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Saturday 10 August 2024
Start time: From 8am
Start location: Te Puia (Google Maps)
Finish location: The Art Village (Google Maps)
Shuttle buses: There is an optional shuttle bus to get you from the Finish to Start.
Medals: All participants will receive a finishers medal
Prize Categories Run: U20 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-59 | 60 - 69 | 70+ Walk: Open
Minimum Age: Runners and walkers must be aged 14 years or older
Walkers: Walkers welcome. All walkers must ensure they start in the final wave.
Start time: From 8am
Start location: Te Puia (Google Maps)
Finish location: The Art Village (Google Maps)
Shuttle buses: There is an optional shuttle bus to get you from the Finish to Start.
Medals: All participants will receive a finishers medal
Prize Categories Run: U20 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-59 | 60 - 69 | 70+ Walk: Open
Minimum Age: Runners and walkers must be aged 14 years or older
Walkers: Walkers welcome. All walkers must ensure they start in the final wave.
Parking & Shuttles
Event Shuttle Bus
An optional paid-for shuttle bus service is available to participants from the finish location to the 21km start line. Book your optional shuttle bus on entry, or add it on here.
Participants Parking
Parking is at the Village Green in the Rotorua CBD, just 700 metres from the finish line location. Participants must not park their cars at the start line venue for the duration of their race. See below.
Spectator Parking
Your support crew can drop you off at the start line. Participants can not leave their cars. Supporters can park up to 1 hours, leaving before 9am, for drop-off and watching their participant's start.
An optional paid-for shuttle bus service is available to participants from the finish location to the 21km start line. Book your optional shuttle bus on entry, or add it on here.
Participants Parking
Parking is at the Village Green in the Rotorua CBD, just 700 metres from the finish line location. Participants must not park their cars at the start line venue for the duration of their race. See below.
Spectator Parking
Your support crew can drop you off at the start line. Participants can not leave their cars. Supporters can park up to 1 hours, leaving before 9am, for drop-off and watching their participant's start.
Drop bags
A drop bag service allows you to pack items you might need at the start line, but not for your run, and collect them at the finish line. This might be a warm jacket, water or food for when you finish, or your wallet or purse.
- Use the event bag issued to you at participant check in.
- We will provide a sticky label for the bag so we know it's yours
- You bag will be transported from the start line to the finish.
- Please collect at the finish 3:00pm, any remaining gear bags will be donated to charity.
Start waves
To ensure a safe and fair event for participants we have self seeded start waves. Be realistic and carefully choose your start waves. Timing and results is based on a Mat to Mat time.
- Wave 1 8:00am - expect finished time under 130mins
- Wave 2 8:05am - : expect finished time, 130 -145mins
- Wave 3 8:10am - expect finished time, 145 -160mins
- Wave 4 8:15am - expect finished time, 160mins plus
- Wave 5 8:20am - All walkers
Aid stations
There will be aid stations on the course to support the participants. The aid stations will have electrolytes, water and toilets.
- AS1 - 8.6km
- AS2 - 17.6km
Course cut offs
The course check points listed below are in the interest of participant safety. It is unlikely that this will affect your race however if you fall behind the timing checkpoints you will be removed from the event and classed as a non finisher. The cut off pace is 13 min/km.
- CP1 - 8.6km 10:11am,
- CP2 - 17.5km 12:07pm
- CP3 - Finish line 1:00pm
Prizes & Prize giving
There is no prize giving ceremony at this event - it's simply too cold at this time of year. Prizes are available for the top three male and female participants in each age group. Participants who are eligible for the placing prizes must collect it from the information tent located at the finish line between 10am and 3pm. Prize will not be posted out.
Other spot prize are given out in the lead up to the event.
Other spot prize are given out in the lead up to the event.
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