Mo Farah to Return to Roads for Great North Run

Published by Athletics Weekly on August 7, 2014

Mo Farah is set to return to road race action in September at the Bupa Great North Run.

The double world and Olympic track champion has had his summer plans interrupted by illness and was forced to withdraw from the 5000m and 10,000m – the distances over which he won his Olympic and world titles – at the Commonwealth Games.

He is due to contest both those distances at the European Championships in Zurich which begin next week and after the summer season will switch his focus back to the roads for the half-marathon Great North Run event on September 7.

“I’m looking forward to returning to the North East to run my second Bupa Great North Run,” said Farah, who finished as runner-up to Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele at this event last year, with Haile Gebrselassie coming third.

“I have been part of the weekend several times in the past, taking part in the mile and two-mile races at the Great North CityGames on the Quayside,” added Farah.

“Last year was a great race with Kenenisa and Haile over the half-marathon. I would like to come back and win this year.”