On Saturday November 13th, Red Bull Trail Heads will pit trail runners against five stages of gnarled mountain biking singletrack on Australia’s Gold Coast. Two winners will earn a spot on the Red Bull 400 list of 2022.
“It’s plug-and-play enduro mountain biking, except instead of just using downhill, we also use the climbs, ”said endurance fan Courtney Atkinson.
He talks about his original idea, Red Bull Trail Heads. It’s an all-new ego spanking five-stage run that premieres next month at NV Gravity Park on Australia’s Gold Coast.
The fastest male and female runners will receive entry and proceed to the Red bull 400 race, which will take place in Japan next year.
Here is what you can expect from the event.
Red Bull Trail Heads Format, Features
Red Bull split the 6.5 km (4 mile) run into five timed stages. Each stage will follow a single marked mountain bike trail and each segment will be very varied.
Quick “transfer segments” will complete each stage where runners can recover and “catch up with their comrades”.
Red Bull has reserved a private ATV park for the event, and competitors will encounter all of the features and obstacles that the park presents to its riders.
Flowing lines, technical terrain, steep climbs and hectic descents to rocks, bushes, paddocks and ridges – Atkinson and his team at Red Bull pack the Trail Heads with everything but the wheels.
MTB: without wheels
“If you said to me, ‘How would you like to run? What’s different and what’s going to be fun? “Red Bull Trail Heads is it,” said Atkinson. “It’s just something I would like to do!”
We should expect such a comment from people like him. After all, it was the Australian who once passed 8 days treading Australia’s highest peaks.
Registration, event information
The inaugural Red Bull Trail Heads event kicks off at 8:30 a.m. local time on Saturday, November 13 at NV Gravity Mountain Park in Australia’s Numinbah Valley. Race registration will start at 6.30am
At the time of going to press, registrations for the event are still open. Learn more about Red Bull track managers and sign up to run on my.raceresult.com.
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