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St. Lawrence Marathon 2023

By Christine Ouellet of over 730 registrations. Over 80%
of the participants are from out of
he St. Lawrence Marathon took County and 30% of them are from
Tplace last may and drew around Quebec. The others are from Ontario,
725 participants. It consists of a 5k, Kingston area. We still hope to have
10k, ½ marathon, and a point-to-point more next year, even though we sold
full marathon. It is called a point-to- out early, way before the event.”
point marathon because participants The winners are for the full
show up at the St-Lawrence College marathon M. Brent Workman 2:49:00
at 5.30 in the morning and they are and W. Constance Fournier 3:22:44.
taken by bus to the Crysler Marina, For the half marathon M. Olivier
where they start. Moraine 01:19:35 and W. Chinchin
The course is beautiful, the Wang 01:35:56
participants run across Upper Canada For the 10k M. Bryan Lemire
Village, along the St. Lawrence 00:37:11 and W. Stephanie Gordon 42K Marathon: 2nd place overall and 1st (M45-49) Robert Wringler Bib
River, through the islands, and all the 00:41:11 #1168 from Toronto 2: 51:47
way to St. Lawrence College, 32 km For the 5K M. Isaac Fraiser 8th place overall and 2nd (M45-49) Andrew Thomas Bib #1203 from
away. It is slightly downhill all the 00:15:32 and W. Rebecca Greer Toronto 2:58:38 Photos by Brian McRae
way and with a westerly wind, the 00:19:20
runners have the wind at their back. Isaac Fraiser is a local boy in his

It is a certified course full marathon early 20’s from Glen Walter who set
where participants are eligible for the record over the County, and this
the Boston Marathon; 30% of them event has been happening for over 20
qualify for the Boston every year. It years!
is also one of the fastest in Canada. To relive this fantastic race, you
Sebastian Warner, Chair of the can watch their 2022 YouTube
organizing committee, doesn’t run video https://www.youtube.com/
in the marathon anymore, he is too watch?v=j6m-ItDz5uc and visit
busy coordinating everything on the their Facebook site.
marathon day to participate. He gives
the start and then he hurries back to
the College.
Sebastian said, “We give the
runners bags to put their clothes in Kathie Konink, Berwick, 05:26:32 Mayra Petit, Orleans, 03:36:13
and I pile them up in my truck and
bring them at the finish line at the

College. Usually, the day starts cold
in the morning and warms up at the
end of the race. The weather varies
a lot at that time of the year, the
weather forecast changes every hour,
but the day of the race, the rain held
off for most of the day before starting
around 11 a.m., to rain.
He adds, “One of the cool things
about our race is that it is organized
by a volunteer committee, it is non Photos by Brian McRae
profit and out goal is to provide the

best experience for the runners. So, 42K Marathon: 2nd place (M70-75)
Wendell Lafave Bib #1111 from
we do little things like that for them. Williamstown 4:50:22
This year we had a record number Photo by Brian McRae Jenny Sharma Ottawa 04:31 Fiona Jager, Gananoque, 05:31:24