BENDIGO University Athletics Club will honour two of its finest competitors in this Saturday's racing in Flora Hill.
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The second running of the Andy Buchanan Invitational is tipped to draw plenty of runners to race a variety of distances.
A big afternoon of racing includes the Tracy Wilson Memorial 3km.
The 33-year-old achieved the seventh-fastest time by an Australian in a marathon.
Qualifying mark for the Paris Olympics is 2:08.10.
Several runners who are coached by Buchanan will contest the Bendigo University Pride event.
The 7.6km which includes prizes for open, 40-plus, 50-plus and 60-plus will start at 2pm at La Trobe University on Edwards Road.
The Tracy Wilson Memorial 3km also starts at 2pm and includes prizes for open, under-16 and under-12.
A 1km race for open, under-10, under-8 and under-6 will start at 3.10pm.
Athletes who are under-8 can race from 3.30pm in a 500m event.
On-line registration closes Friday night.
On day registration closes 15 minutes before race start time.
Racing in the Hamburg Marathon for a third time, Buchanan jumped up Australia's fastest time list for the marathon in last Sunday's classic.
The list is led by Brett Robinson who ran 42.2km in 2:07.1 in Fukoka, Japan in 2022.
Next is Patrick Tiernan, 2:07.45, in Houston this year.
The legendary Robert de Castella ran the Boston Marathon in 2:07.51 in 1986.
Ballarat great Steve Moneghetti achieved a time of 2:08.16 in the 1990 Berlin Marathon.
Sixth place is held by Derek Clayton, 2:08.33 set in 1969 in Antwerp, Belgium.
