It started in 1983 and was renamed in 2004 after Cliff Young, a Colac farmer and winner of the inaugural Sydney to Melbourne Westfield's Ultramarathon in May 1983.
In the following year, the City of Colac announced its decision to stage a six-day race.
The race was renamed in early 2004 in honour of Cliff Young, who died on the 2nd of November 2003.
[1][2] In 2005, at the age of 49, Yiannis Kouros returned to the recently renamed race and again demonstrated his unparalleled capacity by setting a new Six Day World Record by covering just over 1036 km, breaking the course record and set new world record times for covering 500 km and 1000 km in his age group.
The event has not been held since 2005, despite an effort from Australian marathon runner Lee Troop to revive the race in 2008.