FEDERATION UNIVERSITY
HALF MARATHON

SUNDAY, 26 APRIL 2026, 8am

WORLD ATHLETICS CERTIFIED COURSE

RACE DETAILS

  • START TIMES:

    7.55am - Federation University Wheelchair Half Marathon

    8am - Federation University Half Marathon

  • START-FINISH LOCATION: Ballarat Town Hall - 225 Sturt St, Ballarat Central

  • CUT-OFF TIME: Six hours

  • MINIMUM AGE: 16 years or older on the day of the event

Revel in the highlights of beautiful Ballarat during this Sunday morning tour of the city. Our flat and fast 21.1km course takes you into Victoria Park, through the Arch of Victory and around Lake Wendouree, then finishes with the historic beauty of Lydiard and Sturt Streets.

BIB COLLECTION LOCATION:
Ballarat Civic Hall - 300 Mair St, Ballarat Central

BIB COLLECTION TIMES:
Friday 24 April: 12pm - 7pm
Saturday 25 April: 9am - 7pm
Sunday 26 April: 6am - 7.45am

  • NOTE: ALL BIBS MUST BE COLLECTED. BIBS WILL NOT BE POSTED.

Men’s & Women’s Prize Money
(for both runners and wheelchair athletes):

First: $2000

Second: $1000

Third: $500

Fourth: $250

Fifth: $125

2026 PRICING

Event Weekend Special Pricing: $150 (ends at 11.59pm on Wednesday 30 April)

Tier 1 Pricing: $155 (ends when allocation exhausted)

Tier 2 Pricing:  $165 (ends when allocation exhausted)

Minimum age: 18 (at the time of event)

PAST WINNERS

Male

2024: Reece EDWARDS (01:05:27)

2025: Ryan GREGSON (01:04:18)

Female

2024: Tara PALM (01:12:48)

2025: Tara PALM (1:13:21)

Updated Federation University Half Marathon Strava map

FURTHER INFORMATION

  • The cut-off time for the Federation University Half Marathon is six hours. Adherence to these cut-off times will ensure roads can be reopened in accordance with our event permits. Cut-off times are based on chip-time start not gun-time.

  • Water, Fixx Fuel X electrolyte drink (Tropical Fruits flavour) and Fixx Gel X Pro energy gels will be available at each of our drink stations. There are toilets at each drink station.

  • Drink Station 1, 3km (corner of Cedar Dr and Plane Ave) – Water, Fixx products & toilets

    Drink Station 2, 6km (Elm Ave just prior to Oak Ave) – Water, Fixx products & toilets

    Drink Station 3, 9.5km (Sturt St eastbound level with Ningana St) – Water, Fixx products & toilets

    Drink Station 4, 12.5km (Sturt St before Pleasant St – outside City Oval Bowling Club) – Water, Fixx products & toilets

    Drink Station 5, 15.5km (Wendouree Pde and Zoo Dr) – Water, Fixx products & toilets

    Drink Station 6, 19km (Pleasant St just after City Oval Hotel) – Water, Fixx products & toilets

    Recovery Zone (Armstrong St South, just past finish line) – Water, Fixx products & toilets

  • To assist you in achieving your marathon goals we have a team of pacers who will run at an even effort/pace. The pacers are like on-course coaches, encouraging you and other runners along the way. Each pacer will be easily identifiable. They will each be carrying a flag that clearly displays their target finish time.

    All pacers will run to ‘chip time’ and pace as evenly as possible without banking time (+/- 30 seconds at halfway and within 30 seconds under the target time at the finish). There are two pacers on each time who will run in eyesight of each other creating a pace zone. This means that you will not need to crowd around a single pacer.

    There will be pacers for the following times:

    • 1hr 25mins

    • 1hr 30mins

    • 1hr 35mins

    • 1hr 40mins

    • 1hr 45mins

    • 1hr 50mins

    • 1hr 55mins

    • 2hrs

    • 2hrs 10mins

    • 2hrs 20mins

    • 2hrs 30mins

  • Ballarat is a beautiful city and we want to ensure it stays that way.

    Please help our wonderful Volunteers and Crew by discarding all waste in the bins provided in the designated litter zones at each Drink Station.

    PLEASE TAKE EXTRA CARE WITH GEL TOPS.

All courses are certified by AIMS (Association of International Marathons and Distance Races) and measured to World Athletics Standards.

*Courses & Schedules are subject to change and improvement.