MANAWATU STRIDERS - PROPERTY BROKERS

MARATHON / HALF MARATHON/ 10KM / 5KM / MARAFUN

Sunday 23 May 2021

ENTRIES OPENING 1 FEBRUARY

KEY DATES

Enter before 30 April 2021 to have your name printed on your race number
Standard pricing ends at 11:59pm Sunday 9 May 2021 - after this a late entry fee of $10 applies to all distances
Online Entries close – Wednesday 19 May 2021 at 11:59pm.
Registration and race number pick-up is on Saturday 22 May at Massey University Activity Centre between 1:30pm and 4pm
OR at the event from 7am and at least 45 minutes before your event start time.
Marathon walkers - you will need to collect on the Saturday afternoon, or contact us to make an alternative arrangement.

entry INFORMATION

Entry fees are detailed below. Standard entry prices are available until 11:59pm 9 May 2021.

We also offer a kids MaraFun event free of charge - a distance of 0.7km (short) or 2.3km (long). There is no need to register for this event.

MEDALS

This year we will be awarding medals to all finishers of the marathon, half marathon and 10km events.

EVENT day

The event starts and finishes from Massey University, Recreational Centre, Palmerston North.

Course maps can be found at the bottom of this page.

The timings for the day are as below:

0700 Marathon Walkers
0800 Marathon Runners
0830 Half Walkers
0930 Half Runners
1000 10km Runners
1005 10km Walkers
1015 5km
1020 Kids MaraFun

All courses will be officially closed at 1345. The traffic management crew will take down the course after this time and support for participants will be withdrawn.

REGISTRATION AND RACE NUMBER PICK-UP

Registration is open from 1:30pm - 4pm on Saturday 22rd May from the Activity Centre (situated directly behind the Massey Recreation Centre). Please follow the directions of signage and/or ushers. Race numbers may also be picked up on Sunday morning from 7am at least 45 minutes before your event. Marathon walkers will need to collect on Saturday afternoon - please contact us to make alternative arrangements if necessary.

We encourage you to attend registration on the Saturday if possible to ease congestion on Sunday morning.

In the interests of conserving resources and protecting our environment, your race day pack will be sent via email a few days before the event. It contains offers from our event partners, as well as reminders of important information.

PRIZE-GIVING

Prize-giving and the major spot prize draw will be held at approximately 1400.

First, second and third place-getters for each of the marathon run, marathon walk, half marathon run and half marathon walk, mens and womens races, will be acknowledged.

The major spot prize draw is available to marathon, half marathon and 10km entrants. this year. Numbers will be randomly drawn from a finishers list provided by the Timing Team. You must then be present at prizegiving to claim a prize. In the event of a no-show, the prize will be redrawn.

race walkers

Whilst Runners may walk, Walkers may not run.

The walkers category is for participants who intend to walk the entire course and compete against other ‘walkers’.

For this reason, it is important that if you intend to run any part of the course, you MUST enter as a runner, not a walker.

As event organisers we reserve the right to change a participant’s category from ‘walk’ to ‘run’ in order to preserve the order of results of actual race walkers on the course.

THE COURSES

This year’s event features brand new courses for the marathon, half marathon and 10km events. Following is a brief description of the courses as they stand.

The marathon will head down to the He Ara Kotahi pathway via Dairy Farm Road, then out to Linton and back to the He Ara Kotahi pedestrian bridge. From here, marathon participants will head downstream along the Riverside walkway to Paneiri Park and then make their way back upstream, underneath both He Ara Kotahi bridge, Fitzherbert Bridge, then all the way to Te Matai Road to the turn around point. From here they will return via the Riverside walkway, cross the Fitzherbert Bridge and return to Massey University to finish.
The half marathon participants will follow the same route as the marathon to Linton and back via He Ara Kotahi pathway. On return to the He Ara Kotahi bridge, they will head downstream for a short out-and-back section before turning around to head back upstream, beneath the He Ara Kotahi bridge, then up to cross the Fitzherbert bridge and return to Massey University to finish.
The 10km event will head to the He Ara Kotahi pathway via Dairy Farm Road, and will complete a short out-and-back section on this path towards Linton before turning around and back to the bridge. They will then cross the He Ara Kotahi pedestrian bridge and turn immediately left to follow the path down to join the Riverside walkway where they will turn left again and head upstream to the Fitzherbert bridge which they will cross and then return to Massey University to finish.
The 5km fun run/walk will also head down towards He Ara Kotahi along Dairy Farm Road, turn at the turn around point, then head back to Massey University to finish.

