Just been watching on the livestream ...solid group of a dozen kenyans /ethiopians ...3:00/ kilom. Today sub 2:08? No sign of Reid Coelsat or Eric Gillis (will be running 2:11 pace thereabouts)
Now 9-10 degrees celsius...looks to be good with 6 pacemaker groups... women's group solid as well... hopes for a 2:25 ..(??)
8km @ 23:59 for top leaders ...pack includes Danial Rono (2:06.58) Mungara (2:08.32 all-comer Canadian record from last year) and 4-5 up and cominig Ethiopians.
This could be quick ..cool and dry weather, cool skies
30:02 through 10km ...now the group is still packed with a dozen at least...
Do you have a link to watch this?
Reid Cooelsat through at 30:47 for 10km !! No word on Eric Gillis ... (potential for Olympic qualifier of 2:11:29, but now on sub 2:10 pace!)
u can watch at/should be able to find at:
livestream.com/canadarunningseriestv
Cooelsat is on fire ...we'll see what happens after those 200km weeks...being paced by Rob Watson until 25km
Top pack still....well... packed @ 45:07 through 15km.Solid race still forming..weather perfect today!
Reid Cooelsat through 15km at 46:06, running fantastic... pack is still together just before 20km. Not sure about Eric Gillis ...no word ...so a bit worried for him.
Women through splits of 16:49 5km/33:53 10km/50:56 15km
Men through about 19km now still a dozen together...
Top wheelchair racer finishing the half in great 58:XX .
Top half marathoners coming in now... the actual marathon pack ran with them for the first 10km before veering off (first 63 min (Kenyan?)/second 1:04 (Kenya)/third Dylan Wykes(Ontario) 1:05
Has slowed down noticably ,no doubt due to the hill through the second third of the race.
Half was hit at 1:03:42 with pack still at 12 including pacers.
Just under 25km ..only one pacer is left for the very top group of (ten or so..?) This still includes the regular suspects of Mungara/Gulanna,Ethiopia (spell?)/Daniel Rono.
presently 2:.07 mid pace
Today it looks like a new Canadian All comers record is more than probable (sub 2:08:32)
Daniel Rono now moving up to pacemaker's side...maybe pacer Simon Kazamili (sorry for spelling!!) is not running quick enough . Still 2:07 pace with 10 in the pack. A couple of the Ethiopians look great as well . Galanna...won Houston marathon.this year I believe . Mungara is just clinging to the back off the pack.
Things are getting very interesting now.
They went through 30 kilometres ...still 2:07 pace (1:30:35)
Said Ed Whitlock finished the 1/2 in 1:34:28 at 79 years old.
Past 30 kilometres (sorry ...the thirty kilometre was 1:31:44 ...my mistake ..heard it wrong ...) The pack was 8 of them still together. Looks like a Canadian all-comers record is still in the cards , but 2:07 is perhaps unlikely.
Ed is impossible to upstage... 1:34 is just incredible at 79!
Men's lead pack is at six... attrition taking place ..no word on other Canadians ...Rono looking to push things now.
They better pick it up a tad if the winner wants the additional 20,000 dollars to go under 2:08:32.
All pacers are gone now ....race is down to 5 runners...approaching 35 kilometres. No word on women or Canadians. Great to have this wonderful coverage here in hockeyland but a little more feedback on local developments along with the parallel woman's race would be a nice detail to improve in future.