by nzadmin | Sep 16, 2013 | Featured, Lydiard Legend, News
Lydiard Legend Marathon, Shadbolt Park New Lynn – 14 September 2013 Running enthusiast Agustin Scafidi from Argentina made the most of his three week holiday in Auckland by winning the annual Lydiard marathon around the tough Waitakere Ranges course on Saturday. The...
by nzadmin | Aug 13, 2012 | Featured, London2012, News, Olympic Games, Track
Valerie Adams has been awarded the gold medal for shot put at the London Olympic Games. The announcement comes after Belarus’s Nadzeya Ostapchuk tested positive for the steroid metenolone in a urine sample. Ostapchuk’s positive test means the 31-year-old has been...
by nzadmin | Aug 7, 2012 | Featured, London2012, Marathon, News, Olympic Games
Olympic Games – 3-12 August 2012 Kimberley Smith was disappointed with her 15th place in the marathon around a tight and difficult course in 2h 26m 59s. “I just didn’t feel great today, the course I found really, really difficult. I was slipping, the cobblestones were...
by nzadmin | Jun 26, 2012 | Featured, Half, Marathon, News, Wellington Marathon, Women
WELLINGTON Armstrong Motor Group Wellington Marathon and Half Marathon, Westpac Stadium – 24 June 2012 Sydney police officer Sara Burgess set a race record of 2h 48m 40s in winning the women’s marathon, carving nearly 12 minutes off Lotty Turnidge’s 2009 record. It...
by nzadmin | Nov 7, 2011 | Featured, Marathon, News
New York Marathon – 6 November 2011 Kimberley Smith qualified for the London Olympic Games after finishing fifth in the New York marathon in 2h 25m 46s. The 29 year old, who turns 30 Saturday week, was six minutes under the Olympic qualifying time and nearly four...