Gold Coast 100 & 50 km

 
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Where:
Gold Coast, Qld. From Kurrawa to Palm Beach and return (25 km) by four times. There are also 25km and 50km options

Status: offically measured 100km course, Australian 100km & 50km road championships, AURA 100 km & 50 km championships. Also qualifying race for IAU 100km World Cup and qualifying race for the IAU 50km trophy final. Both races carry IAU labelling.

When: Sunday of the Queen's birthday weekend in June. The next racedate is 13th June, 2010. The 50k race and the 100k race will start at the same time. Runners will be eligible for both events; i.e. it is possible for the one athlete to win both events.

No. of starters - 100km: 2003 - 11; 2004 - 13; 2005 - 23; 2006 - 19; 2007 - 35; 2008 - 36; 2009 - 18
No. of starters - 50km: 2008 - 11; 2009 - 10

How long in existence: since 2003

History: The National 100km championships were first held at Shepparton in 1995 and 1996, but were then discontinued. The only other 100km race in Australia on a measured course at the time was the run leg of the ultra triathlon conducted by the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team in Canberra on a 3.8km out and back course. The SCMT kindly allowed the National 100km championships to be held in conjunction with their event. However, the course was not conducive to achieving good results, with the run leg being held at night-time. Following an unsuccessful call for a race organiser to stage the race, AURA President Ian Cornelius took steps to resurrect the championships himself, with the first race being held at Runaway Bay, Qld on 12 July 2003. It was held at the same venue in 2004, 2005 and 2006, being switched to the beachfront course on the Gold Coast in 2007. In 2007 it was held on an out and back course of 25km each way. However, because of congestion at the southern end of the course resulting from the Wintersun Festival, the course was modified to turn at the halfway point, that is out 12.5km, back 12.5 km times four. This reduces the number of aid stations thus simplfying the logistics but allows the race to be conducted on an extremely picturesque course. Peter Hall of Victory Sports took over the organising of the race commencing June, 2009.

Winners by year 100km (first held 2003):

Year male time female time Venue
2003 Mark Hutchinson 7:41:45 Monika Mohr 10:53:13 Runaway Bay
2004 Jonathan Blake 7:31:13 Mignon Auguszczak 10:00:15 Runaway Bay
2005 Darren Benson 7:47:17 Mignon Auguszczak 11:39:09 Runaway Bay
2006 Robert Ware 7:51:43 Zoe Lawrie 9:06:42 Runaway Bay
2007 Tim Cochrane 8:25:58 Deanne Nobbs 9:55:39 Kurrawa
2008 David Eadie 7:40:18 Kerrie Bremner 9:14:50 Kurrawa
2009 Terry Bell 7:42:08 Jackie Fairweather 7:48:51 Kurrawa
2010 Dean Cook 7:38:18 Kerrie Bremner 8:55:45 Kurrawa

Winners by year 50km (first held 2008):

Year male time female time Venue
2008 Kim Cook 4:17:11 Eleena Rosevear 4:17:12 Kurrawa
2009 Mike Page 3:49:30 Megan Wei 4:05:38 Kurrawa
2010 Chris Hills 3:12:45 Tressa Lindenberg 3:40:23 Kurrawa

Race records 100km: Male - Jonathan Blake (2004) 7:31:36, Female - Jackie Fairweather (2009) 7:48:51

Race records 50km: Male - Chris Hills (2010) 3:12:45; Female - Tressa Lindenberg (2010) 3:40:23

Race Director: Peter Hall email or telephone 0411 083 896

Race website

Training tips by Don Wallace; 6 times sub 7 hour 100k runner

Results 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

100km best road performances to 8 hours (8.5 for women)

100k and 50k road rankings AUS

Report by Jackie Fairweather on her debut performance 2009

Hall of fame pics....100km

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2005
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2007
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2010

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Jonathan
Blake

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Darren
Benson
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Robert
Ware
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Tim
Cochrane
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David
Eadie
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Terrence
Bell

Dean
Cook

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Monika
Mohr

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Mignon
Auguszczak
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Mignon
Auguszczak
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Zoe
Lawrie
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Deanne
Nobbs
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Kerrie
Bremner
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Jackie
Fairweather
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Kerrie
Bremner

 

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