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13 events this October

Find running events & clubs in New Zealand

Discover races, fun runs, parkruns, trail events and local running clubs — from coastal trails to city streets, Auckland to Queenstown.

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Start with 60 seconds. Walk the rest.

A free 9-week email course for complete beginners. Each week lands in your inbox with three short sessions, until you can run 5K.

  • No fitness needed to start
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  • Repeat any week, nobody is keeping score

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Your first session

25 minutes, mostly walking

  1. Warm-up walk5 min
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  3. Done. Two more this week25 min

In 9 weeks, you'll run 5K.

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Community

Run together, even when you’re running alone.

Share routes, ask training questions, find race partners, and celebrate wins — all in the NZ Running community.

  • Local route knowledge

    Where to run in a city you do not know yet.

  • Training questions

    What is working for people running your distance.

  • Race-day intel

    What a course is really like, and what the weather usually does.

  • People to run with

    Training partners, and someone to find at the start line.