Medibank Melbourne Marathon Festival 2013: Event Day

It was 30min of Sun, 2hrs 30min of Wind, 1hr 30min of Rain. Started in front of the Rod Laver Arena where the annual Australian Tennis Open is held, it went thru the F1 track and the St Kilda Beach and ends at 90000 capacity of Melbourne Cricket Ground. 

A Well organised and full of support marathon.

The MCG early in morning before race starts:

The finishing line:

Inside the MCG:

Going down to the carpark to deposit our bags:

Bag deposit:

Crossing the Bridge to the Tennis Arena:

MCG:

At the Start line at Rod Laver Arena:

Rod Laver hiimself:

Mobile Toilets:

Lone queue as usual for the loo:

The crowd at the startline:

The starting Arch:

Just after the Start:

At the finishing point:

Going down to the finishing area:

Got my medal:

Apples:

Drinks:

Bananas:

Our bags deposit is just beside the refreshments:

Medibank Melbourne Marathon Festival 2013: Race Expo

The Route:

The race expo at MCG Gate1-2:

Collection of Race bibs:

Collection of Showbag:

To the race expo:

The Melbourne Marathon Spartans:

The rest of the booths:

Injinji ToeSocks:

Malaysia Women Marathon Registration:

SPiBelt:

Big Red Run/Moonlight Marathon/Sydney Trailfest:

Hammer Nutritions:

High class socks sold in a box:

Gu Sports Nutrition:

And the rest:

The rest bib and showbag items:

Coffee Fix in Melbourne: Proud Mary

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Proud Mary is quite a established coffee house in Melbourne. It is located just off the outlet street of Smith Street. Just google it and you will have many good reviews and comments on their coffee. There is no signage of "Proud Mary" board telling you that you are at the right place so you got to recognise the logo and go inside the cafe to confirm.

The building that it is located in looks like a power station:

At the corner of the building with their logo at the entrance:

The interior...all the barista are all ladies:

The roasted their own coffee beans and sell:

This is a long black from El Salvador, very nice and strong aroma...love it:

The latte on the left is brasilian beans:

The coffee menu. Brought the beans for item 1 on the list from Kenya:

A must visit for coffee drinker to experience the coffee culture in Melbourne. It closes at 4pm so be there early.