Wild Things VIP Trail Community
August 2026

Our Wild Month of Trail Running

During August 2026 Wild Things members logged 181,949 km on trails across New Zealand, Australia, the UK and beyond.

We've pulled together the big picture of the month — distance, vert, time on foot, fastest regions, popular trails and peaks, badges earned, photos added, and more from the community.

Happy Tanks
5,003
filled

A Happy Tank is filled by combination of all our activities.

Achievements like 250 km of running, bagging a peak a week or wining a prize will fill a tank. Read more →

Snapshot
Distance
181,949
km logged
Elevation
3,945
vertical km
Time
24,213
hours on the trails
Activities
21,281
activities
Trails
1,083
trails ran
Peaks
1,367
peaks bagged
Average Pace
7:59
min/km
Prizes
$1,080
prizes earned
Trail Shop
543
items delivered

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This month vs best month

How this month compares to the best month we've ever had.
Distance 223,923 km in January 2026
223,923 km in January 2026
181,949 km
Elevation 5,207 vertical km in January 2026
5,207 vertical km in January 2026
3,945 vertical km
Time on the trails 32,236 hours in January 2026
32,236 hours in January 2026
24,213 hours
Happy Tanks 6,577 Happy Tanks in January 2026
6,577 Happy Tanks in January 2026
5,003 Happy Tanks
Community

Photo highlights

22 new photos this month
22 new photos this month
These are just a few of the photos members shared this month. Add yours by visiting the trail or peak page and clicking "Share your photos".
New to the directory

Fresh trails & peaks

Hotspots

Where we ran

  1. Canterbury 4,106 hours this month
  2. Auckland 3,576 hours this month
  3. Otago 2,604 hours this month
  4. Wellington 2,385 hours this month
  5. Waikato 1,902 hours this month
  6. Bay of Plenty 1,630 hours this month
  7. Australia 913 hours this month
  8. Manawatu - Wanganui 764 hours this month
  9. British Isles 504 hours this month
  10. Southland 419 hours this month
  11. Taranaki 320 hours this month
  12. Tasman 275 hours this month
  13. Nelson 267 hours this month
  14. Hawkes Bay 248 hours this month
  15. West Coast 235 hours this month
  16. Northland 211 hours this month
  17. Marlborough 155 hours this month
  18. Gisborne 102 hours this month

Quickest

Fastest regions

  1. Hawkes Bay 6:43 min/km average pace
  2. Gisborne 7:03 min/km average pace
  3. Bay of Plenty 7:20 min/km average pace
  4. Auckland 7:23 min/km average pace
  5. Marlborough 7:27 min/km average pace
  6. Northland 7:32 min/km average pace
  7. Wellington 7:34 min/km average pace
  8. Taranaki 7:35 min/km average pace
  9. Southland 7:36 min/km average pace
  10. Manawatu - Wanganui 7:42 min/km average pace
  11. Australia 7:45 min/km average pace
  12. Canterbury 7:52 min/km average pace
  13. Nelson 7:59 min/km average pace
  14. Waikato 8:02 min/km average pace
  15. Otago 8:04 min/km average pace
  16. British Isles 8:23 min/km average pace
  17. Tasman 8:25 min/km average pace
  18. West Coast 9:39 min/km average pace

Badges
133 badges awarded.

Most earned badges

  1. Hut Bagger

    Awarded for bagging huts in the directory.

  2. Explorer

    Awarded for earning explorer points.

  3. Planner

    Awarded for having trails on your wishlist.

  4. Peak Bagger

    Awarded for bagging peaks in the peak directory.


Big picture

All-time community milestones

  • Wild Things members have logged 12,299,903 km of trail time since 2020.
  • That’s the equivalent of running the length of New Zealand more than 7,687 times, or around the Earth more than 307 times.
  • Over 15,700 badges have been earned, and the community has logged more than 200,695 running or hiking adventures on our 4,897 trails and peaks.
  • 38,762 photos now bring the Trail & Peak Directory to life and over $313,830 worth of prizes have been won.
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Archive

Previous monthly reports

May 2026 Trail Report 193,427 km and 26,399 hours on the trails.
June 2026 Trail Report 178,633 km and 23,852 hours on the trails.
July 2026 Trail Report 183,402 km and 25,230 hours on the trails.
See the full 2025 Trail Running Report 2,061,065 km and 278,002 hours on the trails.

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