Triathlon Tauranga

🏊‍♀️🚴🏃 Training and Racing On this Week | 31st August to 6th September 2026

Please note: Our FREE Adult and Kids club sessions have now wrapped up for the season and will return in October.

In the meantime, if you’d like to attend any of the sessions or take part in events listed below, please contact the relevant coach or organiser directly, or enter the events online where applicable.

Monday
🟡 🔵 6:00am: Smiths Sport Shoes + Folk Coffee Run Club | Grey Street Tauranga
🔴 6:30pm: My Training Day Swim Squad | Otumoetai Pool

Tuesday
🟡 6:00am: Campbell Coaching Swim Squad | Toi Ohomai
🔴 4:00pm: My Training Day Kids Cross Country Group | Gordon Carmichael Reserve

Thursday
🟡 6:00am: Campbell Coaching Swim Squad | Toi Ohomai
🔴 5:00pm: My Training Day Little Fit Kids | Tauranga Domain
🔴 5:30pm: My Training Day Adult + Junior Runner Squad | Tauranga Domain
🔵 5:30pm: Open Athletic Run Group | Tauranga Domain

Sunday
💙🩵 HAPPY FATHERS DAY 💙🩵
🟠 EBOP Monthly Duathlon | Ohope

💚🖤 AIMS GAMES FRIDAY 4TH SEPTEMBER TO FRIDAY 11TH SEPTEMBER. 💚🖤
Please check your local swimming pool and other sporting venues are open to the public before turning up this week - AIMS Swimming and Water Polo have Baywave and Toi Ohomai booked for most of the week.

🏊🚴🏃 ONE MONTH TO GO!

The countdown is on! triSTARTER 2026 kicks off Monday 28 September 🎉

Our 8-week beginner programme will get you ready to tackle the Marra Construction Tinman Triathlon on Sunday 22 November, all while training in a supportive, welcoming and non-judgemental group environment.

Ready to join us?

💻 Pay in full: Head to our online shop, scroll past all the apparel until you get to the triSTARTER packages, then add the package of your choice to your cart:
👉 https://eventplus.net/TTM26/shop

💳 Prefer a payment plan? Easy! Email [email protected] and we'll send you a payment plan form to complete. We'll then pass it on to our bookkeeper to get everything set up.

🏁 Sprint | $430
🏁 Standard | $450

📅 Starts Monday 28 September

Don't leave it until the last minute. Your triathlon journey starts here! 🏊🚴🏃

🌊☀️ 4 MONTHS TO GO! ☀️🌊

Winter has officially entered the “surely summer is coming soon?” phase.

Good news: YES. And so is Surfbreaker. 😎

In just four months, we'll be swapping winter layers for trisuits and heading to Mount Maunganui for:

🏊‍♀️ A surf swim
🚴‍♂️ A fast bike
🏃‍♀️ A beachfront run
🔥 An Elite Race bringing the serious speed
🎄 Christmas-week chaos
☕ Post-race coffee on the beach
🌊 And plenty of summer vibes

📅 Sunday 27 December 2026
📍 Mount Maunganui Main Beach

If your winter training motivation is currently hiding under a pile of blankets, consider this your reason to dig it out.

🎟️ Entries are open. Get yourself on the start line: https://triathlontauranga.org.nz/events/surfbreaker/

Four months. Three disciplines. One very good reason to start looking forward to summer. 🌊☀️

🌍 ROAD TO HAMBURG 2027 STARTS AT TINMAN! 🇩🇪

Got your sights set on racing at the 2027 World Triathlon Championship Finals in Hamburg?

Then the Marra Construction Tinman Triathlon on Sunday 22 November 2026 needs to be on your race calendar. 👀

🏆 Tinman is the New Zealand qualifying opportunity for Age Group athletes wanting to race the Standard Distance at the 2027 World Championships in Hamburg.

That means your race day could be about more than just a Tinman finish line. It could be your ticket to the World Championship start line. 🌍

And with Tinman also hosting the Tri NZ Suzuki Series Standard Distance Championships, you'll be racing for national honours while chasing your World Champs dream.

🔥 22 November 2026
🔥 Mount Maunganui
🔥 Standard Distance
🔥 Road to Hamburg 2027

If Hamburg is on your bucket list, don't wait to enter.

📝 Entries are open now: https://triathlontauranga.org.nz/events/tinman/

👉 Check out the qualification information on the Tri NZ website and get your Tinman entry locked in: https://www.triathlon.kiwi/AGE-GROUP-2027

The first race of the new season is coming! 🏆

We’d love to get a huge Tri Tga crew on the start line.

Get your entry in today and get those first Club Championship points on the board! 🏃‍♀️🚴‍♂️🏃‍♀️💨

Let’s kick off the 2026/27 Club Champs in style! 💚

26 DAYS TO GO!

The countdown is officially ON for the Auckland Duathlon Championships!

