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Wellington Round the Bays in Wellington
Wellington Round the Bays is a long-running community fun run and walk along the scenic bays of Wellington's harbour, typically held in February and open to participants of all fitness levels across multiple distance categories. It is one of the city's most established annual mass-participation sporting events.
Wellington's harbour, ringed by a series of scenic bays including the well-known Oriental Bay, has long provided a natural, largely flat running route close to the city center, and Round the Bays has grown over decades into one of the capital's signature annual community sporting events.