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Royal Victoria Marathon

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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.

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)

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

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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

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References

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  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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