Sri Chinmoy 10km/4km Fun-Runs
A bi-annual, lakeside fun-run
About the event
Since 1984, the Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team has conducted 10 km and 4 km Fun-Runs along the popular signposted Sri Chinmoy 10 km Recreational Running course on the cycle path along the northern shore of Lake Burley Griffin, starting and finishing at Acton Park.
These race are often staged on public holidays. Dates for the 2025 Fun-Runs are Monday 10 March (Canberra Day) and Monday 6 October (Labour Day).
Entries can be made online until 7 pm of the Friday prior to race day.
On-the-day registration, race number bIb collection and late entries are available between 6am and 6.40am at Acton Park.
NOTE EARLIER START TIME OF 7AM
THE PERMANENT SRI CHINMOY CANBERRA RACE NUMBERS WILL BE USED FOR THE LABOUR DAY EVENT IN 2025
IF YOU OWN A PERMANENT SRI CHINMOY RACES NUMBER BIB, BE SURE TO BRING IT WITH YOU TO THE RACE – NO NUMBER, NO RESULT! IF YOU ARE PURCHASING A PERMANENT SRI CHINMOY RACE NUMBER WITH YOUR ENTRY, PLEASE ARRIVE TO COLLECT YOUR NEW NUMBER, BY 6.30AM.
A family atmosphere includes post-race breakfast and awards presentation.
ONLINE ENTRIES FOR THE LABOUR DAY RACE WILL OPEN 6 MONTHS IN ADVANCE – ON 6 APRIL 2025.
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Sri Chinmoy 10km & 4km Fun-Runs, Canberra
A twice-annual run along shared pathways alongside beautiful Lake Burley Griffin, on the signposted Sri Chinmoy 10km Recreational Running Course.
Events
10km
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- 7am
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- $22 online until 7pm Friday 7 March
- $30 on the day
- View course map »
4km
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- 7.05am
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- $13 online 7pm Friday 7 March
- $20 on the day
Contact
Prachar Stegemann
0404 071 327
Send EmailAward categories
- 10km: 1st to 7th M & F Under 50; 1st to 3rd M & F 50-59; 1st and 2nd M & F 60-69; 1st M & F 70+
- 4km: 1st to 3rd M & F Under 13; 1st to 3rd M & F Under 17; 1st to 3rd M & F 17+
Race records
The Sri Chinmoy 10 km Recreational Running Course has been in use for races in Canberra since 1984. The following are course records established for the 10 km and 4 km courses since 2004.
| Distance | Age Category | Male | Time | Date | Female | Time | Date |
| 4 km | Under 13 | Joshua Torley | 15:00 | 5/10/2009 | Jordyne Rauter | 15:35 | 9/3/2015 |
| 4 km | Under 17 | Daniel Randall | 13:50 | 13/3/2023 | Sarah Lonsdale | 15:13 | 5/10/2009 |
| 4 km | 17 and Over | Stuart Doyle | 13:23 | 6/10/2008 | Hannah Walmsley | 15:50 | 9/3/2015 |
| 10 km | Under 50 | Harrison McCGill | 31:23 | 16/2/2020 | Jackie Fairweather | 36:29 | 2/10/2005 |
| 10 km | 50 - 59 | Greg Regester | 37:07 | 1/10/2012 | Maria O'Reilly | 43:58 | 28/3/2005 |
| 10 km | 60-69 | Jeff Grey | 40:26 | 10/3/2025 | Jennifer Kellett | 47:27 | 10/3/2025 |
| 10 km | 70 and Over | Trevor Jacobs | 49:09 | 2/10/2023 | Clare Wall | 50:46 | 10/3/2025 |
Previous Results
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2025 Mar 10thSri Chinmoy Canberra Day 10km & 4km Fun-Runs, Monday 10 March 2025Results (PDF Download)Race Photos
One advantage of using the same course year in, year out, is those who are capable of setting new records, with plenty of experience of the challenges and contours of this course and in good form, can prepare and plan precisely for their record attempts – and with good conditions on race day, all might just fall in place.
