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Why join a running club?
Do you want to improve your 5km fun run time or your half marathon time? Do you want support in
achieving a full marathon? Do you want to improve your fitness for other sports?
Perhaps you want to improve your fitness for everyday life - through either running or walking -
or maybe you enjoy the clubs social atmosphere.
Or you might be a competitive athlete who is interested in training and receiving coaching
to help you reach your best at the national and international level.
Whatever you want to get out of running or walking, whatever your age or ability, Olympic Harriers can help.
Running - the sport where you set the fitness level you want and you set your commitment level.
Club Activities
So, what does a running club like Olympic Harriers do?
We operate mainly during winter for the cross-country and road season, which runs from
March to October. We usually meet on Saturday afternoons. The walking groups have a walking
calendar that takes them all over the roads and bush tracks of Wellington; the runners calendar
is made up of:
- Social club runs (pack runs)
- Walking packs
- Club races
- And for your competitive side, inter-club races, where we compete against other clubs from Wellington
or from around the country.
We also support athletes who want to compete in track and field events over summer.
See the events page for a calendar and details of both running and social events.
We place a strong emphasis on coaching and junior development, and hold organised coaching/training
sessions each Tuesday night, run by the clubs
accredited coach. See the services page for more details
of coaching programmes.
Long slow distance training pack leave from the clubrooms at 8:00am
most Sundays during the season.
About Olympic Harriers
Olympic Harriers is one of the oldest harrier clubs in the Wellington region. It was formed
in 1914 as an off-shoot of the former Brooklyn Harrier Club.
The Hutt Valley Harrier Club was formed by members of Olympic who lived in the valley and
Olympic Christchurch was formed by a former member of our club.
Find out more about the early history of Olympic Harriers here.
With clubrooms situated on the top field of Alex Moore Park in the Wellington suburb of Johnsonville,
our location is only minutes from the heart of the Capital and in the centre of the Northern Suburbs.
A list of the clubs national title winners and New Zealand representatives can be found on our
representatives page.
Information Sheet
You can view the club's information sheet online here. You will need Acrobat Reader to see it.
Keeping in touch
We have a number of ways of letting you know whats going on the club. The first is via the
website - the events page is regularly updated with news
of whats coming up. Secondly, our email mailing list will let you know of any last
minute changes or important news.
If we dont have your email address, please let our registrar know
(registrar@olympicharriers.org).
Please dont forget to check your email regularly!
If you dont have regular access to the website, theres always the traditional
noticeboard in the clubrooms.
For the 2008 Season (March 2008-March 2009)
Membership form
A membership form for the winter season is available (pdf 61k - you will need adobe reader free download to read this file).
Subscription fees are due by 1 May rates are detailed below.
Subscription fees
Fees apply from 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009, and should be paid by
1 May 2008. Send your cheque to Membership Secretary, Olympic Harrier Club,
PO Box 13-095, Johnsonville. New members, please also complete a
membership form so that we can
keep you in touch with events and activities.

| Subscriptions |
Grades |
Fee |
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| Senior – 20yrs + |
Sen M & W 20+ |
$100 |
| Masters (age on day of event) |
Masters M40+ & W 35+ |
$100 |
| Adult Student - fulltime |
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$60 |
| Junior – 18 & 19yrs |
M & W 20 |
$50 |
| Junior – 16 & 17yrs |
B & G 16, 18 |
$40 |
| Junior – 15 and under (age as at 31 December) |
B & G 10, 12, 14 |
$30 |
| Family Maximum for juniors under 15 yrs |
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$75 |
| Family Maximum |
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$250 |
| Walkers |
All Senior & Masters grades |
$30 |
| Associate Members |
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$30 |
Club Syllabus
The events page has the list of all events,
including the events and races that make up the club syllabus. (A download is available for printout follow the link at the bottom of the home page).
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