100km Ultra – The Worlds End

Prize

All finishers will receive a medal

Date

Saturday the 20^th of April 2024

Start

10.30 am – Belmont Regional Park – Dry Creek campsite

Event Hub

There will be four hubs on the course. Hubs are major areas on the course that are easy to access with vehicles at specific locations where participants can check in with their crew, receive any medical assistance, rest/sleep, and are bag drop spots.  You can top up hydration and nutrition also. These are additional to Aid stations. Pacers can only start from these locations. Hub locations are subject to change.

Hub Locations

• Bishop Viard College – Porirua – 24km
• Skyline – McKlintock Street – 42km
• Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park – Karori – 72km
• Wellington Scottish Clubrooms – 90km

Aid Stations

Aid Stations will consist of water and Tailwind.

• Aid Station 1 – Top of Hill Road –
• Aid Station 2 – End Takapu Road, Tawa –
• Aid Station 3 – Spicers Forest –
• Aid Station 4 – Makara Road –
• Aid Station 5 – Makara Peak Summit –
• Aid Station 5B – Makara Peak Summit –
• Aid Station 6 – Aro Valley –
• Aid Station 7 – Wakefield Park –

Pacers

Pacers are only to provide company and conversation.  They are to not carry or provide any items for the runner.

They must register here.

1 Pacer allowed. Can join at:

• Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park – Karori – 72km (If Pacer from here – athlete is not eligible for podium placings)
• Wellington Scottish Clubrooms – 90km

Transport

Transport will be available for athletes to get to their designated start points. This is available to purchase through Raceroster. More information about shuttle times can be found here.

Athlete Check-in

Event Expo will be at Odlins Plaza in Wellington City Centre on Thursday/Friday 18/19 April.

Finish Location

Finish line will be at Odlins Plaza in Wellington City Centre.

Minimum Age

18 Years age of race day.

Drop Bags

• Drop bag points are available at any of the 4 Event Hubs:
• You will be supplied with a bag drop label corresponding to each Event Hub.
• Drop bags must not contain any glass
• All liquids must be in secure containers
• We cannot move bags between aid stations for you, i.e you must provide a bag for each location where you wish to have personal supplies.
• Bags must be soft and of reasonable size.

Course Info

Your adventure starts at the Dry Creek entrance of Belmont Regional Park. A beautiful start and an epic climb to get you warm from minute 1. Boulder Hill awaits. 435m of vertical climbing in 4.5km. The benefit? We get it out of the way first and you then enjoy one of the best views in the World. From Belmont be inspired as you run around the dress circle and underneath a truly magnificent feat of engineering as you pass under Transmission Gully on your way into Porirua.

This is the first city element of the event. But you wouldn’t know it as you wind your way downhill through Bothemly Park into Porirua for a brief stop before climbing the magnificent Te Ara Utawai that takes you to the top of Rangituhi. Be sure to be here during daylight hours as the views are truly magnificent. Rangituhi is the start of our ridgeline run that is going to link you to Wellington.

From Rangituhi you will run through Spicer Forest linking up with the skyline track that connects you to Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park. Lose yourself in the amazing trails (so good you will do a couple of laps). Salvation takes you to more trail brilliance as you run around Zealandia, where the birdsong will cheer you on as you connect into Waimapihi, one of the jewels in Wellington’s trail crown. 

With 20km to go weave through the urban maze of trails through southern Wellington, past the zoo, then North up to Mount Victoria. From here enjoy the very different macrocarpa and pine trails until your final journey along the waterfront to your rightful place in Wellington Folklore.

2966m of climbing. 100km of work. An entire lifetime of memories and a heart full of joy.