Sydney Trail Series – Spring Race 1

Sydney Trail Series provides great monthly trail running races to both Sydneysiders and those from further afield. Each month there is a short, medium and long course option to choose from, with plenty of variety on offer at some of the best Trail Running venues Sydney has to offer. From the technical trails around Manly Dam to the stunning Wildflower Gardens of St Ives tracks, you will love the diversity of terrain which is guaranteed to build your trail running skills.

Short Course – 7km

Runners will run the main fire trail down to the St Ives Wildflower Gardens. They will enter the sealed road within the Wildflower Gardens, before running a loop of nice single trail following Mueller Trail around the gardens, winding in and out of trees, around rock formations and along creeks, before returning via Fitzgerald Track, Bentham Track, Caley Track through Lambert’s Clearing to join back to the fire trail to the Showground where they will finish.

Medium Course – 10.5km

Same as the short course except runners will do an extra loop of the of Mueller Track above.

Long Course – 24km

The long course follows the same route as the short through Mueller Track, until management Trail, continue over Kuringai Creek up past St Ives Chase residential to Timbarra Road, turn left then turn right at Aid Station 2 to enter Warrimoo Track into the National Park. Keep left to descend steeply down to cross creek and then left up Sphinx Track to Bobbin Head Trail. Continue until past Aid Station 3, descend to Cowan Creek and keep right to return via Warrimoo Track next to creek past the Sphinx Track turn off, cross creek and up to return past Aid Station 2 again, retracing route to Management Trail and return as per short races via Fitzgerald, Bentham, Caley Tracks and Lambert’s Clearing to finish.