Perennially popular training run for those who think Christmas is about more than eating too much. Starts at the corner of Payne and Dillon roads at 5am; 24km (one way to Mt Nebo drop car) & 48km options. More on Coolrunning here.

The idea for a Coromandel mountain run came three years ago when co-organiser Andy Reid returned from the Kepler Challenge wondering why there were no similarly inspiring mountain runs in their own spectacular region. They hope that the Kauri Run will become the North Island’s major mountain run and that their Kauri concept might help regenerate the region’s greatest asset. With a new Kauri seedling planted for every entrant the organisation has now put in close to 1000 trees. “Long term we’re hoping that the event will be responsible for 10,000 new Kauri tress in 10 years,” says Reid.

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