NSW 2012 Rock Wallaby - 50km Half Marathon - Appin 27 May

Mr Pants

Mr Pants

skanky media ho
Having last year defeated some and giving quite a few a swift kick in the bum, the Rock Wallaby has been busily gnawing on old MTB tyres in preparation for the this years event! The course is pretty similar to last year and the rockin' trails of Appin have held up well against the weather BUT this year the bogs on the south side are gone!

What's tops about this furry little critter:

- Only an hour from Sydney
- Leisurely 9.30 am start time
- Proper mountain biking over a 25km circuit of rockin' trails of Appin - 92% singletrack!

Want to know more? Check out the photo galleries and blogs from the 2011 event.

If you think you're tough enough for the Rock Wallaby then sign up here: Entries open now!
 
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alchemist

alchemist

Manly Warringah MTB Club
Who is in? Looking forward to this one, time to get back on the mountain bike and race some singletrack after a few cruisy dirt road races.
 
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Rida

Likes Bikes
Mr Pants said:
Having last year defeated some and giving quite a few a swift kick in the bum, the Rock Wallaby has been busily gnawing on old MTB tyres in preparation for the this years event! The course is pretty similar to last year and the rockin' trails of Appin have held up well against the weather BUT this year the bogs on the south side are gone!
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Are there any plans to change the format of the start? Last year's start with two laps of the oval before filing everyone through the narrow gap in the fence didn't really work that well - major bottleneck at the fence, again at the creek, then slow conga lines for at least the first 5k of single track.
 
Fi

Fi

Chocolate Foot
Rida said:
Are there any plans to change the format of the start? Last year's start with two laps of the oval before filing everyone through the narrow gap in the fence didn't really work that well - major bottleneck at the fence, again at the creek, then slow conga lines for at least the first 5k of single track.
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Yep, our plan is to have staggered starts according to category & distance. We'll figure these out and advertise them in the rider confirmation next week. Hopefully this will help with the bottlenecks, and we've also reconfigured the course to include more firetrail at the start too.
 
Fi

Fi

Chocolate Foot
Rock Wallaby Course Update

Saturday brought us the news that the trails on the south side of the course are just too waterlogged to be any kind of fun despite the drainage work we put in earlier in the month. But, as they say, every cloud has a silver lining and with the collective knowledge of Appin's trail gurus, WBMC, Google earth and lots of Kms under the knobs, we have crafted a very tasty course that contains some new sections of reclaimed and 'refurbished' moto singletrack as well as all the great stuff that you rode last year. The only downside is that we've brought the lap length back a little to around 22km, but after last year’s impressive DNF rate we don't think that too many of you will miss that final 3km!

Entries close midnight on Wednesday!
 
Brownster

Brownster

Likes Dirt
Great write up as after having ridden Appin the other day and with the forecast wasnt looking forward to a wet track which included pre - bridge as that is very narly.
Looking forward to the weekends race.
 
crank1979

crank1979

Likes Bikes and Dirt
I rode the track this morning and it is looking very good for tomorrows race. A few short muddy sections, but nothing that should worry anyone at race pace and much better than it has been.
 
Fi

Fi

Chocolate Foot
Rock Wallaby 2012 Preliminary Results

Congratulations to all who competed today at the Rock Wallaby, what an awesome day out!

Massive thanks to Wollongong MTB Club for all their hard work in helping provide the techy goodness that is the Rock Wallaby course. And huge thanks also to the rest of the amazing crew who helped make the day a success - the volunteers, marshals, timing crew, caterers, local community groups - you guys all ROCK!

Preliminary results are now up!
 
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