Going ahead this Saturday
No cancellation listed for Saturday 31 October.
Parkrun
Motueka Beach Reserve parkrun
A free, fun, and friendly weekly 5k community event. Walk, jog, run, volunteer or spectate – it's up to you!
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New Zealand
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Tasman
- 5 kilometres
- Motueka Beach Reserve
Meeting point: -41.13612, 173.02273. The interactive map loads with JavaScript. Open the same point in OpenStreetMap.
Coordinates -41.13612, 173.02273.
The course
Course description
The start line is 50m from the Beach Reserve car park. The course follows a gravel track along the sea reserve frontage and also part of The Great Taste Trail Cycleway. It is a one lap, out and back, flat course. The turnaround point is 2.5km from the start. This will be marked with a turn round cone and marshal. It is a shared walkway/cycleway and courtesy should be shown to other users.
On the course
The course is 5k long. The course is at Motueka Beach Reserve, Motueka. The course is run entirely on trail paths. Some sections of the course may accumulate mud, leaves and puddles after rain. Dependent on availability, marshals will be at key sections of the course, or signs will be in place.
Please remember that the parkrun uses shared paths. For the continued success of the event, please give way to other park users. This won't hurt your time, it won't stop you from getting a PB and it will make sure everyone continues to enjoy the event.
Please, wherever possible walk, jog, cycle or use public transport when attending the event. If you do have to drive, please consider car-sharing to reduce our impact on both the environment and other park users. Please also watch out for other park users when arriving and leaving. Parking may be limited so try to arrive early.
Facilities
Toilets are available in The Beach Reserve. There are also Saltwater Baths on the seafront available at high tide.
More details
Public transport
There are no Public Transport options.
On foot
The directions on foot are the same as for the car. There is also an option to walk along the seafront reserve which runs all the way along the waterfront from Harbour Road (by the golf course) to the Motueka Beach Reserve. There are also a couple of roads that join on to Motueka Quay which runs alongside the walkway (Glenaven and Old Wharf Road).
By road
If coming from State Highway 60 from Motueka, turn left at the Wharf Road roundabout, and head all the way along the causeway to where Wharf Road meets Trewavas and Everett Streets. Go straight ahead into Everett Street and the carpark is on the corner of Everett and North Street.
There is parking available at the Beach Reserve, also on Everett, Trewavas and Ward Streets which are close by the start.
Coffee
Every week we grab a post-parkrun coffee: Coastal Café. Please come and join us!
We're friendly
Every week we grab a post parkrun coffee at Coastal Café - please come and join us!
Course safety
Motueka Beach Reserve parkrun is a fun, free event organised by volunteers for the benefit of everyone. We wish to make the event as safe as possible, so participants, spectators and helpers are asked to take care about the following:
- Please be considerate to the park and other park users at all times.
- Children under the age of eleven must be accompanied (within arm's reach) throughout the event by a parent, guardian or appropriate adult of the parent's choice.
- Please arrive by foot, by pedal-power or by public transport if you can - your efforts help to reduce our impact on the park and the planet.
- We invite everyone to consider volunteering at parkrun. Your support helps your parkrun events remain sustainable and free for all in your community, and it’s also a wonderful way to improve your own health and happiness. Please visit the volunteer page for more information.
- Take care near roads and car parks – some vehicles drive very quickly. Please congregate away from the cars and be careful in particular if you have children. If you’re driving to the event, please drive carefully.
- Take care on uneven surfaces – whether on grass or on tarmac. Watch out for cyclists, other participants, pedestrians, children, dogs, wildlife, park animals, vehicles, park maintenance work, falling branches, bollards, posts and other obstacles around the course.
- Please ensure that you are fit enough to walk, jog, run 5k (3.1 miles) with us.
- If you see someone with a serious problem, please stop to help them out and get help as soon as possible.
- If you’re watching, keep clear of participants on the course, and look after any children and dogs you may have with you.
- It is not permitted to run with a pushchair and a dog at the same time.
- You are welcome to take part with one dog by your side, within reach at all times, on a short, handheld, non-extendable lead. The use of waist harnesses is prohibited. Please also see this Support Site entry for further details about parkrunning with dogs.
- parkrunners pushing buggies are welcome, but please take care of others around you and do your best to start at an appropriate place in the field for your pace.
We hope these tips help to ensure that Motueka Beach Reserve parkrun is fun and safe for everyone.
Age grading
All parkrun events use Age Grading to help parkrunners compare results.
parkrun events use Age Grading to help parkrunners see progress and compare results.
For more information, please see our Support page.
Volunteering
All parkrun events are organised by volunteers - email motuekabeachreserve@parkrun.com to help.
Safeguarding
parkrun is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk. For our full safeguarding processes and policies please see our Safeguarding Hub.
To report a safeguarding concern please email safeguarding@parkrun.com.
Event stats
- 32
- Events
- 874
- Finishers
- 2,789
- Finishes
- 83
- Volunteers
- 636
- Personal bests
- 47
- Groups
- 00:35:48
- Average finish time
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Challenges this parkrun helps with
- Alphabeteer Challenge Starts with M
- Periodic Table Matches symbols: Mn, Mo, Mt, Mc
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