2019 Thomas Dargie Run Investors Group Course revealed!

The Thomas Dargie Investors Group Run Course has been revealed for both the Sprint Course and the Standard Course (Relay participants will use the Standard course). Interactive TrailForks maps, complete with detailed trail information, can be viewed on the appropriate “race info” page (links in this paragraph above). If you prefer a text description, read on . . .

Note that this route is the same as it was in 2018, and that it is subject to change. One thing that is not noted on the map, but that is still the same as last year’s course, is that you’ll be turning right off of 50:1 before the steep section, bypassing that steep bit via Rapture before continuing right onto the bottom of 50:1. This trail is not marked on Trailforks, but it will be clearly marked during the race.

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THOMAS DARGIE INVESTORS GROUP RUN BIKE COURSE DESCRIPTION

View an interactive TrailForks map: Standard/Relay Course    Sprint Course

Note: The following describes the Sprint Course. The Standard course involves two loops of the “Middle” section. So after you spit out of 50:1 after your first loop, you’ll head back up Rapture Access for loop two before proceeding to the “End” section.

Beginning:

1. Start: Extreme Runners Transition Area at Village Park (“Race Central”)
2. Exit the park via the path behind the Coal Hills BMX track and enter the trail network via the narrow bridge just after the interpretive sign
3. Just after the bridge, turn right onto Josh’s Trail
4. After a few hundred metres, turn left off of Josh’s toward the logging road (I believe it’s the second “exit” you’ll come to on Josh’s)
5. Cross the logging road and head straight up Rapture Access

Middle:

1. Head up Rapture Access
2. At the trail intersection, hang a right onto Rapture
3. Keep following Rapture, being careful not to veer left onto Ascension or right onto Resurrection. (It can get a bit confusing if you’re unfamiliar with the trails. . .)
4. Keep following Rapture all the way up to the chair (where it spits out at a logging road – you should see the remnants of an old wooden chair on your left.)
5. At the chair, turn left onto 50:1
6. Follow 50:1 all the way until it spits out onto the minor logging road, then turn right
7. Follow the minor logging road about 200m, then turn left to continue on 50:1 (there is a small sign)
8. Follow 50:1 for a few hundred metres, then turn right onto Rapture just before the steep sketchy bit
9. When that trail rejoins 50:1 after about 100 metres, turn right back onto 50:1
10. Continue down 50:1 to the Davis Lake Main logging road.
11. Turn back up Rapture (U-turn to your left) for your second loop if you’re doing the standard course; otherwise read on . . .

End:

1. Turn right onto the logging road (Davis Lake Main) at the bottom of 50:1
2. Veer left at the intersection to head back toward Village Park
3. Cross the narrow bridge and run back behind the Coal Hills BMX track toward the finish line at Village Park
4. You did it! Go grab a donut from Cumberland Village Bakery and a coffee from the Wandering Moose Café or beer from Cumberland Brewing Company.