Course Description – Race 1

Please note, the location and details for Race 1 of the 2025 Trail Running Series will be revealed soon with updated course information on this page. Entries will open in March.

Sunday 1 June 2025

Details on Race 1 of the 2025 Trail Running Series courses will be revealed here in detail soon.

The courses

Long course:
Medium course:
Short course: 

Course map

To be revealed here soon.

Course descriptions

Long course – 25km

Description coming soon…

Long course elevation profile:

Medium course – distance TBC

Description coming soon…

Medium course elevation profile:

Short course – distance TBC

Description coming soon…

Short course elevation profile:

Water points

  • Short course: There will one water point located at the 7.3km mark at the top of the Rob Roy Track. Please provide your own cup or water bottle. We will not be providing cups.
  • Medium course: There will two water points located at the 7.3km and the 15.3km points at the top of the Rob Roy Track. Please provide your own cup or water bottle. We will not be providing cups.
  • Long course: There will two water points located at the 8.5km and the 16.4km points at the top of the Rob Roy Track. Please provide your own cup or water bottle. We will not be providing cups.

Finish Line Sprint

The Finish line Sprint will be a timed 100-200m segment leading into the finish line where we will record a separate time for each runner as part of your overall race. The course will be downhill and provide for some fast and furious sprinting as you empty the tank into the finish line. We encourage everyone to have a crack and the fastest male and female sprinters will receive a prize thanks to our sponsors!

Passing etiquette

With a large number of runners a narrow trail there are a few points of common etiquette when it comes to passing a runner on the trail that we’d like all participants to be aware of. If you are a faster runner who wants to pass a slower runner on a narrow bit of track:

  • Let the slower runner know you are there and want to pass. Say something like, “Can I go past when there’s a chance…” or even “Track please” if you’re short of breath. Then wait for a wider section of track – don’t just barge on through
  • The slower runner can then say, “OK, go past on the right” or “just up here it’s a bit wider, go there”. But it’s good to acknowledge that you heard them and give direction for when they can go past
  • It’s also nice for the faster runner to say, “thank you, keep going” once you’re past – share the love
  • If you are going to pass then make sure you are actually faster, don’t pass if you are pushing 120% effort to get around them and then slow down afterwards
  • Slower runners don’t feel like you need to totally stop and bow down as a faster runner comes through, make space but keep trotting along as well

Course marking

Trail running events are quite different to road running events in that they require you to look and think about where you are going because, not only will you pass through some lovely wilderness, but you need to KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR COURSE MARKINGS. Trail running courses are not lined with fences or red and white flagging tape and will not have marshals every 10m ready to hand you a drink and direct you where to go every step of the way – you need to keep an eye out for and follow the course markings to make your way around.

Having said that, if you have your head up and are looking where you are going the course will be easy to follow and will be marked as follows:

The Long Course:

  • red and/or orange arrows (pegged into the ground and fixed to trees or bushes)
  • fluoro pink coloured plastic surveyor’s tape (tied to trees or bushes)

The Medium Course:

  • green arrows (pegged into the ground and fixed to trees or bushes)
  • green coloured plastic surveyor’s tape (tied to trees or bushes)

The Short Course:

  • blue arrows (pegged into the ground and fixed to trees or bushes)
  • aqua blue coloured plastic surveyor’s tape (tied to trees or bushes)

All track intersections will be clearly marked and care should be taken to follow the arrows. Surveyor’s tape will be placed immediately following a track junction to confirm you are on the correct track. Track markings on the longer, straighter sections, where there are no other options or intersections will be far more spread out so take your time at the intersections to make sure you are on the right track. Unless otherwise marked or directed, competitors should follow the most major track at all intersections. If there is no arrow at a minor track junction then continue along the major track.