| 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 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.
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:
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 | 1993 |  Gary Staines (GBR)
|
28:37 |  Lyudmila Borisova (RUS)
|
33:37 |
| 2nd | 1994 | Dave Lewis (GBR)
|
28:56 | ? | ? |
| 3rd | 1995 | Gary Staines (GBR)
|
28:48 | Liz McColgan (GBR)
|
32:27 |
| 4th | 1996 |  Christopher Kelong (KEN)
|
29:11 | Yvonne Murray (GBR)
|
33:16 |
| 5th | 1997 | Christopher Kelong (KEN)
|
29:05 | Liz McColgan (GBR)
|
32:43 |
| 6th | 1998 |  Abdellah Béhar (FRA)
|
22:52 | Paula Radcliffe (GBR)
|
24:54 |
| 7th | 1999 | Thomas Nyariki (KEN)
|
28:25 | Tegla Loroupe (KEN)
|
32:26 |
| 8th | 2000 |  Mark Carroll (IRL)
|
25:28 | Jo Wilkinson (GBR)
|
29:26 |
| 9th | 2001 | Dan Whitehead (GBR)
|
33:16 | Janette Stevenson (GBR)
|
37:46 |
| 10th | 2002 | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| 11th | 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 | 2010 | Titus Mbishei (KEN)
|
28:46 | Florence Kiplagat (KEN)
|
32:10 |
| 19th | 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 | 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) | 2017 | Daniel Wallis (NZL)
|
50:23 | Hillory Davis (AUS)
|
63:42 |
References
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- Smith, Graeme (1998-04-13). Scot yields to Radcliffe's brilliance as Englishwoman sets new world best McColgan bows to the queen of Balmoral. Herald Scotland. Retrieved on 2011-10-02.
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- List of winners from 2005 onwards
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