100 Mile Endurance Run

RACE DAY                        Saturday 10 February 2018 – Sunday 11 February 2018

START TIME                   4.00am Saturday

START & FINISH          Downtown Rotorua

ALLOWABLE TIME     36 hours

REGISTRATION            Thursday 8 Feb. 12-noon to 5.30pm and Friday 9 Feb. 10am to 12-noon.                                                                                                                                                      Sir Howard Morrison Performing Arts Centre

RUNNER BRIEFING    Thursday 8 Feb. 7pm. COMPULSORY. Sir Howard Morrison Performing Arts Centre.

CREW BRIEFING          Thursday 8 Feb. 8:15 pm. OPTIONAL. Sir Howard Morrison Performing Arts Centre.

ACTIVITIES                      All activities as part of the Tarawera Ultramarathon race week apply to the 100 miler.

OVERVIEW

* parking security, atmosphere, entertainment, food and drink.
** parking security, atmosphere, food and drink.

COURSE

The course for 2018 is not yet final. It will include some of the Tarawera Ultramarathon course, the Tarawera Trail Marathon & 50km courses and much more. The course features narrow single track trails, wide trails, forestry and sealed roads. Forests, lakes, geothermal features and the city of Rotorua. It will be a runnable, moderately hilly trail ultra marathon course.

The Tarawera 100 Mile Endurance Run takes a substantially different course to the 62, 87 or 102km ultramarathon courses. The latter half of the 100 Miler course will share some trails in common with the Tarawera Ultra courses.

We expect the winning male to complete the Tarawera 100 Mile Endurance Run course in 14 hours or less. As a rough guide, this a little faster than Western States and much faster than UTMB.

DISTANCE: Approximately 161 km (not less).

ELEVATION GAIN / LOSS: To be confirmed, but likely to be between 4750m and 5500m +D/-D, on a loop course.

AID STATIONS: We will have the same generous aid stations that feature in the Tarawera Ultramarathon.

QUALIFICATION FOR UTMB AND WESTERN STATES ENDURANCE RUN

WSER QUALIFIER: Yes, the Tarawera 100 Mile Endurance Run is a qualifying race for the 2019 Western States 100 Mile Endurance Run. You will need to finish in 30 hours or less to qualify for WSER.

UTMB QUALIFIER: The race organisers intend the Tarawera 100 Mile Endurance Run to be a qualifying race for the 2019 Ultra Trail du Mt Blanc. We need to finalise the course and submit .GPX files of this course before we can confirm qualification status and the number of UTMB points. If you need to get points for UTMB – we recommend this as an achievable way to do so.

ENTRY FOR THE 2018 TARAWERA 100 MILE ENDURANCE RUN

All entries are online only.
ENTRY LIMIT: 1250 runners.

ENTRY COST:  All prices are in $NZ.

Super early bird (first 160 entries).     $650
Early bird (until 31 October).                  $720
Standard                                                              $790

WITHDRAWAL, TRANSFER OR DEFERMENT OF ENTRY

Policies for withdrawal, transferring or deferment of your entry to another year are posted. These policies will not change. No exceptions.

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS

(1) ELITE DISCOUNT ENTRIES
Runners who will increase the competitiveness and profile of the event should apply via the elite athlete assistance programme. The number of applications is high and, in general, only 50% of applications are successful for Tier 1-4 assistance. All policies listed on this page still apply to elite athletes.

(2) MEDIA ENTRIES
Runners associated with national and international media profile should apply for special consideration via the race media programme. All policies listed on this page still apply to attending media.

(3) SPONSOR ENTRIES
Runners associated with sponsors of the event may receive a free or discounted entry from that sponsor. All policies listed on this page still apply to athletes associated with sponsors.

UPGRADE FROM THE TARAWERA ULTRA

All runners who enter the Tarawera Ultra 62, 87 or 102km from August onwards can upgrade to the 100 Miler at a later date. You pay the difference between the entry fees. You have until 11:59 pm on 9 January to upgrade.

All runners who have signed up to the 62, 87 or 102km events before the end of July can upgrade to the 100 Miler at a later date.  You will be eligible for a discounted 100-mile entry. If you signed up for the 62, 87 or 102km before the end of July, you will get a $50 discount on your upgrade fee.

If you were one of the first 300 runners to sign up for the Tarawera Ultra 62, 87 or 102km events, you can upgrade to the 100 Miler at a later date. You will get a $100 discount on your 100 Miler entry when you upgrade.

Upgrade entry fee tables. If you signed up for….

ENTRY TABLE 1: TARAWERA ULTRA ENTRY FEES

and you sign up for the Tarawera 100 Mile Endurance Run at…

TABLE 2: TARAWERA 100 MILE ENTRY FEES

…then, if you were one of the 300 super duper early bird special signups from the Tarawera Ultra (column 2 in ENTRY TABLE 1) you will pay an extra…

100 MILE UPGRADE FEES FROM TUM SUPER EARLYBIRD

If you signed up to the Tarawera Ultra before 30 July but were not one of the first 300 entrants (Column 3 in ENTRY TABLE 1) and you upgrade to the 100 Miler, you will pay the upgrade fee of…

100 MILE UPGRADE FEES IF YOU SIGNED UP TO TUM BEFORE 30 JULY

If you signed up for the Tarawera Ultramarathon anytime on 1 August or after that date, you can still upgrade to the 100 Miler. You will pay the difference in price between your Tarawera Ultra entry fee and the 100 Miler entry fee at that time. This is ENTRY TABLE 2 minus what you paid in ENTRY TABLE 1.

If the 1250 entry limit has been reached – you will not be able to upgrade.

QUALIFICATION STANDARDS

The following qualification standards apply to the 2018 event. They are not negotiable.

