Talk:Gold Coast Marathon

History of Gold Coast Marathon
The first Gold Coast Marathon was hosted on September 2, 1979 in the Gold Coast suburb of Evendale. The Rotary Club of Surfer’s Paradise Central initiated the event as part of a health awareness campaign for the Gold Coast. The 1st Gold Coast Marathon consisted of a six-lap loop course, starting and finishing at the Evandale Civic Centre. Local Rotarian John Goldstein served as the event coordinator. The innagural race had 124 participants for the full marathon, 144 for the half marathon and 423 in a fun run. Dusty Lewis took over as event coordinator in 1981, and would remain in the position for the next 20 years. In 1981, the venue was changed from Evendale to Surfer’s Paradise. The new route started and ended at the Surfer’s Paradise Surf Life Saving Club. In 1984, the race was held at Broadbeach for the first time, starting and ending at Kurrawa Park. In 1985, Channel 0 provided the first telecast of the event; three hours of live coverage with Los Angeles Olympics commentators Bruce McAvaney, Raelene Boyle and Rob Readings as hosts. In 1996, ownership of the event was signed over to Sports Marketing and Management (SMAM) and Javelin Australia. In 1997, Gold Coast Mayor Ray Stevens offered $500,000 to anyone who could break the world marathon record, and $50,000 to the competitor who set the new race record. 1997 was also the first year that ESPN telecast the event for the first time in the U.S. In 1998, over 200 million worldwide tuned in to watch the 20th anniversary race. In 1999, race location was changed from Southport Broadwater, to Runaway Bay. It was moved back to Southport Broadwater in 2002. In 2001, the marathon was this year taken over by Gold Coast Events Management, a subsidiary of Queensland Events Corporation. In 2005, the event was awarded the “Best Major Festival and Event” by the Australian Tourism Awards. In 2011, the event had a record breaking 24,726 participants. [2] Hcward219 (talk) 22:57, 23 July 2012 (UTC) Hcward219 (talk) 01:08, 24 July 2012 (UTC) Hcward219 (talk) 01:10, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

Sponsorship
Organization and Sponsorship In 1985, Bob Jane T-Mart contributed $120,000 to the race, the largest sponsorship in the race’s history. As a result, the race’s name was changed to the Bob Jane T-Marts Gold Coast Marathon. The naming rights have changed frequently since then, with the list as follows:

~1986: XXXX Gold Coast Marathon (for the XXXX Brewing Company)

~1987: The Sea World Gold Coast Marathon

~1990: JAL Gold Coast International Marathon

~2000: Gold Coast Bulletin Marathon [2]

Hcward219 (talk) 22:41, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

The naming rights have been changed again for the Gold Coast marathon since 2000. The marathon has recently been changed to the Gold Coast Airport Marathon. The airport has extended their sponsorship for the marathon for a further three years for 2012, 2013 and 2014. “Gold Coast Airport first signed on as naming rights sponsor for the 2003 Marathon and the new deal will take its sponsorship of the event through to a 12th year in 2014.”( text Gold Coast Marathon n.d.) Since the airport taking over sponsorship it has made a significant contribution to the Queensland economy by drawing visitors from overseas and interstate. “Since Gold Coast Airport commenced its sponsorship, entries have risen from 9,494 in 2002 to 24,725 last year”.( text Gold Coast Marathon n.d.) The sponsorship by the airport has also helped to help target the international markets such as Japan, New Zealand and South East Asia. “Both Gold Coast Airport and the Gold Coast Airport Marathon have enjoyed rapid growth since our first year as naming rights sponsor and we continue to share our main goals – to grow tourism for the region and set benchmarks in our respective industries that attract worldwide attention,” said Mr Chant. “[ http://www.goldcoastbusinessnews.com.au/process/myviews/gcbn_article.html?articleId=4065]

“Recognizing the integral role the community plays in our ongoing success, Gold Coast Airport continuously strives to be recognized as a responsible employer of choice and prominent community member through ongoing employee services, ongoing consultation and sponsorship”. ( text Sponsorships n.d.) Gold Coast Airport aims to form a active and helpful relationships with local communities An example of this is the sponsorship programs that are positioned at the Gold Coast Airport which contributes more then $380,000 per year to local community based sponsorships a major one for the airport is in face the Gold Coast Airport Marathon.

