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.

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.

The Chibnall family will add a special chapter to their running history at the 50th anniversary of the Rotorua Marathon next weekend.

They returned, they raced, they reclaimed.

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.

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.

'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.

Some names from the past have been recognised for their services to sport in the New Year Honours.

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.

A marathon runner is well over halfway in her record breaking bid to run for 500km in 85 hours, with no rest.