Run around Dove Lake

[oyster_07]

My partner and I will be heading to Tasmania in September and I'll be taking her for some walking around Cradle Mountain.

Not wanting to have time away from training, I'd love to get some early morning runs into the schedule. From our overnight accommodation (for travel days) to the car-park, around Dove Lake, and back is a perfect half-marathon, so it seems as though it is simply meant to be!

I understand a good proportion of the route around Dove lake is boardwalk, but how much of this is raw timber compared to timber with metal grate on top. How much is not boardwalked, and what is the condition of the track in terms of smoothness?

Thanks in advance for helping me decide on footwear options.

[Nuts]

It's a good track, you'd have no issues, there are short grated sections but mostly boardwalk or wide formed gravel and stone track, racing flats would manage.. Watch out for the shaded sections early am in Sept. Go clockwise iir the new signage.

[oyster_07]

Thanks Nuts.... A good icy early morning trail run. It will remind me of my time in Canberra. I think I'll pass on the racing flats and go with trainers. I'll have my trail runners with me too.

[clarence]

Just watch out for ice on the tracks on the early morning runs. Challenging on a good day, treacherous on a bad one.

Heaps of other good options for running in the area too.

Enjoy the running.

Clarence

[oyster_07]

Nothing says romantic time away like early morning runs!

[Nuts]

It's not a bad circuit oyster, iv'e done the occasional long run up there. At the risk of diminished romantic vision, the road, even the road out there, would be/was my choice. I did the lake circuit a couple of times, much nicer than Ginninderra , though, as with other local tracks, there's not a lot of places where you can into a rhythm, relax & look up.

[oyster_07]

At the risk of diminished romantic vision, the road, even the road out there, would be/was my choice..... as with other local tracks, there's not a lot of places where you can into a rhythm, relax & look up.

Agreed. I was planning on running the road between the accomodation and the car park. I'll be taking it as an easy run too.

[naturelover]

Hi. I'm a former nat rep athlete and I've done heaps and heaps of training p there. The circuit around the lake is fine for training, as are other trails. There are great possibilities. Reps up Marions Lookdown are fab for fitness and strength. The world's your oyster up there.

[RonK]

At the risk of diminished romantic vision, the road, even the road out there, would be/was my choice..... as with other local tracks, there's not a lot of places where you can into a rhythm, relax & look up.

Agreed. I was planning on running the road between the accomodation and the car park. I'll be taking it as an easy run too.

The track is boardwalk all/most of the way to Ronny Creek, and is far more scenic than the road.

[oyster_07]

The track is boardwalk all/most of the way to Ronny Creek, and is far more scenic than the road.

Yes, but the road will be a better run in terms of training....