Manitoba Marathon

Weekend of road running events

Manitoba Marathon

Date| Father's Day
Location| Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Event type| Road
Distance| Marathon, marathon relay, half marathon, 10K run, 2.6 mile fun run
Primary sponsor| Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries
Established| 1979 (46 years ago) (1979)
Course records| Marathon:
Men: 2:13:53 (1981)
Dennis Rinde
Women: 2:38:08 (1985)
Janis Klecker
Half marathon:
Men: 1:01:41 (2023)
Cameron Levins
Women: 1:11:06 (2019)
Malindi Elmore[1]
Official site| Manitoba Marathon
Participants| 655 (2019)[2]

The Manitoba Marathon weekend consists of a marathon, half marathon, marathon relay, 10 km race, and 5 km 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]

The half marathon is also being held as the Canadian Half Marathon Championships from 2019 to 2024.[4]

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

## Marathon

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

Year  | Winner  | Age  | Time  | Runner-Up  | Age  | Time

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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
2024  | Andrew Taylor  | \-  | 2:32:51  | Tyler Derksen  | \-  | 2:42:06

## Half marathon

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Year  | Winner  | Age  | Time  | Runner-Up  | Age  | Time

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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 Parroy-Migas  | 30  | 1:06:15
2024  | Cameron Levins | 35  | 1:04:23  | Thomas Nobbs  | 30  | 1:06:15

## Team relay

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Year  | Winner  | Time  | Runner-Up  | Time

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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  | RACE CANCELLED | \-  | NO OFFICIAL RESULTS | \-  |
2023  | Arete Endurance  | 2:46:11  | T RIOT Marathon  | 2:49:07  |
2024  |  |  |  |

## Other races

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* 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

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* List of marathon races in North America
* Canadian Half Marathon Championships
* Athletics Canada
* Canadian records in track and field
* Sports in Canada

## Notes

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

## References

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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.

## External links

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* Manitoba Marathon information