ASICS Half Marathon (21.1km)
Start Time – 7.45am (Marathon & Half Marathon events)
Start Location –Wellington Parade South (100m from the MCG); Melways Ref 2G C5
Field Limit – 5,000 competitors
Cut Off Time – Intersection of Kerferd Road and Beaconsfield Parade (11km) – 1hr 20mins
Minimum Age – 16 years of age on Race Day
KM markers – will be placed every 1km on course
Exclusions – wheelchairs, prams, pushers, pets, scooters, inline skates or bikes are NOT permitted on course
Runners will head along Wellington Parade South; up to and along Flinders Street before turning left at Swanston Street and heading out along St Kilda Road. Runners will then head along St Kilda Road, turning right into Fitzroy Street and then another right into Lakeside Drive, continuing around Albert Park Lake exiting at Albert Road.
The course will then head along Kerferd Road before turning left into Beaconsfield Parade. At the Beaconsfield Parade intersection with Fitzroy Street, runners head left and commence their return journey back to the MCG along Fitzroy Street and then left into the beautiful tree-lined boulevard of St Kilda Road to Princes Bridge.
Runners then take a right turn down Princes Walk at the back of Fed Square, and follow the path through Birrarung Marr and up over William Barak Bridge. Continuing around the MCG concourse in a clockwise direction before entering the MCG off Brunton Avenue at the Gate C “Tunnel”. Runners then will run an anti-clockwise lap of the MCG before finishing in front of the MCC Members Stand.
