Mad Max Marathon

ONLINE ENTRIES CLOSE SUNDAY 21ST JULY AT MIDNIGHT

LATE ENTRIES (AND BIB COLLECTION) ARE BEING ACCEPTED BETWEEN 9AM and 10AM AND THEN AGAIN FROM 2PM AND 5PM ON SATURDAY 27TH JULY IN THE GARY RADFORD PAVILION OF THE BROKEN HILL RACECOURSE AND ON RACE MORNING AT THE SAME VENUE BETWEEN 7.30AM AND 8.30AM FOR ALL RACES EXCEPT FOR THE 2KM KIDS DASH. LATE ENTRIES FOR THE 1.30PM KIDS DASH WILL BE ACCEPTED BETWEEN 12.30PM AND 1.00PM ON RACE DAY.

In July 2024 the second Mad Max Marathon Running Festival will be held in Broken Hill, NSW after a successful inaugural event in 2023.

Race Director, Brian Haddy, has been co-ordinating a local fun run in his home town of Mount Barker, SA for the past six years. This ‘Conquer the Summit’ event has grown from 100 to over 400 participants each year and has raised $100,000 for local youth development charities in that time.

In 2022 Brian also co-ordinated the Great Kanku Breakaways Marathon Festival in Coober Pedy and this gave him the idea to organise another outback running festival, this time with a connection to the famous Mad Max movie franchise which has used Broken Hill as a film location over the years.

In 2024, Brian added the Mildura Riverfront Marathon to his events. It will be on the June long weekend each year.

The aim of the Mad Max event is threefold – to attract runners from all over Australia to this unique heritage town; to encourage more local children and adults to get into the running ‘habit’; and to raise funds and awareness of the work of the Maari Ma Health Aboriginal Corporation that provides
quality Primary Health Care services and Community Programs for the Aboriginal communities of far western NSW. Read more about their incredible work here. All entrants are encouraged to add a donation to
their registration fee to support Maari Ma.

The Mad Max Marathon Festival presents a unique opportunity to explore outback Australia and the historic city of Broken Hill and its link to the Mad Max film franchise. All abilities and ages are catered for - from the elite marathon runner to the weekend jogger or walker on a course that is flat, flat, flat. The event starts and finishes at the Broken Hill Racecourse, home to the spacious Gary Radford Pavilion and nearby camping facilities for those seeking a real outback adventure - https://www.brokenhilleventscentre.org.au/camp ) to book your powered or unpowered campsite. There are many other accommodation options in Broken Hill which you can explore at https://www.visitnsw.com/destinations/outback-nsw/broken-hill-area/accommodation

The marathon, half-marathon, 10km and 5km events all start with the Broken Hill Racecourse parkrun loop (https://www.parkrun.com.au/brokenhillracecourse/ ). The longer events then involve varying distances on flat dirt tracks alongside Racecourse Road and then a left turn onto the Silver City Highway. The Marathon event involves a second lap of the half-marathon course. The 10km, half-marathon and marathon events all finish with a 2km lap of the racecourse - this is a very different and slightly crazy event.

An iconic medal will be awarded to all 5km, 10km, half marathon and marathon finishers and a very cool event t-shirt is now available to purchase.

For Mad Max tragics, feel free to add extra touches to your running or walking outfit and encourage your supporters to do the same!

For those keen to spend the weekend in the region why not run the Broken Hill Racecourse parkrun at 8.00am on the Saturday morning, visit the Mad Max 2 Museum at Silverton (just 20kms from Broken Hill) and have lunch on Saturday at the quirky Silverton Pub. On Saturday or Sunday nights, you can have dinner at the iconic Palace Hotel, where scenes of the legendary Priscilla, Queen of the Desert film were made.

Event partner, Maari Ma Health, is an Aboriginal community controlled health organisation dedicated to improving the health outcomes for communities in the far west region of New South Wales with a special focus on Aboriginal health. They would be very grateful if you could support their work by adding a donation on top of your registration fee.