This is a 26km endurance event finishing at Chingford Park.
YOUR RACE START TIME WILL BE SENT TO YOU BY EMAIL
The race starts at the Malvern St/Woodhaugh Street intersection by the bridge.
Follow the marshals off Malvern Rd onto the beautiful groomed trails and native bush of the Ross Creek Reserve. Past the reservoir take a right turn and the track gets a little less groomed and steep up into Craigieburn. Cross the road at the intersection of Tanner Rd and Wakari Rd and then it’s onto the Pineapple Track that goes up… and up… and up to Flagstaff Summit. There’s a little double back to get onto the Swampy Ridge Track that undulates with a bit of mud tussock and rock to hop along and up to Swampy Summit Aid Station.
Follow a bit of the Leith Saddle track down the hill and then through the flax chute through to the Pylon 4WD, turn left and you can fly down this bit until the end where you enter the Morrisons Burn Track. This has some steep muddy downhill sections – enjoy gravity and the trees to catch hold of. It’s not long then you are on a forestry access road that leads you on to Leith Valley.
Only one more mountain to climb! Run 1.8km up Leith Valley Rd to the Aid Station just over the overhead bridge. A right turn there takes into a beautiful little track that leads into Mt Cargill forest tracks and 4WD roads. Follow the markers and you will come up on to Cowan road. Turn left and carry on up to the summit of Mount Cargill and the last aid station.
From Mt Cargill summit you get to enjoy gravity once again with a 4km descent down some single track to Bethune’s Gully. There’s only about 2 km on the flat after this so you may as well completely destroy whatever remains of your quads on this descent. Follow the road out onto Norwood Street. Run down Norwood for about 1km then turn right into Tannadice St and left into Dryden St, over the footbridge and into Chingford Park for the sprint finish across the sports ground to the sounds of hearty cheers!
Well done! You deserve a medal!
The course will be well marked with marshals at aid stations and key intersections.