Granite Belt, Queensland · Last One Standing
Saturday 22 – Sunday 23 August 2026
Granite Belt, Queensland · Last One Standing
Saturday 22 – Sunday 23 August 2026
The formula is simple — the challenge is hard. Harder still in a Granite Belt winter.
Run a rugged, technical 5km trail lap in the scenic Granite Belt every hour on the hour. Runners must return to the start within the hour to continue — miss the cutoff and your race is done.
Repeat. Keep repeating — until you can't.
The field thins lap by lap until only one runner remains standing. Should more than one runner make it to the final lap in the 24th hour, that lap becomes a race: first to the finish takes it and becomes the Granite Grit champion.
How many laps can you do?Set in the Southern Downs high country of Queensland. Granite outcrops, rocky trail, and elevation change that compounds lap after lap after lap.
A fully marked, rugged trail loop. Fast enough to finish comfortably in the early hours. A different proposition entirely by lap fifteen.
No matter how fast or slow you run — the next lap starts on the hour. Manage your effort, your rest, and your recovery. Every decision counts.
The Granite Belt sits at over 750 metres elevation — the highest wine region in Queensland. Nights are genuinely cold. Frosts are common. The air bites.
Granite Grit runs in winter on purpose. Cold air, cold ground, cold hands at 3am — these are part of the challenge. Prepare for them.
Layering, nutrition, and sleep deprivation management are as much a part of this event as trail fitness. This is a test of the whole person.
Granite Belt, QLD