The course passes both Flinders Street station and the Yarra River
The Great Australian Run is an annual 15 kilometres road running race which normally takes place in November in Melbourne, Australia. First held in 2008, it is an international version of the British-based Great Run series.
The race featured over 4000 competitors at its inaugural edition, and also succeeded in attracting high-calibre elite athletes such as marathon world record breakers Haile Gebrselassie and Catherine Ndereba, as well as Australian 2008 Olympians Craig Mottram and Benita Johnson.[1][2] The competition is broadcast live on Channel Ten.[3] A complementary 10 km wheelchair race first took place at the 2009 competition.[4]
The course of the race, which passes the IAAF's world record standards,[3] begins and ends in Albert Park and passes many of Melbourne's touristic landmarks, including the Yarra River and Flinders Street station.[5] The course, which follows a double-looped circuit style, heads north from Albert Park before switching back in a south-easterly direction through the Royal Botanic Gardens. It passes the Fawkner Park as it heads further south, and finally turns back northwards to complete the circuit in Albert Park.[6]
The race has also served as the Australian road running championships, with Collis Birmingham and Nikki Chapple taking the national titles in 2009.[7]
In 2011, it was renamed City2Bay and took place 9 January 2011. The new course started from Docklands Stadium and ended in St Kilda.
^2008 Race Report Archived 26 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Great Australian Run. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
^Ovadia, Edward (30 November 2008). Gebrselassie and Ndereba supreme over 15km in Melbourne. IAAF. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
^ abAbout the Race Archived 25 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Great Australian Run. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
^Great Australian Wheelchair 10K Archived 29 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Great Australian Run. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
^Hedley, Nicola (28 July 2008). Gebrselassie to take part in first Great Australian Run. IAAF. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
^Route Map Archived 14 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Great Australian Run. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
^Johnson, Len (29 November 2009). Weidlinger upstages Wanjiru in Melbourne. IAAF. Retrieved 2009-11-29.
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