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The 10-mile run is a long-distance running event over a distance of ten miles (16.1 kilometres). It can be held on a road course or on a running track. Also referred to as a 10-miler or 10 miles run, it is a relatively common distance in countries that use the mile as a unit of measure. Ten miles is roughly an intermediate distance between the 10K run and the half marathon (21.1 km). The level of endurance required to run the distance means it attracts more seasoned runners than shorter events and usually requires a period of preparation for first-time attempts.

On the track, a noted professional athlete named Reed is believed to have run 10 miles in under an hour at the Artillery Ground, London, in 1774. The event was included in the AAA Championships from 1880 to 1972, but it has never formed part of major championships. The IAAF, now called World Athletics, ratified records for the event from 1921 to 1975 when all records at imperial distances other than the one mile run were discontinued.

As a road race, the distance most frequently occurs in non-international, low-level races. Races that attract international-standard athletes are mostly based in the United States, United Kingdom and the Low Countries. Among the longest running 10-mile competitions are the Ten Mile Road Race in Thunder Bay, first held 1910, and the Harold Webster Memorial 10 mile, first held in 1920, both held in Ontario, Canada. The Association of Road Racing Statisticians (ARRS) records world records for the distance, with the approved times for men and women being Haile Gebrselassie's time of 44:23.0 minutes, set on 4 September 2005 at the Tilburg Ten Miles, and Teyba Erkesso's 51:43.4, set on 1 April 2007 at the Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run. The ARRS only recognises performances at the given distance, rather than intermediate times. Several women have run the 10 miles in faster times as part of a half marathon, including Mary Keitany (50:05) and Ruth Chepng'etich in the marathon (49:49)

All-time top 25 (road)

• + = en route to longer performance

Men

• Correct as of October 2024.

Rank	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Race	Place	Ref
1	44:04	Benard Koech	Kenya	4 December 2022	Kosa 10-Miler	Kōsa
2	44:24	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	4 September 2005	Tilburg Ten Miles	Tilburg
3	44:27 a	Leonard Komon	Kenya	18 September 2011	Dam tot Damloop	Amsterdam-Zaandam
4	44:45 a	Paul Koech	Kenya	1997	Dam tot Damloop	Amsterdam-Zaandam
5	44:51	Martin Mathathi	Kenya	12 December 2004	Kosa 10-Miler	Kōsa
	44:51 a	Muktar Edris	Ethiopia	22 September 2024	Dam tot Damloop	Amsterdam-Zaandam
7	44:57	Geoffrey Kamworor	Kenya	11 May 2019		Bern
8	44:57.65+	Sabastian Sawe	Kenya	2 September 2022	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels
9	45:03	Rodgers Kwemoi	Kenya	3 September 2017		Tilburg
10	45:06	Evans Chebet	Kenya	3 September 2017		Tilburg
11	45:08	Charles Kamathi	Kenya	22 September 2002	Dam tot Damloop	Amsterdam-Zaandam
12	45:10	Samuel Wanjiru	Kenya	11 December 2005	Kosa 10-Miler	Kōsa
13	45:10.65+	Kibiwott Kandie	Kenya	2 September 2022	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels
14	45:12	Bernard Kiprop Koech	Kenya	7 September 2014		Tilburg
15	45:13	Ian Stewart	Great Britain	8 May 1977		Stoke
		Conner Mantz	United States	6 October 2024	The Medtronic TC 10 Mile	Minneapolis-Saint Paul
17	45:15	Gideon Ngatunyi	Kenya	7 December 2008	Kosa 10-Miler	Kōsa
		Allan Kiprono	Kenya	1 April 2012	Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run	Washington
	45:15 a	Joshua Cheptegei	Uganda	23 September 2018	Dam tot Damloop	Amsterdam–Zaandam
20	45:16	Simon Njuguna Wangai	Kenya	5 May 2002	Broad Street Run	Philadelphia
		Moses Ndiema Masai	Kenya	20 September 2009	Dam tot Damloop	Amsterdam–Zaandam
		Joseph Ebuya	Kenya	24 October 2010		Portsmouth
23	45:19	Josphat Machuka Kiprono	Kenya	22 September 1996	Dam tot Damloop	Amsterdam–Zaandam
		Jeremiah Karemi	Kenya	29 November 2015	Kosa 10-Miler	Kōsa
25	45:20	Julius Maina	Kenya	8 December 2002	Kosa 10-Miler	Kōsa

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 45:20:

• Leonard Komon also ran 44:48 (2012).
• Martin Mathathi also ran 44:52 (2009), 44:59 (2010), 45:01 (2006).
• Charles Kamathi also ran 45:16 (2009).
• Joshua Cheptegei also ran 45:18 a (2024).

