

This year, the annual GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon turns 40 years old and it shows no signs of stopping as over 8,000 runners and joggers are expected to participate in the event.
As with every year, participants can choose between running a full 42.195K marathon, a half marathon, an 8K road race, and other featured races like Thrifty Foods Kids Run.
See also: Vancouver Island Man sets new marathon record for Canada
For those who plan to drive through downtown Victoria or Oak Bay, there will be several detours as well as road closures that may hinder your commute.
Police patrolled intermittent access will be provided across the race route at the following locations:
- Yates/Douglas and Yates/Blanshard
- Cook/Fort and Fairfield/Cooke
- Fairfield/Richmond
- Foul Bay at Richardson/McNeill
Full road closures will remain in effect while runners pass at the following locations – the times listed in the schedule are an approximation.
Road closure schedule (Victoria)
- 7:45 a.m.– 8:20 a.m. Menzies–Simcoe–Government (Along Menzies to Simcoe, along Simcoe to Government and along Government from Simcoe to Superior)
- 8:00 a.m.–8:30 a.m. and 8:40 – 9:05 a.m. Government from Humboldt to Yates
- 8:05 a.m.– 8:40 a.m. and 8:50 a.m.– 9:20 a.m. Yates from Government to CookÂ
- 8:05 a.m.– 8:45 a.m. and 8:50 a.m.– 9:25 a.m. Cook (Southbound) from Yates to FortÂ
- 8:55 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Cook (Southbound) from Fort to Park Blvd Cook (Northbound) between Oscar and Park BlvdÂ
- 8:10 a.m.– 10:00 a.m. Park Blvd
- 8:10 a.m.– 9:15 a.m. Heywood Ave–Southgate from Park Blvd to Arbutus Avenue
- 8:15 – 9:45 a.m. Arbutus–Bridge–Circle–Camas–Heywood Way — Beacon Hill ParkÂ
- 8:10 – 9:45 a.m. Douglas between Toronto and Dallas (**Except BC Transit)Â
- 8:20 a.m.–10:00 a.m. Cook between Park Blvd and Dallas Road
- 8:20 a.m.– 1:15 p.m. Dallas–Hollywood–Crescent between Douglas and IrvingÂ
- 8:30 a.m.– 1:00 p.m. Robertson – Lillian –Richmond–Richardson between Crescent and Foul BayÂ
- 8:35 a.m.–11:00 p.m. Lawndale–Quamichan–Cowichan from Richardson to RichardsonÂ
Road closure schedule (Oak Bay)Â
- 8:40 a.m.–12:40 p.m. McNeill–Hampshire–Granite–Mitchell between Foul Bay and Oak Bay Ave
- 8:45 a.m.–12:25 p.m. Oak Bay between Mitchell and Monterey – closed Eastbound Oak Bay Avenue will be open westbound lane only.Â
- 8:50 a.m.–12:20 p.m. Monterey–Windsor–Oliver between Oak Bay Ave and Beach DriveÂ
- 8:55 a.m.– 12:10 p.m. Beach Drive between Oliver and WindsorÂ
- 9:05 a.m.–11:35 a.m. Beach Drive between Windsor and ExeterÂ
- 9:15 a.m.–11:05 a.m. Exeter Road 0850–1345 Dallas between Douglas and ErieÂ
- 8:55 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Erie–St Lawrence–Kingston–Montreal–Quebec–Pendray–BellevilleÂ
- 10:00 a.m.–10:45 a.m. Superior from Menzies to MontrealÂ
- 10:15 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Montreal Street (from Superior to Kingston) Kingston (from Montreal to Menzies) – Rolling OpeningÂ
Click here for more details about the course.