At some point in a road runner’s life, they think “What next”. When they have graduated from 5k to 10, from the half marathon to the marathon, the next logical step is hitting the trails. If you have never done trail running before, check out my intro guide to trail running on what to expect. …
Event: WonderlandDate: 24-25 August 2019Type: Off Road, TrailDistance: 2km, 8km, 20km, 36km, 60km-ishWhere: Halls Gap, Grampians, VictoriaEvent Partners/Sponsors: VFuel, Orange Mud, Footpro, Suunto I tend not to run local events because I can run them at any time. However, I figured with my ultra coming up this event would be a nice little training run …
Event: Goldfields Trail RunDistance: 5km, 10km, Half MarathonType: LoopWhere: Crusoe Reserve, Bendigo, VicStart/Finish: Crusoe ReserveEvent 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 early bird price of $40, …
Event: Gold Rush RunDistance: 24km & 13km (ish)Type: Point to PointWhere: Hepburn Springs, Lake Daylesford, Sailors FallsStart: Hepburn SpringsFinish: Sailors Falls EstateEvent Partners / Supporters: Tour De Trails, The Running Company Ballarat, VFuel My last event for 2017 would be Gold Rush. Having missed out on this event due to injury, I was determined to …
Event: Afterglow – Twilight Night Trail RunDate: 26th November 2016Distance: 21km or 12kmType: Trail, Point to PointWhere: Point Addis (21km), Bells Beach Sth (12km) to Torquay, VictoriaEvent Partners: Mizuno, Black Diamond, Tailwind, Tour de Trails Hands down my favourite race for 2015 was Afterglow. Needless to say, when registrations for Afterglow opened back in July, I was one of …
Event: Afterglow – Twilight Night Trail RunDate: 28th November 2015Distance: 21km or 12kmType: Trail, Point to PointWhere: Point Addis to Torquay, VictoriaEvent Partners: Black Diamond, Tailwind, The Happy Runner, Surf Coast Trail Runners Afterglow is the sister event to the Surf Coast Trail Marathon and is currently the only Half Trail Marathon that runs at twilight in Australia. If bad …
