While some travelled to Nelson for the Rabbit Island Rampage, Ron Adams and Cara Shirley contested the Auckland Half Marathon where competitors were greated with calm and sunny conditions. A total of 7,129 finishers completed the 21.1km run.
Ron finished in 1hr 42min 20sec, 603rd overall and 45th (out of 369) in the M45-49 category.
Cara finished in 2hrs 5sec, 2,357th overall and 369th (out of 1,598) in the F00-34 category.
The marathon event doubled as the New Zealand Marathon Championships. Australian Rowan Walker won the full marathon title in a very quick time of 2hrs 24min finishing just ahead of New Zealanders Scott Winton and Tony Payne.