Thursday, May 18, 2006

Distances around Wellington Harbour

One of the more useful things about Wellington harbour is the plates that have been set into the footpath every 500m from Ferg's Kayaks on Queen's Wharf. These are very useful for runners but they don't really go far enough: they only go as far as St Pat's (6.5km). So, a couple of weekend's ago I went out in my car and found land marks for all the 1km distances past that. I also happen to know where a couple of other marks are based on either my bike computer or Conor's. Also note that, according to one of the marshalls from Wellington Scottish, the first couple of marks are inaccurate - they only become accurate past Point Jerningham. This list should be accurate within about 50m. If anyone wants to make any more updates then give me a yell.

For your running pleasure the landmarks are here. This course is from Ferg's Kayaks following the harbour to the lights at St Pat's, then continue to follow the harbour around to Shelly Bay. Go up Shelly Bay and continue following the harbour around. Continue following the coast all the way around until the final point on this list.

1km: corner of raised planting bed directly to the west of the kiosk in Waitangi Park.
7km: fence just past Placemaker's
7.5km: A. E. Tilly
8km: pedestrian refuge opposite gates just past second roundabout
(turn up Shelly Bay Rd)
8.5km: garage doors
10.5km: just past guard shack at sout of RNZAF Shelly Bay. Chained off drive to sea.
11km: chained drive on right at north of RNZAF Shelly Bay.
12km: orange and black arrow just before Point Halswell.
13km: Kau Point (big rock used for turnaround in triathlons and duathlons starting at Scorching Bay)
14km: point at North end of Shelly Bay.
15km: #415, wooden garage door.
16km: #253, just before Worser Bay clubs.
17km: Ferry St intersection.
18km: Where road narrows at North end before top of Pass of Branda.
19km: #103.
20km: Whale on fence by #176.
21km: Middle point of 3 points before dog pound.
22km: #35

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Have you ever tried anything like this?

29/5/06 20:02  
Blogger Edward Sargisson said...

No I haven't. I use a heart rate monitor almost religiously.

The wrist-borne GPS idea is rather cool, and rather expensive. I would be curious about how accurate they are, especially on a windy course.

7/6/06 09:12  

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