Tufts Health Plan 10K for Women

Reebok Boston 10K for Women
Date Second Monday of October (Columbus Day)
Location Boston, Massachusetts
Event type Road
Distance 10 kilometers (6.2 miles)
Primary sponsor Reebok
Established 1977 (1977)
Organizer Conventures, Inc.
Course records 31:21 (2015)
Molly Huddle
Official site boston10kforwomen.com

The Reebok Boston 10K for Women, formerly known as the Tufts Health Plan 10K for Women and the Bonne Bell Mini Marathon, is a major 10 kilometer (6.2 mi) road race held annually in Boston, Massachusetts, on Columbus Day, popular as both an elite world-class competition and a women's running event promoting health and fitness. In 2016, the race drew over 7,000 participants[1] and nearly 20,000 spectators.

Since 1994, the race has doubled as the USA Women's 10 km Championship (USA Track & Field) 18 times.[2] It has attracted many of the world's top distance runners, including Olympic gold medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson and Olympian Molly Huddle, who each won four times, and Olympic bronze medalist Lynn Jennings, a six-time winner.

Begun in 1977 as the Bonne Bell Mini Marathon, Tufts Health Plan became title sponsor in 1985[3] and supported the race for 33 years. In 2018, Reebok took up the sponsorship of the race.[4] For several years it was the largest women-only 10K in the US, most recently in 2013.[5]

The race course[6] starts on Beacon Street near the Boston Common, crosses the Charles River via the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge into Cambridge near the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, forms a loop along the river on Memorial Drive, and crosses back over the bridge and into Boston down brownstone-lined Commonwealth Avenue. The finish line on Charles Street returns the runners to the Boston Common for celebration.

The race has become a Boston tradition and there are at least 12 women who have run the race every year since its inception in 1977.

Winners

YearWinnerTime
2017 Lauren Paquette (USA)33:30
2016 Emily Sisson (USA)31:47
2015 Molly Huddle (USA)32:16[7]
2014 Jordan Hasay (USA)31:38.9
2013 Sentayehu Ejigu (ETH)31:32.9
2012 Hellen Jemutai (KEN)32:29.8
2011 Janet Cherobon-Bawcom (USA)32:46.4
2010 Molly Huddle (USA)31:59.9
2009 Molly Huddle (USA)32:06.6
2008 Molly Huddle (USA)32:51.2
2007 Deena Kastor (USA)32:01.0
2006 Kathryn McGregor (USA)32:37.5
2005 Kathryn McGregor (USA)32:25.2
2004 Marie Davenport (IRL)32:47.4
2003 Elva Dryer (USA)32:33.3
2002 Marla Runyan (USA)31:45.4
2001 Colleen deReuck (USA)32:11
2000 Catherine Ndereba (KEN)32:46
1999 Libbie Hickman (USA)32:49
1998 Libbie Hickman (USA)31:57
1997 Gladys Ondeyo (KEN)32:46
1996 Gladys Ondeyo (KEN)32:47
1995 Collette Murphy (USA)32:30
1994 Elana Meyer (RSA)31:39
1993 Lynn Jennings (USA)32:02
1992 Lynn Jennings (USA)32:22
1991 Lynn Jennings (USA)32:12
1990 Lynn Jennings (USA)32:39
1989 Lynn Jennings (USA)31:57
1988 Anne Hannam (NZL)31:38
1987 Nancy Tinari (CAN)32:22
1986 Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)31:40
1985 Joan Benoit Samuelson (USA)31:49
1984 Betty Jo Geiger (USA)31:51
1983 Joan Benoit Samuelson (USA)31:36
1982 Anne Audain (NZL)31:42
1981 Jan Merrill (USA)32:04
1980 Patti Catalano (USA)32:24
1979 Margaret Groos (USA)32:47
1978 Joan Benoit Samuelson (USA)33:15
1977 Lynn Jennings (USA)34:31

References

  1. ↑ "Massachusetts Race Results,Tufts Health Plan 10K for Women Boston, MA, October 14, 2013". Coolrunning.com. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "Tufts Health Plan 10 km Boston MA/USA". Association of Road Racing Statistic. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  3. ↑ Singelai, Neil (16 October 1985). "Tufts 10 Takes Over for 'Bonne' This Fall". The Boston Globe.
  4. ↑ "Reebok Signs On As Title Sponsor of Boston 10K For Women". www.nerunner.com. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  5. ↑ "Largest Races, Women-Only". runningusa.org. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "The Course | Reebok Boston 10K for Women". Reebok Boston 10K for Women. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  7. ↑ http://www.usatf.tv/gprofile.php?do=view_event&event_id=2522&mgroup_id=45365&year=2015
List of winners
  • "Tufts Health Plan 10 km". Association of Road Racing Statistics. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
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