Men’s marathon, featuring Reid Coolsaet and Eric Gillis, to cap off 2016 Olympics

@ericgillis and I with the Sri Lankan Prince @coorayrun after a run around the athlete’s village. Race is getting close now (Sunday morning).

A photo posted by Reid Coolsaet (@reidcoolsaet) on Aug 18, 2016 at 12:20pm PDT

The Olympics aren’t over yet.

Though all the action on the track is finished in Rio, the men’s marathon will close out athletics at the Olympic Games on Sunday morning. Toeing the line at 8:30 a.m. EDT will be 155 men contesting the iconic 42.195K distance.

Among the field are two Canadians in Eric Gillis and Reid Coolsaet, both of who are expected to run at their final Olympics. Gillis, 36, will be running in his third Olympics. Reid Coolsaet, 37, will be running at his second Olympics.

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Coolsaet is the second fastest Canadian marathoner of all-time, behind only Jerome Drayton. The Hamilton, Ont. native ran 2:10:28 at the 2015 Berlin marathon. The newlywed and soon-to-be-father has been battling injury this year but has returned to good form recently. Gillis is the epitome of consistency and has a lifetime best of 2:11:21, set in 2014. In the leadup to the Olympics, he won two 10Ks on the same day in two different cities.

Race ready, one more sleep #Rio2016 #Olympics #marathon #teamcanada 9:30amET

A photo posted by Eric Gillis (@ericgillis) on Aug 20, 2016 at 3:54pm PDT

Both the veterans train together with the Speed River Track Club out of Guelph, Ont. Coolsaet is now based in nearby Hamilton but regularly makes the commute for workouts with the team.

Coolsaet finished 27th in the marathon at the 2012 Olympic Games. Gillis was 22nd in the marathon in 2012 and placed 33rd in the 10,000m at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Both are considered two of the all-time great Canadian distance runners and have been on the running scene for more than a decade.

The favourite for the event is Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya, the 2016 London marathon winner. Only one Kenyan in history has won the Olympic men’s marathon title. The lone instance came in 2008 when Sammy Wanjiru destroyed the field and set an Olympic record in Beijing.

Kipchoge has a lifetime best of 2:03:05, which he set this year in London. The world record for comparison is 2:02:57, held by Dennis Kimetto, who will not be running at the Rio marathon.

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And while Kipchoge ran a scorching time in London earlier this year, don’t expect those kind of times to be duplicated in Rio. Conditions, as they were in the women’s marathon last weekend, are expected to be less than ideal for marathon running. Rather than humid and hot conditions, however, forecast is calling for rain. Athletes will be going for place rather than time as is the case in all Olympic finals.

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Expect Kipchoge to get a challenge from the Ethiopians. Tesfaye Abera, who has a personal best which ranks him in the top-10 of all-time, is in the field. Lemi Berhanu, the winner of the 2016 Boston marathon, is among the top contenders.

The husband of Canadian Tarah Korir, Wesley, will be running for Kenya. He’s a member of parliament in his home country and married Tarah after they met while attending the University of Louisville. Also watch out for the defending champion, Uganda’s Stephen Kiprotich.

Some of my fondest racing moments were against these two @ericgillis & @reidcoolsaet Most of the time they kicked my butt (somehow found these pics of me ahead of them ?) • it’s difficult to explain to the average runner and even accomplished runners at other distances, just how good these two are at the marathon. To the Canadian public they make 2:10-2:11 seem common place. But having been down the path of trying to achieve results at this level I can guarantee you it is not. In the marathon perhaps more than other events you need so much to go right in both training & the race itself to hit it right. I’m constantly amazed at what these guys have been able to achieve each and every time they race the marathon • I hope they both cap off an amazing quadrennial with the performances of their lives tomorrow on the worlds biggest stage in Rio. Regardless, I know they’ll do us all proud watching at home in ??

A photo posted by Dylan Wykes (@dylanwykes) on Aug 20, 2016 at 7:49pm PDT

Canadian Running will be live tweeting the event in the morning so make sure to watch online at CBC Olympics or on television. Pair watching it live by following along on Twitter with updates as they happen.

