Gold Coast Runaway Bay Marathon
Sunday 11 June 2017
How to achieve your goals and turn audacious dreams into reality
The Gold Coast Runaway Bay marathon is an inaugural event. The run course is flat and traffic free and
should be very fast. It is a loop course of 6.25 kms per loop and offers three aid stations per loop, making it
eminently suitable for crew to look after their
runners with fluid and energy replacement.
On race eve the organisers will be hosting a
Marathon Clinic, followed by the Supermarathon
Clinic. The keynote speakers at the Marathon
Clinic will be Trent Morrow, aka as “Marathon
Man” and Kelvin Marshall.
Should Trent complete his double marathon at
the GC Runaway Bay Marathon on 11 June, he
will become the new record holder of the most
marathons by an Australian, with 313. The
theme of his talk will be “The World Record
Mindset and How to achieve your goals and turn
audacious dreams into reality!”
Marathon Man, Trent Morrow
The second keynote speaker will be Kelvin Marshall of
the Gold Coast. Kelvin has managed to rack up 173
marathons and 352 ultras for a total of 525, which is the
Australian record for the most number of marathons and
ultra marathons combined.
Kelvin has won many marathons and ultras and is well
known all over Australia and in many other parts of the
world for his running. A walking encyclodaedia of
anything to do with running, Marshall said “Running
becomes a way of life. It is a way of promoting a happy
and healthy lifestyle and the running community is
unbelievably friendly and caring”.
“I love the idea of this marathon. It’s the perfect hit out
for the Gold Coast Airport marathon 3 weeks later.”
Marathon and Ultra record holder, Kelvin Marshall
The field is limited to 500 runners. Event prices range from $55 to $200, less a discount of 50% for kids of 16
and under.
Tickets to the clinic are available for purchase or free of charge to race entrants.
Race singlets and commemorative medallions are included in the entry price.
Airfares to the Gold Coast, Australia’s premier tourist destination, have never been so cheap.
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