City2Surf 2010
This is really just another excuse for me to test out the camera on the iPhone 4
Description of City TO Surf from Wikipedia:
“City2Surf (or City to Surf) is a popular road running event held annually in Sydney, Australia covering a 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) course. The event is a “fun run” as well as a race, attracting both serious runners and community participants who can choose to run or to walk.
The Sydney City2Surf has been held as an annual event since the first run on 5 September 1971. It was conceived by the staff of The Sun (now The Sun-Herald) and inspired by the Bay to Breakers event in San Francisco.
The first event was jointly organised by the Amateur Athletic Association of NSW and the NSW Women’s Amateur Athletic Association. The first event attracted just over 2000 competitors, most of whom were registered athletes belonging to the many Registered Athletic Clubs that were part of these two bodies.
Since 1973 it has been held on the second Sunday in August, except for the race held in 2000, moved to July due to the Sydney Olympics in August.[1]
The Sydney City2Surf is now the largest timed running race in the world. In recent years, over 60,000 people have entered, with a record number of 76,254 runners in 2009.In 2010, on the event’s 40th anniversary, a record 80,000 participants ran, making it the largest run of its kind in the world. It is still primarily sponsored and organised by The Sun-Herald.
As of 2010, the course starts in several groups in order to give preference to faster runners. There are invitation-only seeded and preferred runner groups, followed by runners with previous race times under 75 minutes, runners with previous race times under 100 minutes, an open entry running group, an open entry jogging group, and finally an open entry “Back of the Pack” group for walking, using a wheelchair or pushing child strollers. Entry to all groups is limited to a certain number of competitors and, except for the invitation-only groups, allocated on a first-come first-served basis.”
~TJ.
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