CITY STREETS IN LINE FOR NEW GAMES LEGACY
ROAD workers began laying down yet another Commonwealth Games legacy overnight.
The broken blue line being painted over 42km from Runaway Bay to Burleigh Heads over coming days marks the fastest route for the Commonwealth Games marathon.
“It will remain on the road as a legacy of this once-in-alifetime event,” organisers said in a statement.
Games organisers said motorists should not be concerned about the blue line which is a symbol for many major marathon courses around the world.
Champion Gold Coast marathon runner Michael Shelley said the blue line was a sign his race was just around the corner with 19 days until the Games begin.
“It’s a sign everything’s coming together, all the finishing touches are being put in place,” Shelley said.
“The line is the quickest way around the course.”
But the Glasgow 2014 gold medallist and Delhi 2010 silver medal winner still has a couple of 200km training weeks to run before his event on the final day of GC2018 competition. “I’m not tapering yet, I still have a few big weeks of training before I back off,” Shelley said.
Organisers said they did not expect the blue line to cause issues for cyclists and motorists as the line ran through intersections.