Marton-Wanganui Ultramarathon

The Marton-Wanganui Ultramarathon covers approximately 66.4km along the back roads between the towns of Marton and Wanganui. The ultramarathon is run in conjunction with the Marton-Wanganui Relay.

I like this event so much that I have competed in it for ten of the twelve years that it has been running: five times as a runner and five times as a walker.

On this site you will find:

A brief history of the event
The elevation profile
Links to the course on mapmyrun.com: 2002 and 2003, 2004 (to come), 2005 and 2006
The Roll of Honour - individuals who have completed the event multiple times
The All Comers List - the list of all finishers across all years ranked by time

Links to race reports:

2010 race preview from the NZ Herald
My race reports:
Running: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2012
Walking: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010
"Charlo" Laffan's report for 2009
A brief report from Alex "Macca" MacKenzie in the November 2008 Army News (a pdf file).

06 August 2010

11 September 2010

The race date for 2010 is 11 September. The entry form is on the Wanganui Harrier Club website.

14 September 2002

The Beginning

This photo shows the start line for the first running of the Marton-Wanganui ultramarathon:

From left to right: Diane Kowaleski, Andrew Shelley, Gill McNaught (2 person team), Margaret Hazelwood, Des Hussey, Steve Bligh, Ashley Smith, Dave Penfold (2 person team), Kym Black. Photo: Andrew Shelley.