Run this sneaky little loop in the suggested direction to get a crash course in both the very start and the very end of The Guzzler.

Your run starts by heading up Mahongany which is a great way to make sure your legs are warm! You’ll head over the hill and down the back of Mt Coot-tha and our towards Gap Creek before turning around and joining up the course route at what will be the ‘home stretch’ for runners on race day. There’s just one ‘little’ hurdle that stands in your way – Kokoda!

Once you’ve successfully climbed Kokoda, you’re rewarded with beautiful winding singletrack and a nice descent where you can picture all your friends and family waiting to celebrate, or scrape you off the floor – depending how hard you went…

This loop of Lake Manchester, with sneaky out and back looks a little like a… tadpole. It will give those doing The Guzzler 100km a preview of the exclusive third reservoir which the Glass Half Full 50km runners miss out on.

Local Knowledge

Phone reception: Very, very patchy. Expect to not have use of your phone outside of the Lake Manchester Day Use area or on the ‘tail’.

This simple loop of the first reservoir on our course requires you to take a right at most intersections. While the loop skirts the Reservoir, it isn’t nearly as flat as you might imagine.

There is a trick to starting this course correctly. After leaving Walkabout Creek, you will come to a large bus stop (1km). Past this you will find an access road and a 2 panel gate on your right with some ‘No access’ signs. Skirt through the small pedestrian gap in the fence and follow the concrete path around to the dam wall. Once there, you will see a gravel track on your left; let the trails begin.

On The Guzzler course for 60% of the loop. On The Glass Half Full course for 60% of the loop.