PURESPORT × DASHPOINT
Puresport Takes Over Goods
One last run before the Great North Run
Two nights before the Great North Run, Puresport is taking over Goods, Newcastle's brand new healthy eatery and store, for one Friday night.
- Friday 11 September · 6:30pm
- Goods, Newcastle
- Social 5K · All abilities · No drop
Free to join. You don't need a Great North Run place to come.
RACE WEEK STARTS HERE
One last run before Sunday.
The training is done. Now we're bringing Newcastle's running community together for one final night before the Great North Run.
Get to Goods for 6:30pm. Grab a marker and make your sign for Sunday's cheer zone, pick up your Puresport gels and electrolytes, then head out with the community for an easy social 5K around Leazes Park.
After the run, we'll head back to Goods for the after-party with Puresport product, free drinks and shakes, and a proper send-off before race weekend.
Make your sign
Create your Great North Run cheer zone sign ready for Sunday.
Run the 5K
An easy, social, no-drop 5K around Leazes Park.
Stay for the party
Back to Goods for Puresport product, drinks and the race-week send-off.
FRIDAY NIGHT
Friday 11 September 2026
6:30pm
Meet at Goods
Check in, meet the community, grab some Puresport product and start making the cheer zone signs.
7:00pm
Social 5K
Easy 5K around Leazes Park with supported groups. All abilities welcome and nobody gets left behind.
After the run
Back to Goods
Drinks, shakes, Puresport product and the after-party.
Make a sign. Run the 5K. Stay for the party.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Everyone's invited.
This isn't a race and you don't need to be running the Great North Run on Sunday.
It's an easy social 5K bringing Newcastle's running community together before one of the biggest weekends of the year.
- Social 5K
- All abilities welcome
- No-drop run
- Puresport gels & electrolytes
- GNR cheer sign making
- Free post-run drinks and shakes
- After-party at Goods
- Open to GNR runners and the wider community
THE ROAD TO RACE WEEK
Four weeks. One community. One final night.
Over the last four weeks, Puresport and DashPoint have brought Newcastle's running community together through a Great North Run training series.
Runners have trained together, tested their race-day fuelling and built towards Sunday as a community.
Friday brings everyone together one final time.
TRAINING BLOCK REWARDS
You've earned it. Now collect it.
If you unlocked a Puresport reward during the training block, Friday at Goods is where you collect it. Your gels and electrolytes will be waiting. Bring the DashPoint app so we can see your card.
PURESPORT × DASHPOINT
Your place for Friday.
Sign up through DashPoint to reserve your free place at Puresport Takes Over Goods.
Sign up
Reserve your free place in the DashPoint app.
Get to Goods
Join us from 6:30pm on Friday 11 September.
Run & stay
Social 5K followed by the Puresport takeover at Goods.
Reserve in the DashPoint app
Scan to reserve your place
Free · iOS 16+ · Android 9+ · your place is held in the app
TWO NIGHTS LATER…
Great North Run.
- Date
- Sunday 13 September 2026
- Distance
- 13.1 miles
- Route
- Newcastle → South Shields
Friday is about getting the legs moving, meeting the people you'll be sharing the weekend with and enjoying the final few days before race day.
Then Sunday, it's time to race.
QUESTIONS
Before Friday.
No. The event is open to the wider running community whether you're racing on Sunday or not.
5K around Leazes Park.
It's an easy social run with supported groups. All abilities are welcome and nobody will be left behind.
Goods, Newcastle.
6:30pm on Friday 11 September.
Yes.
We'll head back to Goods for the Puresport takeover, free drinks and shakes, and the post-run social.
Yes. Anything you unlocked during the training block is collected at Goods on Friday. Bring the DashPoint app.
PURESPORT × DASHPOINT
One last run before Sunday.
- Friday 11 September · 6:30pm
- Goods, Newcastle
- Social 5K + Puresport takeover
Make a sign. Run the 5K. Stay for the party.
Join Friday's run