| Ultra-Marathon Running Calendar |
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19/06/2013 19/06/2014 True AURA |
| Jun 2013 | ||
| Fri-Sun | 28-30 Jun | THREE MARATHONS IN THREE DAYS (QLD) A brilliant event, not to be missed if you are clocking up the marathons or an Ultra runner who wants to give a staged-race a go. This event is not for the faint-hearted! And if you don't like a challenge or hills, don't bother. The event is run in three stages, each 42.2km, run over three consecutive days. Or you can choose to do only Marathon 3 - the Cairns Marathon. Parking/Accommodation: Ample parking at all venues and overnight accommodation available at Cedar Park, Speewah and Cairns. contact: Lorraine Lawson 0450 324 637. email: info@3marathonsin3days.com. Visit the website for more details. |
| Sun | 30 Jun | CAREFLIGHT WOODFORD TO GLENBROOK CLASSIC 2013 (NSW) This year's CareFlight Woodford to Glenbrook Classic will attract over 1000 entrants to run or ride the Oaks Fire Trail through the beautiful Blue Mountains National Park from the town of Woodford down to the Euroka Clearing near Glenbrook. Covering 25km of undulating bushland, the trail is incredibly scenic and a must for keen mountain bikers and trail runners. Participants are supported the full length of the track by Rural Fire Service crews stationed along the way, providing First Aid and drinks. A CareFlight doctor and St John Ambulance volunteers will also be in support. The event will finish with a community fair-style reception in the beautiful Euroka Clearing. Families are welcome to join in the fun with activities for the kids, food stalls and displays throughout the day. Mountain bike riders start from 9am and runners start from 10am. Exact start times and transport and parking details will be advised closer to the event. Registration is just $45 for adults and $20 for juniors, which only covers the cost of conducting the event. Money raised by entrants through donations and fundraising activities helps to fund the services of CareFlight. Each entrant is asked to assist with this. Teams and individuals are welcome to enter. The registration process is online and easy to follow. contact: John Ebbott. email: events@careflight.org. Visit the website for more details. |
| Jul 2013 | ||
| Sat | 13 Jul | ADELAIDE 6-12-24 HOUR (SA) Accurately measured 2200 metre circuit on footpath surrounding north parklands. IAU bronze labelled road race. contact: Ben Hockings. email: yumigo@y7mail.com. Visit the website for more details. |
| Sat | 13 Jul | THE KOKODA CHALLENGE (QLD) 96 kms. 4 member team race on fire trails and paths. contact: Samantha Klintworth . email: info@kokodachallenge.com. Visit the website for more details. |
| Fri-Sun | 19-21 Jul | CABOOLTURE 24-48 (QLD) officially measured 500 metre decomposed granite loop. IAU bronze road label and qualifying race for IAU 24 hr World Challenge. contact: Geoff Williams. email: gjcarpet@caboolture.net.au. Visit the website for more details. |
| Sat | 20 Jul | 45KM MT HAIG TRAIL MARATHON, TABLELANDS, FNQ (QLD) The third of four races in the FNQ Trail Running series this looped race follows a fairly well constructed forestry road that meanders to create probably the best rainforest circuit in the north, according to Paul Curtis’ book “The Travellers’ Guide to North Queensland Cairns and Surrounds”. Start and finish at Kauri Creek day-use area, Tinaroo Dam. 21.1km, 10km and 5km options available too. Come for the show weekend and enjoy the company of other runners. contact: Paul Ryan. email: trailrunning@roadrunners.org.au. Visit the website for more details. |
| Sat-Sun | 20-21 Jul | BUSH CAPITAL BUSH MARATHON FESTIVAL (ACT) Bush Capital Bush Marathon Festival, 20-21 July 2013 Off road trail events in Canberra Nature Park raising money for the Australian mountain running team. SATURDAY 20 July 2013 Mt Ainslie and Mt Majura Nature reserves Campbell High School, Canberra. 9am 16km bush run and 16km bush walk; 11am 5km and 10km walks; 12pm Under 13 years 2km children’s run; 12.30pm 10km run; 12.35pm 5km run SUNDAY 21 July 2013: Mt Ainslie and Mt Majura Nature reserves Campbell High School, Canberra. 7.30am 63.3km ultra run and relay (triple half marathon); 8.30am 42.2km bush marathon run, walk and relay; half marathon walk; 9.30am 21.1km bush half marathon run contact: John Harding. email: hackettrunner at hotmail dot com. Visit the website for more details. Click here for an entryform. |
