Date: Sunday 22 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: Hawke's Bay

Venue: Sileni Estate, 2016 Maraekakaho Road, RD1, Hastings

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

Run/walk Distance: 5km - Run/walk

Online Entry Closing Date: Tuesday 17 April 2012

Event Numbers: Limited

Registration/Goodie Bag Pick Up/Bike Drop Off - Saturday 21 April 2012 - 11am - 3pm

• Registration is in the main tent at the venue.
• 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.
  

Pre-Race Briefing and Marshalling Point

The event starts at 9.00 am. 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 7:45-8:00 am so we can organise you all with the briefing, a warm-up and then marshal you for the start.

Run/Walk 1 - 3.5km

You will Start on the Sileni Estate driveway and head towards Maraekakaho Road.

You will be directed to turn left, following the outside of the vines parallel to the road.

Turn left at the next corner.

Head down the track where you will turn left, taking you behind transition passing the drink station on your right.

Follow the path behind the Sileni Buildings, turn left at the next marshal.

Head up the path and turn right when possible.

Head to the end of the path and turn left.

Turn left just before Maraekakaho Road.

Turn left into the vines, get lost amongst the vines and really have some fun.

Turn right and head towards the entrance of transition.

Transition Run/Walk to Bike

Once you enter the transition area look for the colour of your row and you will find your transition spot. Once you reach your bike look for the bike exit sign towards the driveway side of the transition.

Please don’t mount your bike until you get to the mount line on the driveway.

Bike Course 10km OR 20km

This bike course is flat with good surface road to ride on. Suitable for mountain or road bike.

Mount your bike at the driveway when requested.

Turn left out of Sileni Estate onto Maraekakaho Road.

Continue on Maraekakaho Road until you will be requested to turn either at the 5km point (10km cycle) or 10km point (20km).

Return back along Maraekako Road, turn right into Sileni Estate Driveway and back to Transition.

Please dismount your bike at the end of the driveway when requested.

Transition Bike to Run/Walk

You will be asked to dismount your bike at the end of the driveway, please approach this slowly for your own safety.

You will be directed into the transition. Look for the colour of your row and you will find your transition spot.

Run/Walk 2 - 1.5km

You will be directed to the run/walk exit and across back to the drink station.

Turn right at the drink station and head down to the next marshal.

Turn right towards Maraekakaho Road.

Turn right parallel to the road, heading on the outside perimeter of the vines.

Turn right down in between the vines, what a way to finish.

Turn right out of the vines and into the finish chute.

Make the most of your time of that blue carpet.

This is where you’ll hit the REAL Finish line...there’s nothing like it!

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

You will Start on the Sileni Estate driveway and head towards Maraekakaho Road.

You will be directed to turn left, following the outside of the vines parallel to the road.

Turn left at the next corner.

Head down the track where you will turn left, taking you behind transition passing the drink station on your right.

Follow the path behind the Sileni Buildings, turn left at the next marshal.

Head up the path and turn right when possible.

Head to the end of the path and turn left.

Turn left just before Maraekakaho Road.

Turn left into the vines, get lost amongst the vines and really have some fun.

Turn right and head past transition towards the drink station.

Turn right at the drink station and head down to the next marshal.

Turn right towards Maraekakaho Road.

Turn right parallel to the road, heading on the outside perimeter of the vines.

Turn right down in between the vines, what a way to finish.

Turn right out of the vines and into the finish chute.

Make the most of your time of that blue carpet.

This is where you’ll hit the REAL Finish line...there’s nothing like it!