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Parramatta Half Marathon organisers Alex Treglown and David Bennie, co-founders of 180 Cadence, hit the pavement in Parramatta Park.

Parra gets a (half) mara: New running event for Sydney’s west

Eight thousand runners are estimated to descend on Parramatta Square and the city’s park and river foreshore as a global running event heads west.

  • Anthony Segaert

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Kenya’s Benson Kipruto crosses the tape marginally ahead of countryman and Alexander Mutiso in a thrilling finish to the New York Marathon.

After running 42km, a blink of an eye was all that separated these two Kenyans in the NY Marathon

The ending of the New York Marathon has to be seen to be believed. Of the 50,000 runners who competed, the first two across the finish line were separated by just three hundredths of a second.

  • Scott Cacciola
Andrew Regan (pictured with Nedd Brockmann) has been walking 100 metres with assistance every day since October 20 to raise money for the fight against homelessness.

A rugby tackle gone wrong paralysed Andrew instantly. That hasn’t stopped him from walking a full field

The father-of-one spent more than 10 months in hospital recovering from that fateful game. Then, he stood up – and it was on.

  • Bronte Gossling
Tony Birch: “When you’re a long-distance runner, at some point in a run, your mind empties out of any problems and anxieties. It’s like you have this clean slate.”

Having a serious political battle? There’s one approach this author will never take

Activist, historian and author Tony Birch on waging a political argument, the one type of friend he won’t have – and the joyful link between running and writing.

  • Benjamin Law
Raring to go: left to right Wayne Thompson, John Dobson and David Foskey training for the Melbourne Marathon.

The trio who refused to let cancer or broken bones stop them running 46 Melbourne Marathons

John Dobson remembers his body screaming as he crossed the finish line in his first Melbourne Marathon in 1978. But he’s gone back every year since.

  • Carolyn Webb
Jermaine Jones a Sydney construction worker has run 34 marathons around Centennial Park in 34 days for charity. Last one is Saturday. He ran out of annual leave so he’s been running after work every day, Centenial Park, Sydney, 25 September 2025. Photo Jessica Hromas

Like thousands of Sydneysiders, Jermaine ran a marathon last month. But he didn’t stop

Jermaine Jones will on Saturday complete 34 marathons in as many days, mostly by running laps around Centennial Park after a full day at work.

  • Mary Ward
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Evolving goals with age: Susie Chan.

Not achieving your best times any more? Why that’s probably a good thing

When you’re no longer achieving the PBs as you age, it’s time to do your mind and body a favour and adjust your expectations, along with your training regime.

  • Sarah Berry
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
Eliud Kipchoge

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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