Traralgon Marathon
Dateusually June
LocationTraralgon, Victoria, Australia
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon
Established1968 (1968)
Official sitehttp://www.traralgonharriers.org.au
Participants13 finishers (2020)[1]
95 finishers (2019)[2]

The Traralgon Marathon is an annual marathon road running event held in Traralgon, Victoria, Australia. It has been held every year since 1968, and is the "oldest continuously run marathon in Australia" as of 2020.[3] The race is organised by the Traralgon Harriers Athletic Club.

History

External image
image icon Runners at inaugural race in 1968[4]

The inaugural race was held on 24 August 1968 as the first marathon in the "Victorian Country Marathon" series to be held in Traralgon.[5][6] A total of 18 runners finished out of an initial field of 34.[6]

In 1978, Patricia Cooper became the first woman to run the Traralgon Marathon.[7][8] She had only taken up running the year before, and completed the race with a finish time of 3:41:29.[7]

The 2020 edition of the race was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, but was eventually held on 29 November 2020.[9][3] Because of the pandemic, the course was changed, and contenders were limited to members of the Traralgon Harriers Athletic Club.[10] A total of 13 runners finished the marathon that year.[1]

Course

The course has changed a number of times but has been run in an out and back format starting from the Traralgon Recreation Reserve & Showgrounds out to Toongabbie for many years, moving away from the main road onto the rail trail in 2016 but still essentially following the same route.[11][12]

Winners

Ed.YearMen's WinnerTime[lower-alpha 1]Women's WinnerTime[lower-alpha 1] Rf.
11968Barry Sawyer2:26:53.6 uncontested[7] [6]
21969Ian Wheeler2:27:49 [13]
31970Derek Clayton2:13:39
41971John Bermingham2:32:08
51972Phil Lear2:28:38
61973Bob Guthrie2:28:05
71974Bob Guthrie2:28:34
81975Andrew Hill2:26:16
91976Phil Lear2:44:10
101977Robert Jamieson2:40:26
111978Matthew Ryan2:35:01Patricia Cooper3:41:29 [8]
121979Martin Thompson2:33:44Linda Thompson3:23:32 [13]
131980Carl Stevenson2:30:29Fay Tomholt3:48:28
141981Brian Whinnen2:26:28Anne Wilson3:51:25 [14]
151982Jim Seymon2:33:18Iris Cook3:02:40 [15]
161983David Potts2:30:28Linda Thompson3:09:36 [13]
171984John Duck2:27:06Georgann Petersen3:09:16
181985Wayne Kelb2:32:49
191986John Brennan2:34:00Mary Edwards2:56:06
201987Rob Gilfillen2:27:18Mary Edwards3:07:52
211988Rob Gilfillen2:25:47Mary Edwards2:52:59
221989Rob Gilfillen2:27:57Mary Edwards3:08:45
231990Mark Sinclair2:34:27Jan Brimacombe3:13:33
241991Morgan Tucker2:30:45Shirley Kelly3:06:46
251992Morgan Tucker2:23:56Linda Meadows2:53:38
261993Morgan Tucker2:32:45Linda Christian2:53:02
271994Morgan Tucker2:30:55Sydney Martin3:25:09
281995Max Carson2:54:26Sydney Martin3:30:59
291996Darren Benson2:33:19Lee Graham3:23:22
301997Nenet Susa2:35:17Sandra Timmer-Arends3:13:53
311998Darrel Cross2:45:43Shirley Young3:59:29
321999Aaron Fuller2:47:56Sandra Timmer-Arends2:55:16
332000Ian Cornthwaite2:35:09June Petrie3:04:20
342001John MacKenzie2:33:51Rachael Stewart3:42:11
352002John MacKenzie2:34:00Jodie Healey3:29:08
362003Steve Quirk2:52:08Jodie Healey3:27:48
372004Mike Wheatley2:42:59Sandra Timmer-Arends3:00:06
382005David Meade2:27:49Jodie Healey3:12:23
392006Tim Cochrane2:46:37Sandra Timmer-Arends3:12:21
402007Tim Cochrane2:45:34Sandra Timmer-Arends3:25:19
412008John MacKenzie2:40:34Sandra Timmer-Arends3:22:32
422009John MacKenzie2:34:24Sandra Timmer-Arends3:22:01
432010John MacKenzie2:36:18Jennifer Northe3:27:39
442011John MacKenzie2:42:18Kylie Murray2:58:13
452012John MacKenzie2:41:54Athene Chariot3:04:48
462013Cameron Hall2:39:55Athene Chariot3:15:43
472014Dion Finocchiaro2:33:43Katherine Macmillan3:07:08
482015Dion Finocchiaro2:31:19Katherine Macmillan3:17:25
492016James Vince2:50:11Sarah Franks3:21:55
502017Ryan Wissmer2:33:46Kylie-Anne Richards3:17:18 [16]
512018James Vince2:42:37Charlotte Wildblood3:25:19 [17]
522019John Dutton2:34:42Rebecca Dale3:27:53 [18]
532020Zackary Beasley2:40:28Narelle Crozier3:14:17 [1]
54 2021 Travis Boyle 2:29:49 Narelle Crozier 2:56:08 [19]
55 2022 Zackary Beasley 2:42:18 Narelle Crozier 2:58:33 [20]
56 2023 Hamish Cropper 2:42:19 Jody Daff 3:46:12 [21]

Notes

  1. 1 2 h:m:s

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Result". Archived from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  2. ↑ "Traralgon Marathon". Archived from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Beasley wins Traralgon Marathon | Latrobe Valley Express | Morwell, VIC". 8 December 2020. Archived from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "Victorian Country Marathon 1968 - Ausrunning". Archived from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  5. ↑ "Search for Races - Ausrunning". 8 December 2020. Archived from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  6. 1 2 3 "Traralgon68_AH.jpg (1592×2392)". 8 December 2020. Archived from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  7. 1 2 3 "Traralgon78_VMCv10n2.jpg (2392×2992)". 8 December 2020. Archived from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  8. 1 2 "Traralgon Marathon 1978 - Ausrunning". Archived from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  9. ↑ "2020 Traralgon Marathon postponed | Latrobe Valley Express | Morwell, VIC". 8 December 2020. Archived from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  10. ↑ Community (8 December 2020). "Latest chapter of Traralgon Marathon history to be written on Sunday | Latrobe Valley Express | Morwell, VIC". Archived from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  11. ↑ "'Inclusive' 52nd Traralgon Marathon returns Sunday". Latrobe Valley Express. 30 May 2019.
  12. ↑ "Traralgon Marathon". World's Marathons.
  13. 1 2 3
  14. ↑ "Result" (PDF). 1981. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  15. ↑ "1982_traralgon.jpg (1700×2338)". 8 December 2020. Archived from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  16. ↑ "Traralgon Marathon". Archived from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  17. ↑ "Traralgon Marathon". Archived from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  18. ↑ "Traralgon Marathon". Archived from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  19. ↑ "2021 Traralgon Marathon Festival, 11/07/2021 : : my.race|result". my.raceresult.com. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  20. ↑ "2022 Traralgon Marathon Festival, 05/06/2022 : : my.race|result". my.raceresult.com. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  21. ↑ "2023 Traralgon Marathon Festival, 04/06/2023 : : my.race|result". my.raceresult.com. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
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