Paul Jacks

CAFOD runner Paul Jacks completed the Great Manchester Run 2009 in an impressive 57 minutes - despite having a five-inch plate and ten screws in his leg following a football accident

Francesca Hoyle

Francesca Hoyle (right) entered the Great North Run in 2009 for the first time, inspired by a recent visit to CAFOD projects in Honduras and Nicaragua

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Rob Collier at CAFOD Liverpool's Fun Run 2008

Actor Rob Collier at CAFOD Liverpool's Fun Run 2008 [CAFOD]

Walk in the Park

Margaret and Anita took part in CAFOD Salford's Walk In The Park 2008

Pedal Against Poverty bike ride

Riders refuse to let showers dampen Pedal Against Poverty [Alison Quince]

Riders refuse to let showers dampen Pedal Against Poverty

Riders refuse to let showers dampen Pedal Against Poverty [Alison Quince]

Supporting the Great North Run

The CAFOD fairies sported a climate change message for the 2009 Great North Run - going that extra mile for climate justice

Run to the Beat 2009

CAFOD runner Paul Anthony Jones completes Run to the Beat 2009

Angela Jarratt (left) & Joanne Goodwin

Angela Jarratt (left) & Joanne Goodwin proudly show off their medals after finishing the Great North Run 2005 [CAFOD]

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Ben Price

Ben Price, star of TV's Casualty

Ben Price GNR2006

Ben Price at the 2006 Great North Run [CAFOD]

Berlin Marathon 2008

Dominic Moorhouse raised more than £2,500 for the Catenian Association Centenary Water for Life Appeal helping our work in Zimbabwe [CAFOD]

CAFOD at the Great Ethiopia Run

CAFOD volunteers Mike Coote (left) and Paul Gill join our community fundraising officer Catherine Leeson in completing the Great Ethiopia Run [CAFOD]

Cardinal Heanon Catholic High School

Dianne, Anne and Trish from Cardinal Heanon Catholic High School, Leeds [CAFOD]

Chris & Clare Rooney

Chris & Clare Rooney

Cycle Paris to Geneva

Get on your bike and help raise money for CAFOD

Cycle to Land's End

Discover the British Isles in this cycling challenge

Dave Hill and Lorraine Matthews

Dave Hill and Lorraine Matthews. Lorraine took up dancing and military training to prepare for their CAFOD run [CAFOD]

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GMR2008

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GNR - Dermot O'Leary

Big Brother presenter Dermot O'Leary completes the Great North Run 2005 [CAFOD]

GNR - Gavin Baxter

Gavin Baxter leads his group of friends around the Great North Run course [CAFOD]

GNR - Joe Tucker

Joe Tucker completes the Great North Run 2005 for CAFOD [CAFOD]

GNR - Les Turner

Headmaster Les Turner and fellow teacher Sarah Sanderson share a joke with Arnold, the school mascot, after all three complete the Great North Run [CAFOD]

GNR - Matt O'Connor

Matt O'Connor said he felt a great sense of achievement in completing the Great North Run 2005 [CAFOD]

GNR sisters

Sisters Deirdre McIntyre (left) and Mary Davies looked remarkably cheerful after the completing the Great North Run! [Pauline Milligan]

GNR06 - Matt Swarbrick, sister and dad

Matt Swarbrick (pictured left with sister Beck and dad Michael), 24, set a new CAFOD half-marathon record finishing the 2006 Great North Run in a fantastic 1hr 26mins [CAFOD]

GNR07 Edmund Montgomery

Trainee priest Edmund Montgomery ran the Great North Run for CAFOD. [CAFOD]

GNR08 - staff from Cardinal Heenan School in Leeds

Staff from Cardinal Heenan School in Leeds ran Great North Run for CAFOD.

Great Manchester Run 2009

A team of nine friends from St Werburgh's parish in Chester tackles the Great Manchester Run 2009 in support of our work [CAFOD]

Great North runners

CAFOD supporters at the Great North Run in 2003. [Judith Parke]

Group - Great North Run 2005

(Left to right) Richard Cockle, John Corney, Lizzie Cranfield, and Gavin Baxter celebrate together after finishing the Great North Run 2005 [CAFOD]

GSR - Dominic Joyce and Paul McCarthy

London cabbies Dominic Joyce and Paul McCarthy completed the Great South Run for CAFOD [CAFOD]

GSR - Frank Campbell

Frank Campbell, 74, on the Great South Run [CAFOD]

GSR - Hugh Gibbons and Anne D'Souza

Hugh Gibbons and Anne D'Souza from Bracknell raised over £1500 for CAFOD. [CAFOD]

GSR - Pete Deadman, John Corney, Richard Cockle, James Canning, Tom Lewington

Vodafone team: Pete Deadman, John Corney, Richard Cockle, James Canning, Tom Lewington [CAFOD]

GSR - running

CAFOD runners take to the Portsmouth street for the Great South Run [CAFOD]

GSR 2009 - David Ford

David Ford with his family - he completed the course in an impressive 1hr 18 minutes and raised more than £1,000 [CAFOD]

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Team CAFOD celebrate at the end of the 2009 London Marathon [CAFOD]

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Michael Reid on Everest

Adventurous Michael Reid decided his holiday was a great opportunity to fundraise

Hadrian's Wall

Trek Hadrian's Wall and raise money for CAFOD

Michael Reid on Everest

Michael Reid climbed to Everest Base Camp raising money for CAFOD

Run to the Beat

Middlesbrough 10k run

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Liverpool fun run: James and Dad David Griffiths from Ormskirk

James and Dad David Griffiths Ormskirk running at the Liverpool fun run in the nineties.

Rebecca Williams New York City Marathon

Rebecca Williams runs the NYC marathon in support of CAFOD

Runners chatting at the GNR 07

Abi and Angela Vince and Mary Tyers, talking at the Great North Run 07 [Paul Green]

Middlesbrough Tees Pride

Team CAFOD at the Tees Pride 10K in 2009 [CAFOD]

John McBride

John McBride, 45, prepares to run part of the Great North Run 2008 barefoot [CAFOD]

Liverpool fun-run Bishop Vin Malone waits for start flag 1991

Bishop Vin Malone at the Liverpool fun run in 1991: waiting for start flag.

John Travis headteacher

John Travis (centre) is headteacher at St Chad’s Catholic Primary School in Cheetham, Manchester. His pupils sponsored him their pocket money in the 2007 BUPA Great Manchester Run [CAFOD]

Pedal Against Poverty

CAFOD Westminster's Tony Sheen and Eileen Hayes prepare to Pedal Against Poverty [CAFOD]

Sailing picture

Take to the high seas in this thrilling sailing adventure

John Corney

John Corney with CAFOD fundraiser Judith Parke after the Great North Run. John also ran the Great South Run for CAFOD. [Pauline Milligan]

New York Marathon

New York Marathon 2005

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New York Road Runners [New York Road Runners]

London - Paris cycle

Cyclists approach the Arc de Triomphe in Paris

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Seb Gordon completes the New York marathon

[CAFOD]

New York Marathon general shot

Thousands run through the famous streets of New York for many good causes [CAFOD]

Primary school teachers Mark Doherty and Roisin Harkin

Primary school teachers Mark Doherty and Roisin Harkin complete the 2007 Wilmslow half-marathon for CAFOD [CAFOD]

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Sonia O'Sullivan wins BUPA Great North Run 2002 [Mark Shearman]

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Rebecca Williams NYC marathon

Rebecca Williams runs the NYC marathon in support of CAFOD [CAFOD]

Pedal 2009

Riders refuse to let showers dampen Pedal Against Poverty [Alison Quince]