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Lori Ewing Trevor Hofbauer finishes the 2019 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon as the top Canadian male, in Toronto, on Sunday, Oct., 20, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov February 16, 2021 - 7:47 AM Trevor Hofbauer misses the thrill of the race. The 28-year-old Canadian is most famous for crushing the Tokyo Olympic marathon standard in a seven-minute personal best in 2019. The fact he did it without wearing a watch for pacing purposes — racing at its most pure — practically launched him into running folklore. And so, while Hofbauer can ...

And so, while Hofbauer can rest easy knowing that his spot on the Olympic team is locked up, his 2020 racing season was scrubbed by COVID-19. And with no definite race on the horizon until the Tokyo Olympic marathon, getting out the door some days feels like a grind. "For me, competition is huge. And just not having a competitive field to battle against kind of takes away some of that purpose as to why I train," Hofbauer said. The six-foot-three Hofbauer, who played basketball through high school, finds inspiration in his favourite player, the late Kobe Bryant. "The athlete that he was and t...

Even worse for Levins’ prospects, fellow-Canadian Ben Preisner of Milton, Ont., ran under the standard in an all-time Canadian fourth-best 2:10:17 to become the third Canadian to breach the qualifying standard. That means all three Canadian spots for the Olympic marathon are filled. But only provisionally. Levins, or anybody else, has until the June 3 cut-off to beat the times posted by Preisner, in just his first marathon, Tristan Woodfine of Cobden, Ont., (2:10:15 at London in October) or Trevor Hofbauer of Calgary (2:09:51 last year). Marathons, however, are hard to find with so many can...

Lori Ewing Natasha Wodak ofCanada celebrates winning the gold medal in the women's 10000m final during the athletics at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019. Wodak finished fifth in The Marathon Project on Sunday and achieved the Olympic qualifying standard. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Martin Mejia December 20, 2020 - 2:43 PM In the middle of a global pandemic that cancelled almost every major marathon over the last nine months, Natasha Wodak felt blessed to even be on the start line Sunday. The 39-year-old from North Vancouver, B.C., made the most...

Lori Ewing Canadian Cam Levins reacts as he crosses the finish line of the Toronto Scotiabank Waterfront Marathon in Toronto on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston December 18, 2020 - 12:14 PM Midway through the rainy, windy London Marathon in October, Cam Levins' hands got so cold, he had to grip his water bottle with both hands to drink. A few kilometres on, his hands were so numb he couldn't hold the bottles at all, knocking them off the water station tables in an effort to take a drink. Levins wasn't just aiming for the Tokyo Olympic standard...