At 9.6 km's Ellis has a +9:25 lead on Blatchford.
Rapp's lead has expanded to +14:29 on Limkemann at 16.5 km's
More men through 16.5 km's:
1 6:27:07 3 Jordan Rapp CA USA
2 6:41:35 14:29 24 Eric Limkemann VA USA
3 6:43:15 16:08 4 Paul Ambrose AUS
4 6:43:46 16:40 5 Justin Daerr CO USA
5 6:44:28 17:21 2 Lionel Sanders ON CAN
Lisa Roberts has passed Piampiano for third but the pair are well over 20 minutes back of Ellis up front.
Around 20 km's into the run,we have positions second through fourth within 90 seconds of each other. Limkemann continues to run in second, with Daerr one minute back while Sanders is now running in fourth just 30 seconds back of Daerr.
More women through 9.6 miles:
1 6:30:25 36 Mary Beth Ellis CO USA
2 6:39:50 9:25 38 Liz Blatchford AUS
3 6:52:02 21:38 54 Lisa Roberts AZ USA
4 6:52:29 22:04 42 Sarah Piampiano CA USA
5 6:54:57 24:32 39 Jackie Hering WI USA
6 6:55:29 25:05 58 Laura Siddall CA GBR
7 6:56:24 26:00 37 Jessie Donavan VT USA
TOP 4 Pro Men - Thru Run Split 4 - 21.1 km
1 6:46:47 3 Jordan Rapp CA USA
2 7:02:21 15:34 24 Eric Limkemann VA USA
3 7:03:22 16:36 5 Justin Daerr CO USA
4 7:04:05 17:19 2 Lionel Sanders ON CAN
Ellis has a +9:16 lead on Blatchford at 16.5 km's. Roberts is flying in third, +13:13 off the pace.. Piampiano is fourth, +18:02.
Rapp has run through 25.5 km's and there is no-one in the same Zip Code (Postal Code for Canadians) with the leader. Last report a few km's back the gap was well over 15 minutes to second.
Rapp's lead is has a spread of +16:37 to +17:16 over Limkemann, Daerr and Sanders at 25.km's
Rapp has another 10 km's to go with what looks like an insurmountable and clearly the race is now between Limkemann, Daerr and Sanders to scrap over the second and third place positions.
TOP 5 Pro Men - Thru Run Split 5 - 25.5 km
1 7:03:51 3 Jordan Rapp CA USA
2 7:20:28 16:37 24 Eric Limkemann VA USA
3 7:20:39 16:49 5 Justin Daerr CO USA
4 7:21:06 17:16 2 Lionel Sanders ON CAN
5 7:22:57 19:07 4 Paul Ambrose AUS
Ellis has completed the first half of the run with a +8:56 advantage on Blatchford. No other women in sight.
Rapp's lead at 31.7 km's was +17:55 on Daerr.
Lisa Roberts has run through 21 km's in third, +18:07 back to Ellis.
The running order at 31 km's in the men's race was Rapp leading, Daerr second +17:55, Sanders +19:02 and Limkemann in fourth +19:15.
The two women out front have just gone through 25 km's. Blatchford has clawed back 52 seconds over the past 4 km's and now is now +8:04 back to Ellis.
Rapp is within the last four km's of the run and on his way to another Ironman title with his closet rival over 18 minutes behind him.
Roberts has just run through 25 km's in third, +15:44 off the the leaders pace.
Running order of the women at 25.5 km's:
1 7:43:04 36 Mary Beth Ellis
2 7:51:07 8:04 38 Liz Blatchford
3 7:58:47 15:44 54 Lisa Roberts
4 8:03:04 20:01 39 Jackie Hering
Rapp has struggled this year and this race performance today must restore his confidence and be totally rewarding for the hard working pro.
Jordan Rapp is the 2015 Subaru Ironman Mont Tremblant champion.