Men’s marathon start list

ORDER / LANE	BIB	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	SB 2016	PB
1	2387	Tesfaye ABERA	ETH	2:04:24	2:04:24
2	3097	Galen RUPP	USA	2:11:12	2:11:12
3	2339	Ghirmay GHEBRESLASSIE	ERI	2:07:46	2:07:46
4	2947	Tadesse ABRAHAM	SUI	2:06:40	2:06:40
5	2390	Lemi BERHANU	ETH	2:04:33	2:04:33
6	2676	Stanley Kipleting BIWOTT	KEN	2:03:51	2:03:51
7	2604	Daniele MEUCCI	ITA		2:11:08
8	2680	Eliud KIPCHOGE	KEN	2:03:05	2:03:05
9	3019	Stephen KIPROTICH	UGA	2:07:46	2:06:33
10	2144	Marilson DOS SANTOS	BRA		2:06:34
11	2398	Feyisa LILESA	ETH	2:06:56	2:04:52
12	3009	Kaan Kigen OZBILEN	TUR	2:06:10	2:06:10
13	3079	Mebrahtom KEFLEZIGHI	USA	2:12:20	2:09:08
14	2688	Wesley KORIR	KEN		2:06:13
15	2577	Mohammadjafar MORADI	IRI		2:17:41
16	2054	Scott WESTCOTT	AUS		2:11:36
17	3035	Oleksandr SITKOVSKYY	UKR		2:09:11
18	2819	Derlys AYALA	PAR	2:17:32	2:17:32
19	2494	Julian FLÜGEL	GER	2:17:10	2:13:57
20	2198	Eric GILLIS	CAN		2:11:21
21	2131	Solonei DA SILVA	BRA		2:11:32
22	2964	Alphonce Felix SIMBU	TAN	2:09:19	2:09:19
23	2755	Roman PRODIUS	MDA		2:12:31
24	2730	Lebenya NKOKA	LES		2:15:31
25	2746	Rachid KISRI	MAR	2:13:47	2:06:48
26	2098	Willem VAN SCHUERBEECK	BEL	2:22:06	2:12:49
27	2559	Thanackal GOPI	IND	2:16:15	2:16:15
28	2085	Abraham NIYONKURU	BDI	2:16:33	2:16:33
29	3023	Munyo Solomon MUTAI	UGA	2:14:57	2:10:42
30	2992	Atef SAAD	TUN	2:13:51	2:13:51
31	2542	José Amado GARCÍA	GUA		2:13:53
32	2007	El Hadi LAAMECHE	ALG	2:17:56	2:16:12
33	2821	Raúl MACHACUAY	PER	2:13:26	2:13:26
34	2150	Paulo Roberto PAULA	BRA	2:13:58	2:10:23
35	2384	Tiidrek NURME	EST	2:17:59	2:17:59
36	3124	Jordan CHIPANGAMA	ZAM	2:17:39	2:11:35
37	3040	Nicolás CUESTAS	URU		2:15:31
38	2484	Daviti KHARAZISHVILI	GEO		2:16:17
39	2220	Enzo YAÑEZ	CHI	2:17:35	2:17:35
40	2991	Wissem HOSNI	TUN	2:17:13	2:16:35
41	2823	Cristhian PACHECO	PER	2:12:16	2:12:16
42	2972	Chin-Ping HO	TPE	2:23:26	2:17:42
43	2762	Daniel VARGAS	MEX	2:15:54	2:13:06
44	2966	Boonthung SRISUNG	THA	2:24:01	2:24:01
45	2246	Kamongwa Salukombo MAKOROBONDO	COD	2:22:50	2:22:50
46	2567	Kheta RAM	IND	2:17:23	2:17:23
47	2962	Fabiano JOSEPH	TAN	2:17:35	2:13:24
48	2553	Gáspár CSERE	HUN		2:16:30
49	2777	Mynhardt Mbeumuna KAWANIVI	NAM	2:23:33	2:18:25
50	2588	Ageze GUADIE	ISR	2:18:54	2:18:54
51	2585	Kevin SEAWARD	IRL		2:14:52
52	2672	Mihail KRASSILOV	KAZ		2:16:08
53	2641	Suehiro ISHIKAWA	JPN	2:09:25	2:09:10
54	2963	Saidi Juma MAKULA	TAN	2:12:01	2:12:01
55	2940	Anuradha Indrajith COORAY	SRI	2:15:19	2:13:47
56	2511	Philipp PFLIEGER	GER		2:12:50
57	2281	Richer PÉREZ	CUB		2:17:04
58	2249	Diego COLORADO	COL	2:18:35	2:16:48
59	2591	Maru TEFERI	ISR	2:18:19	2:18:19
60	2943	Guor MAKER	SSD	2:28:49	2:14:32
61	2356	Jesús ESPAÑA	ESP	2:11:58	2:11:58
62	2084	Célestin NIHORIMBERE	BDI	2:15:04	2:15:04
63	2866	Ricardo RIBAS	POR	2:13:21	2:13:21
64	3003	Bekir KARAYEL	TUR	2:15:31	2:13:21
65	2601	Stefano LA ROSA	ITA		2:11:11
66	2584	Paul POLLOCK	IRL		2:15:38
67	2765	Byambajav TSEVEENRAVDAN	MGL	2:16:26	2:16:26
68	3129	Cuthbert NYASANGO	ZIM		2:09:52
69	2824	Raúl PACHECO	PER		2:11:01
70	3119	Luis Alberto ORTA	VEN	2:18:53	2:18:53
71	2330	Miguel Ángel ALMACHI	ECU		2:15:08
72	3018	Jackson KIPROP	UGA	2:14:54	2:09:32
73	2949	Christian KREIENBÜHL	SUI		2:13:57
74	2012	Hakim SADI	ALG	2:20:49	2:18:22
75	2026	Luis Ariel MOLINA	ARG		2:15:23
76	2724	Mohamed HREZI	LBA	2:18:40	2:18:40
77	2030	Liam ADAMS	AUS	2:14:59	2:13:49
78	2096	Koen NAERT	BEL		2:10:31
79	2173	Isaac KORIR	BRN	2:14:52	2:14:50
80	2050	Michael SHELLEY	AUS		2:11:15
81	2853	Henryk SZOST	POL	2:12:40	2:07:39
82	2375	Roman FOSTI	EST		2:17:54
83	2739	Abdelmajid EL HISSOUF	MAR		2:10:35
84	2703	Ilya TIAPKIN	KGZ	2:19:19	2:19:19
85	2906	Sibusiso NZIMA	RSA	2:11:43	2:11:43
86	2060	Evans Kiplagat BARKOWET	AZE		2:09:22
87	2817	Jorge CASTELBLANCO	PAN	2:15:57	2:15:57
88	2163	Alemu BEKELE	BRN	2:13:28	2:13:28
89	2930	Anton KOSMAC	SLO		2:16:23
90	3112	Andrey PETROV	UZB	2:17:48	2:17:48
91	2534	Hristóforos MEROÚSIS	GRE		2:19:00
92	2314	Mumin GALA	DJI	2:14:36	2:14:36
93	2838	Artur KOZLOWSKI	POL	2:11:54	2:10:58
94	2258	Andrés RUIZ	COL	2:17:39	2:17:39
95	2647	Hisanori KITAJIMA	JPN	2:09:16	2:09:16
96	2331	Segundo JAMI	ECU		2:17:11
97	2734	Remigijus KANCYS	LTU		2:15:39
98	2241	Renxue ZHU	CHN	2:18:18	2:18:18
99	2773	David CARVER	MRI	2:18:20	2:18:20
100	2342	Amanuel MESEL	ERI		2:08:17
101	2888	Marius IONESCU	ROU	2:13:00	2:13:00
102	2868	Chol PAK	PRK	2:14:11	2:12:26
103	3103	Jared WARD	USA	2:13:00	2:13:00
