Lumary City-Bay Fun Run: 2024 Adelaide race results, photo galleries

All the times are in after a huge 50th birthday celebration for Adelaide’s biggest fun run.

The 2024 Lumary City-Bay Fun Run. Elite winner Isaac Heyne crosses the finish line in front of Jack Rayner. Picture: Kelly Barnes

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A single second separated the first two men to cross the finish line at this year’s Lumary City-Bay Fun Run.

Isaac Heyne, 24, took out the title in the 12km race, scraping just ahead of 28-year-old Jack Rayner.

Heyne crossed the line in 30 min 40 sec also won the City2Surf in Sydney last month, beating out 90,000 other runners.

“It’s pretty exciting,” Mr Heyne said.

“It’s only the second time I’ve done the City-Bay and Jack (Rayner) is the man in form and is the Australinan 10k record holder and has run very, very well so to pip him at the post is not something that happens that frequently.

“It’s a bit of a haze, I can’t recall it perfectly but it was nice to cross the line first, that’s for sure.”

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After completing races around Australia and overseas, Mr Heyne said he was happy to be home and found the running conditions “perfect”.

“It’s fantastic to do a big event in your own city,” Mr Heyne said.

“I suppose it certainly changes the routine up to be able to sleep in your own bed the night before.

“The atmosphere for that last little stretch helped me get across the line - that was great.”

Two time Olympian Izzi Batt-Doyle was the first woman to cross the finish line in the City-Bay 12km race.

She won the event for her gender in 37:43.

The professional athlete said she was glad to be home for her first race since the Paris Olympics.

“The City-Bay will always be a big event on the calendar for me,” Ms Batt Doyle said.

Women’s winner Izzi Batt-Doyle crosses the finish line. Picture: Kelly Barnes

“I did my first 6km here when I was eight years old and that’s when I really started to get into my running…so it is very special for me.”

While Ms Batt-Doyle did not achieve her desired result in Paris, after just missing out on the 5000m track finals, she said today’s success was “gratification” for all her hard work.

“To win on the roads in my home town is great and to get a course record…you can’t really ask for more,” Ms Batt-Doyle said.

“It is also pretty perfect weather, a bit cold and windy at the start so I just held onto my partner and went for it and it obviously paid off.”

Ms Batt-Doyle also reflected on her recent Olympic experience and said it was a privilege to compete at the top level of her sport.

“Coming from my first Olympics in Tokyo when there was no people and friends and family couldn’t come to 80,000 people watching (in Paris) and friends and family being there was incredible,” she said.

“The whole experience was amazing.”

The professional runner now has her sights set on the Melbourne half marathon and is planning to run her first marathon for 2024 in December.

Wow, what a finish to the 50th City To Bay!
South Aussie, Isaac Hayne winning right on the line, incredible race @9NewsAdelpic.twitter.com/PKzs4fz0Vc

— Dylan Smith (@Dylanjohnsmith3) September 14, 2024

Ms Batt-Doyle was closely followed by fellow Olympian and South Australian, Jessica Stenson who finished 13th in the women’s marathon in Paris.

Thousands of pro and amateur runners made their way from Adelaide’s CBD to Glenelg this morning as part of the 50th annual City-Bay.

Organisers expected about 24,000 participants, ranging from elite runners in the traditional 12km event starting near Festival Plaza to families walking with prams from the 6km start at Kurralta Central Shopping Centre or the 3km start near Morphettville Racecourse.

The first event of the day was the half-marathon starting at 6am in Colley Terrace, Glenelg.

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Originally published as Lumary City-Bay Fun Run: 2024 Adelaide race results, photo galleries