You may well ask - sorry, your editor has been enjoying organising his next run, at Mount Glorious this weekend. There will probably be two in February, as I have so much material saved up. Lots about new runs, both in Queensland and Australia, plus a social weekend of running at the Bunya Mountains in April, a report back from Barrington Tops National Park, the Great Australian Camp Out weekend. All the usual good stuff, coming to you soon… Cheer, Greg.

A beautiful day, with nice cool mist just before the start of the short courses, but those on the 55k and relay teams (hounds) would have appreciated the pool afterwards, cos it was steamy out there… Results are available here - did the hares outlast the hounds this year?!?

pic: pre-race arrivals at Woodford pool…

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Australia’s first truly world class trail run will be held in Western Australia’s remote Kimberley region starting 25 April 2010, with six stages spread over seven days. The bad news is you’re already too late to enter, the field of 200 is full.

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Introduction

Exercise and Environmental factors are the most common causes of heat related illness. However several other factors can play a part including medical illness (eg. infection), drugs/medication, dehydration, being overweight, lack of acclimatization and the extremities of age. In race situations many environmental factors such as heat, wind, and cloud cover are simply unavoidable if you choose to compete!

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We had a nice cool afternoon blow in, making for a very pleasant afternoon’s run. This event is run informally, as a come-and-try-it opportunity for trail running, since Bunyaville State Forest is so accessible. We had a good turn-out, with 44 in total, and a high number of locals, including family groups of all ages.

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Available from the Events menu above - enjoy!

Trail Runners - start off 2010 with the Hares and Hounds trail run on January 10th. Starting and finishing at the Woodford Swimming Pool in Peterson St, the event is conducted by TRAQ with some support and sponsorship ( random draw vouchers ) from Active Stride Sports Store. The hares will run solo from Woodford to Beerburrum and return starting an hour earlier than the Hounds ( start 4.30am ) who are 2 or 4 person relay teams. The 2 person teams change over at Beerburrum ( about 27-28km ) and the 4 person teams can change at or near checkpoints 7,6, 4a, 2 or the Lookout.

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We have a new event that will be taking place on Easter Sunday, 2010 (April 4th), The Wild Horse Criterium, brought to you by Active Stride (www.activestride.com.au) and run under the auspices of The Trail Runners Association of Queensland (TRAQ).

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A great weekend for our 40th Anniversary. The weather was fine, the trail dry, no-one got lost (must be a first…) and we had 85 joining togethre for our Saturday night dinner and prizegiving at Binna Burra’s cafe. The final results are posted now, less one minutes adjustment to waves 2 and 3 of the 8.35 start. Thanks everyone for making it a great weekend!

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