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Bigger and better Choice Women First – 5km Run
By Eskedar Kifle
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - The 10th Choice Women First – 5 km 2013 run will be held on Sunday 10th of March. This women only race that is organized by the Great Ethiopian Run (GER) is done along with the celebration of March 8 women’s day.
This race has been only race that is exclusive to women and is done to promote the social and economic success of women in Ethiopia today....
Ethiopia Tries to Capitalize on Its Running Fame
The Great Ethiopian Run drew about 36,000 participants in November. New training centers and a new marathon could help attract top international runners.(Photo: Benno Muchler)
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — On a warm Sunday morning in late November, about 36,000 people set off on the Great Ethiopian Run, a 10-kilometer race across the center of Addis Ababa. Diplomats, students, merchants, Orthodox priests,...
Athletics: The little and large show
In his wildest dreams, Haile Gebrselassie never imagined the race he founded 11 years ago would become Africa’s largest mass-participation running event.
The man known as the Little Emperor fired the starter’s pistol for the 2001 Great Ethiopian Run, then jumped into the fray to become the first winner. There were 10,000 runners registered that day, along with thousands more “bandits”,...
12th Edition of Great Ethiopian Run 10km takes place this Sunday
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ( Press Release) – Exactly eleven years to the day since the first-ever Great Ethiopian Run International 10km back in 2001, the 12th edition of the race takes to the streets of Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa on Sunday 25th November 2012 with more than 36,000 participants expected at the start line.
The race boasts an impressive list of past winners including Haile...
2012 Coca-Cola Road Race Series to conclude on Sunday
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia -  The 2nd edition of the 2012 Coca-Cola Road Race Series promoted by East African Bottling Share Company (EABSC) reaches its climax when the Series Final takes place this coming Sunday, on 14th October 2012. Over 190,000 birr in cash prizes is on offer for elite athletes while plenty of raffle prizes can also be won by fun runners.
The races which have been run under...
Two popular races on the way despite controversy
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia -Â The Great Ethiopian Run (GER) and Charities and Civil Societies Agency (CCSA) are discussing to resolve the problem of licensing of GER and how to continue the most popular road race event in the continent.
GER was registered as a charitable organization with the Ministry of Justice. However, it failed to involve in the required activities as a charitable organization and...
2012 Commercial Bank of Ethiopia Great Ethiopian Run 10km
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Press Release) - Registration for the 2012 CBE Great Ethiopian Run 10km on Sunday 25th November 2012 closed more than six months ahead of the event. Unlike for the previous editions of the race, for the race’s 12th edition the Great Ethiopian Run organising team introduced a new system of registration where participants registered earlier in the year, giving details of...
Elley looking ahead to African road race
CHARITY fundraiser and Waringstown woman, Elley Martin is getting set for the trip of a lifetime this November when she travels with Citybeat radio presenter Paulo Ross to Ethiopia.
The duo will join 35,000 other competitors in the Great Ethiopian Run (GER), the biggest road race in Africa and once described as ‘the world’s toughest fun run’ to raise funds for Concern Worldwide, the international...
