Start time: 9:00am Presentations: 10:45am On day entries: Yes, closing at 8:45am. Cutoffs: NIL. Runners and walkers are encouraged to attend (even those looking for a relaxed stroll). Aid Stations: 1.5km, 4.0km, 5.0km. Training plans: Click HERE
Course Description:
Start at rear of Norm Minns / Showground complex near the Magpies Football Clubrooms.
Run a complete lap of the Norm Minns Oval.
Run the part extra lap and then exit at the Evans Street gates and head down the concrete chute onto the new cycling path toward the boat ramp.
Continue along this path and over the two new Ovens River foot-bridge crossings and arrive at Sydney Beach.
Turn left off the bridge, follow the path around, then into the carpark of Sydney Beach.
Exit Sydney Beach area and turn left crossing the Ovens River once again, this time using the old stockbridge.
Turn right into Apex Park then after 50m turn left and do a lap of the park on the Bitumen cycleway before heading back over the stockbridge and the other two river crossings toward the start (using path on the LEFT of Sydney Beach parking area for the return).
When arriving at the back of the Norm Minns Oval, follow the river along the cycling path until going through a gate at the end of the Showgrounds complex.
Turn left onto the grass and run along the back fence of the complex (becomes a gravel road for about 50m).
Turn left into the rear gates of the Complex and about 100m to the finish.