The Rotorua Marathon celebrated its 50th Anniversary on Saturday. The event doubled as the NZ Marathon Championship and Robbie Barnes representing Marlborough Athletics finished runner-up in the M50-54 Age Group.
Mieke Holtrop also covered the 42.2km distance while Jess Barnes took up the challenge in the half marathon.
Marathon (3511 finishers)
Robbie Barnes 2hrs 53min 29sec. (39th overall; 2nd M50-59; 2nd NZ Champs M50-54)Mieke Holtrop 4hrs 27min 11sec. (10th F60-64)
Half Marathon Run (1815 finishers)
Jess Barnes 1hr 38min 01sec. (19th F11-34)
Read The Marlborough Express article here