Friday 25 September 2009

Australian Mountain Running

Posted by speedygeoff on Friday, September 25, 2009 with
First Tuesday of each month: Mt Ainslie 2.3km Run Up, 12.45pm, Remembrance Park, Treloar Cres, Campbell. Free. Run or power walk up the mountain.
Third Tuesday of each month: Black Mountain 2.6km Run Up, 12.45pm, Clunies Ross Street, Acton, 100m east of the entrance to the Botannic Gardens. Free. Run or power walk up the mountain.

Secure online entry and full event details are available at www.mountainrunning.coolrunning.com.au for the following 4 events. Helpers are needed for each and will receive an award of a bottle of wine or other award if a non-drinker. If you can help, please email John Harding at hackettrunner@hotmail.com

Saturday 24 October: Orroral Valley Classic
Runs: 3 kms, 8 kms, 20 kms and 32.5 kms (undulating on trails, not a mountain run)
Bush walks: 8 kms and 20kms
9am Saturday 24 October 2009
8.30am start for 20 km bush walk and 32.5 km runners
Start and finish at the former Space Tracking Station, end of the bitumen on the Orroral Road, 30kms south of Tharwa via Naas and Boboyan Roads
(50 minutes from Canberra city)
Running surface: dirt road and grass 4 wheel drive trails.

Saturday 7 November: Mt Majura Vineyard One Peak, Two Peaks and Three Peaks
Three Peaks 26 km, Two Peaks 20 kms, One Peak 12 kms and 3 person relay run
plus Two Peaks and One Peak bush walks
6.30am Start for 20 kms and 26 kms, 26 km relay and bush walks
7am Start for 12 km run
Mt Majura Vineyard, Majura Road, Canberra ACT

Sunday 22 November: Deep Space Mountain Marathon Festival
Start/finish: Former Honeysuckle Creek Deep Space Tracking Station
Apollo Road
Namadgi National Park A.C.T.
5.45am 44 km marathon and 25 km run
7.00am 19 km bush walk
7.30am 8.4 km run, 19 km run, 8.4 km bush walk

Sunday 20 December 2009: Tour de Mountain
6am 25 km Tour & 3-person relay,
9 km Mt Taylor Challenge & 17 km walk
6.30am 17 km Mini-Tour run
Start and finish at Mawson sports field, Beasley Street, Mawson

Next year’s Bush Capital Bush Marathon Festival is on Saturday 31 July.