Event Updates

Check your email. Event updates come from Lorraine Lawson, Dynamic Running


Visit our Facebook page. We post most of what you need to know there.

Useful information

Routes, course descriptions and maps

Transport to and from each race

2025 3M3D Grand Slam and Cairns Marathon race briefing: https://go.screenpal.com/watch/cTiDYDnlNhx


Updates as of 16 July 2025

Welcome to our 14th 3M3D to be held on 18-20 July this year. Add my phone number to your contacts and give it to your emergency contact: Race Director, Lorraine Lawson 0417 798 444.

Race briefing

Watch the race briefing for the 3M3D Grand Slam and the Cairns Marathon. https://go.screenpal.com/watch/cTiDYDnlNhx

If you’re unable to race, please reply to this email to let us know. 

Safety
For this event you need to take responsibility for your own safety. You need to know what is going on. DO NOT turn up saying – ‘I wonder where we are going today’ or ‘Hills??!! No one told me there were hills in this race’ or my all-time favourite: ‘Bus? What bus? I was just going to take an Uber to the start’.

Each day involves challenging terrains including hills and overgrown single tracks. Don’t gauge your run time by distance alone. Snake Gully (5km) on Friday and Vivier’s Track (6km) on Saturday will take much longer than expected. Be prepared for obstacles such as fallen trees, branches, washed out sections, snakes and orb spiders. Watch the videos we’ve posted on Facebook when we’ve been out there this week setting out the markers.

TAKE NOTE! Tap water is only available at the checkpoints. There will be extended periods where you will not have access to tap water. If you intend to fill up at creeks, you must have your own purification method in place to deal with this. On Sunday we will put water out along Lake Morris Road, approximately every three kilometres.

Don’t race if you are injured or sick
This event is for experienced trail runners. Familiarise yourself with the route, course descriptions and safety precautions. Arrive prepared to avoid any surprises in terms of race conditions or logistics. Be very mindful and alert on the trails. Help your fellow competitors.

Mandatory gear

This means you have to have it, or you don’t get on the start line.

Bring the correct compression bandages: 1 x AeroForm Snake bandage (10cmx10.5m) or 2 x Elastoplast heavy crepe bandages (10cmx2.3m) or 2 x Handy’s heavy crepe bandages (10cmx2.3m).

You also need:

  • Race bib 
  • 1 x whistle (the one on your race pack will be fine)
  • A hydration system with a minimum 2 litre capacity
  • Nutrition to sustain running for each day of the event
  • Course maps and descriptions on your mobile phone or on paper.

Update on Friday, 18 July

Everyone (bar Brent) is on the bus. We’ll do the check-in and bib distribution at Redlynch Shopping Centre, before you board your bus. We will also do a gear check then – please have your bandages close by. When the busses arrive at the start, you’ll hop off and go. There are no toilets at the start.

Update on Saturday, 19 July

  • Drive along Lake Morris Road on Saturday morning until you reach the locked gate. Line up behind whoever is already there. I will open the gate at around 5.30am.
  • There are only a couple of toilets (on a septic tank) at the start/finish at Copperlode Dam. Please use sparingly!
  • You must park in the lower car park. The upper car park (the first one you’ll get to when you arrive at the dam, is where we start. This area needs to be left open for other visitors to the dam during the day.
  • We only have two people who need a lift from town. If you can help and pick them up on Saturday morning, let me know. Otherwise, I’ll drive out there to collect them.

Pre-race dinner

Thursday, 17 July. Dunwoody’s Tavern, 317 Sheridan Street, Cairns North. Competitors, supporters and volunteers are welcome to join in.

Post-race dinner and prizegiving

Presentations and After Party, 6.00pm, Sunday, 20 July 2025 at Edge Hill Bowls Club, 181 Woodward Street, Edge Hill.

Some heavy reading

If you’ve not done so already, visit our website and read these documents:

  • 2025 3M3D Competitor Information Pack – updated on 16 July 2025 (update: water availability on the course)
  • AllTrails waypoints on the maps have been updated for Marathon 2 and Marathon 3
  • 2025 Race Rules
  • Running Safely on the trails in FNQ
  • Checkpoints and Estimated Running Times
  • Support crew information

Finish locations

•    Friday, 18 July: Crystal Cascades, end of Redlynch Valley Intake Road
•    Saturday, 19 July: Start and finish at Copperlode Dam
•    Sunday, 20 June: Goomboora Park. (We start on the corner of Clohesy River Road and Cedar Park Road in Koah)

Transport
If your name is on the list, you are on the bus. If your name is not on the list, good luck finding your way to the start. Cairns Marathon runners who still need a seat on the bus must contact me as soon as possible.

You must find your own way home at the end of each day.

Merchandise

A handful of people ordered the race singlets. We can get more ($60 each) – if you would like one, let us know. We will mail it out after the race.

Those who ordered other items, you’ll receive that on Friday morning with your race bib.

We also have other items for sale. We’ll have it at the finish line, if you want to have a look. I’ll take photos and post them on our Facebook page.

Early starters

Let us know if you want to head off early. You’ll need a head torch as it only gets light at 6.30am.

If there is anything you are not clear on, please contact us.

Happy running!

Regards,
Lorraine Lawson
Dynamic Running Ltd.
M: 0417 798 444
Email:
Dynamic Running Facebook page
Dynamic Running website
ABN: 87 168 890 033


Event Updates:

There are changes we’ve made for 2025, including the following:

  • The start / finish for Marathon 2 has been moved to Crystal Cascades.
  • Marathon 3 starts in Koah and finishes at Goomboora Park in Cairns.
  • Transport is provided from the finish line to the start line for Marathon 1 and Marathon 3 / Cairns Marathon. Competitors are responsible for organising their own transport to those locations and back home after each race.
  • No transport is provided for Marathon 2 – the start/finish is at the same location.
  • Compressions bandages are mandatory on all three days.
  • There will be minimal signage on the course, carrying your mobile phone with access to AllTrails app, upload the GPX files for the races onto your GPS watch, print out the maps provided.
  • Fig Tree Half Marathon, Fig Tree 10km and Lake Morris Road races have been discontinued due to low competitor numbers and inaccessibility to the start line at Copperlode Dam.