The Great North Run is the world's most popular half-marathon road-running event, with more than 47, 000 competitors of all abilities.

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Then, one day when they were running a half-marathon together, Phil suffered an aneurism and was rushed to the hospital in a coma.

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After running my first half-marathon I was hobbled for six months with achilles tendonitis that required a trip to a sports medicine doctor and multiple physical therapy sessions.

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