Women

• Correct as of February 2022.

Rank	Time	Athlete	Nation	Date	Race	Place	Ref
1	49:49+ Mx	Ruth Chepng'etich	Kenya	9 October 2022	Chicago Marathon	Chicago
—	50:01+ a	Paula Radcliffe	Great Britain	21 September 2003		Newcastle upon Tyne–South Shields
2	50:32	Evaline Chirchir	Kenya	22 September 2019	Dam tot Damloop	Amsterdam-Zaandam
3	50:35	Irene Cheptai	Kenya	22 September 2019	Dam tot Damloop	Amsterdam-Zaandam
4	50:39	Linet Masai	Kenya	20 September 2009	Dam tot Damloop	Amsterdam-Zaandam
5	50:43	Eilish McColgan	Great Britain	17 October 2021	Great South Run	Portsmouth
6	50:45	Lonah Salpeter	Israel	23 September 2018	Dam tot Damloop	Amsterdam-Zaandam
7	50:46	Dibabe Kuma	Ethiopia	23 September 2018	Dam tot Damloop	Amsterdam-Zaandam
8	50:48	Selamawit Teferi	Israel	22 September 2019	Dam tot Damloop	Amsterdam-Zaandam
9	50:50	Lornah Kiplagat	Netherlands	17 September 2006	Dam tot Damloop	Amsterdam-Zaandam
10	50:52+ Mx	Molly Huddle	United States	14 January 2018	Houston Half Marathon	Houston
11	51:00	Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland	8 September 2002	Great South Run	Portsmouth
12	51:08	Isabella Ochichi	Kenya	18 September 2005	Dam tot Damloop	Amsterdam-Zaandam
13	51:11	Paula Radcliffe	Great Britain	26 October 2008	Great South Run	Portsmouth
14	51:13	Susan Chepkemei	Kenya	18 September 2005	Dam tot Damloop	Amsterdam-Zaandam
15	51:16	Colleen De Reuck	South Africa	5 April 1998	Cherry Blossom Ten Mile Run	Washington, D.C.
16	51:17	Vivian Cheruiyot	Kenya	25 October 2015	Great South Run	Portsmouth
17	51:21	Hilde Kibet	Netherlands	20 September 2009	Dam tot Damloop	Amsterdam-Zaandam
18	51:22	Peninah Arusei	Kenya	21 September 2008	Dam tot Damloop	Amsterdam-Zaandam
19	51:23 Wo	Keira D'Amato	United States	24 November 2020	Up Dawg Ten Miler	Washington, D.C.
20	51:27	Deratu Tulu	Ethiopia	9 October 2005	Great South Run	Portsmouth
21	51:30	Gete Wami	Ethiopia	18 September 2005	Dam tot Damloop	Amsterdam-Zaandam
22	51:30	Joyce Chepkirui	Kenya	20 September 2015	Dam tot Damloop	Amsterdam-Zaandam
23	51:30	Susan Krumins	Netherlands	23 September 2018	Dam tot Damloop	Amsterdam-Zaandam
24	51:33	Rose Cheruiyot	Kenya	18 September 2005	Dam tot Damloop	Amsterdam-Zaandam
		Filomena Chepchirchir	Kenya	22 September 2013	Dam tot Damloop	Amsterdam-Zaandam

Notes

Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 51:33:

• Lornah Kiplagat also ran 50:54 (2002).
• Susan Chepkemei also ran 51:23 (2001).
• Hilde Kibet also ran 51:30 (2010).
• Joyce Chepkirui also ran 51:33 (2013).

Several athletes posted times that would qualify for the above list if they were performed in sanctioned events for the 10-mile distance:

• Brigid Kosgei: 49:21 (8/9/2019)
• Mary Jepkosgei Keitany: 50:05 (18/2/2011)
• Deena Kastor: 51:31 Mx (2/4/2006)

10-mile road races

10-mile (track)

• + = en route in one hour run
• p = professional athlete

Notes

1. The Association of Road Racing Statisticians regard Gebrselassie's time to be 44:23 based on initially reported stopped times of 44:22.8, 44:23.0 and 44:23.1. The race organisers do not confirm these times and officially regard the time to be 44:24
2. On measuring the track after the race it was found they had run 250 yards over the distance. George Frost, the only other competitor, stopped forty yards before the finish.

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