Great Birmingham Run

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]

Great Birmingham Run
Date7 May 2022
LocationBirmingham, United Kingdom
Event typeRoad
DistanceHalf marathon
Primary sponsorSimplyhealth
Established2008
Course recordsMen:
Kenya Micah Kogo 60:17
Women:
United Kingdom Gemma Steel 70:19
Official siteGreat Birmingham Run

Established in 2008, it incorporated the 2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships.[1] 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:   Course record

Edition Year Men's winner Time (m:s) Women's winner Time (m:s)
1st 2008  Andi Jones (GBR) 65:46  Birhan Dagne (GBR) 77:40
2nd 2009  Jean Ndayisenga (BDI) 66:17  Susan Partridge (GBR) 72:50
3rd 2010  Edwin Kipyego (KEN) 63:50  Susan Partridge (GBR) 73:56
4th[3] 2011  Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 61:29  Gemma Steel (GBR) 72:21
5th[4] 2012  Micah Kogo (KEN) 60:17  Sara Moreira (POR) 72:49
6th[5] 2013  Thomas Ayeko (UGA) 62:32  Gemma Steel (GBR) 70:19
7th 2014  Joel Kimutai (KEN) 61:30  Polline Wanjiku (KEN) 70:48
8th 2015  Chris Thompson (GBR) 63:00  Dominika Napieraj (POL) 73:39
9th 2016  Andy Vernon (GBR) 63:32  Elizeba Cherono (NED) 73:42
10th 2017  William Richardson (GBR) 66:38  Chloe Richardson (GBR) 81:40
11th 2018  Kadar Omar Abdullahi (ART) 66:06  Nicola Sykes (GBR) 79:57
12th[6] 2019  Omar Ahmed (ETH) 52:18 (short course)  Hayley Carruthers (GBR) 62:09 (short course)
13th 2022  Dewi Griffiths (GBR) 65:10  Abigail Halcarz (GBR) 80:03

References
  1. "About the Great Birmingham Run". Greatrun.org. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  2. "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. "Runners 'deflated' as Birmingham half marathon cut short". BBC. BBC. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.

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