Australian Outback Marathon

Event overview

The Australian Outback Marathon is a running event held in the Uluru-Kata Tjuta region of Central Australia. The course runs largely on private land and offers direct views of Uluru and Kata Tjuta. Most of the route is on unsealed roads, bush tracks and soft-sand trails, with a few small sand dunes and a generally flat profile with a couple of inclines. The event includes community engagement programs that provide race entries to Yulara staff and free entries for all students at the local Yulara Primary School. The organisers also sponsor three schools from the surrounding Anangu Pipalyatjara area, including accommodation and meals for those students, and involve the Anangu Communities Foundation in event activities.

Distances and packages

Available distances:

• 42 km marathon
• 21 km half marathon
• 11 km fun run
• 6 km fun run

Age limits and cut-offs: the marathon minimum age is 18 and the half marathon minimum age is 15; the 11 km and 6 km events are open to all ages. The marathon and half marathon have an 8-hour cut-off; the 11 km and 6 km list no cut-off.

Race entry is offered only as part of packaged itineraries. Multiple packages are available with different durations and starting prices, for example: Platinum (6 days / 5 nights, from $2150), Diamond (5 days / 4 nights, from $1850), Gold (4 days / 3 nights, from $1650), Silver (4 days / 3 nights, from $1595) and Red Earth (3 days / 2 nights, from $1150). Packages include items such as accommodation, return airport transfers (for scheduled flights), race-day transfers, meals as specified, a finishers medal and race photography. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.