Runners take part in the Great North Run 2017.Picture: CHRIS BOOTH
WHY does the media always give more coverage to the elite and “celebrity” runners during and after the Great North Run?
Surely this occasion is about everyday people raising money for charity in memory of friends and loved ones.
Come on! Let’s have more interviews with them – not so-called celebrities.
Evelyn Thompson, Crook
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