Runaway MVP
Welcome to the Runaway Marathon Series
We’ve hand-picked the most stunning destinations in New Zealand and Australia for you to run and holiday in with friends. With all events taking place on a Saturday, you have plenty of time to explore and experience each destination! You can choose from a range of distances to suit any ability or appetite. Don’t just do one. Do them all in the series.
NZ Sotheby's International Realty Queenstown Marathon
16 November 2024
Welcome to the World’s Most Beautiful Marathon. Set between the backdrop of the world-renowned Crown and Remarkable mountain ranges, and taking in the best highlights of the Queenstown Lakes region on hard packed cycle trails, this is truly a flat out beautiful course.
HOKA Runaway Sydney Half Marathon
5 May 2024
For a few amazing hours in perfect Autumn running conditions, the best of Sydney’s city streets are yours to enjoy. None of the big city hustle and bustle, just wide-open city streets, stunning views and the buzz of Australia’s biggest half-marathon all around you. The Runaway Sydney Half Marathon is a truly unique city running experience through the beating heart of Sydney CBD. Come run the city in 2024!
Where will you Runaway to next?
NZ Sotheby's International Realty Hawke's Bay Marathon
18 May 2024
Take in the best highlights of the region, with flat easy running through local cycle trails, quiet country roads and pass vineyards and orchards - all finishing at the impressive Elephant Hill Estate & Winery where you can celebrate your efforts in style at the food & wine festival.
Runaway Noosa Marathon
25 May 2024
Escape to world famous Noosa for the Runaway Noosa Marathon and a weekend filled with sunshine and good times. With a flat, fast and friendly multi-lap course set in the heart of Noosa township and multi distances to choose from, it’s easy to find your happy running place right here.
Become a Runaway MVP
What is better than experiencing one of our Runaway Series events? Experiencing all four! And once you do, you will become one of our Most Valuable Players ‘aka’ a Runaway MVP. It’s super simple, all you need to do is complete all four events in the Runaway Marathon Series and you will be rewarded with the very shiny new Runaway MVP medal, recognising all the stunning Runaway destinations you have run and holidayed in.
Who doesn’t love having new shiny bling to show off to friends?
How MVP works?
Enter & complete all four Runaway Marathon events in any order, any distance and at any time (in one year or across multiple years) and you will receive the Runaway MVP status and medal. This will be awarded at the finish line of your fourth and final Runaway event.* Your name will also be listed as a Runaway MVP on all our Runaway Marathon websites.
Runaway MVPs
Congratulations to those who have completed the Runaway MVP 3-Race Status! (Runaway Noosa Marathon, Hawke's Bay Marathon, Queenstown Marathon)
| Andrea Adams | Aimee Denbee | Maxe Janssen | Don Morris | Chris Sims |
| John Adams | Annalisa Devitt | Milan Jasarevic | Carol Morrison | Craig Sims |
| Rob Aikman | Shane Devitt | Adele Jefferies | Hannah Mortimer | Nikos Skepetaris |
| Carmen Aitken | Birgit Dijkstra | Michael Jenkinson | Sharyn Murphy | Kirsty Skidmore |
| Cornell Allen | Annette Docking | Antoinette Jessop-Jakicevich | Patricia Murphy-Dally | Adrienne Smith |
| Helen Andrews | Jocelyn Doevendans | Gerald Joe | Carrie Nammuni | Chris Smith |
| Renee Angus | Ellen Dumper | Gretchen Joe | Anantha Narayanan | Gareth Smith |