Course maps will be released once the details have been finalised.

PARKING

Plenty of parking is available in the Massey carpark on the day. Orchard Road is closed from Saturday afternoon for the event so you will need to access the parking via Albany Drive (off Old West Road).

EVENT HQ

Event HQ will offer the full post-race experience; where you can relax, soak up the atmosphere, appreciate a well-earned massage, refuel, and enjoy celebrating your achievement with friends and family.

There will be a coffee cart in attendance and there will be a sausage sizzle and other hot savoury food to purchase.

There will be parking at Massey on the day but please note Orchard Road is closed so you will need to access the parking from Old West Road.

DRINK/AID STATIONS

Drink/aid stations will be located approximately 4-5km apart. Locations will be advised once course details have been finalised.

TIMING

The Timing Team will be taking care of all of our timing needs on the day. Race numbers are worn on the front of your shirt and must be clearly visible at all times. You must remember not to cover your race number as you pass over the start/finish line as this can affect the integrity of the chip timing.

Disposable timing chips are attached to the back of your race number and will record your time. Timing chips do not need to be returned.

SPOT PRIZES

CHANGES TO registration

REFUNDS

Requests for refunds must be notified in writing to Manawatu Striders (info@manawatustriders.org.nz) before 5pm on 30 April 2020. 25% of your entry fee will be retained to cover administration costs.

After 30 April, entry fees are non-refundable. Please note you do have the option of entry transfer to a friend or a distance change (subject to availability).

TRANSFERS

If you have entered but are unable to take part on the day, you may transfer your entry to a friend. Please contact us at info@manawatustriders.org.nz by Sunday 9 May 2021.

For health and safety reasons, it is important for us to know the correct identity of every athlete on the course. Please do not give your race number to someone else without lodging the new details with us. Please note that if you have a personalised race number, it will have the name of the original entrant.

CHANGE OF DISTANCE

You are welcome to change the distance you have entered for (subject to availability) up to Sunday 9 May 2021.

To change down a distance (eg half marathon to 10km) - free of charge. Note that no refunds will be given on the difference in entry fees.

To change up a distance (eg 5km to 10km) - you will only need to pay the difference in entry fee.

Please contact us at info@manawatustriders.org.nz to arrange this.

HEALTH AND SAFETY

In the interest of providing a safe and enjoyable event experience for all entrants please take into account the following:

We are a non-smoking event. There is no smoking allowed on course, at event HQ, or the parking area.
Keep to the left of the course to allow people to pass on the right

Be courteous to your fellow participants at all times
Please obey instructions from race officials and volunteers at all times

RACE DAY RULES

Place-getters are from gun time
Nordic Walkers - Walkers are allowed to use walking poles but will not qualify for a winners prize
Headphones are permitted but please please make sure you can still hear marshals and people around you
All runners and walkers must stick to the course
Dogs - No dogs are allowed on the course and cannot be accompanied by cyclists, vehicles or non-entered competitors.
Bikes - No bikes allowed on the course. This is a safety issue.
Runners may walk but walkers may not run. If you think you will run any part of the course you must enter as a runner.
Competitors enter at their own risk.
THERE ARE NO ROAD CLOSURES

Course Maps

Course maps will be available once details have been finalised.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF ENTRY

Please click here to read our terms and conditions.