Today will be the 83rd edition of this traditional road race that over the years had a pretty impressive field of winners:
Men
Paul Tergat (95,96,98,99,00)
Robert Cheruiyot (02,04)
Ronaldo Costa (94)
Arturo Barrios (90,91)
Marílson dos Santos (03)
FRANK SHOTER (1970) when the race was only 8.9 km, won in 24:27.
women
Lydia Cheromei (99,00,04)
Margaret Okayo (03)
Rosa Mota (81,82,83,84,85,86)
Frank Caldeira from Brazil is the defending champion and is promising to put up a good battle with the Kenyans who will have a impressive field:
Robert Cheruiyot
Patrick Ivuti
Kiprono Mutai
This race is ran on a pretty tough course that descends about 100 meters after km 1.5 to ascend back over a 1.8 km stretch at the final 2 km of the race. To make it worse, the start time is at 4PM with temperatures sometimes on the mid 80's and high humidity.
Check out the results later at
http://www.saosilvestre.com.br/2007/resultados/
For a view of the course: