PURESPORT × DASHPOINT
For the Long Run
Great North Run Training Block 2026
Five community sessions in Newcastle, created to help you train consistently with others, understand your fuelling and arrive at race-day ready.
- 15 August to 12 September 2026
- CrossFit Tyneside
- Walk, run and race-ready options
Free to join. Places may be limited.
THE TRAINING BLOCK
Train together.
Go further.
Training for a half marathon is easier when you do not have to do it alone.
Puresport and DashPoint are bringing Newcastle's running community together for a five-event block leading into the Great North Run.
Whether this is your first Great North Run or another year on the start line, the block is designed to help you build consistency, meet other runners and arrive at race weekend feeling supported.
- Build consistency
- Regular sessions that give the final weeks of training more structure.
- Learn how to fuel
- Practical Puresport support around hydration, fuelling and recovery.
- Find your people
- Meet the runners who will be training and lining up alongside you.
THE SCHEDULE
Five events to take you
up to raceday.
Saturdays and Wednesdays through the block, then a shakeout the day before race day. Sessions build towards the Great North Run on Sunday 13 September 2026.
Event 01 · Confirmed
Training Block Kick-Off
The Great North Run Training Block starts here. Meet the Puresport and DashPoint teams, find the group that suits how you want to train, and begin the four-week build to race day together.
CrossFit Tyneside · 6K at 4:30–7:00/km · 3K intro at 7:30/km
Event 02 · Details coming soon
Training Block Session 2
Week two of the block is about consistency — turning one good session into a routine. Same place, same time, same groups, one week stronger. This week's focus is fuelling.
CrossFit Tyneside · 8K at 4:30–7:00/km · 4K intro at 7:30/km
Event 03 · Details coming soon
Training Block Session 3
The midpoint of the block, and the week to hold your momentum as race day starts to feel real. If the first two sessions felt comfortable, this is a good week to step up a group. This week's focus is pacing.
CrossFit Tyneside · 10K at 4:30–7:00/km · 5K intro at 7:30/km
Event 04 · Details coming soon
Training Block Session 4
The final structured session of the block, bringing four weeks of work together before race week begins. The hard training is done — this session is about arriving at the start line fresh and confident.
CrossFit Tyneside · 12K at 4:30–7:00/km · 6K intro at 7:30/km
Event 05 · Details coming soon
Great North Run Shakeout
A relaxed community shakeout on the morning before the Great North Run. Loosen the legs, settle the nerves and collect your rewards from the block.
CrossFit Tyneside · 5K at 5:30–7:30/km
REWARDS
The more you show up, the more you unlock.
Every session moves you closer to race day and your next Puresport reward. Join the block, record your attendance through DashPoint and unlock each reward as you reach it.
PURESPORT × DASHPOINT
GREAT NORTH RUN TRAINING BLOCK
GNR 2026
AUG — SEP 26
SESSIONS
ATTENDED
02 TO COMPLETE
Your card lives in the DashPoint app and fills as your attendance is recorded at each session.
Attend 1 event
Energy gel starter kit offerAn exclusive link to an offer on a Puresport energy gel starter kit.
Attend 2 events
15% off PuresportYour discount code unlocks in the DashPoint app and is valid on Puresport products until 30 September 2026.
Attend 3 events
Ultra Electrolyte Trial PackCollect yours in person at the shakeout run.
Attend 4 events
Puresport water bottleCollect yours in person at the shakeout run.
Make a purchase during the block
Puresport Running CapBuy any Puresport product during the training block and redeem your cap with proof of purchase at the shakeout run.
Puresport energy gels. The starter kit offer unlocks at your first session.
Ultra Electrolytes and a Puresport bottle, both collected at the shakeout run.
Attendance is recorded through DashPoint and each milestone unlocks as you reach it. Discount codes are revealed in the app once unlocked and are valid until 30 September 2026. Trial packs, bottles and caps are collected in person at the shakeout run on Saturday 12 September 2026.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Built for the whole running community.
You do not need to be the fastest runner in the group. You only need to be ready to show up.
Each session will include supported options so that runners can choose an appropriate distance and effort. The exact format may change as the block progresses, but nobody should feel that they need to train alone.
- Walking and running options at every session
- Different distances with supported groups
- Run leaders and community support at every session
- Puresport fuelling and hydration guidance
- A relaxed, social environment
- Post-run connection and refreshments
- Come to one session or commit to the full block
HOW IT WORKS
Join once.
Build towards race day.
Join the block
Reserve your place through DashPoint.
Choose your sessions
Attend one event or commit to the complete series.
Show up
Take part and record your attendance through DashPoint.
Unlock your rewards
Each session unlocks the next reward. Collect the Puresport kit at the shakeout run.
PURESPORT × DASHPOINT
Join the training block
Free to join. Places may be limited. Get the DashPoint app to reserve your place at the first session.
Places are reserved in the DashPoint app
Free to join. Pick your sessions, see who else is going and get updates if anything changes.
Show up and scan at the session
Your attendance is recorded through DashPoint at each session, and that is what unlocks your rewards.
Everything in one place
Session details, your stamp card and your Puresport reward all live in the app, before and after race day.
Get the app
Scan to install
Free · iOS 16+ · Android 9+ · syncs on sign-in
RACE WEEKEND
Ready for Sunday.
- Race
- Great North Run
- Date
- Sunday 13 September 2026
- Distance
- 13.1 miles
- Route
- Newcastle to South Shields
The block ends with an easy shakeout on Saturday 12 September. The following morning, thousands of runners will make their way from Newcastle to South Shields.
You will arrive knowing that the training is done, the people around you have shared the build-up, and all that remains is to enjoy the run.
QUESTIONS
Before you lace up.
Yes. The training block is free to join, and every session in the series is a free community event.
No. You can attend individual sessions, but attending more sessions unlocks higher reward milestones.
No. The block is open to the wider running community. The sessions are designed around the Great North Run build-up, but everyone is welcome whether or not you have a race place.
The main distance builds through the block — 6K at the kick-off, then 8K, 10K and 12K — with four pace groups from 4:30 to 7:00 per kilometre. Every session also has a shorter intro distance at 7:30 per kilometre, and the race-eve shakeout is an easy 5K. All groups are no-drop: we regroup often and nobody is left behind.
Attendance is recorded through DashPoint, and each milestone unlocks as you reach it. They build up rather than replace one another. There is also a reward for making a Puresport purchase during the block, redeemable with proof of purchase.
The trial pack, water bottle and running cap are handed out in person at the shakeout run on Saturday 12 September 2026 at CrossFit Tyneside. Codes and offers appear in the DashPoint app as soon as you unlock them.
The current meeting point is CrossFit Tyneside. Exact arrival and meeting instructions are sent to registered participants before each session.
Suitable running clothing, appropriate footwear and anything you would normally need for the weather.
Registered participants receive updated details through DashPoint. Any change to time, location or format reaches you before the session.
Start the block with us.
Five sessions. One community. One month to build towards the Great North Run together.
First session: Saturday 15 August 2026 at 10:30am.