And for the rookies to ultra mountain running we have a 50km option.
Once around the first 50km loop (of the 100km and 160km courses) taking you from 200m above sea level (Start/finish) up over the top of Northburn Station at around 1660m. Total climb of 2200m
There will be plenty of marshals along key areas of the course. The course will be well marked with directional arrows and reflective tape. There will be one aid station about half way with nutrition and electrolyte supplements. There will only be a couple of fresh water re-fill positions (creeks) along the course so a water carrying capacity of about 2L per person is important. there will be some compulsory re-fill points.
This is a dry, hard, rocky course mostly run over high country 4WD tracks but also including some short sections of fence lines and sheep tracks. The weather can be ‘changeable’ so your minimum gear must be carried at all times.
Minimum gear requirements are:
- small day backpack.
- rain jacket – it can be just a ‘shell’ but it must be seam-seeled waterproof.
- merino or thermal long sleeve top
- extra fleece/mid wieght wool top we have just added this to the list.
- long tights or trousers
- warm cap or beanie
- polyprop gloves
- survival blanket
- own snacks, gels, energy bars etc
- water bottles/bladders – enough to carry 2 litres of water at all times
- cell phone (recommended but optional)
- gps/compass (optional)
- headlight for night-time with back up battery (optional if you think you may be out until close to dark)
- reflector stripes or vest or back flashing light for night-time running(optional if you think you may be out until close to dark)
Start: 7am Saturday 24th March 2012, at ‘the Shed’ Northburn Station
$160 until 1st March 2012
Entries will be refunded less 20% Admin fee if organisers are notified by 1st March 2012. No refunds after this date but your entry is transferable to another runner or to next years event.
Entries close March 1st 2012. Late entries may be available at the race organisers discretion but a late fee of NZ$50 will apply.
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To get this race registered as a qualifying race for the UTMB in France the following information is required. Please could you supply information for 6-9 & 11 for the 100k race. Tahnks
1. name of the race
2· country
3· state or department for the US or France
4· date of the race
5· distance
6· positive altitude change
7· if race by stages : number of stages, distance and positive altitude change of the hardest stage
8· time of the 1st
9· number of refreshment points
10· address of the internet site
11. email address of the organiser
Hi Alison – from the Auckland Marathon onwards there are two good offroad options in Auckland for you to try …
The Speights West Coaster a week after the Marathon on the 6th of November http://www.totalsport.co.nz/events/wildwest/index.php
The Lactic Turkey 1/2 Marathon in January : http://www.lacticturkey.co.nz/WTHome.htm
- both of them will give you a good taste of off road running.
I have only run a half marathon, currently training to do the Auckland Half in October.. Would I have time to get up to 50km? and having said that, are there groups around I can join that could help me get there? I currently do my long runs with the YMCA Marathon group here in Auckland but they will only be in maintenance mode over summer.
Hi Alison – yes you could do the 50k but it would be an absolute mission. One or two Marathons between now and then would be good training but it would be important not to ‘race hard’ on the Marathons because that would probibly be ‘over-doing’ things!
See our facebook group page and possibly hook-up with someone through that?? http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/group.php?gid=112196928821121&ref=ts