Thumbs up for the Meridian Hydro half marathon
And a special thank you to the race organisers
August 5th 2023
I’m not a gifted distance runner. I do enjoy running and hiking. I intended this to be a training run for summer sprints and hurdles. Just a training run. But scroll down to see my result…
Picture of runners on the trail in 2021
Promotional video of meridian hydro half marathon
Unusual race plan: run 10 and walk 2
It’s not a crime to walk parts of a running race so I turn it into a virtue. I ran 10 minutes and walked two” strategy, and then aim for a sustainable 10km per hour pace. This was my result:
First in my age category. My schoolboy runner’s dream. Not to get big-headed though. There are 60-year-olds who’d take twenty minutes off my time and laugh and joke while they did it.
The links below are for those who’d like to visit the Fiordland Trails Trust trails and maybe run them. Walking is fine too, and you can hire an e-bike.
Further Info
Website of Fiordland trails trust and meridian Hydro Half Marathon