Runners who secured places in this year's Great North Run were shocked to receive an email saying their place had been cancelled after a message was sent out by mistake.
Lets Do This, the official booking partner of the iconic half marathon from Newcastle to South Shields, emailed participants across the county on Wednesday saying "your entry has been cancelled". The race-booking platform which helps runners to secure places in events across the country, including the Great North Run, sent out a message to runners which read, "we'll cancel your booking with no charge."
Alarmed runners were quick to contact the organisation to query the email and confirm whether it was true they had lost their place. And on Thursday, Let's Do This sent out a second email to entrants to say that the cancellation message had been sent out in error.
