The Great Ocean Road Marathon is a long-distance run held in Victoria, Australia since 2005.
The main race stretches 44km from Lorne to Apollo Bay along the coastal route.
[1] The event began in 2005,[2] founded by Les Noseda with the assistance of The Apollo Bay Chamber of Commerce, Ross Stephens, Nick Polgeeft, Gerry Tidd and Joe Di Ceccio.
The course record of 2:27:37 was set in 2019 by Australian runner Nick Earl.
[4][5] Earl broke the previous record of 2:27:42 set in 2011 by James Kipkelwon of Kenya, who also won the event in 2012.