RUNNING: Former Warwick State High School Student Dan Symonds was the winner of all five events at last year's Warwick Pentath-run and has put his competitors on notice, claiming he is even better form this time around.

Symonds, who now lives in Brisbane, is an endurance athlete who competes across the country.

He says despite the many events he has taken part in, Warwick's Pentath-run still remains his most favoured.

"It's my favourite event of the year," he said.

"Anyone who comes along always says the same thing."

Symonds said the weekend-long event provided runners with a totally different experience.

"There's a community feel to the whole event," he said.

"Because it's a multi-event there's not urgency to leave straight after, you can stay for a mingle, have a chat and get to the next race.

"As long as I'm free, it's not an event I will miss."

Symonds said he hopes to qualify for the 100km World Championships in March and will use the Warwick as a lead-up.

"I work at Intraining in Brisbane and we always encourage people to come to Warwick as a strength building weekend," he said.

"To train with the fatigue that builds up over the weekend teaches your body to build strength and recover."

Symonds said he feels fitter than ever after a busy year of competing.

"I'll be giving it my all, but anyone can turn up on the day and really give me a run for my money," he said.

"I'll be going in strong and I feel fitter than I was last year, hopefully I can better my overall time but that's my own goal.

"If I can make the top three I will go away happy."

Despite dominating the competition last year Symonds remains humble about his performance.

"I got lucky last year, the goal isn't to win them all again but use it as the great weekend that it is," he said.

"I've been competing in some 100km events recently and I have another just before the Warwick Pentath-run which will be a good build-up to the event."

Warwick Pentath-run president Karen Gilchrist said this year will be the run's 14th anniversary.

"We generally attract around 1,200 people to the event and numbers have been going up," she said.

The 2016 Warwick Pentath-run is held on May 21-22 with nominations to open on Saturday, January 16.