Coming Events
MAY 2013 4-5 IML Two Day Walk, Blankenberge, Belgium 4-5 100 or 50km Team Challenge, Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia 5 Stamford Financial Hilly Half Marathon, Hamilton Island, Australia 5 puffing Billy Great Train Race, 13.2km, Belgrave, Vic, Australia 10-12 IML ThreeDay Walk,Yatsushiro, Japan 11-12 IML Two Day Walk, Wellingborough, Eng;and 9-12 IML Four Day Walk, Chantonnay, France 12 Mothers Day Classic Walk, Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Darwin, Geelong, Gold Coast, Hobart, Melbourne, Parramatta, Perth, Sydney, Australia 18 Great Wall Marathon & Half Marathon, China 18-19 IML Two Day Walk, Dalian, China 19 Great Ocean Road Real Estate Marathon & Half Marathon, Great Ocean Road, Vic, Australia 19 SMC Road Race Series, Sydney, NSW, Australia 25-26 Warwick Pentath Run, Warwick, Qld, Australia 25-26 IML Two Day Walk, Diekirch, Luxembourg 26 Jacob’s Creek Barossa Marathon, Barossa Valley, SA, Australia
JUNE 2013 2 Stanwell Power Station Rocky River Run, Half Marathon,10km & 5km, Rockhampton, Qld, Australia 2 BMA Mackay Marina Run, Half Marathon, 8km & 5km, Mackay, Qld, Australia 7-10 Serra Terror IV Southern Grampians Three Ranges Hike, Grampians, Vic, Australia 8-9 IML Two Day Walk, Bern-Belp, Switerland 9 Macleay River Marathon, South West Rocks, NSW, Australia 16 Pertyh Marathon, Perth, WA, Australia 16 Glow Worm Trail Marathon, Newnes, NSW, Australia 16 Traralgon Marathon, Traralgon, Vic, Australia 28-30 3 Marathons in 3 Days, Cairns, Qld, Australia 29-30 IML Two Day Walk, Viborg, Denmark 30 Pichi Marathon, Port Augusta, SA, Australia
JULY 2013 4-7 IML Four Day Walk, Castlebar, Ireland 6-7 Gold Coast Airport Marathon, Half Marathon & 10km, Surfers Padadise, Qld, Australia 7 Grealdton Marathon, Geraldton, WA, Australia 8 Big Red Dash, Simpson Desert, Qld, Australia 14 Gold Rush Marathon, Babinda Boulders, Qld, Australia 16-19 IML Four Day Walk, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 20 2013 Trail Running in Far North Queensland 45km Mt Haig Marathon, Qld, Australia 21 Bush Capital Bush Marathon, Canberra, Australia 21 Run MelbourneHalf Marathon, 10km & 5km, Melbourne, Vic, Australia 21 Winery Running Festival Hunter Valley, NSW, Australia www.walkingnewzealand.co.nz
27 Australian Outback Marathon, Half Marathon, 11km & 6km, Yulara, NT, Australia 28 Westlink M7 Cities Marathon, Blacktown, NSW, Australia
AUGUST 2013 4 Townsville Running Festival, Marathon, Half Marathon, 10km & 5km, Townsville, Qld, Australia 4 Mizuno Brisbane Marathon, Brisbane, Qld, Australia 9-11 IML Three Day Walk, Vaasa, Finland 18 New Caledonia Marathon & Half Marathon, Noumea, New Caledonia 18 Wagga Wagga Trail Marathon, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia 18 Alice Springs Community Bank Marathon, NT, Australia 24-25 IML Two Day Walk, Verdal, Norway 25 Sunshine Coast Marathon, Half Marathon, !0km & 5km, Sunshine Coast, Qld, Australia 25 Shepparton Marathon, Shepparton, Vic, Australia 25 2013 Trail Running in Far North Queensland, 64km Kuranda to Port Douglas, ultra, Qld, Australia 25 Perth City to Surf Marathon, WA, Australia 25 The Athletes Foot Adelaide Parklands Marathon, Adelaide, SA, Australia
4 Carcoar Cup, Carcoar, NSW, Australia 9 Canegrowers Great Barrier Reef Marathon, Port Douglas, Qld, Australia 9-10 IML Two Day Walk, Taipei, Taiwan 10 Deep Space Mountain Marathon, Canberra, Act, Australia
DECEMBER 2013 28 Summit Mt Kosciusko Marathon, Snowy Mountains, NSW, Australia
Nordic Walking
SEPTEMBER 2013 1 The Ross Marathon, Tasmania, Australia 7-8 IML Two Day Walk, Arenzano, Italy 13-15 IML Three Day Walk, Seefeld, Austria 22 Blackmores Sydney Running Festival, Sydney, NSW, Australia 27 Brooks Rottnest Marathon, WA, Australia 28 Lap the Lake Marathon, Penrith, NSW, Australia 28-29 IML Two Day Walk, Brno, Czech Republic
OCTOBER 2013 5-6 IML Two Day Walk, Fulda, Germany 6 Toowoomba Marathon, Toowoomba, Qld, Australia 12 Fitzroy Falls FireTrail Marathon, Southern Highlands, NSW, Australia 13 2013 Trail Running in Far North Queensland Twin Bridges Half Marathon, Qld, Australia 19 Bribie Beach Dash, Bribie Island, Qld, Australia 19-20 IML Two Day Walk, Arlington, USA 19-20 IML Two Day Walk, Barcelona, Spain 26-27 IML Two Day Walk, Won-Ju
NOVEMBER 2013
✔ Upper body workout while
walking ✔ Burn 40% more calories ✔ Less impact on joints ✔ Release tension in neck and shoulders ✔ Improve posture and breathing ✔ Fun to do, easy to learn, for all ages Classes in Greater Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Whakatane, Hawkes Bay, New Plymouth, Wellington, Kapiti and Christchurch
2-4 IML Two Day Walk, Higashimatsuyama 3 Port of Portland 3-Bays Marathon, Portland, Vic, Australia
Nordic Walking
Walking and Nordic Walking are “Poles” apart We offer courses New Zealand wide - from Northland to Southland
For information: 0800-669-269, www.NordicWalkingNZ.co.nz Walking New Zealand, issue no 183 - 2013
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