| Sun | 21 Jul | YOU YANGS 50-50 (VIC) You Yang’s Regional Park, Little River, Victoria. Located 30 minutes from Melbourne towards Geelong on the M1 Prince's Freeway or 15 Minutes from Geelong via Lara toward Bacchus Marsh. Fantastic trails with a great atmosphere! contact: Brett Saxon. email: brsaxon@bigpond.net.au. Visit the website for more details. |
| Sun | 28 Jul | JABULANI CHALLENGE (NSW) JABULANI CHALLENGE Come and join us for a spectacular bush run or trail walk through the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, on Sydney's north shore. With three distances of 43km, 21km and 12km, there is an option for everyone, with the start and finish at Bobbin Head. It is a friendly and well organised family oriented event supporting a number of good causes. contact: Brad Smithers. email: jabulanitrail@gmail.com. Visit the website for more details. |
| Sun | 28 Jul | FLINDER'S TOUR (QLD) 12, 25, 50km easy to moderate trails with views to the Glasshouse Mountains. Limit 300 contact: Ian Javes, 0407 045 785. email: ijaves@caloundra.net. Visit the website for more details. Click here for an entryform. |
| Aug 2013 | ||
| Sun | 11 Aug | THE TAN ULTRA (VIC) Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne. This is a 3.827 km running track parallel to the perimeter fence of the Botanic Gardens. It is officially termed The Tan Track as it has a surface of tan coloured stone aggregate. It is more commonly and affectionately known as The Tan. contact: Brett Saxon. email: brsaxon@bigpond.net.au. Visit the website for more details. |
| Fri-Sun | 16-18 Aug | CAPITAL TO COAST - 100 K - STAGED FOOTRACE (NSW) Its on again! Starting once more with a (snowy?!) 10 K prologue in Canberra on Friday arvo, followed by 6 testing stages through beautiful back country on Sat/Sunday as we work our way towards Murramurang Beach and Nowra. The event is unique in that you can compete either as an individual (100K over the weekend) or in a 2 or 3 person team, sharing the 6 stages of approx. 15 K each. Whilst the team competition doesn't commence till Stage 1 on Saturday morning, team members can also have a "social" run in Friday's prologue if they wish. Entries now open. contact: Bob or Maxine. email: capitaltocoast@gmail.com. Visit the website for more details. Click here for an entryform. |
| Sat-Sun | 17-18 Aug | LAMINGTON ECO CHALLENGE (QLD) Trail runners you cannot miss the inaugural Lamington Eco Challenge, a trail running event featuring some tough terrain including four wheel drive tracks, grassy paddocks, bush and rainforest trails. Start & finish located at OReilly's Rainforest Retreat in the scenic Lamington National Park. contact: Meredith Tucker. email: meredith@gonyaadventures.com.au. Visit the website for more details. |
| Sun | 18 Aug | ALICE SPRINGS ULTRA MARATHON (NT) The inaugural Alice Springs Ultra Marathon event is a 60km event consisting of both road and trail along the Red Centre's most attractive backdrop, the picturesque West MacDonnell Ranges. Competitors will complete and out and back course covering some of the most magnificent views that the outback has to offer. A marathon and half-marathon will also be on offer. contact: Danny Fraser. email: danny.fraser@ntschools.net. Visit the website for more details. |
| Sat | 24 Aug | SOUTH-EAST QLD 8-HOUR ADVENTURE RACE (QLD) Looking for Adventure? Inspired to try an amazing race style event? We turn up the heat as we challenge you to a massive 8-hour Adventure Race. Test your physical and mental endurance in this ultimate of day long conquests. Teams of two combine cycling, kayaking and running (or walking), to navigate around a fun course revealed only one hour prior to race start. Teams can be male, female,mixed, parent/child, corporate, schools, as long as you've got two people aged over 8 you're set to go! With advanced options along the way for those after a harder physical challenge, the adventure challenges are created to test your fitness but still be an awesomely fun day out! So what are you waiting for? Forget life's destination - make the most of the journey. Enter TODAY! email: events@iadventure.com.au. Visit the website for more details. |
| Sep 2013 | ||
| Sun | 15 Sep | ALTRA CENTENNIAL PARK ULTRAMARATHON (NSW) Centennial Park has a distinctive and special place in Australian history and culture. Officially measured, IAU bronze labelled road race (surface is crushed dirt)on a 3.54km loop. Host event for the AURA National 50km Championships 2013 contact: April Palmerlee. email: apalmerlee@yahoo.com. Visit the website for more details. |
| Sat | 21 Sep | CANBERRA CENTENARY 100K (ACT) Inaugural 100k race contact: Martin Fryer . email: flyerultra@gmail.com. Visit the website for more details. |
