Rotorua. Suffer.

Here is your invitation to show up, face a real course, and earn your finish.

Forget the Insta-selfie, swim-draft-run set. SUFFER-78 isn’t your average Half.
It’s the Goldilocks of distance racing — not too long, not too short, with just the right amount of suffering.

No bravado.
Just grit over glamour, camaraderie over ego, and effort over excuses.

This race is for real triathletes of all abilities who share one thing in common:
the willingness to suffer — alone and together.

Not for the tri-geek who thinks elevation is climbing a judder bar.
Way harder than Tauranga.
No prima donnas, no shortcuts, no hiding — just a brutally honest course and quiet nods of mutual respect.

You will suffer.

You will doubt.

You will feel more than you expected.

And when you cross the line — beer in hand — the deep satisfaction of getting home will be yours.

Join us.

Distance

• 2 km swim — 2 laps
• 60 km cycle — 2 laps
• 16 km run - 1 big lap run

Your entry includes

• Optional Finisher T-shirt
• Finisher medal
• Post-race beersie
• Optional World Famous Rotorua. Suffer. Hoodie