Dunedin Marathon

On his 21st birthday, recovering spinal injury patient Austen Haig will run the Moro Half Marathon in Dunedin.

Sam McCutcheon took the advice of a friend and responded with a win in the Dunedin marathon yesterday.

A pre-race showdown with former champion Adrian Bailey proved a winning formula for Oska Inkster-Baynes in the half marathon yesterday.

The significance of yesterday's Dunedin marathon date was not lost on Harry Hahn from Long Island, New York.

The Christchurch earthquake on February 22 has had a significant impact on the organisation of Sunday's Dunedin marathon.

Timaru runner Sam Wreford produced a dominant run to smash Paul Allison's 1993 record in the Dunedin marathon yesterday.

Christchurch has not been kind to Kellie Palmer over the past week following the earthquake, but victory in the half-marathon yesterday went some way to mending frayed nerves.

Ian McDonald has the power to stop traffic - literally.

Dunedin walker Sharon McCombe has had to deal with several ups and downs in her life, and walking yesterday's half-marathon was just another hurdle along the way.