Royal Victoria Marathon

Royal Victoria Marathon
DateOctober
LocationVictoria, Canada
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon
Established1980
Course recordsMen's: 2:13:42 (2013)
Kenya Lamech Mokono
Women's: 2:37:56 (2011)
Kenya Lucy Njeri
Official siteVictoria 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.

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

Edition Year Men's Winner Time (h:m:s) Women's Winner Time (h:m:s)
1st 1980  Thomas Howard (CAN) 2:21:45  Wendy Robertson (CAN) 2:58:27
2nd 1981  Thomas Howard (CAN) 2:18:49  Linda Edgar (USA) 2:49:02
3rd 1982  Brian Bjornson (CAN) 2:25:46  Leslie Tomlinson (CAN) 2:56:02
4th 1983  Douglas Godfrey (CAN) 2:25:39  Bernadette Duffy (CAN) 2:52:49
5th 1984  Thomas Howard (CAN) 2:21:51  Christine Craigen (CAN) 3:02:28
6th 1985  Ron Wichmann (CAN) 2:27:38  Cheryl Westrum (USA) 2:56:04
7th 1986  Phillip Nicholls (CAN) 2:28:16  Toni Hafso (CAN) 2:51:35
8th 1987  Ashley Dustow (AUS) 2:24:18  Susan Butler (CAN) 2:55:21
9th 1988  Peter Butler (CAN) 2:22:04  Val Chowaniec (CAN) 2:48:05
10th 1989  Phillip Nicholls (CAN) 2:29:43  Val Chowaniec (CAN) 2:42:32
11th 1990  Phillip Nicholls (CAN) 2:26:24  Linda Stenseth (CAN) 2:55:17
12th 1991  Jacques Bilinski (CAN) 2:26:23  Cindy Rhodes (CAN) 2:56:59
13th 1992  Gabriel Silva (USA) 2:26:42  Frances Bagley (CAN) 2:52:43
14th 1993  Kevin Titus (CAN) 2:19:31  Cindy Rhodes (CAN) 2:48:53
15th 1994  Kelvin Broad (CAN) 2:23:02  Cindy Rhodes (CAN) 2:48:45
16th 1995  Kelvin Broad (CAN) 2:25:31  Cindy Rhodes (CAN) 2:50:08
17th 1996  Kelvin Broad (CAN) 2:27:19  Cheri Titus (CAN) 2:55:09
18th 1997  Kelvin Broad (CAN) 2:28:56  Stephanie Andrews (CAN) 2:42:43
19th 1998  Kelvin Broad (CAN) 2:27:56  Noriko Kawaguchi (JPN) 2:49:06
20th 1999  Bruce Deacon (CAN) 2:26:23  Cindy Rhodes (CAN) 2:52:49
21st 2000  Colin Dignum (CAN) 2:26:52  Cindy Rhodes (CAN) 2:54:22
22nd 2001  Jon Brown (GBR) 2:20:28  Katrina Blanch (CAN) 2:57:35
23rd 2002  Trevor Jordan (CAN) 2:35:07  Krystyna Pieczulis (POL) 2:47:11
24th 2003  Shingirai Badza (ZIM) 2:27:09  Joan McGrath (CAN) 2:52:46
25th 2004  Bruce Deacon (CAN) 2:21:07  Hallie-Ann Janssen (USA) 2:49:36
26th 2005  James Finlayson (CAN) 2:24:13  Suzanne Evans (CAN) 2:50:24
27th 2006  Steve Osaduik (CAN) 2:16:49  Suzanne Evans (CAN) 2:47:05
28th 2007  Steve Osaduik (CAN) 2:20:14  Suzanne Evans (CAN) 2:45:38
29th 2008  Steve Osaduik (CAN) 2:25:31  Cheryl Murphy (CAN) 2:43:00
30th 2009  Hillary Cheruiyot (KEN) 2:19:26  Cheryl Murphy (CAN) 2:44:01
31st 2010  Phillip Samoei (KEN) 2:23:24  Catrin Jones (CAN) 2:52:21
32nd 2011  Thomas Omwenga (KEN) 2:14:33  Lucy Njeri (KEN) 2:37:56
33rd 2012  Thomas Omwenga (KEN) 2:20:41  Hallie-Ann Janssen (USA) 2:47:03
34th 2013  Lamech Mokono (KEN) 2:13:42  Catrin Jones (CAN) 2:43:03
35th 2014  Daniel Kipkoech (KEN) 2:20:04  Lyudmila Korchagina (CAN) 2:41:39
36th 2015  Daniel Kipkoech (KEN) 2:25:40  Erin Burrett (CAN) 2:39:17
37th 2016  Daniel Kipkoech (KEN) 2:20:33  Sabrina-Shirley Wilkie (CAN) 2:45:54
38th 2017  Daniel Kipkoech (KEN) 2:21:04  Lissa Zimmer (CAN) 2:48:33
39th 2018  Daniel Kipkoech (KEN) 2:22:39  Emily Setlack (CAN) 2:46:20
40th 2019  Eric Finan (USA) 2:17:51  Andrea Lee (CAN) 2:46:45
2020 Event cancelled due to COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic [2]
41st 2021  Matthew Travaglini (CAN) 1:06:44  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.


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