Event: Peaks and Trails Date: 3-4 August 2019 Type: Off Road Distance: 6.4km, 11km, 22km, 26km, 50km & Mt Abrupt Challenge Where: Dunkeld, Southern Grampians, Victoria Event Partners/Sponsors: Steigen, VFuel, AGL, The Running Company, Royal Mail Hotel When your husband designs the website and agrees to be one of the photographers you get a free entry. I mean hello free […]
Event: Goldfields Trail Run Distance: 5km, 10km, Half Marathon Type: Loop Where: Crusoe Reserve, Bendigo, Vic Start/Finish: Crusoe Reserve Event Partners / Supporters: Trail Run Australia, In2Adventure, BareNaked Bars It was June when I first came across an event being held in Bendigo, hosted by Trail Run Australia. With entry to the event at the […]
Event: Australian Running Festival Distance: 5km, 10km, Half Marathon, Marathon, Ultra Marathon Type: Loop, with there and backs Where: Canberra, ACT Start: Old Parliment House Finish: West Lawns, Parkes Way Event Partners / Supporters: TATA, Rebel, Gu, NUUN, Visit Canberra The Australian Running Festival, is set in our nation’s capital of Canberra. This year the […]
Event: Gold Rush Run Distance: 24km & 13km (ish) Type: Point to Point Where: Hepburn Springs, Lake Daylesford, Sailors Falls Start: Hepburn Springs Finish: Sailors Falls Estate Event Partners / Supportors: Tour De Trails, The Running Company Ballarat, VFuel My last event for 2017 would be Gold Rush. Having missed out on this event due […]
Event: Reboot in Bermagui Distance: 5km & 7km Type: Point to Point Where: Bermagui, NSW Start: 7km Camel Rock, 5km Tilba Rd. Finish: Bermagui Surf Life Saving Club Event Partners / Supporters: Bermagui Area Camber of Commerce & Tourism, Bermagui Fisherman’s, Bermagui Country Club There are Runcations, where you specifically go to a location for […]
Event: Surf Coast Century (aka SCC100) Distance: 50km, 100km, 2/3 or 4 Person 100km Relay Type: 50km – Loop, 100km – look, Relay – Point to Point Where: Anglesea, Victoria Start: Anglesea for Leg 1, 3, 50km & 100km. Point Danger, Torquay – Leg 2. Moggs Creek – Leg 4. Finish: Anglesea, Victoria Event Partners […]
One of the first things I do in race week is to look at the weather prediction. This gives me an idea of what to wear and pack on race day. Things were not looking good for this year’s Peaks & Trails. With a high possibility of rain and strong winds, race conditions were going […]
Event: Afterglow – Twilight Night Trail Run Date: 26th November 2016 Distance: 21km or 12km Type: Trail, Point to Point Where: Point Addis (21km), Bells Beach Sth (12km) to Torquay, Victoria Event Partners: Mizuno, Black Diamond, Tailwind, Tour de Trails Hands down my favourite race for 2015 was Afterglow. Needless to say I when registrations for Afterglow opened back […]