Two former champions will revive their
long-standing rivalry at this weekend’s ASB Christchurch
Marathon.
While the national marathon
championship will take centre stage at the 40th anniversary
ASB Christchurch Marathon this Sunday, it is the Half
Marathon that could produce the hardest fought race of the
day.
In a race of champions amongst men, 2019 half
marathon champion, Daniel Balchin, and 2016 champion, Oska
Baynes, will line up together yet again. Balchin (30) and
Baynes (29) have gone head-to-head in races all over the
country for more than a decade, but it is in Christchurch
where their rivalry has been keenest.
Balchin
(Cromwell) has won Christchurch’s half marathon twice, in