On the day

Race HQ

Race headquarters is located at the Petone Rugby League Club, McEwan Park, Marine Parade, Hikoikoi Reserve, Petone [map link].

Race numbers to be collected between 12:30pm and 4:30pm on Saturday, 19th September.

You can pick you bibs up on the Sunday if you are out of town, but it will be busy so collection on Saturday is preferred.

Parking

There is a limited amount of car parking on Marine Parade and the surrounding streets. Please car share or use public transport wherever possible.. You may be able to connect to other participants for car pooling at Yoggr.

Parking outside Race HQ is for volunteers only.

Start times and locations

Entrants should be at Race HQ at least 30 minutes before their event start time.

All events start on Marine Parade.

A safety briefing will be given at the start line before each start. All participants must attend the safety briefing.

Non-competitive walkers, please line up toward the rear of the field.

Event	Start time
Half marathon walk	8:00am
Half marathon run	9:00am
10km run	9:30am
10km walk	9:35am
5km fun run	9:40am
Cool Kids Kilometre	11:00am

Half Marathon Start

Rules

A safety briefing will be given prior to the start of each event. The events are all run on shared paths which are open to the public. Please be considerate of other path users and follow the directions of race organisers and marshalls.

Toilets and drink tables

There will be drink tables and toilets at the start/finish of the race at Race HQ. Drink tables will have water and R-line sports drink in paper cups. There will also be facilities along the routes as follows:

Event	Drinks tables	Toilets
Half marathon	Approx. 6km, 12.2km, 18.5km	Approx. 6km, 8km, 16.5km, 18.5km
10km	Approx. 6km, 8km	Approx. 6km, 8km
5km	Approx. 1.1km, 2.8km	Approx. 1.1km, 2.8km

Showers

There are some showers at Race HQ. Males entry is from the outside on the Eastern corner of the building, female shower entry is inside the building.

Gear storage

Unsecured storage is available at Race HQ. Gear must be clearly marked with your name and race number. No receipts are issued and bags are left at your own risk.

Pacers

There will be pacers for the Half Marathon run for 90 mins, 1 hour 45 mins and 2 hours.

Finish

All competitors will receive a banana, a muesli bar, and a finisher’s medal. Sports drink (R-Line Electrolyte) and water will also be available to help you rehydrate.

Cut-off point

The cut off for the official timing system is 12:30pm. No finishing times will be recorded after this point, and course signs and marshals will be removed from the course.

Prize giving

We have struggled to get a lot of our usual sponsors for the Jackson Street entertainment area. Times are tough for those in the hospitality industry.

As most of you come to prize giving for the chance of a spot prize we have decided to do an “Online Draw” for these as it wouldn’t be fair to have a lot of people turn up for not too many prizes.

Thanks to our wonderful sponsors for your generosity.

So Prize giving after the race will be pretty low key with only prizes given out to the top 3 place getters in the half marathon run and walk and the 10km run and walk.

Prizes

Cash prizes

There are cash prizes for half marathon male and female runners and walkers, 10km male and female runners and walkers.

Place	Cash prize
First	$200
Second	$100
Third	$50

Other prizes

For the Cool Kids Kilometre there will be a small trophy for the winners of each of the boys and girls categories of 0-8, 9 and 10, 11 and 12 age groups.

Photography

Some photos will be taken by marshals acting as photographers and a link will be published on the Hutt Marathon Facebook group after the event.