In both 2021 and 2022, both the male and female Romanian 10K all-comers records were broken.[4]
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]
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 [ro] 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]
^The mall in the right background is immediately to the north of the course's northwest corner, while the Lidl store in the right foreground is located about 250 m (800 ft) south of the course's southwest corner.[1][2]
^ abc"Brosov run". Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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