NEW FOR 2026:
MULTIDAY MAGIC
So you’re curious about ‘backing it up’…’laying bricks’…’back to backs’ … aka some multiday running action where you lay it out on teh trails one day, eat, drink sleep, repeat thenext. BUT, you’re not quoite ready for the ultra epic-ness of the Multiday Madness option on offer at WTF. Rather, you want to dip the blistered toes into the multiday scene…ease in without lathering on the endurance challenge overly so.
WELCOME to our NEW MULTIDAY MAGIC category
Multiple runs, multiple days where your boundaries of running challenge are stretched but not smashed through! You’ll take on:
SATURDAY
27km Redwoods Rush
SUNDAY
14km Sawmill Grove
Three Thong Thang (not compulsory for Magic runners but highly encouraged!)
8km Little Joe’s Night Terror night run
MONDAY
3km Lilo Derby
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A touch over 50km of trail (and river) goodness. Commit to the long weekend. Get amongst it.
TASTE THE MAGIC OF MULTIDAY RUNNING!
Not enough for you? Try the Multiday Madness - 80km+ of step up challenge!
EVENT PHOTOS
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EVENT DETAILS
THE RUNS
50km / 27km / 22km / 14km / 8km / 4.5km / 3km / 100m TTT
Go for the ultra and run in the footsteps of legendary lumberjacks, test your quads with a double that takes you up Donna Buang and back down again...or maybe Little Joe's Night Terror is more to your liking, or hang it, go for everything and take on our Multiday Madness Challenge? Options, options. Whatever you choose bring your lilo, because trail running just got floaties...
THE LILO DERBY
YOU. A TRAIL. A RIVER. A FLOATIE DEVICE.
Yes. Weird. Different. But true: trail running just got its first ever event where floaties are the fashion. It's fun, frivolous and for everyone. It's also mandatory for those in the Multiday Madness, of course. Yes, dress ups are allowed (encouraged, even). Now in its third year, the patented WTF Lilo Derby is a fair dinkum crowd pleaser whether you dress for excess or kit yourself out as a river racer.
OFF TRAIL ENTERTAINMENT
A FILM. A SEMINAR. MUSE.
Details are still in the conjuring pot, but we are looking to fill the mountain town of Warburton with all manner of off-trail trail running goodness, including a presenter with pizazz who will help us all with our trail antics, plus a film that will concentrate on wilderness and wow us all... stay tuned for more details...
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Acknowledgement
We recognise and acknowledge theWurundjeri People as the custodians and knowledge holders of the lands and waters encompassed by the Warburton Valley region and have been for millennia.
As its First Peoples, the theWurundjeri communities hold a unique position and we recognise that there is much to learn from Traditional Owners and how they engage with and protect the landscapes we as trail runners so cherish. We seek to work respectfully with Traditional Owners to ensure we engage on terms that they choose, respecting their rights (including to self-determination), their cultures and knowledge.
We acknowledge and give thanks to the Wurundjeri ancestors who cared for the lands, rivers and sea, and all living creatures for thousands of generations.
We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and future who continue the path of stewardship of the natural landscapes we all love and wish to preserve.
Learn more via
www.wurundjeri.com.au
Warburton Valley
Only an hour-and-a-half drive from the Melbourne CBD, but a whole world away – ditch the concrete jungle for a fern-fringed one and come and play in the Warburton Valley. There's plenty of running, but also a plethora of walking options, mountain biking, road cycling with big hills, river recreation (paddling, swimming, liloing), camping, birdwatching, hang gliding (yes...), along with tasty cafes and restaurants (yes, great coffee), galleries, and shopping. Warburton Trail Festival – a weekend running getaway with the lot.
