The Apiti terrain provides an excellent venue for conditioning runners preparing for forthcoming endurance events. This historical course offers a step up from the traditional long Sunday training run. The steep hills, especially the never-ending Makoura Road (7km.) one, give all runners a thorough workout.
The Apiti Gutbuster has a unique feature requiring each runner to finish between 12.10 and 12.20 p.m. Runners had to select their own starting time to finish in the set time frame. From a field of seventeen starters five managed to finish in the time frame. The five included; Debra Arnold (Feilding Moa), Kym Black, Bruce Eyers, Roger Morrison (Wanganui) and David Penfold (Feilding Moa).
The fastest times were as follows: Neil Mayo (Wanganui) 2hrs19m 53s,Henry Bishop (Wanganui) 2hrs38m, Robert Dabb (Feilding Moa) 2hrs40m35s, Peter Griffin (Feilding Moa) 2hrs44m17s, Tony Devanney (Auckland) 2hrs45m, Ross Cheesman (Wellington) 2hrs50m46s.
| Start Time | Finish Time | ||
| Margaret | McBeth | 8.37am | 12.31pm |
| David | Penfold | 8.50 | 12.20 |
| Debra | Arnold | 9.05 | 12.12 |
| Allan | Carter | 9.10 | 12.26 |
| Tom | Devanney | 9.10 | 11.55 |
| Gai Marie | Smart | 9.10 | 12.25 |
| Viv | Eyers | 9.10 | 12.25 |
| Roger | Morrison | 9.15 | 12.20 |
| Bruce | Eyers | 9.15 | 12.20 |
| Kym | Black | 9.15 | 12.20 |
| Robert | Dabb | 9.15 | 11.55 |
| Peter | Griffin | 9.15 | 11.58 |
| Henry | Bishop | 9.15 | 11.53 |
| Colin | Ward | 9.15 | 12.26 |
| Ross | Cheesman | 9.15 | 12.04 |
| Matthew | Schipper | 9.30 | 12.28 |
| Neil | Mayo | 9.30 | 11.49 |
Report & results supplied by: David Penfold
