Date: Sunday 29 April 2012

Scheduled Start Time: 9.00am

8:20am Briefing to take place
8:35am Warm-up
8:45am Marshalling into groups by your wave number
9:00am 1st Waves start! (Note: there could be more than 1 wave starting at each interval)

Location: Manukau City, Auckland

Venue: Ambury Regional Park, Mangere Bridge

Duathlon Distance: Run/Walk 3.5km - Bike 10km OR 20km- Run/Walk 1.5km

Walk/Run: 5km - Run/Walk

Online Entry Closing Date: Tuesday 24 April 2012

Event Numbers: Limited

Registration/Goodie Bag Pick Up/Bike Drop Off - Saturday 28 April 2012 - 12:00pm - 5:00pm

Parking: Parking for both registration and event day is available off both Ambury Road and Kiwi Esplande, please follow the signage. Please respect local residents by not parking over driveways and on private property.

• Registration is in the main barn at Ambury Regional Park.
• Registration is the process during which you pick up your goodie bag and receive all the information you need for event day.
• If this is your first entry to the 2012 series, you will receive a complimentary REAL t-shirt.
• You will also rack your bike in transition so allow some time to familiarise yourself with the layout of the bike compound and the run and bike entry and exit points.
• We'll have a team of volunteers to help you and we have professional security looking after the bikes over night.

Your event starts at 9am. We would like all participants to be ready for the briefing and warm-up at 8:20am. Therefore we would be happy if you arrive at the venue at around 7:45-8:00am so we can organise you all with the briefing, a warm-up and then marshal you for the start.

Times are as follows:

• 8:20am Briefing to take place
• 8:35am Warm-up
• 8:45am Marshalling into groups by your wave number
• 9:00am 1st Waves start! (Note: there could be more than 1 wave starting at each interval)

Run/Walk 1 - 3.5km

 Start at the Ambury Regional Park end of Kiwi Esplanade on the Reserve.

Follow the seaward trail. Make a U-turn just before the Mangere boat ramp on Kiwi Esplanade..

Return along the seaward side of the road.

Follow through to the Loop Road entrance gates into Ambury Regional Park.

Follow the road and turn right alongside the transition.

Transition – Run/Walk to Bike

Transition has a slightly downhill slope leading towards Ambury Road. Look for the bike exit signs. Please don’t mount your bike until reaching the ‘mount line’on Ambury Road.

Bike Course - 10km

After leaving the ‘mount line’ on Ambury Road.

Turn Left onto Muir Avenue.

Turn Left onto Sullivan Avenue.

Turn Right onto Boyd Avenue.

Turn right onto Wallace Road.

Follow this road to the intersection of Mountain/Creamery & Kirkbride Roads.

Turn right onto Creamery Road and follow this road it turns into Greenwood Road.

Make a U-turn at the intersection of Island Road and Greenwood Road.

Return on the same course to Turn Left onto Muir Avenue.

Turn Left Onto Ambury Road.

Proceed to ‘dismount line’ on Ambury Road.

Bike Course - 20km

Continue past the 10km course turn around –

Turn right into Ascot Road.

This will turn into Oruarangi Road.

Turn right into Ihumatao Road and up to the turnaround point.

Turn around and turn left into Oruarangi Road continue into Ascot Road.

Turn left into Greenwood road, you will then connect up with the original 10km course.
 

Transition - Bike to Run/Walk 

Dismount your bike as you enter the main gates at Ambury Regional Park.

Cones and barriers will direct you into the transition. Look for the colour of your row and you will find your transition spot.

Run/Walk 2 – 1.5km

Exit transition and enter Lookout Paddock. Cones will direct you across to the Foreshore Walk.

Follow the Foreshore Loop trail and enter through the gates into the camp ground paddock.

Follow the well worn trail that brings you back behind the Park Rangers house.

The finish area will be between the Pohutakawa trees.

Pre-Race Briefing and Marshalling Point:

Your event starts at 9am. We would like all participants to be ready for the briefing and warm-up at 8:20am. Therefore we would be happy if you arrive at the venue at around 7:45-8:00am so we can organise you all with the briefing, a warm-up and then marshal you for the start.

Run/Walk - 5km

Start up on the hill beside Transition where you will marshalled through in wave colours.

Enter Lookout Paddock. Cones will direct you across to the Foreshore Walk.

Follow the Foreshore Walk

Continue straight past the campground.

Turn Left at the line of trees.

Continue past the gates into Watercare grounds.

Turn right on the second road (600metres)

Turn left at the lower road directly beside the foreshore.

Turn left at end of the road.

Continue on path To Turn right into the gates of Ambury Farm Park

Turn left into the finish area between the Pohutakawa trees to complete your 5km event!