Fitness Race Wanaka 2026

26/09/2026

⏳ 8 WEEKS TO GO for our HYROX simulation — and spaces are filling fast!

Race Wānaka is almost here, and we've already got 150+ athletes signed up 🔥

Whether you're local to the south or keen for a trip down, this is your chance to experience the HYROX-style challenge without the trek to Auckland or overseas.

🏔️ Racing solo, or want to test yourself before the Auckland event? Race Wānaka is the perfect training run — same intensity, unbeatable backdrop.

👥 Teams and relays available — grab your crew and take it on together.

Don't miss out — lock in your spot before they're gone.

👉 Enter now at racewanaka.co.nz

Eight kilometres of running, broken up by eight strength stations, across two race days in Wānaka — with CrossFit Wānaka. The same stations in the same order at the same weights as the format raced internationally, judged honestly and close to home. And if you've never raced one, this is a strai...

25/09/2026

Just sorting our station flags, I know you can all count to 8 but trust me after 3 you might be going - what one is next??? Trying to keep it simple for you.

Which one will hurt you the most, which one will you enjoy?

21/09/2026

For the Race Wanaka hyrox simulation rather than traditional steel sleds, we are going to use wooden sleds. The sled push and pull are outside, we need a number of them and carpet outside is hard to do. Big thanks to the community workshop in Wānaka who are building our first prototype. We'll test and refine this before the event to ensure we have the right coefficient of friction to get the right effort requirement, and also to ensure they can withstand a couple of days of hard out movement.
I asked one of the community volunteers some questions and he said "I'm an economist, I don't know much about wood, but luckily others here do!" :)

15/09/2026

Following yesterday’s absolute scene at HYROX Hong Kong—where the event winner famously gave a whole new meaning to "leaving it all on the floor" — Do we need some of these around the course? Or is it better to have some showers? 😂

11/09/2026

Every time you do a run loop, you will run through the hall to pumping music and cheering friends and family, and then back out and around the building.

08/09/2026

We are looking to make the event as spectator friendly as possible, enabling your friends, family to support you up close.
Each run loop will go through the sports hall, with 5 stations inside, and sleds and kettle bells outside.
The run loop you see is just the small bit of running inside the hall, the majority of running is around the outside of the building for 2x 500m loops.
In the outer area of the hall is a dedicated, good sized warm up area and a relax space for family/friends.
Slots are limited and the Saturday is filling up fast.

07/09/2026

Some new kit delivered, we are building our own advanced race tracking system for Race Wanaka, especially built for fitness racing. Could this be part of it? 🤔

30/08/2026

Sitting on the fence about racing? 8ks too far to run, too close to another event? Race Wanaka is pleased to announce a new category for the fence-sitters and newbies. Don't like burpees, get your partner to do them 😀

30/08/2026

Good news the council confirmed we don't need any road permits to run the event! we picked the venue as we could do 2x 500m laps without crossing any business driveways and with steady waves will not need to close the footpath. It's definitely not a busy walking spot on a weekend! There is a wide berm so plenty of overtaking room for the fast runners.

28/08/2026

racewanaka.co.nz Book up today! Tickets are transferable to someone else or to a different race division if you change what you want to race.