| Sat | 21 Sep | SURF COAST CENTURY (VIC) Stunning 100km trail run on a majority of single track trails in a figure eight loop centred on the small surfcoast township of Anglesea,114km from Melbourne CBD (1hr 30min). contact: John Jacoby . email: john@rapidascent.com.au. Visit the website for more details. |
| Sun | 22 Sep | SPINY CRAY TRAIL (QLD) The Spiny Cray Ultra is a simple out and back event. The total elevation gained (and descended) is 1553 meters in the premier event. This event starts and finishes at Julatten’s renowned Highlander Tavern. contact: Shane White. email: shane@adventuresportnq.info. Visit the website for more details. |
| Sun | 22 Sep | YURREBILLA TRAIL (SA) The scenic Yurrebilla Trail runs for 56 km through the rugged western escarpment of the Adelaide Hills. It ascends 1865 m and descends 2060m, and is over 600m at its highest point. At no point is it more than 18km from the centre of Adelaide; yet most of it runs through native woodland which varies constantly along the route. Wildflowers are at their best at this time of year. contact: Sadie Cranston . email: sadiec@adam.com.au. Visit the website for more details. |
| Oct 2013 | ||
| Sat | 12 Oct | GREAT OCEAN WALK 100 (VIC) One of Australia's most spectacular trail ultramarathons On Saturday October 13th, 2013 100 kilometre solo race or50/50 two person relay race. Run on the iconic south west coast of Victoria, Australia along the Great Ocean Walk track-complete the entire GOW trail in one day! 70% single track, 20% fire trail, 10% road with wilderness you can't see from the Great Ocean Road! contact: Andy Hewat. email: andy@trailrunningcompany.com. Visit the website for more details. |
| Sat | 19 Oct | HUME & HOVELL 50/100 (NSW) The walking track follows as closely as possible the historic route taken by Explorers Hume & Hovell on their 1824 expedition to Port Phillip Bay. The 100km event starts (6am) at the Henry Angel Trackhead, and finishes at Blowering Dam Power Station near Tumut. The track is a mixture of constructed walking track and fire trails. The highest point is over 1200 metres in elevation, passes scenic Buddong Falls, then the Snowy Hydro Tumut 3 Power Station, near Talbingo and then along the foreshores of Blowering Dam. The 50km event starts (12 noon) at Jounama Dam, joining the Hume & Hovell Walking Track and finishing at Blowering Dam Power Station, near Tumut. The course follows a mixture of single track and fire trails over Gurkeroo Ridge. The Blowering dam foreshore is then followed for some 30kms. contact: Peter Fitzpatrick. email: peterfitz47@bigpond.com. Visit the website for more details. |
| Sat-Sat | 19-26 Oct | 777 - 7 MARATHONS. 7 STATES. 7 DAYS (WA) Join us in supporting Bravehearts Charity on the marathon adventure of a lifetime! Meeting in Perth on Saturday Oct 19th to run our first marathon Sunday morning and finishing in Brisbane on Saturday Oct 26th. Participants are required to fundraise a minimum of $10 000 for the Bravehearts Charity and they run, fly, stay for FREE! If you are only able to join us for 1 run minimum fundraise is $1000 contact: Kate Gazzard. email: kate@centori.com.au. Visit the website for more details. |
| Sun | 20 Oct | WASHPOOL (NSW) 50 km trail race(also offering 25 and 9km options)in the Washpool and Gibraltar Range National Parks, east of Glen Innes and west of Grafton in north New South Wales. contact: Greg Waite . email: g_waite@optusnet.com.au. Visit the website for more details. |
| Sun | 27 Oct | 100KM NED KELLY CHASE (VIC) Fully bitumen sealed, generally flat, hopefully fast 100km event from Wangaratta, NE Victoria along the Murray to Mountains Rail Trail to Gapsted. Then along the Snow Road to Milawa before using sealed cycling paths again from Milawa back to the start / finish at Wangaratta. Format is like a time trial with entrants trying to determine a start time that allows them to finish as close as possible to 2pm on the Sunday. Presentation and a buffet dinner (with vegetarian, GF and DF options) will take place from 4pm in Wangaratta. Entry fees have been kept extremely low as this is an event by runners, for runners. 4 x 25km relays, 50km teams and RunNBike (2 people, 1 bike) options also exist. contact: Justin & Sharon Scholz. email: justin@sharonscholz.com. Visit the website for more details. Click here for an entryform. |
| Nov 2013 | ||
