Marathon Medal Prospect

Auckland runner Nina Rillstone finished third in the New York City Half-Marathon, just seconds behind Kenyans Hilda Kibet and Catherine Ndereba. The NZ record holder made a career best time of 1:10:35 – three seconds behind the winner. “I didn’t get the practice running in heat and humidity today that I was expecting,” she said on the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) website. “But I’m really happy to get a national record.” Rillstone will compete in the marathon at the IAAF World Championships in Osaka next month.