Sat 11:40. Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer.
The following teams are getting seriously close now. In order of proximity, from the south:
Griffin 2
Fenner 2
Burgmann 2
Bruce 5
Ursula 2 (who are taking the same route through Orroral Valley that allowed IBSC to gain time)
From the north:
Griffin 1
B&G 1
Bruce 1
Fenner 7
B&G 7
Griffin 6
Tue 22:34 . Posted by Jack Larkin - IB Comms Officer
At the awards ceremony on the Tuesday after the event, it was announced that Bruce Hall has finally won the event overall (after 42 years), in part due to them winning Divs 2 (despite a lost hat), 4 & 5 . … Read more.
Sat 14:15 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Bruce 5 is the first and only college entrant to finish Division 5 so far. They join Division X’s IBSC, who absolutely stormed into Endpoint earlier in the day… Read more.
Sat 13:19 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Tom Driscoll - Former RD (2022)
Burgamann 5 looks to have taken a risk and gone for the bush bash near Orroral Valley tracking station, and it might well pay off!… Read more.
Sat 13:17 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
For the whole race, it’s looked like Bruce 1 has been safely in third place. Now, I’m not so sure. It looks like Lodge have absolutely sent it up the southern route and may just beat them to Endpoint. Bruce wouldn’t be expecting this. Exciting!… Read more.
Sat 13:07 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Tom Driscoll - Former RD (2022)
Never got such a thrill watching dots on a screen. Get the stopwatches out EP vollies, this could be a sprint finish!… Read more.
Sat 12:08 . Posted by Tom Driscoll - Former RD (2022)
Surely they'll be able to see each other by now...wonder if they'll play any mind games??… Read more.
Sat 11:58 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Sat 11:55 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Tom Driscoll - Former RD (2022)
With some really tight racing in the middle of the pack for Div 5, navigators have one last big decision to make...to bush bash or not to bush bash?… Read more.
Sat 11:32 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Tom Driscoll - Former RD (2022)
Div 7 is also heating up. After hitting Devil's Gap in 3rd, Fenner 7 have managed to flawlessly navigate a part of the course that a lot of teams have struggled on and hit Booromba Rd in the lead… Read more.
Sat 11:28 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Bruce Division 2 and Division X IBSC have made it to Endpoint!… Read more.
Sat 11:13 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
There are three teams in contention for first to arrive at Endpoint… Read more.
Sat 11:03 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
While running through Booroomba Station, Griffin 6 came across a young lamb all alone in the paddocks. They were able to alert on-course volunteers who have now co-ordinated with the property owners to make sure the lamb is okay. How lovely 🥰 … Read more.
Sat 09:24 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Teams are certainly getting closer! At the moment, it looks like the first team will probably arrive at Endpoint in just under two hours. Who will it be? Let’s look at contenders in three main directions… Read more.
Sat 08:28 . 2x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Bruce and B&G look to have recovered and are back on track to Endpoint. If you’re watching the trackers closely, it may look as though both teams are potentially along Corin Road, and exclusion zone. Satellite imagery makes this situation a little more clear - both teams appear to have followed a track that is unmarked on IB Live. Phew!… Read more.
Sat 07:53 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Bruce Division 1 have joined B&G in missing the Devils Gap Fire Trail turn-off. Will they run into each other?… Read more.
Sat 07:47 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
…isn’t always a good idea, as four Division 7 teams will likely find. Ursies, Yukeembruk, Lodge, and Wamburun have all inexplicably headed west, where they should have continued in a straight line south… Read more.
Sat 07:34 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
B&G 1 are in a bit of trouble. They missed the Devils Gap Fire Trail turn-off and are heading straight for a section of Corin Road that is out of bounds. They are about to hit a T-intersection, which should hopefully be a warning that something is not quite right… Read more.
Sat 06:53 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
10 hours in, the Griffin Division 1 are just 620 metres ahead of B&G. Bruce are in third place, another kilometres behind… Read more.
Sat 06:08 . Posted by Tom Driscoll - Former RD (2022)
With a western group, an eastern pair and a (potentially) heroic bush bash all going on, it's hard to know who's actually in front in Div 2..… Read more.
Sat 06:07 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Tom Driscoll - Former RD (2022)
Looks like some tracker errors have tricked us all in Div 7...B&G does in fact have a jump on the rest of the field!… Read more.
Sat 05:45 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Tom Driscoll - Former RD (2022)
Moves have been made in Div 7!… Read more.