| Fleur Annan | Brian Dunbar | Bruce Johnston | Sonna Narayanan | Cain Soole |
| Jayden Austin | Natasha Dunbier | Jackie Jones | Charlotte Nasey | Sophie Sowman |
| Dani Bacon | Heidi Dunlop | Joce Jones | Sarah Newall | Tony Spelman |
| Jane Bailey | Jo Durkin | Phillip Jones | Daniel Nicholas | Melissa Spicer |
| Greg Baillie | Rebecca Edgecombe | Karen Jones-Gudmunson | Samantha Nield | Alison Spriggs |
| Sam Bain | Alice Elgar | Corey Julian | Michael Nightingale | Tessa Sprosen |
| Kath Bakker | Gill Elgar | Jason Kapa | May Ning | Emily Stannard |
| Peter Bakker | Katy Elgar | Joanna Kapa | Jacinda Nisbet | Bryan Staunton |
| Fiona Barnett | Heather Elliott | Charrissa Keenan | Paul Noonan | Heather Steevens |
| Emma Barrett | Daniel Erard | Carmen Keene | Christine Norton | Ingrid Stewart |
| Alana Barron | Marcel Erasmus | Kim Kelly | Astrid Nunns | Patricia Stichbury |
| Sophie Bartleet | Michelle Felton | Kerri Keogh | Sue O'Donnell | Tyler Stoehr |
| Phoebe Bates | Martin Fey | Andrew Kidd | Elizabeth O'Neil | Christine Stowell-Collett |
| Pauline Beattie | Dominic Finlay | Carolyn King | Kath O'Reilly | Estrella Supas-Milne |
| Nadine Bell | Stacey Fisher | Michelle King | Tom Pahetogia | Chris Sutton |
| Andy Bell | Leah Fitzgerald | Heidi Kingston | Megan Palmer | Reuben Sweeney |
| Leanne Berkahn | Lucy Fleming | Dan Kinloch | Shannon Palmer | Tracy Symon |
| Christopher Berry | Keith Flockhart | Nici Kinloch | Pamela Parker | Monica Tate |
| Hamish Blampied | Samantha Ford | Andrew Kotlar | Joe Payton | Natalie Tawhai |
| Lara Blomfield | Simon Fordyce | Kaleb Krause | Wendy Pearce | Hayley Tawhiti |
| Kelly Bloore | Alastair Foster | Michelle Kunde | Laura Pedofsky | Anthony Taylor |
| Nicky Bold | Wendy Foulds | Brian Kwok | Pam Peldan | Kris Taylor |
| Naomi Bondarenko | Kari Fowler | Carol Lahood | Anna Pepper | Laura Taylor |
| Raewyn Bowe | Fiona Fox | Willis Lam | Claire Percy | Debbie Te |
| Marty Bowen | Jade Francis | Timothy Langenbacher | David Perez | Craig Thomas |
| Isabell Brinsley-Pirie | Chris Fraser | Alexander Larsen | Darren Pettersson | Rebecca Thomas |
| John Brinsley-Pirie | Ewan Fraser | Carolyn Last | Jessica Pettersson | Rhys Thomas |
| Pip Broadbridge | Anne Fredricsen | Claire Latham | Cibin Philip | Shirley Thompson |
| Brendan Brown | Michelle French | Peter Laws | Marie Phillips | Rebecca Thurston |
| Gavin Brown | Ros Frost | Dominique Le | Sarah Pickersgill | Joanne Tickner |
| Jodi Brown | Isaac Fruen | Karen Leadley | Ihaka Pink | Sheryl Tier |
| Maryann Brown | Emily Fyfe | Kathryn Lee | Aaron Piper | Graeme Tindall |
| Mel Burrowes | Hayden Gage-Dixon | Ken Leitch | Geraldine Piper | Tsz Ting |
| Geoff Burrows | Raju Ganda | Graeme Lemin | Cindy Plant | Arbe Tiongson |
| Tasha Burton | Justin Gasper | Bronwyn Leschke | Michael Plant | Peter Tizard |
| Joanna Byers | Ben Gatting | James Lester | Jared Plumridge | Chris Todd |
| Kim Byrne | Paul Gee | Nathan Li | Megan Plumridge | Kirsten Todd |
| Jan Cadwallender | Tim Gibbs | Mark Liu | Peter Pointon | Glenys Travers |
| Jill Callon | Bronwyn Gilchrist | Ricky Liu | Jeffrey Portelli | Simon Tremain |
| Jesse Campbell | Robert Gilder | Chloe Lovell-Shannon | Aaron Queree | Maria Trepakova |
| Marie Cannon | David Goddard | Mary Lyncel | Brigid Quinn | Letitia Tunmore |
| Hilary Capon | Fraser Gough | Haoting Ma | Natalie Radley | Chad Turei |
| Sharlene Carlyle | Moragh Graham | Lesley Macaskill | Rayan Ramjiawan | Matthew Vaux |
