Royal Victoria Marathon

Royal Victoria Marathon
Royal Victoria Marathon
Date	October
Location	Victoria, Canada
Event type	Road
Distance	Marathon
Established	1980
Course records	Men's: 2:13:42 (2013); ; Women's: 2:37:56 (2011);
Official site	Victoria Marathon
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. The three were all marathoners and founding members of the Pairie Inn Harriers. One day all their ideas coalesced in a commitment to start a marathon in Victoria, while drinking beer at the Prairie Inn. An apt beginning.

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: ran a men's record of 2:14:33 hours and 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	(CAN)	2:21:45	(CAN)	2:58:27
2nd	1981	(CAN)	2:18:49	(USA)	2:49:02
3rd	1982	(CAN)	2:25:46	(CAN)	2:56:02
4th	1983	(CAN)	2:25:39	(CAN)	2:52:49
5th	1984	(CAN)	2:21:51	(CAN)	3:02:28
6th	1985	(CAN)	2:27:38	(USA)	2:56:04
7th	1986	(CAN)	2:28:16	(CAN)	2:51:35
8th	1987	(AUS)	2:24:18	(CAN)	2:55:21
9th	1988	Peter Butler (CAN)	2:22:04	(CAN)	2:48:05
10th	1989	(CAN)	2:29:43	(CAN)	2:42:32
11th	1990	(CAN)	2:26:24	(CAN)	2:55:17
12th	1991	(CAN)	2:26:23	(CAN)	2:56:59
13th	1992	(USA)	2:26:42	(CAN)	2:52:43
14th	1993	(CAN)	2:19:31	(CAN)	2:48:53
15th	1994	(CAN)	2:23:02	(CAN)	2:48:45
16th	1995	(CAN)	2:25:31	(CAN)	2:50:08
17th	1996	(CAN)	2:27:19	(CAN)	2:55:09
18th	1997	(CAN)	2:28:56	(CAN)	2:42:43
19th	1998	(CAN)	2:27:56	(JPN)	2:49:06
20th	1999	Bruce Deacon (CAN)	2:26:23	(CAN)	2:52:49
21st	2000	(CAN)	2:26:52	(CAN)	2:54:22
22nd	2001	Jon Brown (GBR)	2:20:28	(CAN)	2:57:35
23rd	2002	(CAN)	2:35:07	(POL)	2:47:11
24th	2003	(ZIM)	2:27:09	(CAN)	2:52:46
25th	2004	Bruce Deacon (CAN)	2:21:07	(USA)	2:49:36
26th	2005	(CAN)	2:24:13	(CAN)	2:50:24
27th	2006	(CAN)	2:16:49	(CAN)	2:47:05
28th	2007	(CAN)	2:20:14	(CAN)	2:45:38
29th	2008	(CAN)	2:25:31	(CAN)	2:43:00
30th	2009	(KEN)	2:19:26	(CAN)	2:44:01
31st	2010	(KEN)	2:23:24	(CAN)	2:52:21
32nd	2011	(KEN)	2:14:33	(KEN)	2:37:56
33rd	2012	(KEN)	2:20:41	(USA)	2:47:03
34th	2013	(KEN)	2:13:42	(CAN)	2:43:03
35th	2014	(KEN)	2:20:04	Lyudmila Korchagina (CAN)	2:41:39
36th	2015	(KEN)	2:25:40	(CAN)	2:39:17
37th	2016	(KEN)	2:20:33	(CAN)	2:45:54
38th	2017	(KEN)	2:21:04	(CAN)	2:48:33
39th	2018	(KEN)	2:22:39	Emily Setlack (CAN)	2:46:20
40th	2019	(USA)	2:17:51	(CAN)	2:46:45
	2020	Event cancelled due to COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic ^[2]
41st	2021	(CAN)	1:06:44	(CAN)	1:17:15