On a course which has been used twice a year for 41 years, and witnessed innumerable stellar performances, you don’t expect new records very often – yet this morning, no fewer than THREE records were toppled in the 10km race.
Clare Wall (Female 70 and Over) took advantage of the cancellation of the 6ft track race, to demolish her own best time by over 2 minutes, establishing a new mark of 50:46; while Jennifer Kellett (Female 60-69) was more modest in rearranging her own course PB, lowering it by just 8 seconds to 47:27.
In the Male 60-69, Jeff Grey ran a superbly controlled race in slicing a full minute off the 20-year-old mark of Peter Kallio, to set a new benchmark of 40:26.
Chloe Hanbury was fastest among the women overall with 43:40, from Sharon O’Neill (44:57) and Felicity Hibble (47:23); while Marnie Shaw took home the main F50-59 award with her 46:41.
The men’s 10km race was won by the impressive Kodi Clarkson in 34:28, from Lewis McGuire’s 37:18 and 3rd placed Tom Olson with 38:29; while Ben Crabb was winner of the M50-59 in 38:27, from Andrew Leigh’s 40:56. David Haussmann took out the M70+ with 54:39.
Despite the 4km Fun-Run being won by Ben Steele in 16:05 (1st M17+), the remainder of the field was dominated by the girls and women, with the next 6 placings all going to females – 2nd place outright Julia Murphy in 16:09 (1st F17+) was only metres behind Ben at the finish; while the Ramboer sisters Saleena (17:08) and Samantha (19:06) were 1st and 2nd in the Girls Under 13. Jarrah McKenzie was fastest in the Boys Under 17 with 20:25; Hugo Laue took out the Boys Under 13 in 22:05: and Taylia Laws won the Girls Under 17 with 27:30. Very special mention to Lachlan Lewis, who finished the 4km in 1:03:25.
The next Sri Chinmoy 10km and 4km Fun-Runs will be held on Labour Day, 6th October.
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2024 Oct 7thSri Chinmoy Labour Day Fun-Runs, Monday 7 October 2024Results (PDF Download)Race Photos
For the 170 brave souls who turned up at what would have been 5:30 am a few days ago, before daylight saving, it turned out to be a beautiful day with smiles all round at the end. The weather was perfect with a gentle breeze and a little bit of that Canberra chill in the air.
A new development is going up just next to the race start so the course had to be changed around a little with a grass section for the first 100 m or so.
In the U13 Category of the 4km race, brothers Liam and Calvin Whitehead got first and second with Liam winning in 22:32. Sisters Saleena and Samantha Ramboer showed their true colours again finishing in smoking hot times of 16:44 and 19:35 respectively. They were incidentally both faster than the boys first and second in the U13s – well done girls!
In the U17s Ben Marshall (19:33) came first in the boys and Matilda McCormack (22:09) came first in the girls race. The male over 17s was won by Jarrett Anthony who also won the overall 4 km race in a time of 14:05 at a pace of 3:31 /km. Female over 17 category was won by Xuan Liu (21:58) who also helped serve pancakes to all the other runners after she finished!
In the 10 km race Greg Taylor finished first in the male Under 50s with a very good time of 35:35 (3:33 /km). In the Male 50-59s Ben Crabb won with 38:45 with our ever-popular Canberra MP, Andrew Leigh, just behind. Jeff Grey ran a very respectable 41:55 to win the male 60-69s and Trevor Jacobs came through in 50:57 to win the over 70s.
Sarah Fletcher finished in a super-fast 37:58 (3:47 /km) to win the female under 50s. She was 7th overall. Julie Kael ran 50:30 to win the female 50-59s with Anita Scherrer and Kristin Tanner hot on her heals. Elspeth Nicholls finished the 10 km in 58:51 to win the 60-69s with Clare Wall running an almost unbelievable time of 52.50 to win the over 70s. She would have given the 50-59s a run for their money!
