Half Marathon
Event Information
Date | Sunday 1 June 2025 |
Distance | 21.1 km |
Start Time | 7:30 am |
Cut Off Time | 3 hours |
Start-Finish Line | Main Road, McLaren Vale |
Age Limit | 15 years on race day, unless accompanied by an adult |
Online Registrations Close | Midnight on Thursday 29 May 2025 |
In-person registrations will be available at the Race Village on Saturday 31 May. Registrations will NOT be available on race morning.
Entry Fees & Inclusions
Launch Pricing |
$85 |
to midnight on 10 November 2024 |
Early Bird |
$95 |
Entry fees include GST and all administration & credit card fees – what you see is what you pay!
Inclusions:
- Race Entry
- Post-Race Massage
- Free Race Day Phototography
- Aid Stations
- Race Day Medical Support
- Electronic Timing
Refunds and credits can be processed up to 4 weeks before race day (or up to 1 week before if you have taken out additional Diamond Cover). Please refer to our Refund Policy page for full details.
Course Description
The 2025 McLaren Vale Half Marathon course is provisional, pending approval from local authorities. Once approved, the half marathon course will be measuresd and certified to AIMS / World Athletics standards.
The McLaren Vale Half Marathon is a beautiful one lap course from the heart of town passing through the region’s vineyards under the backdrop of the Southern Mount Lofty Ranges with approximately 130m of elevation change over 21.1 km. The course is run wholly on sealed roads with minimal twists and turns, giving you every opportunity to run a great time!
Starting in the centre of town, the half marathon runs south along Main Road for 4 km before turning right into Malpas Road. Half marathoners will run almost 5 km out and 5 km back, passing runners heading in the opposite direction along the length of Malpas Road. At the junction with Main Road, runners head straight across into Binney Road and on for 2km to the high point of the course. Here, the course turns left into Strout Road for just more than 2 km of gentle decline with beautiful vineyards on either side. At the end of Strout Road, the course turns left and over a couple of small rollers along McMurtrie Road before rejoining Main Road for 2 km back to glory at the finish line in the heart of McLaren Vale.
Course Map
Drink Stations
DETAILS COMING SOON
Course Cut-Off
The Half Marathon course will be progressively closed at a pace of 8:30 per kilometre (equivalent to a finish time of 3 hours).
A tail runner will follow the last runner around the course for safety reasons and to relieve marshals from their positions. If you fail to maintain the minimum pace you will be asked to stop and return directly to the finish area. This is the last thing we want to do on race day so if you are not confident that you can complete the half marathon in under 3 hours please enter a shorter distance run.
Marshals
ALWAYS FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN BY COURSE MARSHALS.
All Traffic Guidance Schemes have full approval from the necessary authorities and roads are managed by accredited traffic controllers from Workzone Traffic Control Pty Ltd for the duration of the event.
Presentations
Presentations for the first 3 male and first 3 female place-getters will take place at McLaren Vale Piazza on Sunday morning (time TBC). Award winners must be in attendance to receive prizes.