📅 Sunday 20 September 2026
📍 Māngere Bridge, Auckland

Whether you’re chasing a national title, representing your school, teaming up with a mate, or taking on your first-ever duathlon, there’s a race for you.

Expect a fast, fun and friendly day of racing beside the Manukau Harbour with flat coastal running, a great bike course and an awesome community atmosphere.

26 days. Time to get race ready.

Run. Ride. Run. We Du it together.

👉 Enter now: https://www.aucklandduathlon.nz/

❄️🔥 OUR FINAL WINTER TRAINING WEEKEND! 🔥❄️

This is our last triJUNIORZ training weekend for the winter, so let's finish the winter strong! We've got a big weekend of training, race simulation, skills and learning coming up for our athletes.

🏃 SATURDAY
8:30–9:30am | Hard Run | Tauranga Track
🚴 11am–1pm | Race Simulation Bike | Maketu
🥗 Saturday afternoon | Nutrition Workshop | Location TBC

🏃 SUNDAY
9–9:45am | Easy Run + Drills & Technique | Tauriko
🏊🚴🏃 11am–1pm | Brick Session: Swim/Bike/Run | Toi Ohomai

🥗 PARENTS, THIS ONE'S FOR YOU TOO!
Our Saturday afternoon nutrition workshop will be relevant for both athletes and parents. We need to book a venue, so please let Blake know if you plan to attend and how many people will be coming. Places will be limited and allocated first-come, first-served.

👉 Please also let Blake know which training sessions your athlete can attend: [email protected]

👋 NEW TO triJUNIORZ?
If you've got a child in the junior age range who you think would enjoy triathlon, training with a team and developing their swim, bike and run skills, we'd love to hear from you! Get in touch with Blake to find out more about the programme and whether it's a good fit.

Let's finish winter with a bang! 💪🏊‍♂️🚴‍♀️🏃

🗺️ WANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU'RE HEADING? 👀

The 2026 Marra Construction Tinman Triathlon course maps are LIVE on our website 🏊‍♂️🚴‍♀️🏃‍♂️

Whether you're planning your race strategy, checking out the bike course, working out where the run takes you, or just curious about what you're signing up for, you can check them out on our website now: 👉 https://triathlontauranga.org.nz/events/tinman/

📍 Swim. Bike. Run.
📍 Splash & Dash through to Standard Distance.
📍 Mount Maunganui.

And if you haven't entered yet... what are you waiting for? 👀

📅 Sunday 22 November 2026
📝 Entries are open now!

🏊‍♀️🚴🏃 Training and Racing On this Week | 24th August to 30th August 2026

Please note: Our FREE Adult and Kids club sessions have now wrapped up for the season and will return in October.

In the meantime, if you’d like to attend any of the sessions or take part in events listed below, please contact the relevant coach or organiser directly, or enter the events online where applicable.

Monday
🟡 🔵 6:00am: Smiths Sport Shoes + Folk Coffee Run Club | Grey Street Tauranga
🔴 6:30pm: My Training Day Swim Squad | Otumoetai Pool

Tuesday
🟡 6:00am: Campbell Coaching Swim Squad | Toi Ohomai
🔴 6:30pm: My Training Day Kids Cross Country Group | Gordon Carmichael Reserve

Thursday
🟡 6:00am: Campbell Coaching Swim Squad | Toi Ohomai
🔴 5:00pm: My Training Day Little Fit Kids | Tauranga Domain
🔴 5:30pm: My Training Day Adult + Junior Runner Squad | Tauranga Domain
🔵 5:30pm: Open Athletic Run Group | Tauranga Domain

Saturday
⚫ RACE: Mount Half Marathon | Mount Maunganui
⚫ RACE: NZ 10km Road Running Champs | New Plymouth
🟡 8:30 - 10:00am: Campbell Coaching Swim Squad | Baywave
🟢 8:30 - 10:00am: triJUNIORZ Swim Squad | Baywave
🔵 1:00pm: Tauranga Road Cycling Club | Spring Series Race #2 | Maketu

⭐ JUNIOR TRIATHLETES: YOUR 2026/27 SERIES STARTS AT TINMAN! ⭐

The Marra Construction Tinman Triathlon is the first stop of the 2026/27 Tri NZ Junior Series, and it's going to be one seriously exciting season opener! 🔥

📅 Sunday 22 November 2026 | Mount Maunganui

Race alongside the World Triathlon Cup, kick off your Junior Series campaign and put your first result on the board.

🏊‍♂️ U17: 300m swim • 13km draft-legal bike • 3km run
🏊‍♂️ U20: 750m swim • 20km draft-legal bike • 5km run

Tri NZ requires athletes to compete in a minimum of two Junior Series races to be included in the series rankings, so Tinman is the perfect place to get your season underway.

🔥 Tinman. Race 1. Let's go!

Don't leave your first Junior Series race to chance. Get your entry in now!

👉 https://triathlontauranga.org.nz/events/tinman/