Gold Coast Airport Marathon Archives

A record 28,000 runners turned out for the annual Gold Coast Airport Marathon event, encompassing the marathon, half marathon, 10km, 5km and junior dash races. As part of the event, 5 generous individuals chose to raise funds for cancer research as part of their race.

These supporters each had their own motivations for supporting cancer research, some were cancer survivors giving their all with their new found health, others had friends and family currently battling cancer, and others had sadly lost loved ones to cancer. Supporter Miles Thompson said it was the loss of his amazing papa, Keith Patching, a few years ago that inspired him to support cancer research, he was doing this run for his papa. Amongst all the worthy cancer charities, supporter Kylie King chose to support the Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF) because she “decided [her] money would work the best, by going towards helping with research to find a cure.” Continue reading “Gold Coast overrun by marathon festival”

On the first weekend in July more than 24,000 people turned out to take part in the Gold Coast Airport Marathon events. With 6 events over 2 days there was something for all ages and fitness levels!

Amongst the thousands were 6 ACRF supporters competing in various events over the weekend.

Each of our supporters had their own personal reason for competing for cancer research. A few were inspired by their family and friends who had been through cancer and remained positive and courageous throughout their treatment. Others were taking on this challenge in honour of lost family members in the hope that their fundraising might help spare other families from going through what they had been through. Regardless of their specific motivations, they all knew that every dollar of every donation raised would be going to cancer research and in the process hopefully bringing us closer to a cure. Continue reading “2011 Gold Coast Airport Marathon”