The race

Silva Plana Reserve, Queens Avenue Mt. Wilson
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Start
Run to commence at 10.00am, Saturday 23th August, 2008
Silva Plana Reserve, Queens Avenue Mt. Wilson

Finish
Bilpin Community Hall, Bells Line of Road, Bilpin. (Approx 1.5kms west of Bilpin Village). Your time and place will be recorded and a certificate and race results will be mailed to you as soon as possible after the event.

Presentation
Presentation of awards will commence at approximately 2.30 pm on race day at Bilpin Hall.

Contact
Michael Garvan Phone: (02) 4567 0044 or 0429 329 169 or ring the Brigade Fire Shed on 02 4567 1394.
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On the day of the run the Bilpin Fire shed will be manned from 7am. If you have problems on the day use that number if you cannot get Michael, Race Organiser.

Course
36km event, First 21kms undulating hills along fire trails and bush. Last 15 kms is 8kms of downhill dirt road and then 7km graded ascent.

Entries
The event is open to all individual runners who are satisfactorily trained to safely complete this grueling 36kms. Entries close by mail 20th August or on-line 22nd August 2008 at 5pm. Late enrties will be taken on the day at the start, ie Mt Wilson.

Race Fees
Individuals $60.00. All proceeds to Bilpin and Mt. Wilson Rural Fire Brigades. Group Teams $30.00 per team ($10.00 ea) on top of individual entry

Prizes
First Male & Female
Second Male & Female
Third Male & Female

Age categories
First Male & Female over 40 years of age
First Male & Female over 50 years of age
First Male & Female over 60 years of age

Group Team
First Group with best group time
Second Group with best group time
Third Group with best group time

There will be prizes awarded for group teams this year. The group team will be open teams, i.e. male, female or mixed. The cost is $30.00 per team on top on your individual entry. You can send your entries in individually and pay individually as long as you have listed the runner’s names in your group on the entry form.

Only pre entered runners will be eligible for a prize in the Age or Group Team Categories.
Complete five Mt. Wilson to Bilpin Bush Runs – Receive a special Cap Complete the Mt. Wilson to Bilpin Bush Runs – Receive a special award .All Official Finishers will receive a certificate

Limits
Progress throughout the race will be monitored at race HQ and if it is judged that insufficient progress is being made in relation to your likely finishing time, or if you appear too distressed, you may be withdrawn from the event.

Race Control
All runners are requested to assist the organisers by clearly displaying their race number at all times and ensuring that their race number has been registered at drink station 3. The progress of every runner will be monitored at Race HQ via radio communication with every aid station to prevent, as far as possible, a runner becoming lost.

Walkers

Walkers are welcome so long as they get up EARLY. They will start at 8am. Contact organiser for special instructions. NB if you start earlly then you are advised that we will not be supporting the race (Drink Stations) until about half way.

Spectator Access
Spectators are permitted at the following locations, Mt. Wilson at the start, Drink Station 1, Drink Station 2, Cnr Bowens Creek Road and Mt. Irvine Road (Between Drink Station 4 and Drink Station 5). No access for spectators past this point until runners emerge at Bells Line of Road, Bilpin.

Transport
Transport by bus will be provided from Bilpin Community Hall to the start at Mt Wilson for runners and spectators (and back to Bilpin for any spectators) indicating that they require transport on the entry form. The cost is free for this if you lodge your entry before the cut off day. Buses will depart Bilpin Hall commencing about 7.45 am. Tha last bus will leav at 8.45am. The trip to Mt Wilson takes about 40 minutes.

Private transport to the start is possible. Please book your seat early and do not rely on spare seats being available on the day, as there may not be any. This also helps the organisers to make appropriate bus arrangements.

Facilities
At the finish there will be refreshments available, we will be selling steak and sausage sandwiches. There is also a toilet and hot shower facilities available, please bring your own toiletries and towel. Masseurs will also be available at the finish after the race.

Aid Stations
There will be eight aid stations supplying electrolyte drinks, water and limited first aid. Food such as fruit and jelly beans will also be provided, as well as any special drinks (see below). Each drink station is approx 5kms apart.

Special Drinks
Special drinks and food bags are permitted, provided that they are lodged at the Start to drink marshals for transportation to the specified drink station. These items must be clearly labeled with your race number, and lodged in the crates marked for each aid station.

Litter
Please do not litter at all in any area, as most of the run is in a nature reserve. Drop cups etc. in the special receptacle located just past each aid station. If you have to drop litter elsewhere, please do so at or near the aid stations where it can be easily seen and collected. DO NOT throw it in the bush, as this may threaten the conduct of future events.

Traffic
The roads used by the runners in this event are not closed to traffic, but most are seldom used. However, caution must always be exercised by runners at all times. At Bells Line of Road, from Mt Irvine to the finish the course is marked off the road on the road verge and runners must not run on Bells Line of Road or the road shoulder.

Distress
If an entrant becomes aware of another runner in distress or requiring assistance in any way, then please provide help to the best of your ability and notify an aid station attendant. Any entrant who withdraws from the event is requested to immediately notify an aid station attendant, and arrangements for transport back to the finish can then be made.

Cancellation
In the event of bad weather the organisers reserve the right to cancel the race or change the course at short notice; although this has not yet been necessary in the history of the race, it should not be ruled out.

Sweepers
There will be three motor bikes each ridden by Rural Fire Service members traveling the course with all the runners. They will have radio contact with Race Control. If you cannot complete the course or injure yourself you can be transported to the nearest drink station by one of these sweepers.

Clothing
When you reciev your race bib you will also get a numbered plastic bag (same number as your race bib) to put your warm up clothes in. You can ciollect that abg at the end of the race.

During the course of the run, if you need to dispose of any clothing hand it to one of the sweepers or leave it at a drink station and the sweepers will transport it back to the finish for you to collect.

Race numbers
Race numbers will be issued to all runners on the day of the Run at Mt Wilson.