This run is hard to get into, its a pain in the arse to get there, and I really feel the 3 hour time difference when I get up at 1.30am (brissie time) come race day. So why do I go? Because it is THE MOST SCENIC race I have ever done!

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Given our problems obtaining permits in 2007, TRAQ needs to think seriously about our approach for 2008. Simply putting up a good proposal which would attract people to a supported event in the great outdoors clearly isn’t getting us far. If you would like to hear more about these issues, and contribute to an open debate on how best to get some changes, please join us at Sports House, Milton (west/top end of Suncorp Stadium off Milton Road, map link here) 6.30pm-8 Thursday 29th November. 

And you thought the Sydney Trailwalker was big! Oxfam’s Hong Kong Trailwalker started as an endurance training exercise for soldiers and became a public fundraising event.  This November 4,000 walkers attempted to complete the 100km MacLehose Trail within a 48-hour time limit. Since 1986, more than 54,000 walkers have raised more than HK$240 million to support Oxfam Hong Kong’s poverty projects across Asia and Africa. 

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Molesworth is a rather unusual 84km ultra/relay run in New Zealand’s high country, approx 1000m above sea level, so weather patterns are EXTREME. Severe heat, little shade and limited water, can be countered with snow and severe frost at any time of the year.

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The official opening of the section of rail trail between Moore and Linville will take place on Sunday 25th November at 9:30am in Stanley Gates Park, Moore. The local communities will present a full program of trail opening events including a street parade, brass band and markets.

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The Great North Walk is a 250 km walking track that runs between Sydney and Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia.  It was opened in the Australian Bicentennial year of 1988 and passes through some of Australia’s most outstanding scenery.

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Paula Radcliffe announced her return to the marathon in sensational style in New York last weekend with a performance that encapsulated why she is such a remarkable athlete. Less than 10 months after giving birth to her daughter Isla and more than two years since her last race over the distance, Radcliffe prevailed over the ever-present threat of her one-time nemesis, Gete Wami of Ethiopia to win a dramatic New York Marathon for the second time in 2hr 23min 9sec.
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England’s Lake District is fast becoming home to a new running craze - trail runs. The traditional home of fell-running began a new series of trail races this year, and they were a sell-out success. The Lakeland Trails, a series of four races held at Coniston, Hawkshead, Staveley and Keswick, were all rated among the UK’s Top 50 Races by magazine Runner’s World. Read more