About the 500 Summer Challenge

The 500 Summer Challenge has become one of the premier fundraising special events for Endeavour Foundation.

It is held in November each year, when approximately 400 runners gather at 4.30am on a Friday morning to start a 500 kilometre running relay that will take three days to complete.

Race Director, Phil Hungerford, describes the 500 Summer Challenge as one of the most difficult and challenging events that runners encounter, but being the last event on the running calendar means that the athletes are in prime condition and prepared for the gruelling conditions.

A maximum of twenty teams are accepted to compete, with teams from Toowoomba, Brisbane, Gold Coast and Warwick regular entrants each year. Each team must have between 16 and 22 runners with each runner competing in at least 4 but not more that 8 sections over the weekend.

Teams are required to supply a follow vehicle and a water vehicle with drivers, and will need a bus to carry the team runners around the course.