Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard were the recipients of the 2008 Great North Run Moving Image Commission. The Great North Run is the world’s largest half-marathon, with participants running between Newcastle upon Tyne and South Sheilds in the north of England. The commission forms part of the annual cultural programme, curated by Beth Bate.<br><br>Run For Me, charts the course of the run, aiming to embody what it means to the runners, as well as exploring the larger themes of how we choose to shape and test ourselves and how we communicate that to others. The artists filmed participants in the 2007 Bupa Great North Run in the week prior to the event and on the day itself in, in specially constructed video booths at the start and finish lines. The footage is spliced together so that a new in-depth narrative becomes a collective commentary, reflecting the psyche of the race itself. Exploring experiences such as “finding your rhythm” to “trying to overtake Scooby Doo in the last mile”, Run for me creates a compelling portrait of the Bupa Great North Run through the people that take part and those who support them.