Matt Toole ran the Cigna 10km event with a kidney operating at just 10 per cent.

COMMENT: Elite runners use smaller quantities of oxygen and energy to maintain speed.

The middle-distance runner who won gold at the 1976 Olympics was honoured with a statue

Russell Parrish has been training three times a week ahead of racing at Sunday's event.

Did you cancel your weekend plans because of the rain? You're about to feel super lazy.

A week long 250km race with 200 athletes from over 50 countries is under fire.

Rachel Smalley and Kathrine Switzer discuss the Fearless 261, the number that has become a representation of the fearlessness that women feel whilst running.

Event organiser Shaun Collins said it was "highly likely" the event would be scrapped.

Harry Burnard ran a personal best yesterday, but he won't be back running for a while.

A NZ athlete is poised to become the first Kiwi woman to finish the longest foot race.

Emmanuel de Merode to raise $1.7m for endangered mountain gorillas of eastern Congo.

A nearly naked runner has stolen the show at the 121st Boston Marathon.

A New Zealand man says running in the streets of Pyongyang puts a tick on his bucket list.

She developed arthritis in her ankle and was told to forget about running. A year later, Debbie Hardy's doing a half marathon.

Winning the Auckland marathon has made all his sacrifices worth it, says the man who crossed the finish line first.

Twelve Kiwi families will be watching the Auckland Marathon next weekend with a little more excitement than might normally be expected.

As a reverential student of New Zealand running history, Nick Willis found a unique place in its pantheon today with bronze in the 1500m at the Rio Olympics.

This time next week, the St Cuthbert's College cross-country team of six will be winging their way to the Northern Hemisphere.

The Color Run, also known as the happiest 5k on the planet, was in Auckland celebrating healthiness, happiness and individuality.

For most part-time athletes, finishing one Ironman New Zealand endurance challenge is something to cherish.

History of one the world's toughest races, the Mount Baker Marathon.

Wanaka couple's three-year commitment raises huge amount and awareness of mental health issues.

Justyn (Jup) Brown is an unrelenting force for positive change in the world.

Kiwi actor David de Lautour believes most New Zealanders secretly identify with the Wests, the likeable criminal family from Outrageous Fortune.

A son of Vietnamese "boat people" to New Zealand is running three half marathons to fundraise and highlight the plight of refugees.

Rachel Smalley, recovering in Beirut from her first marathon, hot-footed it to a bomb site where at least 43 people were killed in a shopping street.

New Zealand No 2 Nick Horspool and Japan's Hirotaka Tanimoto look set to battle it out in the ASB Auckland Marathon tomorrow.

The thought of refugee families living in tented communities will be the motivation for Kiwis taking part in a marathon in the Middle East next week.