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From the couch to 5K in 9 weeks

A free email course. Each week brings three sessions, one tip, and a parkrun or club near you, starting with 60 seconds of jogging at a time.

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445 RUN CLUB – Mount Maunganui

Mount Maunganui, 21 Adams Avenue, Mount Maunganui 3116

Friday

4:45am

Early MorningRoad Running

Porirua parkrun

Porirua, Bothamley Park, Porirua, 5024

Saturday

8am

Beginner FriendlyEarly MorningSocial

Wilderness Running and Endurance Collective

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Wilderness Running and Endurance Collective

Wellington

Multiple days

Beginner FriendlyCompetitiveSocial

445 RUN CLUB – Auckland

Auckland, Akarana Eatery, 8/10 Tamaki Drive, Orakei

Friday

4:45am

Early MorningRoad Running

Run the Bays

Long Bay, 4/56 Bounty Road, Long Bay, Auckland 0630

Monday

5:50pm

Road Running

Ōpaheke Park parkrun

Auckland, Opaheke Sports Park

Saturday

8am

Beginner FriendlyEarly MorningSocial

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Bay of Islands Walking Weekend

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Welling10K

Trail Trilogy

Gizzy Trail Run Series: Eastwood Hill Arboretum

Muriwai Half Marathon

Pink Ribbon Walk: Auckland

Butterfly Fun Run

Edridge Contracting Teetotal Traverse

Tri Sport Taupō Duathlon Series: Race 4

Tuesday Tune Up 1

Wicked Rogaine Spring Series 1

The races everyone's training for

Runaway Auckland Marathon

Kāpiti Half Marathon

New Zealand Sotheby’s International Realty Queenstown Marathon

Trail Challenge Waihi

Coastal Five

Kerikeri Half Marathon

Ōmaha Half Marathon

The Spectacle

The Kepler Challenge & Luxmore Grunt

Mount Festival Half Marathon

First Light Marathon

Clevedon Half Marathon

Tarawera Ultra-Trail by UTMB

Buller Gorge Marathon

Coatesville Half Marathon

IRONMAN 70.3 New Zealand

IRONMAN New Zealand

Southern Cross Round the Bays – Auckland

Maraetai Half Marathon

Waterfront Half Marathon

ASICS Christchurch Marathon

Red Stag Rotorua Marathon

Runaway Hawke’s Bay Marathon

Gazley Volkswagen Wellington Marathon

Mackenzie Half Marathon

Run The Forest

Taupō Marathon

Mount Maunganui Half Marathon

North Shore Marathon

Merrell Race Tekapo