South Australian Road Runners Club

Happy Father's Day to all the super dads out there! 💙 The one's who inspire us, cheer us on, and in some cases, still manage to outrun us too! Today, we celebrate you!

VOLUNTEERS, WE NEED YOU!

Trails not your thing? You can still be part of the action at the Yurrebilla Ultra Marathon!

We’re looking for volunteers to join our race-day crew on Sunday, 27 September across:
💧 Drink stations
🏁 Start & finish lines
📍 Course marshalling

Come along, soak up the race-day atmosphere and help us create an awesome experience for our runners!

Keen to help? Email: [email protected] 😁

Looking for your next challenge after the Barossa Marathon Festival? 👀 It’s time to swap the road for the trails 🌿⛰️

Take on the Yurrebilla Ultra Marathon and test your legs across one of Adelaide’s most iconic trail events.

Register here: https://sarrc.org.au/event/yurrebilla-ultra/

The signs were almost as good as the running 😂👏

A huge shoutout to everyone who brought the energy (and creativity!) to our Barossa Poster Competition. We loved seeing these out on course!

🏆 Congratulations to Kaitlyn Court for taking out our favourite sign and winning a free SARRC entry! And to Zoe, Jack, Ella and Elliot for taking out the special kids competition!

Swipe through for some quality race-day motivation 👉

Your 2026 Barossa Marathon Festival champions! 🏆🍇

A huge congratulations to our winners and all of today’s podium finishers on some incredible performances.

🥇 5km: Tilly Williams and Samuel Haylock
🥇 10km: Molly Cook and Fraser Darcy
🥇 10km Wheelchair: Amelia Kayser
🥇 Half-Marathon: Tara Palm and Ian Worsfold
🥇 Marathon: Amanda Farrelly and Ryan Waddington

Congratulations! 👏

What a day, Barossa! 🍇🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

From first-time finishers to PBs and everything in between, congratulations to everyone who took on the 2026 Barossa Marathon Festival! 🙌

Thanks for making it such an incredible day! ❤️

Cheering someone on at the Barossa Marathon Festival? Get creative and bring your best poster! 🎨🏃 (we'll have all the supplies for the kids too at bag drop on race day!)

Tag us in a pic with your sign OR show it off at the finish line for your chance to WIN a free entry to a SARRC event of your choice + something special! 👀🎁

Funny, clever or motivational - we want to see it!

Bib Collection for this weekend's Barossa Marathon Festival!

With record numbers across all distances - it's essential that you pick up your bib for race day - you should receive your bib number on Thursday!

Thursday: 4PM - 7PM from RunDNA Hindmarsh
Friday: 8AM - 5:30PM from RunDNA Hindmarsh
Saturday: 11AM - 3PM from The Rex, Tanunda
Sunday: 6AM - Race Start from The Rex Tanunda

If you can, don't leave it until race morning - give yourself time to get it beforehand!

Run well 🏃

Welcome to Race Week!

Runners, we hope you're feeling ready 🏃

Your start times for this weekend:

Marathon: 7:30AM
Half Marathon: 8:00AM
10KM: 8:20AM
5KM: 8:20AM

See you at the start line!

The 2026 Barossa Marathon Festival is 100% SOLD OUT!

Every spot is full, we can't wait to see over 3,500 of you at the start line next weekend 🎉

Participants - keep an eye on your inboxes as participant information is sent out this week.

Keen on running but missed out? Yurrebilla is just around the corner! Head to https://sarrc.org.au/event/yurrebilla-ultra/ to go down the rabbit hole of trail running!