Olympic Harrier and Athletic Club

Olympic Harrier and Athletic Club is an Athletics Wellington and Athletics New Zealand affiliated club based at Alex Moore Park in Johnsonville, Wellington. It runs weekly sessions for adults and masters alongside a separate junior athletics programme, and competes in cross country, mountain running, road and track events. A typical week includes a Saturday afternoon pack run in the hills around Johnsonville, a Tuesday evening drills and intervals session, and a long Sunday morning run.

Activities are member-focused, though anyone is welcome to come along for a taster. Saturday pack runs use several packs catering for different speeds, genders and ages, last roughly an hour and follow a "no one left behind" policy, with a social gathering at the club house afterwards; in winter they start from the clubhouse on non-race weekends, and in summer they alternate between the clubrooms and members' homes. Tuesday sessions are coach-led drills followed by time-based intervals (rotating between threshold, aerobic/VO2 max and anaerobic/speed work), with the guidance to push as hard as is comfortable. Sunday long runs are a "roving" pack with varying start points and routes, typically 90 to 120 minutes, and no requirements on pace or racing experience; joining is organised through a dedicated Facebook Messenger group chat. Pack runs, Tuesday sessions and most winter races are covered by membership subs, while track events usually need a small extra payment; membership forms and contact details are on the club website. The club is affiliated to Athletics Wellington and Athletics New Zealand and takes part in interclub and national cross country, mountain running, road and track events, plus two partially subsidised club trips each year. Athletics NZ affiliated club (seniors, masters, half-marathon training, harriers / cross-country).

• 🗓  Every Tuesday at 18:00
• 🗓  Every Saturday at 14:00
• 🗓  Every Sunday at 08:00
• 📍  29 Bannister Avenue, Johnsonville,, Wellington, 6037