Name: JTP’s training Time Trial [not-an-event] for Rotorua Marathon events
Start: 2026-04-18T22:00:00+12:00
Location: Aria's Farm Holiday Homes and B&B

$JTP\u2019s training Time Trial [not-an-event] for Rotorua Marathon events$

JTP’s training Time Trial [not-an-event] for Rotorua Marathon events
Sun 19th April – 10km, 21km, or full 32km
LOCATION
Arias Farm, 396 Clayton Rd
- Parking in paddock
- Toilet in yellow brick Lodge (walk around left side, REAR deck entry)
-> No need to carry water, just the outfit you will wear on race day, your gels, plus a Hi-Viz vest
-> Opportunity to trial hydration and nutrition and pace, in prep for the Marathon events
-> Give the full distance a go, even if you ‘think’ you can’t, as there are lots of rides available
START TIMES:
6am start – 32km SLOW Walkers only (14min/km)!
7am start – 32km Faster Walkers and very Slower Woggers (10-12min/km)
8am Start – 32km & 10km Runners (most of us)
9am Start – 22km Runners
ROUTE: 10km [put start/finish/total time on sheet]
Head left down Pukehangi Rd, all the way to the shops at Cnr Springfield/Otonga Rd – turn around and return back to Arias Farm (10km total).
Put your 10km time on the sheet, even if you are carrying on.
There will be an unmanned aid station at Arias Farm, plus toilet in the Lodge (rear deck entry).
Carry on the route below for 32km….
ROUTE: 22km [put start/finish/total time on sheet]
Head down Clayton Rd, left onto Thomas, right onto Gordon, all the way down to Fairy Springs Rd – cross at the first lights and use the right side footpath until Stembridge Rd in Ngongotaha (keep going through roundabout) then cross left and go up Stembridge – when you come to the main highway, VERY CAREFULLY cross over and onto Paradise Valley Rd.
ROAD SAFETY
The ROAD IS OPEN! Your safety is totally your responsibility. Please TAKE CARE.
We are NOT an ‘organised group’ or ‘club event’, just a group of friends out running!
Please wear hi-viz safety vest over your top, or bright shirt.
If there is a sidewalk or grass verge, use that first.
If no sidewalk, run on the very edge of the road, FACING TRAFFIC (ie the right side).
If there is a really tight corner and minimal road edge, cross over and round the corner on the high side then cross back.
You run on the understanding that Safety is totally your responsibility, as you have simply chosen to run with some friends on the road – the club is not managing your road safety.
AID STATIONS: (5.5min/kms to 10min/kms)
A - Shop at cnr Otonga Rd & Springfield Rds – 7am to 8:45am
B - Arias Farm – unmanned, all day
C – Zorb (on foot path on right side) – 8:15am to 10:30am
D - Trout Hatchery – 9:15am to 11:45am
E - Bus Shed – 10am to 12:45pm
GEAR
The outfit you will wear on race day (club singlet)
Your gels/fruit/sammies
Hi-viz Vest for road safety
Sun visor, sunscreened prior
Your cellphone ‘just in case’
HYDRATION
You do NOT need to carry water or your camelbak, unless you have specifically decided to wear it on the day. But totally unnecessary, as aid stations are every 5km (every 3km at marathon).
Drink 2 cups at every aid station. Yes you will need to pee in the bushes at some point.
Please trial endurolytes (minerals) for your sore muscles, rather than Panadol (they are MAGIC), anti-fatigue, coke, Heed, Perpetuem, caffeine, and fruit which will be available as well.
NUTRITION (and practice carrying)
There will be HAMMER Products for sale under the rear deck cover at Arias Farm:
Hammer Gels $3 each
Endurolytes (salt/mag) bottle $55
Anti-Fatigue bottle 90s $50
Perpetuem 8 scoops $10
You will be pushing a long time on race day, and nuts/fats are too hard to digest when the body is working hard. So now is the time to eat easier-digestible higher energy carb foods – fruit, muesli bars, sammies, race gels, or just electrolyte fluids.
Everyone - take one ziplock bag to add a bit of fruit to at the aid stations, and practice carrying with you. Make your own bag of sammies - figure out how to carry them around the course – either in your JTP shirt pockets, or tucked under the leg seam of your tights. You will eat the fruit and sammies on the way, and probably more at the aid stations. Or you may eat none of it! You may just have gels and water. There will also be more pieces of fruit around the course – again this is your chance to work out what works for you, and what you can digest while running a good pace.
PACE
You are walking/running ON YOUR OWN today – not with a group.
Pick a pace that is comfortable for YOU – don’t try and keep up with someone else, or wait for them. This is your day to get a feel for YOUR pace.
On the day it is “Your Race, Your Pace”, so now is the time to get your head around it.
Record the time you left, and the time you finish each leg – ie 10km time plus 22km time. I can use this info to give you a good estimated Marathon time. Eg if you start too fast and find yourself walking towards the end, you will know to start slower on race day!

Another fabulous and free training opportunity (although koha is always welcome)
Kerris Browne
021 753 691