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Brașov Running Festival
Annual 10 km race in Romania since 2021 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Brașov Running Festival is an annual road-based 10K run hosted by Brașov, Romania, since 2021.[5][3] The race is a World Athletics Elite Label Road Race.[6] A 5K run is also offered earlier in the day.[3]
In both 2021 and 2022, both the male and female Romanian 10K all-comers records were broken.[4]
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History
The inaugural race was held on 26 September 2021.[5][7] The 10K was won by Kenyan runners Peter Mwaniki Aila and Nelly Jepchumba, with finish times of 28:39 and 32:11, respectively.[7][b] 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.[7][4]
The 2022 edition of the race, held on 25 September, saw the breaking of both Romanian 10K all-comers records again.[4] Kenyan runners Nicholas Kimeli and Sheila Chepkirui won the 10K, with finish times of 26:51 and 30:07, respectively.[4] 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.[4]
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Course
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The races are run on a loop with a length of 3,494 m (11,463 ft).[3][c] All the races use the same finish line, but their starting points vary depending on the length of the race.[3]
The course is located north of the main train station, in the Tractorul neighbourhood of Brașov.[2][9][d] The 10K begins on Camil Petrescu Street.[2] Runners first head east before turning onto a minor path parallel to Camil Petrescu Street.[2][9] After about 150 m (500 ft) on that path, racers make a sharp left turn onto Zaharia Stancu Street.[2][9] After passing by the largest shopping mall in Transylvania, 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.[2][7][9][10] Runners of the 10K complete just under three of these loops, finishing on Camil Petrescu Street slightly west of where they started.[2]
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Winners
Key: Course record (in bold)
See also
Notes
- The Association of International Marathons and Distance Races and World Athletics both consider Aila's finish time to be 28:40.[8][4]
- The loop used in 2021 had a length of 3,520 m (11,550 ft).[5]
- The neighbourhood's name is a reference to Uzina Tractorul Brașov, a former tractor factory in the area.[7]
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