The Best You Cambie 19k

The Best You Cambie 19k

The Best You Cambie is a 19-kilometre Vancouver Marathon training run from the Cambie Running Room.

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The Best You Cambie 19k map

Located just over two kilometres from the starting line of the BMO Vancouver Marathon, the Cambie Running Room is well-situated as a jumping-off point for scouting the Vancouver Marathon course. The Best You Cambie 19k covers two sections of the full marathon course: 5.6 kilometres starting at the 0.5k mark of the marathon at Cambie and 29th Ave to 49th Ave and Larch; and 2.3 kilometres from around the 26.6k mark at MacDonald St and Point Grey Road around Kits Point to Whyte Ave (or bump it up to 2.6 kilometres with the alternative to Cornwall and Burrard).

Turn-by-Turn Directions
SOUTH on Cambie — RIGHT on 49th Ave — RIGHT on Larch St > Puget Dr > MacDonald St — RIGHT on Point Grey Rd > Cornwall Ave — LEFT on Arbutus St and follow road (Arbutus > McNicoll > Maple > Ogden) around Kits Point with the park on your left — RIGHT on Chestnut St — LEFT on Whyte Ave — RIGHT at Burrard Marina parking lot — follow path to Creekside and continue on Island Park Walk past Granville Island to False Creek Seawall path — RIGHT at Spyglass Pl — under Cambie Bridge and back to 7th Ave

For those desiring a slightly shorter route with a slightly larger dose of the Vancouver Marathon course:

continue on Chestnut past Whyte Ave — LEFT on Cornwall — RIGHT on Burrard St — LEFT on 1st Ave — LEFT fork on 1st Ave at Fir St — RIGHT on Island Park Walk

Click Here for the 19k Route on RunGo
13k Version

SOUTH on Cambie — RIGHT on 49th Ave — RIGHT on Angus Dr — take the left fork when Angus splits around the park after passing Matthews — LEFT on Marpole Ave — LEFT on Fir St — RIGHT on 7th Ave back to Cambie

Click Here for the 13k Route on RunGo