Pre Race

Race Pack
Collection Times

Friday 1 May

  • 10am to 9pm (Novotel Rotorua Lakeside)

Saturday 2 May

bib pick up only at relevant start line

  • Marathon start – Government Gardens (6.30am to 7.45am)

  • Half Marathon – Whangamarino school (6.30am to 7.30am)

  • 10km start - Te Puia (7am to 8.00am)

  • 5km start – Novotel (7am to 8.00am)

Participants who chose to collect at the start line will only receive a bib (no gift or sponsor product).

Please bring your confirmation email (open with the QR code ready to be scanned). You may collect a race pack for someone else if you provide their confirmation email and that person’s ID needed.

Parking – to collect your race pack on Friday, use the street parking close to the Novotel Lakeside. Keep in mind, town parking is metered, and traffic wardens will be around.

Training Plans

Preparation is vital to any long distance event. The steps you take in the months, weeks and days prior to stepping up to the start line make a big difference to how you go during the event and how well you recover afterwards.

Download our free training plan below to help be better prepared for race day.

42.2KM TRAINING PLAN
21.1KM training plan
12km training plan
5km training plan
Two women celebrating at the finish line of the Rotorua Marathon, smiling and raising their arms in victory, with others and spectators around them on a rainy day.