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First team will start at 9:30am and a nominated time event will be held beforehand at 9am.

This race is a relay where each team member covers the same 5 km course.  The race chute will serve as the start and finish (transition for runners 1, 2 and 3) for all team members.  

The race starts on the on the coastal pathway at the western end of the Penguin Surf Club building.  Runners head west on the coastal path towards Burnie for 2.5km, turn at the turn cone and return to the transition with the next runner or finish.   

The coastal path is 3.5m wide.  However, as runners will be travelling along the path in both directions throughout the race, competitors are reminded that they must keep to the left-hand side of the path at all times.  Please overtake slower runners only when safe to do so. 

Each team will be provided race bibs for each leg (4 total).  The first bib is to be worn by runner number 1, second bib to be worn by runner 2and so forth.   

All warmups should be completed on the pathway to the east of the Penguin Surf Club to avoid crossing the roads or interfering with those that are racing. Club members are asked to be courteous to members of the public using the coastal pathway at all times. 

There is limited parking at the Penguin Surf Club and we have a large number of entrants. Alternate parking is available at Johnson’s Beach, parking at this location offers a 1.5km warm up. 

The Club and MA & LJ Bates Plumbing will provide a BBQ after the event. 

The sale of the Calcutta took place tonight at the Burnie SLSC

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Feature Race Calcutta Information

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Catering: Could we all please bring a plate of food

If your last name starts with a letter from A to P can you please bring a savoury

If your last name is Q to Z can you please bring a sweet

We can either drop this at the Burnie surf club or we will have a car at the start line to collect food

Race Brief: The race starts at the Wynyard Yacht Club.  Runners immediately cross over an asphalt carpark (marshalled) and run onto the coastal pathway.  The course then follows the coastal pathway past Rotary Park (marshalled) until approx. 100 m before the Bass Highway intersection.  At this point runners will leave the coastal pathway and follow the main road to the intersection and out onto the Bass Highway.  From this point, the course follows the highway, past the drink station at Somerset (~10 km into the course), through the Somerset traffic lights (marshalled) and over the Cam River Bridge.  Continue to follow the highway until Cooee Primary School where runners will re-join the coastal pathway on their left.  Runners follow the pathway, through the crossing of Cooee Point Rd, around the coastal side of the University of Tasmania campus and finish on the Burnie foreshore.

1. Runners must run on the left side of all paths and roads.
2. Care must be taken while running on the highway as cars will be approaching from the rear
3. Runners must not accept water and/or food outside of the designated drink station; if additional nutrition is required, runners must carry it with them. NO EXCEPTIONS

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This is a mass start event. All runners will start at 6pm. Handicaps will be applied post race to determine the winner of the handicap event. The winner and placegetters will be announced on the night, with the full results and handicaps being posted to the website later that night. The nominated time event will be held at 5:30pm.

This is a simple out and back course along the pathway following the Mersey River. The meeting point is at the Bluff in Devonport. The course has lights along the full course, and it will be twilight when we start (Sunset 5:47, Dusk 6:15). It will be dark at the conclusion of the race. Head torches are not mandatory, though feel free to wear one if you would like. Please make sure you keep left at all times, and respect other users of the path. There can be some dark patches from 1km to 2km, so make sure you’re paying attention to where you are going.

The race will start at the first light pole on the path near the playground at the Bluff. You will then head East out along the foreshore path, keeping left at all times (including at the split in the track approx 500m in). At approx 2km in, there are two pedestrian crossings at the boat ramp. You have right of way with traffic, but be vigilant and stop if necessary. At the fork after the second pedestrian crossing you will veer left and continue following the path along the river. After you go under the elevated walkway, you will continue straight along the river past the Harbourmaster Cafe. Continue to the end of the path where you will turn right across the train line. Immediately go left and continue following the path along Formby Road until you get to another fork at Petbarn. You will veer left, and you will find the turn around point shortly after. Head around the cone, and head back exactly the way you came, ensuring that you keep left to avoid any collisions with other runners.

Presentations will be held shortly after the final runner crosses the line.