Council pulls plug on One Tree Hill athletic event
A popular junior running race at a public park has been cancelled after local iwi raised concerns about events on "sensitive land".
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Sam Wreford wants to make amends tomorrow for the "bad mistake" he made in competing in last year's Christchurch Airport Marathon.
Newbies relish trail course challenge
Jan Thompson believes that competing in the Blackmores Xterra Auckland trail running and walking series has given her a new lease on life.
Gallery: Zombie fun run
“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.
Smith will contest marathon
Auckland distance runner Kim Smith has been added to the athletics team for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.
Runner clocks up 13th Rotorua marathon
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.
Marathon becomes family affair
The Chibnall family will add a special chapter to their running history at the 50th anniversary of the Rotorua Marathon next weekend.
Boston Marathon: Courage amid tears on Boston's road to redemption
Nearly 36,000 runners set out from the Boston Marathon starting line with security tight along the 42km course yesterday.
Event raises diabetes awareness
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.
Athletics: Rio comes back into focus
When Nikki Hamblin had surgery in September 2012, the Rio de Janeiro Olympics were on her mind.
Islands get $30k from race
The Motutapu Restoration Trust raised $30,000 from its Partners Life Dual Motutapu-Rangitoto Traverse, held last weekend.
Ultramarathon: Fearless vet taking 60km race in his stride
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.
Ultra-elite field lines up for Tarawera
"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.
Run, walk, bike, swim and hike through spectacular countryside
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.
Tussock Traverse: Oz mum out to blow mental cobwebs away in traverse experience
Australian Bridget Quayle suffers from mental health problems and wants to break the cycle in her family.
Time to finish on a high
'I've got no brains," laughs Colin Thorne who will be 90 when he runs his 50th marathon in May at the 50th anniversary of the Rotorua Marathon.
New Year Honours 2014: John R. Reid
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Kiwi runner breaks record
Kiwi ultra-distance runner Kim Allen has broken the world record for running without sleep, but her support crew kept quiet as she passed the milestone.
Sleepy runner's endurance test for charity
A marathon runner is well over halfway in her record breaking bid to run for 500km in 85 hours, with no rest.
Running: Napier runner out to change the world
One down, 19 to go. Warren Bernard, a clinical psychologist from Napier, is hoping to change the world one step at a time, quite literally.
Marathon test of fitness draws 17,000
Sophie Wharam will probably do "a bit more training" before she runs another half-marathon.
Marathon journey for first-timer
Getting to the start line is at least half the battle for any first-time marathon runner. Saatchi Goldwater, a 23-year-old marketing manager who is aiming to complete her first Auckland Marathon tomorrow, knows she wouldn't have got there alone.
Athletics: Huge payday would offer some pain relief
Kim Smith is confident her efforts to run through the pain barrier will help her land a bonanza US$100,000 ($121,700) road race prize tomorrow for a second successive season to cement her status as one of New Zealand's best paid sportswomen.
A run for your money
To many Kiwis the thought may seem hard to comprehend. In Britain a marathon runner when completing the gruelling challenge is less likely to be asked what time they have taken but more likely how much money they have raised for charity.