10k Runs Australia 2026-2027

The 10k run calendar for Australia: 294 runs in 2026 and 2027, with dates, start locations and entry links. The 10k is the fun run distance that turns into a race: the natural next goal for parkrunners moving up from 5k, and a fast, honest test for club runners chasing a time. The running season follows the cooler months, roughly May to October, when the big city events are held and the weather along the coast is at its best for racing. Pick a date or a place in the search below, or take the calendar one month at a time.

Popular cities

Most 10ks are run in and around the capitals. See what's coming up near Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and the Gold Coast.

What is in this calendar

Every event listed has a 10k among its distances, mostly on the road or a bike path, sometimes on bush trails or the beach. Australian fun runs tend to offer a menu: the 10k often sits beside a 5k, a half marathon and a kids' dash, and the event page lists the lot with start times and a link to entry. Keep in mind that some of the country's most famous runs are not 10ks at all: Sydney's City2Surf is 14 km and Adelaide's City-Bay is 12 km, so you will find those in the general running calendar. Chasing one of those, or an 8k? Move the distance slider at the top of the page and they come into view.

Well-known 10ks

Run Melbourne in July includes a 10k on closed city streets, and the Gold Coast Marathon weekend in early July opens with a 10k along the Broadwater on the Saturday. Brisbane's Bridge to Brisbane, at the end of winter, is a 10 km course over the Gateway Bridge with tens of thousands of entrants. Around them sit hundreds of local runs, from council fun runs to club championship races, and the fastest fields tend to gather in the cool months of June, July and August.

The Australian running season

The 10k calendar runs the other way round from Europe and North America. Winter is the racing season: May to October is when the capitals stage their big events and the weekend fields are largest. Summer racing does not disappear, but it starts at dawn to beat the heat, and the bush and coastal events lean towards trail distances. The Christmas and New Year period is quiet, then the calendar picks up again in March and April with the autumn runs that lead into the winter classics.

Other distances

After another distance? Browse the full running calendar for all distances, the 5k calendar, the half marathon calendar, the marathon calendar and the trail running calendar for Australia. Is your 10k missing from the list? Head for the + Event button at the top of the page and add it yourself.