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By Cam Lee

Another major marathon

Luthi completes seventh major marathon in Sydney, Australia

Sep 4, 2025 | 2:17 PM

A Melfort athlete has completed all seven current major marathons.

Robyn Luthi recently returned to Canada after her trip to Sydney, Australia to race in the Sydney Marathon.

“I kind of thought I would be retired after doing the six stars, and the next day after I finished [the] New York City [Marathon] they announced Sydney as the seventh,” Luthi explained. “Being I had already done the first six, I thought I might as well carry on with this.”

Not only was completing all seven major marathons an accomplishment in itself, Luthi had an excellent performance down under. She finished with a time of 2:56:34, which was seventh in her age group and number 47 among all females in the race.

It was Luthi’s fourth sub three-hour major marathon, which came as a bit of a surprise to her.

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“I came in very undertrained for this race, I did not have a good training cycle at all,” Luthi told northeastNOW. “I actually debated not even coming to the race a week before I was supposed to leave, but I’m glad I went.”

Luthi arrived in Sydney almost a week early to get used to the 16-hour time change. She said the weather was perfect for race day at about 10 °C with little wind. The course was very hilly, according to Luthi, especially in the last few kilometres, and she said it was a very challenging race.

“One of the most beautiful finishes I’ve ever experienced in a race because you do run right into the Sydney Opera House in the harbour.”

Luthi qualified for the World Age Class Championship in Cape Town, South Africa in May. She expects that South Africa will be named the eighth star marathon, and believes that Shanghai, China will be named the ninth world major marathon in the coming years.

Luthi’s goal remains going sub-2:50 in a marathon, which was going to originally be her goal for Sydney. However, with her training difficulties, she didn’t feel that was a possibility this time around.

“Hopefully by next spring I can run a sub-2:50 marathon because there’s nobody in the province female-wise that’s ever done that,” Luthi said.

Unfortunately for Luthi, that means training for a marathon in the dead of a Saskatchewan winter. She said training in extreme cold is very difficult and admits it’s a challenge to stay motivated some days.

“But you gotta do it, so you do it!”

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cam.lee@pattisonmedia.com