Two tasks this week: sign up for Te Ahumairangi Ten Thousand and Lifestyle Sports Night of Miles
This week
- Tuesday 6:15pm: Speed session, back outside Freyberg Pool this week. This week’s session is 5 – 8 x 1,000m with 2 minute recoveries.
- Thursday 6:00pm: Thursday Trail Run, Karori Park. Thursday trail group run moves to Mākara/Skyline starting this Thursday, for the month of November (December will be Red Rocks). Meeting spot is Karori Park. We’re shifting meeting time out to 6pm now that there is more light and makes it a bit easier for people to get there.
- Saturday 8:00am: Kapiti Half Marathon and other distances, MacLean Park, Paraparaumu Beach
- Saturday 8:00 am: Parkruns at Waitangi, Lower Hutt, Ara Harakeke, Trentham, Kapiti, Ōtaki River and Greytown. Scottish is providing pacers for the Waitangi Parkrun.
- Saturday 12:00pm, Central League Teams Competition, Manawatū Community Athletics Track, Athletic Track Access Dr, Massey University, Palmerston North
- Saturday 2:00pm: first of our Summer Saturday afternoon runs and walks, clubrooms Prince of Wales Park. These will suit those who prefer a slower pace. Expect to be out for about 1-2 hours.
- Sunday 8:30am: Long run, details to come.
Results
Auckland Marathon
Marathon: Paul Barwick 2:38:14 (1st M45), Ollie Palmer 2:42:51, Andy Ford 2:53:21, Simon Keller 2:57:03 (3rd M50), Alistair Richardson 2:58:33
Half Marathon: Sam Forrest 1:25:20, Michele Allison 1:44:15 (1st W65)
River-Run Backyard Ultra
Fiona Hayvice went to Waipukurau at Labour Weekend for the River-Run Backyard Ultra. She was the last person standing after 37hrs / 248km – Her first time to finish a backyard without finding her limit after about 10 attempts.
Kullamannen UTMB 57k, Sweden
Karen Jenkinson was first W60 in 8:48:56. Caroline Fyfe, ex-member who now lives in Sweden, also completed the event, finishing in a similar time.
Remutaka Rail Trail Run
- 21km: Mel Brandon, 1:30:37, won the 21 km race by a huge margin.
- 14km: Anna Fifield 1:20:29
- 7km: Maddy Watson 30:47
Mission Mt Somers Half Marathon
Tom Callan was 4th in 2:15:07
IronMaori Half
Gerard Gordon was first tane 55+ in 4:40:33
Parkruns
Lower Hutt Parkrun: Megan Ferry 39:00, Geoff Ferry 45:54. Bathurst Parkrun: Ian Morton 35:02. Ōtaki River Parkrun: Terri Grimmett 59:03. Ara Harakeke Parkrun: Michael Cummins 22:58. Waitangi Parkrun: Chris Howard 19:11, Grant Mclean 19:15, Denis Mccarthy 20:21, Emma Bassett 23:15, Christine Jones 33:15. Mangawhero River Walk Parkrun: Stephen Day 18:30.
Notices
Nau mai
Welcome to new club member Sean Kelly.
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 fuelling 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 Ōtari 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.
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!