{"id":149238,"date":"2025-10-19T12:15:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T16:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/?p=149238"},"modified":"2025-10-19T12:19:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T16:19:05","slug":"ben-flanagan-wins-canadian-marathon-title-in-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/sections\/runs-races\/ben-flanagan-wins-canadian-marathon-title-in-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Flanagan wins Canadian marathon title in debut"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a successful marathon debut for Kitchener, Ont.’s Ben Flanagan<\/strong> on Sunday morning at the 2025 TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon. Flanagan was the first Canadian man to cross the finish line, in 2:15:41, achieving his goal of winning the Canadian national title in his first time running the distance.<\/p>\n

The 30-year-old held off two more experienced marathoners in Toronto’s Andrew Alexander<\/strong> and Phil Parrot-Migas<\/strong> to break the tape in Toronto’s Nathan Phillips Square. Flanagan told Canadian Running<\/em> he was happy to get the win, despite making some mistakes with pacing and fuelling. <\/p>\n

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