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The generous permission of landholders to allow runners to follow tracks/trails on their land ensures that participants are rewarded with breathtaking scenery and challenging route choices. Race Organisers regard safety as paramount and teams must carry various items of mandatory safety gear, including medical supplies and emergency communication devices which allow them to contact the Race HQ if they require assistance. With 57 annual races having been held to date, thousands of young people regard Inward Bound as a memorable and life-changing part of their experience of Canberra and Australia.

Leadership, navigation and survival skills are just some of those which participants will acquire and months of rigorous pre-event training necessary to compete promotes a fit and healthy lifestyle (which, for most, will continue, long after they cross the finishing line). Participants will rely extensively on the support and camaraderie of their teammates in order to overcome the various challenges that the course will force them to face. After disembarking their buses, the teams, generally in the middle of the night, use simple map-and-compass navigation techniques to quickly determine their location before running 30 km to 100 km to a given location, racing against other teams.

Based on World War 2 survivalist training intended for downed pilots, the event starts with teams of four being disoriented and transported blindfolded to a remote location in the Canberra area.