Keen to improve your tramping fitness but need a goal to help motivate you?
What about the Harbour Capital Half Marathon?
There is also a marathon for the super ambitious or a 10km race and there is a Kids magic mile (yep you have to meet the age restrictions to enter that last one unless you have kids or a small niece or nephew harden up and go for the 10km or the half)
Sunday 27 June
Sadly unlike any tramp you are ever likely to go on the course is dead flat but this makes it a good one for novice pavement pounders
however, based on past experience conditions are highly likely to simulate what you would find in the Tararuas mid winter so it really is perfect for winter conditioning, checking out alpine gear performance, researching hypothermia symptoms etc
to register go to http://www.harbourcapital.org.nz before you have second thoughts