AMA Postal/SAMA Half Marathon Championships – SAMA 15km Walk Championships

Week 9 of SAMA winter competition  to be held at Park 19, Glen Osmond Road, Adelaide including the following events:

Runs – SAMA Half-Marathon State Championships at 1.00pm. Other distance on offer – 8km 2.15pm, 4km & 2km 2.30pm.

Walks – 15km SAMA Walk State Championships at 1.15pm. There will be SAMA Championships for both Race Walkers and Club Walkers. Other distance on offer – 8km 2.00pm, 4km & 2km 2.30pm.

Course Information

The course for the 15km Walk and Half Marathon will use the measured 2km loop (see Course Map below). For the Walk this will involve a 1 km loop from the start and then 7 laps and for the Half Marathon a 1.1km loop from the start and then 10 laps.

Walks and Runs: 2km-Course-Map-Park19-2024

Half-Marathon course – 1lap x 1.1km & 10 laps x 2km (Out-and-Back Loops)

15km Walk course – 1lap x 1.0km & 7 laps x 2km (Out-and-Back Loops)

2025 AMA Postal Half-Marathon Championships

The SAMA Half-Marathon, together with the Adelaide Half-Marathon on 4 May, the McLaren Vale Half-Marathon on 1 June, the Barossa Half-Marathon on 24 August, and the City Bay Half-Marathon on 21 September, will constitute the South Australian races eligible for the 2025 AMA Postal Half-Marathon Championships.

Athletes will be required to register separately for the National Championships and are responsible for submitting their results to AMA.

The following details should be sent to Robbie Costmeyer (robbie.costmeyer@bigpond.com);
Venue and Date of the race(s) with a link to the official results page to allow verification. Masters athletes need only pay the AMA fee* of $10 once but can compete in up to two events, with only their fastest time being counted (see the AMA website for full details).

*SAMA will reimburse the AMA fee paid by financial club members.