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Lead Stories: Friday, December 5, 2008

Catherine & Samuel Ndereba to Face Canada’s Best at Banque Scotia 21k de Montreal

Posted March 27th, 2008 at 7:00 PM by Hariz Siddiqui

Section: News & Results, Road Racing

catherine ndereba close shotOrganizers announced today that current World Champion and Olympic silver medalist, Catherine Ndereba (Pictured) of Kenya, and her brother Samuel, will go head-to-head against Canada’s best distance runners in the 6th edition of the Banque Scotia 21k de Montreal on Sunday April 20th–this year’s Canadian Half Marathon Championships.

Samuel, who won 21k de Montreal in 2005 and 2006, persuaded his sister to use the event as one of her key “sharpening” races in North America as she prepares for the Beijing Olympic marathon this summer. The event is part of the prestigious Circuit du Canada, and is also an important fundraiser for the MIRA Foundation, providing Guide Dogs for the Blind.
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Significant Bonuses on the Line at ScotiaBank Toronto Waterfront Marathon

Posted September 10th, 2007 at 7:00 PM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Marathons

ScotiaBank Toronto Waterfront Marathon logoRace director Alan Brookes had better have his checkbook handy when the top men and women break the tape at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon set for Sunday, Sept. 30. That’s because his event is offering bonuses of Cn$20,000 (USD 18,992) to the first man and first woman who break the Canadian all-comers records of 2:09:55 and 2:26:01, respectively.

Last year’s men’s champion, Daniel Rono, came within striking distance of Waldemar Cierpinski’s 31 year-old mark set at the Montreal Olympics in 1976. Rono, a Kenyan, clocked a course record and career best 2:10:15 after a spirited battle with Moroccan Abderrahim Bouramdane who clocked 2:10:41. Brooke’s thinks this year’s field has an even better chance to take the bonus.

“We have a strong, evenly matched men’s field this year,” Brookes said in a prepared statement. “I sure hope we get a good day and several of the guys go under 2:10, to put that 2:09:55 bogey to rest. It’s been along time coming. We’ve had quite a rivalry with Ottawa in chasing it!”
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Tergat, Makau Headed for Bogotá Half-Marathon

Posted July 18th, 2007 at 11:30 AM by David Monti

Section: News & Results, Marathons

TergatMarathon world record holder, Paul Tergat, and the third-fastest half-marathoner of all time, Patrick Makau, will face each other in the thin air of the Media Maratón Internacional Bogotá in Colombia on Sunday, July 29, organizers announced today.

The 38 year-old Tergat, twice an Olympic silver medalist, will compete in Bogotá for the first time. Both he and Makau have the potential to break Fabiano Joseph’s course record of 1:02:34 set last year. In this day of routine sub-60 minute half-marathons, Joseph’s mark is credible when the 2600m (8500 ft.) elevation is taken into account.
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