Tarawera Ultramarathon

Tarawera Ultramarathon is a trail running event which includes a 21km, 50km, 102km and a 100-mile ultramarathon trail race, with the inaugural event held in 2009, it is part of the Ultra-Trail World Tour.^[1] It is held annually in February and takes place in Rotorua, New Zealand. Awards are given to top men and women finishers in each category.

The race was created by Paul Charteris.

Event history

The inaugural race was over an 85km distance and was won by New Zealanders, Kerry Suter and Jean Beaumont. Kerry backed up his 2009 win with a further win in 2010, this time over a new distance, 100km. In 2017 the 100km race was extended by 2km to a complete distance of 102km. In 2018 the inaugural 100 mile race was added to the event.

The 2023 edition is hosted as part of the UTMB World Series.^[2]

Course records

The 102km course ran from Rotorua to Kawerau from 2009-2017. The course records were set in 2017 by Americans Camille Herron (8:56:00) and Jim Walmsley (7:23:32). The course changed direction in 2018, starting in Kawerau in and finishing in Rotorua. In 2018, 100 miles was added to the events. The courses have had deviations over the years due to inclement weather.

Results and past winners

102km Winners

	Female	Nationality	Time	Male	Nationality	Time	Note
2009[lower-alpha 1]	Jean Beaumont			Kerry Suter
2010	Fleur Bromley			Kerry Suter
2011	Amy Campbell			Sam Wreford
2012	Nicola Gildersleeve			Mick Donges
2013	Ruby Muir			Sage Canaday
2014	Jo Johansen			Sage Canaday
2015	Ruby Muir			Dylan Bowman
2016	Fiona Hayvice			Jonas Buud
2017	Camille Herron		8:56:00 (Course Record)	Jim Walmsley		7:23:32 (Course Record)	Rotorua to Kawerau course
2018	Kelly Wolf			Dylan Bowman			Course changed from Kawerau to Rotorua
2019	Courtney Dauwalter			Reece Edwards
2020	Manuela Soccol			Tom Evans
2021	Ruth Croft			Rhys Johnston
2023	Nancy Jiang			Dan Jones
2024	Ruth Croft			Dan Jones

100 Mile Winners

	Female	Nationality	Time	Male	Nationality	Time
2018	Sally McRae			Adrian Prigent
2019	Camille Herron			Jeff Browning
2020	Ailsa Campbell			Vladimir Shatrov
2021	Katie Wright			Matt Urbanski
2023	Katie Wright			Zach Miller
2024	Konoka Azumi			Adrian Macdonald

References

1. "Herron and Walmsley smash 102km Tarawera Ultra records with speed off the mark". www.taraweraultra.co.nz. 11 Feb 2017. Archived from the original on March 20, 2017. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
2. "UTMB World Series Events". UTMB World Series. Retrieved 2022-12-08.

Notes

1. 85km course