Here’s a taste of this year’s course: profile and entry

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Thank you all so much for your participation over the weekend. Below are the results for all three races. Please contact me if you see any discrepancy and I’ll amend as necessary. They’ll also be viewable on the WildHorse website shortly.

The continued feedback I’m receiving suggests that everyone had a good time and the event as a whole was a success. Having said that, I’m keen to know of any ideas that would improve it (the chip timing won’t fail us next year!) so feel free to mail me with your views.

Hopefully you’re all recovering well. Catch you at the next one - Cheers, Alun

50-km-results.pdf
30-km-results.pdf
10-km-results.pdf

Some pics follow - a nice cool day and an excellent turnout of 110 entries for the first running of this new event…

Well we had wind, fog, misty rain, Great Trails and plenty of food. Wow what a weekend up at the Bunya’s we had. There was enough clear weather to take in some of the fantastic views whilst running along the rainforest trails. With all the recent rain, the Bunya Mountains was on full show with thick rainforest right up to the edge of the trails - there was even the occasional hurdle over fallen Bunya Pines and the stinging nettle which added to the whole nature experience (normally this is trimmed back by parks staff, but they had a backlog of more serious repairs after the last two week’s storms).

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Here are the provisional first finishers from Australia’s biggest and most competitive trail ultra:
1M Alexander MATTHEWS 5 20-29 Finish 03:20:57
2M David CRINITI 22 30-39 Finish 03:24:33
3M Andrew LEE 3 40-49 Finish 03:30:23
1F Colleen MIDDLETON 28 40-49 Finish 04:03:18
2F Pam MUSTON 1004 50-59 Finish 04:55:33
3F Carol BAIRD 1002 60-69 Finish 05:04:09

Reports: here
Photo montage: here

Most of you will already know what a great place the Bunya Mountains is to run and walk. Similar to Lamington National Park in elevation and hence summer coolness, the forest features the distinctive Bunya pines. Grant Cooper is planning a relaxed weekend with some informal running thrown in, ideal to bring along non-running partners and family. 

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This is a course for seriously fit runners, with 18 hills over 18km! Entries close 7th April with 100 entrants allowed. The course is in Brisbane Forest Park , at the end of Gold Creek Road Brookfield, starting from Gold Creek Reservoir. There is a portaloo, water at the halfway point, and a barbeque after.

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As a non-profit group we need our members there to officially sign off on last year’s finances and appoint next year’s committe. Its a good time to catch up, to ask questions about new events, to join the committee if you’re keen enough, or just join us for a social run after. The Bunya Sports Centre is at the corner of Collins Road and Jinker Track – start time is 2pm on Saturday 27th April. If you’re interested in standing for committee, please speak to any of the current committee and fill out a nomination form beforehand.

Link  to the Bunyaville map: here
Here is how to get there: map

Three All New! Stunning! Challenging!!! courses. Check it out here:  http://adventuresportnq.info/events/trail-running 

pic: Queensland’s highest point, Mt Bartle Frere, features in the series final

We had a nice cool day in the drizzle for this tough day out - if anyone has some good pics, please email them to info@runtrails.org for the full report. Results are still provisional and unchecked, and will be updated tonight:

results10mtg.xls