[10.10.11] - Leonard Komon has again clocked a world-class 10 k time in Berlin on Sunday. The defending champion from Kenya took the ASICS Grand 10 with 27:15 minutes, exactly matching the world leading time of his fellow countryman Micah Kogo. While Leonard Komon just missed his course record by three seconds there was a course best in the women’s race. Mara Yamauchi (Great Britain) was a comfortable winner in 32:19 minutes. More than 7,000 runners started in good but cool conditions.
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[10.10.2010] - Leonard Komon established a German Allcomers 10 k Record at the ASICS Grand 10 in Berlin on Sunday. While the Kenyan clearly missed his own 10 k world record of 26:44 he still achieved a world-class time of 27:12 minutes. Agnieszka Gortel (Poland) was the fastest woman in the field of 7,145 runners from 27 nations. In cool but sunny weather conditions she clocked 34:08.
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[04.10.2010] - Next Sunday’s ASICS Grand 10 will see a world record revenge: The two fastest 10 k runners ever will meet in Berlin. And Kenya’s Micah Kogo will be eager to take his revenge after loosing the world record to his fellow countryman Leonard Komon recently. In Utrecht Komon had clocked the first sub 27 minutes time with 26:44. Organisers from BERLIN RUNS, who had seen a spectacular double world record in their BIG 25 k race in May this year, expect up to 7,000 runners to take part in the event in the centre of Berlin.
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[09.05.10] - Kenyans Samuel Kosgei and Mary Keitany crowned the jubilee edition of the BIG 25 Berlin with unique double world record performances. Never before have both world records been broken in one road race. While Sammy Kosgei stormed into the finish inside the Berlin Olympic Stadium with a time of 1:11:50, Mary Keitany clocked a sensational 1:19:53. She became the first female runner to dip under 1:20 in a 25 k race. Both records were smashed in the BIG 25 Berlin race. Organisers of BERLIN RUNS registered 10,114 runners from 47 nations at the 30th edition of the race.
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[13.05.2009] - Paul Tergat intends to continue his career for another one or two more years and intends to win another major marathon with a very fast time. The great Kenyan said this in Berlin at the previous weekend, where he could not compete in the BIG 25 Berlin due to a back problem after a fall in training. Paul Tergat still came to Berlin to help promote the race. It was in this city, where he became the first marathoner to clock a sub 2:05 time in 2003 (2:04:55).
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[07.10.2009] - Taking the two winners’ times the 29th edition of the BIG 25 Berlin produced the best ever 25 k race. Kenyans Matthew Koech and Peninah Arusei took advantage of the perfect weather conditions and clocked world leads on the fast course through Germany’s capital. 25 year-old Matthew Koech ran 1:13:24, which is the seventh fastest ever run at the distance. Peninah Arusei became the first runner to achieve a third victory in this race. The 30 year-old, who had taken the race in 2006 and 2008, clocked a course record of 1:22:31, which was the fourth fastest ever.
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[12.10.08] - Kenyan Simon Kasimili and the reigning European Marathon Champion Ulrike Maisch (Germany) took the inaugural edition of the ASICS Grand 10 Berlin on Sunday, clocking 28:44 and 34:53 minutes. In ideal weather conditions 5,363 runners competed in this 10 k race, which included a 2x5 k relay as well. More than 50,000 spectators lined the course which led through the city centre and the Berlin Zoo, passing for example lions and rhinos.
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[10.10.11] - Leonard Komon has again clocked a world-class 10 k time in Berlin on Sunday. The defending champion from Kenya took the ASICS Grand 10 with 27:15 minutes, exactly matching the world leading time of his fellow countryman Micah Kogo. While Leonard Komon just missed his course record by three seconds there was a course best in the women’s race. Mara Yamauchi (Great Britain) was a comfortable winner in 32:19 minutes. More than 7,000 runners started in good but cool conditions.
[10.10.2010] - Leonard Komon established a German Allcomers 10 k Record at the ASICS Grand 10 in Berlin on Sunday. While the Kenyan clearly missed his own 10 k world record of 26:44 he still achieved a world-class time of 27:12 minutes. Agnieszka Gortel (Poland) was the fastest woman in the field of 7,145 runners from 27 nations. In cool but sunny weather conditions she clocked 34:08.
[04.10.2010] - Next Sunday’s ASICS Grand 10 will see a world record revenge: The two fastest 10 k runners ever will meet in Berlin. And Kenya’s Micah Kogo will be eager to take his revenge after loosing the world record to his fellow countryman Leonard Komon recently. In Utrecht Komon had clocked the first sub 27 minutes time with 26:44. Organisers from BERLIN RUNS, who had seen a spectacular double world record in their BIG 25 k race in May this year, expect up to 7,000 runners to take part in the event in the centre of Berlin.
[09.05.10] - Kenyans Samuel Kosgei and Mary Keitany crowned the jubilee edition of the BIG 25 Berlin with unique double world record performances. Never before have both world records been broken in one road race. While Sammy Kosgei stormed into the finish inside the Berlin Olympic Stadium with a time of 1:11:50, Mary Keitany clocked a sensational 1:19:53. She became the first female runner to dip under 1:20 in a 25 k race. Both records were smashed in the BIG 25 Berlin race. Organisers of BERLIN RUNS registered 10,114 runners from 47 nations at the 30th edition of the race.
[13.05.2009] - Paul Tergat intends to continue his career for another one or two more years and intends to win another major marathon with a very fast time. The great Kenyan said this in Berlin at the previous weekend, where he could not compete in the BIG 25 Berlin due to a back problem after a fall in training. Paul Tergat still came to Berlin to help promote the race. It was in this city, where he became the first marathoner to clock a sub 2:05 time in 2003 (2:04:55).
[07.10.2009] - Taking the two winners’ times the 29th edition of the BIG 25 Berlin produced the best ever 25 k race. Kenyans Matthew Koech and Peninah Arusei took advantage of the perfect weather conditions and clocked world leads on the fast course through Germany’s capital. 25 year-old Matthew Koech ran 1:13:24, which is the seventh fastest ever run at the distance. Peninah Arusei became the first runner to achieve a third victory in this race. The 30 year-old, who had taken the race in 2006 and 2008, clocked a course record of 1:22:31, which was the fourth fastest ever.
[12.10.08] - Kenyan Simon Kasimili and the reigning European Marathon Champion Ulrike Maisch (Germany) took the inaugural edition of the ASICS Grand 10 Berlin on Sunday, clocking 28:44 and 34:53 minutes. In ideal weather conditions 5,363 runners competed in this 10 k race, which included a 2x5 k relay as well. More than 50,000 spectators lined the course which led through the city centre and the Berlin Zoo, passing for example lions and rhinos.
