Date
Sat, 2 Jan 2027
Start
08:00
Venue
Pāuanui Surf Life Saving Club, Pauanui
Pauanui, Thames-Coromandel District
Countdown
January
A short, punchy trail run from the Surf Club up to the summit, down to Cave Bay and along to South End. 410 m of climbing in 7.7 km, so the hill is the whole point.
Key facts
01Course closes at 11:00, three hours after the 08:00 start
02Results are ranked by sex and age group
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The course
The route
Pauanui
Distance7.7km
Total climb410m
StartElevation
0 kmDrag map to rotate7.7 km
Weather
Early-January, Pauanui
23°CTypical high
16°CTypical low
12°CColdest in 20 years
34%Days with rain
Highs around 23°C and lows around 16°C, but it has dropped to 12°C. Rain on 34% of days.
NASA POWER data, 2006-2025, the week either side of race day
Results
Course verified. Results not yet available.
Organiser
Training
Training for the Pāuanui King of the Mountain
We don't do generic plans. We combine deep knowledge of this race's demands with your recent training, then build a plan with you that progresses as you do.
Beina integrates directly with your existing tools to understand your current fitness, and synchronise your planned sessions.
Intervals.icuWhat a Pāuanui King of the Mountain plan targets
Typical sessions
8 km with 410 m of climbing
Time on feet and fatigue resistance
Fuelling and pacing for the whole event
What your weeks look like
Typical sessions
Long runs that build time on your feet
Tempo and threshold sessions to hold race pace
Back-to-back weekend runs for fatigue resistance
Not a generic schedule
Typical sessions
Built from your current fitness and the time you actually have
Adapts every week as Beina learns how you respond
Syncs your sessions straight to Garmin and Wahoo
One clear next session, never a wall of spreadsheet
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