Managing director of the airport Dennis Chant states that" The Gold Coast Airport Marathon allows Gold Coast Airport to demonstrate to other corporate entities a commitment to fostering events that showcase this region to the world and involve the community as a whole," ( text BussinessNews n.d.) Not only has the airport benefited the marathon by taking on the role of being its major sponsor, but the support the airport has given over the last 10 years. Has also helped the Gold Coast Airport Marathon to be recognsed as now of the world’s most required races. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Em Stef (talk • contribs) 03:54, 28 June 2013 (UTC)

Past Marathon Winners
Year	Female	Time	Male	Time [2] 1979	Mary Murison	2.58.17	Eric Sigmont	2.28.44 1980	Mary Murison	2.58.33	Andrew Lloyd	2.23.02 1981	Margaret Reddan	2.58.33	Rod Lyons	2.24.04 1982	Jill Colwell	2.43.25	Alain Lazare	2.19.21 1983	Rhonda Bushby	2.49.17	Laurie Adams	2.16.22 1984	Margaret Reddan	2.57.13	Pat Carroll	2.23.16 1985	Margaret Reddan	2.54.55	Pat Carroll	2.17.10 1986	Margaret Reddan	2.47.09	Peter Mitchell	2.14.59 1987	Janet McAfee	2.54.22	Laurie Adams	2.18.24 1988	Ngairie Drake	2.39.25	Pat Carroll	2.10.44 1989	Jan Fedrick	2.51.30	Brad Camp	2.10.11 1990	Hiromi Satoyama	2.40.57	Allan Carman	2.15.15 1991	Jackie Hallam	2.36.23	Shinji Kawashima	2.14.01 1992	Marie Tanagawa	2.35.45	Katsumi Kitajima	2.14.14 1993	Erico Asai	2.29.29	Sean Quilty	2.15.31 1994	Yuko Yamazoe	2.43.20	Hajime Nakatomi	2.15.05 1995	Julie Rose	2.38.42	Roderic De Highden	2.13.59 1996	Sylvia Rose	2.40.17	Magnus Michelsson	2.20.20 1997	Susan Hobson	2.32.43	Pat Carroll	2.11.21 1998	Jane Salumae	2.33.34	Fred Kiprop	2.11.15 1999	Hiromi Igarishi	2.35.19	Fred Kiprop	2.14.02 2000	Samantha Hughes	2.44.04	Joseph Kahugu	2.16.39 2001	Yuko Arimori	2:35:40	Phil Costley	2:13:36 2002	Saori Kawai	2:37:48	Rod De Highden	2:15:22 2003	Shireen Crumpton	2:40:10	Dickson Marwa	2:12:53 2004	Anna Thompson	2:40:53	Gemechu Woyecha	2:15:47 2005	Jackie Fairweather	2:34:42	Dickson Marwa	2:16:10 2006	Jennifer Gillard	2:41:06	Lee Troop	2:14:13 2007	Ayumi Hayashi 2:33:22	Toyokazu Yoshimura 2:20:07 2008	Shireen Crumpton	2:38:16	 Kazuo Ietani 2:14:17 2009	Lauren Shelley	2:42:22	William Chebon Chebor	2:11:58 2010	Kaori Yoshida 2:31:33	James Kariuki Mbugua 2:13:53 2011	Goitetom Tesema 2:30:08	Nicholas Manza 2:10:01 Kenglett (talk) 18:44, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Basic Information about Gold Coast Wiki Page
Currently, this is a stub page without much information. A stub means that the article itself is to short to provide encyclopedic coverage of a subject. This would not be considered a good representation of the mission of the online encyclopedia because Wiki is not a dictionary, rather an encyclopedia. An annual marathon race held in Queensland, Australia based on the Gold Coast Marathon website. The race is one of the largest running events in the world based on the number of participants. (Roughly 22, 269 participants) based on information provided by Wikipedia and listed under largest running events. [1] Kenglett (talk) 21:49, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

