The Trail Running Series presented by The North Face takes your running off-road with a series of popular races at breath-taking wilderness locations within a 1hr drive from Melbourne.

Each of the five events in The Series includes a short, medium and long course race that gives you plenty of carefree, smile-inducing running through some magnificent natural landscapes.

You will breathe in plenty of fresh air and grin from ear to ear as you run through valleys lined with tree ferns, weave through towering gum trees and sweep along flowing trails beside rivers, creeks, beaches and lookouts.

The Trail Running Series presented by The North Face

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The Trail Running Series presented by The North Face takes your running off-road with a series of popular races at breath-taking wilderness locations within a 1hr drive from Melbourne.

Each of the five events in The Series includes a short, medium and long course race that gives you plenty of carefree, smile-inducing running through some magnificent natural landscapes.

RACE 4: Anglesea - Trail Running Series pres by North Face 

Lions Park
Anglesea, Great Ocean Road 

The 2018 Trail Running Series presented by The North Face Race 4 will be held at picturesque Anglesea on the Great Ocean Road on the coast – it's a spectacular run that’s very different to all others in the Series.

We are excitied to announce that NEW for 2018 at Anglesea will be a new course direction, now an anti-clockwise loop (following the Surf Coast Century ultra marathon course. (This new course direction applies to all 3 courses - the short, medium and long course races).

There will also be the return of the 1.9km KIDS RUN on Sunday to let our little champions experience the fun of trail running again!

When: Sunday 16 September
Where: Anglesea Riverbank Park
What:

Long Course: 22.7km
Medium Course: 15.3km
Short Course: 8.8km
NEW Kids Run: 1.9km

Located just 1hr 15mins from central Melbourne, Anglesea’s setting provides for a diverse trail running experience that will really set it apart from the other races in the series due to the coastal, bush and undulating landscape. All races start on the crisp white sand of the Anglesea Main Beach before runners climb away from the coast along a healthy mixture of single tracks and double tracks that sweep through the coastal bushland like the local King Parrot flying through the forest.

The Surf Coast Walking Track provides spectacular views across the clifftops to nearby Point Roadknight and further down the coast to Aireys Inlet, Lorne and beyond that will really make you revel in the fresh air and happiness of trail running.

Whilst the three races are the longest of the series, consensus is that they are not the hardest of the series due to smaller hills (compared to Race 3) and the undulating flow they capture through the bushland.

Spectators (and runners) should also be aware that the Surf Coast Century is also on in Anglesea over this same weekend and provides numerous spectator opportunities.

2018 Race dates:
Race 1: Sunday 17 June – Westerfolds Park - 5km / 11km / 15km
Race 2: Sunday 15 July – Smiths Gully - 7km / 13km / 18km
Race 3: Sunday 5 August – Silvan, Dandenong Ranges – 7km / 15km / 21km
Race 4: Sunday 16 September – Anglesea – 8km / 15km / 23km
Race 5 - night race: Saturday 6th October – Yarra Bend, Kew – 5km / 11km / 15km

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