Northgate Bridge
First crossing, still shoulder to shoulder. Old iron spans, a short 12 m ramp, and your first look down the whole river. Watch the expansion joints if it rained overnight.
Sunday 12 April 2026 · Start 8:00 · Arden Quay
Riverline Marathon
42.195 km along the River Arden — out of the Old Wharf, across three bridges, home under the Saltmarket clock. Flat, fast, and loud the whole way.
Start · Arden Quay
SUN 12 APR — 08:00
42.195km, certified
3bridge crossings
8aid stations
14,000runners
The course — one line, one river, three crossings
Route 42.195 km
River Arden
Bridge
KM marker
You, eventually
Three crossings
The river decides the race
Every crossing is a ramp, a view, and a decision. Learn the three bridges and the course has no surprises left.
Founders Bridge
Halfway lands mid-river. The half-marathon timing mat sits on the crown of the bridge, and so does the gantry camera. Even splits look best from up here.
Saltmarket Bridge
Last crossing, usually into the wind. From here the river runs with you all the way to the line — 9 km of straight quay. Spend everything you saved.
Course profile
Elevation — read the river
Total gain 118 m. Three honest ramps — one per bridge — and nothing else. Droplets mark every aid-station table.
Blue droplets · KM 5–20Water and electrolyte on both sides of the road, 40 m of tables each. Cups, not bottles — pinch the rim, breathe, drink.
Orange droplets · KM 25–40Everything above, plus race gels and flat cola from KM 25. The KM 40 table also hands out wet sponges for the last push.
Entries open
Your bib is waiting
Entries close 22 March 2026 — or at 14,000 runners, whichever comes first. Pick a category; your bib updates in real time.
Riverline MarathonSun 12 Apr 2026
1204
R. Okafor · 42.195 km
Bag drop 1204 · Truck 7Keep this stub
Choose your category
Open entry EUR 64 — chip-timed, Wave B, gun 8:12. Confirmation by email within the hour.
- Chip-timed bib with four safety pins
- Finisher medal, engraved on the spot
- Kit bag and monitored bag drop
- Nine pace balloons on course
- Finish-line photo, free download
- Road-closure certainty: 6 h 30 limit
Pacing teams
Pick a balloon, keep it in sight
Nine pacing teams run even splits from gun to tape. Find your colour in the corral, hand your doubts to the balloon. Tap a row to see it as your race.
| Balloon | Per km | 10 K | Half | 30 K | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:00 | 4:16 | 42:40 | 1:30:00 | 2:07:59 | 3:00:00 |
| 3:15 | 4:37 | 46:13 | 1:37:30 | 2:18:38 | 3:15:00 |
| 3:30 | 4:59 | 49:46 | 1:45:00 | 2:29:18 | 3:30:00 |
| 3:45 | 5:20 | 53:19 | 1:52:30 | 2:39:58 | 3:45:00 |
| 4:00 | 5:41 | 56:53 | 2:00:00 | 2:50:38 | 4:00:00 |
| 4:15 | 6:03 | 1:00:26 | 2:07:30 | 3:01:18 | 4:15:00 |
| 4:30 | 6:24 | 1:03:59 | 2:15:00 | 3:11:58 | 4:30:00 |
| 5:00 | 7:07 | 1:11:06 | 2:30:00 | 3:33:18 | 5:00:00 |
| 5:30 | 7:49 | 1:18:12 | 2:45:00 | 3:54:37 | 5:30:00 |
Tap a balloon above — we will read your race back to you.
Corral schedule
Start waves
Five corrals released twelve minutes apart. Your wave letter is printed on your bib; the band colour matches your corral gate on Arden Quay.
Elite & sub-3:00Bibs 1–600 · seeded on proof of time08:00
3:00–3:45Bibs 601–4,200 · balloons 3:00 to 3:4508:12
3:45–4:30Bibs 4,201–8,600 · balloons 4:00 to 4:3008:24
4:30–5:15Bibs 8,601–12,200 · balloons 5:0008:36
5:15+ & first-timersBibs 12,201–14,000 · balloon 5:30 starts here08:48
Corrals close ten minutes before their gun. Miss your wave and you start from E — the chip forgives, the seeding does not.
At the line
The finisher medal
78 mm of die-struck brass. The Arden runs across the face, three bridge ticks mark your crossings, and the ring of text turns — slowly, like you at KM 38.
Engraved while you stand there
Cross the line, walk twenty metres, hand your medal over. Name and finish time cut into the rim in under a minute, free, while a volunteer holds your banana.
The ribbon is the course
Look closely at the weave: the blue thread traces the Arden, the orange one traces your route — they cross exactly three times.
78 mmdie-struck brass
212 gheavier than doubt
3crossings in the weave