Original data
The Australian Race Index
Every race guide on Verus is researched and fact-checked by hand, one at a time. This page is what that adds up to for Australia: 41 running and triathlon events in a single dataset — dates, distances, elevation, cut-offs and real charity-place minimums.
- Events indexed
- 41
- Months covered
- 11
- States and territories
- 8
- Busiest month
- July
Flattest and hilliest races in Australia
Ranked by total elevation gain. This table covers only the 5 races (17% of the running calendar) where an official or independently cited elevation figure actually exists — the rest publish no figure, and Verus does not estimate one.
Flattest first
- 1The Canberra Times Half Marathon 705 ft
- 2TCS Sydney Marathon 1027 ft
- 3Ultra-Trail Kosciuszko Kosci100 10696 ft
- 4Ultra-Trail Australia UTA100 14436 ft
- 5Ultra Adelaide 100 Miler 16020 ft
The full calendar, month by month
Every guide Verus covers in Australia, grouped by the month it runs in.
January
2 events- Cadbury Marathon Marathons
- Two Bays Trail Run Other Distances
March
3 events- Six Foot Track Marathon Ultra Marathons
- IRONMAN 70.3 Geelong Triathlon
- T100 Gold Coast Triathlon
April
4 events- Runner's World Canberra 10K 10Ks
- Charterpoint Canberra 5K 5Ks
- The Canberra Times Marathon Marathons
- The Canberra Times Half Marathon Half Marathons
May
3 events- IRONMAN 70.3 Western Sydney Triathlon
- Ultra-Trail Australia UTA100 Ultra Marathons
- Peppers Silo Launceston Half Marathon Half Marathons
June
1 event- Cairns Airport IRONMAN Cairns Triathlon
July
7 events- ASICS Run Melbourne Half Marathon Half Marathons
- Australian Outback Marathon Marathons
- China Airlines Gold Coast Half Marathon Half Marathons
- ASICS Gold Coast Marathon Marathons
- Ultra Adelaide 100 Miler Ultra Marathons
- 7NEWS Cairns Marathon Marathons
- EVA Air Sunshine Coast Marathon Marathons
August
7 events- TCS Sydney Marathon Marathons
- Brighton Beach Marathon Marathons
- Runner's World Brighton Beach Half Marathon Half Marathons
- Brighton Beach 10K 10Ks
- Brighton Beach 5K 5Ks
- Chevron City to Surf for genU — Perth 12km Other Distances
- Voltaren City2Surf Other Distances
September
3 events- Sydney Half Marathon Half Marathons
- Transurban Bridge to Brisbane 10km 10Ks
- IRONMAN 70.3 Sunshine Coast Triathlon
October
5 events- Nike Melbourne Marathon Marathons
- Perth Running Festival Marathon Marathons
- IRONMAN Australia Triathlon
- IRONMAN 70.3 Port Macquarie Triathlon
- Garmin Noosa Triathlon Triathlon
November
5 events- IRONMAN 70.3 Melbourne Triathlon
- Coast to Kosci Ultra Marathons
- Nepean Triathlon Triathlon
- Challenge Canberra 100 Triathlon
- Ultra-Trail Kosciuszko Kosci100 Ultra Marathons
December
1 event- IRONMAN Western Australia Triathlon
How this data was gathered
- Every full guide was researched individually against its official race website, and every directory listing links straight to the organiser rather than to a ticketing affiliate.
- Where a fact could not be confirmed — an elevation figure, a cut-off, a 2027 date — it is recorded as unconfirmed rather than estimated, which is why the elevation tables above cover only part of the calendar.
- Charity-place figures come from real published terms at the time of research; charities revise these, so always confirm directly before committing.
- Each race page carries its own last-verified date.
Free to cite or reference with a link back to this page.