This is a very common question. The best place to find out is the Event Schedule. Look for the Registration of your event.

Registration/bib collection is at the Event Village at the Pavilion at Pioneer Park.

Note that the 100k, 42k and Grand Slam runners need to do a Mandatory Gear check before receiving their bib. So bring all of you gear to the registration!

This is another ongoing conversation that we are having internally.

We certainly don't have to give any prize money out at all. Some of our events we don't give any to any of the races. There is also no substantial evidence that prize money even boosts the participation levels of a race. The only benefit that can be seen from offering prize money is drawing a more competitive field.

In some ways not offering prize money is a smarter move financially and administratively. We get no one question the fact that we don't give prize money when we don't, but when we do give prize money, people want to ask why it is distributed the way it is, or why we should even give it out since they see trail running as a participation sport and it should just be given out at random or not at all.

So why do we give prize money?

Our current answer is that it contributes to professionalisation of the sport. Even though we are not offering much prize money, it is a start, and by giving out a little on big fake cheques it goes a long way. It makes the top performing runners in the sport feel appreciated and makes them want to continue to work hard, perform well and be recognised. This also brings the attention of brands, who see the exposure these athletes get and want to use this to promote their products. Take Jess Jason for example, she won the Hounslow marathon, got heaps of attention, won a little prize money and ASICS are backing her with free kit and a bonus. 

Now this might not be seen as a good thing to some people, that we are celebrating the faster runners because they're fast. But that is the reality of sport. People don't put up posters of me or any random trail runner on their walls, they put up posters of Courtney Dauwalter. Similar to other sports and their heroes like Serena Williams and Eliud Kipchoge. The faster runners become professional, they work hard, they win races and then their stories are shared and followed and that's how heroes are made. This then elevates the status of the sport and then ultimately inspires people to get out onto the trails. 

So in some small way, by offering prize money, we are trying to elevate the profiles of Australian trail runners. Currently there are no full time trail runners in Oz, and all the heroes of the sport are from US and Europe. But there are some Aussies who are starting to change this and we think that we are playing a small role in this. 

By boosting the profile of the sport, sharing athlete storylines and tying them to our events, we are not only growing the sport as a whole, but hopefully growing our events.

We decide to allocate equal prize money to the races we want to encourage a more competitive field.

One could make the argument that the more expensive races should win more prize money.

One could make the counter argument that prize money for each event should just be proportionate to the profit of each race. We have seen that the longer the event, the more we lose. Yes, the cost of a ticket is higher, yet the costs for us to put it on are higher and the participation rate is generally lower. Our staff and medical at the race weekend adds up a huge cost as well as the planning, logistical, equipment and supplies costs of the longer races. It seems to be that 20k distance is the most profitable. So if we took that argument we would offer more prize money to the 20k. 

However, again the allocation of prize money doesn't come down to the profit of the race or the cost of the ticket, for us it comes down to trying to support the athletes who perform at the highest level and directing the top athletes into our premier events.

Firstly, it is because that would mean that the Grand Slam runners would be eligible for three prize purses. At most of our events we have someone win a multi race event and also podium at least one of the individual races.  

Secondly, we have to strategically decide how we allocate prize money so that it is impactful, falls within a budget, and is ultimately doing what its purpose is, which is to promote the professionalism of the sport (ie, going to the runners who are at the top of the sport). So for each event that is a decision we have to make and for us we decided the most competitive fields would be the 20k, 100k and 42k. If there is a runner in the Grand Slam who is especially talented, then we back them to the podium in the one of the individual races regardless.

Firstly, the UTMB and ITRA index forces us to make a choice between uploading the results as a combined total stage race, or as individual events. We cannot upload 1 person to all four events as they clash. They basically consider it impossible to compete in the Grand Slam and the 10k because they have the same start time.

This has been a question we have debated a lot and we decided upon uploading our multi race events such as Buffalo Stampede Grand Slams, Hounslow Monster and Roller Coaster Full Throttle and Beast Mode as individual race results, not as a stage race. 

Why? Because when we upload it as a combined stage race, it deletes all the Grand Slam runners from the 10k, 20k and 42k results. We don't feel this is right as the Grand Slam runners start at the same time as the 10k, 20k and 42k and are racing in those respective fields. They are changing the outcome of the races and fighting for each place on each race.

I understand that there are runners who may completely disregard their results in either one of the races and only focus on their result in the combined total. However we have to choose one or the other, and we can't please everyone unfortunately. So we will continue to upload our results to the individual races and not as a "stage race". 

Note the exemption to the rule here is the GPT100 Stage Race as we truly consider this a stage race as opposed to 4 individual races. 

