Lebid came third at the Great Manchester Run in May 2010. In October he was the best performing European at the Giro al Sas 10K in Trento as he finished third behind Edwin Soi and Wilson Busienei with a time of 28:48.3. He won his record ninth title in the men's race at the 2010 European Cross Country Championships, taking the lead in the final stages after a moderately paced start. This also extended his appearance record at the championships – he is the only athlete to have competed every year since the championships' creation in 1994. He secured a second career win at the Lotto Cross Cup Brussels later that month, holding off the Kenyan challengers. A fourth-place finish at the Great Edinburgh Cross Country in January helped the Europeans to the team title, and he was the first European home at the Cross Internacional de San Sebastián with a third-place finish.