Tassal Group Airlie Seashore Marathon Competition on 17/18 July 2021.

This yr’s Marathon Competition is within the remaining planning levels and has the most important marathon subject because it was launched in 2017.

The Athletics North Queensland Championship Marathon is the marquee occasion of the pageant and is shaping as much as be an excellent competitors with a subject that features 4 earlier winners, just a few earlier podium finishers, and a few stiff competitors from down south.

Historically, many entries are obtained within the final couple of weeks, and this appears to be the case once more this yr with the full variety of entries anticipated to match these of 2018.

This yr sees the introduction of particular medals to recognise those that end the marathon and half marathon. All different rivals will obtain a improbable finisher medal that includes our well-known Humpback whales.

This yr’s pageant will introduce the Airlie Seashore Foreshore Magic Mile to be run on Saturday, 17 July at 4:00pm. There’s prize cash for the quickest female and male and ribbons awarded within the 6 to 9 and 10 to fifteen yr age teams.

The pageant additionally caters for all age teams from 4 years outdated and up. It options races of 1 mile, 1 km, 2 km, 5km, 10km, 21.1km and 42.2 km.

Entrants within the children 1km and 2km will earn factors for his or her faculty. The first faculty with the best variety of individuals on a share foundation will win a money prize and the floating trophy.

The Occasion Supervisor and President of the Whitsunday Working Membership, Tim McQuoid-Mason stated: “It has been one other troublesome yr for occasion organisers, nevertheless the response from the runners has been superb and we sit up for an excellent couple of days of operating in paradise!”

Extra details about the occasion could be discovered on the pageant web site at www.runairlie.com.au .