Member for Barron River Craig Crawford has issued a reminder to prospective competitors in the Tropical Journeys Great Barrier Reef Marathon that early-bird registrations close at 11pm tonight.
Mr Crawford said the marathon was a great chance for locals considering a get fit campaign to book into an event and train towards it.
“The event will be held in Port Douglas Sunday October 22 which gives people plenty of time to register now and put in some training,” Mr Crawford said.
“When I completed the 10 kilometre run last year I promised that this year I would enter the half-marathon and I commenced my training schedule a few weeks ago.
“I understand registrations are up 15% on last year at this stage, with projections the event registrations will reach around 2,500.
“This is the seventh year for the event which keeps growing and already over 200 corporate entries from China have booked for next year.
“I believe this is just the beginning of this type of interest with Tourism Tropical North Queensland and Tourism Events Queensland working tirelessly on establishing these connections for our region and Queensland.
“The challenge of the Tropical Journeys Great Barrier Reef Marathon and its spectacular backdrop with two world heritage listed areas, the Great Barrier Reef and Daintree Rainforest is a major attraction.”
The Great Barrier Reef Marathon Festival includes:
- 195 km Marathon
- 095 km Half Marathon
- 10 km Run
- 5 km Run
- 3 km Junior Dash
The 25 percent early-bird discount ends at 11pm tonight (Thursday August 31), for information and to register go to www.greatbarrierreefmarathon.com.au
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