Google News alerts has given me the heads up on the Balcktown Marathon to be revived this year. "A plan to hold a new Western Sydney based Marathon in the winter of 2006 has been announced. The Mayor of Blacktown City, Councillor Leo Kelly, and General Manager of Westlink M7, Mr Flan Cleary, operators of the Westlink M7 Motorway, have announced that they would be working together to plan the introduction of the new marathon. 'Blacktown City Council previously hosted Australia's longest running Marathon 'The Blacktown Cities Marathon', which had been held annually for 23 years until safety concerns and costs forced the abandonment of the Marathon in 2003,' Mayor Kelly said. 'I am delighted that with the 40 km Westlink Cycleway and Walking Path, there is a great opportunity to re-instate a Western Sydney based Marathon as an annual event,' Mayor Kelly said. The General Manager of Westlink M7, Mr Flan Cleary, said that the Westlink Cycleway and Walking Path provided the perfect piece of infrastructure for holding a successful marathon." ----------------8<---------------------8<---------------------------------- This is exciting news. A second (road) Marathon for a large city like Sydney is just great. I'm guessing it's a flatish course as the run will be out Prestons way. Maybe Sunday 29 July 2007 might be a nice day for me to do my first marathon ? EDIT: There is now a thread about it on CoolRunning with a posting from Derek Foley, the race director. Mood: --->

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