Who wants to take them on? Body in Motion Physio has won the City to Surf corporate challenge for the past four years, and team members will be pounding the pavement again this year in the name of fun and team bonding.

The City to Surf event is returning to Tauranga this Sunday with a half marathon, 11km fun run/walk and a 5km fun run/walk.

Physiotherapist and City to Surf team organiser Shannon Fisken says there are eight people, including physiotherapists, administration staff and an occupational therapist taking on the 11km run this year and one person tackling the half marathon.

'Our boss very kindly pays for us to do it and supports our touch rugby and netball teams,” explains Shannon. 'He is very pro us getting active, which is awesome.”

And the company is sporting a strong team again this year, with Alison Wilson having completed the Kona Ironman and Scott Illingworth in training for the 60km Kepler Challenge mountain run in December.

Points are awarded for gender age group placings in the event and the five best scores from each corporate team are tallied to calculate the corporate challenge winner.

'For us as a physio practice it's very much about health promotion and getting out there,” says Shannon.

'We tell patients they should be fit and active and some say they don't have the time or money to do it. We want to show you don't need to have a lot of that to get out and do these things.

'An event is often good for increasing people's motivation. If they sign up for something they think ‘well I've got to train for this'. The run is only 11km which is very achievable.”

The City to Surf event is also an opportunity for the team at Body in Motion to get together socially for some 'team bonding”.

'Last year it poured with rain, but we usually get out there afterwards and have a sausage sizzle and a few drinks. Often some of our kids are out there cheering us on. It's a cool family thing and a nice locally-run event, which is always good to get behind.”

For more information and to enter City to Surf, visit: www.citytosurf2017.eventdesq.com