| Mark Carryer | Louise Gray | Sam Macdonald | Judy Randall | Karan Venter |
| Norman Chan | Charlotte Graydon | Lyn Mackay | Georgia Reanney | Wendy Venter |
| Emma Chegwyn | Phillip Grayson | Angela Mackie | Rachel Rees | Mel Verheijen |
| Helena Chesworth | Paul Green | Daniel Madley | Michael Reid | Manahi Waikai |
| Jovina Chia | Renee Halliday | Anna Magdalinos | Emma Reilly | Angela Wallace |
| Ketina Chivasa | Helen Hall-King | Ashley Maher | Angela Remnant | Chris Wallace |
| Christine Clark | Kate Hambly | Dianne Mannington | Vicki Remnant | Alice Walsh |
| Helen Clarke | Stuart Hanger | Aaron Mathieson | Tracy Rhodes | Craig Walton |
| Joanne Coates | Ngaire Hanning | Linda Matters | Barbara Richards | Louise Ward |
| Claudia Coe | Helen Harcombe | Jennifer Mattlin | Rachael Rickard | Dave Wasley |
| Kim Coles | Melanie Harding | Sue Maynard | Jeanette Riddle | Christine Waters |
| Tony Coles | Angela Hare | Bradley Mccann | Susan Rigby | Andrea Watson |
| Emma Collett | Billie-Lee Haresnape | Merilyn Mccann | Mary Rogerson | Bradyn Watson |
| Alan Collett | Martin Harrap | Dominique Mccartney | Kate Rose | Gilbert Watson |
| Nathan Collier | Lisa Harrington | Lara Mccormick | Andrew Rowe | Natalie Watson |
| Rosamond Connelly | Wendy Harris | William Mceachen | Norm Rusk | Emma White |
| Tony Coombe | Lisa Hartnett | Margie Mcmahon | Anne Russell | Pip White |
| Sean Cooper | Rachael Hastings | Carly Mcmillan | Camilla Ryan | Rosemarie White |
| Jen Corkran | Brett Hawthorne | Susan Mcnulty | Todd Ryan | Michael Whitley |
| Sandra Cornelius | Andrew Hay | Will Mctavish | Tom Saddington | Logan Wiffen |
| Kate Coughlan | Sandra Haynes | Anna Mellsop | Anthony Salisbury | Lucy Wilkinson |
| Miles Coverdale | Laurika Hazelhurst | Tim Mellsop | Marton Salisbury | Rick Williamson |
| Janna Cowley | Alice Hengst | Holly Melrose | Paul Schrader | Elaine Wilson |
| Chante Crasborn | Ross Henry | Justine Mercer-Moore | Noel Schroder | Laurie Wilson |
| Christo Creffier | Allmi Heydenrych | Anna Methven | Jedda Schutz | Val Wilson |
| Jo Crequer | Matt Hickey | Cindy Middlebrough | Cherie Sciascia | Robyn Wolfsbauer |
| Melissa Crompton | Kellie Higgins | Hayden Mikkelsen | Richard Scott | Hazel Wong |
| Helen Crook | Donna Holder | Cindy Miller | Georgina Selby | Jes Wood |
| Kirsten Crooke | Fraser Holland | Abbie Millikan | Maxim Seliverstov | Duane Woodbury |
| Jessica Cross | Billy Holmes | Elisabeth Mills | Patrick Sellars | Bernice Woodbury |
| Laura Crossan | Robert Holubicki | Leon Milts | Sally Shaw | Serena Wooldridge |
| Trish Crowley | Diana Hood | Ashleigh Misiloi | Andrew Shearer | Alice Wright |
| Julie Cummins | Jennifer Hope | Soane Misiloi | Nicola Sheather | Ben Youdan |
| Angela Cunningham | Camilla Hope-Simcock | Julie Mitchell | Paul Sheather | Laurence Young |
| Jeanette Davidson | Jane Hume | Sophie Mitchell | Sophie Sheild-Barrett | Peter Zienau |
| Emma Davies | Luke Hutchinson | Sam Molineaux | Karen Shepherd | Brenton Zwarts |
| Lois Dawson-Mikaere | Peter Jakicevich | Kellie Moody | Elissar Shumane | Timothy Horton |
| Craig Debenham | Murray James | Erin Moore | Michael Simons | David Luk |
| Sally Debenham | Jenni Jamieson | Simon Moore | Krista Simpson | Sina Schulze |
* If you think we’ve missed your name or you’ve changed email address over the years, please email us at queenstownmarathon@ironman.com
Congratulations to those who have completed the Runaway MVP 4-Race Status! (Runaway Noosa Marathon, Hawke's Bay Marathon, Queenstown Marathon, Runaway Sydney Half Marathon)
