The Great Edinburgh Run was an annual ten-mile

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event which took place in the city centre of

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. The last event was in April 2017 and the organiser have no plans to reinstate the event at present. Part of the Great Run series of competitions, it was formerly a 10 km event, switching to the ten-mile distance in 2014. The event was first held in 1993 under the title of the Great Caledonian Run. The race was moved from Edinburgh to the

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in 1998 and was hosted there for seven years as part of the ''Balmoral Road Races'', a collection of race from 3 km to 10 km. The Caledonian run became more of a national level competition in its stint in Balmoral as the 5-mile race. The race in Balmoral was voted as the nation's most scenic run by ''

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'' magazine in 2004. The competition was financially supported by Scottish Enterprise Grampian in a partnership to promote tourism in north-east Scotland, but after the

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decided to stop televising the event the decision was made for it to return to Edinburgh in 2005. During the seven-year period that the run was not held in the city, a separate and unrelated competition was held there under the title of the ''Capital City Challenge 10K''. The Great Edinburgh Run acquired its current title in 2006. Since 2005 the Great Edinburgh Run has been held on a course within the city centre. Starting in

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, runners would see a number of the city's famous landmarks such as Edinburgh Castle, Greyfriars Bobby, Scott Monument and Arthur's Seat. The men's course record for the 10 km (28:03 minutes) was set by

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in 2011, while

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is the women's course record holder with her time of 32:10 minutes from 2010.Martin, David (2011-10-02)
Mathathi clocks course record in Edinburgh 10Km
IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-02. At the second edition in 1994, amateur runner Dave Lewis won the men's race ahead of Olympians

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and

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.Lewis runs away with capital title
''Herald Scotland'' (1994-10-03). Retrieved on 2011-10-02.

Past winners

Key:

Jelena Prokopcuka at the 2007 Boston Marathon

References

;List of winners from 2005 onwards
Great Edinburgh Run: Race History

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. Retrieved on 2011-10-02.

External links

Official webpage
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