The Turkey Adventure Run Register gives brief details of some great off-road runs in New Zealand. We want you to help build this register by telling us about your favourite runs

For each run, we list...

  • The key features which make it a great run
  • Approximate length
  • A measure of hilliness (yes a made up word)
  • A measure of roughness.
  • Approximate time range for runners and walkers. The runners' range generally goes from the fastest known time to double that, with the time for a walker carrying a pack slower again.
  • Topo map
  • Pictures (optional)
  • How to get to the parking at the start of the run
  • How to follow the route, in words
  • Variations on the run nearby
  • Who supplied the information and when.

To qualify for inclusion, a run must...

  • Be substantially (over 75%) off roads. We're talking adventure runs here!
  • Be mostly runnable (over 75%)
  • Be in New Zealand
  • Take between 30min and 10hrs to complete.
  • Have some scenic attraction
  • Be substantially different from other runs already listed. Some areas offer a huge variety of runs and variations, and it's only feasible to include representative samples.

Disclaimer: While we will do our best to provide accurate information, it is physically impossible for us to check everything that goes on this site. Reader beware!

A wee shout out must go to Michael and Phil Wood who started something similar to this in 2000, which never really got out of the starting blocks with only a few runs registered. But it was a great idea which we couldn't let die.

So click ...[here] to get started and find the location you want to run in

OR ...[here] to add your best run to the register