Event: City2Surf
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Summary
City2Surf is the world’s largest fun run — 14 km of closed roads from Hyde Park to Bondi Beach, held every August since 1971 with around 90,000 entrants. The 2026 edition runs on Sunday 9 August.
General entries are sold out for 2026 — but City2Surf tickets change hands right up to race day. Runners get injured in training and on-sell their entries, and charity entries remain open. Start your training block now and keep watch: tickets turn up.
Course & Elevation
City2Surf is the world's largest fun run, held every August since 1971 on a 14km closed-road course from Sydney's CBD to Bondi Beach. The 2026 edition runs on Sunday 9 August, with around 90,000 entrants — from elite athletes chasing prize money to first-timers, walkers and families — and general entries have already sold out.
The course starts in Hyde Park, drops down William Street and through the Kings Cross Tunnel, then follows New South Head Road through Rose Bay along the harbour. At the halfway mark comes the race's defining feature: Heartbreak Hill, a roughly two-kilometre climb to Vaucluse that decides most runners' finish times. From there the route rolls along Old South Head and Military Roads with ocean views before descending to the finish on Queen Elizabeth Drive at Bondi Beach. Total climbing is a genuine 221 metres — far more than most 14km road runs.
That mid-race climb is exactly why City2Surf rewards structured preparation. A training block built for this event develops sustained uphill strength without blowing up, downhill control for the fast final kilometres, and pacing discipline so Heartbreak Hill is a passing opportunity rather than a survival exercise. Train for the course you'll actually run, and Bondi arrives a lot sooner.
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