Event: Parramatta Half Marathon
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Summary
The Parramatta Half Marathon is a 21.1 km closed-road race through Parramatta, starting on O’Connell Street, looping through Parramatta Park and the CBD and finishing inside CommBank Stadium on the stadium turf.
Course & Elevation
The Parramatta Half Marathon is Sydney's newest major road race, organised by 180 Cadence. The inaugural edition on Sunday 21 June 2026 sold out with 8,000 runners tackling 21.1km of fully closed roads through the heart of Parramatta, starting on O'Connell Street at 7:00am and finishing on the turf inside CommBank Stadium.
The course shows off the city: through Parramatta Park's greenery, around the CBD and Western Sydney University, and along the river foreshore before the stadium finish. With only around 154m of total elevation over the distance, aid stations roughly every 5km, and cool June racing weather, it is built for fast times — genuinely one of the more PB-friendly half marathons in Sydney.
A flat, fast half rewards disciplined preparation: consistent weekly mileage, tempo and threshold work to hold goal pace, and a proper taper. An event-specific training block maps those pieces to your start date and current fitness, so you toe the line on O'Connell Street with the endurance and pace judgement to run even splits all the way into the stadium.
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