Comments on: Wanaka Skyline Challenge and Hillend Gutbuster Report

By: Terry

Terry — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:35:23 +0000

Thanks for that Vicky- will do!

By: Vicky Sandford

Vicky Sandford — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:22:23 +0000

Thanks Ed and Terry for a well organised and sponsored event. I totally agree with Matt’s comments. Add to the good points: Great (and sensible) to have an early start for the likes of me. If you could also pass on thanks and gratitude to the land owners for allowing us access. The descent was awesome!!

By: John Duff

John Duff — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:57:27 +0000

Thanks for a great race. I’ve written a brief account for my local fellrunning club in the UK. It’s on http://www.northumberlandfellrunners.co.uk . John

By: Matt Bixley

Matt Bixley — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 08:55:12 +0000

Hi Guys,

Again thanks to you and your team for getting this event up and running. As bad as I am at going uphill it’s one I’ve wanted to go up for a long time.

Good Points

-Well organized.

-Great Course, the start finish location was perfect. Drink stations were in appropriate places. Course marking was good. As you know some of us got off course for a while. That was mostly our own fault and a bit of bad luck with the weather.

-Lunch/Beer was great and a bonus

-Supporters family were made to feel very welcome

-Runners were treated very very well.

-Sponsors/Sponsorship was excellent

-Good value for money

Improvements

-In conjunction with the Three Peaks and maybe another event (Peninsula Challenge?) the Otago Mountain Running Series could be reinstated. Some of the older guys that I talk to, tell of the days when there was a true Otago wide series that included Mt Roy.

Thanks for a great day out. We will be back next year, probably to camp for a couple of nights in Wanaka.

Cheers

Matt

By: Fiona Reid

Fiona Reid — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:17:27 +0000

Cheers guys, its good to have such an event right on our doorstep. Looking forward to being able to walk properly again sometime soon!

By: Terry

Terry — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:14:09 +0000

Thanks for that Geof- yep, we will be promoting future events more.

By: geof byrne

geof byrne — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:43:06 +0000

Well done guys. Great, hard event and good to see here in Wanaka. I will be supporting your future events and keep up the good work. Some advertising and earier notice of your event would have got many more people.

Cheers