| Alejandro Baez | Maryanne Doherty | Floss Huston | Ian Morton | Arbe Tiongson |
| Margaret Bassett | Will Doherty | Milan Jasarevic | Fiona Nash | Kelly Travers |
| Tim Buskens | Rebecca Edgecombe | Amanda Kinnaird | James Scott | Jeff Vandersandelacoste |
| Kristina Cherry | Therri Ellison | Glenn Lockwood | Awhina Signorelli | Michelle King |
| Simone Clucas | Kari Fowler | Katherine Lowe | Peter Signorelli | Craig Thomas |
| Mike Cooper | Werner Hettasch | Michelle Milts | John Thacker | Kim Byrne |
| Samantha Croxall | Tracy Hickman | Suallyn Mitchelmore | Graeme Tindall | Leon Milts |
| Kelly Tracers | Chad Turei | Nikita Higgins |
* If you think we’ve missed your name or you’ve changed email address over the years, please email us at queenstownmarathon@ironman.com
Founding Runners
In addition to our MVP athletes, we would like to say a big thank you to our loyal Founding Runners who have been part of every Queenstown Marathon since our inaugural year in 2014.
| Fiona Ali | Emma Williams | Scott Brookes | Catherine Calverley | Mark Shirley |
| Helen Andrews | Paula Wilson | Andrew Brown | Christine Clark | Olivia Shirley |
| Benjamin Black | Barry Woodland | Gavin Brown | Tom Clendon | Graeme Tindall |
| Raewyn Bourne | Aimee Cornforth | Kate Bryce | David Cooke | Helen Viney |
| Tafflyn Bradford-James | Charlotte Nasey | Stu Bryce | Adam Geekie | Whare Ward |
| Kemble Hughes | Anna Marshall | Jessica Percasky | Anna Gilchrist | Norman Chan |
| Michelle King | Sue Maynard | Annie Rankin | Robert Gilder | Kim Parry |
| Charlotte Mackenzie | Sarah McKenzie | Bill Richardson | Mike Griffiths | Jo Nielson |
| Angela Mackie | Catherine McMurtrie | Belinda Schouten | Anne Harris | Lynne Miller |
| Keith Macky | Vanessa Pearson | Rowan Schouten | Villane Hastie | Vanessa Thomas |
Runaway MVP FAQs
Enter & complete all four Runaway Marathon events in any order, any distance and at any time (in one year or across multiple years) and you will receive the Runaway MVP status and medal. This will be awarded at the finish line of your fourth and final Runaway event. The four Runaway Marathon Series events are:
- New Zealand Sotheby's International Realty Hawke's Bay Marathon
- HOKA Runaway Sydney Half Marathon
- Runaway Noosa Marathon
- New Zealand Sotheby's International Realty Queenstown Marathon
Once Runaway MVP status is achieved, benefits include:
- Runaway MVP medal awarded at the finish line on completion of fourth event
- Name on the Runaway website
- Free engraving on Runaway MVP medal
- Priority entry to future Runaway Events (where applicable)
- Access to MVP only queuing line at Athlete Check-In
- MVP recognition printed on race bib
No. If you have already completed the three existing Runaway Marathon events and are a Runaway MVP, you will remain a Runaway MVP! If you would like to complete Runaway Sydney Half Marathon and receive the new updated 4-race MVP medal, with the inclusion of Sydney, we would love to have you!
Runners who are chasing the current 3-race Runaway MVP will have until the end of August 2023 to attain their 3-race MVP status (i.e. upon completion of Hawkes Bay Marathon and Runaway Noosa Marathon 2023). After these events in May and August 2023, the new 4-race MVP will be brought in. Anyone chasing the new 4-race MVP will be able to attain the new 4-race MVP status from HOKA Runaway Sydney Half Marathon taking place in May 2023 onwards.
