Wellington Marathon

2022 - 6 - 19

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Record numbers turn out for first Wellington Marathon in three years (Stuff.co.nz)

Considered one of New Zealand's “Big Five” running events, alongside the Auckland, Queenstown, Rotorua and Christchurch marathons, the Wellington Marathon had ...

It’s been amazing the amount of runners who have just been gracious and glad that the events gone on. And do you recall where you first heard of a convoy headed to Parliament in 2022, and where you watched a blow-by-blow account of the following 23 days? “This event’s been three years long... “I had a few rough kilometres at the end, but I had that record in sight and managed to hold on.” Wellington’s Sam McCutcheon was favourite to take the full marathon title and won in a time of 2hrs 30min 09sec. “It’s been a pretty slick day.

New Zealand's Wellington marathon attracts record 5300 ... (China.org.cn)

WELLINGTON, June 19 (Xinhua) -- The picturesque seaside streets of New Zealand's capital were filled with runners and walkers on Sunday, with this year's ...

Record Running In Wellington | Scoop News (Scoop.co.nz)

It took three years to get the 35th anniversary Gazley Volkswagen Wellington Marathon to the start line, but a record field and record racing made up for ...

The 34-year-old took out a tightly fought women’s half marathon but needed to break the race record to seal the win. Auckland were also to the fore in the Kids’ Magic Mile, with Tia Korewha winning among girls in 5min 50secs while Jacob Williams was first boy in 5min 08secs. The men’s half marathon was an even closer affair, with just a minute separating the top four runners. Fellow Wellingtonian Hannah Miller had a faster best time coming into the Wellington Championship event, but Drought pulled clear in the second half of the race to set a new race record by six seconds of 1hr 17min 06secs. “It was great to see so many people supporting the event,” says race organiser Michael Jacques. Organising this one has been a bit like a marathon itself. But a record field of 5264 entrants made it worth the wait.

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Wellington.Scoop » Record running in Wellington marathon (Wellington Scoop)

It took three years to get the 35th anniversary Gazley Volkswagen Wellington Marathon to the start line, but a record field and record racing made up for the ...

The 34-year-old took out a tightly fought women’s half marathon but needed to break the race record to seal the win. Auckland were also to the fore in the Kids’ Magic Mile, with Tia Korewha winning among girls in 5min 50secs while Jacob Williams was first boy in 5min 08secs. The men’s half marathon was an even closer affair, with just a minute separating the top four runners. Fellow Wellingtonian Hannah Miller had a faster best time coming into the Wellington Championship event, but Drought pulled clear in the second half of the race to set a new race record by six seconds of 1hr 17min 06secs. “It was great to see so many people supporting the event,” says race organiser Michael Jacques. Organising this one has been a bit like a marathon itself. But a record field of 5264 entrants today made it worth the wait.

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