The Five Pillars
In general, the article upholds the 5 pillars of Wikipedia, but mainly because there is not enough content published to oppose them. This article provides specialized information on the Gold Coast Marathon like an encyclopedia would, but does not provide the depth or amount of information an encyclopedia would. It consists of one factual sentence, providing insufficient content to address an alternative point of view. While the one sentence “The Gold Coast Marathon is an annual marathon race in the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, which was first run in 1979,” does seem to be neutral, its lack of citation and footnotes goes against the neutrality pillar by not providing verifiable resources. Hcward219 (talk) 22:49, 23 July 2012 (UTC) The information within the Wikipedia and the added information is neutral, respectful and interacts to provide information as an encyclopedia. The information is bold in the facts it presents without plagiarism. It holds to the policies and guidelines. Kenglett (talk) 00:53, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

Some suggestions for improvement of the overall Wikipedia page would be to add more information about the race itself, past race winners, information on how to train for the event, information about pace runners, features of the location regarding the pristine beaches and beautiful weather year round, and possibly some nutrition information for preparing and hydrating for the long race.

These suggestions and information below that are provided relate to the policies and procedures of Wikipedia, as well as encompass  a neutral point of view. The audience and the readers can see this information is written without bias and pertains to any and all people. These all offer ways to improve running. Kenglett (talk) 18:38, 23 July 2012 (UTC) Kenglett (talk) 18:52, 23 July 2012 (UTC) Kenglett (talk) 21:49, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Training for such an Event
Most training schedules for a marathon are for a runner who does run consistently. A good baseline would be 12-15 miles a week. [5] A mock beginner schedule can be seen at: http://running.about.com/od/marathonprograms/a/marathonbeg.htm

You will see that during the last several weeks before the race, your training will be much lighter. This is also known as tapering.


 * Note** you can switch days to accommodate your schedule.

Coaching is a very good way of training. A coach can write you a training program that is best suited for you personally to reach your individual goal and expectations. Pat Carroll is a marathon coach and 4 time winner of the Gold Coast Marathon and is ranked 4th on the Australian all-time list for the Marathon behind Darren Wilson, Steve Moneghetti and Lee Troop.

Pace Runners are positioned at this race, as well as many of the larger event marathon races. For this particular race there are 2 pace groups, A and B. [4] Group A is the pacer positioned at the front of the pace group which runs to “Gun Time” Group B pace runners are positioned at the end of the group and run “Net Time”, also known as the chip time. An e example of a pace group would be for specific times: 3 hrs. 3 hrs. 30 min, 4 hrs. 4 hrs. 30 min. The groups also have a balloon colour so you know which group is for which pace time. [4] Kenglett (talk) 18:46, 23 July 2012 (UTC) Hcward219 (talk) 00:59, 24 July 2012 (UTC) Kenglett (talk) 01:12, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

Weather
The Gold Coast climate has a comfortable sub-tropical climate all year round. Temperatures average in the mid to high 20’s (Celsius) all year round. [3] When it rains, it takes a “dump and run” approach and then clears up quickly. This sounds like Florida in the summer! Kenglett (talk) 18:46, 23 July 2012 (UTC) Kenglett (talk) 01:12, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

Beaches
Sandy, long, and clean beaches are features of the Gold Coast Marathon. It’s what the Gold Coast does best. Surfers Paradise Beach is where the Gold Coast Marathon is held. Some of the beaches include Narrowneck which is the main beach, Broad beach, Burleigh Heads, Currumbin Beach, Kirra Beach, and Coolangatta Beach. There are several other beaches that are more quiet and relaxed. [3] Kenglett (talk) 18:46, 23 July 2012 (UTC) Kenglett (talk) 01:13, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

All of the information comes from sources cited below. Wikipedia is a collaborative effort and can be edited/written by numerous people. It also is a large encyclopedia to expand on within a code of conduct and broaden one's knowledge of a certain subject. Kenglett (talk) 01:07, 24 July 2012 (UTC)

Citations/Sources
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest?running?events

2. http://www.goldcoastmarathon.com.au

3. http://www.goldcoastinfo.net

4. http://www.patcarroll.com.au

5. http://running.about.com/od/marathonprograms/a/marathongeg/htm

6. Schulman, D. 2012, July 18. Fuel on Fat for the Long Run. retreived from http://marathonguide.com/training/articles/mandBguelonfat.cfm

Kenglett (talk) 17:54, 23 July 2012 (UTC)