Event: Parklands Trail Running Festival
Event Information
Summary
The Parklands Trail Running Festival is Race Hub Australia’s off-road event in Western Sydney Parklands — Sydney’s biggest backyard. It returns Sunday 20 September 2026 from Lizard Log, Abbotsbury, with 32 km, 20 km, 11 km and 6 km distances, all chip timed with a themed finisher medal.
Course & Elevation
The Parklands Trail Running Festival is Race Hub Australia's off-road event in Western Sydney Parklands — billed as Sydney's biggest backyard. Based at Lizard Log in Abbotsbury, it returns on Sunday 20 September 2026 with four distances: a 32km flagship carrying 644m of climbing, plus 20km, 11km and 6km options. All distances are chip timed, and every finisher takes home a themed medal.
The course winds through bushland trails, soft grass and undulating terrain, with repeated short climbs rather than one big ascent — the 32km stacks up 644m of gain in punchy instalments. It's genuine trail underfoot but close to home for Sydney runners, and the shared paths mean you'll be dodging the odd cyclist and dog walker along with your competitors. A strict midday cut-off applies across all races, which puts a real clock on the 32km from its 7:00am start.
Rolling trail kilometres with constant small hills reward a different engine to flat road racing: repeatable climbing strength, efficient descending and the ability to hold rhythm on uneven ground. A structured, event-specific training block builds exactly that — progressive long runs on similar undulating terrain, hill repeats to handle the accumulating gain, and race-pace work calibrated to that midday cut-off.
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