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Running · Ultra Marathons
Coast to Kosci 2026
- Race day
- Friday, 20 November 2026
- Location
- Eden to Charlotte Pass, New South Wales
- Distance
- 149.1 mi / 240.0 km
Coast to Kosci: 20 November 2026. 240km from Twofold Bay to the summit of Mt Kosciuszko in 46 hours. Australia's premier ultramarathon, and how to be invited.
Coast to Kosci Race Timeline
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Coast to Kosci 2026: quick answers
When is Coast to Kosci 2026?
Coast to Kosci 2026 takes place on Friday, 20 November 2026, starting at Published in the race schedule ahead of the event; the field is small enough to start together..
What time does Coast to Kosci start?
Coast to Kosci starts at Published in the race schedule ahead of the event; the field is small enough to start together. from Twofold Bay, near Eden, southern New South Wales.
Where does Coast to Kosci start and finish?
Coast to Kosci starts at Twofold Bay, near Eden, southern New South Wales and finishes at Charlotte Pass, after summiting Mount Kosciuszko.
How many miles is Coast to Kosci?
Coast to Kosci is 149.1 miles (240km).
How much does Coast to Kosci cost to enter?
You do not enter Coast to Kosci; you apply to it. Applications open and close on dates the race directors announce each June, and around 60 runners are invited. Meeting the qualifying criteria makes you eligible, not accepted — how many are invited is at the directors’ discretion.
How can I track a runner at Coast to Kosci?
The race publishes a confirmed runner list and results on its own site.
Key Race Metrics & Overview
- Date
- Friday, 20 November 2026
- Distance
- 149.1 miles / 240.0km
- Location
- Eden to Charlotte Pass, New South Wales
- Start Point
- Twofold Bay, near Eden, southern New South Wales
- Finish Point
- Charlotte Pass, after summiting Mount Kosciuszko
- Start time
- Published in the race schedule ahead of the event; the field is small enough to start together.
- Surface
- Sealed road for most of its length, then alpine track to the summit of Mount Kosciuszko
- Cut-off time
- Forty-six hours.
- Tracking app
- The race publishes a confirmed runner list and results on its own site.
Not published by the organiser at the time of writing: age requirement. Verus records these as unconfirmed rather than estimating them — check the official race website closer to race day.
Direct Entry Summary
You do not enter Coast to Kosci; you apply to it. Applications open and close on dates the race directors announce each June, and around 60 runners are invited. Meeting the qualifying criteria makes you eligible, not accepted — how many are invited is at the directors’ discretion.
Ballot Policy
Not a ballot and not open entry. This is an invitational race with published qualifying criteria and a directors’ selection on top of them, which is a genuinely different thing from either.
Coast to Kosci Race Day Weather
A real forecast appears here once one exists for race day — usually about a week to ten days out. Nothing is shown until then, because a made-up forecast is worse than none.
Coast to Kosci Route Map & Elevation Profile
Starting at Twofold Bay, near Eden, southern New South Wales and finishing at Charlotte Pass, after summiting Mount Kosciuszko. Total elevation gain is not published for this event, and Verus does not estimate one.
Is Coast to Kosci flat?
It starts at sea level and finishes above 1,800m having crossed the highest ground on the continent, so no. The organiser publishes the route and the summit rather than a total ascent figure, and Verus does not invent one. What defines the race is not the gradient anyway but the combination: a November start on the coast, in heat, followed by a long climb into alpine terrain and, for most of the field, two nights out.
Coast to Kosci Course Profile
Elevation change not published for this event.
Tap a point on the course for details.
Twofold Bay, near Eden, southern New South Wales
Start line.
The climb to Mount Kosciuszko
The summit of Australia, reached late in a 240km race. No official per-climb gain figure is published, and neither is a kilometre mark, so neither is stated here.
Where Coast to Kosci starts and finishes
Coast to Kosci starts at Twofold Bay, near Eden, southern New South Wales and finishes at Charlotte Pass, after summiting Mount Kosciuszko. We haven't been able to place those on a map accurately enough to show one — a pin in the wrong place is worse than no pin.
These are the start and finish points, not the route. Verus doesn't hold course files for this race, and drawing a line between two pins would be a guess you might end up training on. The official course map is the one to use: view it on the organiser's site .
Full Coast to Kosci Route Breakdown
Two hundred and forty kilometres from the ocean to the roof of the continent. The race starts at Twofold Bay near Eden on the far south coast of New South Wales and finishes at Charlotte Pass, having summited Mount Kosciuszko, the highest point in Australia, on the way. It has run since 2004, is organised by runners rather than by a company, and states its own values — community, humility, resilience — on the front page, which for a 240km race is not decoration.
Coast to Kosci Pace Calculator & Splits
Coast to Kosci Pace Calculator
Enter a target finish time to see your pace and projected splits.
