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An ultra plogging relay along Sydney's coastline to protect the places we play.
In partnership with The Sauna Project Sydney & powered by Polestar.
Sauna to Sauna is a community relay along Sydney's coastline on Saturday 14 November, during the 48 Hour Mission. We're going from The Sauna Project's sauna at Palm Beach to its sauna at Vaucluse, 85 km, and we want your club to take a leg.
Run clubs each take a section, pass the baton on to the next club, and pick up rubbish as they go.
It's in partnership with The Sauna Project Sydney and powered by Swedish EV brand Polestar, our Official EV Partner for the 48 Hour Mission.
The 48 Hour Mission has always been about clubs doing what they love and making it count for the planet. The coastal paths are where so many of us train, race and catch up every week, and they cop a lot of litter. So every leg picks up rubbish as it goes, and we count the lot at the finish.
It's also a chance for run clubs from Palmy to the Eastern Suburbs to meet and cheer each other on. Because protecting the places we play starts with the places we run every week.
Sauna, plogging, Fika and Polestar all come from Sweden, so this one has a Swedish flavour from start to finish.
The Sauna Project Sydney's saunas bookend the relay: a sunrise send-off at Palm Beach and a well-earned finish at Vaucluse. A crew from The Sauna Project runs Leg 1, and every team that takes part gets a free sauna session with them.
Visit The Sauna Project →
Swedish EV brand Polestar is powering the relay as Official EV Partner of the 48 Hour Mission. Polestar EV support vehicles follow every leg with water and first aid, and Polestar Rushcutters Bay hosts our aid stop before the final leg to Vaucluse.
Pictured: Polestar 5 at The Sauna Project's Palm Beach sauna.
Visit Polestar →Each club takes a leg of 10 to 21 km, picks up rubbish along the way, followed by a beach clean, then hands the baton to the next club.
We split the route into legs and give each run club its own section. You run your leg, then hand the baton to the next club.
Run clubs take the coastal paths, one leg at a time. Every pace is welcome. It's a relay, not a race.
Every runner gets a plogging bag to fill along their leg. At the end of each leg, the team does a 20-minute beach clean at the handover spot. The support van collects it all, and we add it up at the finish.
If you or someone in your club wants to do the full distance, register your interest. We'd love to follow your day.
Your kms go on the 48 Hour Mission activity leaderboard, alongside everything else your club does over the weekend.
Polestar EV support vehicles follow the relay with water and first aid, and Polestar Rushcutters Bay hosts the aid stop.
84.5 km of coastline with 1,584 m of climbing, on coastal paths and off-road wherever we can: through the Northern Beaches, around Manly and the Spit, along the Lower North Shore, across the Harbour Bridge and around to the Eastern Suburbs.
The Sauna Project + Meadowbank Run Club
6:00am: leave Palm Beach, plogging throughout
8:05 to 8:15am: handover at Narrabeen Beach. Baton handover, bag drop, rubbish into the van.
8:05 to 8:25am: beach clean at Narrabeen Beach
Map: Narrabeen Beach
Sydney Harbour Runners
8:15am: leave Narrabeen, plogging throughout
9:40 to 9:50am: handover at Manly Cove. Baton handover, bag drop, rubbish into the van.
9:40 to 10:00am: beach clean at Manly Cove
Map: Manly Cove
Pledge Run Club
9:50am: leave Manly Cove, plogging throughout, via Forty Baskets and Balmoral
11:50am to 12:00pm: handover at Athol Hall. Baton handover, bag drop, rubbish into the van.
11:50am to 12:10pm: beach clean at Athol Beach (follow the path from Athol Hall down to the beach)
Map: Athol Hall
Sydney Muslim Run Club
12:00pm: leave Athol Hall, plogging throughout
2:00 to 2:30pm: handover at the aid stop, Polestar Rushcutters Bay
2:00 to 2:20pm: park clean at Rushcutters Bay Park
Map: Rushcutters Bay Park
Plastic-free snacks and refills in reusable cups. Baton handover, bag drop and rubbish into the van before the final leg.
Sydney Striders
2:30pm: leave Rushcutters Bay, plogging throughout
From about 3:30pm: finish at the Vaucluse sauna
3:30 to 3:50pm: beach clean at Vaucluse Beach Paddock
Map: Vaucluse Beach Paddock
Rubbish count and celebrations, then into the sauna.
Map: finish
Times are a guide, based on about 6 min/km, with 10 minutes at each changeover and 30 minutes at the aid stop. They'll shift a little on the day, so we'll confirm your club's handover time once legs are locked in. Aim to arrive at your changeover 15 minutes early. Full route: Sauna to Sauna on Strava.
Every leg plogs the whole way, then finishes with a clean-up at the handover spot. We count the lot at the finish.
Times are approximate. You only need to be there for your leg and the handover.
There's a free sauna session at The Sauna Project Sydney for every team that takes part!
Your pledge is your ticket into the 48 Hour Mission. These two fit Sauna to Sauna perfectly: keep the coastline clean every week, and make your next set of wheels electric.
Bags out on your next club run. Leave the loop cleaner than you found it.
See the pledge →
When it's time to replace your car, make the next one electric. Compare lifecycle emissions, not just what comes out of the tailpipe.
See the pledge →Legs go to the clubs that put their hand up first, so don't leave it too long.
Yes. It's free to enter, and your relay kms count towards your club's Mission total.
Between 10 km and 21 km. Long legs can be split between two groups from the same club, so nobody has to do more than they want.
Absolutely. Let us know and we'll fit you in.
You only need to be there for your leg and the handover.
Fill your plogging bag as you go, then do a 20-minute beach clean when you finish your leg. Unload it all into the back of the van, which takes it from there, and it's all counted at the finish.
Not at all. It's a relay, not a race. Go at whatever pace suits your crew.
It's built around clubs, but anyone keen to do the full distance can register their interest.
Email us or DM @pledgefortheplanet and tell us which leg your run club would like and roughly how many runners. Legs go to the clubs that put their hand up first, so don't leave it too long.
Club not in the 48 Hour Mission yet? Register your club. There's no entry fee: your pledge is your ticket.
Not in Sydney? Make your club's Saturday session a plog and tag us.
With thanks to our pledgendary partners, The Sauna Project & Polestar, for supporting our Pledgends and powering the relay in EVs.
Pledge for the Planet acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waters where we live, work, move and play, and pays respect to Elders past and present. We recognise that First Nations peoples have cared for this country for more than 65,000 years, and that their knowledge and continuing connection to land and sea has much to teach us about protecting the places we all share. Sovereignty was never ceded.