Nick Willis' dream of emulating Sir Peter Snell at next month's Commonwealth Games has ended.

With just two months until the Auckland Marathon, Phil Taylor offers advice for those taking on the half marathon and 10km events.

As counter-intuitive as it seems to those who don't indulge, doctors, psychologists and runners agree that the effects of marathon running are mainly positive.

Auckland marathon organisers would back changes to the law to stop profiteers cashing in on the event.

Photos from the Round the Bays in Wellington.

A NZ-based retired British Army corporal is about to embark on the race of his life, a 250km slog through the Sahara Desert equivalent to six back-to-back marathons.