The World's Best 10K (WB10K) was a road race of 10 kilometers celebrated in San Juan , Puerto Rico every year. It is certified by the Association of International Marathons and Road Races (AIMS) and by the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF). The event was also the first race transmitted live through the Internet, with audio, video and results.
13-722: The Great Yorkshire Run is an annual 10K run road race previously held in September in Sheffield City Centre , England, and now held in July in Harrogate , North Yorkshire. It is a part of the Great Run series of events, and as such is linked with the Great North Run . It was run for the first time in 2007, and was run over a weekend, with the mini (3–8-year-olds) race at 2 km and
26-527: A competition or simply for pleasure as a fun run . Some races also allow wheelchair racers to enter. Traditional New Year's Day races are often held over 10K, including the San Silvestre Vallecana in Spain. The accessibility of the distance, and road running in general, has meant that local governments and health charities often form partnerships with races as a way of promoting physical fitness among
39-593: A result, the highest level 10K road competitions occur at individual races run by race promoters, who attract elite international level runners through prize money and appearance fees . These races are held in all parts of the world, but the highest calibre races are mainly concentrated in the United States, Canada, Europe and East Asia . The world records for the 10K road distance are 26:24 minutes for men ( Rhonex Kipruto , 2020) and 29:43 minutes for women ( Joyciline Jepkosgei , 2017). Performances over ten kilometres on
52-410: Is a list of other times equal or superior to 30:12: Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 30:12: World%27s Best 10K WB10K was ranked among the 20 most competitive races in the world. In 2003, Paula Radcliffe of England completed the course in a world record time of 30 minutes 21 seconds. The men's race at the 2010 edition, won by Rigoberto Gaetán, had six runners break
65-654: Is usually distinguished from the 10,000 metres track running event by stating the distance in kilometres, rather than metres. As one of the shortest common road distances, many 10K races attract high levels of public participation. Among the largest 10K races , the Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta , United States had over 55,000 participants in 2011, while the Vancouver Sun Run and Bolder Boulder both had close to 50,000 runners. The popularity of 10K races lies in
78-794: The World's Best 10K , Peachtree Road Race, Apryle Showers Run - Florida's Fastest 10K, and World 10K Bangalore . The 10K road distance has never been featured on the event programmes of the Athletics at the Summer Olympics or the IAAF World Championships in Athletics . However, it briefly had its own individual championship for women in the form of the IAAF World Women's Road Race Championships , contested over ten kilometres in 1983 and 1984. As
91-513: The general public . Medical organisations, fitness groups, drinks manufacturers and sportswear companies are typical commercial sponsors of 10K events. The 10-kilometre metric distance has been used for road running events for a large portion of the modern era of athletics – the Běchovice – Prague race is one of the longest-running events over the distance, having first been held in 1897. In Western countries using imperial measurements ,
104-424: The 10K distance since the 1990s. As of January 2020, all ten of the fastest male 10K runners are East African (five of them Kenyan ), while nine of the top ten female runners are Kenyan. Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 27:04: The following athletes had their performance (inside 27:04) annulled due to doping offences: Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 27:04: Below
117-507: The 6-mile run (9.7 km) was once more prevalent, but many long-running events (such as the Cincinnati Thanksgiving Day Race and Saltwell Road Race ) have adapted their courses to match the metric distance. At the professional level, many races offer significant prize money to athletes who achieve a high finishing position in the race. At the highest level, annual prize money can total over US$ 100,000 at races such as
130-499: The Great Yorkshire Run - Harrogate in association with Theakston. Key: Course record 10K run The 10K run is a long-distance road running competition over a distance of ten kilometres (6.2 miles). Also referred to as the 10K road race , 10 km , or simply 10K , it is one of the most common types of road running event, alongside the shorter 5K and longer half marathon and marathon . It
143-508: The Junior (9–14-year-olds) race at 3 km taking place on 6 September at Don Valley Stadium , with the full 10 km Great Yorkshire Run taking place on the Sunday. It was formerly supported by the city development company Creative Sheffield , and the regional development agency Yorkshire Forward . From July 2016, the Great Yorkshire Run is now sponsored by Theakston Brewery and is referred to as
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#1732869959514156-410: The fact that, for most adults, the 10K distance is long enough to represent a challenge but short enough to remain accessible for an untrained runner. Most popular 10K races are an annual fixture in a city or area and typically incorporate an element of charity running , where participants raise funds for a cause, based upon their completion of the course. Public members may participate in the races as
169-617: The roads were not recognised as world records by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) until 2003. Instead, the fastest times were referred to as "world bests". This changed in August 2003 when the IAAF Congress approved world record status for a number of specified road distances, including the 10 km. As with other forms of professional long-distance running , East African athletes have been dominant in
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