Sat 05:27 . Posted by Jack Larkin - IB Comms Officer
It seems as a result of their detour Griffin Div 1 are neck and neck with B&G Bruce is also not too far behind… Read more.
Sat 05:24 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Jack Larkin - IB Comms Officer
This is probably the most isolated of the race checkpoints of which teams elect one to pass we only expect some Div 2 teams to pass through here unless a div 5 takes the lone way around. Sadly this alpine hut was burnt down in 2003 so all runners will see are some brunt stumps… Read more.
Sat 05:16 . Posted by Jack Larkin - IB Comms Officer
Teams going through this drop point have to navigate a bush bash to connect from the Brandy Flat fire trail to the Orroral Valley walking track. It's in cleared-out terrain though so it shouldn't cause too many complaints especially as it will be safer than running along Boboyan Rd. We expect both Div 2 & 5 teams to pass through here… Read more.
Sat 05:11 . Posted by Jack Larkin - IB Comms Officer
Seems Griffin Div has made a slight nav error and gone off Oakey Creek Road (the key easy route to navigating through the forest), seems they are headed back towards it though and probably has only cost a detour of about 500m. However this might cause one to worry about what will happen in the pine ahead. Where teams… Read more.
Sat 05:00 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Jack Larkin - IB Comms Officer
This is another CP of which teams must pass through one, we suspect this to be the busiest of them with Divs 1,3, 4, 6, & 7 able to pass through here… Read more.
Sat 04:48 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Tom Driscoll - Former RD (2022)
Things could be about to get spicy in Div 6..… Read more.
Sat 04:44 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Tom Driscoll - Former RD (2022)
Here's a crazy idea for Div 7...what if heading up to Camelback FT from the drop is actually faster?… Read more.
Sat 04:31 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Division 7 - Ash Road (-35.388384, 148.916752) … Read more.
Sat 04:29 . Posted by Jack Larkin - IB Comms Officer
Div 7's Drop is a bit of a classic on the edge of Pierce's Creek Pine Forest along Ash Rd. Teams should hopefully identify Tidbinbilla range to the west an relatively quickly head south and onto Oakey Creek Road before navigating the rest of course. Teams that head north should also hit Oakey Creek Road just about 2km earlier adding another ~ 15 minutes to their run. Hopefully no team heads up the firetrail to tidbinbilla ridge firetrail, as this will add ton ton of vert and likely over an hour of running time but at least they will get nice views of the sunrise from up there. … Read more.
Sat 04:29 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Jack Larkin - IB Comms Officer
Teams have to visit one of 4 checkpoints on course with this one being at Corin Dam, we will try get pictures of teams as they come through these. Only div 3 should pass through here, but teams from Divs 1 and 4 may also go through here if they take the scenic route… Read more.
Sat 04:24 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
With the Division X IBSC team leading to the west (and Johns the front college team), and Fenner leading to the east, Division 5 should be an interesting one to watch! Teams have started to space out along the road. … Read more.
Sat 04:22 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Tom Driscoll - Former RD (2022)
Sort of...… Read more.
Sat 04:16 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
They have developed a serious lead over the other Division 1 teams and don’t seem to be slowing down… Read more.
Sat 04:05 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Spare a thought for our poor Division 6 teams, who are getting their feet wet right at the start of their 50 km trek. Not a comfortable experience…… Read more.
Sat 03:34 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
The largest Division in this year’s event, about half of the Division 5 teams have now left Dropsite. Most are heading north-west towards Boboyan Road, though Fenner seems to have followed B&G Division 2 towards the east. Watch this space… Read more.
Sat 03:14 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Teams have left the Division 6 Dropsite in every direction! This is very exciting. It’s highly likely that most of these teams have a ver limited idea of where they currently are… Read more.
Sat 03:05 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Division 5 - Mt Clear Campground (-35.861446, 149.001867)… Read more.
Sat 02:36 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Division 6 - Lower Cotter Catchment (-35.342703, 148.871888) … Read more.
Sat 02:31 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Griffin Division 1 are about to cross a section of the Cotter River known as Vanity’s Crossing. This is an area that the team will be very familiar with - Vanity’s is famed… Read more.
Sat 02:30 . Posted by Jack Larkin - IB Comms Officer
Teams in Div 6 are dropped on a 3 way intersection and with only 4 minutes to scout hopefully they'll send one of their navs on a bonus scouting adventure to gain the maximal amount of information… Read more.
