TMiler

TMiler

It is a loop out of Rotorua and back: from Te Puia past Rotokakahi (Green Lake) to the Buried Village, the Te Ariki isthmus and Rerewhakaaitu, with a boat crossing of Lake Rotomahana on the way, under Mt Tarawera, Ruawahia and Wahanga, through the private Tarawera Forest to Okahu, Hawea and the Outlet, then Otamuri and Rotoiti, back through Okataina, Millar and the Blue Lake at Tikitapu, and down through the redwoods to the finish. The organiser counts eight lakes on the way, on single track, wide trails, forestry roads and some sealed road.

Cut-offs run all the way round: 10:45 at the Buried Village, 4:30pm at Rerewhakaaitu, 11:45pm at the Outlet, 6:20am on Sunday at Okataina, 12:20pm at Tikitapu and 4:07pm at the Village Green. Drop bags wait at six points, and from Okataina a runner may take a pacer, changing at Okataina, Tikitapu and the Redwoods. Every finisher receives a pounamu pendant. Cut-offs may be brought forward in bad weather.

This page covers the 2027 TMiler. Thirty-six hours and a night in the forest is a long time to refresh a results page. On Livebib the family on the Village Green see the runner on the course line between aid stations, the distance done and a finish estimate that moves as the race does, with stretches without signal carried forward and marked as estimated.