AIMS Best Marathon Runner Award

[4] The athletic footwear company ASICS is a long-time sponsor of the award.

[5][6] There is no designated period in the year for when the awards are given out, but instead runners are given the Golden Shoe in a ceremony preceding their participation in one of the AIMS races.

[4] Those to have received the award include marathon world record holders Haile Gebrselassie and Paula Radcliffe, who have each been given the honour on three separate occasions.

Kenyan Tegla Loroupe has the most wins to her name; she won her first award in 1995 and took the honour for three consecutive years from 1997 to 1999.

Others to have been nominated as AIMS World Athlete of the Year are Lornah Kiplagat, Uta Pippig, Khalid Khannouchi and Catherine Ndereba.

German Uta Pippig is a two-time recipient.
Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia has received the award three times.
Kenya's Tegla Loroupe is the most decorated athlete with four awards.