The Famous Race is on this Sunday

A red hot field of world class athletes is taking to the race, with eight Olympians and two internationals set for battle for the title of Oceania Champion.

Read the full preview of the women’s race here and view the men’s field here.

Nearly 2000 runners from all states in Australia and as far away as California will line up in the centre of Burnie on Sunday, following in the footsteps of tens of thousands before them over the decades.

Some fast facts and quick stats on this years event include;

• Staging of the Oceania Championships for the first time
• Includes Tasmanian championships across a range of ages
• Included in the Tasmanian Masters Games
• Featured on a 1.9kg Milo tin
• Attempt on the men’s course record by Jack Rayner – current Australian 10,000m record holder
• 8 Olympians entered
• Every state represented
• 51.2% female participation
• Average distance travelled per entrant is 139km
• Entries from USA, Austria, Papua New Guinea and French Polynesia

EVENT BOOKLET

All event information is available in the Event Booklet here.

RESULTS

View live results during the event here.

LIVESTREAM

View the live broadcast of the event here.

ENTER

Entries are still open at https://www.burnieten.com.au until Saturday 3pm.

• Burnie 10
• Elphinstone 5km
• 5km/10km Virtual events

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