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Sat 31 Oct – Sun 1 Nov 2026
Run on Saturday. Swim, ride and run on Sunday.
Run Huskisson starts on Bowen Street beside White Sands Park, the race HQ, and heads along the foreshore and out through the bush tracks. Five distances, from a marathon with a seven-hour cut-off down to a 2.5 kilometre fun run the children can enter.
Triathlon Huskisson is the November sister event to the March festival — smaller and friendlier, on the same course. Standard, sprint and super sprint triathlons, ocean swims, and the TriKidz events in the afternoon.
Run Huskisson
Marathon with a seven-hour cut-off, half marathon, 10 kilometres, 5 kilometres and a 2.5 kilometre fun run. Separate categories run for the 10 kilometre and half marathon for those who would rather jog, walk and finish in company.
Triathlon Huskisson
Standard distance triathlon, sprint and super sprint, ocean swims, and TriKidz for ages five to twelve in the afternoon.
Confirm both programmes with the organisers — distances and start times are set close to the weekend.
Nobody wants to drive home and come back
Two 6.30 starts in a row is the argument for itself. Drive down Friday evening, run Saturday morning, spend the afternoon horizontal, and be back at the same start line on Sunday without leaving the postcode.
Late October is also when Huskisson is at its best and least crowded: warm enough to swim, empty enough to get a table, and the twilight markets are back at the Maritime Museum on the first Saturday of the month.
If the family is running the short course and one of you is doing the marathon, the Beach House holds all of it comfortably.
Malia Beach House
For the athlete travelling with family, or two couples racing together. Four bedrooms, a kitchen you can actually cook a pre-race dinner in, and a pool for the afternoon after.
— 4 bedrooms · 2.5 bathrooms · sleeps up to 8
— Pool and full outdoor BBQ kitchen
— Kids retreat — slide, sandpit, playhouse
— Off-street parking and only 400m to the beach and Husky strip
Malia Studio
One bedroom, a full kitchen and a private courtyard infrared sauna. Quiet enough for an early night before a race, and the infrared sauna is a reasonable way to spend the evening after one.
— 1 bedroom · 1 bathroom · sleeps up to 4
— Private courtyard infrared sauna
— Full kitchen and alfresco BBQ kitchen
— Off-street parking and only 400m to the beach and Husky strip
Two mornings
planned properly
Written from a house inside the road closures. Check the organisers' notices in race week, since courses and closures are set close to the weekend.
Both races are based at White Sands Park
Which means one walk, learned once, done twice. About six minutes from either residence.
The roads close on both mornings
Leave the car wherever you park it on Friday and walk for the rest of the weekend. Anything you need on Saturday afternoon, buy on Friday.
Saturday afternoon is the recovery
The pool, the sauna, or the beach 400 metres away. Sunday is a race day, not a rest day, so treat the middle of the weekend accordingly.
Twilight markets, first Saturday
The Maritime Museum runs its twilight markets from three until seven through the warm months, with live music by the pond.
Dinner books out
Two race fields in town on the same weekend fills every table on the strip. Reserve Friday and Saturday before you arrive, or cook — both kitchens are built for it.
The water is swimmable by now
Late October usually is. An ocean swim entry on the Sunday is a reasonable idea even if you came to run.
Booked here, never
through a platform
Every stay booked at malia.com.au comes with the things we can offer when there is nobody in between. Tell us what you have planned and we will work around it.
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Our lowest rate. Booking here is the best price you will find on Malia, and if you find it cheaper elsewhere, we will match it.
The pool, heated on request at no charge. Any month of the year.
Coffee worth getting up for. A Breville machine, Northern Beaches Organic wood-fired coffee and Love Tea for the ones who don't drink coffee.
The infrared sauna in the courtyard – for Studio guests. Staying at the Beach House? Add the Studio to your booking.
Arrive early, leave late. Early check-in and late check-out where the day allows.
What runners ask us
Can we do both Run Husky race days from one booking?
That is what the weekend is designed for. Arrive Friday, run Saturday, race Sunday, leave Monday morning — three nights, one drive.
Is the Beach House suitable for a running group?
Eight people across four bedrooms, with two and a half bathrooms and a kitchen and outdoor kitchen. It works well for two families or four couples travelling together.
How far is Malia from the Run Huskisson start?
Roughly 6 minutes on foot to White Sands Park and the Bowen Street start, inside the road closure. You walk to both races.
What is the minimum stay for Run Husky weekend?
Three nights, Friday to Monday, so you have a bed before and after both race mornings.