10-mile run

The 10-mile run is a long-distance road running event over a distance of ten miles (16.1 kilometres). Also referred to as a 10-miler or 10 miles run, it is a relatively common distance in countries that use the mile as a unit of reference. It is roughly an intermediate distance between the 10K run and the half marathon (21.1 km). The level of endurance required to run the distance means it attracts more seasoned runners than shorter events do and usually requires a period of preparation for first-time attempts.[1][2][3]

Runners taking part in the 2012 Army Ten-Miler

Given its measurement in imperial units, the event does not have official recognition from the International Association of Athletics Federations for championship competition. For this reason, it is a distance mostly used in non-international, low-level road races. Races that attract international-standard athletes are mostly based in the United States, United Kingdom and the Low Countries.[4] Among the longest running 10-mile competitions are the Ten Mile Road Race in Thunder Bay (first held 1910) and the Harold Webster Memorial 10 mile (first held in 1920), both set in the Canadian province of Ontario.[5]

The Association of Road Racing Statisticians (ARRS) records world records for the distance, with the approved times for men and women being Haile Gebrselassie's time of 44:23.0 minutes, set on 4 September 2005 at the Tilburg Ten Miles, and Teyba Erkesso's 51:43.4, set on 1 April 2007 at the Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run.[6][7] The ARRS only recognises performances at the given distance, rather than intermediate times. Several women have run the 10 miles in faster times as part of a half marathon, including Mary Keitany (50:05)[8]

All-time top

• + = en route to longer performance

Men

Rank	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Race	Place	Ref
1	44:24 [lower-alpha 1]	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	4 September 2005	Tilburg Ten Miles	Tilburg
2	44:27 a	Leonard Komon	Kenya	2011	Dam tot Damloop	Amsterdam-Zaandam
3	44:45 a	Paul Koech	Kenya	1997	Dam tot Damloop	Amsterdam-Zaandam
10	45:15 a	Joshua Cheptegei	Uganda	23 September 2018	Dam tot Damloop	Amsterdam–Zaandam	[9]

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 44:48:

• Leonard Komon also ran 44:48 (2012).

Women

Rank	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Race	Place	Ref
1	49:21+ a	Brigid Kosgei	Kenya	8 September 2019	Great North Run	Newcastle upon Tyne-South Shields	[10]
2	50:05+	Mary Jepkosgei Keitany	Kenya	18 February 2011	Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon	Ras al-Khaimah	[11]
3	50:31 a	Ingrid Kristiansen	Norway	1987	Dam tot Damloop	Amsterdam-Zaandam
4	50:32 a	Evaline Chirchir	Kenya	22 September 2019	Dam tot Damloop	Amsterdam-Zaandam	[12]
5	50:35 a	Irene Cheptai	Kenya	22 September 2019	Dam tot Damloop	Amsterdam-Zaandam	[13]
6	50:39 a	Linet Masai	Kenya	2009	Dam tot Damloop	Amsterdam-Zaandam
7	50:45 a	Lonah Salpeter	Israel	2018	Dam tot Damloop	Amsterdam-Zaandam
8	50:48 a	Selamawit Dagnachew	Israel	22 September 2019	Dam tot Damloop	Amsterdam-Zaandam	[14]
9	50:50 a	Lornah Kiplagat	Netherlands	2006	Dam tot Damloop	Amsterdam-Zaandam

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 50:54:

• Lornah Kiplagat also ran 50:54 (2002).

10-mile races

Race	Location	Country	Founded
Antwerp 10 Miles	Antwerp	Belgium	1988
Army Ten-Miler	Arlington County, Virginia/Washington, D.C.	United States	1985
Broad Street Run	Philadelphia	United States	1980
Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run	Washington, D.C.	United States	1973
Crim Festival of Races	Flint, Michigan	United States	1977
Dam tot Damloop	Amsterdam to Zaandam	Netherlands	1985
Diecimiglia del Garda	Gargnano	Italy	1974
Grand Prix von Bern	Bern	Switzerland	1982
Great South Run	Portsmouth	United Kingdom	1990
Harold Webster Memorial 10 Mile	Hamilton, Ontario	Canada	1920
Kanto 10-Miler	Narita, Chiba	Japan	1937[15]
Kumamoto Kosa 10-Miler	Kōsa, Kumamoto	Japan	1983
Navy Ten Nautical Miler	Millington, Tennessee	United States	2010
Ostend-Bruges Ten Miles	Ostend to Bruges	Belgium	1994
Tely 10 Mile Road Race	Newfoundland and Labrador	Canada	1922
Ten Mile Road Race	Thunder Bay	Canada	1910
Tilburg Ten Miles	Tilburg	Netherlands	1988

Notes

1. The Association of Road Racing Statisticians regard Gebrselassie's time to be 44:23 based on initially reported stopped times of 44:22.8, 44:23.0 and 44:23.1. The race organisers do not confirm these times and officially regard the time to be 44:24

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