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The
The Wellington Three Peaks series comprises three events, in late May, June and July. Each is over three hills. It is up to you how many peaks you
climb, and in what order and what route. Marshals
at the top of each peak check off your time and number. The 2008 Three Peaks events Event
One, 18 May: “Karori Circuit” – The Wind Turbine, Makara Hill ( Event Two, 29 June: “South Coast Special” – Truby King Memorial (Melrose), Oku Street Reserve Lookout (Island Bay), Wind Turbine (Polhill). More below | Results Event Three, 27 July: “William Bannister Memorial Run” – Mt Victoria, Odell's Reserve reservoir, Wrights Hill. More below Each event starts and finishes at the
Scottish clubrooms (south end of Prince of Wales Park, Salisbury Terrace, Mt Cook). You can start any time between 8am and 9am on the day, but the
clock stops at noon. Refreshments (free), showers and good company are available
afterwards at the Scottish clubrooms. Race it, or treat it as a Sunday training run with a
difference. Use your navigation skills (pre-race research could see you finishing before faster runners). For many the main
challenge is simply finding new routes through roads and tracks around the hills of Runners doing all three peaks need to be fit, and used to
distance running. But the event is just as much for people who enjoy the challenge of one or two peaks. Many walkers do it
too, although for most walkers there is only time to walk one or two peaks within the 8am-12pm time limit. There are good spot prizes, and merit prizes to the fastest men
and women who complete all three peaks in all three events (that is, the fastest aggregate times over all nine peaks). Entry fee is $6 on the day. Entrants participate at their own
risk. Maps of each of event are linked below. There will be more detailed handout maps available on the day, but a bit of pre-race research is recommended.
Particularly useful is the “map my run” website (http://www.mapmyrun.com). But a
few trial runs over some of the possible shortcuts is probably the best research. We would very much like to thank our sponsors: Bivouac
Outdoors, Lifestyle Sports
(Tawa), and Lake Auto Services (in association with Petone Repco). Support them if you can! David Colquhoun
is the event organiser. His phone is 04-385-2254 and his home email is here. More detail Event
One,
18 May: “Karori Circuit” – The Wind Turbine, Makara
Click here to see
a map. This run gives you a chance to take in part of the Skyline
Walkway, although if it is very windy you will not lose a lot by dropping down to the road. The main navigational
challenge will probably be working out the quickest route between the Wind Turbine and Makara Hill – down the northern side
of the sanctuary to the road? Or making your way around the other side and down through the tracks to south Karori? – but
you can easily get a bit lost on those tracks. Here also is a map
of the Event
Two, 29 June: “South
Coast Special” – Truby King Memorial (Melrose), Oku Street Reserve Lookout (Island Bay), Hawkins
Hill radar station Map. Traditionally this is always a bit shorter and easier than the others, because the Wellington
marathon/half marathon is the weekend beforehand. It does include the highest hill of the series (Hawkins Hill), however,
although the Truby King Memorial and Mt
Albert are rather lower. The estimated quickest route is about 22k. Event
Three, 27 July: “William Bannister Memorial Run” – Mt Victoria, Odell's Reserve reservoir, Wrights Hill Map. This one is named after the winner of what could almost be called New Zealand’s first mountain race (even it was all downhill). It was on Wellington Anniversary Day in 1845, and Bannister easily won a
“footrace” from the top of Mt Victoria to a pub on Manners St. Here is a link to
the story in Papers
Past. Many will
be running part of his route on the way between Mt Victoria and Odell’s Reserve. The estimated quickest way is about 28k. 2007 2006 2005 2003 2002 2001 2000 |
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