FEDERATION UNIVERSITY
HALF MARATHON

SUNDAY, 27 APRIL 2025, 8am

WORLD ATHLETICS CERTIFIED COURSE

  • PRE-EVENT BIB COLLECTION DATES:
    Sunday 13 April and Monday 14 April

  • PRE-EVENT BIB COLLECTION LOCATIONS:
    1) Running Warehouse Richmond store     - 516, Bridge Rd, Richmond, Victoria
    2) Running Warehouse Chatswood (Sydney) store - 13-15 Smith St, Chatswood, NSW
    3) Running Warehouse Gold Coast store - 13 Upton St, Bundall, Queensland

    NOTE: You must register prior to March 1 to collect your bib at one of the Running Warehouse stores. You can do this by logging into Ballarat Marathon registration in Race Roster and selecting the day and location where you wish to collect your bib.

  • AT-EVENT BIB COLLECTION LOCATION:
    Ballarat Civic Hall - 300 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.

    RACE DETAILS

  • 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

Updated Federation University Half Marathon Strava map

FURTHER INFORMATION 2025

  • The cut-off time for the Federation University 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, Fixx Fuel X Pro electrolyte drink and Fixx Gel X Pro energy gels will be available at each of our drink stations. There are toilets at each drink station.

  • Drink Station 1, 3km (corner of Cedar Dr and Plane Ave) – Water, Fixx products & toilets

    Drink Station 2, 6km (Elm Ave just prior to Oak Ave) – Water, Fixx products & toilets

    Drink Station 3, 9.5km (Sturt St eastbound level with Ningana St) – Water, Fixx products & toilets

    Drink Station 4, 12.5km (Sturt St before Pleasant St – outside City Oval Bowling Club) – Water, Fixx products & toilets

    Drink Station 5, 15.5km (Wendouree Pde and Zoo Dr) – Water, Fixx products & toilets

    Drink Station 6, 19km (Pleasant St just after City Oval Hotel) – Water, Fixx products & toilets

    Recovery Zone (Armstrong St South, just past finish line) – Water, Fixx products & toilets

  • To assist you in achieving your marathon goals we have a team of pacers who will run at an even effort/pace. The pacers are like on-course coaches, encouraging you and other runners along the way. Each pacer will be easily identifiable. 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 are two pacers on each time who will run in eyesight of each other creating a pace zone. This means that you will not need to crowd around a single pacer.

    There will be pacers for the following times:

    • 1hr 25mins

    • 1hr 30mins

    • 1hr 35mins

    • 1hr 40mins

    • 1hr 45mins

    • 1hr 50mins

    • 1hr 55mins

    • 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.