The Monument Avenue 10K, also known as the Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10K, is an annual 10,000 meter

10000 metres

The 10,000 metres or 10K is a common long distance running event. As "10,000 metres" it is a track event, and appears in athletics events such as the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics; as "10K" it is a roadrace or cross country running event...

 road running

Road running

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 event, sanctioned by USA Track and Field

USA Track and Field

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. The race is run on historic Monument Avenue

Monument Avenue

Monument Avenue, in Richmond, Virginia, is a premier example of the Grand American Avenue city planning style. The first monument, a statue of Robert E. Lee was erected in 1890. Between 1900 and 1925, Monument Avenue exploded with architecturally significant houses, churches and apartment buildings...

 in Richmond, Virginia

Richmond, Virginia

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. Begun in 2000, the race has grown to be the fourth largest 10k in the country and the 22nd largest race of any distance.. It has been named by USA Today

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 as one of the 10 great road races in the United States.

Winners and participants

= Course record

Year	Men's winner	Time	Women's winner	Time	Participants	Notes
2000	Jared Segera	29:27	Alisa Harvey	35:25	2,462
2001	Elly Rono Elly Rono Elly Rono is a former Kenyan long-distance runner. Rono attended the University of Southern Indiana where he was an NCAA Division II champion in cross country, the indoor 5,000 metres, and the outdoor 10,000 metres. He is a two-time winner of the California International...	29:59	Anna Pichrtová Anna Pichrtova Anna Pichrtová is a professional long distance runner. In 2004 she finished 28th in the Women's marathon at the Athens Olympics, and the following year placed 27th at the World Championships in Helsinki, as well as winning the inaugural edition of the Obudu Ranch International Mountain Race in...	34:57	4,680
2002	Reuben Chesang	29:32	Lynbov Demisova	33:22	6,531
2003	Gilbert Koech	28:34	Edna Kiplagat Edna Kiplagat Edna Ngeringwony Kiplagat is a Kenyan long-distance runner. She is the 2011 IAAF World Champion in the marathon. she established herself as an elite marathon runner with wins at the Los Angeles and New York City Marathons in 2010...	32:28	9,318
2004	Reuben Chebii	28:07	Tatyana Petrova Tatyana Petrova Tatyana Valeriyevna Petrova is a Russian runner, who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase as well as the marathon.As a junior, Petrova finished nineteenth at the 2001 European Cross Country Championships and reached the finals of both the 3000 metres and 5000 metres at the 2002 World Junior...	32:46	14,163
2005	Ernest Meli Kimeli	28:43	Tatyana Petrova Tatyana Petrova Tatyana Valeriyevna Petrova is a Russian runner, who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase as well as the marathon.As a junior, Petrova finished nineteenth at the 2001 European Cross Country Championships and reached the finals of both the 3000 metres and 5000 metres at the 2002 World Junior...	32:46	16,511
2006	Nicodemus Malakwen	28:31	Magdalene Makunzi	32:33	20,119	In 2006, Barbara and Jenna Bush Jenna Bush Jenna Welch Bush Hager , is the younger of the sororal twin daughters of the 43rd U.S. President George W. Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush, and a granddaughter of the 41st U.S. President George H. W. Bush. She and her sister, Barbara, were the first twin children of a U.S. President...  ran the race under aliases.
2007	Teferi Bacha	28:29	Magdalene Makunzi	32:24	25,023	In 2007 the race had over 25,000 registered runners making it the 4th largest 10k in America.
2008	Abdi Abdirahman	28:32	Leah Kiprono	34:19	31,158
2009	Tilahun Regassa	28:21	Amane Gemeda	32:37	32,745
2010	Alene Reta	28:26	Megan Wright	33:06	37,365

Race promotion and charity

Race promotions are officially run by the non-profit group Richmond Sports Backers, which promotes other sporting events in the area. It is sponsored by Ahold NV.

The Massey Cancer Center

NCI-designated Cancer Center

NCI-designated Cancer Centers are a group of approximately 66 cancer research institutions in the United States supported by the National Cancer Institute....

in Richmond, Virginia is the charitable partner of the 10K. The Massey Fundraising Challenge supports the world-class cancer research being done there. Since 2006, runners and walkers have raised more than $350,000 for cancer research at Massey, and the 2008 goal is to raise $500,000 and eventually $1,000,000 annually.

External links

• Official Monument Avenue 10k website
• Richmond Times-Dispatch - 2010 recap
• Ukrop's website on community events, including the 10k