This post has not been vetted or endorsed by BuzzFeed's editorial staff. BuzzFeed Community is a place where anyone can create a post or quiz. Try making your own!Buzz·Posted on Jan 14, 201529 Things That Happen To Every Great North RunnerTraining, toilets and the Tyne Bridge.by KSimpCommunity ContributorLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. Wait all Christmas for the ballot to open in January. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 2. Freak out when a CONGRATULATIONS email arrives in your inbox. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 3. Consider training... Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 4. Start training... Nikki Bell @CharityNikki Yoga cat helping me stretch it out after another #GNRMillion training run! @Great_Run @stoswaldsuk #GNR 04:19 PM - 29 Aug 2014 Reply Retweet Favorite 5. Think about nothing but training. View this video on YouTube Suzanne Eyre / Via youtube.com 6. Instagram your running kit the night before. View this photo on Instagram 7. Eat breakfast like an athlete. View this photo on Instagram 8. Arrive at the start line and spend at least 20 minutes finding your assembly zone. 9. Visit the unofficial start line toilets more than once. 10. Queue up to get a glimpse of the honorary starter. 11. Sing "Oggy, Oggy, Oggy! Oi Oi Oi!" View this video on YouTube djrufus1 / Via youtube.com LOVING IT! 12. Get a lump in your throat when you cross the Tyne Bridge. View this photo on Instagram 13. Feel the lump get bigger when the Red Arrows fly over. 14. See at least one fancy dress costume that will haunt you for some time. 15. And one that’s so awesome you'll never look at fancy dress in the same way again. 16. Make friends with a stranger. 17. Encourage, or be encouraged by, a fellow runner 18. Consider picking up a pint of beer from the spectators at 11 miles Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 19. You're overtaken by a banana, a man carrying a fridge, or a celebrity. 20. High-five at least 25 children along the length of the course 21. Feel elated when you turn onto the South Shields seafront. 22. Debate whether to sprint finish or Mobot over the finish line. 23. You realise there's no phone signal at the finish line and you didn't set a meeting point. 24. Visit the huge charity village and wander aimlessly for 10 minutes trying to find your charity. 25. Hit the pubs in South Shields for a post-run celebratory drink. View this photo on Instagram 26. Take a post-run selfie. View this photo on Instagram 27. Have trouble walking down the stairs the next day. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 28. Claim that you'll never do it again. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 29. Enter the ballot again in January Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF