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{{short description|American annual athletics race}}
{{infobox athletics race
| bgcolor       = #6000C0
| image         = 
| caption       = 
| date          = May
| location      = [[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington]], [[Vermont]], U.S.
| type          = [[Road running|Road]]
| iaaf_category = 
| distance      = [[Marathon]] and [[Relay race|Marathon Relay]]
| sponsor       = [[M&T Bank]]
| beneficiary   = 
| est           = {{start date and age|1989|p=y}}
| record        = 
| homepage      = https://www.runvermont.org
| participants  = 1813 finishers (2019)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.marathonguide.com/results/browse.cfm?MIDD=28190526|title = Vermont City Marathon Race Results 2019}}</ref>
}}

<!--  Commented out: [[Image:Vermont City Marathon Runners.JPG|thumb|300px|Vermont City Marathoners run along the Burlington Beltline]] -->
The '''M&T Bank Vermont City Marathon''' (VCM) is an annual [[Marathon (sport)|marathon]] in the city of [[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington]], [[Vermont]], in the [[United States]], first held on May 28, 1989.  The race is held on the Sunday of [[Memorial Day]] weekend, and attracts runners from all over the world.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}  It is produced by RunVermont, a not-for-profit organization.

==History==
The race was first held in 1989.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Abrami |first=Alex |title=Three decades of memories: The biggest moments in Vermont City Marathon history |url=https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/sports/marathon/2020/05/23/three-decades-memories-top-moments-vermont-city-marathon-history/5231475002/ |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=Burlington Free Press |language=en-US}}</ref>

The race record for men, set by Michael Khobotov in 2001, is 2:17:03. The women's record is held by 2023 champion Maegan Krifchin, who ran 2:33:40.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/sports/marathon/2023/05/28/vermont-city-marathon-relay-course-record-falls-fast-hot-day-burlington/70257844007/ |title=Course record shattered at the 2023 Vermont City Marathon & Relay |access-date=2023-10-31}}</ref>

The VCM was the first marathon to incorporate relay teams which consists of between 2 and 5 members.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}

The 2020 in-person edition of the race was cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic|coronavirus]] [[COVID-19 pandemic in Vermont|pandemic]], with all marathon registrants given the option of running the race virtually or transferring their entry to 2021 or 2022.{{efn|It had initially been postponed to October 25 before being cancelled.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.runvermont.org |title=Marathons, Relays, Running Races in Vermont |access-date=2023-03-29}}</ref>}}<ref name="2020.cancellation">{{Cite web|url=https://www.runvermont.org/races/covid-19-race-updates/|title = RunVermont - COVID-19 Race Updates}}</ref>

=== Hall of Fame ===

In 2008 the race's Hall of Fame was renamed the RunVermont Hall of Fame and membership was expanded to include individuals who have been instrumental in the success of the race over the years such as the original Race Director, Gordon MacFarland, long-standing volunteers such as Don and Betty Lacharite, and runners of distinction throughout Vermont's athletics history. The RunVermont Hall of Fame also includes the 13 runners who completed the full {{convert|42.195|km|mi}} for the first 19 editions of the Vermont City Marathon.{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}

== Other races ==
Runners in the M&T Bank Vermont City Marathon can compete in the full marathon, on a two-person relay team running [[half marathon]]s, or on a three-to-five person relay team running legs ranging from 3.1 to 6.8 miles. The Vermont City Marathon was the first marathon in the USA to have a relay in conjunction with a full marathon as a regular part of the event.

== Community impact ==

The race is produced by RunVermont, a not-for-profit organization committed to promoting running in Vermont. RunVermont also organizes several other races including the Half Marathon Unplugged and Island Vines 10k/5k, as well as adult training programs, and also offers youth running and health education programs including Mini Milers, Mini Marathon, and Junior Milers.{{citation needed|date=May 2017}}

