The 2017 Chilly Half-Marathon and Frosty 5K rundown

The New Balance Chilly Half-Marathon lived up to its name on Sunday morning in Burlington, Ont.

Runners experienced cool, though manageable, conditions, which made the post-race chili that much better. This year’s popular southern Ontario March tradition marked the 21st running of the event.

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Krista DuChene, a 2016 Olympian who will run the 2017 London Marathon in April, won the Chilly Half-Marathon for the second time in three years. The 40-year-old, who recently made the switch to train with Guelph, Ont.-based Speed River Track Club, ran 1:14:55, which is a new Canadian W40 record. (Previous W40 record for the half-marathon was 1:14:58 by Danuta Bartoszek.) Last month, DuChene won the Re-Fridgee-Eighter 8-miler in the snow as she continues to build for her spring marathon. Kait Toohey was second Sunday in 1:18:46; Tanis Bolton was third in 1:20:18.

Speed River teammate Tristan Woodfine defended his 2016 Chilly title winning Sunday morning in 1:05:27. Woodfine handily improved his Chilly time taking more than two minutes off last year’s clocking of 1:08:03. Blair Morgan was second in 1:06:40 and Rejean Chiasson rounded out the podium in 1:07:34.

As many as 4,000 runners were expected to race in Burlington, located on the southwestern shores of Lake Ontario. Sergio Raez Villanueva (14:46) and Amanda McLeod (17:24), who also won the shorter of the race’s two primary distances in 2016, won the Frosty 5K. Links to results can be found at the bottom of this page.

Both races began at 10:05 a.m. local time in what is annually one of Canada’s largest winter races. As per tradition, a chili pepper greeted runners as they approached the finish line.

Women’s half-marathon winner: Krista DuChene

Krista DuChene is the #chillyhalf female winner!!!! @nbrunning

A post shared by VR Pro (@vrproinc) on Mar 5, 2017 at 8:22am PST

Men’s half-marathon winner: Tristan Woodfine

We have our #chillyhalf winner! Way to go Tristan!! @nbrunning

A post shared by VR Pro (@vrproinc) on Mar 5, 2017 at 8:12am PST

Currently… #chillyhalf

A post shared by chris dekoning (@misterhawaii) on Mar 5, 2017 at 7:52am PST

What better last minute motivation to cross the finish line then a high five from our #chilipepper and @nbrunning shoe! Oh and the #staggchili and @steamwhistlebrewing party at table 34, wendel clarks, honey west, Emma's back porch and culacino

A post shared by VR Pro (@vrproinc) on Mar 5, 2017 at 9:29am PST

Sunday long run with 3000 of my closest friends ? 21.1k in 1:52, exactly according to plan! #chillyhalfmarathon @vrproinc #ottawamarathon #hadafastday #longrun #sundaylongrun #golikeneverbefore

A post shared by Kim Osborne Rodriguez (@kimosbornerodriguez) on Mar 5, 2017 at 9:26am PST

@coachrejean at the 5k mark of the Chilly Half Marathon.

A post shared by Jess Baumung (@jessbaumung) on Mar 5, 2017 at 7:46am PST

And they're off!! It's -5 and there are over 3600 runners in #BurlON for the #ChillyHalf – while this isn't exactly my idea of fun all the respect to the runners this am! Have fun and enjoy the race! #halfmarathon #gorun

A post shared by Karina Gould (@karinagould) on Mar 5, 2017 at 8:28am PST

Chilly enough for ya? ❄️

A post shared by Dylan Day (@dylan.day) on Mar 5, 2017 at 5:06am PST

Chilly Half-Marathon results.

Frosty 5K results.