Great Ocean Road Marathon

The Great Ocean Road Marathon is run over 44km from Lorne to Apollo Bay along the Victorian coastal route. It is the main race within the annual Great Ocean Road Running Festival, which also includes 60km, 23km and 6km runs, 5km and 10km walks and a 1.5km Kids Gallop. In 2019 a total of 8200 runners took part across the events[1]. The event began in 2005[2] and is now owned by IMG. The course record of 2:27:37 was set in 2019 by Australian runner Nick Earl.[3][4] Earl broke the previous record of 2:27:42 set in 2011 by James Kipkelwon of Kenya, who also won the event in 2012.[5]


References
  1. "Great Ocean Road Running Festival clocks an event PB". Great Ocean Road Running Festival.
  2. "Agony meets ecstacy at the Great Ocean Road Marathon". Geelong Advertiser.
  3. "Community Sports: Melbourne high for local runner | The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
  4. "2019 Marathon Results: Great Ocean Road Run Festival". tomatotiming.racetecresults.com. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
  5. Sum, Eliza (22 May 2012). "Highton man second in marathon". Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
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