The Great Cranleigh Kauri Run

The Great Cranleigh Kauri Run is a 32km or 13km Trail run or walk which takes place on the stunningly beautiful Northern Coromandel Peninsula.

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17 November 2012

Waikawau Beach, Coromandel Township, Colville
Coromandel Peninsula
Run

Introduction

The Great Cranleigh Kauri Run is a 32km or 13km Trail run or walk which takes place on the stunningly beautiful Northern Coromandel Peninsula. Both events start on the white sands of Waikawau Beach on the eastern coast of the peninsula with the 32km event finishing in Coromandel Township and the 13km event finishing at the White Star Station, close to Colville, both located on the western side of the peninsula.

200 years ago most of the Coromandel peninsula was covered in Kauri Forest. Today very few of these majestic giants of the forest remain. A kauri tree will be planted along the trail for each person that participates in the event and our vision is to plant 10,000 trees over the next ten years and to create an avenue of Kauri all the way from Waikawau to Coromandel.

Participation

The event is open to individual runners and walkers. Individual runners may also team up in threes with their combined times added to provide the team result. There will prizes for the first three men and women as well as age category winners. There is also a prize for the first man and women to reach the Waikawau lookout at 8km and 350m.

This year there are also some special team categories 

• The 13km has a special Corporate team category whereby each team member completes the 13km and the team with the highest average time wins. This  team race is known as the Cranleigh Challenge and all team members should be from the same organisation.