page_title: Toronto Waterfront Marathon
hierarchical_section_title: Toronto Waterfront Marathon
caption_attribution_description: Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon 2008
context_page_description: 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 has quickly become an elite level marathon and is one of just five IAAF Gold Label marathons in North America. 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. 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 Canada 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, and a record in the 85 to 89 age group with a time of 3:56:33 in 2016.
  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.
context_section_description: 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 has quickly become an elite level marathon and is one of just five IAAF Gold Label marathons in North America. 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. 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 Canada 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, and a record in the 85 to 89 age group with a time of 3:56:33 in 2016.
  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.
  It was announced on July 13, 2020, that the 2020 on-street race event set for October 18, 2020, was cancelled due to concerns surrounding the global COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic (as was the case for the May 2020 Toronto Marathon event), although virtual races will be held instead from October 1 to 31 2020 instead.
caption: 2008 Toronto Waterfront Marathon
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