{"id":125698,"date":"2024-10-20T11:57:07","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T15:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/?p=125698"},"modified":"2024-10-20T12:15:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T16:15:19","slug":"justin-kent-wins-mens-canadian-marathon-title-with-personal-best-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/sections\/runs-races\/justin-kent-wins-mens-canadian-marathon-title-with-personal-best-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Kent wins men&#8217;s Canadian marathon title with personal best time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Justin Kent<\/strong> of Surrey, B.C., took the title of Canadian marathon champion on Sunday morning at the 2024 TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon, setting a personal best of 2:12:17 to win his first national championship in the distance.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Justin Kent is officially your Men\u2019s 2024 Canadian Marathon Champion at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6\ud83e\udd47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sMMCwX5Dla\">pic.twitter.com\/sMMCwX5Dla<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Athletics Canada (@AthleticsCanada) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AthleticsCanada\/status\/1848006699862368556?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Kent <a href=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/sections\/runs-races\/torontos-own-andrew-alexander-aims-to-be-canadas-next-great-marathoner\/\">told <em>Canadian Running<\/em><\/a> at Friday\u2019s press conference that he was in the best shape of his career upon arriving in Toronto, having specifically trained for the race since March. His performance Sunday in Toronto improved upon his previous personal best of 2:13:07, set at the 2023 Prague Marathon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m stoked with the result,\u201d says Kent. \u201cBesides the wind being against me on the way back, I felt smooth and in control.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old had a breakthrough performance with family and friends cheering him on at the finish line, including the newest member of the Kent family, <strong>Willa<\/strong>. \u201cTo have my wife [<a href=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/run-your-way\/nb-run-your-way-lindsey-butterworth\/\"><strong>Lindsey Butterworth<\/strong><\/a>], mother, and my five-month-old daughter here means everything,\u201d says Kent. \u201cI\u2019m speechless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/sections\/runs-races\/wesselius-tops-canadian-results-at-copenhagen-marathon-with-top-10-finish\/\"><strong>Lee Wesselius<\/strong> <\/a>of River Glade, N.B. crossed the line for second in a personal best 2:13:47. Toronto&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/sections\/runs-races\/torontos-own-andrew-alexander-aims-to-be-canadas-next-great-marathoner\/\"><strong>Andrew Alexander<\/strong><\/a> rounded out the Canadian podium in his marathon debut for third in 2:14:13.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6&#8217;s Justin Kent (a new dad) won his first Canadian title at the Canadian Marathon Championships in Toronto with a personal best of 2:12:17\ud83c\udfc6<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TOwaterfront42k?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TOwaterfront42k<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/choosetorun?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#choosetorun<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Co44V6LJQm\">pic.twitter.com\/Co44V6LJQm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Canadian Running (@CanadianRunning) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CanadianRunning\/status\/1848022896003694670?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon is one of two World Athletics Label marathons in Canada, offering Canada&#8217;s top marathoners the chance to run fast on home soil. Kent finished seventh overall in the men&#8217;s field only five minutes behind Ethiopia&#8217;s <strong>Mulugeta Uma<\/strong>, who won the race in 2:07:16.<\/p>\n<p>This was Uma&#8217;s second major marathon victory of the year; he also won the Paris Marathon in April. <strong>Dominic Ngeno<\/strong> of Kenya finished second in 2:07:23, and <strong>Noah Kipkemboi<\/strong>, also of Kenya, took third in 2:07:31.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_125613\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-125613\" style=\"width: 853px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-125613 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/umaparis2024.jpeg\" alt=\"Mulugeta Uma Paris Marathon\" width=\"853\" height=\"751\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/umaparis2024.jpeg 853w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/umaparis2024-300x264.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/umaparis2024-768x676.jpeg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 853px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 853\/751;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-125613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mulugeta Uma after his victory at the 2024 Paris Marathon. Photo courtesy of Asics.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For full results from the 2024 TCS Toronto Waterfront Half-Marathon and Marathon,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sportstats.one\/results\/142386\">check here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"rNM1DxRMOe\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/sections\/runs-races\/natasha-wodak-wins-canadian-marathon-championships\/\">Natasha Wodak wins Canadian Marathon Championships<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content lazyload\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Natasha Wodak wins Canadian Marathon Championships&#8221; &#8212; Canadian Running Magazine\" data-src=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/sections\/runs-races\/natasha-wodak-wins-canadian-marathon-championships\/embed\/#?secret=Agd5Efpn7u#?secret=rNM1DxRMOe\" data-secret=\"rNM1DxRMOe\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The top three Canadian men ran to personal best times at the 2024 TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5366,"featured_media":125727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[325885],"tags":[342254,328185,343455,331667,336358,343448,343456,326250,336719],"class_list":["post-125698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-runs-races","tag-2024-tcs-toronto-watefront-marathon","tag-andrew-alexander","tag-dominic-ngeno","tag-justin-kent","tag-lee-wesselius","tag-mulugeta-uma","tag-noah-kipkemboi","tag-running-news","tag-tcs-toronto-waterfront-marathon"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - 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