Thanks to Abhinandan Willis who drove up from Melbourne and did a great job of being the on the day race director. Thanks also to our new crew of students who turned up to volunteer making pancakes, pouring drinks and giving out the awards. It was great having you all!
Well done to all the participants who took on the challenge of the race! We look forward to seeing you at our next race which is the Sri Chinmoy Triple-Triathlon on 10 November.
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2024 Mar 11thSri Chinmoy Canberra Day 10km & 4km Fun-Runs, Monday 11 March, 2024Results (PDF Download)Race Photos
Monday saw our long-held Canberra Day race arrive once again, this time an hour earlier, starting at 7am. This happily coincided with the Canberra Balloon Spectacular, and the dawn sky was filled with colourful bulbous hot air balloons as the race began. Spectators crowded the lake shore and even the lake itself to get a glimpse of these levitating leviathans.
In the 4km event, Kim Wilmshurst had the fastest overall time with 16:50.
The fastest male was Adam Duiationkey (18:37), the only entrant in his under 13 boy's category!
Sarah King won the women's 10km race overall in 39:27.
Daniel Carson in the men's under 50 ran a fast 10km time for this course, in 35:08.
Thanks to all the competitors in the Sri Chinmoy Canberra Day Fun-Runs, and we hope to see you at the first race in our upcoming trail series, the “Cooleman Clip”, on 28 April.
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2023 Oct 2ndSri Chinmoy Labour Day 10km & 4km Fun-Runs, Monday 2 October 2023Results (PDF Download)Race Photos
Living in Canberra, we are spoiled. Sometimes it takes a runner visiting from out of town, or from overseas, to remark – “What amazing trails you have here!” or “How I wish we had such a lovely run around the lake in my town!” – to remind us how fortunate we are. Truth be told, the Sri Chinmoy 10km Recreational Running Course could have been located in a dozen different places around 3 alternate lakes: all would draw similar exclamations of wonder and praise.
Next year, 2024 will mark the 40th anniversary of the first public Sri Chinmoy 10km Fun-Run on this Acton course, so a celebration is surely on the cards. Nevertheless, each time we run is a celebration, an offering of gratitude for this simplest expression of wellbeing, happiness and progress – of life.
The stand-out performance today capped a sensational year for Trevor Jacobs, who in winning the 10km M70+ in 49:09, smashed an age group record which had stood for 18 years, and collected his 7th age group record from as many Sri Chinmoy races in 2023! (the Lennox Gardens 5-mile race, today's Acton 10km, and all 5 of the Sri Chinmoy Canberra Trail Series events).
Zac Rosser led the 10km men’s race from the get-go and never looked back, running confidently to win in 34:33, from Andrew Lake’s 35:33 and 3rd placed Daniel Cook in 37:10.
4th and 5th places outright were taken by the first 2 women, with Alexandria Nicholls (37:13) and Rachel Waters (37:41) eating up the hills to run the fastest times on this course in several years, followed by 3rd placed Sarah King in 41:12.
Debra Kay claimed the glory in the Female 50-59 category with 49:14, from Sarah Fien’s 50:57, and Jodi Coppin’s 57:06. In the F60-69, Clare Wall reigned supreme with 54:03, ahead of Liz Simpfendorfer with 55:01 and Manqin Xu in 58:44.
In the Male 50-59, Andrew Carson was swiftest on the day in 41:50, from Andrew Leigh MP’s 42:03, and Andrew Dempster with 42:42. Keith Bennett took out the M60-69 with 50:09, with Peter Simpfendorfer in 55:02 and Chris Lamb in 55:52.
The 4km race was fast (but not furious), with Daniel McIernan gliding to victory from the Male 17+ category in 15:06, ahead of Dominic Torley’s 15:41 (also taking 1st place in the Boys Under 17). Alli Welsford won the female race outright from the Girls Under 13s in 20:49, just edging out Sibylla Muecke’s 20:51, which was fastest of the F17+ category.
