Royal Victoria Marathon Explained

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Date:	October
Location:	Victoria, Canada
Type:	Road
Distance:	Marathon
Est:	1980
Record:	Men's: 2:13:42 (2013) Lamech Mokono Women's: 2:37:56 (2011) Lucy Njeri
Participants:	2,284 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:

Edition	Year	Men's Winner	Time (h:m:s)	Women's Winner	Time (h:m:s)
1st	1980		2:21:45		2:58:27
2nd	1981		2:18:49		2:49:02
3rd	1982		2:25:46		2:56:02
4th	1983		2:25:39		2:52:49
5th	1984		2:21:51		3:02:28
6th	1985		2:27:38		2:56:04
7th	1986		2:28:16		2:51:35
8th	1987		2:24:18		2:55:21
9th	1988		2:22:04		2:48:05
10th	1989		2:29:43		2:42:32
11th	1990		2:26:24		2:55:17
12th	1991		2:26:23		2:56:59
13th	1992		2:26:42		2:52:43
14th	1993		2:19:31		2:48:53
15th	1994		2:23:02		2:48:45
16th	1995		2:25:31		2:50:08
17th	1996		2:27:19		2:55:09
18th	1997		2:28:56		2:42:43
19th	1998		2:27:56		2:49:06
20th	1999		2:26:23		2:52:49
21st	2000		2:26:52		2:54:22
22nd	2001		2:20:28		2:57:35
23rd	2002		2:35:07		2:47:11
24th	2003		2:27:09		2:52:46
25th	2004		2:21:07		2:49:36
26th	2005		2:24:13		2:50:24
27th	2006		2:16:49		2:47:05
28th	2007		2:20:14		2:45:38
29th	2008		2:25:31		2:43:00
30th	2009		2:19:26		2:44:01
31st	2010		2:23:24		2:52:21
32nd	2011		2:14:33		2:37:56
33rd	2012		2:20:41		2:47:03
34th	2013		2:13:42		2:43:03
35th	2014		2:20:04		2:41:39
36th	2015		2:25:40		2:39:17
37th	2016		2:20:33		2:45:54
38th	2017		2:21:04		2:48:33
39th	2018		2:22:39		2:46:20
40th	2019		2:17:51		2:46:45
	2020	Event cancelled due to COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic ^[2]
41st	2021		1:06:44		1:17:15

See also

• List of marathon races in North America

External links

• Official Website

Notes and References

1. Reid, Bob & Wilson, Maurice (2011-10-09). Royal Victoria Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2011-10-28.
2. Web site: Victoria GoodLife marathon cancelled due to COVID-19. 13 May 2020.