Racing News - SEQ Trail and Road Running
Aug 27, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min · 11 segments
Send us Fan Mail Episode 154 is up and ready to go. We chat through a massive August with the inaugural 100mile at Scenic Rim and the second stage of…
Tom BattyHostKyle WeiseHost
the first time they've had the 100 Miler there, and, um, yeah, just when you're chatting to people about races that we've got around here, we've lost a couple of 100 Milers in the last few years.
Not much is happening with the Glasshouse 100 Miler, so that, you know, who knows where we're up to with that.
So what we were down to, like we were down to BVRT, and then Scenic Rim, you know, 100 Miler.
And of course, the guys from Run Queensland, um, have announced their new event, which is gonna be, I think, in June next year.
So one thing I was impressed with, Kyle, I don't know if you looked at the numbers, was the amount of entries that they had for the 100 Miler.
it was up close to 40, I think, or high 30s they had, which when I then went back and looked at, you know, BVRT, BVRT doesn't get that.
So this was actually a really, um, welcome surprise that in the inaugural year they got high numbers like that.
Is that a good number? Is that the sort of number that we should be aiming for? Do you think Southeast Queensland has the capacity to, to get bigger numbers than that in the Miler or, or are we kidding ourselves by thinking we can get, you know, 50 or 100 people in a miler? What do you think?
I think the first- the first year they've done it, it's always gonna be hard to get massive numbers when-
the first time they've had the 100 Miler there, and, um, yeah, just when you're chatting to people about races that we've got around here, we've lost a couple of 100 Milers in the last few years.
Not much is happening with the Glasshouse 100 Miler, so that, you know, who knows where we're up to with that.
So what we were down to, like we were down to BVRT, and then Scenic Rim, you know, 100 Miler.
And of course, the guys from Run Queensland, um, have announced their new event, which is gonna be, I think, in June next year.
So one thing I was impressed with, Kyle, I don't know if you looked at the numbers, was the amount of entries that they had for the 100 Miler.
it was up close to 40, I think, or high 30s they had, which when I then went back and looked at, you know, BVRT, BVRT doesn't get that.
So this was actually a really, um, welcome surprise that in the inaugural year they got high numbers like that.
Is that a good number? Is that the sort of number that we should be aiming for? Do you think Southeast Queensland has the capacity to, to get bigger numbers than that in the Miler or, or are we kidding ourselves by thinking we can get, you know, 50 or 100 people in a miler? What do you think?
I think the first- the first year they've done it, it's always gonna be hard to get massive numbers when-
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