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Montferland Run is a 15-kilometres 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...

competition held every December in 's-Heerenberg

's-Heerenberg

s-Heerenberg is a city on the Dutch-German border, in the Province of Gelderland, Netherlands. It is located about 5 km north of the German Emmerich, and about 12 km south of Doetinchem. It received city rights in 1379....

, Montferland

Montferland

Montferland is a municipality in Gelderland, the Netherlands. It was created on 1 January 2005 from the former neighboring municipalities of Bergh and Didam.- Population centres :Formerly from Bergh*'s-Heerenberg*Stokkum*Zeddam*Braamt*Kilder*Lengel...

municipality, the Netherlands.

Winners

Key:

Year	Winner men	Time	Winner women	Time
2010	Cancelled due to bad weather
2009	Nicholas Manza Kamakya Nicholas Manza Kamakya Nicholas Manza Kamakya is an Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in road running events, including marathons.He was the 2007 winner of the Boilermaker Road Race 15K. In 2009 he came second at the Prague Half Marathon with a personal best of 1:00:09 hours, won the Göteborgsvarvet, was...	42:38	Caroline Cheptanui Kilel	49:57
2008	Dereje Tesfaye	43:27	Lornah Kiplagat Lornah Kiplagat Lornah Kiplagat is a Dutch long-distance runner. She was born in Kabiemit, Rift Valley Province, Kenya and came to the Netherlands in 1999. She gained Dutch citizenship in 2003 and has competed for the Netherlands since...	48:49
2007	Haile Gebrselassie Haile Gebrselassie Haile Gebrselassie is an Ethiopian long-distance track and road running athlete. He won two Olympic gold medals over 10,000 metres and four World Championship titles in the event. He won the Berlin Marathon four times consecutively and also had three straight wins at the Dubai Marathon...	42:36	Deriba Alemu	48:50
2006	Deriba Merga	42:48	Hilda Kibet Hilda Kibet Hilda Kibet is a Dutch runner of Kenyan birth. She is the sister of Sylvia Kibet and the niece of Lornah Kiplagat. She obtained Dutch nationality in October 2007....	51:50
2005	Hailu Mekonnen Hailu Mekonnen Hailu Mekonnen is an Ethiopian runner, who specializes in the 5000 metres and cross-country running.His first medals came in 1998, when he took bronze and team gold at the junior race at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships and won a silver in the 5000 m at the 1998 African...	43:09	Bezunesh Bekele Bezunesh Bekele Bezunesh Bekele is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specializes in cross-country running and marathons.She was born in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa...	48:32
2004	Tadesse Feyissa	43:28	Bezunesh Bekele Bezunesh Bekele Bezunesh Bekele is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specializes in cross-country running and marathons.She was born in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa...	48:35
2003	Richard Yatich	43:20	Ayelech Worku Ayelech Worku Ayelech Worku is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, most known for winning two World Championships bronze medals on the 5000 metres...	50:58
2002	William Kipsang William Kipsang William Kipsang is a Kenyan long distance runner who specialises in the marathon.His best performance was on 13 April 2008, winning the Rotterdam Marathon with a new course record and PR of 2:05:49. On 15 April 2007 he was placed third in this race, running in difficult circumstances due to the...	44:33	Restituta Joseph Restituta Joseph Restituta Joseph Kemi is a Tanzanian long-distance runner. She twice carried the flag for her native country at the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics: in 2000 and 2004.-Achievements:-Personal bests:...	51:15
2001	Kenenisa Bekele Kenenisa Bekele Kenenisa Bekele is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who holds the world record and Olympic record in both the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres events...	42:42	Sandra Van Den Haesevelde	52:15
2000	Kenenisa Bekele Kenenisa Bekele Kenenisa Bekele is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who holds the world record and Olympic record in both the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres events...	43:09	Irma Heeren	51:03
1999	Felix Limo Felix Limo Felix Limo is a Kenyan long-distance runner, who specializes in the marathon.Limo held the 15 Kilometres road running world record from November 2001 to November 2010, where he lost the record to Leonard Komon. Limo set his record of 41:29 minutes in Nijmegen, the Netherlands when winning the...	44:08	Nadezhda Wijenberg Nadezhda Wijenberg Nadezhda Wijenberg is a long-distance runner from Russia, who got the Dutch nationality in 1999 by marrying her coach Ger Wijenberg from the Netherlands....	50:59
1998	Tesfaye Tola Tesfaye Tola Tesfaye Tola is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, most known for winning a bronze medal in marathon at the 2000 Summer Olympics...	44:05	Mieke Pullen	54:50
1997	Fransua Woldemariam	45:06	Mieke Pullen	53:03
1996	Michiel Otten	44:54	Isabelle Heusinkveld	57:02

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