Blazing Hills — individual OCR

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Raetihi / Mangaeturoa South, New Zealand · Next listed edition Sat 6 Mar 2027

Official site(blazinghills.nz, opens in a new tab)

What racers say

  • Selected historical Blazing Hills obstacle-course comments ↗

    Jacqui L and Emma, organizer-selected short quotes

    Jacqui enjoys the 7 km obstacle course’s pond crossing, mud and slide. Emma describes achievable obstacles and enjoyment in a team environment, although her entered programme is not identified.

    Both complete short original organizer-selected quotes read in the homepage’s past-participant section. The containing page counts once; two names are not a verified independent-athlete count. Jacqui identifies 7 km OCR, while Emma’s exact programme/distance is unknown and retained only as broader obstacle-event context. Their raced years/days, precise historical sites/routes, entry funding, independent identities and all-obstacle/finish verification are unknown. Other selected comments about countryside or the shared village do not identify OCR versus trail and are not adopted as OCR assessments. No score, current 2027-route assessment or verified Flamehunters review is inferred.

Event details

Dates
Next listed edition: Sat 6 Mar 2027
Formats
3 km Firestarter OCR — Open or Competitive · 7 km Fireball OCR — Open or Competitive · 10 km Firestorm OCR — Open or Competitive
Place
Farm event hub, approximately 400 Mangaeturoa South Road, Raetihi / Mangaeturoa South, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand
Series
Blazing Hills
  • The organizer advertises 6 March 2027. Individual 3/7/10 km OCR has Open and Competitive categories, with hauls, hanging/monkey bars, carries, mud and balance obstacles. Separate ordinary trail runs and children’s Mini Flames are not adult OCR distances.
  • Course pages advertise around twenty-five / over thirty / over forty obstacles for the individual 3/7/10 km options. The homepage uses looser 20+/30+/40+ descriptions; no independently verified exact counts or distances are inferred. Firestarter youth age limits differ between page and timetable, so no unified youth rule is invented.
  • The event hub is an approximate farm-gate address along Mangaeturoa South Road, near Raetihi. The Centre, 14 Seddon Street is Friday registration, and Mangaeturoa School is camping; neither is relabelled as the race start. Exact course-map coordinates are unverified.
  • The separately named Flamehunters three-person team OCR has added team-specific challenges and its own listing. The homepage’s selected 7 km individual opinion has no stated year or exact historical course and is not a future-edition assessment.

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