How to qualify as an Australian Centurion in 2025
Hello everyoneSince there will be no specific Australian Centurion qualifier in 2025, the following 4 races have been identified as supported opportunities for walkers to qualify for Australian Centurion membership. Qualification is dependant on our availability to have someone in attendance to judge the performance, so these 4 events are the ones we are prioritising.
| Sri Chinmoy 48 Hour Track Festival (48hr, 24hr, 12hr, 6hr) AIS Athletics Track, Bruce, ACT 21-23 Mar 2025 https://au.srichinmoyraces.org/events/48hour | Race organiser Prachar Stegemann has confirmed that entries for the Sri Shinmoy Festival in Canberra are accepted on a “first come, first served” basis, so as long as any prospective walkers get their entries in before the fields are full, they will be in the race. As of 4th February, there are only 20 spots taken in the 24H event, which is half of the field, so still plenty of places available. |
| Butter24 Track Ultra (6hr, 12hr and 24hr) Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD 7-8 Jun 2025 https://raceroster.com/events/2025/94108/butter-24-2025 | Butter24 race director Alun Davies has added a Centurion specific option to the BUTTER 24 registration: BUTTER 24 – Centurion, described as ‘100 Miles Walk in 24 Hours’ - and is fully supportive of walkers participating. |
| SA Track Ultra (30km, 50km, 50miles, 100km, 100miles, 24hr) SA Athletics Stadium, Adelaide, SA 6-7 Sep 2025 https://satrackultra.com.au/ | Director Dawn Parks has confirmed that the Adelaide event has a walking category for each distance. This separation is purely for on-site logistics. By that. she means that those who register as 'walker only' get a separate lane to ease any problems that may come about due to speed differences. However, for podium positions, both 'walker only' and 'standard' entries are treated as being part of the same category. |
| Southern Sydney Track Ultra (48hr, 24hr, 12hr, 6hr, 3hr, Marathon) Campbelltown Athletics Track - Campbelltown Sports Center, Campbelltown, NSW 26-28 Sep 2025 https://southernsydney24hourultra.com.au/ | Director Stephen Redfern has confirmed that, like last year, he has allocated a dedicated walking lane in Lane 7. This lane will be available for anyone wishing to enter as a walker for the 48hr, 24hr, 12hr and 6hr events. |
I am very grateful to the race directors for their willingness to include walkers. If you wish to qualify as an Australian Centurion in 2025, you should target one of these events and let me know (tim.erickson02@gmail.com) in good time so that I can arrange for someone to attend and monitor your performance.
There may be other ultra events in Australia that offer opportunities to walkers but we cannot support every event on offer so performances done at other events may or may not be recognised, depending on whether we can organise someone to be in attendance. One such event is the Adelaide 24 Hour Festival (https://adelaide24hourfestival.com.au/) in June. Its date clashes with the Butter24 Track Ultra in Queensland and we have decided to prioritise Butter24 instead. We can't be everywhere!
The Adelaide 6D is not being held this year, but there will be a new 6D event being staged in Christchurch, New Zealand, in which a number of our walkers have expressed an interest. We shall try to arrange for verification of walk performances in that event, should any Australians be interested in competing there.
The NZ 6 Day Ultra Marathon (6 Day, 72hr, 48hr, 24hr)
Hagley Park, Christchurch, NZL
29 Sep - 5 Oct 25
https://www.nz6dayultramarathon.com/
Tim Erickson
Secretary, Australian Centurions
Tuesday 4th February 2025