[In Context] Ian McKeith: pioneer, collaborator, runner

Ian McKeith has always liked running. When I spoke to him, he had just completed the Great North Run, the world's most populous half-marathon, which takes place annually in northeast England. The first time he ran it was in 1982. Now, just into his seventies, he says: “it took me twice as long as it did when I was 28 years old. But I'm lucky still to be able to do it.” McKeith, Emeritus Professor of Old Age Psychiatry at Newcastle University (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK) ran to raise funds for the Lewy Body Society, a charity he helped establish 20 years ago.