Archive for September, 2008
Gebrselassie 2.03.59 At Berlin
The mercurial Haile Gebrselassie has become the first man in history to break two hours and four minutes for the marathon, breaking his own world record to win his third consecutive Berlin marathon.
Sydney’s Oxfam Trailwalker Raises $2.5 Million
Sydney team wins Oxfam TRAILWALKER Sydney and fundraising set for another record with over $2.5 million raised.
Pics Of The Week - NT Outback
Photographer Steve Strike’s images of the Northern Territory have been selected for a solo exhibition at the China International Photo Festival in Chengde, near Beijing.
Add your comment herePermits For Quality Trails / Mapleton - Update
Two proposals for new Mapleton events were discussed in a pre-permit meeting with Queensland Parks & Wildlife Service this week. The good news is - we look likely to have a new run at Cooloolabin Reservoir, just north of Mapleton. QPWS has advised they will approve a course there - but we also need Council approval so we will have to wait and see. The lakeside trails and the picnic area here are managed by Council, while QPWS manages firetrail and forestry road sections.
Cooloolabin is a very pretty lake, with a small picnic area and toilets. Courses will be 4 and 9km of easy running. We have only just met and the advertised date was 11/12 October, so a new date has been set for Sunday 16 November. This also means bumping the Mount Glorious weekend of training runs and walks back a week to November 8-9. Details will be updated on the web this weekend.
But wait, there’s more - talk of a new QPWS policy to finally allow occasional events on walking trails. We hope this will give us access to new areas of quality bush and trails in the near future. The Mapleton permit discussions with QPWS also covered a lot of key permit issues, since the Trails Forum has put on the table all the reasons for a number of previous permit refusals and outlined the QPWS framework for permit assessment.
The bad news is QPWS again confirmed they will not allow new events to share walking trails under their current policies, turning down an application for a run on the northern loop of the Sunshine Coast Great Walk. The primary reasons cited were 1. the Landscape Classification system, which is used to allow only certain types of activities in a given class of landscape setting, and 2. the Great Walk’s Track Management Plan, which we have yet to see since its not a public document but apparently excludes anything they consider a “competitive event”.
Add your comment hereUltra-Trail du Mont-Blanc - The Triumph of Youth
This morning race control confirmed the victory of Spaniard Kilian Jornet for the 2008 edition of The North Face Ultra Trail du Mont-Blanc.
Glasshouse Sept 13 - Final Results
For results, click www.glasshousetrails.com - Results page, lower down under Glasshouse 100, 2008
