High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rachid Meknes Berradi (born 29 August 1975) is an Italian long-distance runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres. His personal best time is 27:54.23 minutes, achieved in July 2000 in Nembro. This places him eleventh on the Italian all-time performers list, behind Salvatore Antibo, Francesco Panetta, Venanzio Ortis, Alberto Cova, Franco Fava, Stefano Mei, Stefano Baldini, Giuliano Battocletti, Christian Leuprecht and Daniele Caimmi. The 10,000 metres is a common long distance running event, also known as a 10K or 10 km. It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics. "10,000 metres" refers to racing on a track and "10K" generally refers to a roadrace or Cross country running event.