Events/TCS Sydney Marathon

TCS Sydney Marathon

Running

Date

Sun, 29 Aug 2027

Venue

Sydney, Australia

Countdown

August

Distance

42.195km

Total climb

313m

The newest of the seven Abbott World Marathon Majors. You start in North Sydney, cross the Harbour Bridge in the opening kilometres, and finish on the Opera House forecourt. 42.195km of closed roads around the water.

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The course

The route

Point-to-point from North Sydney to the Opera House forecourt, 42.195km on closed roads. Around 313m of climbing against 396m of loss (net -83m), rolling throughout, with the Harbour Bridge climb inside the first 6km.

Weather

Late-August, Sydney

18°CTypical high

13°CTypical low

8°CColdest in 20 years

25%Days with rain

Highs around 18°C and lows around 13°C, but it has dropped to 8°C. Rain on 25% of days.

NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day

Training

Training for the TCS Sydney Marathon

We don't do generic plans. We combine deep knowledge of this race's demands with your recent training, then build a plan with you that progresses as you do.

Beina integrates directly with your existing tools to understand your current fitness, and synchronise your planned sessions.

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What Sydney throws at you

Typical sessions

The Harbour Bridge climb arrives early, on fresh legs, exposed to wind off the water

Constant undulation: around 313m of climbing with no sustained flat to recover on

The rolling 30 to 38km stretch, where the wall and the rises hit together

Late-August Sydney can warm through the morning, so the finish may be hotter than the start

What your weeks look like

Typical sessions

Marathon-pace long runs on rolling terrain: up to 35km with 15 to 20km at goal pace, routed over hills

Hill reps building to 8 to 12 x 2min uphill at marathon-to-threshold effort

Progressive long runs that finish the last 8 to 10km at marathon pace

Fuelling rehearsed on every long run over 16km: 60 to 90g of carbs an hour

Not a generic schedule

Typical sessions

Built from your current fitness and the time you actually have

Adapts every week as Beina learns how you respond

Syncs your sessions straight to Garmin and Wahoo

One clear next session, never a wall of spreadsheet

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