Many people are now going on holiday to run a marathon


  • Travel
  • Saturday, 30 Jul 2016

There’s a new breed of holidaymakers stampeding to the forefront – the running tourist. They turned up in droves at the Gold Coast Airport Marathon on July 2 and 3 for some hard running and a bit of sightseeing. Photo: Tourism and Events Queensland

A quarter past six — fingers frozen, nose numb, goose pimples galore, and all of us under-dressed.

On the bright side: the darkness had lifted. The sun was making its slow climb out of the Pacific – a big, glowing ball of fire, bathing sky, sea and shore in gold.

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