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A record number of runners will compete in this year’s marathon.

Records and roads closures: Everything you need to know about the Sydney Marathon

Significant road closures across the city will start as early as Saturday morning.

  • Frances Howe

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The exclusive club that welcomed Eliud Kipchoge to Sydney

There are only six members of the Blue Line Legends, an elite group of runners whose story traces back to the Sydney Olympics a quarter-century ago.

  • Frances Howe
INK article ID p5mpwl. Sifan Hassan during a press call at the Sydney Opera House, in Sydney, Thursday, 28 August 2025. The marathon is set to be run on Sunday. Also competing are the Blue Line Legends who are an exclusive club of runners who have entered every Sydney Marathon since it was first opened to the public in 2001. Photo: Sam Mooy / The Sydney Morning Herald

‘Pinch-me moment’: Why two of the greatest ever Olympians are running in Sydney

There aren’t many athletes who can claim to be an equal of the legendary Eliud Kipchoge, but Sifan Hassan is one. And both are competing in the Sydney Marathon.

  • Iain Payten
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Thinking about trying to keep up with Kipchoge in the Sydney Marathon? Bad idea

Australian record time are expected in Sunday’s Sydney Marathon. But a top Aussie star says aspiring young runners should think twice about trying to hang with the leading pack.

  • Iain Payten
92 year old runner

This 92-year-old sprinter has the muscle cells of someone in their 20s

Emma Maria Mazzenga made headlines when she broke the 200-metre world record for women over 90. Now, scientists want to unlock her secret.

  • Teddy Amenabar and Stefano Pitrelli
Charlie Maher was the first Indigenous Australian to complete all seven Abbott World Marathon Majors and is set to add an eighth in Sydney next week.

Charlie didn’t know how far a marathon was. Now he’s going to create history in Sydney

Charlie Maher will become the first Indigenous Australian to complete all seven world majors when he runs the Sydney Marathon next weekend.

  • Frances Howe
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How online threats after a rival’s death almost broke marathon king Eliud Kipchoge

Eliud Kipchoge, arguably the greatest athlete to run the famous 42.195km, will star in the Sydney Marathon this month. But the legend endured his toughest year in 2024 after a rising Kenyan star died in tragic circumstances.

  • Iain Payten
The City2Surf route offers spectacular harbour and ocean views.

Everything you need to know about the City2Surf

With the city bracing for road closures and large crowds, here’s everything you need to know for Sunday morning.

  • Christine Lee
Double mastectomy recipient Robyn Smith is running the City2Surf topless next weekend.

When her mum got sick, Robyn learnt she had a ‘ticking time-bomb’ in her chest

Robyn Smith will run the City2Surf topless next Sunday to raise funds for inherited cancer research and support.

  • Christine Lee
Members of the early morning run club undertake their exercise from Milson’s Point around the Opera House and back, Friday, 1 August 2025 in Sydney, Australia. There is a rise of fun-run clubs participating in the Sun Herald marathon next week. Photo: Sam Mooy / The Sydney Morning Herald

‘The whole crew is there’: City2Surf becomes race of the run clubs

About 10 per cent of the event’s 90,000 registered runners said they were in a run club, which have exploded in popularity since the pandemic.

  • Sarah Berry

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