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Feeling keen to try a tri? Ready to run a fun run? Signing up for an event is a great way to stay on track with your activity goals! It puts in place a powerful personal pact that can be hugely motivating - helping you get out of bed on those cold mornings, or fit in a session after work when you don’t feel like it.
Doing an event as part of a team or with a friend, work colleague, neighbour or your whānau can create an even stronger level of accountability. Having a bunch of cheerleaders saying "Come on, let’s go!" can help keep you motivated and stick with it.
Another helpful strategy is to get active for a cause if you are motivated by supporting others. Active community events - like the Pink Ribbon Walk or Relay for Life - are a great way to do something healthy while giving back. Some events also offer training programmes to get you ready, and prizes!
There is a huge range of events to choose from in Canterbury - whether you're just starting out or looking for something more challenging. Check out the listings and links below to find upcoming events over the next few months.
Join this run on the roads under lights that is sure to provide excitement.
This is a challenging multi-sport event starting in Mt Hutt Ski Area.
Join this annual 5km fun run/walk held to raise money for cancer research.
Join this ultimate road relay race for runners or walkers - a team bonding experience you won't forget.
Join this walk to remember or support those with Leukaemia and other blood cancers in New Zealand.
Each event in this series will be set on a different terrain or location bringing a new challenge to each course and competitor.
Take part in this community event to celebrate, remember or support those experiencing addiction and mental distress.
Join this safe, well organised fun run or walk event in North Hagley Park celebrating the arrival of spring.
Run, walk, crawl, climb, and slide around during this all-ages event, and finish a different colour than you started.
This off road event is a chance to run or walk with your best friend!
- Join the Virtual Events Club and race with other people across New Zealand and the world each month. You can run, walk, mountain or road bike or swim. All profits from the Club goes to Ronald McDonald House.
- Run NZ Run organises a range of FREE virtual runs that you do anywhere. You just log your distance against your chosen goal or over a chosen period.
- Christchurch City Council Events lists all sorts of events in Canterbury (formerly Be There).
- Sport Canterbury runs many events at Ngā Puna Wai - Canterbury’s new home of sport.
- NZ Running Calendar gives information on running and walking events around New Zealand.
- My Next Challenge is a new website designed to take the challenge out of finding fitness events in New Zealand. You'll find lots of awesome events catering to every fitness level happening around New Zealand.
- SportzHub's Adventure Sport provides the latest on events that enable people to get into the wilderness. They aim to help foster people into the outdoors, and have discussion forums and links to local clubs and other facilities.
- Canterbury 5km Road Night Champs
- Peak to Pub
- Terry Fox Run
- Canterbury Road Relay
- Shine for a Cure Lantern Walk
- Christchurch 10km Series
- Speed Freaks Run for a Reason
- Sri Chinmoy Spring Half Marathon
- Muddy Good Run Rangiora
- 4 Paws Marathon
- Te Taiao Oma Environmental Run
- Jackson Holmes Salmon Run
- Pae Ora Whānau Fun Run
- Butterfly Fun Run
- Pink Ribbon Walk
- Kaiapoi Adventure Race
- Crater Rim Ultra
- JD Duathlon Series
- Wicked Rogaines Spring Series
- Kaikōura Mountains to the Sea Marathon
- Ride the Rakaia
- Mission Mt Somers
- 6-Hour Blast MTB Race
- Sri Chinmoy Self-Transcendence Race
- Boulder Bay Classic
- Corporate Challenge 5K
- Lake Tahi Swim Race Series
- Seasonal Scamper