The race director of the Toronto Marathon firmly believes Sunday’s event was the traditional 42.2 kilometres long. The race director of the Toronto Marathon firmly believes Sunday’s event was the traditional 42.2 kilometres long. “The distance is 100 per cent correct.” Glassman did admit there was some confusion for certain runners with the 10-km race course, but added organizers are still trying to determine the exact problem. Glassman said the Toronto Marathon plans to do right by those runners who were affected. He said it’s ultimately up to runners to know the course, citing International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) rules.

Source: thestar May 08, 2019 16:48 UTC