On a cool but fine Sunday morning in March, runners came from near and far to participate in the second Old Beechy Rail Trail Run, from Barongarook to Gellibrand along the Old Beechy Rail Trail in the glorious bush of the Otway ranges.

The Old Beechy Rail Trail is challenging, with undulating terrain and exhilarating descents.  Only part of this linear trail is used for this event, with the main challenging  hill being a steep ascent out of Watson & Facey’s at the 6.3Km point.

The 16 km Run kicked off at 9am,taking the runners from Barongarook down hill through delightful bush, then continuing up the one steep hill before winding through undulating bush and pastoral scenes to Kawarren, then on to Gellibrand..

At Kawarren the 7 km Run/Walk started one hour later at 10am.   Families, Mums and Dads with babies in push chairs  joined more competitive runners over the shorter course.

The event, run by the Rotary Club of Colac raised $7500,  which will go towards helping disadvantaged youth in the Colac Otway community, and put March 16 2014 into your diaries for the running of next years race

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