[25.01.12] -For the first time runners of the BIG 25 Berlin will have the choice of competing in a half marathon or in the traditional 25 k event. On 6th May the finish for both races will be inside the Berlin Olympic Stadium. Because of the new event Berlin now has two big spring half marathons for the first time. Online entry for the races on 6th May is available on this website.
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[10.10.11] - Leonard Komon has again clocked a world-class 10 k time in Berlin on Sunday. The defending champion from Kenya took the ASICS Grand 10 with 27:15 minutes, exactly matching the world leading time of his fellow countryman Micah Kogo. While Leonard Komon just missed his course record by three seconds there was a course best in the women’s race. Mara Yamauchi (Great Britain) was a comfortable winner in 32:19 minutes. More than 7,000 runners started in good but cool conditions.
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[06.10.11] - Kenya’s 10 k world record holder Leonard Komon returns to the ASICS Grand 10 in Berlin on Sunday. The 23 year-old intends to further improve his course record, which he had set a year ago. In 2010 Komon had won the 10 k race in the city centre of the German capital with 27:12 minutes. This is the fastest 10 k road time ever run on German soil. Komon’s world record stands at 26:44 minutes.
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[08.06.11] - AIMS (the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races) took the opportunity, on the occasion of the 31st BIG 25 Berlin race, to honour the winners of the previous year's race who, in a unique double, set world records in both the male and female races. This was the first time this has ever happened.
Samuel Kosgei and Mary Keitany, both from Kenya, both broke the world 25km records. Kosgei (1:11:50) took 55 seconds from the mark held by Paul Kosgei since 2004. Keitany smashed the 1:20 barrier, improving Mizuko Noguchi's time (1:22:13, set en route to a Berlin Marathon finish in 2005) to 1:19:53.
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[08.05.11] - The BIG 25 Berlin have confirmed its position as the world’s leading 25 k race. Despite the warm weather world leads for the men and women were established at the Berlin Olympic Stadium. While a year ago both world records were broken at the BIG 25 Berlin this time Mathew Kisorio (Kenya) clocked 1:12:13, which is the third fastest time ever run at the distance. The 21 year-old missed the world record of his fellow countryman Samuel Kosgei, who had finished with 1:11:50 in 2010, by just 23 seconds. Women’s winner Filomena Chepchirchir clocked 1:23:22, the fastest time so far in 2011. Adding other running events organisers of BERLIN RUNS registered 10,423 entries for the 31st edition of the BIG 25 Berlin.
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[05.05.11] - Half a dozen world records were broken at the BIG 25 Berlin so far. It was a year ago, when Germany’s oldest big city road race had its greatest day regarding winning times. Both 25 k world records were smashed. It remains a unique achievement in road running that the men’s and the women’s marks were improved in one race. While Kenya’s Sammy Kosgei clocked 1:11:50 his fellow countrywoman Mary Keitany finished with the first sub 1:20 time ever (1:19:53). When the 31st edition will be started this Sunday fast times can again be expected. Adding a 10 k and a 5x5 k relay event around 10,000 runners are expected to take part in the BIG 25 Berlin.
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[21.04.11] - The BIG 25 Berlin road race will receive a unique award from the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS). After both world records were broken in the traditional 25 k race through the German capital in 2010 AIMS board members decided during their recent meeting in Belgrade to honour this achievement. The ceremony will take place during this year’s BIG 25 Berlin race on 8th May. Organisers again expect a top field to compete while around 10,000 runners will take part in the mass races with distances of 25 k, 10 k and a 5x5 k relay. Online entry is still possible at: www.berlin-runs.com
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[10.10.10] - Leonard Komon established a German Allcomers 10 k Record at the ASICS Grand 10 in Berlin on Sunday. While the Kenyan clearly missed his own 10 k world record of 26:44 he still achieved a world-class time of 27:12 minutes. Agnieszka Gortel (Poland) was the fastest woman in the field of 7,145 runners from 27 nations. In cool but sunny weather conditions she clocked 34:08.
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[04.10.10] - Next Sunday’s ASICS Grand 10 will see a world record revenge: The two fastest 10 k runners ever will meet in Berlin. And Kenya’s Micah Kogo will be eager to take his revenge after loosing the world record to his fellow countryman Leonard Komon recently. In Utrecht Komon had clocked the first sub 27 minutes time with 26:44. Organisers from BERLIN RUNS, who had seen a spectacular double world record in their BIG 25 k race in May this year, expect up to 7,000 runners to take part in the event in the centre of Berlin.
