Bor Bears Down for Toronto Win
TORONTO (9/25/05) - Simon Bor bore down on a humid morning to win the sixth annual Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon in 2:11:57.

The Kenyan shaved almost 3 minutes off the course record of 2:14:51 set last year in one of North America's fastest-growing new marathons.

Anastasia Ndereba took the women's title with a 2:36:29, ahead of Lucy Hasell of England in 2:38:09. Almost 10,000 runners from more than 30 countries and 40 American states took part in the marathon, half- marathon or 5K events. Nearly 25 percent of the marathon field of over 2,500 was made up of international runners.

Kenyans dominated up front, taking 7 of the top 10 men's places as well as the women's crown. A pack of 9 Kenyans and 2 Ethiopians led the men's race from the start, passing 10K in 30:43 and halfway in 1:05:15. When the last of the pacemakers dropped at 27K, the real racing began among seven men left.

By 30K (1:32:48), Bor, Nelson Lebo and Nicholas Murei had gapped Joseah Matui, Wesley Ngetich, Victor Mangusho and Augustus Kavutu. At 34K, just after the turn for home on the flat lakeshore course, Bor made his decisive move. Lebo finished a strong runner-up in 2:12:18, with Ngetich third in 2:14:31.

Ndereba had an easier time in the women's race, despite a strong (and injudicious) surge to the front by young Russian Victoria Zueva at 15K. Hasell's second-place PR time put herself in contention for a Commonwealth Games selection for Great Britain. Canadian Tania Jones came through late to take third in 2:41:52.

In the Battle of the Ageless Titans, Canadian Ed Whitlock, 74, trounced Dutch rival Joop Ruter, 72. While coming up short in his attempt at a fourth sub-3 hour performance since turning 70, Whitlock still had a marvelous run of 3:02:37.

Torontonian Michal Kapral smashed the Guinness World Record for "joggling" a marathon, completing the course in 3:07:46 while juggling three objects, and made his contribution to the $500,000-plus raised for 42 local charities on the day.

For complete results and more information, visit www.torontowaterfrontmarathon.com. For an Internet video of the race, visit http://michiganrunner.tv/2005scotiabank/. MR