THE 2024 MIGHTY TOTARA EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED

Event Cancellation Notice

The team from Running Events regret to announce that the 2024 Mighty Totara event will not take place and the first 2023 Mighty Totara shall, in fact, also be the last.

All entrants to the 2024 event will receive a 100% refund directly to their credit card for all entry fees and any merchandise purchased. You do not need to do anything to request a refund. If there are any issues with your refund, we will get in touch with you directly to resolve. Please be aware refunds can take a number of days to show on your account due to bank processing delays that are out of our hands. If you have not received your refund by the end of 18 October, use the contact form on our help system for assistance.

Why has the event been cancelled?

It takes an enormous amount of effort to organise running events the way we do. As a company, we don't really do anything bare bones. "Go big or go home" is our philosophy. We want to provide truly memorable experience for our participants at all of our events. Needless to say, that comes at a cost and our business model is built around providing a massive experience to a significant audience ... most of our events have well over one thousand registrered participants.
We've tried to scale up the Mighty Totara to meet this standard but, sadly, have not been successful. With many participants still wary (since Covid) of registering early - plus the demanding nature of the Mighty Totara - the number of entrants already committed does not give us confidence we have a viable event. In this case, we would prefer to make an early call to abandon the project with enough time that participants can make other arrangements for their mid-summer goals. It takes a lot ... a LOT ... to train for an event like this. We don't want that training and tapering to go to waste by cancelling the event a week or two out. We hope you can understand.
In the final washup, Running Events have built a reputation over nearly 15 years for organising top quality, exceptional value, road running events up to half marathon distance. This is "our lane". We love it here ... and we'll be sticking to it in the future.
The REV Team