Adelaide 6-Day and 48-hour Ultra Marathon Events!

No Race for 2016 unless things change!

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Last Updated: Monday, 07 March 2016 02:00

After a delay of a year, further negotiations commenced in October 2015 with the Adelaide City Council for the 2016 Edition in early September. Despite no obvious clash with other events the ACC staff refused to consider the 6-day race until they were assured that hundreds of participants would attend. As the Australian ultra running community has not responded in the needed numbers, at this time there will be no 2016 Edition. A new 48hr event in Canberra may trigger renewed interest in multi-day events.

Race CANCELLED for 2015

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Last Updated: Monday, 04 May 2015 23:33

In Newsletter 1 for 2015, I asked for responses for a 2015 event. Unfortunately I received far fewer replies compared to 2014 plus the Adelaide City Council staff are not responding. So the result is no multiday event for Adelaide City in 2015. Overseas the Hungarian event in May was oversubscribed at 80 6-day runners and the French race in August has filled at 140 particpants. So its not a down turn in particpation in 2015 in general, just a "down-under" drop.

The charity-based Multiday race in Monaco "No Finish Line" with 12,000 entrants has announced a NFL Paris in Paris, France this year, so Adelaide misses out on being the second location. The Mayor of Florence Italy last week has told his staff to look into NFL Florence, but its seems Adelaide does not want to match Paris or Florence in their support.

Perhaps this race can return in 2016.