Toronto Waterfront Marathon
Toronto Waterfront Marathon | |
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![]() 2008 Toronto Waterfront Marathon | |
Date | Mid-October |
Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Event type | Road |
Distance | Marathon |
Established | 2000 |
Course records | Men (2:07:04.8) Deressa Chimsa Women (2:22:42.5) Koren Jelela Yal |
Official site | Toronto Waterfront Marathon |
The Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon is an annual marathon held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in October. The race day also includes a half marathon and 5 km race.
The race has quickly become an elite level marathon and is one of just five IAAF Gold Label marathons in North America.[1][2] At the 2013 edition of the race, race winner Deressa Chimsa broke the men's course record with the fastest marathon ever recorded on Canadian soil.[3] In the 2011 edition of the race, race winner Koren Jelela Yal broke the women's course record with the fastest marathon ever recorded on Canada soil. Canadian runner Ed Whitlock has set multiple age group world records at the Waterfront Marathon, including a record in the 75 to 79 age group with a time of 3:08:35 in 2006,[4] and a record in the 85 to 89 age group with a time of 3:56:33 in 2016.[5]
The Waterfront Marathon is not the only Toronto Marathon. The smaller GoodLife Fitness Toronto Marathon, which used to be held three weeks later in October, is held on the first Sunday in May.
Past winners
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Lyubov_Morgunova.jpg/220px-Lyubov_Morgunova.jpg)
Key: Course record
Edition | Year | Men's winner | Time (h:m:s) | Women's winner | Time (h:m:s) |
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1st | 2000 | ![]() |
2:19:41.4 | ![]() |
3:08:38.2 |
2nd | 2001 | ![]() |
2:45:20.8 | ![]() |
3:07:10.1 |
3rd | 2002 | ![]() |
2:25:24.5 | ![]() |
2:37:56.4 |
4th | 2003 | ![]() |
2:17:50.0 | ![]() |
2:36:19.5 |
5th | 2004 | ![]() |
2:14:50.0 | ![]() |
2:36:31.9 |
6th | 2005 | ![]() |
2:11:56.5 | ![]() |
2:36:30.8 |
7th | 2006 | ![]() |
2:10:14.6 | ![]() |
2:34:31.7 |
8th | 2007 | ![]() |
2:09:30.0 | ![]() |
2:33:15.7 |
9th | 2008 | ![]() |
2:11:00.9 | ![]() |
2:29:05.9 |
10th | 2009 | ![]() |
2:08:31.9 | ![]() |
2:28:30.4 |
11th | 2010 | ![]() |
2:07:57.1 | ![]() |
2:22:42.8 |
12th | 2011[6] | ![]() |
2:09:49.0 | ![]() |
2:22:42.5 |
13th | 2012 | ![]() |
2:10:35.8 | ![]() |
2:28:55.4 |
14th | 2013[7] | ![]() |
2:07:04.8 | ![]() |
2:25:13.0 |
15th | 2014 | ![]() |
2:08:15 | ![]() |
2:23:15 |
16th | 2015 | ![]() |
2:09:00 | ![]() |
2:23:37 |
Charities
The Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon has successfully raised millions of dollars for charity since its inception. The largest charity attending the marathon for the past three years has been the Engineers Without Borders organization, which uses donations from the marathon for its Run to End Poverty initiative.[8]
See also
References
- ^ http://www.thespec.com/sports-story/5249327-scotiabank-toronto-waterfront-marathon-earns-prestigious-iaaf-gold-label-status/
- ^ "Scotiabank Ottawa Marathon awarded prestigious IAAF Gold standard" (Press release). Ottawa, Ontario: Run Ottawa. October 22, 2015. Retrieved April 12, 2016./
- ^ Gains, Paul (2013-10-20). Records galore at Toronto Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-10-21.
- ^ "DANIEL RONO STORMS TO NEW RACE RECORD IN SCOTIABANK TORONTO WATERFRONT MARATHON". torontowaterfrontmarathon.com. September 2006. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
- ^ "Record-busting marathoner Ed Whitlock sets new mark at age 85". The Globe and Mail. October 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
- ^ Gains, Paul (2011-10-16). Mungara claims fourth Toronto Marathon title. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-17.
- ^ Gains, Paul (2013-10-20). Records galore at Toronto Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-10-21.
- ^ http://ewb.akaraisin.com/Common/Event/Home.aspx?seid=9400&mid=8
- List of winners
- Toronto Waterfront Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians (2011-10-18). Retrieved on 2011-10-23.