The course starts at the Romaine Reserve carpark adjacent to the BBQ area. Runners follow the reserves gravel pathway in an anticlockwise direction until they reach the start of the Mount Street link path. Here runners turn right onto the link path and continue for another 400m (There is a temporary detour for 2025 due to bridge works, runners will follow the detour and course markings performing a short 100m out and back along fence line to the turn marker). The course then turns left onto the fence line track, heading back into the reserve for approx. 700m until the Havenview link path. Here runners will do a hard right U turn, through the guard rails and onto the forestry fire track on the opposite side of the fence. The course follows the fire track southwest 1.5km, with runners staying true to the track. Runners will then turn right at the T intersection, then right again at the next T intersection as they approach the truck route. Here runners will complete a 300m out and back section around a turn marker, before continuing along the fire track adjacent to the truck route. Approx 1km down the track the course will perform a large “U” between the truck route and the reserve fence line tracks. Runners then continue another 1km along the truck route track, crossing over the Havenview link track, before following the track left towards the reserve. The course then turns left back onto the reserve gravel pathway, before turning right over the footbridge and finishing where the course started.
Race Previews 2025
Race 1 – MA & LJ Bates Plumbing & Glow Cosmetics Teams 4 x 5km Handicaps, Race Brief, and Map
First team will start at 9:30am and a nominated time event will be held beforehand at 9am.
This race is a relay where each team member covers the same 5 km course. The race chute will serve as the start and finish (transition for runners 1, 2 and 3) for all team members.
The race starts on the on the coastal pathway at the western end of the Penguin Surf Club building. Runners head west on the coastal path towards Burnie for 2.5km, turn at the turn cone and return to the transition with the next runner or finish.
The coastal path is 3.5m wide. However, as runners will be travelling along the path in both directions throughout the race, competitors are reminded that they must keep to the left-hand side of the path at all times. Please overtake slower runners only when safe to do so.
Each team will be provided race bibs for each leg (4 total). The first bib is to be worn by runner number 1, second bib to be worn by runner 2and so forth.
All warmups should be completed on the pathway to the east of the Penguin Surf Club to avoid crossing the roads or interfering with those that are racing. Club members are asked to be courteous to members of the public using the coastal pathway at all times.
There is limited parking at the Penguin Surf Club and we have a large number of entrants. Alternate parking is available at Johnson’s Beach, parking at this location offers a 1.5km warm up.
The Club and MA & LJ Bates Plumbing will provide a BBQ after the event.