The Grand 10 Berlin is an annual road running

Road running

Road running is the sport of running on a measured course over an established road . These events would be classified as long distance according to athletics terminology, with distances typically ranging from 5 kilometers to 42.2 kilometers in the marathon. They may involve large numbers of runners...

 event over ten kilometres which is held in October in Berlin

Berlin

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, Germany

Germany

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. It is officially known as the ASICS

ASICS

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 Grand 10 Berlin due to its sponsorship by the sportswear manufacturer. First held in 2008, the competition is organised by the Berlin Läuft (Berlin Runs) group which also holds the annual Big 25 Berlin race over 25 km.

The race attracts elite level and fun run

Fun run

A fun run is a friendly race that involves either road running or cross country running with participants taking part for their own enjoyment rather than competition. A fun run will usually be held to raise funds for a charity, with sponsors providing the revenue to cover organisational costs...

ner participants. There are three distinct competition types at the event: a full 10 km elite and mass race, a 2×5 km road relay for partners and families, and an 800 metres

800 metres

The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...

 race for children. There were almost 6,500 participants in the Grand 10 Berlin event in 2009.

The race starts and finishes at Charlottenburg Palace

Charlottenburg Palace

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 in the Charlottenburg

Charlottenburg

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 district of Berlin. At the beginning of the race, the course goes past Spandauer Damm, onto Otto-Suhr-Allee, then into Ernst-Reuter-Platz. It reaches Straße des 17. Juni

Straße des 17. Juni

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 then heads south at the Berlin Victory Column

Berlin Victory Column

The Victory Column is a monument in Berlin, Germany. Designed by Heinrich Strack after 1864 to commemorate the Prussian victory in the Danish-Prussian War, by the time it was inaugurated on 2 September 1873, Prussia had also defeated Austria in the Austro-Prussian War and France in the...

. After looping through the Berlin Zoological Garden, the course passes through Budapester Straße, Kantstraße, and then Schloßstraße which leads to the finishing point near Charlottenburg Palace.

Leonard Patrick Komon's course record of 27:12 minutes, set in 2010, is the fastest ever time over the distance in a German competition. Mara Yamauchi

Mara Yamauchi

Mara Rosalind Yamauchi is a British long distance track, and road running athlete. She currently holds the second fastest time by a British woman over the marathon, behind the world-record holder, Paula Radcliffe....

 holds the women's race record with her run of 32:19 minutes in 2011.

Past winners

Key:

Edition	Year	Men's winner	Time (m Minute A minute is a unit of measurement of time or of angle. The minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour or 60 seconds. In the UTC time scale, a minute on rare occasions has 59 or 61 seconds; see leap second. The minute is not an SI unit; however, it is accepted for use with SI units... :s Second The second is a unit of measurement of time, and is the International System of Units base unit of time. It may be measured using a clock.... )	Women's winner	Time (m Minute A minute is a unit of measurement of time or of angle. The minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour or 60 seconds. In the UTC time scale, a minute on rare occasions has 59 or 61 seconds; see leap second. The minute is not an SI unit; however, it is accepted for use with SI units... :s Second The second is a unit of measurement of time, and is the International System of Units base unit of time. It may be measured using a clock.... )
1st	2008		28:44		34:53
2nd	2009		29:46		33:48
3rd	2010		27:12		34:08
4th	2011		27:15		32:19