{"id":125664,"date":"2024-10-20T10:48:39","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T14:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/?p=125664"},"modified":"2024-11-13T15:04:43","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T20:04:43","slug":"natasha-wodak-wins-canadian-marathon-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/sections\/runs-races\/natasha-wodak-wins-canadian-marathon-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Natasha Wodak wins Canadian Marathon Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canadian marathon record holder and two-time Olympian Natasha Wodak <\/strong>of Vancouver has won the Canadian Marathon Championships at Sunday’s TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon. Wodak broke the tape in 2:27:54, winning her first national title at this distance, finishing fifth overall and marking a triumphant return to the event where she made her marathon debut in 2013. This was Wodak’s fastest marathon since she set the Canadian record at the 2022 Berlin Marathon.<\/p>\n

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Justin Kent and Natasha Wodak, 2024 Canadian Marathon Champions. Photo: Cameron Ormond<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Leslie Sexton<\/strong> of Vancouver was the second athlete to mount the Canadian women’s podium, finishing seventh in 2:33:15, and Rachel Hannah<\/strong><\/a> of Port Elgin, Ont., was third (and ninth in the overall women’s results), in 2:34:33. Sexton won this event in 2017 and was second in both 2015 and 2018; Hannah was second in 2016 and fourth in 2018. <\/p>\n

Anne-Marie Comeau<\/strong><\/a> finished 10th in the overall women’s results, in 2:35:16. Erin Mawhinney<\/a> <\/strong>finished 11th, in her debut marathon, in 2:36:14. Mawhinney won the Waterfront half-marathon in 2023.<\/p>\n

Conditions were mild and sunny on the Toronto course on Sunday, about 8 C at the start and warming up to 15 C a few hours into the event, but the gusty winds proved challenging for runners.<\/p>\n

Wodak’s splits<\/h2>\n

Wodak led the Canadian women almost from the start. Here are her recorded splits:<\/p>\n

5 km: 17:13
\n10 km: 34:33
\n15 km: 51:54
\n20 km: 1:08:52
\n21.1 km: 1:13:02
\n30 km: 1:44:22
\n35 km: 2:02:05
\n40 km: 2:20:06
\nFinish: 2:27:54<\/p>\n

Wodak, who is 42, has had a successful season at home this year, winning the Vancouver Half and the Under Armour Eastside 10K<\/a>; at Friday’s pre-race press conference, she declared this championship victory as her goal. \u201cEveryone wants to be a national champion,\u201d she said. (Wodak has won the 5K national championships twice, the 10K three times and the half-marathon once.)<\/p>\n

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Natasha Wodak \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 wins gold in the Canadian Marathon championships in 2:27:54 (unofficially).<\/p>\n

What a comeback performance for @tasha_wodak<\/a> #ChooseTORun<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Canadian Running (@CanadianRunning) October 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n