Melbourne Marathon

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The Melbourne Marathon is an annual marathon that has taken place in Melbourne, Australia since 1978. It is the main race within the Melbourne Marathon Festival. The race starts at Batman Avenue and ends at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, going through the South of Melbourne over the traditional 42.195 km marathon distance. A total of 3328 competitors completed the 2008 race. Another 17,000 people participated in Half Marathon (21.1 km), 10 The 2019 running of the marathon saw an Australian record of 7037 finishers, 1880 of whom were female (27%). In 1978 approximately 4% of the 1947 finishers were female. The 2020 event was cancelled on 9 September due to the COVID-19 crisis. A virtual marathon was run for the period 5 to 13 December. In September 2021 it was decided to postpone the 2021 event until 11 and 12 December. The marathon and half marathon were run on Sunday the 12th, starting an hour earlier to escape the heat. The shorter events were held on the afternoon of Saturday the 11th...

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