Manitoba Marathon
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The Manitoba Marathon was first run in the City of Winnipeg
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...

 in 1979 and since then be held annually on Fathers Day. The current marathon attracted 13,192 participants from around the world.

The marathon consists of the following events:
  • Full Marathon
    Marathon
    The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race...

     - a 42.195 kilometres (26.2 mi) run through residential and downtown streets.
    Year Winner Age Time Runner-Up Age Time
    1999 Dane Samuel 32 2:33:25
    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

  • Half Marathon
    Half marathon
    A half marathon is a road running event of . It is half the distance of a marathon and usually run on roads. Participation in half marathons has grown steadily recently. One of the main reasons for this is that it is a challenging distance, but does not require the same level of training that a...


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

  • Team Relay

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

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