this month's May 24 Marathon Derby in Sunday's Maple Leaf 10K road race.

In the 14th year of the west end race, Anna Eatherley set a new mark in the women's division, clocking 37 minutes, 16 seconds, signalling her readiness for the big event, which is less than two weeks' away.

Sylvester Jean-Pierre was another record-breaker in the male masters (over-40) race, winning the category easily in a time of 34:29, more than two minutes ahead of his closest rival Calvin Steede.

And Harry Patchett shaved two minutes off Geoff Bell's record in the senior masters over-50s class to win in 37:05 ahead of Bill Ledrew, who also broke the former record in a time of 38:02.

The overall race ended in thrilling style with Kavin Smith holding off a strong challenge from Brett Forgesson to finish first in the field of 66 by just one second in 33:36. Canadian John Wassenaar placed third in 34:13.

Georgia Belboda was the second woman to finish in 41:53 and Jane Christie retained her title in the female masters division in a time of 43:16, ahead of Carol Griffith (49:30).