Sir Brendan Foster CBE (born 12 January 1948) is a British former long-distance runner, athletics commentator and road race organiser. He founded the Great...

(1970–present) 1970:  Lachie Stewart (SCO) 1974:  Dick Tayler (NZL) 1978:  Brendan Foster (ENG) 1982:  Gidamis Shahanga (TAN) 1986:  Jon Solly (ENG) 1990:  Eamonn...

was instigated by Brendan Foster, a Gateshead Council employee at that time. By breaking the world record in the men's 3,000 m, Foster brought international...

000-metre final comparatively easily, because even Great Britain's Brendan Foster dropped from the steadily accelerating pace of Portugal's Carlos Lopes...

former Olympic 10,000 m bronze medallist and BBC Sport commentator Brendan Foster. The first Great North Run was staged on 28 June 1981, when 12,000 runners...

 Ethiopia 1976 Montreal details Lasse Virén  Finland Carlos Lopes  Portugal Brendan Foster  Great Britain 1980 Moscow details Miruts Yifter  Ethiopia Kaarlo Maaninka...

Jazy (FRA) 1969: Ian Stewart (GBR) 1971: Juha Väätäinen (FIN) 1974: Brendan Foster (GBR) 1978: Venanzio Ortis (ITA) 1982: Thomas Wessinghage (FRG) 1986:...

popularity since the olympic and international success of Northeast athletes Brendan Foster in the 1970s and Steve Cram in the 1980s. Both won international medals...

13 minutes and 46 seconds. Subsequently commentators Steve Cram and Brendan Foster noted that only 88 British women had run a sub-3-hour marathon during...

Ireland. He is also referred to as Brendan the Navigator, Brendan the Voyager, Brendan the Anchorite, and Brendan the Bold. The Irish translation of his...