| Sun | 3 Nov | CANEGROWERS GREAT BARRIER REEF MARATHON (QLD) The CANEGROWERS Great Barrier Reef Marathon Festival (GBRM) is set to be the epic event of the 2013 calendar year. Held in Port Douglas, Queensland, the GBRM offers a course like no other taking in views of the Coral Sea, magnificent Four Mile Beach, World Heritage rainforest, cane fields and finishing down Macrossan Street. Dubbed the "world's best" by none other than marathon legend Steve Moneghetti, the Great Barrier Reef Marathon Festival is the one to mark on your racing and social calendar. Why not team up this epic event with a family holiday or get away with friends? Visit the Great Barrier Reef, experience the Daintree, and even join our Melbourne Cup in Paradise Party when you enter one of the most unique marathon events in Australia. Registration and accommodation packages available online www.greatbarrierreefmarathon.com.au contact: Mick Whalen. email: mick@pdem.com.au. Visit the website for more details. Click here for an entryform. |
| Sat | 9 Nov | GREAT NORTH WALK (NSW) The Great North Walk is a 250 km walking track that runs along the coastal strip between Sydney and Newcastle in New South Wales. It was opened in the Australian Bicentennial year of 1988 and passes through some of Australia's most outstanding scenery. Both races start at Teralba on Lake Macquarie and head south. The 100km race finishes at Yarramalong in the scenic Yarramalong Valley and the 100 Mile at Patonga on spectacular Broken Bay. Although the route is primarily on foot tracks and fire-trails, it does include some minor back roads. There is more than 6,200 metres (20,000ft) of ascent (and descent) in the 100 Mile and 3,800 metres (12,500ft) of ascent in the 100 Kilometre. contact: Dave Byrnes . email: Dave Byrnes . Visit the website for more details. |
| Sat | 16 Nov | 30/50 CHALLENGE (VIC) The scenic and extremely challenging 30/50 course is sanctioned by AURA and constructed by Adventure Tour guides and Fitness Specialists experienced in trekking the Kokoda Trail and Indonesia's highest and most active volcanos. The two distance options of the event, 30km or 50km promise to provide a positive and motivational health and fitness challenge for all its participants in which to finish off the year. The events distinct points of difference are the team aspect of the challenge, the two scenic endurance distances and the training and support provided to all teams by our fitness specialists leading up to the event. As individuals or in teams of two or 4, participants traverse 50km from Arthurs Seat or 30km (teams only) from Cape Schanck along some of the most scenic and challenging terrain on the Mornington Peninsula to Portsea's iconic pub and foreshore. The 30/50 proudly supports The Zaidees Rainbow Foundation, promoting Zaidees Rainbow Shoelaces as a symbol to inspire discussion about organ and tissue donation. It is the goal of ZRF to deliver a national message and one that will ultimately save the lives of many. The Zaidees story is remarkable and very moving and The 30/50 is proud to support their cause. contact: Sam Rowse - 0458 410 450. email: sam@30-50.com.au. Visit the website for more details. Click here for an entryform. |
| Sat | 16 Nov | UPSTREAM 50KM CHALLENGE (VIC) The Upstream 50km Challenge is an annual 50km run/walk from Docklands to Donvale along the Yarra River. Individual, team or relay entry options. No registration fee and 100% of all funds raised will be passed on to the 2013 beneficiaries; Disability Sport & Rec, FareShare and The Isabella & Marcus Fund. Since beginning in 2005 the event has raised and passed on over $1.2 million. contact: Sharon Henderson. email: sharon@upstreamfoundation.org. Visit the website for more details. |
| Sun | 17 Nov | MARYSVILLE MARATHON FESTIVAL (VIC) 50km trail race (<3km on bitumen) with shorter options (4k, 10k, half marathon, marathon). This event started as a fundraiser after the severe bushfires of 2009 and continues primarily as a fundraising event. contact: Brett saxon. email: brsaxon@bigpond.net.au. Visit the website for more details. |
| Sun | 17 Nov | MARYSVILLE MARATHON FESTIVAL (VIC) 50km trail race (<3km on bitumen) with shorter options (4k, 10k, half marathon, marathon). This event started as a fundraiser after the severe bushfires of 2009 and continues primarily as a fundraising event. contact: Brett saxon. email: brsaxon@bigpond.net.au. Visit the website for more details. |
| Sat | 23 Nov | RAZORBACK RUN (VIC) One of Australia’s best Mountain runs – Harrietville to Mt Feathertop, including the High Plains. 22km short course out and back along the Razorback. Start / Finish at Harrietville. Status: ~68, 64k, 58k, 38k, and 22k self supported trail runs. contact: Paul Ashton. email: runningwild56@tpg.com.au. Visit the website for more details. |
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