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Event Holder
Melbourne Marathon
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Admission Price
From $29 for the 3K walk
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Countdown to event!
2024-10-06 06:00:00
2024-10-06 12:00:00
Australia/Sydney
Melbourne Marathon
Registrations for the Medibank Melbourne Marathon Festival are now open!
We return to our favourite finish line inside the MCG. All runners in the Medibank Melbourne Marathon, the Half Marathon, The Coffee Club 10km and the Asics 5.7km run and 3km walk events will finish with a lap of the MCG.
Melbourne, VIC
Melbourne Marathon
Categories
Event
- Cause-related
- Community
- Sport
Target Demographics
Age
- 0 - 15 Years
- 16 - 39 Years
- 25 - 54 Years
- 16 - 54 Years
- 55+ Years
- Families
Target Regions
- Within 1 hour of the Event
- Within 3 hours drive
- Australia-wide
- Victoria
Sponsorship Benefits
The Medibank Melbourne Marathon Festival will once again run the active feet Runners Expo on the External concourse of the MCG.
With an exciting array of fitness specific stores, you'll have plenty of things to see and do before and after your race!
The Expo will be located on the external concourse of the MCG between Gates 1 and 2.
Sponsored Event Experience
The Cerebral Palsy Education Centre (CPEC) are Celebrating their 8th consecutive year as the Official Charity for the Melbourne Marathon.
Why not get all of your mates together and run for the kids of the Cerebral Palsy Education Centre
Event Background
In the late seventies and early 80s, most major cities decided to follow in the successful footsteps of Boston and host a marathon. With milk drink Big M sponsoring it, Melbourne staged its first marathon in 1978 on a course that began in Frankston, headed up Nepean Highway and finished outside the Melbourne Town Hall. The first race director was Ted Paulin, a former star middle distance runner. Over 2000 runners took part in the inaugural event with most catching a special early morning train to Frankston. The race quickly went through a boom period with more than 6000 entrants in 1983 – the year that Robert de Castella won the world marathon championship in Helsinki. But as with many events in the southern hemisphere, the race struggled through the 1990's before a massive upsurge in interest in 2007. Now owned by IMG, the race has become the biggest marathon in Australia with a record 6218 completing the course in 2012 and more than 35,000 entries across the four accompanying events - The Half Marathon, 10km Run and the Asics 5.7km run and 3km walk events.
Event Details
The Melbourne Marathon Festival has full marathon, half marathon, 10km, 5.7km and 3km running and walking events.
All events finish at the MCG; entry is free on the race day for family and friends to support you at the end of your race. Bikes and pets are not permitted into the MCG (other than guide dogs); prams and pushers are permitted into the MCG's spectator areas located in the Olympic Stand and Member's Reserve.