Alice Mason. Photo Credit: Michael Jacques Christchurch dawned warm and clear with not a breath of wind this morning as 3827 runners and walkers from all end of New Zealand lined up for the 40th anniversary ASB Christchurch Marathon. It was a long .
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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
Press Release – Christchurch Marathon
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.