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CBC
04-05-2025
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- CBC
Toronto's 1st major marathon of the year is underway
The city's distance runners are taking over Yonge Street and parts of the western waterfront Sunday morning for the Toronto Marathon. Sunday's event features a half marathon (21.1 km) and full marathon (42.2 km) race, which gets underway at 7 a.m. Some 13,000 runners are set to take part, according to the races website. There are also 5 km and 10 km runs, which are happening in the Exhibition Place area. A number of roads will be closed for the race, which starts at 7 a.m., and goes from Willowdale south to Exhibition Place, with the marathon runners looping out to Humber Bay Shores. Most of the mid-town roads are set to reopen by 10 a.m. The closures on the Lake Shore will be in place until early afternoon. Also as a heads up, the race uses the western part of the Martin Goodman Trail, so it might be busier than normal during your regular Sunday stroll or bike ride. The current course records for the marathon are 2 hours, 15 minutes and 17 seconds for the male category and 2 hours, thirty-one minutes and 47 seconds for the females. And if you're inspired to take on a marathon after seeing the runners today, there's a second major race, the Toronto Waterfront Marathon, in mid-October.
CBC
12-02-2025
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- CBC
Jerome Drayton, who held Canadian marathon record for 43 years, dead at 80
Social Sharing Legendary long-distance runner Jerome Drayton, who won the Boston Marathon in 1977 and held the Canadian men's marathon record for 43 years, has died. He was 80. Drayton died unexpectedly on Monday in Toronto, according to Cardinal Funeral Homes. Runners World magazine said he died during knee surgery. Drayton was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1978. Born as Peter Buniak on Jan. 10, 1945, in Kolbermoore, Germany, he came to Canada in 1956 and changed his name. WATCH | Drayton runs to victory at 1977 Boston Marathon: Jerome Drayton's 1977 Boston Marathon win 6 years ago Duration 0:37 He turned heads in 1969 by winning the Motor City Marathon in a North American record time. Later that year, he won the Fukuoka Marathon in Japan with another North American record. Over his career, Drayton held 12 national titles and set 13 records over various distances, according to the hall of fame. In 1970, he recorded a world record on the track in the men's 10-mile with a time of 46:37:6. Drayton set the Canadian marathon record of 2:10:09 in Fukuoka in December 1975 and finished sixth in the Olympic marathon the following year in Montreal. Drayton's Canadian marathon mark lasted until 2018 when Cam Levins bettered it in the Toronto Waterfront Marathon. In 1977, Drayton was the first Canadian in 29 years to win the Boston Marathon. He won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games the next year. After retiring, Drayton remained involved in the athletic world as a consultant with the Sports and Fitness Division of Ontario's Ministry of Youth, Culture and Recreation. WATCH | Levins breaks Drayton's Canadian marathon record: Cam Levins shatters 43-year-old Canadian marathon record 6 years ago Duration 1:48 In his marathon debut, Cam Levins of Black Creek, B.C., broke Jerome Drayton's 43-year-old Canadian men's marathon record by 44 seconds. Levins finished fourth in the Toronto Waterfront Marathon with a time of 2:09:25.
CBC
20-10-2024
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- CBC
2024 Toronto Waterfront Marathon
Watch as the Toronto Waterfront Marathon takes you across the city from Yonge and Sheppard in North York all the way to Exhibition Place.
