The BTSS (Broken Top-South Sister) run allows adventurers to traverse some pretty, prominent peaks and gorgeous vistas within the Three Sisters Wilderness (Bend/Ft. Rock Ranger District)—if you have friends in town looking for an arduous pull that showcases perspectives within the Cascade Range of Central Oregon, bring them here. You will be on ancestral lands of the Molalla and Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, Grand Ronde, Grande Ronde of Klamath, and Warm Springs.

The Old Great North Road was constructed using convict labour between 1825 and 1836 as the first overland route between Sydney and Newcastle.  In the two centuries since, much of original road has been rebuilt and paved while the country around it has been developed for agriculture or settlement.  However, 47km of the original route, from near Wisemans Ferry on the Hawkesbury River in the south to Bucketty in the north, remains unpaved and almost entirely closed to motor vehicles.

The Brisbane Water Bush Bash route was put together back in the mid-1990s by local elite runner, Greg Love, as a way of circumnavigating Brisbane Water, a large body of water on the populated NSW Central Coast, by following ridge lines and trails as much as possible.  For a few years there was an informal race along the route (see https://sydneystriders.org.au/striders/content/Results/1996/1996brisbanewater.html) but, after the demise of the race in the early 2000s, the route has