Booking site is back up and running after technical glitch

ENTRIES will re-open today for Junior and Mini Great North Run places after high booking demand caused technical issues.

Entry for the children’s and junior distances was set to open yesterday but Greatrun said it had to shut down the application system due to high traffic.

The organisers tweeted: “Entries for the 2019 Simplyhealth Junior and Mini Great North Run are expected to re-open on Tuesday.

“We will update again later today with timings across our social channels and via email.”

Up to 9,000 are expected to line up for the races, held on Newcastle’s Quayside on Saturday, September 7 - the day before the Great North Run itself.

The thousands of athletes and fun runners will set off in waves across the day, heading across the Swing Bridge to the Gateshead side, along a 1.5km and 4km courses, for ages three to16.

The final stretch of both courses then takes children over the Gateshead Millennium Bridge before they cross the finish line on the Newcastle side of the Quayside.

The Simplyhealth Great North 5k will also return to the Quayside, with more than 1,000 runners taking on a shorter running route across a fast and flat course. ■■FOR more information and to enter the Simplyhealth Junior and Mini Great North Run or the Simplyhealth Great North 5k, visit:Greatrun.org/North. Mini Great North Run on Newcastle’s Quayside