In his first-ever marathon, Cam Levins didnB次元官网网址檛 just break the Canadian record, he crushed it.

And the Vancouver Island runner did so in wintery conditions Oct. 21 at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon, covering the 42.2-kilometre distance in two hours, nine minutes and 25 seconds. He shaved 44 seconds off Jerome DraytonB次元官网网址檚 record of 2:10:09, set in 1975 in Fukuoka, Japan.

B次元官网网址淚t was definitely a bit cold out there; it actually snowed on us at one point,B次元官网网址� said Levins, 29, a former Olympian who finished fourth overall in Toronto. He won $6,000 for being the top Canadian finisher, and received a $43,000 bonus for breaking DraytonB次元官网网址檚 43-year-old record, set way back in 1975.

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A native of Black Creek north of Courtenay, and an alumnus of Southern Utah University, Levins lives in Portland, Ore., where he is able to train full-time thanks to a sponsorship by the Hoka One One shoe company.

At the 2012 London Olympics, he placed 11th in the 10,000 metres and 14th in the 5,000m. Levins won a bronze medal in the 10,000m at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. An injury kept him out of the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

The next summer Olympiad is just two years away in Tokyo, Japan.

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