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      <image:title>Autumn Rogaine - Highland Events have been organising Rogaines in the Otago Region since 2007.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Required Gear Two base layers polypropylene or wool Water proof jacket Hat and gloves polyprop or wool Leggings Poly prop or Merino Good footwear One litre of water First aid kit per team Emergency Survival Bag One cellphone per team Whistle Pencil Compass Food Torch for night events</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Spring Rogaine (and National Champs 2025) - Organised in conjunction with the New Zealand Rogaine Association. Recent Dotril nesting information has made us look for a new location. Luckily we are spoiled for choice down here and a new exciting location will be announced soon. More info about Rogaines here: (Including Rules - scroll down to near the bottom of the page)</image:title>
      <image:caption>Required Gear Survival bag each. Two base layers polypropylene or wool Water proof jacket Hat and gloves polyprop or wool Thermal leggings or over-trousers. Good footwear One litre of water carrying capacity First aid kit per team One cell phone per team Whistle Pencil Compass Food Torch for night events</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Spring Rogaine (and National Champs 2025) - Make it stand out</image:title>
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      <image:caption>Required Gear: small day backpack rain jacket – it can be just a ‘shell’ but it must be seam-sealed waterproof merino or thermal long sleeve top extra fleece/mid weight wool top (250 – 300+ gram) long thermal tights or trousers (compression leggings are not acceptable/ waterproof over-trousers are acceptable) Poly- prop or merino are the norm warm beanie or Thir Band! (Multifunctional headwear) warm gloves survival /bag own snacks, gels, energy bars, nutrition etc water bottles/bladders – enough to carry 1 litre of water and/or Tailwind electrolytes whistle gaiters (optional but recommended) Sturdy shoes with good grip on dirt, mud, rock, snow.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Southern Lakes Half Marathon and 10km - This may well be the fastest and most scenic Half Marathon in the country.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Gear: There will be a trailer at both start lines that will bring your extra clothing/gear down to the finish line.  Make sure you clearly label your gear bag.  Please don't leave your gear on the bus. Drink Stations Drink Station 1. – 5km at James Rd. Drink Station 2. – Half way point (opposite the Drink Station 3. – 5km to go just before Riverbank Rd. There will be compostable cups of water and Tailwind electrolyte at each drink station and at the finish lines. This year we will also (in addition to the cups of water) be trialing marshals with jugs of water filling your own silicone/collapsible cup. If you have your own reusable cup that you are happy to carry please bring it! We will have marshals with jugs (and extra marshals swapping out full jugs) at each aid station.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Cromwell Half Marathon - TEAM ROUTE</image:title>
      <image:caption>Teams will be able to change runners at these dedicated positions: Start to Freeway (on lake) (1.2 km from start) Freeway (on lake) to bay past Matt Connell Wines (2.2 km from the last change point).  1 and 2 can be combined to make one 3.4 km run. Bay past Aurum to 45th Parallel (3 km from last change point.) 45th Parallel to Footbridge at Pisa Moorings  (2.4 km from the last change point) Footbridge at Pisa Moorings to Turnaround and back (3.5 km from the last change point) Footbridge at Pisa to 45th Parallel (2.4 km from the last change point) 45th Parallel to Bay past Matt Connell Wines (3 km from last change point) Bay past Aurum to Freeway (on lake) (2.2 km from last change point) 8 and 9 can be combined to make one 3.4 km run Freeway (on lake) to Finish (1.2 km from last change point)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Mt Difficulty Course Descriptions - 25km Course Description</image:title>
      <image:caption>The course will be very well marked with bright orange tape tied to white standards, on fence and on bushes… Start 8am at Mt Difficulty Winery. First 5km relatively flat along Fulton Road verge, Bannockburn Sluicings and vineyards. Then you have your first ‘warm up’ over Nipple Hill. 240m up (non tracked or sheep tracks) and 270m down in 2km. There’s a section of a couple of hundred metres where the course is very steep, there is no track except for the regular orange tape marking the way. This is your first ‘cautionary’ area where you will have to take care over where you put your feet and maybe use your hands too… there are plenty of other area’s to race ‘hard out’ – the 4 ‘cautionary’ sections must be approached with care that you don’t fall AND that you don’t loosen rocks on those below you. The majority of loose rocks have been removed. We have set the course in such a way that should a rock start rolling it will angle away from the line of competitors below it. Regardless – the standard rule in the mountains is DO NOT ROLL ROCKS down. 6.5km First aid station. Medic, Water, Tailwind Nutrition Electrolyte, Potato chips, OSM bars and lollies. There are NO CUPs at aid stations. Marshals will help you fill your water bottles/bladders. Next two kms are relatively flat again (undulating) along a 4WD track following the Kawarau River up-stream. Now the fun really begins. In the next one km you will climb 500m – this is where the event gets its name from. An average of 50% over 500m vertical is bloody steep!! There are some sheep/goat tracks but you will just be following the orange tape on the Matagouri bushes (You will not be getting too badly scratched up). At the top of this climb there will be a Marshal and a photographer – no aid station. There is a water-race with good drinking water in it for a self re-fill. From here you follow the water race and a 4WD track that runs adjacent to it around the face of the mountain. There could be boggy areas or snow so expect to get wet feet at this point. You are then back onto a good 4WD road for some fast down-hill for a couple of kms before getting directed off the road and onto a ridge. Initially you follow the fence and continue to follow the ridge as it gets sharper and steeper before you come down another couple of hundred metres of ‘cautionary’ very steep face. There will be a climbing rope in this area as a hand rail… more to keep you on course, NO need to be harnessed up and clipped on! Now you are back at the first Aid station. 