Course descriptions

🏃‍♀️ 2km - this event is at the festival village! A flat(ish) course with no road crossings. Minimum age requirement to participate is 4 years of age on the event day. Suitable for all abilities and experience levels. Parental permission is required for all participants under 18 years.

🏃‍♂️ 7km - the course is reasonably flat/gradually undulating, an out and back course starting from the Old Scottsdale Train Station with managed road crossings in 50km zone where entrants must give way to traffic. Minimum age requirement to participate is 12 years of age on the event day. Suitable for all abilities and experience levels. Parental permission is required for all participants under 18 years.

🏃‍♂️ 🏃‍♀️ 7km Team – the course is the same as the individual 7km course. All team members will be considered as individual entrants as well. Minimum age requirement to participate is 12 years of age on the event day. Parental permission is required for all participants under 18 years.

🏃‍♀️14km - the course is reasonably flat/gradually undulating, an out and back course starting from Old Scottsdale Train Station with managed road crossings in 50km zone and a marshalled crossing of the A3 where entrants must give way to traffic. Minimum age requirement to participate is 16 years of age on the event day. Parental permission is required for all participants under 18 years.

🏃‍♂️ 27km - the one-way course starts at the top of the Billycock Hill (entrants will be transported from the Old Scottsdale Train Station) with the first 15km winding downhill before a flat(ish) final 12km. Two marshalled crossings of the A3 where entrants must give way to traffic, and one marshalled crossing in 50km zone where entrants must give way to traffic, finishing at the Old Scottsdale Train Station. Minimum age requirement to participate is 17 years of age on the event day. Parental permission is required for all participants under 18 years.

🏃‍♀️ 54km - an out and back course starting from the Old Scottsdale Train Station, with the first 12km being reasonably flat, a 15km gradual incline, 15km gradual decline and a fairly flat final 12km. The course has two marshalled road crossings in 50km zone and 4 marshalled crossings of the A3 where entrants must give way to traffic. Minimum age requirement to participate is 18 years of age on the event day.

🚲7km - the course is reasonably flat/gradually undulating, an out and back course starting from the Old Scottsdale Train Station with managed road crossings in 50km zone where entrants must give way to traffic. Minimum age requirement to participate is 8 years of age on the event day. Suitable for all abilities and experience levels. Parental permission is required for all participants under 18 years.

🚲18km - the course is reasonably flat/gradually undulating, an out and back course starting from Old Scottsdale Train Station with managed road crossings in 50km zone and a marshalled crossing of the A3 where entrants must give way to traffic. Minimum age requirement to participate is 11 years of age on the event day. Parental permission is required for all participants under 18 years.

🚲 🚲 18km Team – the course is the same as the individual 18km course. All team members will be considered as individual entrants as well. Minimum age requirement to participate is 11 years of age on the event day. Parental permission is required for all participants under 18 years.

🚲30km - the course is reasonably flat/gradually undulating, an out and back course starting from Old Scottsdale Train Station with managed road crossings in 50km zone and a marshalled crossing of the A3 where entrants must give way to traffic. Minimum age requirement to participate is 13 years of age on the event day. Parental permission is required for all participants under 18 years.

🚲54km - an out and back course starting from the Old Scottsdale Train Station, with the first 12km being reasonably flat, a 15km gradual incline, 15km gradual decline and a fairly flat final 12km. The course has 2 managed road crossings in 50km zone, 2 marshalled crossings of the A3 where entrants must give way to traffic, 2 marshalled crossings of the A3 where entrants must dismount and give way to traffic and two marshalled crossings in 50km zone where entrants must give way to traffic. Minimum age requirement to participate is 15 years of age on the event day. Parental permission is required for all participants under 18 years.

Event distances - how far is it?

It is a tricky business measuring distances on trails. Depending on your device, the trail distance may differ from the advertised event distance. For the Rail Trail Run and Ride, the event distances initially established in 2018 have been maintained understanding that improvements in GPS technologies may indicate the actual trail distances may differ slightly.