Great Birmingham Run

Great Birmingham Run
Date Mid-October
Location Birmingham, United Kingdom
Event type Road
Distance Half marathon
Established 2008
Official site www.greatrun.org/great-birmingham-run

The Great Birmingham Run is an annual half marathon road running event held in Birmingham, UK in October. Formerly known as the Birmingham Half Marathon, from 2011 it became part of the Great Run series of road races.[1]

Established in 2008, it incorporated the 2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.[1] The 2009 event was televised live on Sky Sports and between 2011 and 2016 the race was televised live in the United Kingdom by Channel 5.

Winners

Key:   Course record

Edition Year Men's winner Time (m:s) Women's winner Time (m:s)
1st 2008  Andi Jones (GBR) 65:46  Birhan Dagne (GBR) 77:40
2nd 2009  Jean Ndayisenga (BDI) 66:17  Susan Partridge (GBR) 72:50
3rd 2010  Edwin Kipyego (KEN) 63:50  Susan Partridge (GBR) 73:56
4th[2] 2011  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 61:29  Gemma Steel (GBR) 72:21
5th[3] 2012  Micah Kogo (KEN) 60:17  Sara Moreira (POR) 72:49
6th[4] 2013  Thomas Ayeko (UGA) 62:32  Gemma Steel (GBR) 70:19
7th 2014  Joel Kimutai (KEN) 61:30  Polline Wanjiku (KEN) 70:48
8th 2015  Chris Thompson (GBR) 63:00  Dominika Napieraj (POL) 73:39
9th 2016  Andy Vernon (GBR) 63:32  Elizeba Cherono (NED) 73:42
10th 2017  William Richardson (GBR) 66:38  Chloe Richardson (GBR) 81:40

References

  1. 1 2 "About the Great Birmingham Run". Greatrun.org. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  2. ↑ Martin, David (2011-10-23). Gebrselassie returns to winning ways with commanding Half Marathon performance in Birmingham. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-23.
  3. ↑ Martin, David (2012-10-21). Kogo defeats Kuma in Birmingham thriller. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-10-21.
  4. ↑ Hardman, Dean (2013-10-20). Steel breaks course record, Ayeko makes promising debut in Birmingham. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-10-21.

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Results from Power of 10

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