Boston 10K for Women | |
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Date | Columbus Day |
Location | Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
Event type | Road |
Distance | 10 kilometer (6.2 mi) |
Established | 1977 |
Official site | boston10kforwomen |
The Boston 10K for Women, Presented by REI, formerly known as the Reebok Boston 10K for Women, Tufts Health Plan 10K for Women and the Bonne Bell Mini Marathon, is a major 10 kilometer (6.2 mi) road race held annually in Boston, Massachusetts, on Columbus Day. It is popular as both an elite world-class competition and a women's running event promoting health and fitness. Each year, the race draws thousands of participants and nearly 20,000 spectators.
For many years, the race has doubled as the USA Women's 10 km Championship (USA Track & Field). [1] It has attracted many of the world's top distance runners, including Olympic gold medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson and Olympian Molly Huddle, who each won four times, and Olympic bronze medalist Lynn Jennings, a six-time winner.
Begun in 1977 as the Bonne Bell Mini Marathon, Tufts Health Plan became title sponsor in 1985 [2] and supported the race for 33 years. In 2018, Reebok took up the sponsorship of the race, and in 2021, REI became the presenting sponsor of the event. [3] For several years it was the largest women-only 10K in the US, most recently in 2013. [4]
In the 2018 race, Emily Sisson's time does not count as a course record as an off-course public safety issue caused the race course to be adjusted after it had begun, and was approximately 300 meters short. [5]
In 2020 the in-person race was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and became a virtual event in which more than 2,000 participants registered and ran around the world. [6]
When the race resumed in 2021, now presented by REI, Weini Kelati set a new course record and American record with a time of 31:18. [7]
The race course [8] starts on Beacon Street near the Boston Common, crosses the Charles River via the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge into Cambridge near the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, forms a loop along the river on Memorial Drive, and crosses back over the bridge and into Boston down brownstone-lined Commonwealth Avenue. The finish line on Charles Street returns the runners to the Boston Common for celebration.
The race has become a Boston tradition and there are at least 10 women who have run the race every year since its inception in 1977.
Year | Winner | Time |
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2022 | Erica Kemp (USA) | 32:14 |
2021 | Weini Kelati (USA) | 31:18 [7] |
2019 | Molly Huddle (USA) | 31:50 [9] |
2018 | Emily Sisson (USA) | 30:39 [10] |
2017 | Lauren Paquette (USA) | 33:30 |
2016 | Emily Sisson (USA) | 31:47 |
2015 | Molly Huddle (USA) | 32:16 [11] |
2014 | Jordan Hasay (USA) | 31:38.9 |
2013 | Sentayehu Ejigu (ETH) | 31:32.9 |
2012 | Hellen Jemutai (KEN) | 32:29.8 |
2011 | Janet Cherobon-Bawcom (USA) | 32:46.4 |
2010 | Molly Huddle (USA) | 31:59.9 |
2009 | Molly Huddle (USA) | 32:06.6 |
2008 | Molly Huddle (USA) | 32:51.2 |
2007 | Deena Kastor (USA) | 32:01.0 |
2006 | Kathryn McGregor (USA) | 32:37.5 |
2005 | Kathryn McGregor (USA) | 32:25.2 |
2004 | Marie Davenport (IRL) | 32:47.4 |
2003 | Elva Dryer (USA) | 32:33.3 |
2002 | Marla Runyan (USA) | 31:45.4 |
2001 | Colleen deReuck (USA) | 32:11 |
2000 | Catherine Ndereba (KEN) | 32:46 |
1999 | Libbie Hickman (USA) | 32:49 |
1998 | Libbie Hickman (USA) | 31:57 |
1997 | Gladys Ondeyo (KEN) | 32:46 |
1996 | Gladys Ondeyo (KEN) | 32:47 |
1995 | Collette Murphy (USA) | 32:30 |
1994 | Elana Meyer (RSA) | 31:39 |
1993 | Lynn Jennings (USA) | 32:02 |
1992 | Lynn Jennings (USA) | 32:22 |
1991 | Lynn Jennings (USA) | 32:12 |
1990 | Lynn Jennings (USA) | 32:39 |
1989 | Lynn Jennings (USA) | 31:57 |
1988 | Anne Hannam (NZL) | 31:38 |
1987 | Nancy Tinari (CAN) | 32:22 |
1986 | Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) | 31:40 |
1985 | Joan Benoit Samuelson (USA) | 31:49 |
1984 | Betty Jo Geiger (USA) | 31:51 |
1983 | Joan Benoit Samuelson (USA) | 31:36 |
1982 | Anne Audain (NZL) | 31:42 |
1981 | Jan Merrill (USA) | 32:04 |
1980 | Patti Catalano (USA) | 32:24 |
1979 | Margaret Groos (USA) | 32:47 |
1978 | Joan Benoit Samuelson (USA) | 33:15 |
1977 | Lynn Jennings (USA) | 34:31 |
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