About 1100 runners and walkers are set to pound the pavements in this year's ACC Whangarei Half Marathon.
With the event looming on September 17, Sport Northland has received entries from as far away as Nelson and Dunedin. However, this year there has been a big increase from the Auckland, with more than 75 runners and walkers signed up.
ACC chief executive Scott Pickering, who will be running the half-marathon for the fourth consecutive time, said the event was one of his favourites.
"It's a beautiful course, but more importantly it's a chance for me and quite a few of my ACC colleagues to get out of the office and support an important community event in a truly amazing part of our country."
The half-marathon runners and walkers will begin the 21.1km course at the Town Basin, head over the Kotuitui Whiti pedestrian bridge and the Te Matau a Pohe bridge and then follow the new pathway along Riverside Drive, through the Waimahanga track to Onerahi before looping back to finish on the Canopy Bridge at the Town Basin.