Athletics New Zealand Weekly Round Up - New Zealand competition results, Road and Trail race results from around the country

With the whole world in the grasp of Covid 19 we are very fortunate to be living in New Zealand and be able at present to enjoy doing and participating in events.

Ireland’s Ron Delany and Hungary’s late Laszlo Tabori, two of the standout middle-distance runners of the 1950s, were friends and rivals. A recent discovery in the USA has reignited memories

Preliminary analysis of data collected at last weekend’s World Athletics Half Marathon Championships indicates that Gdynia has the best air quality of any major athletics event or road race measured since World Athletics’ Air Quality Project started

Weston Hill, winner of the Crater Rim Ultra in 2017, returned to claim the New Zealand title over the gruelling 53km around Port Hills in a race record time of 4:38:31

Having the physical tools is one thing, but to go where no woman has gone before – and set a world record – you need a whole lot of determination to go with it.

Peres Jepchirhir powered to gold in 1:05:16, a world record in a women-only race at the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships

The Brisbane Trail Ultra took runners through the Hinterland Virgin Rainforest, with this year's scorching conditions not slowing competitors with four records broken.

On Sunday 11th October the 37th running of the Three Peaks Mountain Race was held along side the inaugural ultra option 52km aptly named the Three Peaks + One.

An overcast windy day greeted 120 paddlers at the boat ramp in Kaiapoi for the first race in the Rasdex Classic River Race Series.