104	2223	Guojian DONG	CHN	2:11:42	2:11:42
105	2313	Abdi Hakin ULAD	DEN	2:14:03	2:14:03
106	2939	Andjelko RISTICEVIC	SRB		2:25:51
107	2708	Myeongjun SON	KOR	2:12:34	2:12:34
108	2224	DUOBUJIE	CHN	2:13:16	2:13:16
109	3128	Pardon NDHLOVU	ZIM	2:17:32	2:16:52
110	2187	Kuniaki TAKIZAKI	CAM		2:30:26
111	2332	Bayron PIEDRA	ECU		2:14:39
112	3126	Wirimai JUWAWO	ZIM		2:12:38
113	2117	Uladzislau PRAMAU	BLR	2:15:12	2:15:12
114	2707	Jungsub SHIM	KOR	2:13:47	2:13:28
115	2763	Ser-Od BAT-OCHIR	MGL	2:15:56	2:08:50
116	2655	Satoru SASAKI	JPN		2:08:56
117	2250	Gerald GIRALDO	COL	2:17:29	2:17:29
118	2195	Reid COOLSAET	CAN		2:10:28
119	2728	Tsepo MATHIBELLE	LES	2:15:39	2:15:39
120	3006	Ercan MUSLU	TUR	2:16:45	2:16:45
121	2764	Gantulga DAMBADARJAA	MGL	2:18:52	2:18:16
122	2760	Ricardo RAMOS	MEX	2:14:58	2:14:58
123	2219	Daniel ESTRADA	CHI	2:17:30	2:17:30
124	2590	Tasama MOOGAS	ISR		2:15:29
125	2022	Federico BRUNO	ARG	2:15:40	2:15:40
126	3031	Ihor OLEFIRENKO	UKR	2:13:33	2:12:04
127	2732	Valdas DOPOLSKAS	LTU		2:16:35
128	2897	Lungile GONGQA	RSA	2:17:15	2:11:59
129	2475	Tsegai TEWELDE	GBR	2:12:23	2:12:23
130	2582	Mick CLOHISSEY	IRL	2:15:11	2:15:11
131	2916	Ambroise UWIRAGIYE	RWA	2:18:26	2:18:26
132	3033	Ihor RUSS	UKR		2:12:46
133	2890	Nicolae-Alexandru SOARE	ROU	2:18:52	2:18:52
134	2804	Sondre Nordstad MOEN	NOR		2:12:54
135	2533	Michael KALOMIRIS	GRE		2:29:30
136	2459	Callum HAWKINS	GBR	2:10:52	2:10:52
137	2605	Ruggero PERTILE	ITA	2:12:17	2:09:53
138	3039	Martín Esteban CUESTAS	URU		2:16:42
139	2867	Rui Pedro SILVA	POR		2:12:15
140	2886	Yonas KINDE	ROT		2:17:31
141	3043	Ernesto Andrés ZAMORA	URU	2:18:57	2:18:57
142	2851	Yared SHEGUMO	POL		2:10:34
143	2352	Carles CASTILLEJO	ESP	2:11:29	2:10:09
144	2543	Juan Carlos TRUJILLO	GUA	2:18:54	2:14:21
145	2218	Víctor ARAVENA	CHI	2:16:20	2:16:20
146	2338	Tewelde ESTIFANOS	ERI		2:09:16
147	2786	Abdi NAGEEYE	NED		2:10:24
148	2025	Mariano MASTROMARINO	ARG	2:15:27	2:15:27
149	2571	Nitendra SINGH	IND	2:15:18	2:15:18
150	2554	Gábor JÓZSA	HUN	2:16:53	2:16:53
151	2118	Stsiapan RAHAUTSOU	BLR	2:16:04	2:12:04
152	2634	Methkal ABU DRAIS	JOR		2:17:24
153	2091	Florent CAELEN	BEL		2:12:51
154	2460	Derek HAWKINS	GBR	2:12:57	2:12:57
155	2892	Lusapho APRIL	RSA	2:11:27	2:08:32