Parelloop is an annual 10 kilometres 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...

 competition usually held in late March or early April in Brunssum

Brunssum

Brunssum is a municipality and a town in the province of Limburg, the Netherlands. Brunssum was formerly a center of coal mining in the Netherlands and there are a few active mines remaining in the area...

, the Netherlands. The inaugural edition was held in 1989.

In 2009, Micah Kogo broke the world record for the 10 km road distance, previously held by Haile Gebrselassie

Haile Gebrselassie

Haile Gebrselassie is an Ethiopian long-distance track and road running athlete. He won two Olympic gold medals over 10,000 metres and four World Championship titles in the event. He won the Berlin Marathon four times consecutively and also had three straight wins at the Dubai Marathon...

. Since the mid-1990s, the competition has been dominated by Kenya

Kenya

Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

n athletes, with only three winners coming from outside of the East African nation since 1999.

Winners

Key:

Year	Winner men	Nationality	Time	Winner women	Nationality	Time
2011	Micah Kogo Micah Kogo Micah Kemboi Kogo is a Kenyan long-distance runner, who specializes in the 10,000 metres. He is the former world record holder in the 10 kilometres road race event with a time of 27:01, which he lost to countryman Leonard Komon on September 27, 2010...		27:15	Irina Mikitenko		32:06
2010	Martin Mathathi Martin Mathathi Martin Irungu Mathathi is a Kenyan long-distance runner, who competes in track, cross country and road running events. Mathathi won the bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka. He represented his country in the same event at the 2008 Summer Olympics...		27:22	Tabitha Wambui Gichia		32:57
2009	Micah Kogo Micah Kogo Micah Kemboi Kogo is a Kenyan long-distance runner, who specializes in the 10,000 metres. He is the former world record holder in the 10 kilometres road race event with a time of 27:01, which he lost to countryman Leonard Komon on September 27, 2010...		27:01	Magdalene Mukunzi		32:08
2008	Moses Masai		27:22	Nancy Kiprop		32:43
2007	Micah Kogo Micah Kogo Micah Kemboi Kogo is a Kenyan long-distance runner, who specializes in the 10,000 metres. He is the former world record holder in the 10 kilometres road race event with a time of 27:01, which he lost to countryman Leonard Komon on September 27, 2010...		27:07	Hilda Kibet Hilda Kibet Hilda Kibet is a Dutch runner of Kenyan birth. She is the sister of Sylvia Kibet and the niece of Lornah Kiplagat. She obtained Dutch nationality in October 2007....		32:24
2006	Ridouane Harroufi Ridouane Harroufi Ridouane Harroufi is a Moroccan long-distance runner.He won the Parelloop 10K in race in the Netherlands in 2005. On April 6, 2008, he won the Cherry Blossom 10-Mile Run in Washington D.C., and successfully defended his title on April 5, 2009.He won the 37th Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run on April...		29:00	Nadia Ejjafini Nadia Ejjafini Nadia Ejjafini is a Moroccan-born long-distance runner. She switched nationality from her birth country to Bahrain, and later became an Italian citizen by marriage in 2009....		31:57
2005	John Kibowen John Kibowen John Kipkemboi Kibowen is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres and cross-country running....		27:51	Eunice Jepkorir Eunice Jepkorir Eunice Jepkorir is a Kenyan long-distance runner and a 2008 Olympic silver-medalist.She is from Eldama Ravine. Her parents are farmers and she has eight siblings . She started serious running at the age of 15 while at high school...		32:19
2004	John Kibowen John Kibowen John Kipkemboi Kibowen is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres and cross-country running....		27:59	Hilda Kibet Hilda Kibet Hilda Kibet is a Dutch runner of Kenyan birth. She is the sister of Sylvia Kibet and the niece of Lornah Kiplagat. She obtained Dutch nationality in October 2007....		33:25
2003	John Kibowen John Kibowen John Kipkemboi Kibowen is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres and cross-country running....		27:40	Anne Wambui		34:08
2002	Philip Mosima Philip Mosima Philip Mosima is a Kenyan professional runner who specialises in middle distance and long distance running.He was a promising junior cross country runner, winning the junior men's race at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in 1993...		28:08	Linah Cheruiyot		31:42