1. Completion of a trail race, 50km or longer between 1 June 2016 to 31 December 2017. You must have finished within the final cut off time for that event.
2. Your result must be for completion of that event. This means, for example, you cannot submit a result showing you made it 55km into an 80km race.
3. You will need to submit a web link to your result online (on the official race website) when you sign up – or modify your entry profile at some later date to include that link.
4. Runs that are on sealed roads or timed runs (e.g. 6, 12, 24 hr.) on a running track will not be accepted.
5. Unofficial events (e.g. training runs) will not be accepted.
6. This qualifying standard is for the 2018 race only. The qualifying standard for the 2019 Tarawera 100 Mile Endurance Run will be stricter.
7. Race management reserve the right to reject any result deemed not meeting criteria 1-5.

Failure to meet the qualification standard will result in automatic cancellation of your entry with no refund. Therefore, it would be wise to have completed your qualifying run prior to entering.

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE

You do not need to provide a medical certificate to enter this event. When you enter online, you will complete medical and health questions. These include details of any medications you are taking, medical conditions or issues that may prevent you from completing this event.

MEDICAL AND OTHER RISKS:   Need to copy Pages 36-38 from here http://www.taraweraultra.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/tum2017prog.pdf

AGE LIMIT:  This race is open to anyone born in 1998 or before.

VOLUNTEERING

ALL 100 mile entrants will be required to undertake a minimum of eight hours trail running-related volunteer work. This is from 1 January the year preceding the race to 10 January of the race year. Evidence of your volunteer fulfilment must be uploaded no later than 11:59 pm (NZ time) on 10 January preceding race day.

This requirement is mandatory. For many runners, this will be in your home country.

Please complete the volunteer form (this form will be available soon)

Volunteer work is at any trail ultramarathon event or trail running event or trail/environmental enhancement in association with a trail running event. Examples of volunteer work are:

• Helping clear and improve trails or enhancing the environment for a ‘trail running event’.
• Tail-end Charlie duty. This is walking behind the last runners on race day and removing all course markings and rubbish.
• Helping with aid stations, marshalling, registration and start and finish-lines for a trail run race.
• ‘Trail Running Event’ is any trail running and trail ultra event that has an official website or webpage with an official start and end time, participation rules and results. Training runs, unless part of a designated training camp, do not qualify.
• Guiding a paralympic athlete or special needs athlete at a trail event qualifies as volunteerism.

What does not qualify as volunteering work?

• Services or actions in a paid role – i.e. you are a paid staff or contractor at an event or you work for a sponsor at that event.
• Volunteering to be on the committee of a trail running club.
• Volunteering at a road running race or triathlon or running event not related to trail running.
• Pacing, coaching or crewing a runner at a race.
• Raising money for a charity as part of a race.

Failure to meet the volunteer requirements by the due date will result in automatic cancellation of your race entry with no refund.

PARTICIPATION RULES

Participant rules for the Tarawera Ultramarathon are posted online. These posted rules also apply to the 100 Mile Endurance run. The additional rules below relate specifically to the 100 miler.

COMPULSORY EQUIPMENT
In the week prior to the race, at registration and the compulsory race briefing runners will be advised what compulsory clothing and equipment items they must carry (based on the expected weather conditions). There are four compulsory gear levels that may be imposed for all or part of the 100 Mile race:

A.
– Headlamp

B.
– Headlamp
– Waterproof jacket (seam-sealed).

C. 
– Headlamp
– Base layer long top wool/polypropylene
– Base layer long pants wool/polypropylene
– Thermal hat (Buff accepted)
– Thermal gloves
– Waterproof jacket (seam-sealed)

D.
– Headlamp
– Base layer long top wool/polypropylene
– Base layer long pants wool/polypropylene
– Thermal hat (Buff accepted)
– Thermal gloves
– Waterproof jacket (seam-sealed)
– Survival bag – not a survival blanket. Technical specifications to be advised
– First Aid including 2 metres of bandage, strapping tape and plasters
– Mobile Phone – charged in a waterproof container
– Whistle

HEADLAMPS

You will be required to wear a headlamp for the start of the race. Sunrise is officially at 6:40am on race day so expect to run in dark conditions for the first hour and a half. The first few aid stations have headlamp drop boxes where you can leave your headlamp and these will be transported back to a secure finish-line zone.

Almost all runners will run into the night on Saturday. Headlamps can be carried from the start or a second headlamp can be picked up at designated aid station locations. You can leave your headlamps in your drop bags or have them delivered to you by your crew.

PACERS

Pacers are companion runners that can accompany a 100 Miler entrant from various points to the finish-line in Rotorua. Pacers run for free. The Pacers role is to accompany their runner to provide moral support, pacing advice and companionship in the latter stages of the event. There are strict rules regarding pacing.

• All pacers must check-in (print your name and sign in) at registration before race day. You will pick up your compulsory pacer number at registration. Runners cannot sign up their pacers at registration – the pacer must be present in person.
• Pacer numbers will be white. This is so we know you are part of the event.
• You can pace your runner from around the 120km point of the race to the finish-line. When the exact course has been finalised, we will update pacer pick up locations. Pacer pick up locations will most likely be at aid stations.
• You cannot meet your runner before or after the designated pacer pick up locations or at intermediate points. Doing so results in disqualification.
• Competitors, you can use two pacers – but only one at a time. They must change over at a pacer pick up location.
• If you plan to make an exchange of pacers, the pacer number must be handed over from the previous pacer to the next pacer.
• Pacers are responsible for their own transport to the pick up locations.
• Pacers may not carry extra water, food or equipment for runners.
• With the exception of an emergency or medical situation, pacers cannot provide any material assistance to their runners.
• Pacers must carry their own set of compulsory clothing and equipment items to match that required by the runners.