Running Races in South Australia

Verus tracks 284 races across South Australia at 6 different distances — 99 races at other distances, 50 half marathons, 41 5Ks, 40 10Ks, 34 ultra marathons and 20 marathons. Few states and territories give you that much choice of what to actually run.

Racing here runs more or less year round — there is something on in 12 months of the twelve, with November the busiest. That makes South Australia unusually easy to build a season around, because you are rarely more than a few weeks from a start line.

Terrain varies more than a single figure for South Australia suggests. Of the 2 races here that publish an elevation figure, Park Stampede 5K is the flattest at 0ft of climb and Ultra Adelaide 100 Miler the hilliest at 16,020ft — a difference large enough to change what a target time means.

South Australia also has 52 parkruns running every Saturday, free to enter — the weekly habit that sits underneath the race calendar above rather than competing with it.

Every race links through to its own page with entry details, the course, elevation where the organiser publishes it, and a pace calculator. Spotted a race in South Australia that's missing? Suggest it and we'll research and add it.