RAF veteran Bill Cooksey will walk the half marathon and hopes to encourage others to keep active.
BBC North East and CumbriaThe centenarian, who walks about two miles a day to keep fit, will tackle the half marathon route from Newcastle to South Shields on 10 September.
The RAF veteran set himself a challenge of walking 100 miles when he turned 100 years old, trekking 10 miles a day for 10 days along the Locomotion Way between Newton Aycliffe and Shildon stations. He has been given a special Great North Run 102 number, signed by the half marathon's founder Sir Brendan Foster.
He recently walked 12 miles between Seaton Carew and Hartlepool to test his fitness in terms of being able to do the 13.1 mile course.
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