44 kmRoad🇦🇺 Lorne, Australia

Great Ocean Road Marathon

Sunday, 16 May 2027In 7 months · Start 08:00

A 44 km point-to-point on the closed Great Ocean Road from Lorne to Apollo Bay, rolling over headlands with the Southern Ocean beside you the whole way.

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Facts checked 10 Oct 2026 against greatoceanroadrunfest.com.au, greatoceanroadrunfest.com.au.

Elevation gain

450 m

Hilly · ↓ 450 m

Start altitude

16 m

above sea level, from terrain data

Temp at start

11°C

Peaks around 15°C

Entry fee

≈ $120

Open entry

Finishers

—

typical year

Course

Point to point

6.5h cut-off

Getting thereFly into AVV (Geelong/Melbourne), about 70 km from the start

Course map

A detailed route is not available for this race yet. The marker shows the race location.

Elevation profile

Hilly: about 450 m of climbing and 450 m of descent. A detailed profile isn’t available for this race yet.

Race-day weather

At start

11°C

Peak during race

15°C

Humidity

79%

Chance of rain

11%

Wind

13 km/h

Race day in past years

Historical averages for 16 May ±3 days, 2016–2025, from 08:00 for 5 hours (70 days sampled). Source: Open-Meteo / ERA5.

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