MacKenzie Kuli and Gary Gin. Participants chose between the 10-kilometre course from Victoria Park on the Port Hills to Hansen Park in Opawa and the 1.5km loop course at Hansen Park. After a group warm-up at the 10km start-line,
Press Editor Kamala Hayman sent the walkers and runners on their way, up and around Sugarloaf peak then along the Summit Rd.
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Walkers along Summit Rd. From there they came down the Rapaki Track and across the Heathcote River to the finish line. At Hansen Park, Harold the Life Education giraffe started the 1.5km loop event. Everyone taking part, including dogs, received a medal.