Event Info
Event Date: SATURDAY 7 DECEMBER, 2024
Event Base: Dickey Flat ADVENTURE CAMP, Waihi
EVENT OPTIONS
1km Trail Tigers Kids Dash
Short course, 8.2km (walk or run)
Mid course, 13.4km (walk or run)
Long course, 20.5km (walk or run)
Super Long course, 42.2km Marathon (run only)
Please Note: ALL Courses (with the exception of the Trail Tigers) are required to carry a torch or headlamp with them for some dark tunnel fun! This is a compulsory requirement and participants will not be allowed to start without it.
Cupless Event
As trail lovers we're keen to do our part to protect our beautiful planet and reduce the environmental impact of our events. As such this event will not include disposable cups at aid stations. We’ll have reusable silicone cups for you at event base for $5. You can also bring your own hydration pack or water bottle to fill up.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
TRAIL TIGERS kids dash
Start Time: Meet at registration area at 11.30am, start 12 noon.
Course: Trail tigers will head out on the single track the marathoners do to start, turn around, pass back through behind the finish line, then turn and finish with all other participants. The course length will be approximately 1km to make it achievable for all ages.
Bookings: Come see our Registration staff on the day to sign up.
Cost: Free (parents are also allowed/encouraged to run with their trail tigers at no cost too)
What happens when they finish? Mum and Dad Tigers must collect their Trail Tiger once they have finished.
SHORT COURSE
Start Time: 10.30am (participant briefing 10minutes prior)
Distance: 8.2km
Total Climb: 197m
Elevation Profile: Click here to view
Road/Tail used: Windows Walk Track, Crown Track, Crown Tramway Track & Waitewheta Pipeline Track
Drink Stations: Please remember your own cup/bottle/hydration pack as there will be no disposable cups provided at drink stations.
4km (with R-Line electrolyte drink, water, chips, biscuits & lollies)
Compulsory Equipment: Headtorch/Torch
Toughness Factor: 5/10
GPX File: Click here to download the Short Course GPX file
Participant Briefing: Click here to view
MID COURSE
$1 for every Mid Course entrant will go towards tree planting on the Hauraki Rail Trail
Start Time: 9.45am (participant briefing 10minutes prior)
Distance: 13.4km
Total Climb: 394m
Elevation Profile: Click here to view
Road/Trail used: Crown Track, Crown Tramway Track, Waitewheta Pipeline Track, Historic Walkway (incl tunnel), Scotsmans Gully Track, Number 7 Level Track & Dubbo 96 Track
Drink Stations: Please remember your own cup/bottle/hydration pack as there will be no disposable cups provided at drink stations
4.4km (with R-Line electrolyte drink, water, chips, biscuits & lollies)
9km (with R-Line electrolyte drink, water, chips, biscuits & lollies)
Compulsory Equipment: Headtorch/Torch
Toughness Factor: 7/10
GPX File: Click here to download the Mid Course GPX file
Participant Briefing: Click here to view
LONG COURSE
Start Time: 9.00am (participant briefing 10minutes prior)
Distance: 20.5km
Total Climb: 686m
Elevation Profile: Click here to view
Road/Trail used: Crown Track, Crown Tramway Track, Waitewheta Pipeline Track, Scotsmans Gully Track, Number 7 Level Track, Karangahake Mountain Track & Dubbo 96 Track
Drink Stations: Please remember your own cup/bottle/hydration pack as there will be no disposable cups provided at drink stations
6km (with R-Line electrolyte drink, water, chips, biscuits & lollies)
15km (with R-Line electrolyte drink, water, chips, biscuits & lollies)
Please note: A head torch or torch is compulsory for participants
Compulsory Equipment: Depending on the weather/forecast for event day, a call will be made by event staff on Thursday as to whether we will be implementing the below options for the competitors in the Super Long. This will be communicated to you before race day, but plan to need it all, and leave out the items not required if that call is made (Final decision to be made and communicated on event morning).
Option 1: Nothing
Option 2: Seam sealed jacket
Option 3: Long sleeve top (polyprop or wool), beanie (polyprop or wool), survival blanket, waterproof seam sealed jacket.
While some of this gear may seem excessive, we ask you to bring it for your safety. You may not need it while you are running or walking but if something happens and you have to stop you will need it. The event is on very exposed, rugged country and it can be very cold if you have to stay in one spot.
