27/10/2025
THANKS FOR RUNNING GOTU 2025!
It was - we reckon and as promised - ICONIC.
Specifically, YOU were all iconic in your performances and achievements. Finished or otherwise, it was an epic day out on the Great Ocean Walk, and we applaud all you legends for yards - including the unplanned bonus ones - that you put in.
We hope you all had an experience to remember for all the right reasons and hope to welcome you back in 2026!
**SAVE THE DATE**
All being well we will be running there event on the same weekend in 2026, so save the date:
24th October 2026
Entries will open with a significant entry price saving in coming weeks. We will again have a limited field and we do expect given the hoopla of this year, to sell out, so get in early (and save).
**RESULTS**
Some great racing up front with only an hour separating the 100km podium women and first place Ady Sliwka taking an impressive 6th place overall.
In the men's 100km it was even tighter racing with just over 12 minutes separating first second and third place getter!
In the 45km (okay 47km) Singletrack Team runner Sophie Broome took a course record (even with the extended distance) and a fourth overall to take out top tier in the women's with only 10 mins or so separating her run from second place Gillian Turnbull.
The 45km men's was equally tight racing with only 17 minutes gap from 1st to 3rd.
ALL RESULTS https://tomatotiming.racetecresults.com/results.aspx?CId=16&RId=29929 .
Congrats to our podium placers:
100km – Womens
1.Ady Sliwka 12:38:02 (6th overall)
2.Cara Pinney 13:09:18 (11th overall)
3.Bec Howe 13:39:31 (14th overall)
100km – Mens
1.Andrew Burchal 11:18:03
2.Ashley Harink 11:23:27
3.Fergus He Manners 11:30:37
45km – Womens
1.Sophie Broome 4:56:31 (course record, 4th overall)
2.Gillan Turnbull 5:03:14 (6th overall)
3.Katie Carnachan 6:19:37 (22nd overall)
45km – Mens
1.Jordan Murphy 4:37:03
2.Nathan Scagliarni 4:50:49
3.Henry Braybrook 4:54:35
Teams Winner
Team Delcoigne 13:22:46
*Team Password123 crossed line earlier, however DNQ for podium due to runner tap out/tap in earlier than halfway. Still, big ups to their second runner who smashed approximately 65km after her team mate fell foul of injury, tapping out at Aire River. Time: 12:12:11
**PHOTOS**
For those needing some pictorial proof of your iconic running effort:
www.bossfotos.com/tourdetrails
Thanks to Kalan Howse, the photographer zipping around out there to try to capture you all. Please support his work by buying a few snaps - he gets paid what you purchase!
**THANKS**
As always thanks to OG event creator Andy Hewat for his faith in allowing us to continue on the tradition of his event.
To our champion army of volunteers, over 40 of you throughout the event, who embrace the event as if it was your own – you are as Tina hollered, Simply The Best.
Special thanks to Winchlesea CFA - manning the 89km aid station and the finish BBQ! What absolute legends! And to Melton City Runners as always manning another stand for Tour de Trails. You guys rock. As do all those who came and marshalled, aided, cheered, passed out medals and general showed why the trail running community is the best!
As with all events they can’t happen without a lot of support. Thanks to Endurance Medical Services for keeping everyone safe – this team always goes beyond.
Thanks to INOV8 Australia for jumping on board and backing to the hilt GOTU! Check out their freshly landed range ASAP.
Thanks to Tailwind Nutrition Australia for their ongoing support. A fuelling product that all competitors enjoyed and appreciated, especially in the heat of the day.
And to RUNLY - a local crew doing big things in the trail running hydration pack space... saw plenty of them out soon course!
A big thanks goes out to the crew from For Wild Places. Not just for the help and support of this event (crewing the 73km station at Parkers Access) but for the change you are trying to create. If you’re not already a member of For Wild Places you can join here and help make a difference.
To our media photographers and social media gurus, Aaron Collins and Calumn Hockey – capturing the epicness and humanness all at once.
To the competitor photographers from – Kalan Howse – thanks for sticking out an epically long day so our runners can get a shot of themselves being…well..epic!
[you can get your shots via www.bossfotos.com/tourdetrails]
A HUGE shout out to Andy McKinnon and his Parks Victoria crew…they supported us from the get-go, worked huge hours clearing up storm damage on course in the week leading into the event so everyone could get a clean run…bloody legends! And to Ben and Adele at the Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority Princetown Recreation Reserve - our gracious and hard working hosts - massive thanks.
To Matty Bell at Run Run (www.runrun.com.au ) and Tegyn Angel at Endurance Edge and T8 Australia (www.enduranceedge.com.au) – thanks for your support.
Our sweeps!! What legends keeping everyone safe and clearing the course for the longest day on feet!
And finally, thanks and RD hugs to the TdT GOTU team pulling the most weight: Sarah and Pete, Jacqui, Michelle and Tracey. How much you do behind the scenes (and how much you keep all the RDs focused on what’s important) cannot be overstated.
From some really happy RDs we can’t wait to come back in 2026 and do it all again.
Keep an eye out for a survey hitting your inbox - be great if you can fill it out to help us nail things next year!
Cheers!
Chris, Andy and Simon.
NEXT EVENT:
Afterglow Night Trail Run Afterglow Night Trail Run (21km, 13km, 5km), Surf Coast, Victoria // 6th December 2024
www.afterglowtrailrun.com
THEN:
Oscars100 Hut 2 Hut 100km, Archie 50km, LaLa 20km and Bella 10km//19-21 Feb 2026 www.hut2hut.oscars100.com.au
AND OF COURSE:
Warburton Trail Fest (50km, 27km, 22km, 14km, 8km night run, 5km, lilo derby, seminars, film screening and more).
www.warburtontrailfest.com
