27-28 September 2025
Townsville Triathlon Club welcomes you to the inaugural Riverway Insomnia 100 Ultra and the Riverway Insomnia 42 Marathon 2025. The format of this race is different. Each lap starts on the hour, every hour, for 24 hours. Competitors in the Riverway Insomnia 100 Ultra will start at 9:00 am Saturday morning and have an hour to complete one lap (4.2km) of the course. The next lap starts at 10:00 am, and the third lap starts at 11:00 am, etc. After 24 hours, competitors will commence their last lap at 08:00 am Sunday and by 09:00 am Sunday will have completed the 100km Ultra.
Competitors in the Riverway Insomnia 42 Marathon commence at 11:00 pm Saturday night. They will also commence their last lap at 08:00 am Sunday and by 09:00 am Sunday will have completed the 42km Marathon.
Event winners and podium finishers will be the competitors with the lowest aggregated time over the Ultra and the Marathon.
Check-in & chip collection open on race day from 8:00 am.
Event Ages and Fees
100km Ultra (ages 18+) – $10 + $ charity donation*
42km Marathon (ages 18+) – $10 + $ charity donation*
Ultra Team of 2 (ages 18+) – $20 + $ charity donation*
Ultra Team of 4 (ages 18+) – $40 + $ charity donation*
Marathon Team of 2 (ages 18+) – $20 + $ charity donation*
Marathon Team of 4 (ages 15+) – $40 + $ charity donation*
*Ages as at 31 Dec 2025
Charity
This year’s inaugural event will raise money for charity – ‘Prevail – Explosive Clearance, Trauma Care, & Humanitarian Aid’ – a humanitarian organisation helping Ukraine. Recently a Townsville local and a relative of one of our club committee members died attempting to disarm ordnance in Ukraine. Please show us your support by donating generously.
Map
Race Brief
Please be advised, this brief remains in draft whilst we continue to finalise the finer details.