Sat 02:21 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Ursies Division 2 are currently in the middle of the Division 5 teams being shuttled to their Dropsite. They’ve chosen to head east along Naas Valley Fire Trail, which will be the only track they see for quite some time now. This is a relatively long route, but it’s flat… Read more.
Sat 02:05 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
While other Division 2 teams have headed along Boboyan Road until reaching the Old Boboyan Roach intersection Fenner Division 2 have made a break from the rest of the pack and have headed west along Grassy Creek Fire Trail. … Read more.
Sat 02:03 . Posted by Jack Larkin - IB Comms Officer
For Div 5 a spot near Mt Clear Campground returns as drop site to IB. Teams here need to avoid going up the clear range instead of taking Naas Valley FT the route we suspect is going to be the most common. … Read more.
Sat 02:01 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Division 5 appear to be nearing their Dropsite. They have an interesting Dropsite approach: since buses cannot reach Mt Clear Campground, Division 5 runners are being shuttled in cars from Boboyan Road through to their Dropsite. Their journey isn’t over yet! They’ll then be walked (while still blindfolded) into the middle of the campground. Confusing!… Read more.
Sat 01:52 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
We’re hopefully about to see teams separate a bit - the fork that the Division 2 teams are currently approaching is a key decision-point… Read more.
Sat 01:41 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Most of Brindabella Road is an exclusion zone, because it’s not safe for runners to travel along. However, there are a few zones that are marked as crossing points. Runners are allowed to cross at these specially-marked areas… Read more.
Sat 01:15 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Here, the race gets interesting! It’s no longer just about which team is fastest on their feet - throughout Inward Bound, good route choice can make a world of difference… Read more.
Sat 01:10 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
We haven’t heard about Division 2 in a while - let’s take a look. So far, all of the teams have headed along the same route through Shannons Flat. The interesting sections of their navigation is still to come… Read more.
Sat 24:46 . 2x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
While Divisions 1-3 are battling it out on course in the depths of the night, Division 7 are enjoying their journey to Dropsite. The blue lighting really adds to the aura… Read more.
Sat 24:34 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Jumping back to Division 1 for the first time in a while, teams remain very close together. However, that’s about to change. … Read more.
Fri 23:35 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
They’ve all chosen the head northwest towards Bobeyan Road. This is the fastest route. Will they all continue to go the same direction, as we’re seeing in Division 1?… Read more.
Fri 22:01 . 2x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
For the first time since they were dropped, all of the Division 1 trackers have successfully updated simultaneously. This gives us a clear picture of what’s currently going on on course… Read more.
Fri 22:01 . Posted by Jack Larkin - IB Comms Officer
The Div 2 drop is located in a patch of forest along Jones Plain Rd, otherwise surrounded by farmland. It will be a tactical decision for how much of the 55-minute scout time these teams use. If they use a lot of it a northbound scout might reach a bridge over a creek but otherwise teams will be picking drop-off road shape and surrounding terrain alone… Read more.
Fri 22:01 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Division 2 - Jones Plain Road (-36.017639, 148.958944) … Read more.
Fri 21:46 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Jack Larkin - IB Comms Officer
The predictor is now up and running!, at the start will be super volatile and likely under estimate time of arrival just after drop (over estimate eventual overall average GAP (Gradient Adjusted Pace)) as typically teams start off hot/fast (see below graph of speeds of historical IB teams) with it taking time for teams to settle in a rhythm and on a route. It also assumes optimal navving which is probably unlikely, only accounting for the terrain and distance of the optimal route ahead. This means it will also not consider other factors that may slow a team down like a trail being overgrown… Read more.
Fri 21:23 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
So far they’re all heading in the same direction, which also happens to be the optimal route. It’s a pretty condensed race and it is currently very difficult to tell who’s in the lead. I’m sure that over the next 100 kilometres they’ll spread out a little… Read more.
Fri 21:03 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
B&G, Ursies, and Griffin Division 1 have all left Dropsite, heading south-east (the correct direction). Let’s watch what they do next… Read more.
Fri 20:47 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Ursula’s shirt exemplifies the community spirit that is one of the most important aspects of Inward Bound… Read more.
Fri 20:29 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Aww, don’t they look so cute?… Read more.
