After processing the Victorian Governments COVID-19 road-map to reopening and Premier Andrews’s announcements on Sunday 8^th November, Torquay based event organisers Rapid Ascent are very excited to announce that this year’s event can go ahead.

It will now become one of the only ultra-marathon event opportunities in Australia for 2020, accessible to more than just Victorians with state boarders also beginning to open up.

Confirmation of the event’s go-ahead comes after it was originally postponed from the 19^th September. Many months of planning and replanning the delivery of the event such that it can be done so in a COVID-safe way followed suit.

Rapid Ascent emphasise that the format of the 2020 Century will be different compared to previous years in order to fulfil the COVID-Safe restrictions and keep runners and the broader community safe. The main point being to ensure that there are no group gatherings of more than 50 people throughout the event.

The 9th edition of the Surf Coast Century presented by MINI will start and finish in Anglesea. Runners will tackle a challenging and scenic 100km or 50km course either as a solo runner or in a relay team of between two and four runners.

The course takes competitors from Anglesea to Torquay on the beach the whole way and then along the cliff top tracks and hinterland trails to Moggs Creek and Aireys Inlet before returning back in Anglesea on the Surf Coast Walk.

The 2019 event attracted 1,400 runners and almost 3,000 spectators from all over Australia and contributed $4 million dollars to the Surf Coast economy with even greater numbers originally forecast for 2020 prior to COVID-19 and the associate effects.

The much-adored ultra-run has built a reputation as one of Australia’s ‘bucket-list’ trail running events due to it being one of the more unique 100km ultra courses in the world.

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