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TRSA Waitpinga social weekend

Date: Sat, 27 February 2021

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Join us for a social weekend of running, hiking and relaxing at Waitpinga

As per previous years, TRSA is organising a social weekend of running, at no charge, which anyone is welcome to attend on Saturday 27 & Sunday 28 February, 2021. This time we’re using Waitpinga as our base and we’re excited to host a fun and relaxed weekend away like we have at Melrose in previous years.

This will be a self-service style weekend where you make your own accommodation arrangements, sort your own food and drinks and we’ll organise a series of runs and hikes for you to choose from in this stunning area. If you’re keen to attend, we encourage you to secure your accommodation option sooner rather than later as it is a popular area and a great time of year to visit. Read on for some accommodation suggestions and to see the runs we have planned for the weekend. We’ll continue to add details here and in the Facebook event as more plans emerge (e.g. group meal options).

If you’re keen to join us, please email TRSA committee member, Cherie (crotherytrsa@gmail.com) with the following details:

  • Name(s) and contact details
  • Where you’re planning to stay (camping location vs accommodation elsewhere)
  • Which runs you’re interested in

Accommodation suggestions

  • Waitpinga Campgrounds (Dennis Road, which comes off Waitpinga Road). Book and pay at https://www.parks.sa.gov.au/find-a-park/Browse_by_region/Fleurieu_Peninsula/newland-head-conservation-park
  • Other camping grounds are located in Deep Creek Conservation Park including Stringybark campground (which has hot showers) and Trig campground. Book and pay at https://www.parks.sa.gov.au/find-a-park/Browse_by_region/Fleurieu_Peninsula/deep-creek-conservation-park
  • Camping, caravans, camper trailers can be used at Victor Harbor Holiday & Cabin Park, Port Elliot Holiday Park and any other parks you can find. There are also heaps of motels close by.

Entry to Deep Creek Conservation Park for Saturday

  • Cost for park entry is $11. Please sort this prior to the day.
  • To book and pay head to: https://www.parks.sa.gov.au/booking#Deep%20Creek%20Conservation%20Park
  • Note: vehicle entry to Newland Head Conservation Park is free but fees apply to camping (see above).

The running/hiking plan

Saturday

Long course option

  • Aarons Hike/Blowhole Beach/Deep Creek – Approximately 30km with just under 1000m elevation (note: this course does include a 5km out/back section which can be missed by those wanting a little less – Aaron Creek Coastal out/back track)
  • Start is Goondooloo Cottage (69 Blowhole Beach Road)
  • Finish is Trig Campgrounds (Tent Rock Road, Deep Creek)
  • Can arrange carpooling so cars at both ends (start and finish are approximately 5km apart)

Short course options (pick one OR do both)

  • Short course 1 – Goondooloo Cottage Loop (start and finish at Goondooloo Cottage) – course is approximately 17km with 600m elevation and can be reduced by 5km by not doing out/back section along Aaron Creek Coastal out/back track).
  • Short course 2 – Deep Creek Trail Hike (start and finish at Trig Camp Ground) – course is approximately 12km with approximately 500m elevation.

Extra bit for anyone interested (short hike)

  • Talisker Mine Trail – exploring a bit of history – Talisker Road, Silverton (Gate 3)
  • http://www.southaustraliantrails.com/trails/talisker-silver-lead-mine-hike/

Sunday

Long course option

  • Heysen Trail from Waitpinga to Kings Beach Road then return via Ridgeway Hill Loop (start and finish Waitpinga Campgrounds) – 24km with 675m elevation (though can turn back earlier if you wish to reduce distance).

Short course option

  • Ridgeway Hill Loop (start and finish Waitpinga Campgrounds) – 10km with 325m elevation

GPX files

Deep Creek long course
Goondooloo Cottage loop
Deep Creek trail
Waitpinga to Kings Beach return via Ridgeway Hill Loop
Ridgeway Hill Loop

Filed Under: Events December 16, 2020 By Joel Stanley

TRSA 2021 AGM & Speaker Night

TRSA 2021 AGM & Speaker Night

Date: Wed, 20 January 2021

Social

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Event details:

When: 6pm for a 6:30pm start, Wednesday 20 January

Where: upstairs at The Cumby 205 Waymouth St, Adelaide.

What: Nutrition information evening with Erin Colebatch followed by a short and sweet TRSA AGM.

Cost: Free but please RSVP here so we know now many people we’re catering for

Five Peaks social night #1 – Nutrition information evening

We’re very excited to welcome back Erin Colebatch, accredited sports dietician, Accredited Practicing Dietitian & Nutritionist from Ultra Appetites, and of course, running extraordinaire.

Erin delivered a fantastic information session in 2019 in the lead up to Five Peaks with highly relevant and practical advice about how to fuel for races and carb load effectively in the lead up. Erin’s suggestion of iced buns was particularly well received and has become a pre-event staple for many Adelaide runners!

Come along and learn from Erin and pick up some new ideas to try out training in the build up to Five Peaks and beyond.

