AJ Bell Great North Run Membership

AJ Bell Great North Run Memberships for 2025 – 2027 are SOLD OUT.

When you sign up to be a member from 2025, your membership will include:

AJ Bell Great North Run Membership

• Bypass the entry ballot for the next 3 years (2025, 2026 & 2027) and secure a guaranteed place in the AJ Bell Great North Run for three years (subject to payment of each year’s entry fee and registration).
• An exclusive Great North Run members technical training top (first year only) worth £20
• Free professional medal ceremony photo taken on the day of the event, courtesy of our friends at Marathon Photos, each year of your membership
• Member-only 10% discount off your entry fee on 2025 AJ Bell Great Run Series events (excludes Great North Run and Junior and Mini Great North Run. All members will receive an email with a one-time use discount code).

Please be aware you do still need to pay your entry fee and register each year. Your membership means you’ll be sent a link to enter and won’t need to apply for the ballot (See FAQ section below).

You can view AJ Bell Great North Run membership terms and conditions here.

For membership queries, including how to secure your priority Great North Run place, see the FAQ section below. If your query isn’t answered below please contact us here.

AJ Bell Great North Run Membership FAQ

How do I secure my priority entry into the 2025 AJ Bell Great North Run on 7 September 2025?

All members of the AJ Bell Great North Run membership scheme will receive an email in November with instructions on how to secure their priority place in the 2025 event. The email is sent from run@email-great-run.org so please ensure you add this address to your safe senders list and keep an eye on your junk mail folders in November. 

The email will include a link to our booking partner Let’s Do This that is unique to you. You need to complete your entry before 2pm on Monday 9 December.

Follow the steps below to the complete the booking form and pay the 2025 entry fee to secure your entry.

1 Click on the link in the email to visit our booking partner Let’s Do This. 

2 Enter your email address and complete the booking form.

3 Click on ‘Checkout now’ to proceed with your booking.

4 Complete the booking form and select ‘Continue’

If you receive an error message.

Your email address, surname and date of birth must match the details that we have for you (i.e. the details you entered when you bought your membership). If you receive an error message, please check these details and try again. Note that the error messages appear next to all three fields, even if just one of the fields is incorrect.

5 On the next page you can choose to add on any merchandise or skip to proceed to payment.

6 Once payment is complete, you will receive a booking confirmation email from Let’s Do This confirming your entry. You will also receive an email from Great Run.

I haven’t received an email, what do I do?

Please contact the customer services team here if you don’t receive an email in November, so they can help you get your priority entry secured before the deadline.

When do I receive my Great North Run Technical Training T-shirt?

This technical training top will be posted out in the first year of your membership term. If you join the AJ Bell Great North Run Membership scheme for the new term (2025-2027) this will be sent out in January 2025.

If my membership term has expired, can I renew this?

At the end of the three-year period members will be given the option to renew their membership at the newly published membership fee. We send an email to all members whose term has expired when entries for the new membership term opens.