May
The Connection Month
The community is showing up. The energy is building. August 30 is no longer a distant date - it's a destination with a start line, a crowd, a city and a finish that has your name on it.
This month isn't about more discipline or more data. It's about the thing no training plan can prescribe: the electric feeling of realising you are not doing this alone.
Run Clubs. Track Nights. Partner Run Clubs across Australia. Volunteer Week. Get amongst it.
Belonging
Belonging isn't something that gets handed to you on race day when the crowd is loud and the energy is impossible to miss. It's built in the quiet months - in the shared effort, the shared tiredness, the shared choice to keep going when nobody would have blamed you for stopping.
This month, belonging becomes visible. The run clubs fill up. The group chats come alive. Someone finishes a long run beside you and says exactly what you've been thinking for weeks. And something shifts - the way the training feels, the way you carry yourself, the way you think about August 30.
You don't just have a race entry. You have a community.
Find yours this month. It changes everything.
Excitement
There's a specific feeling that arrives in May. It's not nerves. It's something quieter and more electric than nerves.
It's the feeling of looking at the calendar and realising August 30 is real. Of remembering where you started and seeing, clearly, how far you've come.
Let the excitement in. Don't manage it or talk yourself out of it. It's one of the best feelings in running, and you've earned every bit of it.
Identity
Somewhere between February and now, something changed. It was quiet enough that you might have missed it.
You stopped asking if you were capable. You stopped waiting to feel like a "real" runner.
Running became part of how you structure your week, how you think about your body, how you recover from hard days. You talk about your long runs. You have opinions about shoes. You know your pace. You know your limits - and you've started to push them anyway.
That is identity. Not a finish time. Not a distance. A way of being that running has shaped.
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Connect at the TCS Sydney Marathon Run Club
Join us on Sunday, 10 May for a 20km, or 2-hour run depending on your pace.
Expect energy, stories and support from runners who are right where you are in your journey. Test the latest ASCIS gear, win exclusive prizes, recover right with Therabody and YoPRO - all while training with a crew that keeps you motivated.
TCS Sydney Marathon Track Night is Back
Join us on Friday, 15 May at ES Marks Athletics Field for a safe, inclusive, coached session designed to help you run with confidence.
Delivered in collaboration with NSW Athletics and We Run Foundation, this is your space to build technique, understand pacing, and train alongside a supportive running community - whatever your level.
Join us at 5:30pm for a women’s-only session, or 7:15pm for a mixed session.
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Our Partner Run Club Program is Live
In collaboration with NSW Athletics, the TCS Sydney Marathon is expanding its national footprint through Partner Run Clubs, giving more runners access to coached long runs, community, and the official marathon training plan.
Find your club and lock in your long runs!
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Your Year To Volunteer
This Month, it’s National Volunteer Week, we're celebrating the thousands of volunteers who line the course, hand out water, cheer the loudest and make 30 August possible.
If you've ever crossed a finish line, you've been carried by their energy. Thank a volunteer. Better yet - become one.
Coach's Corner
Expert Advice.
Built For Right Now.
This month your head coaches Ben Lucas and Georgia Weir are sharing expert guidance across every part of your prep - technique, nutrition, mindset, gear, and race-day readiness.
Real advice for real runners at exactly this stage of the journey.
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Our Projects
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Secure your 2026 entry through our Official Travel Partners
Travel with one of our Official Travel Partners to guarantee your entry through specially curated travel packages. These packages are ideal for runners and friends and family, providing a seamless marathon weekend experience. Select a Travel Partner that supports your region.
Secure your 2026 entry by running for a purpose with our Charity Partners
Missed out on Ballot? Run for purpose with our headline charities; Running for Premature Babies and We Run Foundation, or choose from our Official Charity Partners.
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