Charlotte FitzPatrick has been on a rewarding weight loss journey.

Newstalk ZB newsreader Niva Retimanu can't wait to see the look on Felicia Manase's face when she runs in the New York Marathon.

If you're grumbling about the number of athletes who have opted out of or are still prevaricating about whether to compete in the Commonwealth Games, blame Usain Bolt.

It was a good news, bad news kind of weekend for Commonwealth Games officials at the Diamond League meet at Hampden Park.

Trish Sutherland admits that she is "scared and petrified" to make her debut in the half-marathon of the Auckland Marathon in November.

Renee Still cannot wait to give the Buffalo trail run and walk series in Tauranga another crack next month.

Kiwi athletes of all walks of life are using the Xterra series in Auckland to train for bigger goals.

A popular junior running race at a public park has been cancelled after local iwi raised concerns about events on "sensitive land".

Sam Wreford wants to make amends tomorrow for the "bad mistake" he made in competing in last year's Christchurch Airport Marathon.

Jan Thompson believes that competing in the Blackmores Xterra Auckland trail running and walking series has given her a new lease on life.

“Run for your Freak’n Life” is an intense 5Km obstacle and adventure race….with plagued with professional zombies. The contestants in yesterday's race were running from brain hungry, virus spreading, Freak’n Zombies who were trying to snatch the flags/lives on the runner's flag belts.

Auckland distance runner Kim Smith has been added to the athletics team for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

Running a single marathon is an enormous feat for most. But taking on 250 marathons is almost unbelievable. That's 10,550km - running from Cape Reinga to Bluff more than five times. Plus the training runs.

Nearly 36,000 runners set out from the Boston Marathon starting line with security tight along the 42km course yesterday.

Although they don't know each other and live different lives, Ian Coventry and Neve Power share a bond. Four years ago the pair were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, a condition that has significantly changed the way they and their families live.

When Nikki Hamblin had surgery in September 2012, the Rio de Janeiro Olympics were on her mind.

The Motutapu Restoration Trust raised $30,000 from its Partners Life Dual Motutapu-Rangitoto Traverse, held last weekend.

Brian Smith is an 81-year-old who can run forever, but not at the mouth. When it comes to explanations - he prefers a shortish route.

"This is just getting silly now." That's Kiwi endurance runner, Kerry Suter's view on the star-studded field for the 2014 Vibram Tarawera Ultramarathon on March 15.

A record field is lining up for the 10th anniversary of the Motatapu off-road sporting event which takes place next weekend in Central Otago.

Australian Bridget Quayle suffers from mental health problems and wants to break the cycle in her family.