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 occasions.Reid, Bob & Wilson, Maurice (2011-10-09). Royal Victoria Marathon. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2011-10-28.
Results Key:
EditionYearMen's WinnerTime (h:m:s)Women's WinnerTime (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 2:46:452020 Event cancelled due to COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic 41st 2021 1:06:44 1:17:15
See also List of marathon races in North America
References
External links Official Website