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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 (6.2 mi) event which extended to ten miles (16 km) from 2014.
| Great Edinburgh Run | |
|---|---|
A fun runner at the race finish point in 2009 | |
| Date | Early October |
| Location | Edinburgh |
| Event type | Road |
| Distance | 10 mile |
| Established | 1993 |
| Official site | Great Edinburgh Run |
The race was first run in 1993 as the Great Caledonian Run.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] The Great Edinburgh Run acquired its current title in 2006.[6]
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.[7] Amateur runner Dave Lewis won the 1994 men's race ahead of Olympians John Treacy and Gary Staines.[8]
Key:
Course record 8 km course 5-mile course
| Edition | Year | Men's winner | Time (h:m:s) | Women's winner | Time (h:m:s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st[9] | 1993 |  Gary Staines (GBR) |
28:37 |  Lyudmila Borisova (RUS) |
33:37 |
| 2nd | 1994 | Dave Lewis (GBR) |
28:56 | ? | ? |
| 3rd[10] | 1995 | Gary Staines (GBR) |
28:48 | Liz McColgan (GBR) |
32:27 |
| 4th[11] | 1996 |  Christopher Kelong (KEN) |
29:11 | Yvonne Murray (GBR) |
33:16 |
| 5th[12] | 1997 | Christopher Kelong (KEN) |
29:05 | Liz McColgan (GBR) |
32:43 |
| 6th[13] | 1998 |  Abdellah Béhar (FRA) |
22:52 | Paula Radcliffe (GBR) |
24:54 |
| 7th[14] | 1999 | Thomas Nyariki (KEN) |
28:25 | Tegla Loroupe (KEN) |
32:26 |
| 8th | 2000 |  Mark Carroll (IRL) |
25:28 | Jo Wilkinson (GBR) |
29:26 |
| 9th[15] | 2001 | Dan Whitehead (GBR) |
33:16 | Janette Stevenson (GBR) |
37:46 |
| 10th | 2002 | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| 11th[16] | 2003 | ? | ? | Liz McColgan (GBR) |
37:25 |
| 12th | 2004 | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| 13th | 2005 |  Juan Carlos de la Ossa (ESP) |
28:22 |  Jeļena Prokopčuka (LAT) |
32:42 |
| 14th | 2006 |  Fabiano Joseph (TAN) |
28:38 | Jeļena Prokopčuka (LAT) |
32:25 |
| 15th | 2007 | Hosea Macharinyang (KEN) |
29:14 | Jeļena Prokopčuka (LAT) |
32:53 |
| 16th | 2008 | Bernard Kipyego (KEN) |
28:59 |  Benita Johnson (AUS) |
32:20 |
| 17th | 2009 | Micah Kogo (KEN) |
28:13 |  Deena Kastor (USA) |
32:38 |
| 18th[17] | 2010 | Titus Mbishei (KEN) |
28:46 | Florence Kiplagat (KEN) |
32:10 |
| 19th[7] | 2011 | Martin Mathathi (KEN) |
28:03 | Lucy Kabuu (KEN) |
32:28 |
| 20th | 2012 | Tom Humphries (GBR) |
29:23 | Jess Coulson (GBR) |
33:12 |
| 21st | 2013 | Andrew Lemoncello (GBR) |
30:18 | Jen Rhines (USA) |
34:22 |
| 22nd | 2014 | Chris Thompson (GBR) |
49:36 | Gemma Steel (GBR) |
56:06 |
| 23rd[18] | 2015 |  Abeje Ayana (ETH) |
48:44 | Jess Coulson (GBR) |
56:06 |
| 24th | 2016 |  Daniel Wallis (NZL) |
51:11 | Hillory Davis (AUS) |
66.13 |
| 25th (last)[19] | 2017 | Daniel Wallis (NZL) |
50:23 | Hillory Davis (AUS) |
63:42 |
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