Melbourne Marathon Festival

Because of Covid-19 related restrictions, it was decided in September that the 2021 event would be postponed to December and split over two days.

The shorter events will be held on the afternoon of Saturday 11 December and the marathon and half marathons will be held on Sunday the 12th, starting an hour earlier The Festival celebrated its 30th birthday in 2007 with a new course which featured the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) as both the starting point and finishing point.

The marathon course skirts the Botanic Gardens and Albert park Lake with several kilometres on the road parallel to the beaches of Port Phillip Bay.

Spartans are recognized today by their distinctive green, gold, red, black, maroon or navy running singlets.

[citation needed] Spartan Legends are a select group of runners who have completed every Melbourne Marathon since the beginning.