Hutchies Half Marathon

Course & Elevation

The Hutchies Half Marathon is the 21.1 km race of the Hobart Marathon Festival, held on a Sunday in April in Hobart, Tasmania. The festival is run by Atlas Events and began in 2022. Besides the half marathon it offers a marathon, a 10 km, a 5 km run and walk and a 2 km mini marathon. The half marathon starts at 6:00 am, before dawn and alongside the full marathon, at Princes Wharf 1 on Castray Esplanade, and finishes at the same place. The course is one loop along the Derwent waterfront, through Salamanca, up into the Botanic Gardens and back. The organisers say Hobart is not the easiest marathon in Australia, pointing to rolling hills and cool autumn conditions. The half marathon has a cut-off of 3 hours 30 minutes, and runners must be at least 14 on race day. In 2026 more than 1,000 runners were classified in the half marathon, and the whole festival drew a record of more than 3,000 entrants across its five distances.