It was a busy weekend for two-time Canadian Olympian Charles Philibert-Thiboutot, who served as a race ambassador on the 2024 Beneva Montreal Marathon. Philibert-Thiboutot triumphed within the one-mile race on Friday, claimed victory on the Canadian 5K Championships on Saturday, after which paced a whole lot of runners to non-public bests within the half-marathon on Sunday.
When Philibert-Thiboutot took on the function of race ambassador two years in the past, his objective was to extend the occasion’s recognition. “This yr, the race added the Quebec Mile Championships and revived the Canadian 5K Championships, which amplified my involvement with the marathon,” says Philibert-Thiboutot. “Being a pacer within the half-marathon was at all times a part of how I wished to contribute as an envoy.”
Philibert-Thiboutot gained the inaugural Quebec Mile Championships in 4:08, ending 9 seconds forward of runners-up Thomas Laviolette and Matthew Beaudet. He adopted that victory with a formidable Canadian nationwide 5K highway title the following morning, clocking 14:14.
“As quickly as we knew these occasions have been on the schedule, I used to be excited to commit and make it the ultimate race of my season,” Philibert-Thiboutot shared.
The 33-year-old middle-distance runner hopes that the inclusion of recent occasions will entice extra elite athletes to compete in Montreal subsequent yr.
On the Paris Olympics, Philibert-Thiboutot was certainly one of six runners to achieve the lads’s 1,500m semi-finals via the repechage spherical. Within the semis, he ran a season-best 3:33:29, inserting eleventh.
After an intense season, Philibert-Thiboutot now plans to take a well-deserved break earlier than ramping up for the 2025 indoor season, with the World Indoor Championships in China on the horizon. “It’s been a protracted and intense few years, so I’m planning on taking an extended trip than traditional,” he says.
