This week
- Tuesday 6:15pm: First track session of the season. Meet at Newtown Park ready to start a workout of drop-down intervals – sets of 1k @ target 5k pace + 400m @ target 3k pace + 200m @ @ 1,500m pace.
- Thursday 5:30pm: Thursday Trail Run, beginning of Transient, Aro Valley. This week is a Aro/Transient session (segment-based).
- Saturday 8:00am for a 8:30am start: McVilly Shield, Karori Park. Each team of three (randomly selected) must do ten 1km laps in total, with no individual team members able to do more than four laps. Check out the Scottish website for more details.
- Saturday 8:00 am: Parkruns at Waitangi, Lower Hutt, Ara Harakeke, Trentham, Kāpiti, Otāki River and Greytown.
- Saturday from 8:00am: Remutaka Rail Trail run and walk from 8:00am. Race details and entry.
- Sunday 8:30am: Long run, details to come.
Results
New Zealand 10km road champs
Joel Carman finished in 21st place in a time of 32:10.54.
Waterfront 5km – event #1
Lovely weather for the first of our Waterfront 5km series with a strong Scottish showing. Ryan Woolley 15:49, Joel Carman 16:31, Chester Holt-Quick 17:27, Don Gamperle 17:32, Ben Wagstaff 17:41, Liam Jones 18:04, Andy Ford 18:25, Joseph Bulbulia 18:32, Floor Kaars 19:31, Gordon Pal 19:45, Jiwon Chun 22:10, Karyn McLean 23:44; Phil Sadgrove 23:45. Thanks to our Scottish Club organisers and pacers.
Athletics Wellington Twilight meet #1
- 1500m: Shayne Stringfellow 5:32.93 (PB).
- 2000m walk: Ray Marten (2nd) 15:05.93 (PB), Daphne Jones (3rd) 17:17.25 (PB).
- 3000m women: Mel Brandon (3rd) 11:08.26 (PB)
- 3000m men: Archie MacPhee 11:20.93, Shayne Stringfellow 12:11.68 (PB).
Parkruns
Lower Hutt Parkrun: Helen Willis 35:22, Ian Morton 35:38, Gemma Ferry 39:56, Geoff Ferry 39:57, Megan Gerry 48:38. Ara Harakeke Parkrun: Matyas James 22:26. Waitangi Parkrun: Walter Somerville 17:36, Joseph Bulbulia 18:29, Chris Howard 19:44, Emma Bassett 22:28, Juliet Laird Street 26:59, Loretta Desourdy 28:14, Anna Breen 28:40, Kirsty Burnett 28:46, Andrena Patterson 33:23, Christine Jones 33:23, Della Laird 35:03, Marianne Elliott 53:16. Greytown Parkrun: Naomi Richardson (1st) 21:08, James Richardson 21:08, Emily Solsberg 23:26, Claire Jennings 46:34. Ōtaki River Parkrun: Terri Grimmett 1:01.24.
Athletics Wellington Open Track & Field Meeting #2 missed result
Joe Martin ran an impressive PB of 51:08 in the 400m (1st place).
Notices
Tailwind Nutrition discount
New member perk: For a limited time, Scottish is partnering with Tailwind Nutrition, offering all members a 15% discount using the code fih15 on all online products at www.tailwindnutrition.co.nz. Tailwind provides nutrition solutions for endurance athletes, allowing you to easily fuel and recover from big days (and weeks!) of training. The better your fueling strategy, the more prepared you’ll be to tackle the type of running that you love the most.
Summer training programme
Check out the new summer training programme that Ryan Woolley has added to the team app. There are various options to choose from depending on how much running you want to do.
Trail camp, 10-13 January
Our summer Ruapehu Trail Camp. 11-13 January 2024, make your way up to the big volcano, and join the crew for three days based out of a ski lodge, enjoying all the trails the mountain has to offer. Not just that, we’ll bring the food, the film nights, the stretching and the learning and creative sessions. Open to all skill levels, all abilities, just bring your enthusiasm for all things off-road. Its gonna be a big one. Contact Matt Adams to express your interest or find out details.
Our Club prizegiving, 26 January
Our prizegiving will take place at the Otari Wilton Bowling on Sunday 26 January from 3:00pm. Panman will be there providing free food.
Coming up
Central League track and field teams competition, various dates
Athletics Wellington Twilight Track meet #2, 13 November
From 6:30pm at Newtown Park. Check out the schedule here.
Te Ahumairangi Ten Thousand, 16 November
NZ’s biggest 10,000m running event.
Te Ahumairangi Ten Thousand is the most popular 10000m race in New Zealand. For five years, the 10000m Festival has been a night of PBs for runners of all speeds – 40 percent of runners finished with a new best time. We even had a world record! This year, packs and pacers will be running at many different speeds to drag you to your new PB.
We are looking for pacers: 32 min, 35 min, 37.30 min, 40 min, 45 min 50 min and pother requested paces. If you can help please let us know.
WAI2K Running Festival, 23 November
The WAI2K will see runners taking on a challenging 50km or 100km course around the amazing hills of the Wairarapa. The 100K ultra is the Athletics NZ Long Course Trail running championship event for 2024. Check out the event website for more information.
Wellington Scottish Waterfront 5km race #2, 26 November
Bib pickup and bag drop off will be open from 5:00pm at Shed 22. If you already have a bib from the 2024/25 season please bring it along – you will be able to use it again this season. If you don’t already have a bib or are paying with a 10-trip card from last season, please swing by registration. Earlier is better – you want enough time to grab your bib and get warmed up!
We are offering an additional earlier start time of 5:30pm before our usual 5:45pm start time for anyone that needs a little bit more time on the course. If you think you will take longer than 30 mins, please consider starting in the earlier wave. This will help everyone finish closer together before prize giving – stick around for some spot prizes from our friends at Shoe Clinic.
We won’t be taking cash entries on the day this season. Any remaining 10 trip tickets from last season will still be honoured; use the 10-trip product when registering.
Athletics Wellington Melrose Shield Relays Meeting, 30 November
An Interclub points meeting to determine the Melrose Shield winners for 2024. Points allocated for men and Women 20 and Over and Under 20 grades plus Open Mixed teams. From 2:00pm at Newtown Park.
Athletics Wellington Twilight Track & Field Meeting # 3, 3 December
From 6:30pm at Newtown Park. Details
Lifestyle Sports Night of Miles, 14 December
This unique event is full of Christmas fun and features races over the rarely run distance of one mile. Each year, we collect donations from athletes and spectators and hand them on to a local Wellington charity. For the competitive events in the programme where pre-entry is required, we have set a $10 entry fee that will be part of the donations.
The programme includes a mix of children’s, senior and fun social events. There are several different mile races, including elite men’s and women’s races and an all-comers mile that anyone can participate in (including Father Christmas). Subject to interest, some field events may be added to the programme.
Wellington Scottish Waterfront 5km race #3, 17 December
Athletics Wellington Twilight Track and Field Meeting #4, 18 December
From 6:30pm at Newtown Park. Details
Keep in touch:
- If there is anything you want to be added to the Scottish Newsletter or if your results have been missed, please email us at wellingtonscottish@proton.me
- If you want to contact anyone about anything, your first port of call is our club captains, Meg and Alistair and our club president, Andy Ford.
- Public Facebook page and join the Scottish member Facebook group here.
- 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 don’t want your name published in the newsletter or on the website, please let us know so we can omit you from the results.
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 make special orders – all with our 10% discount added on. If you shop at Lifestyle, please mention that you are a Wellington Scottish member. Let them know that we’re good customers!