Brother and sister. Isabelle and William Lear, both students at Aycliffe Village Primary school completed their first Great North Run.
William is 8 yrs old. He completed the Mini Great North Run on Saturday 12th, which is the 3 to 8yrs old event. It was 1.5km. He did it in 8 minutes 10 seconds.
Isabelle is 9yrs old and she completed the Junior Great North Run which was 4km. The ‘junior’ runners have timing chips to provide an accurate time and their overall finishing position. She completed the distance in 22mins 8 seconds. Her position was 100th out of 605 girls in the 9/10yrs age group. 6000 children took part in the event with ages ranging from 3 to 16yrs.
The event is the UK’s biggest and most popular children’s running event and takes place annually on the Newcastle Gateshead Quayside. Many of the runners take part in the event in order to raise money for various charities.
Isabelle and William are raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support. Anyone wishing to donate can go online to www.justgiving.com/isabelleandwilliam
Dad Chris said “Isabelle and William read the Newton News each week and keep pictures of their friends that have featured in various articles. We live in Newton Aycliffe and they would be over the moon to be included and the exposure would no doubt help raise money for a good cause. Both myself and their mother, Ellie, are very proud parents”.
