Running · Sydney, AU
Edition
2027
Miller Street to the Opera House, with a 2026 course file still hanging off the 2027 page.
Race day
August 29, 2027
Distance
Marathon
Climbing
313 m
Photo: Grahame Edwards, City of Sydney Council (2000 Olympic marathon on the Harbour Bridge) (via Wikimedia Commons) · CC BY 4.0
2026 operating status
Know what is final.
Sunday 29 August 2027.
SourceMiller Street, North Sydney. Wheelchair 6:15am. Mass start 6:30am, with group times still to come.
SourceThe 2027 page links TCS_Sydney_Marathon_2026_Course.gpx. The file metadata name is TCS Sydney Marathon 2025. Retrieved 4 November 2026. Not a 2027 re-survey.
SourceRace weekend board
Every race weekend has a different failure point. Tell us who is coming and what the hotel must solve; the board changes the base, spectator plan, and race-day timing.
Your strongest base
Miller Street, North SydneyWhy this result · This base matches “I’m racing” and “Start logistics” more strongly than the other authored options.
The organizer starts the marathon on Miller Street. Vibe Hotel North Sydney publishes its entrance on the corner of Miller Street and the Pacific Highway.
Tradeoff: You are on the north side of the harbour. The finish is at the Opera House, so reunion is a bridge or a train away.
Course timing signal
Miller Street
Start
+0:00
Barangaroo party zone
10 km
+0:57
Macquarie Street twice
14 km and 40.8 km
+1:20
Opera House
Finish
+4:00
Start side
The hotel's own page puts it at 171 Pacific Highway, on the corner of Miller Street, with Victoria Cross Metro nearby.
Consider: The finish is at the Opera House. Budget the trip back.
Address copied from the hotel page on 4 November 2026.
03 / Predicted finish
These are elapsed estimates after the runner crosses the start, not clock times. Add transit and security margin.
Give this to your support crew
The spectator page lists one zone that sees the field at 14 km and again at 40.8 km.
ASICS zone, top of Macquarie Street
Martin Place Metro or St James Station
Organizer page: 14 km outbound and 40.8 km on the way back. Mile 8.7 is the 14 km pass.
Same corner, late
Martin Place Metro or St James Station
40.8 km is about 25.4 miles. Stay put if this is your only move.
Meetup: Top of Macquarie Street. Martin Place Metro or St James Station, as the page writes it.
Compare the tradeoffs
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Course ribbon
Start
10 km
14 km and 40.8 km
Finish
The ribbon is the short version. The full atlas ties every strategy point to the reference elevation shape, spectator stops, hotel bases, and official-source status.
Sydney is 29 August 2027, from Miller Street to the Opera House. Successful ballot cards were charged on 3 November 2026. The course download on that page is named as the 2026 file, and the file's own metadata says 2025. Use it as the linked edition, not as a new survey, and do not treat the page's 313 m and the file's own climb as the same number.
Race day on the organizer's marathon page is Sunday 29 August 2027. Wheelchair start is listed at 6:15am and mass participation at 6:30am, with a note that group times come later. The course line on this page is sampled from the linked 2026 GPX, not drawn by us.
The 2027 marathon page starts the race on Miller Street in North Sydney and finishes at the Sydney Opera House, with 313 m of climbing and a 7-hour cutoff. The same page links a file named TCS_Sydney_Marathon_2026_Course.gpx. We sampled that file on 4 November 2026: about 42.24 km, elevations from 3.8 m to 80.4 m. The page's 313 m gain and the file's own uphill sum are not the same number, so treat the trace as the linked 2026 edition, not a new 2027 survey.
Link filename TCS_Sydney_Marathon_2026_Course.gpx. Metadata inside the file says TCS Sydney Marathon 2025.. Downloaded from the button on the 2027 marathon page on 4 November 2026. The page states +313 m of climbing and -83 m net. The file is that download, not a new 2027 survey.
Difficulty is the course and the conditions. The PR score is a separate read on a fast clock. Missing inputs are dropped and the other weights are rescaled. The method, with the weights.
Weight used: 100%. Need 40% before we print a number.
Band: mixed. Weight used: 80%. Need 45% before we print a number.
Weather median for 2011–2025, race date ±7 days, 225 days, at Start / Miller Street, North Sydney. Grid elevation 78 m.
No cited BQ rate for this race.
| Input | 0–100 | What went in |
|---|---|---|
| G Gain | 24.7 | 7.42 m/km. 30 m/km maps to 100. |
| A Altitude | 0 | 79.2 m. 0 below 300 m, 100 at 2000 m. Source: course-file-sample. |
| H Heat | 50 | High 17.9°C, dew point 8.1°C. The hotter of the two bands is used. |
| W Wind | 40 | 3.04 m/s median. Bands: under 3 → 15, under 5 → 40, under 8 → 70, else 100. |
| C Cutoff | 0 | 420 min. A 5:00 marathon maps to 100 and a 7:00 marathon maps to 0, scaled by distance. |
| S Surface | 15 | road. Road 15, mixed 45, gravel 70, trail 90. |
| F Flatness | 62.9 | 7.42 m/km. 100 minus gain/20×100. Net drop is 1.8 m/km. The 0.92 factor stays off until a course certificate is cited. |
| T Cool temps | 50 | 100 minus heat (50). |
| B BQ evidence | — | No cited BQ rate. |
| E Execution | 50 | Cutoff 420 min on 42.2 km. Pacers and a course certificate are not in this record, so they add nothing. |
Four-day operating plan
Before
01Saturday 28 August 2027
02Sunday 29 August 2027
03
Difficulty 22
Difficulty 57
Difficulty 18 · PR 80
Difficulty 49 · PR 4