Gold Coast Airport Marathon 2011

Saturday, 2 July 2011 to Sunday, 3 July 2011

The 2011 Gold Coast Airport Marathon is once again being staged at quite possibly the most desirable of family holiday hotspots around australia and in the world. Held each and every year in the 1st saturday and sunday within July, for 2011 the actual 33rd Gold Coast Airport Marathon is ready to support and challenge somewhere around 25,000 people.

The friendly even terrain and mild seasonal temperature ranges turn it into a athletes favourite. The actual 42.195km contest encompases the city's magnificent beaches, starting off about the Southport Broadwater Parklands and journeying to a southern turnaround found at Burleigh Heads. This particular event is inviting to competitors of most ranges as well as enthusiasm - wheelchairs, fancy dress costumes, collegues, competent runners together with the somewhat out-of-shape all participate.

The original Gold Coast marathon was held in 1979 with just 691 joggers. By 2009, there were 23,398 entrants throughout all of the events, together with at least 5500 entrants coming from other Australian states and even close to 2000 international athletes. This season you'll see the actual Marathon, a shorter Half Marathon, a 10km Run, a 5km Challenge and Junior Dash competitions held over 4km as well as 2km for the children. Athletes certainly look forward to the actual outstanding spoting environments on the Gold Coast for these cooler months, and the level, speedy and breathtaking route that goes beside the Pacific Ocean surf beaches together with Broadwater.

In 2011 the Gold Coast Airport Marathon will definitely engage a high-quality field of high level athletes pursuing a part of this acclaim and also the serious prize pool and the assorted trophies available.The actual Gold Coast Airport Marathon is certainly accredited by Athletics Australia together with the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and it's a member belonging to the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS).

An endless number of fans cheer the runners to the finish with musicians and also entertainers throughout the route putting together an awesome ambiance identified as ‘Runspiration’. In the run up to the competition, sports people can investigate the Asics Sport & Leisure Expo at the Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre and get a pass for the Legends Motivational Carbo Lunch each and every year attended by Australian running stars such as Rob de Castella, Steve Moneghetti and Lee Troop.

Entries for the Gold Coast Airport Marathon start from April 2011 nonetheless you may very well create your very own challenge immediately. Get started with your entire training and also fundraising at this time, you can build your very own internet page at the formal website. All of this is undoubtedly additionally a superb strategy to nominate ones own preferred charity.Race for any charity that you choose or alternatively compete for the certified good cause of the Gold Coast Airport Marathon - Cancer Council Queensland. Quite a few of us have been touched by this illness one way or another and through taking part in the Gold Coast Airport Marathon in 2011, you can actually achieve your own personal objective and even raise funds for cancer research concurrently.

The Gold Coast Airport Marathon 2011 is ready to once again become a tremendously prevalent run and the well known Gold Coast accommodation alternatives regularly book out ahead of time. It's always definitely advised to reserve your Gold Coast hotel, motor inn, resort or apartment as soon as possible to enable you to concentrate on your training.

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