Melbourne Marathon 2008
Friday, October 17th, 2008The 2008 Melbourne Marathon has been run, and there remain eleven Spartan Legends who have completed all 31 runs.
Jack Gubbins did not start, at least in part, because he had an injury which had been mis-diagnosed. Shirley Young was withdrawn on medical advice at the 33 km mark after falling. Shirley is arguably the most recognisable runner in Victoria and I hope to see her and husband Ron on shorter runs for years to come.
The finishers in race time order were: Wayne Thompson, John Dobson, Bruce Hargreaves, Manny Karageorgiou, Neville Gardner, John Dean, Frank Biviano, Peter Ryan, Roger Weinstein, David Foskey and Peter Battrick.
Another nine (I think) runners completed their 30th.
John Dean as President of the Spartans club did an enormous amount of work for the club and the event, although he took time off during the year to complete the Comrades.
IMG continues to improve the day which is attracting even more participants through the 42.2, 21.1, 10 and 5.5 k distances.