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The entry limit for the 2008 BUPA Great North Run has increased to 52,000 people and will therefore reach a landmark by accepting its millionth entry since its first staging in 1981. It is believed that this is the first sporting event in the world to have achieved this milestone.
Brendan Foster, Founder and Chairman of the Great North Run said: ââ¬ÅWe are very proud to be the first event in the world to reach a million entrants. It is beyond my wildest dreams that the Great North Run could have achieved such an incredible level of popularity over recent years.ââ¬Â
Foster continued: ââ¬ÅBeing on the point of this milestone gives me the opportunity to thank the many thousands of staff and volunteers who have helped deliver the Great North Run to such a high level of professionalism that will allow us to mark the millionth entry this year.ââ¬Â
The first Great North Run took place on June 28th 1981 where 12,770 took to the streets of Tyneside. It was won by local athletic legend, Mike McLeod.
This yearââ¬â¢s BUPA Great North Run will take place on Sunday October 5th and will be the 28th staging of what has become one of the worldââ¬â¢s most prestigious running events. The online general entry ballot for the 2008 event will open on Thursday 17th January at 10.00am at http://www.greatrun.org The millionth entrant will be revealed when the ballot for successful places is drawn in early February.
Last year a record 90,000 applications were received for the event and this year it is expected that the number will exceed 100,000 for the first time.
Three-time champion Paula Radcliffe will contest the London Marathon on 13 April as part of her build-up to this summer's Beijing Olympics.
The 34-year-old, who won the New York marathon in November, set the world record of two hours 15 minutes 25 seconds over the London course in 2003.
"I love running in front of my home crowd," said Radcliffe.
"I know that winning a fourth time will give me just the boost I need before the Olympic Games in August."
Radcliffe gave birth to daughter Isla last January but raced straight back to form, winning the New York title; her first marathon in more than two years.
The Bedford runner held off Gete Wami in a thrilling sprint to victory and will again go head-to-head with the Ethiopian in London.
Berhane Adere, Romania's Constantina Tomescu-Dita and Australia's Benita Johnson complete a testing line-up.
Radcliffe said: "The London field is always competitive, but that's what I need to be at my best in Beijing."
London Marathon race director David Bedford was delighted to welcome Radcliffe back to the race line-up for the first time since 2005.
"No doubt all eyes will be on Paula as she goes for her fourth victory," said Bedford.
"But the women's race will be as tough as ever, and Gete will have something to prove after losing to Paula in New York."
A fourth victory in London for Radcliffe, who took gold at the worlds championships in 2005, would see her match Norwegian Ingrid Kristiansen's record achievement.
But the Briton's main aim for 2008 is to make amends for her Olympic nightmare in Athens four years ago, when she failed to finish the marathon in gruelling conditions.
Heat, humidity and pollution will make winning Olympic gold even more difficult in China and Radcliffe is continuing her warm-weather training in South Africa before making her final preparations at altitude in Flagstaff, Arizona.
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