The road running season kicked off in earnest in October with hundreds of thousands of Europeans taking part in many of the major city Marathons taking place throughout the world.

Although the African runners have a clear dominance on the men's side, European women had their fair share of success. Following this, European Athletics is pleased to announce that athletes from 10 countries have been nominated for the European Athlete of the Month Award for October.

At the end of each month, a panel of experts produce a shortlist of the outstanding athletes and performances achieved by European athletes during that month which is emailed to European athletics media and thousands of fans who have signed up to receive news from European Athletics.

The poll is located in the Fan Zone section of the European Athletics website and the public, media and a group of expert statisticians will cast their votes with each category counting as 33.3 percent of the vote. For example, the winner of each poll will be awarded 10 points, second 9 points, etc. and the athlete with the most points after the three different polls have been counted will be declared the winner.

In the unlikely event of a tie, Hansjörg Wirz, the president of European Athletics, will have the casting vote.

The voting will close on Monday 16 November at noon Swiss local time.

The European Athlete of the Month initiative was launched in January 2007 and is designed to recognise outstanding performers at all levels of the sport in Europe.

European Athletics names a male and female winner each month and features the athlete on the European Athletics website.

No athlete who has previously served a two-year doping ban can be nominated for the European Athlete of the Month.

Click here to cast your vote.