5km

Fast and simple course layout (very few turns) perfect for setting a new 5km PB!
This course will be loved by elite athletes, those stepping up to their first ever 5km, and everyone in between!

Ultimate Direction Cup Free Hydration Stations

Ultimate Direction Cup Free Hydration Stations will offer water and TORQ electrolyte drink to fill your own reusable cup or hydration device - no single use cups will be provided.

FuelMe reusable collapsible cups are available to purchase when you enter online, or at registration. If you’d rather not pause to have your own reusable cup filled, you can bring your own drink bottle or hydration device.

If you’re looking to upgrade your hydration options - check out Ultimate Direction’s great range of hydration vests and belts, soft flasks and hand-held hydration solutions. Use your training to trial hydration options - shop Ultimate Direction and TORQ online.

There will be one Ultimate Direction Cup Free Hydration Station on course at the 3.1km mark. The finish zone Ultimate Direction Cup Free Hydration Station will have drinking fountains and bottle refill stations available.

Thanks to FuelMe, refreshing Red Berries TORQ Hydration Drink will be available at the Ultimate Direction Cup Free Hydration Stations. No artificial colours, flavours or preservatives, TORQ Hydration Drink is one of the most thorough and effective hydration products on the market today.

Toilets

Toilets will be available on course at the 3.1km mark.

Parking

The G.J. Gardner Whangamatā Half Marathon has partnered with the Forever Good For Your Soul environmental programme. Williamson Park is centrally located and within walking/biking distance of a high percentage of most homes and baches in Whangamatā; we encourage carpooling, biking or walking to the event. Limited vehicle parking will be available inside Williamson Park on a first in, first served basis. Once the grass reserve is full, parking is best in the surrounding streets. Please allow enough time.

Gear Storage

Gear Storage service will be provided by the Lions Club of Whangamatā at Williamson Park.

Course Cut-off Times

All entrants must have finished by 12.15pm. 5km participants may be restricted from continuing on their lap if their pace is unlikely to meet the final course cut off time of 12.15pm, and will adversely affect approved traffic management and marshal timelines.