2001	Sammy Kipketer Sammy Kipketer Sammy Kipketer is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres and cross-country running.- Career :...		27:18	Pamela Chepchumba Pamela Chepchumba Pamela Chepchumba is an athlete from Kenya. Her best achievements are from cross country running....		31:51
2000	Paul Kosgei Paul Kosgei Paul Malakwen Kosgei is a Kenyan long-distance and marathon runner. He first came to prominence in athletics by taking the World Junior Record of 3000m steeple in 1997, and later with consecutive medals at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships from 1998 to 2000.In 1999 he started his...		27:38	Susan Chepkemei Susan Chepkemei Susan Chepkemei is a female Kenyan long-distance runner, who competes in the 10,000 metres and marathon. In 2001 she won the Rotterdam Marathon and came first in the Great North Run, as well as winning the silver medal in the World Half Marathon Championships...		32:25
1999	Paul Koech Paul Koech Paul Koech is a Kenyan distance and marathon runner. He participated at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 1998 and finished first place...		27:44	Tegla Loroupe Tegla Loroupe Tegla Chepkite Loroupe is a long-distance track and road runner, and a global spokeswoman for peace, women's rights, and education....		31:55
1998	Worku Bikila Worku Bikila Worku Bikila is a retired Ethiopian long-distance runner, who specialized mainly in the 5000 metres. His 10,000 metres time of 27:06.44 minutes in 1995 was the second fastest time that year, only behind Haile Gebrselassie....		27:31	Susan Chepkemei Susan Chepkemei Susan Chepkemei is a female Kenyan long-distance runner, who competes in the 10,000 metres and marathon. In 2001 she won the Rotterdam Marathon and came first in the Great North Run, as well as winning the silver medal in the World Half Marathon Championships...		32:14
1997	Shem Kororia Shem Kororia Shem Kororia is a former Kenyan long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 metres and half marathon. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...		27:37	Nadezhda Wijenberg Nadezhda Wijenberg Nadezhda Wijenberg is a long-distance runner from Russia, who got the Dutch nationality in 1999 by marrying her coach Ger Wijenberg from the Netherlands....		33:25
1996	Thomas Osano		28:02	Gabriela Vijverberg		33:42
1995	Simon Lopuyet		27:49	Joyce Chepchumba Joyce Chepchumba Joyce Chepchumba is a long distance athlete from Kenya.- Achievements :*1995**Tilburg Ten Miles winner**Parelloop 10Kwinner *1997**London Marathon winner*1998**Chicago Marathon winner*1999...		32:43
1994	Rolando Vera Rolando Vera (athlete) Rolando Patricio Vera Rodas is a retired long-distance runner from Ecuador, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. He reached the top ten of the 10,000 metres at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics...		28:16	Marjan Freriks		32:35
1993	Tonnie Dirks Tonnie Dirks Antonius Marinus Hendricus Maria "Tonnie" Dirks is a Dutch former long distance runner. He competed internationally on the track, road, and also in cross country competitions....		28:36	Carla Beurskens Carla Beurskens Carolina Alwina Hubertina Beurskens was one of Holland's most prominent female long distance runners from the second half of 1970s until far into 1990s, including all distances from 3000 metres until the marathon...		33:20
1992	John Vermeule		29:02	Stefanija Statkuvienė Stefanija Statkuvienė Stefanija Statkuvienė is a retired female long-distance runner from Lithuania. She competed for her native Baltic country in the women's marathon event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, finishing in 40th place...		32:37
1991	Tonnie Dirks Tonnie Dirks Antonius Marinus Hendricus Maria "Tonnie" Dirks is a Dutch former long distance runner. He competed internationally on the track, road, and also in cross country competitions....		28:36	Joke Kleijweg Joke Kleijweg Joke Kleijweg is a retired female long-distance runner from the Netherlands. She won the 1991 edition of the Rotterdam Marathon, clocking 2:34:18 on Sunday April 21, 1991...		32:44
1990	Jean-Pierre Paumen		31:02	Marlie Mariutak		36:23
1989	Alex Rodgers		35:05	G Cuypers		48:34