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Fast Times at Toronto Waterfront Marathon

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RunnerSpace.com/RoadRacing   Oct 20th 2014, 1:57pm
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Korir and Seboka Triumph at Toronto Waterfront Marathon

Published by IAAF on October 19, 2014

Kenya’s Laban Korir and Ethiopia’s Mulu Seboka triumphed despite frigid temperatures and a headwind at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon, winning at the IAAF Silver Label Road Race in 2:08:15 and 2:23:15 respectively on Sunday (19).

Korir chased down the race leaders in the final three kilometres to win the $20,000 first  prize with Tariku Jufar holding on for second place in 2:08:36 and his Ethiopian compatriot Shami Abdulahi third in 2:08:41.  

It was 3 degrees Celsius at the start and the men’s favourites all followed the pacemakers bravely through the halfway point in 1:03:15, precisely the requested time. 

However, the pace slowed at 25km as the course turned uphill slightly. Hopes of the course record of 2:07:05, set by Ethiopia’s Derissa Chimsa last year - and the Canadian all-comers record of 2:06:54 - faded at this point as the race soon became a battle amongst the leading Ethiopians and Kenyans in the field. 

The pacemakers dropped out at 30km, passed in 1:30:28, and it was Peter Some, of Kenya, the 2:05:38 winner of the 2013 Paris Marathon, who surged into the lead, breaking away with only his countryman Patrick Terer in tow. 

They appeared to have the first places on the podium but Korir, who had experienced a pain in his left calf and briefly slowed, suddenly appeared in the picture with Jufar tagging along.

“I was not expecting to win the race I was targeting to be in the top three as I said at the press conference,” said the happy Korir after crossing the line.



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