Colac Six Day Race Archive
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This event is the only Six Day Race held within Australia, and now has a long history since 1983 when the event was started originally for the legendary Cliff Young. It now attracts a world-class field of long distance athletes. It was known as the Colac Six Day Race until early 2004 when it was renamed The Cliff Young Australian 6-day race in memory of Cliff Young who sadly passed away just before the 2003 race. The event has undergone a resurrection since the mid-1990s and is now truly a World Class Six Day Event in terms of numbers of runners and depth of field - not least Yiannis Kouros broke the World Record here in 2005.
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Race Contacts
- Race website: The official race website is at www.sixdayrace.org.au
- Address: The Secretary, Cliff Young Six Day Race, PO Box 35, Buninyong VIC 3357, Australia
- Email: Ged Edwards at ged@cowf.com.au
- Phone 0408-354-132 - that's +61-408-354-132 if calling from overseas
All Time Results
2007
- (26 Apr 2007) Date announced for 2007 Colac Six Day Race
- (5 Mar 2007) It's Official - The Colac Six Day Race is on
- (4 Mar 2007) Colac Rises from the Ashes
- (27 Feb 2007) Six Day Race under Threat
- (31 Jul 2007) Race cancelled for 2008 - however Lee Troop trying to revive in form of a 48hr-6day combined race.
- Runner discussion for 2007 here
2006
- (21 Nov 2006) Crunch time for the Colac Six Day Race
- (11 Sept 2006) 2006 race postponed
- (20 Jul 2006) Colac Race Helpers win National Award
- Latest news/info/discussion about 2006 event
2005
- Day by day discussion of 2005 event - CoolRunning Colac 2005 Thread
- (20-26 Nov 2005) Results
- (20-26 Nov 2005) Photos1 and Photos2
- (26 Nov 2005) Video of Kouros breaking World 6day Record 24secs (8.9Mb MOV file)
- (26 Nov 2005) Video of Kouros breaking Australian 6day Record 47secs (15.9Mb MOV file)
- (28 Nov 2005) More Highlights From The Race
- (28 Nov 2005) Kouros sets Race, Australian & World Record!
- (24 Nov 2005) Kouros on target for Colac record
- (22 Nov 2005) Six-day racers set off
- (12 Nov 2005) 2005 Race - Start List
- (12 Nov 2005) 2005 Race - Media Fact Sheet
- (10 Nov 2005) 6 Day Guessing Competition
- (2 Nov 2005) Kouros to compete at 20th Colac 6-Day Race
- (29 Oct 2005) First Indigenous Australian to run at Colac
- (19 Oct 2005) Fundraising Appeal
- (10 Oct 2005) Enduring Don MacKechnie
- (8 Oct 2005) “Older Guys” set to take over Memorial Square
- (26 Aug 2005) Best field assembled for the past five years
- (24 Mar 2005) First Prize now $10,000
2004
- (21-27 Nov 2005) Results
- (25 Sept 2004) Colac Race Photo Album
- (20 Sept 2004) 21 Runners Accepted For This Year's Race
- (14 Apr 2004) President's Report to AGM
- (14 Mar 2004) AGM Minutes
2003
- See 10min video about 2003 event
- (16-22 Nov 2003) Running Commmentary
- (16-22 Nov 2003) Results - daily summary
- (16-22 Nov 2003) Daily Splits : day 1 | day 2 | day 3 | day 4 | day 5 | day 6
- (29 Nov 2003) Colac Gets A Professional Edge
- (29 Nov 2003) 10 days in November!
- (24 Nov 2003) Watts claims a tactical victory
- (20 Nov 2003) Six Day Race eases a mother's pain
- (17 Nov 2003) Czech breaks away early in six-day race
- (15 Nov 2003) Ultra-marathon runners inspired by Cliffy
- (14 Nov 2003) Unlikely sort looks to 9000km mark
- (11 Nov 2003) American medical researcher performing research
- (5 Nov 2003) Six Day Race Tribute To Cliff Young
- (3 Nov 2003) Preview of 18th Australian 6-day Race
- (19 Oct 2003) Special Group of Runners to be recognised at this year's race
- (6 Oct 2003) Australian 6-day Race history to be documented
- (20 Sept 2003) Westfield Book to be re-released at Australian 6-Day race
- (13 Aug 2003) Race officials confident of another strong field
- (13 Aug 2003) Drew battles cancer but keeps walking
- (13 May 2003) Money-making Opportunity - Looking for Fundraiser
2002
- (5 Dec 2002) 2002 Results (after 6 days)
- (30 Jan 2003) My Six Days in Colac by Arun Bhardwaj
- (26 Nov 2002) Brief personal report of Aussie Colac 6-day race
- (12 Nov 2002) Overseas Runners at Australian 6-Day Race
- (11 Nov 2002) Pheidippides Had It Easy - He Didn't Have To Run In Colac
- (31 Oct 2002) Profiles of 2002 Entrants
- (25 Oct 2002) Indian Runner for Australian 6-Day Race
- (11 Aug 2002) Overwhelming Interest
- (28 Jun 2002) Letter of invitation for 2002
- (4 May 2002) Ultramarathoner ordained in Australia
- (17 Apr 2002) World Class Track For Colac
- (19 Mar 2002) The Flying Fossil to walk the Bibbulman Track
- (1 Mar 2002) Bill Sutcliffe's return run - 25 years later
- (6 Feb 2002) South African Runner finds true love at Australian 6 Day Race!
2001
- http://sixdayrace.standard.net.au was the official webpage for 2001.
- 16th Australian Six Day Race A Resounding Success
- Final Results
- Final Results Spreadsheet
- "Web-Cam" Press Release
- Preview of 2001 race
- Start of 2001 Race
