Race Info

Arrival Time

We recommend arriving 45mins prior to your start group race start. 

Baggage

Anyone needing to drop their bag off on the morning, please do so at the Celsius Event Village, The Domain Sydney prior to heading to your start wave – there will be NO bag drop facility at the start line. Please allow 10 minutes to walk to your start area.

We advise people where possible to pre-drop their bags at Expo from 7am – 7pm on Friday 2 May and between 8am and 4pm on Saturday 3 May.

Toilets

Toilets will be located at Queen's Square and The Domain Sydney. Allow time to use these prior to lining up for your race start.

Start Group Access

The best way to access the start line for all start groups is via Martin Place, St James or Hyde Park

Each distance event will be well supported with aid stations located across the course. 

Aid stations will provide PURE electrolytes, water, toilet facilities and first aid. 

PURE Superfruits flavour will be served. 

There will be six aid stations on the Half Marathon course, and three on the 10km course.  Aid station locations can be found on our course maps.

Health and safety

In the interest of providing a safe and enjoyable event experience for all entrants, please take in to account the following;

• Keep to the left of the course to allow people to pass on the right
• Be courteous to your fellow participants at all times
• Please obey instructions from race officials, volunteers, Police and traffic management at all times.
• Do not compete if you have been sick or have had a viral infection in the 2 weeks prior to race day.
• No pets, strollers, pushed wheelchairs, bicycles, scooters, hand cycles, skateboards, roller blades or drones are permitted.
• Include emergency contact details on the back of your Race Bib, this will ensure event organisers can get in contact with your emergency contact if necessary.
• All participants must be wearing the correct race number to ensure that we have the correct medical and emergency details if an incident were to occur.
• Please refrain from using headphones. The use of headphones while participating have inherent risks and as such IRONMAN Group discourages their use by participants.

Important Medical and Health Information

• Your safety is our primary concern. The medical team will be staffing the medical facilities at Hyde Park North and Queens Square. Medical resources will be available while you are out on course at every aid station. along with bicycle emergency response teams and mobile medical squads.
• If you are not feeling well on race morning, we strongly advise you not to start the event.
• If you start to feel unwell at any point during the race, we urge you to seek help rather than continue.

DON'T BE AFRAID TO ASK FOR HELP

If at any time during the race you experience chest pain or discomfort, shortness of breath, lightheadedness (dizziness), numbness around the mouth or in hands, difficulty concentrating, or stop sweating please stop immediately and seek medical attention.

• During the run: If you are at an aid station, let someone know you are in need of medical help. If you are not at or near an aid station – STOP – let someone know you need medical help. Anyone can help - another participant, a volunteer, a staff vehicle, event support vehicle; even a spectator. Have them alert the nearest aid station or staff member that you need medical assistance. Make sure you provide your bib number to initiate your care.
• Helping another runner– if a fellow runner needs help, please use the same steps listed above to help get the runner medical assistance. Make sure to provide the bib number of the runner in need of help.
• After you have finished the race, please do not leave the post-race area until you are able to drink without vomiting, stand without dizziness and feel okay. If you are not feeling well, please come to the event medical tent to be evaluated by the medical team before leaving the post-race area.

Manage your Health and Safety on Race Day – Race Healthy, Race Smart

Timing

Overall distance placings will be based on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Male and Female runner across the Finish Line.

All timing results will be available online by age group category and will be based on participant's mat time.

Timing mats will be located at all start lines and at the finish line. Additionally, all runners will receive a split time at various points throughout the course. These will be updated with precise locations closer to the event date.

Disposable timing chips are attached to the back of your race number and will record your time. Timing chips do not need to be returned.

We will also have an Event Mobile App that will include an athlete tracker so you can follow your friends results on the day.

HOKA Runaway Sydney Half Marathon recognises the environmental impact from its operations in the City of Sydney, Barangaroo, The Rocks and Royal Botanic Gardens. Its surrounding harbour can have both positive and negative effects environmentally, economically and socially.

We encourage our staff and volunteers to maintain a commitment to environmental responsibility throughout our daily operations and ask the same of our athletes, service providers, partners, suppliers, and contractors.

In conjunction with Closed Loop, we aim to reduce our environmental impact by diverting our waste from landfill through sorting waste onsite into several waste streams to ensure the waste is correctly processed post event.

Due to recent developments and advice from the EPA, we are now transitioning from the use of biodegradable cups to paper SimplyCups which will be recycled into reusable products after being sorted on-site post event.

HOKA Runaway Sydney Half Marathon will continue to take a sustainable approach in our activities and ensure we are diverting waste from landfill as well as educating the public on sustainable practices.