It’s not conventional sharing this in detail but we are so very proud of our events and the value for money they represent so here is an explanation to offer a deserved understanding of everything that goes into the Price for race entry.

There is no easy way to explain / understand less you’ve directly done each micro aspect of event production directly. It’s easy to assume it’s less involved than it is. 

Firstly, from our perspective you could put events into three camps: 

1. Those with super high quality production, safety practices, course marking and overall facilitated end-to-end amazing experiences conducted in incredible, often inconvenient locations. Let’s call this A-Standard for ease of this. We at SingleTrack aspire to be defined as this. 

2. Those with moderate levels of the above variables, perhaps suboptimal course marking, perhaps questionable depth and breadth of medical and safety resources and low production and facilitated experiences. Great event, though sometimes a little loose around the edges. Hard to see these gaps till something goes pear shaped. 

3. Finally those that don’t worry about the A-Standard variables summarised. These have their place as minimalist events but participants in general should expect a very low cost of entry as it’s swapped with little effort and/or incurred expense. 

At SingleTrack, we try to produce and deliver A-Standard events for B-standard entry prices. 

You could split costs into a few key defining categories:

• Course and Trail (scoping, design and mapping, marking and de marking)

• Risk, Safety Management & Medical - it is the main requirement for an event to ensure the participants safety and not overload the surrounding health and rescue services. Paying for Doctors, Nurses and many First Aiders for multiple days really adds up.

• Fees and Permits from all the various authority bodies involved. 

• Operations: Transportation and Logistics (to move goods around: to location, at location and back); Roads and Traffic Management; set up, pack down etc. in our cases usually about 14-pallets equivalent worth of stuff is moved into the region for production. 

• Gear storage. We got about 30 pallets worth of gear all up in different nooks and crannies. Not a garage type scale. 

• Cost of assets: the things that are used come from somewhere and they come at a cost, though fortunately they last a good many years. 

• Timing - big difference between good and okay and each split time and day has additional cost.

• Telecommunications. In the case of GPT we will have 11-starlink connections mobilised along with a number of other fancy receptors and receivers to enable effective on course communications between our aid station leaders and safety team back to race HQ. Reliable communications are central to a safely conducted event.

• Aid Station supplies and operations. In general, all commodity stuff: crisps, fruit, lollies etc though the stuff that matters costs a little more in time; try boiling 380 potatoes the day before Race starts! Quite an event in itself. And you should try our Danish Pastries at the aid stations. A lot of folk say they love the range and standard that we provide. 

• Lots of other variable costs such as participant bibs, medals, merchandise, banners.

• Toilets and amenities; it’s not by accident that it seems at our events there is always a port-a-loo when you seem to need it and they are not always straightforward placements. 

• Equipment Hire plus Sound and commentary. It’s a central pillar to a great village vibe and experience. 

• Crew related expenses: travel, accommodation, meals and our team's time. In the case of Buffalo we will have folk on ground for 3 days prior and 2 days after. She’s a mission. 

• Prize money and awards. We value our elites committing their bodies and minds to our events and we think it’s only fair they get rewarded with a chance to earn some coin. We are a believer in contributing more here than what we should do to be financially responsible but again, we value their support and we think events are best when every standard of athlete is represented. 

• Photography, videography and content. We have to capture memories.

• Venues and precinct hire; there is no free lunch in venues and places. 

• Waste management; we do our best to minimise but it all adds up. 

• Volunteer engagement. We love and value our team of volunteers. We respect them by providing a tremendous swap of value through the supply of great kit, and race entry credit, so there is a very real and substantial cost involved. It’s all deserved and we are grateful for our extended team. 

• Sales and Marketing and Graphic Design directly associated. It’s our engine. All the other stuff is crucial but this matters to drive sustainability of the event. 

• Business management such as payroll, accounting, insurances. All the boring stuff but very involved. Someone has to do it. Many people assume that insurance must be to blame for high prices, however, through the support of various governing bodies Event producers like ours and others are afforded very attractive and reasonable access to insurance. 

• Event production and project management. You would not think it but we are constantly in the depth of planning for future editions of our races, year round.

A profitable business does not go broke; we are here for the long game with a bucket load of foolish ambition, but we are very good at this and we put on a great event. 

We would love to see you come along to one of our epic adventures. 

NO! New to 2025 is that we are not allowing people to drive up to the start line and park. Every runner in the 42k and Grand Slams MUST pay for and catch the shuttle to the Start line from the Event Village at Pioneer Park in Bright. Shuttles have a rolling departure from 5:20am Sunday.