheimer’s Research UK

Chris Lawrence for Cancer Research UK

Kathryn Leverett for Winston’s Wish

Karen Lister for Saint Michael’s Hospice and the Stroke Association

Claire Lowis for Yorkshire Cancer Research

Sarah McMillan for Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research

Kathleen McPartland for Teenage Cancer Trust

Sally O’Connell for Saint Michael’s Hospice and the Stroke Association

Luke O’Connor for British Red Cross

Beckie Oakley for Crohns and Colitis UK

Kirsty Ramsay for CLIC Sargent

Nicola Rees for Children With Cancer

Dene Rollitt, Maddie Olden and Steve Olden for Martin House Children’s Hospice

Elizabeth Ross for Rainbow Trust Charity

Zoe Simpson for Pancreatic Cancer UK

Mel Sixsmith for CLIC Sargent

Rachel Smart for Saint Michael’s Hospice and the Stroke Association

Yvonne Stewart for Saint Michael’s Hospice and the Stroke Association

Lee Stoker for Scope

James Stuart-Mills for Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research

Verity Tobin for the British Heart Foundation

Shelly Walker for Saint Michael’s Hospice

Andrea Walwyn for Teenage Cancer Trust

Alison Ward for Martin House Children’s Hospice

Henry Weemes for Cystic Fibrosis

Graham and Michelle Yare for Scope

Matt Hunt, Katy Gibson, Chris Verity, Colin Archibald, Sandy Bryan, Bob Gibson.