Carcoar Cup Running Festival
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Carcoar Cup Running Festival
The Carcoar Cup Running Festival is a community running event in the historic village of Carcoar, Central West New South Wales. The festival includes multiple race distances and a kids race, all held around Belubula Street and nearby roads and trails.
Event distances:
- Marathon and Teams Marathon (42.2 km)
- Half Marathon (21.1 km)
- 10 km Special
- Carcoar to Creek Dash 6 km
- Carcoar Cup for Kids 1.8 km
The course uses a mix of bitumen and dirt surfaces and features hills, dales, undulations and scenic rural views that pass near the town of Neville and Mount Macquarie. All event distances are chip timed by Multisport Australia. Finishers receive a Carcoar-themed medal and sponsor giveaways.
There are no cut-off times for the 2 km, 5 km, 10 km, or Half Marathon. The full Marathon has a six hour cut-off. Race bibs are printed three weeks before the event and posted two weeks before race day; to have a name on a bib register at least three weeks before the event. A photographer will take course photos. Volunteers support course marshalling and registration and receive event-related benefits from the organisers.
The festival has received community and regional event awards and marked ten years of running in 2022. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.