VOLUNTEER

JOIN OUR VOLUNTEER TEAM

Volunteering is a fantastic way to be part of our event. We have positions available for all abilities and ages, including:

  • Drink stations attendants (best for community groups/clubs)

  • Course & pedestrian marshals

  • Registration/Info and bag drop attendants

  • Lead bike riders

  • On course drivers (Lead car, SAG Wagon & Shuttle buses)

  • Pre-event assistants

  • Finish line attendants

Ballarat Marathon can make a donation to community organisations, schools and clubs who volunteer as a group. For more information, drop us a line.

Volunteers will be provided with:

  • High quality volunteer shirt & hat from to our apparel partner

  • Snacks & access to our post event thank you afternoon tea/BBQ

  • Eligibility to win prizes from our incredible event partners

  • If required, we can sign off on volunteer hours if you are volunteering as part of a program or course

JOIN OUR PACE TEAM

*** PACE TEAM APPLICATIONS HAVE NOW CLOSED ***

Our pacers are an extension of our volunteer team. A pacer is an experienced runner who will run at an even effort/pace for the duration of the event to finish at a target time while encouraging other runners along the way.

All pacers will be expected to 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.

We will have pacers for the following times:

MARATHON:

  • 2:20, 2:30, 2:40, 2:50

  • 3:00, 3:10, 3:20, 3:30, 3:40, 3:50

  • 4:00, 4:10, 4:20, 4:40

  • 5:00, 5:30

  • 6:00 (Sweeper)

HALF MARATHON:

  • 1:25, 1:30, 1:35, 1:40, 1:45, 1:50, 1:55

  • 2:00, 2:10, 2:20, 2:30

10KM:

  • 35mins, 40mins, 45mins, 50mins, 55mins, 60mins, 65mins, 70mins

5KM:

  • 17mins 30 secs, 20mins, 22mins 30secs, 25mins, 27mins 30 secs, 30mins, 32mins 30 secs, 35mins