Date: Tue, 26 January 2021

Meeting time and place: 6:45am at Brighton Jetty

This is a social run and the course will not be marked but is very straight forward to follow. Go at your own pace and turn around whenever suits.

Route notes:

Start from Brighton Jetty at 7.00am and follow the esplanade path southwards. After 2.5 kms this becomes the Marion Coastal Walking Trail (signposted).

The trail continues for  another 5.5 kms and about 700 steps, all along the coast, passing famous geological features. There are toilets and drinking fountains along the way.

Turn around at the Boatshed Cafe in Hallett Cove Conservation Park and return to Brighton Jetty for a well earned breakfast at one of many cafes.

Date: Sun, 07 March 2021

Cleland to Belair – 26km course

The third and final official training runs for the Five Peaks 58km course, and the entirety of the 26km course.

Interested in trying out the 8km or 12km courses instead?

Given that the training run ends at Belair National Park where refreshments will be offered again by the lovely Mal and Merry, we encourage runners interested in trying out the 8km and 12km courses within Belair National Park to join us on the day. Meet at Main Oval in Belair National Park for an 8am start.

Note:

• This training run will be the entirety of the 26km course, starting on Long Ridge in Cleland and finishing at Main Oval, Belair National Park
• The updated 58km course intersects with the 26km course at a later point in Cleland CP than in previous years. Therefore, this training run will include some trail (Perimeter Loop), which 58km runners will NOT run on the event day.

For the 26km run, meet at Belair Country Club carpark at 6:15 am in order to car pool to Cleland Wildlife Park car park for a 7:00 a.m start, and check-in before we start running. At Cleland, we will have the top gate open from 6:30 am to allow access down to the carpark.

For the 8km and 12km courses, please head to the Belair Country Club car park in the first instance, or if that is full, head in to the Belair main entrance, as we have arranged free entry to Belair National Park. The runs will start from Main Oval.

None of the courses will be marked for this social run so you’ll need to download the Guru app and the relevant gpx file below so you can navigate your way along the courses.

Once again, Mal and Merry will be waiting for you at the end with a COVID safe selection of drinks and snacks, which they supply at their own cost. These two are dedicated volunteers who love to cater the training runs to encourage runners to stick around afterwards and have a chat. TRSA does not supply this so please say thank you to Mal and Merry and show your appreciation.

GETTING THERE

• Click here for directions in Google maps to Belair National Park main entrance or Country Club car park entrance. We are relying on people to car pool so please head to Belair and co-ordinate rides to Cleland from there. 
• Click here for directions in Google maps to Cleland.

GPX FILES

Date: Sun, 14 February 2021

The second of three official training runs for the Five Peaks 58km course.

This training run is the second section of the 58 km course – approximately 17km from Norton Summit to Cleland Wildlife Centre carpark.

Note:

• The course down from Mount Lofty has changed from previous years and now heads down via the Steub trail, rather than the main Mount Lofty/Waterfall Gully trail
• The course for the training run is slightly modified at the very end from the actual event course so that we finish at Cleland Wildlife Centre carpark

Meet at Cleland Wildlife Park carpark at 6:30 am in order to car pool to Norton Summit for a 7:00 a.m start, and check-in before we start running. We will have the top gate open from 6:00 am to allow access down to the carpark.

The course won’t be marked for this social run so you’ll need to download the Guru app and the gpx file below so you can navigate your way along the course.

Once again, Mal and Merry will be waiting for you at the end with a COVID safe selection of drinks and snacks, which they supply at their own cost. These two are dedicated volunteers who love to cater the training runs to encourage runners to stick around afterwards and have a chat. TRSA does not supply this so please say thank you to Mal and Merry and show your appreciation.

GETTING THERE

• Click here for directions in Google maps to Cleland Wildlife Park carpark. We are relying on people to car pool so please head to Cleland and co-ordinate rides to Norton Summit from there. 
• Click here for directions in Google maps to Norton Summit. Please DO NOT park in the Scenic Hotel carpark, the church car park, or the community centre car park as these will all be in use on the Sunday morning. Instead, please park along Crescent Drive, entering at the community centre end and exiting at the other end to minimise congestion and the impact on other people in the area on Sunday morning.

GPX FILE

Date: Sun, 10 January 2021

The first of three official training runs for the Five Peaks 58km course.

Date: Sun, 15 November 2020

Social

Let’s run, eat and celebrate!

It’s safe to say 2020 has not been the year anyone planned, but thankfully we’ve managed to have some fun on the trails nonetheless. We’re keen to celebrate the year that was with our community on Sunday 15 November at Belair National Park.

We have booked the Karka Pavilion and picnic ground for the day and we have covered entry to Belair National Park (just say you’re with TRSA at the park entrance office).

Social runs

We have decided to combine this event with the first Five Peaks training runs so we’ll have three social run options, albeit modified to start and end at Karka Pavilion. The following three social runs will leave from there at 8am:

• Five Peaks 8km course from Karka Pavilion (14 km)
• Five Peaks 12km course from Karka Pavilion (18 km)

Or for a trip down memory lane,

• The TRSA V4 Series Belair long course modified from Karka Pavilion (19 km)

See below to download the GPX file for the course you’d like to run as they won’t be marked on the day.

Eating and catching up

You’re very welcome to join us just for the post-run catch-up from 11am and we encourage you to bring picnic chairs, rugs, drinks, games, children, and dogs as we’ve got plenty of space to spread out and relax. In addition to finding a shady spot under one of the large trees, you’re welcome to bring a shelter, but note we’re not allowed to put pegs into the lawn so please bring another type of method to secure it! 

There are toilets and drinking water available at Karka Pavilion and John from The Coffee Run will be on site with his coffee van from 9:30am.

We have also arranged a fantastic catered lunch supplied by Anthony who is bringing his South African inspired food truck, Afri-disiac. Lunch will be from midday for all those who have pre-ordered a meal. We will provide you with a token to exchange for the meal(s) you have ordered. 

Celebrating the 2020 TRSA year

We’re planning a celebration of the TRSA V4 Series, Vert Challenge, Five Peaks virtual event, the events we’ve managed to hold, the SA Five 50’s runners, and to thank our wonderful volunteers from 1:30pm. 

We look forward to celebrating another fantastic year for Trail Running SA and our community.