Even though we are not holding trail races this year, we believe a weekend of exploring the trails with fellow runners during the day and socialising in the evenings will more than fill the gap.

We will be camping during the weekend at the Smigies picnic area (bring your own tent, sleeping bag etc) but plenty of other accommodation is available in Latchi and Polis, including at the lovely Aphrodite Beach Hotel.

Runners can run on their own or as part of a group. The routes will not be marked out so runners need to follow them on GPX devices (We will provide GPX and KML files for each section.) Runners need to be self-sufficient although we will leave supplies at certain points that are reachable by vehicle.

Runners are free to join for the entire weekend or opt for any of the individual events.

A tentative program is as follows:

6pm
Sunset run – about 7km. Start at the Smigies picnic area and follow trails to the lookout on top of the hill. After watching the sun set from this magnificent vista, return to Smigies along jeep tracks. Headlamp recommended.

7.30pm
BBQ at Smigies picnic area (fires provided but bring your own supplies)

9am

36 km loop of the Akamas race, with options to do shorter distances of 5km, 10km, 20km, or 25km. Start and finish at the Aphrodite Baths parking area. Note that runners doing the longer distance need to be self-sufficient for 27km as much of the route tracks through very remote areas.

2pm onwards – Picnic lunch (venue to be determined).

6pm
BBQ at Smigies picnic area (fires provided but bring your own supplies)

9am
24km loop with options to do shorter distances of 5km, 10km, 15km, or 20km. Start and finish at Smigies picnic area.

2pm
Picnic lunch at Smigies

3pm – Farewells and goodbyes at end of camp.

Note that we wish to keep the costs for runners to a minimum. For the supplies that we will provide along the route (water, Coke, bananas, fruit etc) we ask for a donation of 5 euros from each runner per day. (No charge for Friday’s sunset run). Those who wish to join in the picnic lunches will need to contribute extra (amount still to be determined). Runners will need to supply their own provisions for the BBQs.

Further details to follow closer to the weekend.