Great North Run - your stories

David Dunscombe, from Newcastle, ran Great North Run 2008 in aid of St Catherine's Hospice day hospice in Whitby.

He got in touch with BBC Tyne to tell us how important it was to him because his father had loved going to the hospice in his last months.

You can read the full story below, but first David tells us how he got on.

The Red Arrows at GNR 2008

David's Great North Run 2008:

"I took it easy because I started with back ache! But did it in about two hours 20 and really enjoyed the day.

"And, you know, the Red Arrows went over just as I was running over the Tyne Bridge and again at the exact time I collected my medal and T-shirt.

"So emotional."

Read David's original piece about why he decided to run the Great North Run:

This is the last photo of dad taken in October last year looking towards the sea at Robin Hood's Bay.

His last day out and exactly one year on I am doing the Great North Run.

His eyesight failed just after this and he died in beautiful, peaceful surroundings at Whitby Hospital Heather palliative care unit three weeks later.

David's Dad loved going to the hospice

He was 92 and a really nice man.

I am running the Great North Run for Saint Catherine's Hospice.

Dad loved going to their Whitby day hospice in his last months.

I hope my sponsorship money will help them to continue to provide the wonderful care they give to people with life-threatening conditions.

There he could be normal, chat to people and play games or just look at that view outside.

He and mum celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary two months previously. He was loved by all his four children, nine grandchildren and great grandson.

He would have been watching the run on television.

Wonderful feeling

I have tried to stick to the training schedule in the GNR magazine but it's not easy when working full time and then going from Newcastle to Whitby to look after mum at the weekend, but I can jog along the beach which is nice. And I am 60 next year!

I have done the race eight times before and I just love the taking part, the support from spectators and the wonderful feeling when you finish!

Makes you feel like a star!