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[09.05.10] - Kenyans Samuel Kosgei and Mary Keitany crowned the jubilee edition of the BIG 25 Berlin with unique double world record performances. Never before have both world records been broken in one road race. While Sammy Kosgei stormed into the finish inside the Berlin Olympic Stadium with a time of 1:11:50, Mary Keitany clocked a sensational 1:19:53. She became the first female runner to dip under 1:20 in a 25 k race. Both records were smashed in the BIG 25 Berlin race. Organisers of BERLIN RUNS registered 10,114 runners from 47 nations at the 30th edition of the race.
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[27.05.10] - Two videos of the BIG 25 Berlin are now online. You are able to watch the best moments of the jubilee race, which was crowned by a unique double world record. Here you can access the videos.
[10.05.10] - After her phenomenal world record in the BIG 25 Berlin Mary Keitany looked ahead to her next big goal, which will be the marathon. The 28 year-old Kenyan had become the first female to clock a sub 1:20 time in a 25 k race, when she ran 1:19:53 on Sunday in the German capital. In her first race at the distance Keitany smashed the world record on the Berlin roads, improving the mark by a staggering 2:20 minutes. With this performance she has given another strong indication, that she is capable of becoming the world’s next great marathon runner. At the London Olympics in 2012 the classic race will be the event she hopes to win and an attempt to break Paula Radcliffe’s legendary world marathon record may also be on the cards in future.
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[06.05.10] - Three Kenyan top stars will run the 30th edition of the BIG 25 Berlin this Sunday: Mary Keitany, Paul Kosgei and Gilbert Kirwa are ready for fast times. The jubilee edition of Germany’s oldest big city road race is very likely to see two world record attempts. The BIG 25 Berlin boost the strongest international field of any road race in Germany this spring. Organiser BERLIN RUNS expects a total field of around 10,000 runners.
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[07.04.10] - Mary Keitany, the world’s number one road runner in 2009, will run the BIG 25 Berlin on 9th May. The 28 year-old has entered the 30th edition of Germany’s oldest big city road race with the aim to break the world 25 k record. More than 10,000 entries are expected for the BIG 25 Berlin, which will also feature a 10 k race, a 5x5 k relay and a children’s event. All events will finish on the blue track inside the famous Berlin Olympic Stadium, which saw the IAAF World Championships last summer. Online entry for the BIG 25 Berlin is still available at: www.berlin-laeuft.deMore...
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[25.01.12] -For the first time runners of the BIG 25 Berlin will have the choice of competing in a half marathon or in the traditional 25 k event. On 6th May the finish for both races will be inside the Berlin Olympic Stadium. Because of the new event Berlin now has two big spring half marathons for the first time. Online entry for the races on 6th May is available on this website.
[10.10.11] - Leonard Komon has again clocked a world-class 10 k time in Berlin on Sunday. The defending champion from Kenya took the ASICS Grand 10 with 27:15 minutes, exactly matching the world leading time of his fellow countryman Micah Kogo. While Leonard Komon just missed his course record by three seconds there was a course best in the women’s race. Mara Yamauchi (Great Britain) was a comfortable winner in 32:19 minutes. More than 7,000 runners started in good but cool conditions.
[06.10.11] - Kenya’s 10 k world record holder Leonard Komon returns to the ASICS Grand 10 in Berlin on Sunday. The 23 year-old intends to further improve his course record, which he had set a year ago. In 2010 Komon had won the 10 k race in the city centre of the German capital with 27:12 minutes. This is the fastest 10 k road time ever run on German soil. Komon’s world record stands at 26:44 minutes.
[08.06.11] - AIMS (the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races) took the opportunity, on the occasion of the 31st BIG 25 Berlin race, to honour the winners of the previous year's race who, in a unique double, set world records in both the male and female races. This was the first time this has ever happened.
[08.05.11] - The BIG 25 Berlin have confirmed its position as the world’s leading 25 k race. Despite the warm weather world leads for the men and women were established at the Berlin Olympic Stadium. While a year ago both world records were broken at the BIG 25 Berlin this time Mathew Kisorio (Kenya) clocked 1:12:13, which is the third fastest time ever run at the distance. The 21 year-old missed the world record of his fellow countryman Samuel Kosgei, who had finished with 1:11:50 in 2010, by just 23 seconds. Women’s winner Filomena Chepchirchir clocked 1:23:22, the fastest time so far in 2011. Adding other running events organisers of BERLIN RUNS registered 10,423 entries for the 31st edition of the BIG 25 Berlin.
