Event: Raffertys Coastal Run
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Summary
Raffertys Coastal Run is a coastal trail event at Lake Macquarie that links lakeside and ocean-side trails, offering 12 km, 22 km and 35 km courses plus kids races and the Triple Trail Challenge.
Course & Elevation
Raffertys Coastal Run is a coastal trail event hosted from Raffertys Resort at Cams Wharf on Lake Macquarie, about 90 minutes north of Sydney, staged by Maximum Adventure. The 2026 edition ran on Saturday 11 July with 12km, 22km and 35km courses plus a kids fun run — and sold out across all distances weeks in advance. The long course carries around 978m of climbing and counts towards the iTRA and UTMB World Index systems.
The 35km is a journey from calm lake shore to open ocean and back: out through Murrays Beach, along Wallarah National Park fire trails, then south on the clifftops past Caves Beach with views up and down the coast. The middle of the race is pure coastal theatre — a rock-platform run past Shark Hole, the beach under the historic Catherine Hill Bay jetty, sand across Moonee Beach and a whale-watching turn at Snapper Point in the Munmorah State Conservation Area.
Variety is the challenge here: hard-packed trail, soft sand, rock platform and sealed path all demand different gaits, and the cut-offs at 14.5km and 20km keep the pressure on. A structured, event-specific training block prepares you for exactly that mix — sand-leg conditioning, sustained tempo on runnable fire trail, and the pacing discipline to bank time before the beach sections.
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