Simplyhealth sponsors the Great Run

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Simplyhealth is to become the title sponsor of the UK's biggest mass participation running series - Great Run - which includes the world's largest half marathon, the Great North Run.

The sponsorship begins with the Great Winter Run and The Great Edinburgh International Cross Country, featuring quadruple Olympic Gold medallist Sir Mo Farah, in Scotland's capital city on Saturday January 7th. The agreement will cover events in city locations including Manchester, London, Bristol, Birmingham, Portsmouth, Edinburgh and Newcastle; involving runners of all abilities in distances that range from 5k to the half marathon. The deal also includes the Junior and Mini Great Run events. Romana Abdin, chief executive of Simplyhealth said: "Our sole purpose at Simplyhealth is to ...

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