Rapp's splits on the day were Swim: 51:33, Bike: 4:25:02, Run: 2:55:54, Total: 8:17:37
Ellis has gone through 31.7 km's and Blatchford grabbed back another minute in the last 5 km's. Blatchford is now running +7:03 back to Ellis with about 10 km's to go in the race.
TOP Pro Men - Thru Run Split 7 - 37.6 km
1 7:56:46 3 Jordan Rapp CA USA
2 8:14:21 17:35 5 Justin Daerr CO USA
3 8:18:10 21:24 4 Paul Ambrose AUS
4 8:18:13 21:27 2 Lionel Sanders ON CAN
5 8:18:25 21:39 24 Eric Limkemann VA USA
Roberts has run through 31.7 km's in third at +13:24 while Hering remains in fourth at +17:42.
Daerr has captured second place here in Mont Tremblant with a 8:36:12 finish time while Ambrose crawled out of deep hole earlier in the run to grab a podium finish with clocking of 8:38:12.
TOP 5 Pro Men - Finish
1 8:17:37 3 Jordan Rapp CA USA
2 8:36:12 18:35 5 Justin Daerr CO USA
3 8:38:12 20:35 4 Paul Ambrose AUS
4 8:41:33 23:57 24 Eric Limkemann VA USA
5 8:42:13 24:37 2 Lionel Sanders ON CAN
Ellis has just gone through 37.6 km's and we are waiting for Blatchford to come over the timing mat.
At 38 km's, Ellis has a +4:07 lead on Blatchford at 37.6 of the run.
At 39 km's Ellis lead is now down to +3:40 on Blatchford.
Roberts has a solid grip on third, +9:13 off the leaders pace
A gutsy performance today by Mary Beth Ellis is rewarded with the 2015 Subaru Ironman Mont Tremblant title.
Ellis splits on the day: Swim: 50:22, Bike: 4:53:21, Run: 3:20:02, Finish : 9:09:05
Women's podium here today:
1 8:44:12 36 Mary Beth Ellis CO USA
2 8:48:19 4:07 38 Liz Blatchford AUS
3 8:53:12 9:00 54 Lisa Roberts AZ USA
TOP 6 Pro Women - Finish
1 9:09:05 36 Mary Beth Ellis CO USA
2 9:09:55 0:51 38 Liz Blatchford AUS
3 9:13:45 4:41 54 Lisa Roberts AZ USA
4 9:20:09 11:05 39 Jackie Hering WI USA
5 9:38:13 29:09 61 Karen Thibodeau BC CAN
6 9:39:16 30:12 37 Jessie Donavan VT USA
TOP 10 Age Group Men - Finish
1 8:54:31 216 Sam Gyde BEL
2 9:09:21 14:50 204 Jerome Bresson QC CAN
3 9:15:54 21:23 120 Chris Van De Water ON CAN
4 9:22:11 27:40 264 Jerome Mc Eniry QC CAN
5 9:24:13 29:42 263 Matthew Malone PA USA
6 9:26:49 32:18 712 Teddy Jarrett ON CAN
7 9:26:58 32:28 222 Julian Underwood VT USA
8 9:29:56 35:26 1302 Stefan Irion NY DEU
9 9:30:40 36:10 439 David Hainish ON CAN
10 9:31:13 36:43 205 Nicolas Courville ON CAN
TOP 10 Age Group Women - Finish
1 9:55:40 2678 Morgan Anderson NY USA
2 10:05:43 10:04 250 Kristen Tamburrino ON CAN
3 10:20:22 24:43 402 Melissa Manning CA USA
4 10:27:02 31:22 557 Sarah Casaubon QC CAN
5 10:28:15 32:35 406 Magali Fournier WI CAN
6 10:38:28 42:48 2204 Joannie Sanche QC CAN
7 10:49:46 54:07 2176 Julie Birbilis NC USA
8 10:51:37 55:58 420 Helene Desrosiers ON CAN
9 10:52:23 56:44 2253 Allison Gates ON CAN
10 10:53:39 57:59 2266 Kristin Lawhorn MA USA