Townsville Running Festival 2026

The Townsville Running Festival is an annual race day in Townsville, Queensland. The Townsville Airport Marathon heads the program, with shorter options available down to 2.5 km. Scheduled for August with an early morning start, the event offers a wide range of distances: marathon, marathon relay, half marathon, 10K, 5K run and walk, junior 5K, 2.5K Hero Run, and a 5K Corporate Challenge. The race details do not specify the route beyond Townsville. The field includes solo marathoners, relay teams of two or four, half-marathoners, fun runners, walkers, juniors under 17, corporate groups, and mascot racers. The event supports Ronald McDonald House Charities North Australia, and the returning Mascot Race adds a local community element to the standard road-race program.