AGM

In keeping with Trail Running SA’s Constitution we are required to hold an AGM within three months of the end of our financial year (31 December 2020).

To fulfil this, we are holding an AGM on Wednesday 20 January to elect a committee for 2021 and present the standard chairperson and financial reports. We’ll keep it short and sweet.

In accordance with the TRSA Constitution the current committee holds office until the end of the AGM. Therefore all committee positions are declared vacant and any financial member of the club may nominate for any position. The TRSA committee is comprised of 12 members and will have the following obligations:

  1. Regular attendance at committee meetings (monthly, first Monday)
  2. Responding to emails and other correspondence in a timely manner
  3. Be responsible for contributing to a major area(s) of club management.

If you’re interested in finding out more and nominating for the TRSA committee, please email us at volunteering@trailrunningsa.com by COB Wednesday 13 January 2021.

Filed Under: Events December 7, 2020 By Joel Stanley

Para Wirra Social Run

Para Wirra Social Run

Date: Sun, 04 October 2020

Come join TRSA for a social run at Para Wirra in preparation for our event in October.

Para Wirra Conservation Park is also National Parks and Wildlife Service South Australia‘s Park of the Month for September! Check out what’s going at the park of the month page.

Meet at corner of Humbug Scrub and Bassnet Roads for a 9am start. Click for Google Maps directions.

Run leaders: Cherie and Justin

There will be a 10km and a 17km option incorporating a mix of the upcoming Devils Nose event courses. The 17km course will split off approximately 4.5km into the run.

  • 10km GPX  | PDF
  • 17km GPX  | PDF

The courses won’t be marked for this social run so you’ll need to download the Guru (ex Galileo) app and the gpx files so you can navigate your way around the courses. Please arrive early if you haven’t used this app before and we will help you get set up.

This run is self supported, so you will be expected to bring your own snacks and water. Please observe social distancing where applicable.

Filed Under: Events September 25, 2020 By Joel Stanley

Black Hill Challenge

Date: Sun, 25 October 2020

This event is organised by The Lions Club of Rostrevor in conjunction with the 4WD Adventurer’s Club of SA.

Distances: 10km, 16km

See the Black Hill Challenge website for more information.
The Black Hill Challenge is an annual fun-run organised by the Lions Club of Rostrevor and the 4WD Adventurer’s Club of SA as a fundraiser for the Royal Flying Doctor’s Service.

Filed Under: Events July 28, 2020 By Joel Stanley

TRSA V4 Series

TRSA V4 Series

Date: Tue, 30 June 2020

Congratulations to the TRSA V4 2020 Series champions:

The TRSA V4 2020 Series Champion Team is: 1 Ply Pros
The TRSA V4 2020 Series Champion is: Daniel Janes

The TRSA V4 (Virtual) Series is a series of 4 short courses (10km each) and 4 long courses (21km each) whereby participants work together in virtual teams (max of 10 people) with the goal of accumulating as many points as you can as a team. Courses have been created and are located in Cleland CP, Morialta CP, Black Hill CP, and Belair NP. Provided below are GPX files and maps, along with rules, point scoring and a few useful tips to help with navigating the actual courses.

Teams are VIRTUAL teams, as opposed to teams of people running together. People will run individually, or in pairs as a maximum with acceptable social distancing, and these runs will contribute to their team total. We hope the team concept will provide a chance for people to share successes, increase motivation and provide a way to give virtual high fives to each others’ hard work. We believe this will be a huge boost to us all individually and as a collective. We will also be monitoring individual points for both males and females.

This series will run from Saturday 28th March 2020 through to the end of June. We have set up a Strava Club called TRSA V4 Series and ask that you join this club individually. Start putting your team together and thinking up a creative name for your team.

Entries

We ask that that each team sends an email to Cherie (crotherytrsa@gmail.com) with:
1. Your team name
2. Your team members and their genders
3. A contact email for each team
The sooner you do this, the easier life is for the wonderful volunteers pulling this together. Remember – just one email per team, please!

Series Rules

Points per Run

Complete any short course = 2 points
Compete any long course = 5 points
You can complete them as many times as you like and get 2 or 5 points each time

Bonus Points

Bonus points can also be gained and are designed to reward both speed and persistence.
This means runners have something to strive for regardless of pace while also still rewarding the fastest times.

Speed Bonus Points

Speed points awarded on a top ten basis for both female and male runners on each of the 8 courses

  • 1st = 10 points , 2nd = 9 points, …, 10th = 1 point.
  • Note that these points will be fluid, runners will move up and down the list as faster times are recorded.
  • If a runners time gets beaten , they can have another go to move back up the order.
  • The points will finally stand as they are at the end of the competition.
  • So.. it may well be worth recruiting a speedster for your team and cheering them on!

