(T)racing the Great North Run as a ritual process using GPS mapping

The Great North Run witnesses 55,000 plus participants run from Newcastle to South Shields and is an annual ritual for many runners. event reaches audiences around the world well documented by media, yet remains of such are as much embodied in memory a runner. Despite this, memories can be unreliable forgotten, like routine daily interactions with familiar environments. This article explores how data gathered using GPS running watch employed reflect on relive participation 2019 (GNR) part cyclical process between body digital platform. In doing so, author uses structure make case collaborates reshape, distort transform experience without detriment memories. Rather, augments, enhances deepens human memory.