Cam Levins says he can break 60 minutes after solo Canadian half-marathon record
Levins is also confident that he's capable of 2:06 or faster at the Tokyo Marathon in 2 weeks
Last weekend Cam Levins shattered the Canadian half-marathon record running 1:00.18 at the Vancouver First Half. Not only was this a 42 second improvement on the previous record, Cam accomplished it completely solo on a challenging course in tough conditions.
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BREAKING: Cam Levins (@CamLevins) just smashed the Canadian half-marathon record this morning!!🇨🇦
Time: 1:00:18, chopping 42 seconds off Ben Flanagan's previous Canadian record of 1:01:00.
Takes gold at the @VanFirstHalf 🥇
Canada is now 19 seconds away from the sub-hour half pic.twitter.com/iJecCujJ2q
— Athletics Canada (@AthleticsCanada) February 12, 2023
Cam is racing the Tokyo Marathon on March 5th, and says that this result in Vancouver indicates that he’s ready for something really special in a few weeks. In this episode we chat through his race, his goals for Tokyo and beyond, and what it takes to hang with the best in the world. Next, Kate and Maddy cover a plethora of impressive results from the last 2 weeks!
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