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Great Edinburgh Run

Great Edinburgh Run
FieldValue
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image2009 Great Edinburgh Run Finish.jpg
imagesize180px
captionA fun runner at the race finish point in 2009
dateEarly October
locationEdinburgh
typeRoad
distance10 mile
est1993
homepageGreat Edinburgh Run

The Great Edinburgh Run was an annual ten-mile road running race in the city centre of Edinburgh in Scotland from 1993 to 2017. It was part of the Great Run series of competitions, a 10 km event which extended to 10 mi from 2014.

The race was first run in 1993 as the Great Caledonian Run. It was moved from Edinburgh to the Balmoral estate in Aberdeenshire in 1998, and was hosted there for seven years as part of the Balmoral Road Races, a collection of races from 3 km to 10 km. The Caledonian run became more of a national level competition in its stint in Balmoral as the 5-mile race. The race in Balmoral was voted the nation's most scenic run by Runner's World magazine in 2004. The competition was financially supported by Scottish Enterprise Grampian in a partnership to promote tourism in north-east Scotland, but after the BBC decided to stop televising the event it returned to Edinburgh in 2005. During the seven-year period that the run was not held in the city, a separate and unrelated competition was held there under the title of the Capital City Challenge 10K. The Great Edinburgh Run acquired its current title in 2006.

From 2005 the Great Edinburgh Run was held on a course within the city centre. Starting in Holyrood Park, runners would see a number of the city's famous landmarks such as Edinburgh Castle, Greyfriars Bobby, Scott Monument and Arthur's Seat.

The men's course record for the 10 km (28:03 minutes) was set by Martin Mathathi in 2011, while Florence Kiplagat is the women's course record holder with her time of 32:10 minutes from 2010. Amateur runner Dave Lewis won the 1994 men's race ahead of Olympians John Treacy and Gary Staines.

Winners

Key:

Crowds gathering for the 2009 race
Latvia's [[Jeļena Prokopčuka]] won three times consecutively from 2005 to 2007.
EditionYearMen's winnerTime (h:m:s)Women's winnerTime (h:m:s)
1st1993Gary Staines28:37Lyudmila Borisova33:37
2nd1994Dave Lewis28:56??
3rd1995Gary Staines28:48Liz McColgan32:27
4th1996Christopher Kelong29:11Yvonne Murray33:16
5th1997Christopher Kelong29:05Liz McColgan32:43
6th1998Abdellah Béhar22:52Paula Radcliffe24:54
7th1999Thomas Nyariki28:25Tegla Loroupe32:26
8th2000Mark Carroll25:28Jo Wilkinson29:26
9th2001Dan Whitehead33:16Janette Stevenson37:46
10th2002????
11th2003??Liz McColgan37:25
12th2004????
13th2005Juan Carlos de la Ossa28:22Jeļena Prokopčuka32:42
14th2006Fabiano Joseph28:38Jeļena Prokopčuka32:25
15th2007Hosea Macharinyang29:14Jeļena Prokopčuka32:53
16th2008Bernard Kipyego28:59Benita Johnson32:20
17th2009Micah Kogo28:13Deena Kastor32:38
18th2010Titus Mbishei28:46Florence Kiplagat32:10
19th2011Martin Mathathi28:03Lucy Kabuu32:28
20th2012Tom Humphries29:23Jess Coulson33:12
21st2013Andrew Lemoncello30:18Jen Rhines34:22
22nd2014Chris Thompson49:36Gemma Steel56:06
23rd2015Abeje Ayana48:44Jess Coulson56:06
24th2016Daniel Wallis51:11Hillory Davis66.13
25th (last)2017Daniel Wallis50:23Hillory Davis63:42

References

;List of winners from 2005 onwards

References

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  19. Jones, Matt. (23 April 2017). "Great Edinburgh Run 2017 Results: Men's and Women's Top Finishers". Bleacher Report.
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