Weekly Newsletter 1 July 2026

This week's newsletter showcases the Runaway Hawke’s Bay Marathon; along with interesting articles, including ways you're sabotaging your long runs.

Run Away to Hawke's Bay

Ready for the ultimate wine country run? Take on the 2027 Runaway Hawke’s Bay Marathon and experience flat, easy running through local cycle trails and quiet country roads.

With scenic kilometres from start to finish and an epic finish line celebration at Elephant Hill Estate & Winery, this is a race for runners chasing both a great course and a memorable race day.

Entries open at 11am NZST on Tuesday, 14 July.

Find out more at https://hawkesbaymarathon.co.nz/contact/stay-informed/

Interesting Articles

Ways you're sabotaging your long runs

Runners World helps you to learn about the habits that could be holding you back, and how to correct them.

The truth about waking up your glutes

Run to the Finish looks at what runners get wrong about glute activation from a Personal Trainer.

Running questions answered by experts

The Guardian's running blog answers a number of running related questions from readers, including if you're running run if you have sore legs, whether it's all about chasing personal bests, and how to get motivated again after a break. When you get to the bottom of the list, it's easy to miss there's a link to a second page of questions and answers, so here's also a link to page 2.

Best GPS running watches

Thinking of buying a GPS running watch but not sure what to look for? Check out this guide to buying a running watch, which includes watches by Garmin, Apple, Amazgit, Coros and Suunto.

Recent updates

To find out what's been recently updated, check the recent updates page regularly for date changes, event postponements and cancellations. Check out the full calendar of upcoming events.

Until next week...

Have a great running week!

Ngā mihi,
Jane, Chris & Sam
The Running Calendar Team