
A cool, breezy mid-summer's day greeted runners and walkers, for race 1 of the Sri Chinmoy Auckland Series 2025 ... held at the delightful Lovelock Track, War Memorial Park, Mt Roskill on Sunday 12 January 2025.
Aron Thompson (1.23.10) was a comfortable winner of the Sri Chinmoy Half-Marathon ... followed by Jason Gerritz (1.36.32) and Peter Kipfer (1.40.30).
Lisa Harris (1.52.15) won the women's Half-Marathon ... from Kabita Thakur (2.11.39) and Janel Tolentino (2.28.56).
In the Sri Chinmoy 10 km Race, Karan Venter (35.38) ran strongly for a fine victory (just 22 seconds short of Ben Evans 2022 course record) ... followed by Finn Campbell (40.17) and Yusuke Chow (40.28).
Maia Cavanagh (42.39) won the women's 10 km race, from Melanie James (49.37) and Kieva Hanlon (50.20).
Alexander Rawles (23.10) was first in the Sri Chinmoy 5.6 km Race, followed by Christopher Rawles (26.01) and Te Iwihoko Te Rangihirawea (29.04).
Angela Baird (29.31) won the women's 5.6 km, from Desiree Scanlan (32.09) and Melissa Allan (32.46) .
Alexander Finn (9.17) ran a very fine course record in the Sri Chinmoy 2.5 km Children's Race (taking 3 seconds off Bruno McLeod's 2021 time) ... followed by Naoki Chow (14.20).
Ashley Gerritz (16.45) won the 2.5 km girl's race, from Saisha Udare (16.56).