The RELAY

The RELAY option divides the 80km Ultra from Bondi Beach to Manly Beach into four legs, roughly 20km each.

It’s a great challenge to do with friends or colleagues – an excuse to train together and keep motivated over winter.

Gather your community to do something fun and unique in Sydney.

Have more than three friends interested? Divide yourselves among two teams (or more) for a challenge - and a great excuse to all train together!

Suggested day out for any relay teams wanting to cheer one another on:

After the first runner finishes their leg, they can take the ferry from Rose Bay to Circular Quay to meet with the rest of the team and cheer on the second runner as they pass by.

The third runner can travel by ferry from Circular Quay to North Sydney Wharf for the second relay checkpoint.

Runner two can take the ferry to meet the first and fourth runners back at Circular Quay, where they can catch a Manly Fast Ferry to Manly.

From here, runner four travels by shuttle bus to Clontarf for relay checkpoint three. They can all join runner four to do this and pick up runner 3 at Clontarf, or they can wait at the 70km mark near Manly Wharf to cheer them on then walk to the finish line to run the final 100m together.

Find out more about transport options here

Come together in Manly to run the final few hundred metres side by side through the finish line for that epic finishes shot!

  • FIRST LEG

    The first leg is from Bondi Beach to Lyne Park in Rose Bay.

    Start at Bondi Beach as the sun rises, then run the cliffs along Dover Heights, around Watsons Bay and South Head, then along the spectacular Hermitage Foreshore Walk to Lyne Park in Rose Bay.

    This leg is 19.3 km

    It has 329m elevation gain

    Cut off is 9:30am

  • SECOND LEG

    The second leg is from Lyne Park in Rose Bay to Kesterton Park in Neutral Bay.

    This leg has all the big-ticket items to write home about. From Rose Bay, pass some of the most spectacular homes in Sydney, through Rushcutters Bay, around the Royal Botanic Garden and Sydney Opera House then over the Sydney Harbour Bridge before finishing in North Sydney.

    This leg is 22.4 km

    It has 360m elevation gain

    Cut off is 1:15pm

  • THIRD LEG

    The third leg is from Kesterton Park in Neutral Bay to Clontarf Reserve. The longest leg covering some incredible trails. Hug the coastline around Cremorne Point then through giant red gum forests around the newly opened Middle Head walk, finishing at the stunning Clontarf Reserve.

    This leg is 22.8 km

    It has 326m elevation gain

    Cut off is 5:30pm

  • FOURTH LEG

    The fourth and final leg is from Clontarf Reserve to Manly Beach via North Head.

    Don’t underestimate this leg. It might be the shortest but it’s one of the toughest with undulating terrain. It runs the famous Spit to Manly route then passes 200m from the finish line, passing Manly Wharf and heading uphill and around North Head Sanctuary for spectacular views back across the harbour.

    This leg is 18 km

    It has 256m elevation gain

    Cut off is 9:30pm