Uni student picked for Comm Games marathon
A man from Queensland's Gold Coast is among the latest additions to the Australian Commonwealth Games athletics team.
View ArticleMarathon a 'showcase' for Gold Coast Games bid
The Gold Coast Marathon could help decide the fate of the south-east Queensland city's bid to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
View ArticleMarathon records on the line
It is just days until the Gold Coast Airport Marathon. The focus is always on the big race, the full marathon, but there is also some heated competition in the junior ranks.
View ArticleMeet the marathon winners
The Gold Coast Airport Marathon proved to be record-breaking in more ways than one.
View ArticleMarathon medallist Michael Shelley
Commonwealth Games marathon medallist Michael Shelley took time out to share his story about winning silver at the games - even though it was his only second-ever marathon event.
View ArticleChanging of the guard in Iron family
The double act of brothers Dean and Darren Mercer have dominated Queensland's Coolangatta Gold race for almost two decades. But tomorrow's event will mark a changing of the guard. Darren Mercer's...
View ArticleMarathon gives Japanese quake victims purpose
A small group from Japan is using the Gold Coast Marathon in south-east Queensland as a way of focusing their lives after the earthquake and tsunami at home.
View ArticleManza reigns supreme at Gold Coast marathon
Kenyan runner Nicholas Manza has completed the men's full marathon in record-breaking time at Broadbeach south of Brisbane.
View ArticleShelley wins 5th Gold Coast Marathon
Michael Shelley won the Gold Coast Marathon within two seconds of the race record he set in 2010.
View ArticleMarathon support impresses Games delegate
A member of an African Commonwealth Games delegation says he is impressed with the Queensland Government's support for sport on the Gold Coast.
View ArticleAussies tell of confusion and chaos in Boston
Queensland ex-pats living and competing in Boston describe the chaos and confusion that ensued when two deadly blasts abruptly ended the Boston Marathon.
View ArticleWhy do runners get a stitch?
They say a stitch in time saves nine but when you're exercising, a stitch can be a real thorn in your side.
View ArticleIndigenous runners set for Gold Coast marathon
Indigenous Australian athletes are taking on the Gold Coast Marathon to change lives and make a difference to their communities.
View ArticleJapanese runners clinch marathon double
Japanese runners have claimed both the men's and women's events in course record times at the Gold Coast Marathon.
View ArticleParalympian Milton sets marathon world record
Australia's six-time Winter Paralympic gold medallist Michael Milton has set a world record in his first ever attempt at a marathon.
View ArticleGold Coast marathon steps up to gold standard
The Gold Coast's annual marathon has joined the ranks of some of the world's most famous running events.
View ArticleGold Coast Marathon organisers say Rob de Castella's record could be broken
A field of elite runners could topple a 32-year-old Australian marathon record at the Gold Coast Marathon this weekend, organisers say.
View ArticleKenyan Silah Limo wins Gold Coast marathon and breaks Robert de Castella record
A new record for the fastest time run in an Australian marathon has been set at the Gold Coast marathon over the weekend, with Kenyan Silah Limo winning the event in two hours, nine minutes and 14...
View ArticleDiverse bunch flocks to Gold Coast Marathon
Runners from all walks of life talk to the ABC about how they prepare for the Gold Coast Marathon and what motivates them to get to the finish line.
View ArticleCommonwealth Games: Scottish marathoner Callum Hawkins discharged from...
Team Scotland confirms runner Callum Hawkins, who collapsed in distress while leading the Commonwealth Games marathon, is released from hospital on the Gold Coast.
View ArticleCallum Hawkins asked paramedics if he won gold after collapsing at...
Scottish athlete Callum Hawkins says he is not angry about the slow response from organisers after he collapsed during the Commonwealth Games marathon, a distressing event he barely remembers.
View ArticlePrimary school video inspired Commonwealth Games Jess Trengove's marathon effort
When the going got tough in the 2018 Commonwealth Games women's marathon, Jess Trengove was thinking about some of her smallest fans.
View ArticleGold Coast Marathon Fun Run part of incredible journey for quadriplegic Brett...
Paralysed from the neck down after a football tackle 26 years ago, Brett Morris finishes the Gold Coast Marathon Fun Run in a wheelchair in under an hour, and he's "very happy it's done".
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