Puffing Billy x TRC Lilydale x New Balance Social Run
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Puffing Billy x TRC Lilydale x New Balance Social Run
This event is a free social run hosted in the lead-up to the Puffing Billy Running Festival at the Puffing Billy Railway Lakeside Visitor Centre, Emerald Lake Park, Emerald VIC. The Running Company Lilydale and New Balance are listed as event sponsors and will provide shoe fittings and product testing.
Participants meet at the Function Room at the Lakeside Visitor Centre. New Balance will provide a shoe fitting and the opportunity to test newly released shoes; models are to be confirmed. The program includes a welcome and Acknowledgement of Country, railway safety information, and a briefing of the run course before the group run. Test shoes must be returned at the end of the run.
After the run there will be a prize draw to win a pair of New Balance shoes and free post-run massages held in the Function Room. Guests may purchase food and beverages and use the visitor centre grounds. The event states that RSVPs are free and that spaces are limited.
Practical notes provided by the organiser state the course will stay within Emerald Lake Park and runners will be accompanied by run leaders at various paces. The course is not marked and participants are advised to carry a mobile phone. The event is dog friendly but dogs are not permitted inside the Lakeside Visitor Centre building. Runners should be aged 16 years or older and a bag drop is available in the Function Room. Photographers will be present; participants can indicate they do not wish to be photographed by crossing their arms across their chest when they see a photographer. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.
