On Saturday 10th June 2012 the heavens opened with fury on the North East but it didn’t stop the 32nd Blaydon Race on the 150th anniversary of the famous song.

I was at the finish line in Blaydon:

And the first runners were Kenyan and Ethiopian:

I interviewed 18 year-old Kenyan Peter Lemuya, who won the 5.9 mile race with a time of 27 minutes and 35 seconds. That’s fast.

And BBC Newcastle’s Total Sport presenter Simon Pryde was just 10 minutes behind him – and made me eat tripe live on the radio: