2025 - a big year of trails ahead

Hello trail runners

The new year is here and we’re back and ready to go. We’re thrilled to lace up and hit the trails running with you. Whether you’re a seasoned member or a new runner finding your stride, this year we’re promising something for everyone.

Here’s what we’ve lined up:

TRSA Twilight

Join us for our first event of the year on Friday 10 January, at 6.00 pm at Happy Valley Reservoir. This is a low-key event suitable for those who are starting out and anyone who just wants to get out for a bit of fun with fellow runners. Don’t miss out – registration closes at 5.00 pm on Wednesday 8 January. Remember, we don’t take late entries. Event information.

Social runs

Weekly social runs: Come and join us at Belair, Cleland, Cobbler Creek*, and occasionally other venues throughout the year. With relaxed, intermediate, and advanced trail paces available, you can choose the group that suits you best. Find out about weekly social running groups.
Second Sunday Social Runs: These will resume in February (weather permitting). More here.

* Cobbler Creek is run by Northern Running Group

Five Peaks

In case you missed it, this year we’re hosting the AUTRA Short Course National Championship as part of our event. This is a wonderful opportunity for us to showcase this amazing event to the rest of the country. We have started calling for volunteers and are keen to secure traffic marshals as soon as possible so that we can provide training. Volunteer now!
This year the event is being held on 13 April. Registration is already open, so don’t miss out on early bird rates if you’re planning on taking part. Register now.
Five Peaks training run dates:
- Sunday 19 January, 7.00 am
- Sunday 16 February, 7.00 am
- Sunday 9 March, 7.00 am
- These training runs are at your own pace and you should download the GPX routes to ensure that you don’t get lost!
- You can find information on both the Five Peaks web page and our Facebook pages. We will also post the details on our Strava club page. Join the Strava Trail Running SA club page.

On the Trails 2025 series

Yes, Cleland is back this year and Sturt Gorge has been rested from our calendar. Registration for these events will open approximately one month prior to the date of the event. Check out the 2025 event dates.

Event pricing

Deep breath… It’s mainly good news! Our events continue to provide some of the best value – and quality – in the country. The committee is delighted to announce that our On-the Trails series event fees will remain the same as in 2024.
For administrative reasons, we are discontinuing the member super special (where a member received an extra discount for running the previous TRSA event). Instead, we’re introducing a member-only super-early bird. This will be available to every TRSA member for 48 hours only at the beginning of each registration period. Another great reason to be a member right there!
The other change is that we are now required to add GST to all our entry fees, so there will be a slight change in fees to meet our taxation obligations.

Trail running clinics

Our clinics were very popular last year and we’ve already received requests for details this year. We will be introducing several clinics throughout the year.
Clinics will be designed for both beginners and more experienced runners.
Plus they will be free for TRSA members. We’re still working on the details but you can expect to see more soon.

Route library

Looking for somewhere new to run? No problem – visit our route library! A significant amount of work was done on this last year and we hope you have checked it out.
Please send us photos of any of the routes that you’ve done so that we can add them to the files.

Membership

We’ve made membership even easier this year.
You can sign up and even check your membership number directly from our event pages. And when you inevitably lose your membership number, you won’t need to email us anymore – just go straight to our membership page and follow the links!

Join up now

Let’s make this season unforgettable. Sign up for our Twilight event or get to one of our social runs soon.

Happy trails

~ TRSA Committee