The annual ADRA Charity Run attracted a record entry of 1615 and of those there were 725 runners in the 21K section with 617 taking part in the 10K and the rest either walking or jogging the 5K.
The winners time was 1hr12min recorded by David Morton and this time set a new ADRA record despite the addition of a few extra hill climbs brought about by a late council road closure.
David’s time was eight minutes quicker than second place.
The first woman home was Gracie Keown in 1hr24min and in the 10K Carl Driessen won in a time of 40.49min with Jenny Howe fastest woman in a time of 42.35min.
The registration tent only just coped with the entries on the day and the hot weather took its toll on the water supply with some water stations running very low at times.
New MP for Auckland Central, Nikki Kaye, started the races and was on hand to award most of the 21K medals at the finish line.
ADRA NZ were beneficiaries of more than $46,000.00 for their work for disadvantaged people both nationally and internationally and thanked all sponsors, donors and helpers for the way the event would assist with future projects.
December 4th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
It was a great half Marathon course - thank you for excellent organisation. Why do we fing out result sand in particular age group results?
Kind regards
Louise Binns