Coastal Challenge 471919 https://www.coastalchallenge.co.nz en-nz Coastal Challenge 30 Start your resolutions now! https://www.coastalchallenge.co.nz/blog/769474 How to succeed with your New Year’s resolution this year 051, 18 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.coastalchallenge.co.nz/blog/769474 Which leg should I do? https://www.coastalchallenge.co.nz/blog/766703 How to play to your strengths on the unique Coastal Challenge course 047, 22 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.coastalchallenge.co.nz/blog/766703 Top tips for Coastal Challenge training https://www.coastalchallenge.co.nz/blog/766108 A few things that should help you prepare and train for this unique coastal adventure 046, 15 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.coastalchallenge.co.nz/blog/766108 HOW TO… run, walk, wade, scramble, rock-hop a Coastal Course https://www.coastalchallenge.co.nz/blog/722613 Little compares in terms of drama and exhilaration than running an event with a water element. Excitement aside, follow our five simple tips below to avoid the perils of a coastal challenge. 010, 7 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.coastalchallenge.co.nz/blog/722613 7 Easy Ways to Stay Mobile Over the Silly Season https://www.coastalchallenge.co.nz/blog/710570 Finding it hard to fit in your training as we ramp up to xmas? Here are some easy tips to stay mobile! 050, 8 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.coastalchallenge.co.nz/blog/710570 Is your JOB the cause of all your sports injuries? https://www.coastalchallenge.co.nz/blog/708353 Live a life less sedentary and continue your adventures! 048, 22 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.coastalchallenge.co.nz/blog/708353 A suitable shoe? https://www.coastalchallenge.co.nz/blog/702577 What makes a suitable running shoe for the unique event that is the Cargo Plus Coastal Challenge. 043, 19 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.coastalchallenge.co.nz/blog/702577 The number one difference between athletes who succeed in the long run and those who succumb to injury https://www.coastalchallenge.co.nz/blog/702581 Understanding how your body works for your sport can be the difference between endless struggle and finally breaking your personal best times and achieving your goals with joy. In my 15+ years working in this industry I would say the number one difference between athletes who succeed in the long run and those who succumb to injury is simple – it’s knowledge. Knowledge of their own body, how it works and doesn’t work, when to push, when to rest, the ability to listen to what your body is saying to you and knowing what to do to help yourself. 043, 19 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.coastalchallenge.co.nz/blog/702581 There are some very rare locals you are likely to see at the Colliers Coastal Challenge Tawharanui https://www.coastalchallenge.co.nz/blog/697305 In total, there are approximately 90 different bird species to be seen and heard around Tawharanui. Including the Takehe, North Island brown kiwi, North Island robin, Pateke (brown teal, which is the fourth rarest waterfowl in the world), Kakariki (red crowned parakeet), Tieke (saddleback), Bellbird, Oi (grey faced petrel) and Kaka just to name a handful. 039, 21 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +1200 https://www.coastalchallenge.co.nz/blog/697305 Entries are now open for the 2016 Colliers Coastal Challenge North Shore and Tawharanui https://www.coastalchallenge.co.nz/blog/692690 Enter both Colliers Coastal Challenge events and receive a DISCOUNT off the total price. Last year we added Tawharanui to compliment the popular North Shore event and the feedback was phenomenal! We now have two events in two very unique landscapes with the same variety and beauty that coastal running in New Zealand offers. Make the most of your 2016 summer and explore our stunning coastline with us. 042, 16 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.coastalchallenge.co.nz/blog/692690 Hospice Hobblers are back bigger and better than ever https://www.coastalchallenge.co.nz/blog/692897 Well OK,…… maybe not better. When Hospice North Shore became Charity Partner of the Coastal Challenge in 2012, there was no question, we weren’t going to be sitting on the side lines, we were in ‘boots & all’. 005, 28 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.coastalchallenge.co.nz/blog/692897 Coastal Challenge Series Welcomes Colliers https://www.coastalchallenge.co.nz/blog/692924 Colliers International is excited to announce its naming rights sponsorship of the Colliers Coastal Challenge. Colliers has been looking for a sporting event offering wide appeal to attach its brand to for some time, and it’s confident the Colliers Coastal Challenge is exactly that. 046, 11 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.coastalchallenge.co.nz/blog/692924 Running all Full Monty’s since it began in 2003 https://www.coastalchallenge.co.nz/blog/692930 You may wonder why someone would want to run every Full Monty since the Coastal Challenge began in 2003 and isn’t finished with it yet!. As I cast my mind back to March 2003 there were about 50 of us on Akles Bay wondering what on earth lay ahead of us. 3 hours and 54 minutes later I hit the finish line at Balmain Reserve and was HOOKED. 044, 27 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.coastalchallenge.co.nz/blog/692930 Onwards and upwards in 2014! https://www.coastalchallenge.co.nz/blog/692943 As you’ve all hopefully heard by now, I’m very excited to announce the inaugural Coastal Challenge Series being launched this year. It’s been a dream of mine ever since we held the inaugural Coastal Challenge event (and second-ever Total Sport event) back in 2001 along the magnificent North Shore coastline. 008, 19 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +1300 https://www.coastalchallenge.co.nz/blog/692943