Categories and Prizes

Entry Category

2026 Margaret River Ultra Marathon categories are determined by your age on Saturday 9 May 2026.

80km Ultra Marathon

Individuals: (80km) – Individual runners doing the entire 80km solo

  • Under 20yrs Male and Female
  • 20-39yrs Male and Female
  • 40-49yrs Male and Female
  • 50-59yrs Male and Female
  • 60+yrs Male and Female

Relay teams of 2 or 3 runners: (80km)

Relay teams with either 2 or 3 runners completing the 80km course.

  • Male
  • Mixed
  • Female

Relay teams of 4 or 5 runners: (80KM)

Relay teams with either 4 or 5 runners completing the 80km course.

  • Male
  • Mixed
  • Female
  • Junior (any gender mix)

42km Marathon

Individuals: (42km) – Individual runners doing the full 42km solo

  • Under 20yrs Male and Female
  • 20-39yrs Male and Female
  • 40-49yrs Male and Female
  • 50-59yrs Male and Female
  • 60+yrs Male and Female

The Grand Slam

Racing the 80km Ultra as a solo on Saturday AND the 42km Marathon on Sunday. Determined by adding the finish times together for both events.

  • Male – all ages
  • Female – all ages

Kids Run

A fun, kid’s run conducted on Sunday. No categories, no results. It’s a run, not a race!

PRIZES

80km ultra marathon

80km Ultra Overall Individuals 80km (irrespective of age):

  • 1st male and 1st female: will each receive a medal, their names engraved on the perpetual trophy and FREE ENTRY to the Surf Coast Century 2026 and $500 travel allowance to attend.
  • 2nd and 3rd males and females: will receive a medal.

80km Ultra Individual Age Category

  • 1st, 2nd and 3rd males and females in each individual age category for the 80km will receive a medal.

80km Ultra Relay Teams:

  • 1st, 2nd and 3rd in each relay team category (Male, Mixed and Female) for Teams of 2-3 AND (Male, Mixed, Female and Junior) Teams of 4-5 will receive a medal and prize pack.
  • BONUS – the fastest team overall, regardless how many runners in the team or their gender make up, will receive a FREE team entry to the Surf Coast Century 2025 and $500 travel allowance**

**for the team (not each).

42km marathon

42km Marathon Individual Age Category

  • 1st, 2nd and 3rd males and females in each individual age category for the 42km will receive a medal.

The Grand Slam

80km and 42km Individual Category

  • 1st, 2nd and 3rd male and female (regardless of age) will receive a medal.


Individual finishers – updated ‘equitable’ cut-off times ***

80km ultra marathon

  • Individual MALE finishers who complete the 80km course in less than 10hrs will receive a large wine glass trophy, named the ‘LEEUWIN‘. The adjusted individual FEMALE finishers cut-off for the large wine glass is 11 hours***.
  • Individual MALE finishers who complete the 80km course in a time between 10hrs and 14hrs will receive a medium wine glass trophy, named the ‘NATURALISTE‘. The adjusted individual FEMALE finishers cut-off for the medium wine glass is between 11hrs to 15 and a half hours***.
  • All finishers who complete the 80km course will receive a medal

42km marathon

  • All finishers who complete the 42km course will receive a medal

EQUITABLE TIME BASED AWARDS – updated in 2025:

*** The cut off times for the wine glass trophies were changed for 2025 and onwards so they provide better gender equity. The times for female runners is increased by approx 12.5% compared to men, a figure that is based on global race data that shows proportionally women are 10-13% slower in running races. 
Read more on Rapid Ascent’s Gender Equity announcement, which is also applied to sister event the Surf Coast Century… READ HERE >>

Kids Run

No awards as this is a RUN, not a race. Plenty of SPOT PRIZES though!