Toughness Factor: 8/10
GPX File: Click here to download the Long Course GPX file
Participant Briefing: Click here to view
SUPER LONG COURSE (MARATHON)
Start Time: 7.30am (participant briefing 10minutes prior)
Distance: 42.2km
Total Climb: 1570m
Elevation Profile: Click here to view
Road/Trail used: Mangakino Pack Track, Deans Track, Bluff Stream Track, Dalys clearing track, Crown Track, Waitawheta Pipeline Track, Crown Tramway Track, Scotsman Gully Track, Number 7 Level Track, Karangahake Mountain Track, Dubbo 96 Track.
Drink Stations: Please remember your own cup/bottle/hydration pack as there will be no disposable cups provided at drink stations
8.2km (with R-Line electrolyte drink & water)
12.8km (with R-Line electrolyte drink & water)
22km (with R-Line electrolyte drink, water, chips, biscuits & oranges)
28km (with R-Line electrolyte drink, water, chips, biscuits & lollies)
37km (with R-Line electrolyte drink, water, chips, biscuits & lollies)
Please note: A head torch or torch is compulsory for participants
Compulsory Equipment: Depending on the weather/forecast for event day, a call will be made by event staff on Thursday as to whether we will be implementing the below options for the competitors in the Super Long. This will be communicated to you before race day, but plan to need it all, and leave out the items not required if that call is made (Final decision to be made and communicated on event morning).
Option 1: Nothing
Option 2: Seam sealed jacket
Option 3: Long sleeve top (polyprop or wool), beanie (polyprop or wool), survival blanket, waterproof seam sealed jacket.
While some of this gear may seem excessive, we ask you to bring it for your safety. You may not need it while you are running or walking but if something happens and you have to stop you will need it. The event is on very exposed, rugged country and it can be very cold if you have to stay in one spot.
Cut-off times:
12.15pm at the event base (22km)
1.50pm at the top of Dubbo's Track (29km - with the option to head down Dubbos Track and not complete the loop around the mountain - but still finish)
Toughness Factor: 9/10
GPX File: Click here to download the Marathon Course GPX file
Participant Briefing: Click here to view
START TIMES
Compulsory event briefings will be held 10 minutes before the start of each event - please be at these!
Super long – 7:30am
Long – 9:00am
Mid – 9:45am
Short – 10:30am
Participant Briefing: Click here to view
Registration
Once you have registered online, your race number and timing transponder can be collected on Saturday morning from 6:30am at the Dickey’s Flat Camp Ground event base (start/finish line). Please head to the Pre-Registered tent, our team will split the registrations alphabetically by surname e.g. A to G, H to O & P to Z.
If you would like to change your distance, please let the Total Sport staff member know and they will give you a new race number/transponder for your new distance (where possible). We recommend checking into this area at least 45 minutes prior to your scheduled start time.
Late Entries – Enter on the day
this event is likely to sell out - in which case, there will be no ‘on the day’ entries available.
If you miss online entries, simply head to the On The Day registration area. Cash is the preferred payment method but we accept credit card (processed on the Tuesday after the event) and Eftpos. We recommend checking into this area at least 45 minutes prior to your scheduled start time.
TRANSPORT
All events start and finish at Event Base which is located at Dickey Flat Adventure Camp, 111 Dickey Flat Road, Waikino, 3682
Parking will be available on private land next to the event base. Head to Dickey's Flat Campsite and our parking marshals will direct you from there.
Carpooling
There is no specific Carpoolers area for this event - as you are all right where you need to be!
However, as we like to try and minimise our impact on the environment, and car parking space is not infinite, we hugely appreciate any efforts to carpool to events. It is also a great way to meet new buddies that you already have a common interest with!
If you'd like to get yourself a ride, or offer a space in your car, head over to Total Sport Community Group to find some new friends.
Medals & PRIZE GIVING
All finishers in all categories will receive a finishers medal at the finish line.
Prizegiving will take place at the event base (Dickey Flat Adventure Camp ) at 1.30pm. Join us as we crown the National XTERRA Trail Running Champions and give out trophies to the over-all race winners, male and female, for each of the race options.
We hope many of you will hang around and enjoy the day until its prize giving time! Grab a Speight's and join us as we wrap up another great event.
All finishers in all distances will receive medals across the finish line.
