The Westlink M7 Cities Marathon is a point to point Marathon 42.195km with one turn around point. It is based in Sydney's Western Suburbs and travels through three different Local Government Areas namely Liverpool City, Fairfield City and Blacktown City.
This Marathon is particularly unique to others organised every year around Australia, with the race route on Westlink M7's shared pathway for an uninterrupted journey from Prestons to Rooty Hill. The race route is traffic free on a sealed surface. There is a gradual increase in elevation from 5km - 15km, however the hills are not too steep. There were 190 Marathon Runners that completed the Athletics Australia/IAAF Certified Accurate 42.195km course.
This was not up there with some of the more scenic marathon events in the world with the sights of freeways, factories and paddocks the backdrop for this event. The entire event was on the continuous pathways and with no support crowds on the course to add a little atmosphere.
The day was quite warm with many doing people taking on the half marathon relay and passing on to a partner to run the second half of the run. This explained why it was a little tough keeping pace with a few people over the 15-20km stage as they were clearly aiming for the finish line as as opposed to me taking on the full distance. It is fair to say when I realised that the new runner started at the half way point that there was little chance of keeping pace.
This was a "ugly event" for me and one that will not rate as one of my favourites. It is a great local event to promote running in the Greater West of Sydney!
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