The Sydney Marathon has gone from 1200 runners when it was first held in 2000 to 5000 this year - and now a well-earned elevation to a very exclusive club will see that number skyrocket.

Melbourne and Brisbane will be cooler than Sydney, with temperatures in the early to mid-20s, though the Queensland capital is expecting a scorching 34C on Thursday next week.

The Gold Coast Marathon, held in July, starts at 6.15am, the Perth Marathon, held in October, starts at 6.30am, and the Melbourne Marathon, ... Sydney Marathon organisers increase aid stations.

Olympic champion Sifan Hassan has been announced for the TCS Sydney Marathon Presented by ASICS, a World Athletics Platinum ...

Cliff Young crossing the finishing line in the 1983 Sydney-Melbourne Marathon at 1.35am. Credit: Michael Rayner I watched him with the same awe that the rest of Australia did, back in 1983 when he ...

Sydney has secured the backing of Indian tech titan Tata Consultancy Services to catapult its marathon to the same status as New York and London’s races.

A world record 840,318 runners entered the ballot for the 2025 London Marathon, obliterating the previous record of 578,374 for this year’s event, with 167,687 of those applications coming from ...

Sydney is the first marathon to be added to the roster since the addition of Tokyo in 2013. The original five cities are New York, Boston, Chicago, London and Berlin.

The Sydney Marathon is a legacy of the 2000 Olympics held in the city. It first took place as a test event five months before the Games, with just 1,200 finishers. Since then the race has boomed ...

The Sydney Marathon has gone from 1200 runners when it was first held in 2000 to 5000 this year - and now a well-earned elevation to a very exclusive club will see that number skyrocket.