Great Birmingham Run
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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.
The 2010 Birmingham Half Marathon attracted around 14,000 participants.
Established in 2008, it incorporated the World Half Marathon Championships in 2009. In 2011, the race was televised live in the United Kingdom by Channel 5.
Half marathon
A half marathon is a road running event of . It is half the distance of a marathon and usually run on roads. Participation in half marathons has grown steadily recently. One of the main reasons for this is that it is a challenging distance, but does not require the same level of training that a...
road running
Road running
Road running is the sport of running on a measured course over an established road . These events would be classified as long distance according to athletics terminology, with distances typically ranging from 5 kilometers to 42.2 kilometers in the marathon. They may involve large numbers of runners...
event held in Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
, UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
in October. Formerly known as the Birmingham Half Marathon, from 2011 it became part of the Great Run series of road races.
The 2010 Birmingham Half Marathon attracted around 14,000 participants.
Established in 2008, it incorporated the World Half Marathon Championships in 2009. In 2011, the race was televised live in the United Kingdom by Channel 5.
Winners
Key:| Edition | Year | Men's winner | Time (m Minute A minute is a unit of measurement of time or of angle. The minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour or 60 seconds. In the UTC time scale, a minute on rare occasions has 59 or 61 seconds; see leap second. The minute is not an SI unit; however, it is accepted for use with SI units... :s Second The second is a unit of measurement of time, and is the International System of Units base unit of time. It may be measured using a clock.... ) |
Women's winner | Time (m Minute A minute is a unit of measurement of time or of angle. The minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour or 60 seconds. In the UTC time scale, a minute on rare occasions has 59 or 61 seconds; see leap second. The minute is not an SI unit; however, it is accepted for use with SI units... :s Second The second is a unit of measurement of time, and is the International System of Units base unit of time. It may be measured using a clock.... ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2008 | 65:46 | 77:40 | ||
| 2nd | 2009 | 66:17 | 72:50 | ||
| 3rd | 2010 | 63:50 | 73:56 | ||
| 4th | 2011 | 61:29 | 72:21 |
External links
- 2011 race results (The Power of 10)
- 2010 race results (The Power of 10)
- 2009 race results (The Power of 10)
- 2008 race results (The Power of 10)