Deressa Chimsa thrilled spectators at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon two years ago, running away from a strong field to claim victory in a Canadian all-comers’ record of 2:07:05, and now the Ethiopian has confirmed that he will return and attack his course record at the IAAF Gold Label Road Race on Sunday 18 October.

With nine sub-2:07 runners on the start line for the Schneider Electric Paris Marathon on Sunday (12), the IAAF Gold Label Road Race promises to be a quality competition.

Almost perfect weather conditions and perhaps the deepest world-class field ever assembled on Canadian soil led to a course and Canadian all-comers’ record in Sunday’s (20) Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race.

One of the deepest fields ever assembled for a Canadian marathon will be on the start line of the 2013 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, on Sunday (20).

The $35,000 course record bonus at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon has proven to be a popular discussion point among Ethiopian runners these days as Deressa Chimsa is the latest of his countrymen to enter the IAAF Silver Label Road Race.