Six Foot Track Marathon - 2012 Entry Information

Updated 29th November 2011

The date of the next race will be 8.00am*, Saturday 10th March 2012

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2012 Race Entry

Entries will open at 9am on Thursday 1st December for Guaranteed Entrants only, and kept open until 9pm Friday 2nd December. Entries for other sections - Veterans and Novices will be concurrently opened at 9am Saturday 3rd December on 'first in first served' basis.

  • All entries will be online - in 2011 the race filled the non guaranteed entries in 10 minutes so please read the information posted here so you do not miss out
  • All runners need to follow the overview of entry procedure - updated for 2012
  • All runners need to meet the entry criteria [updated 10th October 2011]
  • Entry fee for 2012 is $135.00 which includes a technical race singlet/T-shirt (your selection) worth approx $40
  • More background available in this information from the race director

Changes in procedure for 2012

The following changes are confirmed:
  • The period for a qualification event has been reduced from 5 years for veterans and 3 years for novices to one year, 3 months for all. To qualify for the 2012 race your qualifying run needs to have been later than 1st Dec 2010
  • For Six Foot veterans, your wave start will be based on your 2011 six foot time, or another qualifing time (whatever is fastest/better) - we prefer an indicator of current form rather than a year old time in determining the wave starts. For Six Foot novices, your wave start will be based on your qualifying race/time.
  • The 'early wave' has been be discontinued. All runners irrespective of age will be assigned to a wave based on their performance ability.
  • Guaranteed entrants: All previous finishers of 5 finishes and above, Previous outright winners (male or female), last year's top ten, winners/podiums from selected qualifier events (as advised), RD discretions (inc some internationals, potential podium finishers, sponsor entries, committee members etc), race pioneers, previous RD's, $1000 fund raisers, pacers/sweeps etc will be guaranteed an entry subject to submitting their own entry within 24 hrs (or later as per RD discretion) This is expected to be no more than 250 runners (this is not a maximum). You will be asked to select one of the above criteria from a drop down list. If you do not meet any of the criteria and select one of them your entry may be de-registered. If you are unsure that you meet the criteria then enter in one of the other categories as below and argue the toss later - we would prefer that you "know" your status instead.
  • Novices: There will be a quota for novices (people who have not completed Six Foot before) and who have qualified within the time frame.
  • Other veterans: Previous finishers with 1 to 4 finishes under cutoff will make up the remaining entries e.g. if the numbers are as above (total 900, guaranteed 250 and novices 325) then there will be 325 "other veterans" plus a waitlist..

The following changes are UN-confirmed:
  • *Race start time for wave 1 may move to 7am

2012 Race Info - has been updated for 2012 and is very similar to 2011