The 2009 Great Ethiopian Run 10k international road race on Sunday 22nd November 2009 is sponsored by Ethiopian Airlines.
More than 31,000 participants took part in the 2008 race - the biggest race ever on the African continent by participant numbers.
The race's ambassador is Haile Gebrselassie who has been instrumental in the success of the event-managing organisation known as Great Ethiopian Run, credited with the birth of mass-participation running in Ethiopia.