Fri 20:20 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
To potentially confuse the Division 1 navigators, the Course Setters have included some red-herring exclusion zones in the south part of the course, including a zone which is very cheekily listed as excluded for Divisions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 (ie. everyone except Division 1). Will this trick some teams into thinking they’re on the south half of the map?… Read more.
Fri 20:15 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Division 1 - Doctors Flat Road (-35.1025278, 148.7558056) … Read more.
Fri 20:13 . 5x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
They look awfully happy for a group of people about to run 100km through the night…… Read more.
Fri 20:01 . Posted by Jack Larkin - IB Comms Officer
Located on Doctors Flat Rd, ~10km north-west of Wee Jasper. Div 1 with its 45 minutes of scouting time should almost certainly identify that they need to head south, for heading north can only lead them to the Wee Jasper Gin Distillery… Read more.
Fri 19:21 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Armed with not one, not two, but eight (currently) functional shins, Division 7 are shin it to win it. But who are these holy heroes, for whom failure is not an opshin?… Read more.
Fri 19:21 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Division 7 are our final teams to send off tonight. Thank you to everyone who came to Sendoff to cheer on our runners - I’m sure it meant a lot to every single one of them… Read more.
Fri 18:57 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Fri 18:41 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Fab Div 5 - talk about sisterhood! … Read more.
Fri 18:36 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Fri 17:21 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
🐰🧭… Read more.
Fri 16:38 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
I wonder where they are right now…… Read more.
Fri 16:25 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Is it B&G’s spidey senses that has allowed them to win Inward Bound every year since 2016? … Read more.
Fri 14:59 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Maybe they’ll be able to drag-on out of second place this year…… Read more.
Fri 14:51 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Fri 14:41 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Our theme this year encapsulates perfectly our single-minded determination. Our singular direction of travel is onwards and upwards!… Read more.
Fri 14:38 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Bruce One is here to RUN! Nothing is going to stop the dream team from reaching endpoint. … Read more.
Fri 14:07 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
The Bruce Hall dining hall is nearing capacity - luckily, we’ll be sending some of these teams off very shortly!… Read more.
Fri 13:51 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
In their ‘redemption era’, Burgmann have something to prove this year!… Read more.
Fri 13:49 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Fri 13:35 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Here come the first teams!… Read more.
Fri 13:33 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Fri 13:13 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
This is deep…uh, I think?… Read more.
Fri 13:09 . 2x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Burgmann’s Division 1 and 2 teams look quite relaxed. This is probably for the best, given the long night ahead of them!… Read more.
Fri 13:05 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Fri 12:17 . Posted by Jack Larkin - IB Comms Officer
Teams should not be going here… Read more.
Fri 12:16 . Posted by Jack Larkin - IB Comms Officer
This shows all the possible routes read specific division notes to see what ways we think are faster and the benefits we speculate each brings… Read more.
Fri 12:15 . Posted by Jack Larkin - IB Comms Officer
Everything you need to know about EP and how to get there can be be found at https://anuinwardbound.com/endpoint2024… Read more.
Fri 12:14 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Here’s a sneak preview into how it’s looking in the Bruce Hall dining room, where teams are currently isolating. With Sendoff kicking off in just under two hours, they’ve still got a while to wait!… Read more.
Fri 12:08 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Both Division 1 and Division 2 have arrived at Wright Hall for scrutineering!… Read more.
Fri 09:00 . Posted by Jack Larkin - IB Comms Officer
On the map they are thin red lines, and in IB they are the thin red line which if you cross you get disqualified/risk your safety… Read more.
Fri 09:00 . Posted by Jack Larkin - IB Comms Officer
This exclusion zone is just a sly attempt by the Race Directors/Course Setters to fool div 1 to think they are south of EP. No teams should go near here… Read more.
Fri 09:00 . Posted by Jack Larkin - IB Comms Officer
This in reality only affects Div 5 runners, hopefully they won't follow a div 2 team through here. I should force them to head up Naas Valley Firetrail which might bring back some hopefully good memories for 2019 div 1 & 2 runners… Read more.
Fri 09:00 . Posted by Jack Larkin - IB Comms Officer
This may be the most exciting exclusion zone on course as it forces Div 2 to either take a significantly longer (~8km) route or attempt a bush-bash around it across one of 2 saddles, the one further to the north between Mt Gudgenby and smaller knoll/peak to the south seems the smart choice as going across the saddle before requires a small amount of precision to avoid the exclusion and has more vert… Read more.