7KM REDWOODS TRAILKeep your body moving this winter with a trail walk or run through the best trails Rotorua has to offer!
Take in the towering redwood trees and sulphur flats - passing steam vents, bubbling mud pools and hot springs.The finish line festival will have refreshing beverages, blankets and live music to celebrate your accomplishments. |
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Saturday 10 August 2024
Start time: From 10am
Start location: Redwoods, Whakarewarewa Forest (Google Maps)
Finish location: The Arts Village (Google Maps)
Shuttle buses: There is an optional shuttle bus to get you from the Finish to Start.
Medals: All finishers will receive a finisher medal
Prize Categories Run: Open age category Walk: Open age category
Minimum age: Runners and walkers must be aged 5 years or older
Walkers: Walkers welcome. All walkers must ensure they start in wave 5.
Start time: From 10am
Start location: Redwoods, Whakarewarewa Forest (Google Maps)
Finish location: The Arts Village (Google Maps)
Shuttle buses: There is an optional shuttle bus to get you from the Finish to Start.
Medals: All finishers will receive a finisher medal
Prize Categories Run: Open age category Walk: Open age category
Minimum age: Runners and walkers must be aged 5 years or older
Walkers: Walkers welcome. All walkers must ensure they start in wave 5.
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 10:00am - expect finished time under 30mins
- Wave 2 10:05am - expect finished time, 30 -45mins
- Wave 3 10:10am - expect finished time, 45 -60mins
- Wave 4 10:15am - expect finished time, 60mins plus
- Wave 5 10:20am - All walkers
Aid stations
There will be an aid station on the course to support the participants. The aid stations will have electrolytes, water and toilets.
- AS1 - 3km
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.
- CP1 - 3km 12:00pm,
- CP3 - Finishline 1:30pm
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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