Banque Scotia 21K de Montreal race recap

Montreal was a busy site today with runners crowding to the start of the Banque Scotia 21K de Montreal this morning.

The half-marathon ran just past 10:00 a.m. this morning in cool and overcast weather. Eric Gillis ran a speedy race coming first in the men’s race. He ran a 1:05:27. In second place was Terence Attema nearly a minute behind Gillis running a time of 1:06:36. David Le Porho placed third in 1:06:51.

Bianca Premont was the star among the women today. She ran 1:20:35. Following her was Pia Nehme (1:21:33) and Manon Letourneau placed third clocking 1:21:43. For full results, click here.

The Banque Scotia 21K de Montreal course is a popular one and a great way to get to see the city. The gun goes off at Parterre on Ste Helene Island. Runners do a loop of the island before making their way to Notre Dame Island where they do a loop before returning.

This year, the race raised just over a million dollars to put towards the charity, Scotiabank Charity Challenge and Team Training.

Here’s some social media shots to give you a glance into what today’s scene looked like.

The half-marathoners are off! La course pour le 21k est commencée! #Scotia21kMtl pic.twitter.com/mX5qZspkqI

— CanadaRunningSeries (@RunCRS) April 26, 2015

Lead pack of 4 at 3k into #Scotia21KMtl @EricGillis42_2k Jeff Archer, Berhanu Degefa, Terrence Attema #runcrs pic.twitter.com/rqKl9IcHrb

— alan brookes, CRS (@alnbrookes) April 26, 2015

.@paquer84 ha!. or back to JK with daughter RT”@alnbrookes @EricGillis42_2k being modest with only 3 fingers up :)” pic.twitter.com/FfKznz9EAR

— Eric Gillis (@EricGillis42_2k) April 26, 2015

Félicitations à Bianca Prémont la gagnante @Scotia21KMtl 1:20:40 pic.twitter.com/iFBwi2lsdx

— alan brookes, CRS (@alnbrookes) April 26, 2015

Merci à tous pour les encouragements!! 1h20’17 à l’arrivée, je suis ravi! @RunCRS #Scotia21kMtl #semi #record pic.twitter.com/vzx19asN6w

— Running Addict (@RunningAddictFr) April 26, 2015

Placed 3rd in my age group in the 5k at #Scotia21kMtl running to fund-raise for The @rotary Foundation. pic.twitter.com/BFdiDYEAeO

— Martha Weaver (@MarthaWeaver) April 26, 2015

.@TorontoFitmom and @The_Real_Alyssa have their games faces on! #Scotia21KMtl #TeamSkyFit @PaceandMind pic.twitter.com/n5MBjHOoWE

— Jenna Pettinato (@jennapettinato) April 26, 2015

My little man wrote this note for me. #heartmelt #runCRS #Scotia21KMtl pic.twitter.com/VQBaSJuheL

— Lisa Davidson (@TorontoFitmom) April 26, 2015

“Cours vite Mama” “Run fast mom”

#scotia21kMtl #jesuisprete #lecalmeavantlatempete by sandyyy4 http://t.co/sS7ghnNd1n pic.twitter.com/zUJk5bPU5u

— MontrealGram (@MontrealGram) April 26, 2015