It started cool and clear, the kind of morning where everyone’s sizing up the day ahead. Then the sun came out, the trails lit up, and suddenly it felt like the whole of Ku-ring-gai Chase was alive with runners.
Different paces, different goals, but all moving through the same winding trails of this spectacular National Park. The mix of running clubs, fresh faces, and some seriously quick young legs made for a memorable day on course.
A big shoutout to our 2026 Triple Trail cohort, who’ve officially ticked off their first event. One down, two to go… we’re excited to see how your year unfolds.
RESULTS Check out your official results, now available.
PHOTOS Event photographers Outer Image Collective were all over the course, capturing the glory. See the event photos online now. Make sure you check out the folders from each location under ‘No Number’ to find your images.
Some of you will have noticed that our race bibs were made of a different material on Saturday. We were trialing a new recyclable option at this event. Despite our testing providing some positive results they weren’t up to race day conditions. We will be reverting back to our normal polypropylene bibs going forward. (And a shoutout to our fantastic sweep team who cleared the fallen race bibs from the course).
PODIUM HIGHLIGHTS
Some outstanding performances across all distances this year:
45km
- Male Winner: Man Kumar Roka Magar
- Female Winner: Anna Pillinger
22km
- Male Winner: Dan Hall
- Female Winner: Hannah Gumbley
12km
- Male Winner: Lachlan Jones
- Female Winner: Alix Fontana
Huge congratulations to our winners and to everyone who took on the challenge in their own way.
THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS, SUPPORTERS & VOLUNTEERS
Thank you to the team of volunteers. From early starts to long hours on course, your encouragement, energy, every cheer, and every helping hand made all the difference.
We’re lucky to have sponsors and supporters who genuinely back the trail running community. Thank you to Tailwind Nutrition for fuelling our aid stations, Tarkine for helping us tread lighter with sustainable trail shoes, CREST Radio Services for keeping the lines of communication clear and safe. And of course, a huge thank you to the team at NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service, whose stewardship of Ku-ring-gai Chase makes it possible for us to run in such an incredible location. Despite some issues with water supply in the Park on Saturday the NPWS crew worked with us to ensure the event could go ahead as planned, and we thank them for their ongoing support.
Thanks again for being part of the Jabulani Challenge!
We’ll see you out there again soon
