Date
Sun, 28 Feb 2027
Start
06:30
Venue
Belgian Gardens State School, 43 Potts Street, Townsville
Townsville, Queensland
Countdown
February
Short but long, as the name says. 11.5 km with 658 m of climbing packs a lot of hill into a distance that looks easy on paper, and it starts earliest to beat the heat.
Key facts
01Carry at least 500 ml of water
02Minimum age 12 years
03Self-seeded waves start at five-minute intervals
Create a free training plan for the Castle Hill Trail Run 12 km
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The course
The route
Townsville
Distance11.5km
Total climb658m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate11.6 km
Weather
Late-February, Townsville
30°CTypical high
24°CTypical low
20°CColdest in 20 years
61%Days with rain
Highs around 30°C and lows around 24°C, but it has dropped to 20°C. Rain on 61% of days.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
Results
Course verified. Results not yet available.
Organiser
OrganiserOuter Limits Adventure Fitness
Websiteouterlimitsadventure.com.au
Instagram@outer_limits_adventure
Running since2013
Training
Training for the Castle Hill Trail Run 12 km
We don't do generic plans. We combine deep knowledge of this race's demands with your recent training, then build a plan with you that progresses as you do.
Beina integrates directly with your existing tools to understand your current fitness, and synchronise your planned sessions.
Intervals.icuWhat a Castle Hill Trail Run 12 km plan targets
Typical sessions
12 km with 658 m of climbing
Time on feet and fatigue resistance
Fuelling and pacing for the whole event
What your weeks look like
Typical sessions
Long runs that build time on your feet
Tempo and threshold sessions to hold race pace
Back-to-back weekend runs for fatigue resistance
Not a generic schedule
Typical sessions
Built from your current fitness and the time you actually have
Adapts every week as Beina learns how you respond
Syncs your sessions straight to Garmin and Wahoo
One clear next session, never a wall of spreadsheet
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