[05.05.11] - Half a dozen world records were broken at the BIG 25 Berlin so far. It was a year ago, when Germany’s oldest big city road race had its greatest day regarding winning times. Both 25 k world records were smashed. It remains a unique achievement in road running that the men’s and the women’s marks were improved in one race. While Kenya’s Sammy Kosgei clocked 1:11:50 his fellow countrywoman Mary Keitany finished with the first sub 1:20 time ever (1:19:53). When the 31st edition will be started this Sunday fast times can again be expected. Adding a 10 k and a 5x5 k relay event around 10,000 runners are expected to take part in the BIG 25 Berlin.
[21.04.11] - The BIG 25 Berlin road race will receive a unique award from the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS). After both world records were broken in the traditional 25 k race through the German capital in 2010 AIMS board members decided during their recent meeting in Belgrade to honour this achievement. The ceremony will take place during this year’s BIG 25 Berlin race on 8th May. Organisers again expect a top field to compete while around 10,000 runners will take part in the mass races with distances of 25 k, 10 k and a 5x5 k relay. Online entry is still possible at: www.berlin-runs.com
[10.10.10] - Leonard Komon established a German Allcomers 10 k Record at the ASICS Grand 10 in Berlin on Sunday. While the Kenyan clearly missed his own 10 k world record of 26:44 he still achieved a world-class time of 27:12 minutes. Agnieszka Gortel (Poland) was the fastest woman in the field of 7,145 runners from 27 nations. In cool but sunny weather conditions she clocked 34:08.
[04.10.10] - Next Sunday’s ASICS Grand 10 will see a world record revenge: The two fastest 10 k runners ever will meet in Berlin. And Kenya’s Micah Kogo will be eager to take his revenge after loosing the world record to his fellow countryman Leonard Komon recently. In Utrecht Komon had clocked the first sub 27 minutes time with 26:44. Organisers from BERLIN RUNS, who had seen a spectacular double world record in their BIG 25 k race in May this year, expect up to 7,000 runners to take part in the event in the centre of Berlin.
[09.05.10] - Kenyans Samuel Kosgei and Mary Keitany crowned the jubilee edition of the BIG 25 Berlin with unique double world record performances. Never before have both world records been broken in one road race. While Sammy Kosgei stormed into the finish inside the Berlin Olympic Stadium with a time of 1:11:50, Mary Keitany clocked a sensational 1:19:53. She became the first female runner to dip under 1:20 in a 25 k race. Both records were smashed in the BIG 25 Berlin race. Organisers of BERLIN RUNS registered 10,114 runners from 47 nations at the 30th edition of the race.
[27.05.10] - Two videos of the BIG 25 Berlin are now online. You are able to watch the best moments of the jubilee race, which was crowned by a unique double world record. 
[10.05.10] - After her phenomenal world record in the BIG 25 Berlin Mary Keitany looked ahead to her next big goal, which will be the marathon. The 28 year-old Kenyan had become the first female to clock a sub 1:20 time in a 25 k race, when she ran 1:19:53 on Sunday in the German capital. In her first race at the distance Keitany smashed the world record on the Berlin roads, improving the mark by a staggering 2:20 minutes. With this performance she has given another strong indication, that she is capable of becoming the world’s next great marathon runner. At the London Olympics in 2012 the classic race will be the event she hopes to win and an attempt to break Paula Radcliffe’s legendary world marathon record may also be on the cards in future.
[06.05.10] - Three Kenyan top stars will run the 30th edition of the BIG 25 Berlin this Sunday: Mary Keitany, Paul Kosgei and Gilbert Kirwa are ready for fast times. The jubilee edition of Germany’s oldest big city road race is very likely to see two world record attempts. The BIG 25 Berlin boost the strongest international field of any road race in Germany this spring. Organiser BERLIN RUNS expects a total field of around 10,000 runners.
[07.04.10] - Mary Keitany, the world’s number one road runner in 2009, will run the BIG 25 Berlin on 9th May. The 28 year-old has entered the 30th edition of Germany’s oldest big city road race with the aim to break the world 25 k record. More than 10,000 entries are expected for the BIG 25 Berlin, which will also feature a 10 k race, a 5x5 k relay and a children’s event. All events will finish on the blue track inside the famous Berlin Olympic Stadium, which saw the IAAF World Championships last summer. Online entry for the BIG 25 Berlin is still available at: 
