Race planning

Plan Southern Lakes Ultra

Use the listed edition as your starting point. Each tool keeps imported race facts separate from the targets and assumptions you choose.

Listed edition: Feb 21, 2027 – Feb 27, 2027
Format: Stage Race
Distance: Approximately 250 km over 6 stages
Local start time: Not recorded — check the organizer
Duration / cutoff: Not recorded — check the organizer
Crew and pacers: No crew and no pacers. Outside help is banned except in emergencies, when the race director or medical team arranges it. Family and friends can cheer at the parts of the course they can reach, but the camps are for athletes and crew only. They are welcome at the Queenstown finish and can buy extra tickets to the awards dinner.
Drop bags: Gear handling depends on your category rather than on drop bags. Supported runners hand over one camp bag, up to 70 × 40 × 40 cm and 15 kg weighed without water, which crew move between camps; everything except one pair of shoes must fit inside, and each morning runners take out a vest holding the mandatory kit minus sleeping bag and mat. Unsupported runners carry everything except the tent on their backs for the whole week, including all their food. In past years the host hotel in Queenstown has stored one bag per athlete for the week.

Recorded facts reviewed Oct 25, 2026. Check the organizer’s latest rules. Calendar downloads use all-day dates and do not set a starting alarm.

Pace & duration

Choose a distance target. Choose a planning duration; this race has no single recorded time limit to import.

Start with the matching format checklist. Add the organizer’s mandatory gear.

Bring across the race name. Add confirmed access points, distances and your own arrival estimates.