Post-GCM 2011 Scenes

Here are more photographs, mainly after the Gold Coast Marathon 2011. Spectators will be directed towards their recovery stations, and then collect their medals and t-shorts, before they join the post-race festivities.

Immediately upon crossing the line, volunteers offer you water and oranges. This volunteer was a cheerful and inviting. By they way, I polished the remainder of my High-5 energy gels in my single dispensing-bottle.

Before you leave the finishing-point, you will collect your well-earned race-tee and beautiful medal. 

Volunteers assist you in taking your race-chip (actually a mini-credit card) from your laces. My volunteer struggled to get my quick-laces off, but ironically, it took a while.

The Race Pacers (from PatCarollOnline.com) were brilliant! Spot-on in their timing. They were the selfless, real leaders during the run. If you got a PB, you would thank them profusely.

The sponsor tent: you wait to be offered stuff, or you help yourself. No worries! I love their abundant attitude - not much abuse by runners and their families to take more than needed. Sponsor, SunCorp Bank gave stuff away, and we sat on the large groundsheet for a while, enjoying the 'live' band, short-but-to-the-point awards ceremony, and 'live' race report on the giant screen. Great coverage of a state-organised, but international event.

We could not resist taking this shot of the birds, who were painfully shy and attempted to slip away.


Photo-credits: Melina Chan, 2011