Nelson Events. The sport event organiser

Simon Mardon and 60 odd other runners and walkers have had the Maitai Valley Road to themselves over the last couple of weeks in the Sprig and Fern NBS Striders Summer Series. But in last night’s 5km all said ‘hello’ to Phil Costley and as he swept past it was a super quick ‘goodbye’.

Costley is on a mission - the Buller Gorge Half Marathon on February 11th awaits. Most will be aiming for the finish and a 30th Anniversary medal around their necks will be achievement enough but for Costley the Masters 40-49 record is the target. Last year Kerry Fass (Canterbury) ‘relegated’ him to second when he ran 1 hour 7 minutes 54 seconds but quicker back in 1985 was Runanga legend Eddie Gray...

Fleur Pawsey lines up in next month's Coast2Coast and she will be well
prepared to tackle Elina Ussher and Sophie Hart - especially in the run
section.

In Saturday's Blackball Hilton Croesus Crossing 27km trailrun across the
Paparoa's she ran the second fastest women's time, 3 hours 5 minutes 50
seconds, slashing just under 18 minutes off her 2011 effort and breaking the Womens Under 40 record in the process.

At Ces Clark Hut, 1200 metres above Barrytown and the imposing Tasman Sea
startline nothing separated her, Hokitika's Helen Gillespie and visiting
American Amy Friedman but in the run down to Blackball it was the Cantabrian
...