Date: Saturday 25 February  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: Orewa

Venue: Western Reserve

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

Run/Walk Distance: 5km - Run/Walk

Online Entry Closing Date: Tuesday 21 February 2012

Event Numbers: Limited

Registration/Goodie Bag Pick Up/Bike Drop Off: Friday 24 February 3.30pm - 6.00pm OR Saturday 25 February 6.30am -7.45am  

Parking: Parking for both registration and event day is in the Rodney District Council car park or anywhere in the surrounding streets. Please respect local residents by not parking over driveways and on private property.

• Registration is in the main marquee at Western Reserve.
• 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 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 into waves for the start.

Run/Walk 1 - 3.5km

We will start you off on the estuary side of Western Reserve not far from the Youth Centre and in the direction of the College.

You will follow the pathway alongside the estuary take a left onto the bridge heading towards the College.

Continue on the path until the turn around point. (please keep left)

Turn back and head back on the path where you have come from (keeping to the left).

Turn right after the bridge back into Western Reserve.

Take a left hand turn towards the transition area.

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 Edgewater Grove side of the transition.

Please don’t mount your bike until you get to the mount line on Edgewater Grove

Bike Course - 2 x 5km loops

This bike course is totally flat and is on a good smooth road surface.

Mount your bike and take a left onto Centreway Rd. Please keep to the left of the road as others maybe coming around for the second lap of the course.

Follow Centreway Rd and take a left turn at the first roundabout onto Riverside Rd.

Follow Riverside Rd and take a left onto Maygrove Drive.

Follow this around until you take a left onto Lakeside Dr

Follow Lakeside Dr right around to Denham Way where you will take a left.

Take a left onto Hatton Rd and follow to the roundabout

Take a right onto Florence Avenue and a right at the next roundabout onto Centreway Rd.

Follow Centreway Rd right along to Weiti Rd where you will take a left

Turn right onto Milton Rd and right back onto Centreway Rd.

You have traveled 5k when you get around one loop.

Repeat the loop and take a left into Edgewater Grove

Transition - bike to run/walk

You will be asked to dismount your bike immediately after turning into Edgewater Grove.

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

You will be directed to the run exit and across the Reserve towards the estuary and the pathway.

Turn right along the pathway (please keep left).

Follow the pathway alongside the estuary to the Rodney District Council buildings proceed to the turnaround point.

Return along the pathway (please keep left).

Turn left across the reserve where directed at the designated point.

The finish area will be out in the middle of the Reserve.

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

We will start you off on the estuary side of Western Reserve not far from the Youth Centre and in the direction of the College.

You will follow the pathway alongside the estuary take a left onto the bridge heading towards the College.

Continue on the path past the drink station (Please Keep Left).

Take a left back onto the path.

Across the bridge to the turnaround point.

Turn back and head back on the path they way you have come from.(Keeping Left)

Turn right after the bridge back into Western Reserve.

Take a left hand turn towards the transition area.