A two-peat was too sweet for Winnipeg’s Dawn Neal, who was overcome with emotion Sunday after winning the full Manitoba Marathon for a second straight year. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * A two-peat was too sweet for Winnipeg’s Dawn Neal, who was overcome with emotion Sunday after winning the full Manitoba Marathon for a second straight year. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? A two-peat was too sweet for Winnipeg’s Dawn Neal, who was overcome with emotion Sunday after winning the full Manitoba Marathon for a second straight year.
“I can’t even believe. Can’t even believe it. Wow,” the 42-year-old said after crossing the finish line of the 42.
2-kilometre course. “It’s an honour.” An argument could be made that this completes the “hat trick,” as the mother of four was the unofficial 2022 champion of a race that was officially stopped due to dangerous heat and humidity.
Neal made it count for real in the 2023 event, finishing in two hours, 57 minutes, 58 seconds. Mike Sudoma/Free Press Dawn Neal answers media questions after her first place finish in the women’s full marathon at the 46th annual Manitoba Marathon. This time? A sizzling 2:53:51.
“It hurt. Not gonna lie,” Neal said of toughing it out on a course that had been saturated by heavy overnight rain and storms. “I went out hard and just tried to hang on.
So thankful to see my family at mile 19 agai.