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RAIN, HAIL OR SHINE

Day 2, Leg 1 of the Great Southern Stage Run with a group of team runners heading past the well-known landform called Greens Pools, in the rain. And yes, that’s a runner on the far right wearing just his socks (which he regretted doing soon after aka blisters!).

Image: Travis Hayto

The RACV Solar Great Ocean Road Running Festival sees thousands of runners gather in the idyllic south-west coast of Victoria and partake in a variety of trails up to 60km in distance. Here, a runner chases the 13km finish line as they speed through Great Otway National Park.

NOT SO CONSPICUOUS

Day 1, Leg 2 of the Great Southern Stage Run and Alan Williams (2022 Solo Male Winner) is on the Bibbulmun Track with Conspicuous Cliffs Beach in the background behind him from where he’d just run from.

TO THE HIGH POINT 42km runners approach the highest point of the Skedaddle course in New Zealand. With four distances – 42km, 30km, 15km and a kids 4km – all courses are point-to-point along beautiful singletrack trails through the privately owned Island Hills Station.