Persistence Bonus Points

Persistence points are awarded for completing all 4 short or all 4 long courses

  • Complete all 4 short courses = 20 bonus points
  • Complete all 4 long courses = 50 bonus points

Multiple Laps

Please only run 1 lap of a given course each day. Running different courses on the same day is allowed, but only 1 of each.

Results

Progressive results will be published online and will include

  • Times for each course by gender
  • Individuals points table
  • Teams “premiership” ladder with points total

You can access the latest results here

Cost and Prizes

  • The V4 Series is completely free of charge.
  • There are no medals or prizes for the series.
  • The winners will have the prestige of having their team and team members names posted on the TRSA website as reigning V4 Series champions.
  • Similarly with the top 3 individual points scorers.

Teams Notes

  • Teams can contain as many members as you like up to a maximum of TEN runners.
  • Teams are strictly VIRTUAL, please DO NOT actually run as a team on the trails.
  • DO NOT run in groups of more than 2
  • DO NOT carpool
  • Observe the current social distancing rules at all times.
  • Teams are not entered into short or long course competitions specifically. All runners can do any course they like to accrue points for their team’s total.
  • Team points are simply the sum of the points of all of the individual members of that team.

Team List

You can find the latest Teams List here. We’ll keep this updated frequently.

Strava Process

  • You must join the TRSA V4 Series Strava Club
  • The run must be set to “race” mode each time you run
  • The run must be public

Segments

The segment’s endpoints are 50 to 100 meters after the start and before the finish of the published start and finish locations, this ensures that you will register the segment.

Going Off Course

If you go off course simply backtrack or get back on course at the nearest opportunity.
If in so doing, you have shortened the course, just keep going after the published finish until you have run an equivalent distance.

If the segment doesn’t register and you have run an approximate equivalent distance, we will award you your points.

We don’t want people running a long run and having it not count due to an honest navigation error.

(note: top ten leader board placeholders must have run the correct course)

GPX Files

Don’t have your GPS app (Guru maps or similar) running all the time, it will drain your phone battery.

Use it when necessary and then turn the app off.

When looking at your GPS location on the app, start moving in the direction you think you should be going and check your position as you move.

Carry a charging stick in case your phone battery dies en route

Separate Your Same Day Runs

If you run both course in the same location on the same day, please make them two separate activities. Stop your watch after the first run and start a new run for the second.

Course Notes

Read the course notes before you start and perhaps print them and take them with you if you are not sure. The courses have all been designed as loops with no crossovers so as to make navigation easier.

Courses

Strava segments have been created for all courses and will be used to monitor completions and times.

Provision will be made for submitting runs that may be slightly off course and thereby not registered the segment.

Each course comes with a GPX file showing the route, a PDF of route, and a PDF with detailed course notes.

Belair

Belair Long Course GPX | Strava | Map | Notes

Belair Short Course (v2) GPX | Strava | Map | Notes

Black Hill

Long Course GPX | Strava | Map | Notes

Short Course GPX | Strava | Map | Notes

Cleland

Long Course GPX | Strava | Map | Notes

Short Course GPX | Strava | | Map | Notes

Morialta

Long Course GPX | Strava | Map | Notes

Short Course GPX | Strava | Map | Notes

Filed Under: Events March 27, 2020 By Joel Stanley

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Upcoming SA Activities

- Social run - These are generally announced the week before. Sign up to our mailing list to be notified of upcoming social runs.
  • Tue, 26 January 2021 - TRSA Marion Coastal Walking Trail social run - Australia Day social run - TRSA Social Run
  • Sun, 14 February 2021 - Five Peaks Training Run – Norton Summit to Cleland - TRSA Social Run
  • Sun, 21 February 2021 - Adelaide Trail Runners – Onkaparinga River - Summer Series Race 3
  • Sat, 27 February 2021 - TRSA Waitpinga social weekend - Saturday and Sunday - TRSA Social Run
  • Wed, 03 March 2021 - TRSA Social Night - Five Peaks event information evening - TRSA Social Run
  • Sun, 07 March 2021 - Five Peaks Training Run – Cleland to Belair - TRSA Social Run
  • Sun, 14 March 2021 - Adelaide Trail Runners – Belair National Park - Summer Series Race 4
  • Sun, 28 March 2021 - Five Peaks SA Trail Running Festival - SA Five 50 Race 1 - TRSA Event - REGISTRATION OPEN
  • Sun, 02 May 2021 - TRSA Series Race 1 (TBA) - TRSA Series Race 1 - TRSA Event
  • Sun, 06 June 2021 - TRSA Series Race 2 (TBA) - TRSA Series Race 2 - TRSA Event
  • Sun, 01 August 2021 - TRSA Series Race 3 (TBA) - TRSA Series Race 3 - TRSA Event
  • Sun, 05 September 2021 - TRSA Series Race 4 (TBA) - TRSA Series Race 4 - TRSA Event
  • Sun, 10 October 2021 - TRSA Series Race 5 (TBA) - TRSA Series Race 5 - TRSA Event
  • Sun, 07 November 2021 - TRSA Race (TBA) - TRSA Event

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