This week
- Tuesday 6:15pm: Summer session at the track, Newtown Park. This week: 1,600m (4 laps) at target half marathon pace, 2 min jog recovery; 3 – 4 sets of 400m @ target 3,000m pace + 200m @ target 1,500m pace.
- Thursday 5:45pm: Social Christmas Run (with a bite to eat afterwards) organised by WHAC, Karori Taphouse.
- Thursday 6:00pm: Thursday Trail Run, Owhiro Bay Visitor Centre, Red Rocks. In January people can look forward to Te Ahumairangi from meetup point Botanical Gardens.
- Saturday 4:00pm: Lifestyle Sports Scottish Night of Miles, Newtown Park. Enter online for the open mens, open womens and open walkers mile
- Sunday 8:30am: Long run, details to come.
- Friday to Sunday, The Spectacle, Whakatū Nelson
Results
NZ Secondary Schools Track and Field Championships
Joe Martin (Wellington College) won the senior boys 800m national title in a time of 1:54.78
Kepler Challenge and Luxmore Grunt
Kepler Challenge: Floor Kaars Sijpestein 08:21:42 and Laura Bond 09:32:10.
Luxmore Grunt: Alice Sowry 03:15:16
Twilight Track and Field Meet No 3
A good turn out for the 3000m with Beth and Joel claiming victory, and Nick Horspool taking bragging rights among the masters men.
3000m: Beth Garland 10:10.17, Joel Carman 8:56.95, Nick Horspool 9:27.33, Nicholas Sunseri 9:39.89, Mark Moore 9:49.61, Chester Holt-Quick 9:53.94, Andy Ford 10:09.91, Alasdair Saunders 10:17.33.
Parkruns
Lower Hutt Parkrun: Geoff Ferry 18:01, Megan Ferry 42:31. Kapiti Coast Parkrun: Danielle Trewoon 27:07. Trentham Memorial Parkrun: Ian Morton 26:33. Ōtaki River Parkrun: Terri Grimmett 31:55. Waitangi Parkrun: Chris Wharam 17:02, Stephen Day 17:17, Andrew Wells 20:16, Liam Jones 20:52, Naomi Richardson 21:22, Guy Dryden 22:03, Emily Solsberg 22:28, Glen Wallis 23:13, Betty Harp 26:02, Emma Bassett 26:19, Chris Howard 27:42, Loretta Desourdy 32:50, Christine Jones 32:50, Claire Jennings 33:09.
Notices
Nau mai
Welcome to new club members Tom Simcock and Talia Flannery.
Mentor programme
From Ryan, our Participation and Recruitment Coordinator: A big part of our push to engage our membership and grow the club has been to shine a light on some aspects of the incredible community that we’re all part of. One valuable part of being a member of Wellington Scottish is having access to a group of experienced runners, who have been through the seasons and know the club/sport inside-out. For all Wellington runners who would like to join a club and are looking at Scottish, I’d like to make this part of our community more accessible. So, I’m creating a mentor programme that allows both prospective and new club members to connect with someone who knows a thing or two about how to get the most out of a membership with Scottish. If you’re interested in joining the programme, read on!
Here’s how you can provide value as a mentor:
- Being a friendly, familiar face to new members who see the value in joining a running club, but don’t know anyone in the community
- Providing members info on the club landscape and who they should be turning to for certain resources
- Providing new members insight into club and inter-club events, and being a cheerleader for them on race day.
Though you may be willing and able to provide training advice, you’re not expected to act explicitly as a coach.
What’s next?
- I’ll be creating a page on the website dedicated to mentors who are willing to connect with prospective and new members.
- Fill out this form – I’ll be using the prompts to create your profile for the website page (you’ll receive a draft to sign off on before I publish).
- I’ll be in contact with all mentors before this goes live – just in case anything needs tweaking.
- Wait for folks to reach out to you! Communication and meeting arrangements will be on your terms.
Rehab Co. December Promotion – free ACC initial appointment
Rehab’s December promotion is a Free ACC Initial Appointment for all our partnerships! See this webpage for contact details and more information.
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.
Ruapehu Trail camp, 9-12 January
The dates are marginally different from my original post, the same weekend, but starting on Thursday evening (9 January) or Friday morning, and finishing and returning home on Sunday 12 January.
Accommodation is at the Otaihape Alpine Club, who are kindly providing their gorgeous lodge up at Whakapapa skifield. Runs, fun times, stretching, learning, and a bit of a get-away. Come join in on the summer fun at the mountain. Runs are for all abilities, with a range of pace and skill level groups.
Please register for the camp here.
Get in quick, we are limited to 20 registrations. Food is provided, and you are encouraged to carpool from Wellington.
Coming up
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. We collect donations from athletes and spectators and hand them on to Mary Potter Hospice. 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
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 Twilight Track and Field Meeting #4, 18 December
This event is now cancelled due to track repairs at Newtown Park. Additional events will be held as a pre meet to the Wellington Scottish Night of Miles Meeting on Saturday 14 December.
Hutt River Trail Events, 11 January
Organised by Aurora Harriers. Includes Ultra-Marathon, Marathon, Half-Marathon and 10km
M*A*S*H Backyard Ultra, 18 January
$140 per soldier.
The inaugural M*A*S*H Backyard Ultra will take up refuge at Queen Elizabeth Park on the Kapiti Coast over Wellington Anniversary weekend. Encampment will materialise in the paddock next to the Ramaroa Centre, Mackays Crossing – an easy 35 min drive / 45 km north of Wellington City.
The M*A*S*H Backyard Ultra aka Mobile Athlete’s Seaside Haven pays homage to the young U.S. marines that encamped at QEP to defend Aotearoa between 1942 and 1944. M*A*S*H has partnered with the local, not-for-profit Kapiti U.S. Marines Trust, to help keep this significant WWII story alive. Funds raised through the event will aid the restoration of on-site exhibits.
If you’re new to Backyard Ultra – the format is simple. Complete a Yard (a 6.71km course), within the hour, every hour, otherwise you’re out. The winner is the ‘soldier’ who completes one more Yard than everyone else. Whether you’re an experienced ultra-runner or just looking to complete a few Yards, all targets are welcome!
The M*A*S*H course flows across paddocks, beside the coast, along the historic Yankee Trail, down ex-farm tracks, around wetlands, amongst kahikatea forest remnants, past historical landmarks and has approx. 60m of elevation. You can find out more about Queen Elizabeth Park HERE.
ATTENTION! ‘Soldiers’ must be self-sufficient i.e. bring your own shelter, food, hydration and any other gear you need to keep lapping.
Spots are limited, so enlist quickly!
Summer series meeting #1, 18 January
Colin Pugh SportsBowl Lansdowne, Masterton from 8am. Details
Athletics Wellington Twilight Track and Field Meeting #5, 22 January
From 6:30pm at Newtown Park. Details
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.
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.