16km Second aid station. Medic, Water, Tailwind Nutrition Electrolyte, Potato chips, OSM bars and lollies. There are NO CUPs at aid stations. Marshals will help you fill your water bottles/bladders. At this point the 25km Ascent competitors follow the orange tape on the fence to their right, back up and over Nipple hill to the finish at Mt Difficulty Winery. Course is undulating and back-tracks through the vineyards but follows a different and interesting trail through the Bannockburn Sluicings to the finish. Warm bread, soup and Pizza for you at the finish! 25km Ascent Prize Giving 1pm.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The course will be very well marked with bright orange tape tied to white standards, on fence and on bushes… Start 8am at Mt Difficulty Winery. First 5km relatively flat along Fulton Road verge, Bannockburn Sluicings and vineyards. Then you have your first ‘warm up’ over Nipple Hill. 240m up (non tracked or sheep tracks) and 270m down in 2km. There’s a section of a couple of hundred metres where the course is very steep, there is no track except for the regular orange tape marking the way. This is your first ‘cautionary’ area where you will have to take care over where you put your feet and maybe use your hands too… there are plenty of other area’s to race ‘hard out’ – the 4 ‘cautionary’ sections must be approached with care that you don’t fall AND that you don’t loosen rocks on those below you. The majority of loose rocks have been removed. We have set the course in such a way that should a rock start rolling it will angle away from the line of competitors below it. Regardless – the standard rule in the mountains is DO NOT ROLL ROCKS down. 6.5km First aid station. Medic, Water, Tailwind Nutrition Electrolyte, Potato chips, OSM bars and lollies. There are NO CUPs at aid stations. Marshals will help you fill your water bottles/bladders. Next two kms are relatively flat again (undulating) along a 4WD track following the Kawarau River up-stream. Now the fun really begins. In the next one km you will climb 500m – this is where the event gets its name from. An average of 50% over 500m vertical is bloody steep!! There are some sheep/goat tracks but you will just be following the orange tape on the Matagouri bushes (You will not be getting too badly scratched up). At the top of this climb there will be a Marshal and a photographer – no aid station. There is a water-race with good drinking water in it for a self re-fill. From here you follow the water race and a 4WD track that runs adjacent to it around the face of the mountain. There could be boggy areas or snow so expect to get wet feet at this point. You are then back onto a good 4WD road for some fast down-hill for a couple of kms before getting directed off the road and onto a ridge. Initially you follow the fence and continue to follow the ridge as it gets sharper and steeper before you come down another couple of hundred metres of ‘cautionary’ very steep face. There will be a climbing rope in this area as a hand rail… more to keep you on course, NO need to be harnessed up and clipped on! Now you are back at the first Aid station. 16km Second aid station. Medic, Water, Tailwind Nutrition Electrolyte, Potato chips, OSM bars and lollies. There are NO CUPs at aid stations. Marshals will help you fill your water bottles/bladders. For the 44km Competitors - if you arrive at this Aid Station AFTER 12pm, you will be re-directed on the 25km Ascent Course. At this point the 25km Ascent competitors follow the orange tape on the fence to their right, back up and over Nipple hill to the finish at Mt Difficulty Winery. Course is undulating and back-tracks through the vineyards but follows a different and interesting trail through the Bannockburn Sluicings to the finish. Warm bread, soup and Pizza for you at the finish! 25km Ascent Prize Giving 1pm. For the 44km you will again run up-river for a couple of kms before starting your second ascent up a different ridge. This ascent will see you climb 1020m in just 3km of travel. That’s a good honest climb people. I don’t need to tell you to take it slowly because at that gradient there is no other way. Think 30-40min kms – hard to imagine isn’t it. So awesome. You will need to take care, you will probably need to use your hands and your feet. At the top of Mount Difficulty (yes, that is the actual name of the mountain) will be your next aid station. 20.5km Third aid station. Medic, Water, Tailwind Nutrition Electrolyte, potato chips, OSM bars and lollies. There are NO CUPs at aid stations. Marshals will help you fill your water bottles/bladders. This is where the bliss begins – for the next 7.5km you are traversing a gentle downward undulation along the top of the mountain – stunning views in all directions (clouds permitting). Grass/rock 4WD track, possibly covered in snow. 28km Fourth Aid Station. 'Slapjack Saddle' Medic, Water, Tailwind Nutrition Electrolyte, potato chips, OSM bars, and lollies. There are NO CUPs at aid stations. Marshals will help you fill your water bottles/bladders. The bliss is over for the next couple of kms as you climb again up – not steep compared with what you’ve done previously but steep enough that you will be ‘displeased’ with the race director. Then some nice brief downs followed by more up’s and you will be finding that special place you get to in some races where you are really starting to hate the race director. Just when you start fantasising about nasty names you’d like to call me you will come to another marshal and the start of the BIG DOWNHILL! Wooowhooo! Grass/rock 4WD track, possibly covered in snow. 35km Fifth Aid Station. Water, Tailwind Nutrition Electrolyte, potato chips, OSM bars, and lollies. The bliss returns! (So long as you’re not in too much pain) the next 8km are all downhill, (grass/rock 4WD track) nothing too steep, finishing with an interesting wee track through the Bannockburn Sluicings. 43-44ish… km Boom! Finish. Warm bread roll, soup, pizza on finish. Beer on tap! Jubilation and satisfaction in generous amounts… Prize giving 5pm.</image:caption>
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