October 10, 2017
Event: Lawson short course (9.2 / 17.4 km) Date: 24 September 2017 Lawson was the first of this season’s short course races – and with warm weather, a record number of entrants and nice mix of fire trails, runnable single trail and steep hills – everything was in place for a fast, fun day of […]
Read MoreSeptember 20, 2017
Event: Glenbrook Marathon (25 / 34 / 42 km) Date: 20 August 2017 There aren’t too many better ways to get a new race season underway than with the Glenbrook marathon. Comprising of 3 distances – 25km, 34km and 42km – the Glenbrook race day is consistently one of the most popular […]
Read MoreJune 28, 2017
Running Wild Race Report Event: Mount Solitary Ultra (45 km) Date: 4 June 2017 It’s hard to believe that we hadn’t had a race since Wentworth Falls on 19th February. Lengthy periods of rain throughout the year meant cancelling the Mt Portal event in March and postponing Mt Solitary from April. However, on 4th June, […]
Read MoreMarch 15, 2017
Running Wild Race Report Event: Wentworth Falls short course (13km / 16km) Date: 19 February 2017 As if on cue, overcast weather and cooler temperatures offered perfect running conditions for the Wentworth Falls race – arguably the most picturesque and technical course on the Running Wild calendar. To add to the complexity that a huge […]
Read MoreFebruary 14, 2017
Running Wild Race Report Event: Knapsack Lap Race long course (3hr / 6hr) Date: 26 January 2017 Australia Day in the Blue Mountains can mean only one thing……the running of the annual Knapsack lap race at Glenbrook. Every year, race participants, fans and crew don their most ostentatious Australiana garb; from tattoos and face paint to lairy […]
Read MoreNovember 22, 2016
Running Wild Race Report Event: Narrowneck short course (14km / 20km) Date: 9 November 2016 The Narrowneck night run is one of the most popular races on the Running Wild calendar – and for many is the feature event of the season. 2016 proved as popular as ever being sold out two weeks ahead of […]
Read MoreOctober 31, 2016
Running Wild Race Report Event: Kedumba short course (10km / 21km) Date: 23 October 16 The second short course race of the season, Kedumba is billed as arguably the toughest half marathon in Australia. Runners in the half-marathon are confronted with approximately 800 metres elevation whilst the 10km racers get no respite with some of the steepest […]
Read MoreSeptember 28, 2016
With a change to the schedule in Season 7, many runners found themselves running the Lawson course for the second time in six months. Lawson is now the second race of the season and the first of our short course events. Photo Credit – Chris Thomas (XThomas Photography) and Jeff Davies. Overnight rain added an […]
Read MoreAugust 10, 2011
The Runningwild Wentworth Falls course marked a departure from the previous two events. This one was almost entirely run on single track with only a scattering of 4WD trail mixed in, in contrast to the dominance of fire trail at Mount Portal and Woodford Dam. There was a lot of mud, rocks, tree roots and […]
Read MoreJanuary 3, 2011
Runningwild had staged 3 short course races, but this was the test – Runningwild’s first major race, the Glenbrook Trail Marathon. In the weeks leading up to the event there was much discussion about what numbers we would get for the day. Initially 100 runners was a ‘pass’ mark for our first year and we […]
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