PACERS

(UP TO DATE FOR 2025)

Runners in the GPT 100 Miler may have pacers accompany them on course from Borough Huts Campground (72km) to the finish. Runners may have different, the same, or no pacers for each of the following pacing legs. The maximum Pacing Legs ONE pacer can do is TWO Legs, ie. one person cannot pace all three legs.

It is not SingleTrack Event’s responsibility to organise transport for a Pacer. If you do not have the means within a runner’s pacing team or crew to organise the drop offs and pick ups of all pacers, then please do not sign a pacer up.

There are three 'Pacing Legs':

  • LEG 1: Borough Huts (72km) to Jimmy Creek Rd (106km) {34km, 2035m+, 2010m-}

  • LEG 2: Jimmy Creek Rd (106km) to Cassidys Gap (140.5km) {34.5km, 1470m+, 1420m-}

  • LEG 3: Cassidys Gap (140.5km) to Finish (162km) {21.5km, 1105m+, 1215m-}

Prices

$30 Per Pacer

Each pacer is required to register and pay an entry fee (the runner that is racing can do this for their pacers by registering for them in Race Roster). This will cover insurance and aid station supply. This can be paid through the online registration. All Pacer’s details must be accurate in the system by 6 November!

Pacer Rules:

  • Pacers for the Miler runners must be registered in Race Roster for the correct leg/legs that they will be running by 6 November. This is important so that we have the details and medical background for everyone out on course and we know who exactly is running and when.

  • A Pacer can only pace up to 2 legs. We do not want the added risk of having a pacer essentially running an incredibly hard Ultra on the back half of the course. We have included Pacers in the race to increase safety for our runners, especially through the night.

  • Pacers must carry the same mandatory gear required by the 100-mile runners. Pacers do not have to do the mandatory gear check to collect their bib. Instead, their bib will be given to the runner who they are pacing when they pick up their own bib.

  • Except for a medical emergency, Pacers are not allowed to carry any gear, food or drink for their Miler runner to use or consume. They are only there to help with navigation, safety and encouragement.

  • Pacers can only join their Runners at the designated aid station for each pacing leg start.

  • A runner can only ever be accompanied by ONE Pacer on a Leg. Pacers are intended to increase the safety of our event by having someone to navigate and assist a runner mentally to avoid poor choices with nutrition, hydration and cliff danger. Having more than one Pacer would simply add to the overall risk of our event by adding more people to our duty of care and potentially more humans that could need assistance from our medical team.

Jimmy Creek Pacer Changeover:

Jimmy Creek Aid Station is a NON CREW POINT. Runners can have a drop bag at this aid station.

Jimmy Creek is still a Pacer changeover point. Cars are allowed to drive to Jimmy Creek ONLY for the purpose of dropping off or picking up a runner’s Pacer. This has to be kept to one car per runner and you cannot dwell for more than an hour. Crew cannot aid their runner in any way while they pass through Jimmy Creek Aid Station as a means to keep the race fair for runners without Pacers.

We highly encourage the incoming Pacer to drive by themselves in a car to Jimmy Creek Rd Aid Station, arriving just before the runner is tracking to arrive (you can see them on the live GPS tracking map). The finishing Pacer of LEG 1 can drive the car back to Halls Gap. Of course, if there is no Pacer for LEG 1, then the runner’s crew will have to simply drop the Pacer off at the Aid Station and not park.

We do not want cars hanging around at Jimmy Creek Rd.