The Manitoba Marathon weekend consists of a marathon, half marathon, marathon relay, 10 km race, and 2.6 mile fun run. The marathon was first run in the City of Winnipeg in 1979 and has generally been held annually on Father's Day since then. In 2019, about 10,000 runners in total participated over the weekend, including 655 who finished the marathon.[3][2]

Manitoba Marathon
DateFather's Day
LocationWinnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon, marathon relay, half marathon, 10K run, 2.6 mile fun run
Primary sponsorManitoba Liquor & Lotteries
Established1979 (45 years ago) (1979)
Course recordsMarathon:
Men: 2:13:53 (1981)
United States Dennis Rinde
Women: 2:38:08 (1985)
United States Janis Klecker
Half marathon:
Men: 1:01:41 (2023)
Canada Cameron Levins
Women: 1:11:06 (2019)
Canada Malindi Elmore[1]
Official siteManitoba Marathon
Participants655 (2019)[2]

The half marathon is also being held as the Canadian Half Marathon Championships from 2019 to 2022.[4]

The 2020 in-person edition of the race was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.[a][6]

Marathon edit

The full marathon (42.195 km (26.219 mi)) runs through residential and downtown streets.

Year Winner Age Time Runner-Up Age Time
1979 Wataru Sakamoto 22 2:17:31 Takeshima Katsumi 29 2:18:09
1980 Frank Richardson 25 2:15:15 Michael Dyon 24 2:17:09
1981 Dennis Rinde 22 2:13:51 Walter Saeger 28 2:18:31
1982 Dennis Rinde 23 2:20:13
1983 Art Boileau 25 2:16:21 John Bolger 26 2:17:28
1984 Vito Basiliana 30 2:19:43 Iwase Tetsuji 29 2:24:43
1985 Dennis Rinde 26 2:18:01 Barney Klecker 33 2:21:57
1986 Steve Benson 34 2:17:38
1987 Dennis Rinde 28 2:20:55
1988 Dennis Rinde 29 2:22:50
1989 Dennis Rinde 30 2:23:09
1990 Roger Schwegel 37 2:20:52
1991 Peter Maher 31 2:22:05
1992 Art Boileau 34 2:25:46
1993 Peter Maher 33 2:24:33
1994 Peter Maher 34 2:23:17
1995 Christopher Nicoll - 2:40:42
1996 Christopher Nicoll - 2:26:11
1997 Chris Glowach - 2:28:56
1998 Chris Glowach - 2:30:44
1999 Dane Samuel 32 2:33:54
2000 Curtis Cox 32 2:30:53 Dallas Allaire 37 2:30:56
2001 David Robertson 39 2:27:56 Dallas Allaire 38 2:29:20
2002 Shingie Badza 25 2:32:04 Henry Klassen 30 2:37:01
2003 Shingirai Badza 29 2:37:55 Dennis Rinde 44 2:39:23
2004 Dane Samuel 37 2:31:27 Dimitry Melman 42 2:44:49
2005 Michael Booth 25 2:35:38 Darcy Ready 41 2:46:09
2006 Michael Booth 26 2:31:54 Dane Samuel 39 2:38:53
2007 Michael Booth 27 2:36:12 Travis Saunders 23 2:40:03
2008 John McEvoy 30 2:36:31 Greg Penner 30 2:37:43
2009 Hillary Cheruiyot 28 2:27:29 Philip Samoei 34 2:27:43
2010 Michael Booth 30 2:32:33 Jean-Paul Degagne 32 2:49:07
2011 Philip Samoei 35 2:35:45 Adam Aleshka 31 2:44:09
2012 Thomas Omwenga 33 2:25:13 Brian Walker 30 2:33:18
2013 Evans Maiko 31 2:28:17 Brian Walker 31 2:28:37
2014 Brian Walker 32 2:36:44 Bradley Keefe 33 2:39:29
2015 Thomas Omwenga 36 2:34:16 Bradley Keefe 33 2:36:53
2016 Bradley Keefe - 2:43:30 Les Friesen - 2:43:59
2017 Teresa Ferkensa - 2:38:02 Jeremy Walker - 2:39:07
2018 Corey Gallagher - 2:37:47 Jeremy Walker - 2:41:41
2019 David Mutai - 2:27:09 Jason Acsota - 2:36:03
2020 cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[7]
2021 Brian Walker - 2:29:24 Thomas Sherwin - 2:34:12
2022 RACE CANCELLED - NO OFFICIAL RESULTS -
2023 Roger Hopper - 2:23:45 Steffan Reimer - 2:32:26

