A mechanical bull will be part of fun celebrations following the walk/run/cycle Country2Coast on Sunday.
The annual family event has a distance for all. Participants start at the Puketapu Pub (21.1km), Perfume Point in Napier (15km) and Grange Road Reserve in Haumoana (8km), all finishing at Farndon Park in Clive from where buses leave one hour before start times to the different start lines.
Dogs are welcome and can go on the bus. A 20km cycling event was added last year, a loop from Farndon Park around Gilbertson Rd and Brookfields Rd before returning to the park.
While all events will be timed there will be spot prizes only, except for the 21.1km Hillmac Electrical Half Marathon which is competitive event with a trophy for the fastest male and the fastest female.
Last year's Country2Coast proceeds of $7500 were distributed by the Havelock North Rotary Club to the Salvation Army's emergency response unit, the Anderson Park community group, the Hastings Giants boxing academy and Ronald McDonald House where Hawke's Bay families stay when sick children are in city hospitals.