Toronto Waterfront Marathon

Not to be confused with Toronto Marathon.
Toronto Waterfront Marathon
2008 Toronto Waterfront Marathon
DateMid-October
LocationToronto, Ontario, Canada
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon
Primary sponsorTCS
Established2000
Course recordsMen's: 2:05:00 (2019)
Kenya Philemon Rono
Women's: 2:22:16 (2019)
Kenya Magdalyne Masai
Official siteToronto Waterfront Marathon
Participants
  • 3,537 (2018)
  • 3,835 (2019)

The Toronto Waterfront Marathon is an annual marathon held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in October. The race day also includes a half marathon and 5 km race.

The race is one of the elite label marathons in the World Athletics Label Road Races.[1] At the 2013 edition of the race, race winner Deressa Chimsa broke the men's course record with the fastest marathon ever recorded on Canadian soil.[2] In the 2011 edition of the race, race winner Koren Jelela Yal broke the women's course record with the fastest marathon ever recorded on Canadian soil. Canadian runner Ed Whitlock set multiple age group world records at the Waterfront Marathon, including a record in the 75 to 79 age group with a time of 3:08:35 in 2006,[3] and a record in the 85 to 89 age group with a time of 3:56:33 in 2016.[4]

In the 2018 race, Cam Levins broke Jerome Drayton's 43-year-old Canadian men's national record for the marathon, finishing fourth in 2:09:25, a 44-second improvement on the previous mark set by Drayton in 1975.[5]

The 2020 in-person race was cancelled due to concerns surrounding the global COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic (as was the case for the May 2020 Goodlife Fitness Toronto Marathon event), although virtual races were to be held instead from October 1 to 31, 2020 instead.[6]

In 2024, organizers announced that the marathon and half-marathon would occur on Sunday, and the 5K race will be held on the Saturday.[7]

  1. ^ "World Athletics Label Road Races". World Athletics. World Athletics. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  2. ^ Gains, Paul (2013-10-20). Records galore at Toronto Marathon. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-10-21.
  3. ^ "DANIEL RONO STORMS TO NEW RACE RECORD IN SCOTIABANK TORONTO WATERFRONT MARATHON". torontowaterfrontmarathon.com. September 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-10-15. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  4. ^ "Record-busting marathoner Ed Whitlock sets new mark at age 85". The Globe and Mail. October 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-18.
  5. ^ Harrison, Doug (21 October 2018). "Cam Levins obliterates Canadian men's record in marathon debut". CBC Sports. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Toronto cancels city-permitted events until October, will stage online only Nuit Blanche". 13 July 2020.
  7. ^ Tahir, Nawa (18 April 2024). "Toronto Waterfront Marathon adding another race day this year". Toronto Star. Retrieved 18 April 2024.