The Hermes Cleveland 10-Miler began in 2005 to help Northeast Ohio runners train for the upcoming spring Cleveland Marathon.
2005
The inaugural race took place on Sunday, April 24th starting at the House of Blues downtown with 1,400 participants. The winning time for the men was 55:26 (downtown course record) by Fred Kieser and 1:03:21 for the women by Hannah Purdy who is still the youngest female winner ever at 27 years and 3 weeks old.
2008
With a time of 1:06:39, 49 year old Joanne Collins became the oldest 10 Miler winner of all time. Besides Joanne, no one over the age of 37 has ever won.
2009
The 10 Miler course moved from downtown to Edgewater Park and the 2 person relay (5 mile legs) was introduced. The winning times at the new course was set by David Mooney (55:01) and Kelly Greens (1:07.18).2010
2010
David Mooney becomes the first person to win the race twice and win it in back-to-back years with a then 10 Miler record time of 53:49. This year also featured the most participants at nearly 2,500, even with it being the last year featuring the 5k!
2013
Heidi Greenwood becomes the first female to win consecutive 10 Milers. Along the way she became the first female to break 60 minutes in the 10 Miler running 59:32. Andy Schweitzer also repeats his title.
2014
The 10th Annual 10 Miler launched its 100 Mile Club for the 26 people who have run all 10 races. This is the first year the race featured over 2000 ten miler individual runners. Heidi Greenwood becomes the first ever THREE time champion breaking the female course record at 59 minutes and 18 seconds!
2017
Twenty-two (22) different states were represented this year. Six (6) age group records were broken. Both the Female and Male 16 to 19 age group records were set! 50 teams competed in the 5 mile relay this year.
2020
341 participants completed the Cleveland 10-Miler virtually, and 153 participants opted to defer to the 2021 event.
2021
The event was temporarily moved to Rocky River Reservation - beginning at the Emerald Necklace Marina. Wave starts were used.
2023
The newly designed course brought runners to out Whiskey Island, the Historic Coast Guard Pier, through the West End of the Flats and finished with a finale at the Edgewater Beach House - consistent rain and wind throughout. Two new course records were created by former champion Andy Schweitzer (53.41) and Liz Pelechaty (1:02.43) 6 new members were added into the 100-Mile Club totaling 83 100-Milers. Of those 83, 4 have completed all 19 races.
2024
5 members officially crossed their 200th mile at the 20th anniversary - creating the first-ever 200-Mile Club (Judy Ditzel, Barb Wolansky, John Gibbons, Rick Urban, Dale Bilancini)
The 20th-anniversary race brought back the 2-person team relay, where leg 1 completed the first 3.5 miles and leg 2 completed the 2nd 6.5.