PRIZE MONEY/WORLD CHAMPS
Contested over the 20.5km Long Course (overall):
1st Male and Female $300 + Entry into the XTERRA World Champs
2nd Male and Female $200 + Entry into the XTERRA World Champs
3rd Male and Female $100 + Entry into the XTERRA World Champs
TROPHIES
SUPER LONG COURSE:
1st Male/Female
LONG COURSE (National XTERRA TRAIL running CHAMPIONSHIP):
1st Male/Female Walk
1st Male/Female Run
PRIZE MONEY EVENT - 1st, 2nd, 3rd Male/Female Overall $300, $200, $100
MID COURSE:
1st Male/Female Walk
1st Male/Female Run
SHORT COURSE:
1st Male/Female Walk
1st Male/Female Run
IMPORTANT MESSAGE
KAURI DIEBACK DISEASE
We are very privileged to have access to some wonderful tracks through some amazing native bush around the Karangahake Gorge area. We also want to keep the bush that way!! The Kauri Dieback Disease is thought to be a soil-borne species that basically root's Kauri tress, and kills them. No good at all! So please ALL follow these steps below, and if you have been running or driving in area's known to have the disease (most areas of native bush) please be extra vigilant when washing your shoes, and car tyres!
Make sure shoes, tyres and equipment are clean of dirt before and after visiting kauri forest.
Clean shoes and any other equipment that comes into contact with soil after every visit, especially if moving between bush areas.
Keep to defined park tracks at all times. Any movement of soil around the roots of a tree has the potential to spread the disease.
Keep your dog on a leash at all times. Dogs can inadvertently spread the disease if they disturb the soil around the trees.
Check out www.kauridieback.co.nz for more information on how you can help stop the spread.
Hygiene Procedures (SOP) for those working in Kauri areas (441k pdf)
Kauri PTA Q & A factsheet (214k pdf)
What you can do to help poster (175k pdf)
AGE CATEGORIES
Junior - Under 13
Teens - 13 to 19 years
Open - 20 to 39 years
Master - 40 to 49 years
Vet - 50 to 59 years
Legend - 60 to 69 years
Unstoppable - 70+ years
AGE limits
Short Course
It is suggested children 11 and under run/walk with a parent or guardian.
Mid
Children aged 11 and under are not able to participate in these events without prior approval.
Long & Super Long
Children aged 14 and under are not able to participate in these events without prior approval.
Measuring our Courses
Our courses are measured as accurately as we can. Our course crew get out on each course every year measuring the distances by driving, running, and/or riding on their bikes. We measure using two separate GPS devices and by vehicle and/or bike odometers where possible.
WHY DOES MY GPS WATCH SHOW A DIFFERENT DISTANCE?
“The course was too short!” “The course was too long!” We’ve all heard it at every finish line. So why is there a difference between the course distance and your GPS watch? Which is correct, the course or your watch?
Unfortunately, GPS and your running watch are not entirely accurate. Let’s not blame the technology, let’s be honest, it’s pretty epic! Your little piece of technology on your wrist is picking up 20-30 satellites 20,000km up in the sky and telling you how fast you are running and where you are running, uploading that information to an app and showing you on a map! In our experience, our participants’ distances recorded on their watches have usually been less than the distance they have just run/walked/biked. The distances recorded by our participants has been around 5-10% less, meaning over a half marathon, their watches have shown around 19.5km.
Your recorded distance depends on a number of variables – speed you are moving, tree/building cover, geographical features (valleys, sides of hills, elevations), corners, and accuracy of your GPS location. Basically, when you are running, walking, or biking on one of our stunning courses, weaving around those single trails in the beautiful native forests, your device can take a more direct route due to loss of signal under tree cover and/or how often it communicates with the satellites.
Health & Safety
QUALWORX SAFETY CERTIFICATION
Total Sport has a Safety Management System that has been audited and certified by Qualworx against the Safety Audit Standard for Adventure Activities.
Although this is not compulsory for us as we aren’t classed as an ‘adventure activity operator’, we do it voluntarily to make sure we keep our most important asset (YOU GUYS! 😊) as safe as we can!
Safety and Medical Providers - PEAK Safety
At Total Sport we have been using the safety services of Peak Safety for quite some time now – they really are top shelf! They have been in operation since 1996 (1 year longer than us!) so have a massive amount of experience to draw on; this combined with their absolute passion for the outdoors and everything safety really does make for a winning combination.
Not only do they offer a wide range of safety management services but they also run a large range of First Aid and Height Safety courses. If you or someone you know needs something in this department we highly recommend you get in touch with these guys first – very nice and very professional guys and girls! Learn more at peaksafety.co.nz