Tauranga Marathon

Course & Elevation

The Tauranga Marathon was a city marathon in Tauranga, in New Zealand's Bay of Plenty, held in September until 2022. It began in October 2017 as the Tauranga International Marathon, organised by Total Sport, and was later run by Running Events as the Shoe Science Tauranga Marathon. The 2022 programme had six events, including a 50 km ultra, the marathon, a half marathon, a 10K and fun runs. The 2022 marathon started at Maxwells Road and was run as two laps, finishing in the city centre on The Strand. The second lap began at the end of the Daisy Hardwick Trail at the junction with Chapel Street, and the route passed the Waikareao Estuary. The earlier courses differed: the 2017 marathon started downtown, followed the estuary and looped round the base track of Mauao before finishing at Gordon Spratt Reserve in Papamoa, while the 2018 course ran from Papamoa to The Strand. The event was cancelled in 2021 because of the pandemic. The 2022 race was the last edition, and the organisers announced that it would not return in 2023.