Mo Farah Wins Fifth Straight Great North Run in 59.26

Great Britain's Mo Farah smashed the course record on Sunday in Newcastle and became the first man to win the race five times in a row.

The 4-time-Olympic champion, Farah, clocked a new course record time of 59 minutes and 26 seconds in the half marathon missing his personal best by only 4 seconds.

"Just coming into that headwind it was so tough, I wasn't going smooth, I was going up and down. I honestly thought I could beat my personal best today, but those last two miles really hurt." Said Farah.

New Zealand's Jake Robertson, who finished in a distant second to Farah, for the first time in his career broke the 60minute barrier in the half marathon. The 31-year-old Robertson crossed the line in 59.57, as Belgium athlete Bashir Abdi, European Athletics Championships 10,000m silver medallist, concluded the podium with 60:43.

2018 London Marathon winner Vivian Cheruiyot from Kenya won the women's race for a second time in three years in a new personal best of 67:43. Her compatriots  Brigid Kosgei (67:52) and Joyciline Jepkosgei (68.10) took second and third respectively.

Men's Elite Top Results

1 MO FARAH 00:59:27

2 JAKE ROBERTSON 00:59:58

3 BASHIR ABDI 01:00:42

4 SCOTT FAUBLE 01:02:18

5 RYAN VAIL 01:02:19

6 HIROYUKI YAMAMOTO 01:02:49

7 DANIEL WANJIRU 01:03:40

8 PAT TIERNAN 01:03:53

9 MOHAMUD AADAN 01:03:59

10 MICHAEL SHELLEY 01:04:49

Women Elite Top Results

1 VIVIAN CHERUIYOT 01:07:43

2 BRIGID KOSGEI 01:07:52

3 JOYCILINE JEPKOSGEI 01:08:10

4 LINET MASAI 01:08:11

5 YUKA HORI 01:11:14

6 STEPHANIE BRUCE 01:11:50

7 CAMILLE BUSCOMB 01:14:23

8 EMMA MITCHELL 01:14:38

9 HAYLEY CARRUTHERS 01:14:46

10 LILY PARTRIDGE 01:15:16