Australia
Find your next marathon or half marathon, ultra-distance run, trail run, bucket list runs through rainforests, along beaches or up mountains or find a fun run for the whole family. My Next Challenge helps you find your next run.
30 Run events
Hunter Valley NSW
The Maitland Running Festival will take place on the 1st of June 2025. The event takes place in New South Wales' beautiful Hunter Valley. The start, finish and lap location for the event will be the new Maitland Regional Athletics Track.
Brisbane QLD
The Brisbane Marathon Festival will take place on the 1st of June 2025. One of Australia's oldest running events, the Brisbane Marathon Festival travels along the riverfront, over bridges and past some of the Brisbane's most enchanting landmarks.
McLaren Vale SA
The McLaren Vale Marathon will take place on the 1st of June 2025. The event offers a Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km, 5km as well as a Kids Dash. The 2025 event will be based in the heart of McLaren Vale town and will include runs through the vines.
Grampians National Park VIC
The Serra Terror is an 85km hike or run through the Grampians National Park. Participants compete as a team of four to eight team members completing the entire course together or a relay team of four to eight team members who interchange at checkpoints along the route.
Toowoomba Showgrounds QLD
The 2025 40 for Fortey event will be held on Sunday 8th June 2025 at the Toowoomba Showgrounds. 40 for Fortey is held in memory of Police Officer Senior Constable Brett ‘Fortey’ Forte who lost his life in the line of duty on 29th May 2017.
Kununurra WA
The Kununurra Half Marathon will take place on the 15th of June 2025. At the Kununurra Half Marathon participants can choose to run the half marathon solo or in a relay team of two or four people.
Yarraman QLD
The Brisbane Valley Rail Trail 100 is an ultra distance marathon that utilises the former Brisbane Valley rail line. The event offers a 200 mile, 100 mile, 100km and 50 mile ultra as well as a marathon and half marathon.
Manly Dam, 112 King St, Manly Vale, 2093 NSW
Experience the thrill of the Manly Dam Trails with our 8km looping course. Traverse along the water’s edge, soaking in the stunning views, before descending back down and crossing the Manly Dam Bridge.
Gold Coast QLD
The 2025 Gold Coast Marathon will take place from the 5-6th of July 2025. The event offers distance options for all ages and abilities including the Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km, 5km as well as 4km & 2km kids runs. The event also has a wheelchair Marathon, 10km and 4km.
Lake Macquarie NSW
On offer are three trail running course distances – 12km, 22km and 36km to accommodate runners/walkers of all abilities.
Melbourne Park Oval
Join Melbourne’s largest winter running event in 2025, where over 25,000 runners will embrace the thrill of running through the city’s closed streets and iconic landmarks. Run Melbourne is your chance to chase your next personal best while being celebrated at the epic finish line at Melbourne Park Oval.
Cairncross State Forest, Port Macquarie NSW
The ultra distance Elephant Trail Race returns on the 18th - 20th of July 2025 in Port Macquarie, New South Wales. The event offers a 217km, 160km and 100km ultras as well as a 50km, 25km, 13km and 2. 5km Kids Race.
Hunter Valley NSW
The Hunter Valley Winery Run will take place on the 20th of July 2025. It's not everyday that you get to run through world famous international golf resorts and some of the most famous wineries in Australia.
Karratha WA
The Chevron City to Surf for Activ will take place iin Karratha on the 27th of July 2025.
Broome WA
The 2025 Broome International Airport Broome Marathon Festival will take place on the 3rd of August 2025. The event is held on Cable Beach at low tide to ensure hard packed sand for running on. Choose from Marathon, Half Marathon and 10. 5km.
Townsville QLD
Winter in Townsville is perfect for running, watching the sun rise as you run the palm-lined beachfront of The Strand.
Oxley Creek Common QLD
The Clint Eastwood is a backyard ultra format, which takes place at Oxley Creek Common. The 2025 event begins on the 8th of August 2025. The course is a 6. 706 km/lap with 69 metres of ascent/descent each lap.
Sunshine Coast QLD
Fast. Flat. Scenic and PB worthy. Take on the challenging Full Marathon, the certified PB breaking Half or the 10km. The 5km Run & 5km Walk & the 2km Mini Marathoner events provide a great starting point for all ages and abilities.
Hyde Park, Sydney NSW
Join 85,000+ runners and walkers for the annual City2Surf from Hyde Park in Sydney's CBD to the world famous Bondi Beach. The 14km route follows Sydney's spectacular harbour through Double Bay, Rose Bay, up heartbreak hill to Vaucluse before reaching Bondi Beach.
118 Grampians Rd Halls Gap 3381 VIC
Wonderland Run. It’s a rush. There are crevasses where the rock is kissing both shoulders at the same time. There’s the Titanic “King of the World” feeling you get perched on the Pinnacle overlooking the Halls Gap valley. It’s an experience, not just a run.
Perth WA
Established by Activ in 1975, the Perth City to Surf has become WA’s most loved community sporting event. The Activ Foundation supports more than 2,000 people living with disability across WA.
Otford NSW
The Coastal Classic is a 30km trail run along one of the most stunning tracks in Australia, it has everything to offer from rocky terrain, sand running and beaches, to cliff-tops, bushland, rainforest and steep hill inclines.
Pit Lane, Aughtie Drive, Albert Park Lake VIC
Run Prix: Sun 21st Sept 2025. This is record setting territory. The full GP circuit is closed down. The traffic islands are removed for the day, and the racing is on smooth flat bitumen. Loop course. No hairpin turns. No off-roading. No gravel. No grass. No compromises.
Parramatta NSW
The Three Bridges Run returns to Parramatta on 12th of October 2025. This spectacular fast and flat parkway run has 10km, 21km and 42km courses on offer. Winding along the Parramatta River, only 30 minutes west of Sydney CBD.
Carcoar NSW
The Carcoar Cup Running Festival is held in the historic town of Carcoar in NSW. Offering a marathon, half marathon and several shorter distance runs, this is an event suitable for the whole family. The course has been described as one of the toughest and most beautiful in Australia.
Pyalong VIC
A last-person-standing race unlike anything you’ve seen. Australia’s toughest ultra is back, and this year, the stakes are higher than ever.
Bouddi National Park, Killcare, Central Coast NSW
This event deserves a top spot on your summer to-do list! A 14km & 21km trail run held within Bouddi National Park, only one and a half hours north of Sydney, on the NSW Central Coast.
Bonna Point Reserve & Kurnell Foreshore NSW
The Shire Run Carnival & Aquathlon on Saturday 22 November 2025 in Kurnell, NSW is a community festival with a carnival atmosphere, catering for recreational walkers/runners through to the elite. The event takes place along the stunning Kurnell Foreshore, with the start/finish area located at Bonna Point Reserve.
Permien St Dromana 3936 VIC
Two Bays Trail Run. Great holiday vibe and multi-faceted course between Dromana on the Port Phillip Bay side and Cape Schanck on the Bass Strait side.
Port Fairy VIC
Experience the magic of the Port Fairy Marathon – where every step takes you through one of Australia’s most stunning coastal landscapes. Set in the charming and historic seaside town of Port Fairy, this scenic AIMS certified course winds past rugged ocean views, tranquil river frontage, and historic streetscapes.