Percy Cerutty Frankston to Portsea ~55 km

 

Race start with RD Kevin Cassidy at left

 

Where: Frankston to Portsea on the picturesque Mornington Pensinsula, south of Melbourne.

Status: Australia's oldest surviving ultra marathon. The race commemorates the long Sunday training run used for many years by the great athletics coach, Percy Cerutty.

When: normally first or second Sunday in April. Next race 11 April, 2010.

No. of finishers: 2005 - 18; 2006 - 19; 2007 - 22; 2008 - 36; 2009 - 40

How long in existence: since 1973

Winners last 5 years:

Year male time female time
2005 Mike Wheatley 3:57:27 Mary Morgan 4:32:25
2006 Mike Wheatley 3:57:59 no female finishers  
2007 Brian Trower 4:08:19 Sarah Drummond 5:22:17
2008 Antony Rickards RR 3:30:49 Maureen Wilson 4:58:33
2009 John Keats 3:46:16 Carmen Atkinson 4:51:17

Race records: Male - Antony Rickards 3:30:49, 2008; Female - Tracy McGaw 4:15, 1999

Race Director: Kevin Cassidy email or telephone 0425 733 336

Full results

2008
2009

   
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Male winner 2008 Antony Rickards

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Female winner Maureen Wilson