Great Birmingham Run Explained

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Great Birmingham Run
Date:7 May 2022
Location:Birmingham, United Kingdom
Type:Road
Distance:Half marathon
Est:2008
Sponsor:Simplyhealth
Record:Men:
Micah Kogo 60:17
Women:
Gemma Steel 70:19

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.[1]

Established in 2008, it incorporated the 2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships. The 2009 event was televised live on Sky Sports and between 2011 and 2016 the race was televised live in the United Kingdom by Channel 5.

In 2019, the race distance was reduced to 11.07 miles due to a security alert close to Cannon Hill Park.[2]

The 2020 and 2021 editions of the race was cancelled due to the COVID-19 virus.

The race returned in 2022 with the date switched to May, with a 10k race held alongside the half-marathon.

Winners

Key:

EditionYearMen's winnerTime (m:s)Women's winnerTime (m:s)
1st200865:4677:40
2nd200966:1772:50
3rd201063:5073:56
4th[3] 201161:2972:21
5th[4] 201260:1772:49
6th[5] 201362:3270:19
7th201461:3070:48
8th201563:0073:39
9th201663:3273:42
10th201766:3881:40
11th201866:0679:57
12th[6] 201952:18 (short course)62:09 (short course)
13th202265:1080:03

External links

Video highlights from FilmNova via BBC Sport

Results from Power of 10

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About the Great Birmingham Run. Greatrun.org. 16 August 2011. 20 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141020132605/http://www.greatrun.org/Events/Information.aspx?ctid=253&id=14. dead.
  2. Web site: Part of Great Birmingham Run course axed amid last-minute security alert. 13 October 2019.
  3. Martin, David (2011-10-23). Gebrselassie returns to winning ways with commanding Half Marathon performance in Birmingham. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-23.
  4. Martin, David (2012-10-21). Kogo defeats Kuma in Birmingham thriller. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-10-21.
  5. Hardman, Dean (2013-10-20). Steel breaks course record, Ayeko makes promising debut in Birmingham. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-10-21.
  6. Web site: Runners 'deflated' as Birmingham half marathon cut short . BBC . BBC . 16 October 2019 . 13 October 2019.