FEDERATION UNIVERSITY
HALF MARATHON

SUNDAY, 27 APRIL 2025

WORLD ATHLETICS CERTIFIED COURSE

  • BIB COLLECTION: Ballarat Civic Hall - 300-304 Mair St, Ballarat Central

    NOTE: All bibs must be collected. Bibs will not be posted. Personalised bibs are available for everyone who registers prior to March 1.

  • START TIMES:

    7.50am - Federation University Wheelchair Half Marathon

    8am - Federation University Half Marathon

  • START-FINISH LOCATION: Ballarat Town Hall - 225 Sturt St, Ballarat Central

  • CUT-OFF TIME: Six hours

  • MINIMUM AGE: 16 years or older on the day of the event

Revel in the highlights of beautiful Ballarat during this Sunday morning tour of the city. Our flatter and faster 21.1km course takes you into Victoria Park, through the Arch of Victory and around Lake Wendouree, then finishes with the historic beauty of Lydiard and Sturt Streets.

Men’s & Women’s Prize Money
(for both runners and wheelchair athletes):

First: $2000

Second: $1000

Third: $500

Fourth: $250

Fifth: $125

Super Early-Bird Pricing:
30 June - 1 September
 $125



Early-Bird Pricing:
2 September - 5 January
 $135

Standard Pricing:
6 January - April 24
 $150



At-Event Pricing:
April 25, 26, 27
 $165

Minimum age: 18 (at the time of event)

2024 RESULTS

Male

  1. Reece EDWARDS 01:05:27

  2. Archie REID 01:05:41

  3. Kieren PERKINS 01:06:38

Female

  1. Tara PALM 01:12:48

  2. Gemma MAINI 01:15:08

  3. Ella HIGGINS 01:15:51

FURTHER INFORMATION 2025

  • The cut-off time for the City of Ballarat Half Marathon is six hours. Adherence to these cut-off times will ensure roads can be reopened in accordance with our event permits. Cut-off times are based on chip-time start not gun-time.

  • Water and electrolyte drink will be available at each of our drink stations. There are toilets at each drink station.

  • More information on drink station locations will be available closer to the event.

  • To assist you in achieving your marathon goals we will have a team of pacers. A pacer is an experienced marathon runner who will run at an even effort/pace for the duration of the event to finish at a target time and encourage you and other runners along the way. Each pacer will be easily identifiable in a white Ballarat Marathon singlet with PACE TEAM written across the back in yellow. They will each be carrying a flag that clearly displays their target finish time.

    All pacers will run to ‘chip time’ and pace as evenly as possible without banking time (+/- 30 seconds at halfway and within 30 seconds under the target time at the finish). There is one pacer on each time but they will be running close to two full marathon pacers who are pacing at the same speed.


    There will be pacers in the half marathon for the following times:

    • 1hrs 30mins

    • 1hrs 40mins

    • 1hrs 50mins

    • 2hrs

    • 2hrs 10mins

    • 2hrs 20mins

    • 2hrs 30mins

All courses are certified by AIMS (Association of International Marathons and Distance Races) and measured to World Athletics Standards.

*Courses & Schedules are subject to change and improvement.