City to Surf

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City to Surf is a popular road running event held annually in both Sydney and Perth, Australia.

1 Sydney
- 1.1 2005 results of notable people
2 Perth
3 External links

[edit] Sydney

The annual 14km Sydney race attracts over 50,000 participants, attracting over 63,000 in 2006. The course starts in the center of Sydney near Hyde Park in three groups, and finishes at Bondi Beach. The race was first held in 1971 and is the largest timed running race in Australia. The race held in 2006 took place on August 13th, attracting over 63,000 runners, which is a City2Surf record.

The course record is 40:03, held by Steve Moneghetti.

[edit] 2005 results of notable people

results
Person	Notable for	Time	Place
Patrick Nyangelo	Men's winner	41:12	1
Kerryn McCann	Women's winner	46:27	36
Ahmed Habib	Son of Mamdouh Habib and alleged honour kidnapper	73:21	6413
Mamdouh Habib	Alleged terrorist conspirator	82:25	11325
Mick Keelty	Australian Federal Police Commissioner	124:55	28746

[edit] Perth

The Perth event was first held in 1975. It is held annually and organised by the Activ Foundation. Over 25,000 people participated in the 2005 race over the 12km course or 11km wheelchair course stretching from Perth to City Beach, or a shorter 4km course from Perry Lakes to City Beach.

The course record is 35:42, set in 2003 by Mark Thompson.