SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22

EVENT TIMES

7.30am – 12km run

8.30am – 6km run

8.45am – 6km family walk

11am – 1km kids dash

FOLLOW LIVE

Check out The Courier’s live blog online, in the thick of all the action, and a live Facebook broadcast flying up above runners from 8.30am.

WHAT IS IT ALL FOR? 

Run Ballarat donates 100 per cent of entry fees to the children’s ward redevelopment at Ballarat Health Services Base Hospital.

Ballarat runners, walkers and strollers have raised more than $920,000 since the inaugural event in 2012. Run Ballarat is committed to funding half of the $3.5 million paediatric and adolescent ward works.

THE COURSE

Start and finish lines for all events are from the South Gardens in Ballarat Botanical Gardens.

The six and 12-kilometre events go down Sturt Street and back up Mair Street with the 6km course turning at Ascot Street South and the 12km run travelling down around Bakery Hill and including a lap around the lake.

Children aged three to 14 have a fun 1km kids dash by the lake from the gardens.

RACE PACK COLLECTION AND LATE ENTRIES

Visit Run Ballarat Event Village in South Gardens, off Wendouree Parade: Saturday, 9am-4pm; Sunday from 6.30am. Race packs include a t-shirt and bib with timing chip.

EVENT VILLAGE

When you finish your race, the fun keeps going with all-day entertainment, rock climbing, games, food and drinks from 6.30am until 2pm. Highlights include:

10.15am – Surfing Scientist

11.15am – Casey Donovan

12.15 pm – Big Love Thief Duo

ROAD CLOSURES

Changed traffic conditions will be in place from 5.30am to noon with closure times varying about the course. Cars left on the event route will not be able to be moved until the final runner has passed.

FOR MORE DETAILS: runaustralia.com.au