The Volcanoes Challenge

Posted on July 19th, 2008 by AndrewE

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I’ve been looking out for some races to do now that the Run Auckland Series has finished. Aaron steered me towards this one: The Volcanoes Challenge!

This event has some conventional races such as a 5K and a 10K but the option that caught my eye is a bit more unconventional.

I’m thinking of doing the Volcano Challenge:

The signature event is the original Volcanoes Challenge which involves participants running or walking from One Tree Hill to and up the nominated volcanoes and checking in at the points on 5 of Auckland’s oldest and most popular volcanic sites – One Tree Hill, Mt Eden, Auckland Domain, Mt Hobson and Mt St Johns.

This race has no pre-set course, its up to you which way you go to get to the 5 check points and it’s the quickest route wins.

This sounds like a lot of fun and some quite hard work too. Basically you have to run to, and then up, 5 different volcanoes that are scattered around Auckland. There is no set route although they do provide you with a suggested route that is about 18 or so kilometers long. I reckon I could shave a km or two off that with some crafty navigation.

I won’t be in this to win but more to just have fun. I’m going to treat this as a gentle long walk/run for week 04 of my half-marathon training program. I’ll be sure to take my camera along and get photos of all the volcanoes. :)

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13 Responses to “The Volcanoes Challenge”

Aaron // Jul 19, 2008 at 8:53 am

Nice one!

I have done each volcano individually but yeah all of them in one go would be hard work. Looks like great fun.

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Kate // Jul 19, 2008 at 8:53 am

Sounds awesome! Can’t wait to see how it goes….

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steve // Jul 19, 2008 at 12:42 pm

What a fantastic race! Think I need to visit Australia one day….

–steve

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AndrewE reply on July 19th, 2008 6:56 pm:
While you’re there you can swing by and visit New Zealand too.

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steve reply on July 19th, 2008 9:07 pm:
hey I’m sorry my dad’s on his way to Australia at the moment - guess it was in the back of my mind when I commented….

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charlotte // Jul 19, 2008 at 1:51 pm

This looks amazing!! I am so jealous! You must keep us updated and post lots of pics!

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Metroknow // Jul 19, 2008 at 5:03 pm

Ha - shaving a KM off…you are shameless…

And, I think Steve just tried to pick a fight with a Kiwi……..

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AndrewE reply on July 19th, 2008 6:57 pm:
He did indeed.

And shaving a km off is part of the challenge! No set route!

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Kristy // Jul 19, 2008 at 8:28 pm

What an amazing challenge…It sounds like so much fun! Take lots of photos!

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Johnny // Jul 20, 2008 at 4:40 am

Very cool — sounds like a blast. I’ll look forward to reading about it!

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TB-Milwaukee // Jul 20, 2008 at 12:43 pm

I checked out the 100 push up challenge and finished Day 1 yesterday. I can see how tough it will be.

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