Sydney is the seventh and newest Abbott Major, and the only one south of the equator. You cross the Harbour Bridge inside the first 3 km and finish on the Opera House steps, with roughly 33,000 finishers around you in 2025. Two honest catches: it climbs about 313 metres, the hilliest of the Majors, so park the flat-course goals; and since it went Major, entry runs through a ballot, not open sign-up.
Better info coming — we're still verifying 3 fields on this race.
Why we'd pick it
- 313 m of climbing: rolling, not pancake-flat.
- It's a lottery. Enter the day it opens, not the week before.
- A non-racing partner gets a real weekend here — 5/5.
- Race day usually sits 11–18°C, about 33% chance of rain.
The course
A point-to-point that crosses the Harbour Bridge inside the first 3 km and finishes on the Opera House steps, the seventh and newest Abbott World Marathon Major and the only one in the Southern Hemisphere. The harbour views are the draw, but the bridge climb, the Oxford Street drag and the Mrs Macquarie's Chair ramp stack up about 313 m of gain, the hilliest of the Majors.
