The organisers of the annual Peak Trail Blazer off-road run across the trails of Te Mata Peak have adjusted the distance of the event after discovering they had "ripped off" competitors of a few kilometres for the past three races.
"Hopefully people will let us off the hook," event manager Jo Throp said with a laugh as preparations got under way for this year's November 17 race.
She said many competitors had in the past remarked that it seemed like the course was longer than was stated on the event information sheets so she and her organising crew last week decided to check it out for themselves.
"We realised we'd short-changed entrants in previous years," Ms Throp said.
It transpired that the Te Mata Peak Trail, which was down as 12km, was actually 12.8km, and the 2km Tainui Trail was revised to 3.5km.