Weekly news 18 September 2026: One week to NZ Relays

Coming up this week

• Tuesday 6:15pm: Tuesday evening interval/speed session. This week’s session is 1200m reps @ 10 km pace (follow the link for more details). Meet at Newtown Park.

• Friday 7:00am: Frictoria, meet at the top of Mt Victoria before jogging down together and finishing with a well-earned coffee. 

• FOCUS EVENT: Saturday, 8:00am: New Zealand Road Relays, Halcombe. Here is the 'All You Need to Know' document, and here is the club chat for all Relay-related gossip. 

Results

Berlin Marathon

Michele Allison 5:24:45, Paul Barwick 3:12:39, and Riley Henley were all in Germany for the last marathon major of the year. 

Spartathon

Lara Zoeller (34:00:29) completed the 247km Spartathon, following in the footsteps of Pheidippides, an ancient Athenian long-distance runner, who, in 490 BC, before the battle of Marathon, was sent to Sparta to seek help in the war between the Greeks and the Persians. 

Hutt Valley 10km

Here are a couple of results we missed last week: Lionel Nunns (1:04:56) was 4th M60 in the Hutt Valley 10km. Craig Anderson (39:28) was 5th M50 in the 5km fun run and walk. Gemma Ferry (5:04) was the first U8 girl in the Cool Kids Kilometre, and Ethan Shepherd (4:36) was 8th U8 boy.

Parkruns

Check out the Scottish results

Notices

Nau mai

Welcome to our new members, Rachael Hearne and Ankush Nayak.

Getting ready for Te Ahumairangi 10000

NZ’s biggest and friendliest 10000m race is on 14 November. We’re starting to organise now. If you’re interested in helping, send Stephen a message. As well as planning beforehand, we are looking for volunteers on the day to help with the registration desk, organising the lap counters, finish line, and race pacers (especially 32 mins, 35, 37.5, 40, 45, 50 and 60mins). If you can help with any of those, please let Stephen know.

Free personalised coaching for members

Wellington Scottish offers free, personalised coaching from volunteer coaches to all members regardless of experience or goals, matching each person with a suitable coach — get in touch via message or email (ali.a-c@outlook.com) to be paired up. The only cost is club membership, there's no obligation to continue if it's not a good fit, and coaching complements the club's regular Tuesday/Saturday sessions and races. 

Membership renewal

If you have a friend, family member, or colleague who you think might like to join Scottish, invite them to join our team.

Join or rejoin Scottish at this link

Coming up

3 October: NZ Road Relay, Halcombe (Manawatū)

The biggest weekend on the Scottish calendar — 100+ members away together for a full day of relay racing, a club dinner, and plenty of team spirit. Registrations close 15 September, payment due 24 September.

Details and registration

18 October, Wairarapa Half Marathon 14km & 7km, Masterton

Run/walk 1, 2, or 3 laps of a picturesque flat 7 km course alongside the Waipoua River and Henley Lake in Masterton. 

Details and entries

14 November: Te Ahumairangi 10000, Newtown Park

NZ’s biggest 10,000m track event — a fun, high-energy evening of pack running, prizes across multiple categories, and a great chance to chase a PB or try the track for the first time.

Details and entries

Keep in touch:

• If there is anything you would like added to the Scottish Newsletter, or if your results have been missed, please email us.

• If you want to contact anyone about anything, your first port of call is our club captains, Meg and Joel and our club president, Simon.

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• Website

Notes about results and upcoming events

• If you want your event added to this newsletter, contact us by Sunday evening.

• We’ll publish an event or a result, and what makes it special, if we’re told about it. So let us know what you, your friends, family members and teammates are up to. It is especially important for coaches to let us know when your athletes are attempting and achieving their goals.

• If you do not want your name published in the newsletter or on the website, please let us know so we can omit you from the results.

Supporters

Lifestyle Sports

Lifestyle Sports is a long-term supporter of Wellington Scottish, providing us with sponsorship in various forms and offering our members a 10% discount. Their store is located in Outlet City in Tawa, near the exit from SH1. They sell discounted running shoes for adults and kids, along with other running gear, and will take special orders — all with our 10% discount applied. If you shop at Lifestyle, please mention that you are a Wellington Scottish member. Let them know that we’re good customers!

Lifestyle Sports on Facebook

Rehab Co.

Wellington Scottish has partnered with the physical therapy practice Rehab Co. to help keep our runners on the roads and trails doing what we love. More information about this partnership, including how to book appointments, is on our Scottish website.

Rehab Co.

Tailwind Nutrition and ZeroTwenty2

Scottish members get 15% off at Tailwind Nutrition and ZeroTwenty2 with code ‘fhayvice15’. Tailwind fuels your training and racing; ZeroTwenty2 gears you up for outdoor adventures. Big thanks to Wellington-based Mark and Fibi — loyal supporters of Kiwi athletes and events!

Tailwind