Royal Victoria Marathon

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Royal Victoria Marathon
DateOctober
Location Victoria, Canada
Event typeRoad
Distance Marathon
Established1980
Course recordsMen's: 2:13:42 (2013)
Flag of Kenya.svg Lamech Mokono
Women's: 2:37:56 (2011)
Flag of Kenya.svg Lucy Njeri
Official site Victoria Marathon
Participants2,284 finishers (2021)
1,127 (2019)

The Royal Victoria Marathon, formerly known as the GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon or RVM, is a marathon race held on Vancouver Island in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada every October. It was first held in 1980 and was started by Robin Pearson, Alex Marshall and Bruce "Gunner" Shaw.

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In 2006, the full marathon saw 1863 participants. The event also features a half marathon, 8K and 1.2K kids run and attracts nearly 10,000 competitors annually in all races. The full marathon is a certified Boston Marathon qualifier.

Two course records were set at the 2011 edition of the race: Thomas Omwenga ran a men's record of 2:14:33 hours and Lucy Njeri Muhami improved the women's record to 2:37:56 hours. Canada's Cindy Rhodes is the most successful athlete historically at the race, having won six times between 1991 and 2000. Kelvin Broad is a five-time winner, having taken consecutive wins from 1994 to 1998. Thomas Howard, Phil Nicholls, Steve Osaduik and Suzanne Evans have each won the Victoria Marathon on three separate occasions. [1]

Results

Key:  Course record  21 km race

EditionYearMen's WinnerTime (h:m:s)Women's WinnerTime (h:m:s)
1st1980Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Thomas Howard  (CAN)2:21:45Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Wendy Robertson  (CAN)2:58:27
2nd1981Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Thomas Howard  (CAN)2:18:49Flag of the United States.svg  Linda Edgar  (USA)2:49:02
3rd1982Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Brian Bjornson  (CAN)2:25:46Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Leslie Tomlinson  (CAN)2:56:02
4th1983Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Douglas Godfrey  (CAN)2:25:39Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Bernadette Duffy  (CAN)2:52:49
5th1984Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Thomas Howard  (CAN)2:21:51Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Christine Craigen  (CAN)3:02:28
6th1985Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Ron Wichmann  (CAN)2:27:38Flag of the United States.svg  Cheryl Westrum  (USA)2:56:04
7th1986Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Phillip Nicholls  (CAN)2:28:16Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Toni Hafso  (CAN)2:51:35
8th1987Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Ashley Dustow  (AUS)2:24:18Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Susan Butler  (CAN)2:55:21
9th1988Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Peter Butler  (CAN)2:22:04Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Val Chowaniec  (CAN)2:48:05
10th1989Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Phillip Nicholls  (CAN)2:29:43Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Val Chowaniec  (CAN)2:42:32
11th1990Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Phillip Nicholls  (CAN)2:26:24Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Linda Stenseth  (CAN)2:55:17
12th1991Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Jacques Bilinski  (CAN)2:26:23Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Cindy Rhodes  (CAN)2:56:59
13th1992Flag of the United States.svg  Gabriel Silva  (USA)2:26:42Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Frances Bagley  (CAN)2:52:43
14th1993Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Kevin Titus  (CAN)2:19:31Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Cindy Rhodes  (CAN)2:48:53
15th1994Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Kelvin Broad  (CAN)2:23:02Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Cindy Rhodes  (CAN)2:48:45
16th1995Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Kelvin Broad  (CAN)2:25:31Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Cindy Rhodes  (CAN)2:50:08
17th1996Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Kelvin Broad  (CAN)2:27:19Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Cheri Titus  (CAN)2:55:09
18th1997Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Kelvin Broad  (CAN)2:28:56Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Stephanie Andrews  (CAN)2:42:43
19th1998Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Kelvin Broad  (CAN)2:27:56Flag of Japan.svg  Noriko Kawaguchi  (JPN)2:49:06
20th1999Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Bruce Deacon  (CAN)2:26:23Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Cindy Rhodes  (CAN)2:52:49
21st2000Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Colin Dignum  (CAN)2:26:52Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Cindy Rhodes  (CAN)2:54:22
22nd2001Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Jon Brown  (GBR)2:20:28Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Katrina Blanch  (CAN)2:57:35
23rd2002Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Trevor Jordan  (CAN)2:35:07Flag of Poland.svg  Krystyna Pieczulis  (POL)2:47:11
24th2003Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Shingirai Badza  (ZIM)2:27:09Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Joan McGrath  (CAN)2:52:46
25th2004Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Bruce Deacon  (CAN)2:21:07Flag of the United States.svg  Hallie-Ann Janssen  (USA)2:49:36
26th2005Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  James Finlayson  (CAN)2:24:13Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Suzanne Evans  (CAN)2:50:24
27th2006Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Steve Osaduik  (CAN)2:16:49Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Suzanne Evans  (CAN)2:47:05
28th2007Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Steve Osaduik  (CAN)2:20:14Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Suzanne Evans  (CAN)2:45:38
29th2008Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Steve Osaduik  (CAN)2:25:31Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Cheryl Murphy  (CAN)2:43:00
30th2009Flag of Kenya.svg  Hillary Cheruiyot  (KEN)2:19:26Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Cheryl Murphy  (CAN)2:44:01
31st2010Flag of Kenya.svg  Phillip Samoei  (KEN)2:23:24Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Catrin Jones  (CAN)2:52:21
32nd2011Flag of Kenya.svg  Thomas Omwenga  (KEN)2:14:33Flag of Kenya.svg  Lucy Njeri  (KEN)2:37:56
33rd2012Flag of Kenya.svg  Thomas Omwenga  (KEN)2:20:41Flag of the United States.svg  Hallie-Ann Janssen  (USA)2:47:03
34th2013Flag of Kenya.svg  Lamech Mokono  (KEN)2:13:42Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Catrin Jones  (CAN)2:43:03
35th2014Flag of Kenya.svg  Daniel Kipkoech  (KEN)2:20:04Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Lyudmila Korchagina  (CAN)2:41:39
36th2015Flag of Kenya.svg  Daniel Kipkoech  (KEN)2:25:40Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Erin Burrett  (CAN)2:39:17
37th2016Flag of Kenya.svg  Daniel Kipkoech  (KEN)2:20:33Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Sabrina-Shirley Wilkie  (CAN)2:45:54
38th2017Flag of Kenya.svg  Daniel Kipkoech  (KEN)2:21:04Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Lissa Zimmer  (CAN)2:48:33
39th2018Flag of Kenya.svg  Daniel Kipkoech  (KEN)2:22:39Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Emily Setlack  (CAN)2:46:20
40th2019Flag of the United States.svg  Eric Finan  (USA)2:17:51Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Andrea Lee  (CAN)2:46:45
2020Event cancelled due to COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic [2]
41st2021Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Matthew Travaglini  (CAN)1:06:44Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Leanne Klassen  (CAN)1:17:15

See also

References

  1. ↑ Reid, Bob & Wilson, Maurice (2011-10-09). Royal Victoria Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2011-10-28.
  2. ↑ "Victoria GoodLife marathon cancelled due to COVID-19". 13 May 2020. Archived from the original on May 20, 2020.


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