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Saturday, 15 May 2021, 4:57 pm
The
2021 Hawke s Bay Marathon. Photo: Bruce
Jenkins.
More than 8,000 competitors
hit the course for the fifth running of Hawke’s Bay
Marathon today, the biggest in the event’s
history.
Participants tested themselves across three
distances, the Havana Coffee 10km, 2degrees Half Marathon
and New Zealand Sotheby’s International Realty Marathon,
with the sold-out events finishing at the iconic Elephant
Hill Estate & Winery.
Once across the finish line,
people enjoyed the Elephant Hill Estate & Winery
offering New Zealand’s best finish line festival, plenty
of entertainment, and a range of local Hawke’s Bay food
and wine.
Saturday, 15 May 2021, 4:13 pm
Daniel
Jones winning the Hawke s Bay Marathon. Photo
FinisherPix
Runners from across New
Zealand have flocked to the sold-out New Zealand Sotheby’s
International Realty Hawke’s Bay Marathon, taking on
Marathon, Half-Marathon and 10km distance events with the
following individuals winning the respective
titles:
New Zealand Sotheby’s International Realty
Marathon
Daniel Jones – 02:25:34
Bethany
Bromfield – 02:56:29
2degrees Half
Marathon
Olivia Burne
– 01:19:53
Havana Coffee 10km
Esther George – 00:36:16
The
winners joined more than 8,000 competitors for the fifth
running of Hawke’s Bay Marathon, the biggest in the
event’s history.
Once across the finish line,
participants enjoyed New Zealand’s best finish line