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Greta Valley Marathon Relay |
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GRETA VALLEY MARATHON RELAY
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Date: Saturday, 14th August 2010
Time: (Provisional Start times) 10.00am, 10.30am & 11.00am
Start Venue: Meet at Greta Valley Tavern Car Park – NB change from previous years
Finish Venue: Greta Valley Tavern carpark
Distance: 42.2km
Entries: $90 per team plus estimated team time
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Make cheques payable to North Canterbury Athletic Club and post to
Mike Riley, 7 St. Clair Close, Christchurch – 359-1617 or 027 244-4414
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Entries Close: Tuesday, 10th August 2010
Email: foxriley@xtra.co.nz |
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Travel north through Amberley to Greta Valley, 60 minutes from Christchurch. All teams to meet at the Greta Valley Tavern car park. Each team is to have only one vehicle on the course, all teams will proceed from the car park to the start 1km away. NB this is different to previous years.
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COURSE:
This is a loop course on sealed and unsealed roads.
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Lap 1 4.6km– Slight uphill, sharp downhill, flatish, short uphill then down to finish at corner of Glendhu Road.
Runners to remain on the right hand side of road at all times.
Lap 2 7.9km – mildly undulating, 2 small humps followed by a 1km steep climb then downhill to finish. Runners to remain on right hand side of road until directed to change on a short straight after the first hump.
Lap 3 7.5km – gentle downhill (left into Happy Valley Rd), mild undulations, short sharp uphill (end of seal), mild undulations, gradual uphill 1.5km then slight downhill to finish. Runners to remain on left hand side while on seal, then as far left as practical on unsealed roads to allow traffic to pass.
Lap 4 8.2km – gentle downhill, 3 sharp gullies (down & up for 3km), mild undulations then gradual uphill to finish at corner Glendhu Rd and Happy Valley Road. Completely unsealed – except in the 3 gullies, runners to keep as far left as practical on unsealed roads to allow traffic to pass.
Lap 5 8.0km – starts downhill then 5 steep roller coaster hills before finishing downhill where lap 1 finished. Unsealed – except on steep climbs, runners to keep as far left as practical on unsealed roads to allow traffic to pass.
Lap 6 6.0km – reverse of lap 1 to start, then continue downhill to Greta Valley Tavern intersection, turn left then uphill for 200m to finish at the back entrance to the tavern car park. Runners will stay to the left at all times.
PRIZES:
There will be prizes to the value of $300 for each of the following teams; 1st Men’s team, 1st Women’s team and a random team draw. Spot prizes will be made at the prizegiving in the Greta Valley Tavern.
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15/08/2010 9:03 p.m.
Canterbury Admin |
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