{"id":112772,"date":"2025-11-01T18:02:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T18:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/112772\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T18:02:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T18:02:11","slug":"auckland-marathon-2025-17000-runners-set-for-citys-biggest-race-since-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/112772\/","title":{"rendered":"Auckland Marathon 2025: 17,000 runners set for city\u2019s biggest race since 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The courses<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\" Runners will be making their way across Auckland during the 2025 marathon. Photo \/ Auckland Marathon\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/> Runners will be making their way across Auckland during the 2025 marathon. Photo \/ Auckland Marathon<\/p>\n<p class=\"MbfQjTgmSESMkkDykl\" style=\"display:none\">The full and half marathons will both start in Devonport, while the 11km traverse starts further north at Smales Farm. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MbfQjTgmSESMkkDykl\" style=\"display:none\">Runners will go over the Auckland Harbour Bridge, before crossing paths with the kids\u2019 run start line on Fanshawe St and the 5km start at Karanga Plaza. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MbfQjTgmSESMkkDykl\" style=\"display:none\">The full marathon course extends out to St Heliers Bay, with runners then turning around and heading back to Victoria Park, where all participants will finish. <\/p>\n<p>Road closures<\/p>\n<p>Notable participants <\/p>\n<p class=\"MbfQjTgmSESMkkDykl\" style=\"display:none\">Some of New Zealand\u2019s top runners will be taking part in this year\u2019s event, including Brigid Dennehy, who won the race last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MbfQjTgmSESMkkDykl\" style=\"display:none\">In her marathon debut, Dennehy finished with a time of 2h 41m 31s, only two seconds shy of the women\u2019s course record.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MbfQjTgmSESMkkDykl\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cAfter winning last year and being so close to the record, it has added a bit more pressure knowing it is within reach, but this has also motivated me,\u201d said Dennehy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MbfQjTgmSESMkkDykl\" style=\"display:none\">Two-time Auckland Marathon champion Alice Mason is back in the women\u2019s race after a two-year absence because of her pregnancy and the birth of her daughter. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MbfQjTgmSESMkkDykl\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cMy last marathon was winning Auckland two years ago and shortly after that I was pregnant with my now 1-year-old daughter. I\u2019m pretty excited to finally be getting back on a marathon start line,\u201d Mason said, <\/p>\n<p class=\"MbfQjTgmSESMkkDykl\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cMy little boy was 15 months old when I last raced Auckland and so I\u2019m really looking forward to him being able to see me run.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MbfQjTgmSESMkkDykl\" style=\"display:none\">In the men\u2019s race, Otago\u2019s Daniel Balchin is considered to be one of the favourites, having won the race in 2023 and being runner-up last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MbfQjTgmSESMkkDykl\" style=\"display:none\">In the half marathon, 79-year-old Rod Gill from Hamilton will be looking to complete his 200th marathon and will mark the end of a decade-long journey that started when he took up running at 70.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\" Rod Gill will run his 10th Auckland Half Marathon in a row this weekend \u2013 and his 200th half marathon in 10 years. Photo \/ Auckland Marathon\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/> Rod Gill will run his 10th Auckland Half Marathon in a row this weekend \u2013 and his 200th half marathon in 10 years. Photo \/ Auckland Marathon<\/p>\n<p class=\"MbfQjTgmSESMkkDykl\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cI never planned to run 200 half marathons. It just happened,\u201d said Rod.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The courses Runners will be making their way across Auckland during the 2025 marathon. 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