2024 GTNS RACE ONE RESULTS
2024 RACE EXPLORER
GTNS DONNA DOUBLE ANALYTICS HERE
Check out RACE EXPLORER, a cool application that visualises run results via virtual race map that plots the finishing positions of all competitors, representing each person with an interactive icon.
Hovering over the icon reveals the competitor’s identity and race statistics, including overall, category and gender positions, as well as their pace. It also ‘maps’ the general spread of over the line results visually.
Very cool.
CHECK OUT GOLDEN TRAIL NATIONAL SERIES
RACE 1 - DONNA DOUBLE ON RACE EXPLORER HERE or click below.
Tour de Trails hosts Golden Trail National Series powered by Salomon
SERIES POINTS SYSTEM
Salomon Team runner, Simone Brick, got her start in trail running at the Salomon Warburton Trail Fest and on the Donna Double course, winning it on her first attempt which a few years later saw her competing in Europe at the Golden Trail World Series!
Yes, the Trail Series that has taken the Northern Hemisphere by storm Down Under and kicks off annually with Warby Trail Fest’s Donna Double (22km)!
Golden Trail Series event usually focus on the ‘shorter’ distances of between 20-30km, usually with a decent amount of vert in that of up to 1000m or so. It’s the fast and furious end of trail racing!
Everyone can compete - and it’s still the same Donna Double course - the only difference is that race is now on a national and world stage as M/F winners of the overall series will get a Golden Ticket, all expenses paid*, to race in the Golden Trail World Series Grand Finale! This is the shot for those wanting to race the world’s best and potentially a pathway to the Salomon Running team!
The Warby Trail Fest GTNS run will be followed by GTNS outings at Kunanyi (Tasmania), Brisbane (Qld) and Newcastle (NSW). Series winners (Open M/F) will get a trip to Euro-land, land of trail running milk and honey.
Key changes to note from last year (2024):
No Golden ticket provided to U23 category as this will no longer be recognised by global (however locally we will still offer prize money to compensate)
Changes to $ amount for winners.
Points system
Rules:
Access to the final
The overall ranking will take into account the runner’s best results from qualifying races and final participation. Mandatory points requirement 2 series races plus GTNS Grand Final (Brisbane Trail Ultra)
The top Male and Female of this Grand Finale will win his/her “golden ticket” to participate at the Golden Trail World Series 2025.
The event of a tie
In the event of a tie, we will apply the following rules to rank the runners:
The best place on one of the qualifying races.
The second-best place on one of the qualifying races.
The third best place on one of the qualifying races.
If an athlete beat his/her direct competitor during the GTNS season.
Injuries
In the event of injury and inability to compete before the competition, the runner who would have won his ticket for the GTWS Grand Final will not receive any compensation, he/she will lose the ticket and will not receive travel expenses
*Individual race rules are as per race event criteria and ultimately race directors’ judgment.
Prizes:
1st = $1250 + GTWS Tickets (entry+flights+accommodation)
2nd = $950
3rd = $750
4th = $500
U23 category winners:
*Birth year must be 2002 or later to be eligible.
$500
sorry, I’ve been out running and missed the news - what is The Golden Trail Series (GTS)?
Salomon Team runner Lucy Bartholomew seen here on the Donna Double / GTNS trails.
GTS is a series of trail running events (that to date have taken place in Europe) that aims to promote professional trail runners as the world-class athletes, to showcase and protect the awe-inspiring natural environments where we play and compete, and to acknowledge the amazing, passionate fans as an essential ingredient in the sport. Each race in the World Series has been specifically selected for the scenery, the challenge, the history and the atmosphere that they offer to both the runners and to the public. These are the races that every runner wants to experience and some of the first written on any runner’s bucket list. Just like Warby Trail Fest!
Each National Series across the globe will highlight that country’s or region’s best races and best athletes with a formula of 2 to 5 races.
2025 will be the second outing of the Golden Trail National Series in AUSTRALIA
It will join three other events happening in Queensland, NSW and Tasmania. The GTNS 2024 will encompass:
Salomon Warburton Trail Fest - Donna Double run, Victoria
8-10 March 2025
Kunanyi Mountain Run - Tasmania
28-20 March 2025
Brisbane Trail Ultra - Queensland
28 June 2025
Coastal Ascent - NSW
8 June 2025
THE TOP RANKING FIRST PLACE M/F (OPEN) ACROSS THE SERIES WILL WIN A GOLDEN TICKET TO EUROPE AND THE GOLDEN TRAIL WORLD SERIES GRAND FINALE!
but I’M A TAD CONFUSED BETWEEN THE ‘golden trail national series (GTNS)’ THE ‘golden trail WORLD series (GTWS)’, and the ‘golden trail championships (GTC)’?
Fair enough, the breakdown looks like this:
Golden Trail National Series = a series of trail run events nominated as GTNC focused on a world region, like Australia, for instance.
There are currently 12 GTNS across the globe, with Australia becoming the 13th GTNS worldwide. Runners get to compete and become a National Champion of the GTNS for their region. In Australia, this then qualifies the overall first place Male and Female AND the Overall first place U23 Male and Female to participate in the GTWS Grand Finale in Europe, all expenses paid.
Golden Trail World Series = is a broader northern hemisphere series (over and above the more localised European GTNS events above) that takes place in Europe (4 races) and the USA (2 races). The GTWS series of races culminates in a 7th race, the Grand Finale, held in Europe. This is the event that the regional winners (open 1st M/F and U23 1st M/F) of each GTNS get an all expenses* Golden Ticket to travel and compete against the world’s best.
Golden Trails World Series Grand Finale = held in Europe this is the event that the regional winners (open 1st M/F and U23 1st M/F) of each GTNS get an all expenses* Golden Ticket to travel to and compete against the world’s best, as do the Top 30 of the Golden Trail World Series. It’s a best of the best scenario! In 2023 it was held in Italy.
Golden Trail Championships = this is essentially a ‘back up’ plan, that was enacted during COVID when all the ‘series’ events were shut down. It acts as a backstop should the same happen again and would replace the GTNS/GTWS ranking events to become, as it says, an all at once ‘Championship’. Essentially, for regular roll out, the GTWS Grand Finale as described above, at which top tier runners from from each GTNS and the GTWS compete, is the Championships in a regular year with no global disruptions.
FOR MORE GENERAL INFO ON THE GOLDEN TRAIL SERIES OF ANY FORMAT: CHECK OUT THE GLOBAL WEBSITE: