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City of Wellington Half Marathon - Format Changed 31 Oct 2003.

After much deliberation the Olympic Harrier Club of Wellington Inc., has decided NOT TO HOLD the City of Wellington Full Marathon in 2004.

The Half Marathon Run and Half Marathon Walk will still take place on Sunday 18 January 2004. It is hoped to make these events bigger and better.

The decision will be reviewed following the Half Marathon early next year.

The reasons for making the decision are, (in no particular order);
  • Increased expectations with traffic management and safety issues.
  • High manpower resource required for lengthy period.
  • Small field of entries for the Full Marathon for a number of years, notwithstanding a 12.9% and 5.89% increase in overall entries respectively in the last two years.
We trust this will not upset too many plans. This was a decision we did not want to make but felt we had no alternative at this point in time due to the circumstances we face.

If you believe you have comments that may help our review in 2004, please feel free to reply by email to me. [E-mail Murray]

We will continue to stage the Mizuno - Shoe Clinic Twilight 5km Series over the summer months.

The 5km series dates are all Tuesdays;
    Nov 25, Dec 9 & 23, Jan 13 & 27 and Feb 10 & 24.
    Registration: 5.30pm
    Walkers start at 5.45pm, Runners start at 6pm
    Entry fee: $5 per person.
    Venue: Queens Wharf Square, Queens Wharf, Wellington.
Murray McGaughran
President
Olympic Harrier Club of Wellington Inc.
 
 

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