Three-Time Champion Philemon Rono Defends Title at TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon

from Kenya Philemon Rono We are back for the 2022 TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon. Canadian Running Series (CRS) announced Tuesday. Rono holds his all-comers record of 2:05:00, which was his third win in 2019. His goal for this year’s comeback is for him to win one.

“My goal when I come to Toronto is to do another great job and be known as the ‘King of Toronto,'” he said. 2020, Rono He set the second fastest time in Valencia with 2:05:37 and finished sixth at the 2022 Seoul Marathon in April with 2:07:03.

preliminary report:

Philemon Rono, 2017 #TO Waterfront42k I caught up with the champion, Berhanu, and won. It happened so quickly that the broadcaster missed it.

He won the fastest time ever run in Canada.

2:05:00, unofficial.

The Baby Police strike again. What a move! pic.twitter.com/7Ygp2kQGVT

— TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon (@TOwaterfront42k) October 20, 2019

Rono trains in Kaptagat, Kenya to become a two-time Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoges NN running team Training camp. Some of Kenya’s most legendary long-distance runners live in camps throughout the week and return to their families on the weekends. The small but mighty runner has a strange nickname. When not training or racing, Rono works as a police officer, so his teammates started calling him. “Baby Police’ And it stuck.

Rono is the third elite, along with a Canadian Olympian, to announce a return to the Toronto Waterfront Marathon. Trevor Hofbauer She is the fastest Canadian female marathoner in history. Malindi Elmore

Lono has fond memories Despite having an accident while warming up for the 2016 championship, the barrier that I had stretched hit my head. After consulting with his agent and doctor, he went ahead and won the race in 2:08:26.

The TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon has earned the World Athletics Elite label. This is his second race to win the title in Canada. This is the last event on his CRS calendar for 2022. The race has served as both the Athletics Canada Canadian Marathon Championship and the Canadian Olympic Marathon Trials since 2017.

The 2022 event will take place on October 16th.Find out more and register for races here.