Average pace / mile
1:37
Average pace / km
1:00
Coast to Kosci Pace Chart
Split markers calculated for standard checkpoints — no official pacers are confirmed for this event.
| Target | Pace /mi | Pace /km | 5K | 10K | Half Marathon | 30K | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:00 | 1:12 | 0:45 | 3:45 | 7:30 | 15:50 | 22:30 | 3:00:00 |
| 3:15 | 1:18 | 0:49 | 4:04 | 8:08 | 17:09 | 24:23 | 3:15:00 |
| 3:30 | 1:25 | 0:53 | 4:23 | 8:45 | 18:28 | 26:15 | 3:30:00 |
| 3:45 | 1:31 | 0:56 | 4:41 | 9:23 | 19:47 | 28:08 | 3:45:00 |
| 4:00 | 1:37 | 1:00 | 5:00 | 10:00 | 21:06 | 30:00 | 4:00:00 |
| 4:15 | 1:43 | 1:04 | 5:19 | 10:38 | 22:25 | 31:53 | 4:15:00 |
| 4:30 | 1:49 | 1:08 | 5:38 | 11:15 | 23:44 | 33:45 | 4:30:00 |
| 4:45 | 1:55 | 1:11 | 5:56 | 11:53 | 25:03 | 35:38 | 4:45:00 |
| 5:00 | 2:01 | 1:15 | 6:15 | 12:30 | 26:23 | 37:30 | 5:00:00 |
| 5:30 | 2:13 | 1:23 | 6:53 | 13:45 | 29:01 | 41:15 | 5:30:00 |
| 6:00 | 2:25 | 1:30 | 7:30 | 15:00 | 31:39 | 45:01 | 6:00:00 |
| 6:30 | 2:37 | 1:38 | 8:08 | 16:15 | 34:17 | 48:46 | 6:30:00 |
| 7:00 | 2:49 | 1:45 | 8:45 | 17:30 | 36:56 | 52:31 | 7:00:00 |
Coast to Kosci Finish Time Estimator
Enter a recent 5K, 10K or Half Marathon time to estimate your Coast to Kosci finish time.
Your 5K time
Estimated Coast to Kosci finish
25:13:26
An estimate only, based on Pete Riegel's race-time prediction formula. Real marathon performance depends on endurance, training specificity, pacing and race-day conditions — not just your speed over a shorter distance.
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Start Your Verus JourneyCoast to Kosci Race Day Checklist
Tap items to mark off your race-day readiness.
- A qualifying result that meets the published criteria — and an application in before the June-announced deadline
- A crew, briefed properly: at 240km over 46 hours the crew is part of the race, not an accessory
- Kit for a coastal November start in heat and an alpine summit in the small hours of the second night
- A sleep plan, because most of the field is out for two nights
- A nutrition plan rehearsed over multi-day distance rather than adapted from a hundred-miler
- The current race rules read, since they were rewritten in 2022
Training Strategy for Coast to Kosci
20-24 weeks is the realistic window for a first 149.1-mile ultra, assuming you already have a marathon's worth of base behind you. The block that matters is back-to-back long weekends — a long run on Saturday followed by a second, slower one on Sunday — which builds time on feet and teaches you to run on tired legs without the recovery cost of one enormous day. Practise your race-day nutrition on every one of them; at this distance the stomach fails before the legs do.
This is a largely flat course, so most of your long runs can mirror that — flat and steady, building time on feet rather than hill strength.
Drop volume hard across the final three to four weeks — further out and steeper than a marathon taper, because a 30-mile training day costs weeks of recovery, not days. Keep some easy running and a little terrain-specific work in, but the goal is to reach Twofold Bay, near Eden, southern New South Wales with fresh feet and a rested gut rather than one more long run in the bank.
Lock in your target pace using the interactive splits calculator below — no official pacers are confirmed for this event, so a pace band on your watch is the more reliable option.
Test your race-day fuel and hydration plan on your long training runs, not for the first time on race day — check the Race Day Checklist below for what's actually on this course.
149.1-Mile Ultra Nutrition & Fueling Plan
A deliberate increase in carbohydrate over the two to three days before the race is the conventional approach at this distance.
Eat a carbohydrate-focused breakfast two to three hours before the start, and stick to something you've already tested in training rather than trying anything new.
At 240km over up to 46 hours this is entirely a crew problem, and the crew is the aid station. Everything should be rehearsed in training — including what you can still eat after thirty hours, which is usually not what you planned to.
A mix of carbohydrate and protein in the hour or so after finishing supports recovery, though at this distance recovery is measured in weeks.
Coast to Kosci Charity Places 2026
No charity-place scheme — the field is around sixty invited runners.
Lead with your personal story — explain why the charity matters to you. Personal connection generates 3x more support than a generic link broadcast.
Share key training milestones on Instagram (first 10-miler, peak week, race week) with your fundraising link in bio. Publicly thanking donors prompts secondary gifts!
Running Coast to Kosci for charity?
Link your JustGiving page to Verus and show up right here alongside other Coast to Kosci fundraisers — goal, progress and story, all in one place.
Add Your Fundraiser to VerusWhere to Stay for Coast to Kosci
Eden
At the start, on the coast, and the obvious base for the night before.
Small town, and a long way from the finish.
Jindabyne
The base for the finish and for anyone recovering afterwards, with the Kosciuszko Road up to Charlotte Pass.
Seven hours of race away from the start.
Travel & Logistics
No rail to either end. Eden is about seven hours from Sydney by road and three from Canberra; Charlotte Pass is reached through Jindabyne and the Kosciuszko Road.
The course runs on open roads for most of its length, which is part of why crewing and rules compliance matter so much here.
Spectator & Cheer Guide
This is a crewed point-to-point across 240km of southern New South Wales. There is no spectating in the ordinary sense — there is crewing.
By car, following your runner. The race publishes a schedule so crews know where they should be and when.
The race publishes a confirmed runner list and results on its own site.
Coast to Kosci Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know for race weekend.
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Race details independently compiled and fact-checked by Tommo against the official Coast to Kosci site , last verified August 2026. Always confirm official timings and policies directly prior to race day.