== Winners ==

=== Men's ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Winner
!Country
!Time
!Notes
|-
|1989
|Joe Kreutz
|{{USA}}
|2:29:11
|Course record
|-
|1990
|Felix Pinto
|{{COL}}
|2:27:09
|Course record
|-
|1992
|Bob Hodge
|{{USA}}
|2:22:11
|Course record
|-
|1993
|Brad Hawthorne
|{{USA}}
|2:18:04
|Course record
|-
|1994
|Ángel Moreno
|{{MEX}}
|2:21:34
|
|-
|1995
|Michael Slinskey
|{{USA}}
|2:21:40
|
|-
|1996
|Dan Verrington
|{{USA}}
|2:21:10
|
|-
|1997
|Tim Schuler
|{{USA}}
|2:18:58
|
|-
|1998
|Jerod Neas
|{{USA}}
|2:21:22
|
|-
|1999
|Weldon Johnson
|{{USA}}
|2:24:45
|
|-
|2000
|Greg Hill
|{{USA}}
|2:22:56
|
|-
|2001
|style="background:#CCFFCC" | '''Michael Khobotov'''
|{{USA}}
|style="background:#CCFFCC" | '''2:17:03'''
|Course record
|-
|2002
|Chad Newton
|{{USA}}
|2:26:27
|
|-
|2003
|Greg Wenneborg
|{{USA}}
|2:24:02
|
|-
|2004
|Peter Fleming
|{{USA}}
|2:24:02
|
|-
|2005
|Chris Juarez
|{{USA}}
|2:25:27
|
|-
|2006
|Matt Pelletier
|{{USA}}
|2:24:27
|
|-
|2007
|Matt Pelletier
|{{USA}}
|2:19:00
|Second victory
|-
|2008
|Matt Pelletier
|{{USA}}
|2:20:44
|Third victory
|-
|2009
|John Crews
|{{USA}}
|2:19:31
|
|-
|2010
|John Crews
|{{USA}}
|2:17:51
|Second victory
|-
|2011
|Dan Vassallo
|{{USA}}
|2:24:09
|
|-
|2012
|Matt Pelletier
|{{USA}}
|2:21:30
|Fourth victory
|-
|2013
|Christopher Zablocki
|{{USA}}
|2:18:24
|
|-
|2014
|[[Tyler C. Andrews]]
|{{USA}}
|2:20:27
|
|-
|2015
|Matt Pelletier
|{{USA}}
|2:19:12
|Fifth victory
|-
|2016
|Matt Pelletier
|{{Flag|United States}}
|2:23:02
|Sixth victory
|-
|2017
|[[Tyler C. Andrews]] 
|{{Flag|United States}}
|2:19:41
|Second victory
|-
|2018
|[[Tyler C. Andrews]]
|{{Flag|United States}}
|2:17:44
|Third victory
|-
|2019
|[[Sergio Reyes (runner)|Sergio Reyes]]
|{{Flag|United States}}
|2:17:40
|
|-
|2020
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center" |Cancelled due to COVID-19
|-
|2021
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center"|Virtual due to COVID-19
|-
|2022
|[[Sergio Reyes (runner)|Sergio Reyes]]
|{{Flag|United States}}
|2:19:50
|Second victory
|-
|2023
|Lou Serafini
|{{Flag|United States}}
|2:17:55
|-
|2024
|Kiplangat Terer
|{{Flag|United States}}
|2:23:13
|}

