27th September 2026
~Cleve Wind Farm Half marathon
~Cleve Rural Traders 10km
~Mt Millar Wind Farm 5km
Cleve Running festival will be returning in 2026!  We can not wait to see you! 

The same great track, race village and country hospitality. We are preparing to welcome you to the Cleve Running Festival for our third year! 

This year we will be welcoming our 2026 event ambassador, Phil Gore! 

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Phil Gore is an ultra-endurance runner from Perth, Western Australia, who has represented Australia in both Backyard Ultra and 24-hour events, producing some of the strongest performances ever seen in the sport. He is the current Backyard Ultra world record holder, running for 119 consecutive hours at Dead Cow Gully, and holds the Oceanic best performance for 24-hours with a distance of 270.826 km.

Alongside his ultra-endurance achievements, Phil has a strong parkrun background, with a personal best of 15:37.

Phil visited Cleve back in 2019 and holds the record at our local Yeldulknie Weir Trail parkrun, with a time of 16:51!

As a Cleve Running Festival Ambassador, Phil looks forward to spending the weekend sharing his experiences and engaging with the local running community.

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Event Schedule

Friday 25th September 

6:00pm Evening with event ambassodor

Phil Gore is an ultra-endurance runner from Perth, Western Australia, who has represented Australia in both Backyard Ultra and 24-hour events, producing some of the strongest performances ever seen in the sport. He is the current Backyard Ultra world record holder, running for 119 consecutive hours at Dead Cow Gully, and holds the Oceanic best performance for 24-hours with a distance of 270.826 km.

Alongside his ultra-endurance achievements, Phil has a strong parkrun background,

with a personal best of 15:37.

This is a free event, meals will be available. 

 

Saturday 26th September 

8:00am Yeldulknie Weir Trail parkrun

Held on the edge of Cleve along the Yeldulknie Weir Trail,

you are invited to join in at 8am.

For more information visit www.parkrun.com.au/yeldulknieweirtrail

 

9:30am - 10:30am and 2:00pm -4:00pm Bib Pickup

Cleve Sporting Bodies (New Locations)

 

Sunday 27th September

6.00am - Bib Pickup

6:30am - Buses departing for Cleve Wind Farm 21.1km

7:20am Buses departing for Cleve Rural Traders 10km

7.50am Buses departing for Mt Millar Wind Farm 5km

7:30am 21.1km start

8:00 am 10km start

8:15am 5 km start

10am Kids Dash Registrations

10.30am Kids Dash start

11am Presentations​​​