Sydney Marathon became the newest major in 2025, so I went to Sydney to be one of the first 7 Star finishers. The course was hilly, training all summer was uncomfortably hot, but running through Sydney was an unforgettable experience. My goal was to run under a BQ, which is 3:15 for my age group, and I was able to come in just under that with a chip time finish of 3:13:35. 0:00 pre-race 0:27 start 1:39 5k-10k 2:18 10k-15k 2:51 15k-20k 3:39 20k-25k 4:34 25k-30k 4:56 30k-35k 5:29 35k-40k 6:09 40k-finish If you've been following along on the training journey, the final installment of the series will be coming up next. Stay tuned. If you've missed some of the prior episodes, there's still some time to catch up: Surviving Sydney Episode 1, Weeks 1-4 https://youtu.be/wvVp_JHWh-w?si=auwSkBr-BNMpJlni Surviving Sydney Episode 2, Weeks 5-8 https://youtu.be/WuDCXhH1wfY?si=5UeYheGSwyXayi_f Surviving Sydney Episode 3, Weeks 9-11 https://youtu.be/dOv1rJmZzLw?si=9VY6hFeIIBwgh4rl disclosures: I received my bib from Sports Tours, who was my travel partner for this trip. Soar was my apparel partner for this trip. Thanks for watching! Leave a comment to let me know you stopped by! subscriber count at time of upload: 224,528