=== Women's ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Winner
!Country
!Time
!Notes
|-
|1989
|Lea Sikora
|{{USA}}
|2:48:22
|Course record
|-
|1990
|Shirley Silsby
|{{USA}}
|2:51:24
|
|-
|1992
|Carol Virga
|{{USA}}
|2:47:28
|Course record
|-
|1993
|Laura Konantz
|{{CAN}}
|2:49:28
|
|-
|1994
|Cindy New
|{{CAN}}
|2:43:52
|Course record
|-
|1995
|Gordon Bakoulis
|{{USA}}
|2:38:32
|Course record
|-
|1996
|Cindy New
|{{CAN}}
|2:48:16
|Second victory
|-
|1997
|Mary Lynn Carter
|{{USA}}
|2:42:20
|
|-
|1998
|Gordon Bakoulis
|{{USA}}
|2:42:51
|Second victory
|-
|1999
|Regina Ronan
|{{USA}}
|2:49:14
|
|-
|2000
|Charlene Lyford
|{{USA}}
|2:46:10
|
|-
|2001
|Charlene Lyford
|{{USA}}
|2:54:33
|Second victory
|-
|2002
|[[:de:Veronique Vandersmissen|Véronique Vandersmissen]]
|{{CAN}}
|2:41:20
|
|-
|2003
|Heather Gardiner
|{{USA}}
|2:45:31
|
|-
|2004
|Caryn Heffernan
|{{USA}}
|2:46:52
|
|-
|2005
|Susan Loken
|{{USA}}
|2:51:09
|
|-
|2006
|Heidi Westerling
|{{USA}}
|2:44:02
|
|-
|2007
|Heidi Westerling
|{{USA}}
|2:48:56
|Second victory
|-
|2008
|Caroine Chemwolo
|{{USA}}
|2:47:38
|
|-
|2009
|Heidi Westerling
|{{USA}}
|2:35:02
|Course record; third victory
|-
|2010
|Heidi Westover
|{{USA}}
|2:40:04
|Fourth victory
|-
|2011
|Heidi Westover
|{{USA}}
|2:46:49
|Fifth victory
|-
|2012
|[[Kasie Enman]]
|{{USA}}
|2:43:13
|Highest-finishing Vermonter
|-
|2013
|Heidi Westover
|{{USA}}
|2:42:02
|Sixth victory
|-
|2014
|[[Dihininet Demsew Jara]]
|{{ETH}}
|2:43:14
|
|-
|2015
|[[Kasie Enman]]
|{{USA}}
|2:49:03
|Highest-finishing Vermonter; second victory
|-
|2016
|Madeline Duhon
|{{Flag|United States}}
|2:50:07
|
|-
|2017
|[[Kasie Enman]]
|{{USA}}
|2:50:26
|Highest-finishing Vermonter; third victory
|-
|2018
|Bizuwork Kasaye
|{{ETH}}
|2:42:24
|
|-
|2019
|Rachel Schilkowsky
|{{USA}}
|2:45:59
|
|-
|2020
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center" |Cancelled due to COVID-19
|-
|2021
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center"|Virtual due to COVID-19
|-
|2022
|Annmarie Tuxbury
|{{USA}}
|2:39:18
|
|-
|2023
|style="background:#CCFFCC" | '''[[Maegan Krifchin]]'''
|{{USA}}
|style="background:#CCFFCC" | '''2:33:40'''
|Course record
|-
|2024
|Hannah Rowe
|{{USA}}
|2:46:56
|}

=== By nationality ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Country
!Men's<br>Open
!Women's<br>Open
!Total
|-
|{{USA}}
|28
|24
|50
|-
|{{COL}}
|1
|0
|1
|-
|{{MEX}}
|1
|0
|1
|-
|{{CAN}}
|0
|4
|4
|-
|{{ETH}}
|0
|2
|2
|}

=== Repeat Marathon Winners ===

{| class="wikitable"
!Repeat Champions
!No. of Wins
!Years of the Wins
|-
| Heidi Westerling - Westover
|style="text-align:center"|6
|style="text-align:center"|2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013
|-
| Matt Pelletier
|style="text-align:center"|6
|style="text-align:center"|2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2015, 2016
|-
| [[Kasie Enman]]
|style="text-align:center"|3
|style="text-align:center"|2012, 2015, 2017
|-
|Tyler Andrews 
|style="text-align:center"|3
|style="text-align:center"|2014, 2017, 2018
|-
| [[Sergio Reyes (runner)|Sergio Reyes]]
|style="text-align:center"|2
|style="text-align:center"|2019, 2022
|-
| John Crews 
|style="text-align:center"|2
|style="text-align:center"|2009, 2010
|-
| Cindy New
|style="text-align:center"|2
|style="text-align:center"|1994, 1996
|-
| Charlene Lyford
|style="text-align:center"|2
|style="text-align:center"|2000, 2001
|-
|}

: Sources:
:* {{Cite news|url=http://www.vermontcitymarathon.org/results/archive-of-results-since-1989/|title=Archive of Results (1989+)|work=Vermont City Marathon|access-date=2018-03-29|language=en-US}}
:* {{Cite web|url=http://www.coolrunning.com/results/15/vt/May24_27thPe_set1.shtml|title=Top Ten Results|date=25 May 2015|website=27th Peoples United Bank Vermont City Marathon & Marathon Relay Race Results|publisher=Cool Running|access-date=10 May 2016}}

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
{{GeoGroup}}
* {{Official website}}
*{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813070152/http://www.vermontcitymarathon.org/page.php?pid=13&pname=marathon_course_maps|date=2011-08-13|title=Map of Course}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070523194200/http://duncanlarkin.com/roads/my-favorite-essays/how-to-crack-the-vermont-city-marathon How to Crack the Vermont City Marathon]

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