The Great Yorkshire Run is an annual road-race event run in Sheffield City Centre

Sheffield City Centre

Sheffield City Centre—often just referred to as town—is a district of the City of Sheffield, and part of the Sheffield Central ward. It includes the area that is within a radius of roughly of Sheffield Cathedral, and is encircled by the Inner Ring Road—a circular route started in the late 1960s...

. It is a part of the Great Run

Great Run

The Great Run is a series of road running events around the United Kingdom, which includes the Great North Run. The Great Run is a part of the NOVA international sporting group, which was launched by retired athlete Brendan Foster...

 series of events, and as such is linked with the Great North Run

Great North Run

The Bupa Great North Run is the world's largest half marathon, taking place annually each September. Participants run between Newcastle upon Tyne and South Shields in England. The run was devised by former Olympic 10,000 m bronze medallist and BBC Sport commentator Brendan Foster.The first Great...

. It was run for the first time in 2007, and was run over a weekend, with the mini (3–8-year-olds) race at 2 km and the Junior (9–14-year-olds) race at 3 km taking place on the 6th at Don Valley Stadium

Don Valley Stadium

The Don Valley Stadium is a stadium in Sheffield, England and is the home of Rotherham United F.C.. The stadium is an athletics stadium which has hosted major UK Athletic events and the 1991 World Student Games. Sheffield Eagles RLFC and Parramore Sports FC also use the stadium. It was designed by...

, with the full 10 km Great Yorkshire Run taking place on the Sunday. It is supported by the city development company Creative Sheffield, and the regional development agency Yorkshire Forward

Yorkshire Forward

Yorkshire Forward is the regional development agency for the Yorkshire and the Humber region of the United Kingdom. It supports the development of business in the region by encouraging public and private investment in education, skills, environment and infrastructure...

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The Great Run Series is due to return to the City on the weekend of 4–5 September 2010, where a Souvenir finisher's medal will be given to all runners.

Past winners

Key:

Edition	Year	Men's winner	Time (h Hour The hour is a unit of measurement of time. In modern usage, an hour comprises 60 minutes, or 3,600 seconds... :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 (h Hour The hour is a unit of measurement of time. In modern usage, an hour comprises 60 minutes, or 3,600 seconds... :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	2007		29:40		32:55
2nd	2008		29:10		32:44
3rd	2009		28:30		32:28
4th	2010		28:50		33:01
5th	2011		28:45		32.52

2007 Result

Men

Position	Name	Country	Time
1	J Kibowen	Kenya	00:28:40
2	A Letherby	Australia	00:29:04
3	T Abyu	Great Britain	00:29:19
4	J Ndayisenga	Kenya	00:29:27
5	J Brown	Great Britain	00:29:28
6	C Davies	Great Britain	00:29:34
7	M Carroll	Ireland	00:29:44
8	A Mezgebu	Ethiopia	00:30:00
9	I Hudspith	Great Britain	00:30:02
10	A Jones	Great Britain	00:30:55

Women

Position	Name	Country	Time
1	B Johnson	Australia	00:32:55
2	B Dagne	Great Britain	00:34:02
3	V Gill	Great Britain	00:34:06
4	C Mutwa	Kenya	00:34:23
5	N Berkut	Ukraine	00:35:04
6	B Katesigwa	Tanzania	00:35:14
7	T Mezentsweva	Ukraine	00:35:53
8	A Jorgensen	Denmark	00:36:13
9	R Harrison	Great Britain	00:37:15
10	J Murray	Great Britain	00:37:39