Runners crossing Sydney Harbour with the Harbour Bridge and Opera House in view

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The 2027 TCS Sydney Marathon ballot

Cross the Harbour Bridge, finish at the Opera House, earn your seventh star at one of only two Abbott World Marathon Majors in our part of the world. Free to apply — you are only charged if your name is drawn.

Ballot now open · closes Mon 19 Oct, 7am SGT

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Nagano City Athletic Park. A gun fires at 8:30 a.m. sharp. Bracing the pre-race jitters that all athletes face in ages past, marathoners will hit the ground running. Dashing past the same spectacular venues used during the 1998 Nagano Olympics, marathoners will eventually reach the climax of the race: the triumphant finish at an actual Olympic Stadium.

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It’s a beautiful spring morning. The heat of the day has yet to descend on the city and the daily corporate shuffle is about to commence. You throw on your running kit and decide to get a quick jog in before being held hostage at your desk for the rest of the day. The light breeze on your face and the luscious smell of freshly brewed coffee billowing out of the coffee shops you run by is almost distracting you from that deep ache that is developing in your knee. “It will go away” you tell yourself, but before too long, every step you take feels like someone is jamming a knife into your leg. “Uh oh… this isn’t good.”