Sydney Marathon 2026 shakeout runs

18 shakeout runs are on the calendar for Sydney Marathon week. Six on Friday 28 August, eleven on Saturday 29 August, one on Wednesday evening. 28 brands and clubs host them. Five start on the same forecourt at Circular Quay. Every one of them finishes at coffee.

The earliest start is 06:15 on Friday. The latest is 18:30 the same day. The busiest hour is Saturday between 06:30 and 08:00, when ten groups leave within ninety minutes of each other from Bondi, Coogee, Rhodes, Eveleigh, Darlinghurst, Centennial Park and the CBD.

The full list with maps and tickets is on the Sydney Marathon 2026 shakeout runs page. This is the short version: which one to pick.

Which one to pick

First marathon. Adventure Time Travel, Saturday 06:55 from the Fullerton Hotel. It walks the start-line logistics on the way and finishes at the Opera House. About 90 minutes. Wear something red to spot the group.

Sub-3, or anyone with questions. Stronger Stride, Saturday 07:00 at Motion Festival. Sophie Lane coaches, Lydia McKay is a physio, both host the podcast. 3 km or 5 km, then last-minute questions.

Bib collection in one trip. LSKD x PILLAR, Friday 07:00 at Olympic Park. Fifteen minutes out and back, coffee, then a group walk to the expo. Or Muscle Republic at 06:15 from the Showground with a Q&A first.

Free stuff. QK, Friday 07:30 at Jinius in Dawes Point. First 80 runners get a limited-edition Sydney cap, plus batch brew, Maurten gels and YoPRO. Last Mile x Dermalogica at Coogee, Saturday 06:30, does goody bags with skincare, electrolytes and gels.

Beach. LSKD x Keegan & Co, Saturday 06:30 at Blackwood Bondi. Thirty minutes out and back, Therabody recovery after, free with an optional Movember donation.

Slept in. Runna x Fishbowl, Saturday 08:30 on Oxford Street. The latest Saturday start. Check-in 08:30, coach welcome 09:00, 5K at 09:10, then food and drinks with Coach Gen and the Runna team until 11:00. Ticket via Eventbrite, protected link.

Not a morning person. Third Space by Kings Cross Track Club, Friday 18:30 on Oxford Street. The only evening shakeout of race weekend.

Single. Sydney's Singles Shakeout, Wednesday 18:15 from the Captain Cook Hotel in Paddington. Groups by vibe, not pace. Drinks and Singles Bingo after.

Staying at Circular Quay. Walk to the Motion Festival forecourt and pick a time. Shark & Ninja Friday 07:00 (booked out), Team Toby's Friday 07:15, Stronger Stride Saturday 07:00, Bondi Rescue Saturday 07:20, iFit Saturday 07:40. Bondi Rescue and iFit are free.

Friday 28 August

1. 06:15 Muscle Republic Shakeout Run, Sydney Showground, Olympic Park. Easy 5 km, education session and warm-up first, breakfast after.
2. 07:00 LSKD x PILLAR Performance Shakeout, Piccolo Me, Olympic Park. Out and back, coffee, walk to the expo.
3. 07:00 Shark & Ninja Shakeout run, Motion Festival forecourt. Slushi samples and recovery demos. Booked out.
4. 07:15 Shakeout Run with Team Toby's, Motion Festival forecourt. Toby's Estate coffee after. Anyone named Toby gets preferential treatment.
5. 07:30 QK Sydney Shakeout 2026, Jinius, Dawes Point. 5 km, free, cap for the first 80.
6. 18:30 Third Space Shake Out Run by Kings Cross Track Club, 207 Oxford St, Darlinghurst.

Saturday 29 August

1. 06:30 LSKD x KEEGAN & Co Shakeout Run, Blackwood Bondi. 30 min out and back, Therabody, pastries, giveaways.
2. 06:30 Last Mile x Dermalogica Sydney Shakeout Run, Coogee Beach Rainbow Walkway. 5 km, goody bags, finishes at Coffee Room.
3. 06:55 Adventure Time Travel Sydney Marathon Shake-Out Run, Fullerton Hotel, CBD. 90 min to the Opera House via the start.
4. 07:00 Shakeout run with Stronger Stride, Motion Festival forecourt. 3 or 5 km, coach and physio on hand.
5. 07:20 Shakeout run with Bondi Rescue, Motion Festival forecourt. Free, led by Maxi, Jackson and Luke.
6. 07:30 Pace-N-Try Shakeout Run, Top Impression Bakery, Rhodes. Right Now Run Club, out west.
7. 07:40 iFit Shakeout run, Motion Festival forecourt. One hour on the foreshore, free.
8. 08:00 Sydney Frontrunners Marathon Shakeout Run, Duck Pond, Centennial Park. 5 km run or walk, free, coffee at the Spruce Goose cart.
9. 08:00 Redfern Run Club Sydney Marathon Shake Out Run, Innovation Plaza, Eveleigh. 5 km with the Sunday Runday podcast, free coffee at Yoho Loco.
10. 08:00 Tracksmith x Up There Athletics Pre-Race Shakeout Run, 17 Foley St, Darlinghurst. Easy 5 km from the pop-up, Coffee Supreme and Common Supply after.
11. 08:30 Runna Sydney: Shake Out. Fuel Up, Fishbowl, 88 Oxford St, Darlinghurst. 5K at 09:10 after a coach welcome, food and drinks to 11:00.

Wednesday 26 August

1. 18:15 Sydney's Singles Shakeout, Captain Cook Hotel, Paddington. 5 km, then the pub.

Tickets

Thirteen of the 18 want an RSVP. Humanitix for the five Motion Festival runs and the singles run, Eventbrite for QK, both LSKD runs, Muscle Republic and Runna, Luma for Redfern, Movemint for Tracksmith, Calendly for Adventure Time Travel. Pace-N-Try, Third Space and Last Mile are turn-up. Shark & Ninja is already booked out. Every event page carries the link.

Five say free outright: QK, iFit, Bondi Rescue, Sydney Frontrunners and LSKD x Keegan. The rest do not name a price and none of them looks like a paid event.

How far the day before

Sydney is 42.2 km on Sunday. Nothing on this list is more than 5 km at conversational pace, and the two long ones, Adventure Time Travel at 90 minutes and Muscle Republic's 06:15 start, are long on talking, not running. Pick one. Two on Saturday morning is a warm-up you will feel at 35 km.

The rest of the weekend

Shakeouts are one of four guides for Sydney 2026: pop-ups, after parties and recovery are the other three. Everything, on one map, is at marathon-weekend.com/sydney/2026.

Updated daily until race day. New shakeouts land on the list page first.