Half marathon edit

Year Winner Age Time Runner-Up Age Time
2000 Michael Booth 20 1:09:43 Jason Loutitt 26 11:13:47
2001 Henry Klassen 30 1:11:53 Jason Loutitt 25 1:12:00
2002 Brook Jones 20 1:13:11 Jason Loutitt 26 1:13:12
2003 Frank Ackermann 33 1:17:37 Darcy Ready 39 1:17:40
2004 Jason Loutitt 28 1:09:49 Darcy Ready 40 1:14:51
2005 Daniel Narvey 20 1:15:54 Corey Gallagher 18 1:17:54
2006 Darcy Ready 42 1:15:36 Darren Klassen 37 1:16:34
2007 Brian Walker 25 1:11:44 Darcy Ready 43 1:11:47
2008 Desire Budigoma 19 1:12:22 Greg Miller 18 1:13:06
2009 Desire Budigoma 20 1:14:19 Dane Samuel 42 1:15:03
2010 Darcy Ready 46 1:14:19 Darren Klassen 41 1:14:21
2011 Brian Walker 29 1:11:58 Cory Gallagher 24 1:12:59
2012 Cory Gallagher 25 1:10:13 Jeremy Walker 30 1:13:46
2013 Cory Gallagher 26 1:10:50 Trevor Zimak 29 1:11:48
2014 Abduselam Yussuf 20 1:09:32 Trevor Zimak 30 1:10:52
2015 Abduselam Yussuf - 1:05:05 Michael Middlemiss - 1:11:42
2016 Abduselam Yussuf - 1:08:23 Dawit Hagos - 1:15:08
2017 Daniel Heschuk - 1:09:46 Michael Middlemiss - 1:12:30
2018 Abduselam Yussuf - 1:08:30 Daniel Heschuk - 1:08:30
2019 Tristan Woodfine - 1:04:44 Thomas Toth - 1:05:28
2020 cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[7]
2021 Daniel Heschuk - 1:06:15 Simon Berube - 1:08:26
2022 Cameron Levins 33 1:03:23 Ben Preisner - 1:07:23
2023 Cameron Levins 34 1:01:41 Phil Parrot-Migas 30 1:06:42

Team relay edit

Year Winner Time Runner-Up Time
2004 PKBW Group Elite 2:20:58 The Hockey Guys 2:57:07
2005 PKBW Group Elite 2:34:37 Mike's Maniacs 2:49:23
2006 Stride Ahead 2:28:08 PKBW Group Elite 2:31:36
2007 City Park Runners 2:29:43 2SG Fore Life 2:40:10
2008 SCAAM Elite 2:43:45 College Louis-Riel 1 2:46:03
2009 AMEC ALL STARS 2:43:40 Mr. Scott Wiebe 2:50:08
2010 Purple Pukpkin Eaters 2:18:56 Fantastic 5 - S's 2:20:17
2011 JP #1 2:25:14 Balls To the Wall 2:39:15
2012 Stride Ahead Sports 2:31:43 Wolfpack 2:44:11
2011 JP #1 2:25:14 Balls To the Wall 2:39:15
2012 Stride Ahead Sports 2:31:43 Wolfpack 2:44:11
2013 Stride Ahead 2:28:56 Wolfpack 2:29:07
2014 Stride Ahead 2:22:59 Wolfpack 2:31:58
2015 River City Elite 2:26:57 Hatch Powerhouse 2:51:45
2016 Bonniedoon Dairy Farm 2:54:3 Hatch Powerhouse 2:56:16
2017 The Boys of NP 2:42:58 Team Windburn 2:44:27
2018 Team Windburn 2:38:24 Legs Miserables 2:47:41
2019 Team Windburn 2:37:37 Weapon Factory 2:47:12
2020 Cancelled due to COVID
2021 Team Windburn 2:47:20 Speed Walking Champions 2:48:35
2022
2023 Arete Endurance 2:46:11 T RIOT Marathon 2:49:07

Other races edit

  • 10K Walk
  • Super Run - a 2.6-mile (4.2 km) run.
  • Mini Mites Fun Run - open to kids 5 years and under.
  • Wheelchair Full Marathon
  • Wheelchair Half Marathon
  • Wheelchair 10K

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ It had initially been postponed before being cancelled.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ "Course Records And Past Winners". Manitoba Marathon. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Manitoba Marathon Race Results 2019".
  3. ^ "Manitoba Marathon: Always worth the experience - Filipino Journal".
  4. ^ "Half Marathon". Manitoba Marathon. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Marathon Cancelled". 10 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Manitoba Marathon | 2020 Race goes virtual".
  7. ^ a b "Marathon Cancelled". Manitoba Post. 2020-09-10. Retrieved 2023-07-22.

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