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.
Friday, 14 May 2021, 4:38 pm
Regan Green has vowed to complete his first marathon at
this weekend’s New Zealand Sotheby’s International
Realty Hawke’s Bay Marathon even if he has to crawl across
the finish line – all in memory of his best friend Matthew
Hunt, the Police Officer who was fatally shot undertaking a
routine traffic stop in Auckland in June 2020.
After
the tragic event, Regan and other best friend Sam Swaffield
started ‘Run With Matt’, bringing together anyone
impacted by the loss of Matt to support each other while
taking on their own challenge. Last year the duo, along with
Press Release – Ironman Group
Regan Green has vowed to complete his first marathon at this weekend’s New Zealand Sotheby’s International Realty Hawke’s Bay Marathon even if he has to crawl across the finish line – all in memory of his best friend Matthew Hunt, the Police Officer who was fatally shot undertaking a routine traffic stop in Auckland in June 2020.
After the tragic event, Regan and other best friend Sam Swaffield started ‘Run With Matt’, bringing together anyone impacted by the loss of Matt to support each other while taking on their own challenge. Last year the duo, along with other friends, ran seven half marathons in six months to celebrate their friend.