All Denmead Striders and friends are more than welcome to join myself and my two friends on a very informal, social New Years Day “QECP Trail Runners Marathon”.  You are definitely looking at a full day of about six hours to complete the route and there will be walking involved because, much as I would like to, I cannot run it all and if someone needs to walk then I am more than happy to walk and talk.

We will be starting at 10am after the QECP parkrun in front of the cafe, and you are more than welcome to do just one or two sections rather than the whole marathon.

This is not an official event, but just for fun.

For further information and queries please contact Brent Latham

The QECP Trail Runners Marathon

Last year I spent a few months trying to come up with a route that uses the vast majority of paths in QECP without going over the same path twice.  I call it the QECP Trail Runners Marathon and it consists of three routes in series (see below for details )each one ending back at the car park.

 

DESCRIPTION OF THE THREE ROUTES

Route 1 is about 15kms and deals with the left side of QECP and is the hilly section.  It is likely that you may get muddy hands climbing up to the end or start of the next path.  Poles could be useful in this section for sure.

Route 2 is also about 15kms and is more runnable but has some steep climbs in it, particularly at the end.  This is mainly around the middle section of QECP but does skirt the edges of the right side.

Route 3 is about 12kms and definitely the easiest section but the least fun of the three.