The Brașov Running Festival is an annual

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Brașov Brașov (, , ; , also ''Brasau''; ; ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the county seat (i.e. administrative centre) of Brașov County. According to the 2021 Romanian census, ...

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, since 2021. The race is a World Athletics Elite Label Road Race. A

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is also offered earlier in the day. In both 2021 and 2022, both the male and female Romanian 10K all-comers records were broken.

History

The inaugural race was held on . The 10K was won by Kenyan runners Peter Mwaniki Aila and

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, with finish times of 28:39 and 32:11, respectively. Both victors had set new Romanian 10K all-comers records, with Alia's performance being considered amongst the top 50 in the world at the time, and Jepchumba's amongst the top 30. The 2022 edition of the race, held on , saw the breaking of both Romanian 10K all-comers records again. Kenyan runners Nicholas Kimeli and

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won the 10K, with finish times of 26:51 and 30:07, respectively. Kimeli's time established him as the fifth-fastest 10K runner ever, and Chepkirui missed breaking the women-only 10K world record by six seconds.

Course

The races are run on a loop with a length of . All the races use the same finish line, but their starting points vary depending on the length of the race. The course is located north of the main train station, in the of Brașov. The 10K begins on Camil Petrescu Street. Runners first head east before turning onto a minor path parallel to Camil Petrescu Street. After about 150 m (500 ft) on that path, racers make a sharp left turn onto Zaharia Stancu Street. After passing by the largest shopping mall in

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, the course turns left onto 13 December Street and heads south for about 300 m (1000 ft) before turning left again, back onto Camil Petrescu Street, to complete the loop. Runners of the 10K complete just under three of these loops, finishing on Camil Petrescu Street slightly west of where they started.

Winners

Key: Course record (in bold)

Notes

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