RACE THE TRAIN COURSE DESCRIPTION
Race the Train is a great event for families. Your day starts with a free train ride from Waihi Station to your start line at Waikino. Once the train drops you on the Waikino Station platform, it's a short walk over the road and you're ready for race briefing.
This course is super-cool fun right from the start as you race through a tunnel and over the Ohinemuri River foot-bridge before you turn hard left and upstream, chasing the train along the beautiful river-side trail all the way to the finish line at Waihi Station.
When you hear the Goldfields Railway train's whistle, that's your signal to 'Race the Train' back to Waihi. The course meanders alongside the Ohinemuri River back to the finish line and if you're fast enough you'll see the train along the way. The train takes about 40 minutes from station to station.
LIMITED ENTRIES - BE QUICK (Sorry, we're sold out for 2024)
We are limited to 200 participants for this event so make sure you enter as soon as possible so you don't miss out, it will fill up fast.
MORE ABOUT YOUR RACE
AID STATION
There is only 1 aid station on the Race the Train course, at about the halfway mark.
PLEASE NOTE: WE'RE A CUPLESS EVENT
Cups will not be provided at the aid station. Please BYO cup/bottle or carry your own nutrition/hydration requirements to help us reduce our event waste.
You should prepare to be self-sufficient for the duration of the race. The aid station will have some fruit, water, and electrolyte drink available to help with your race nutrition, however this should be considered a top-up only, and you shouldn't rely on it for your full race energy or hydration needs.
TEAMS
Sorry, there is no Teams division in the Race the Train event because unfortunately there is nowhere to access the course for a team change-over.
GETTING TO THE START LINE
You should use the FREE TRAIN from Waihi to the start line or make your own arrangements for drop-off. There is NO PARKING at Waikino.
GEAR BAG DROP
If you have some gear you'd like to discard and leave at the start line, then pick up again at the finish line, that's cool. We'll have a gear drop area at the start line and we'll happily transport your stuff to the finish line/event HQ for you so you can wrap up warm again after your race. Be sure to clearly mark your gear bag so it doesn't get picked up by somebody else by mistake.
ABOUT YOUR FREE TRAIN RIDE TO THE START LINE
There is NO PARKING at Waikino so all competitors will start the day with a free train ride from Waihi Station to Waikino Station on the Goldfields Historic Railway. Park at Waihi Station, register for your run or walk, then it's "all-aboard" the train for the trip to Waikino. The train will drop you just across the road from the start line so you can race it back to Waihi.
ABOUT GOLDFIELDS HISTORIC RAILWAY
Travel back in time and enjoy a journey on the heritage train between Waihi Station and Waikino Station at the eastern end of the spectacular Karangahake Gorge.
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