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 Presented By ASICS
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
4 May 2025
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 2025!
Where will you Runaway to next?
ASICS Runway Hawke's Bay Marathon
17 May 2025
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.
ASICS Runaway Noosa Marathon
24 May 2025
Escape to world famous Noosa for the ASICS 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 | Annalisa Devitt | Milan Jasarevic | Carol Morrison | Craig Sims |
| John Adams | Shane Devitt | Adele Jefferies | Hannah Mortimer | Nikos Skepetaris |
| Rob Aikman | Birgit Dijkstra | Michael Jenkinson | Sharyn Murphy | Kirsty Skidmore |
| Carmen Aitken | Annette Docking | Antoinette Jessop-Jakicevich | Patricia Murphy-Dally | Adrienne Smith |
| Cornell Allen | Jocelyn Doevendans | Gerald Joe | Carrie Nammuni | Chris Smith |
| Helen Andrews | Ellen Dumper | Gretchen Joe | Anantha Narayanan | Gareth Smith |
| Renee Angus | Brian Dunbar | Bruce Johnston | Sonna Narayanan | Cain Soole |
| Fleur Annan | Natasha Dunbier | Jackie Jones | Charlotte Nasey | Sophie Sowman |
| Jayden Austin | Heidi Dunlop | Joce Jones | Sarah Newall | Tony Spelman |
| Dani Bacon | Jo Durkin | Phillip Jones | Daniel Nicholas | Melissa Spicer |
| Jane Bailey | Rebecca Edgecombe | Karen Jones-Gudmunson | Samantha Nield | Alison Spriggs |
| Greg Baillie | Alice Elgar | Corey Julian | Michael Nightingale | Tessa Sprosen |
| Sam Bain | Gill Elgar | Jason Kapa | May Ning | Emily Stannard |
| Kath Bakker | Katy Elgar | Joanna Kapa | Jacinda Nisbet | Bryan Staunton |
| Peter Bakker | Heather Elliott | Charrissa Keenan | Paul Noonan | Heather Steevens |
| Fiona Barnett | Daniel Erard | Carmen Keene | Christine Norton | Ingrid Stewart |
| Emma Barrett | Marcel Erasmus | Kim Kelly | Astrid Nunns | Patricia Stichbury |
| Alana Barron | Michelle Felton | Kerri Keogh | Sue O'Donnell | Tyler Stoehr |
| Sophie Bartleet | Martin Fey | Andrew Kidd | Elizabeth O'Neil | Christine Stowell-Collett |
| Phoebe Bates | Dominic Finlay | Carolyn King | Kath O'Reilly | Estrella Supas-Milne |
| Pauline Beattie | Stacey Fisher | Michelle King | Tom Pahetogia | Chris Sutton |
| Nadine Bell | Leah Fitzgerald | Heidi Kingston | Megan Palmer | Reuben Sweeney |
| Andy Bell | Lucy Fleming | Dan Kinloch | Shannon Palmer | Tracy Symon |
| Leanne Berkahn | Keith Flockhart | Nici Kinloch | Pamela Parker | Monica Tate |
| Christopher Berry | Samantha Ford | Andrew Kotlar | Joe Payton | Natalie Tawhai |
| Hamish Blampied | Simon Fordyce | Kaleb Krause | Wendy Pearce | Hayley Tawhiti |
| Lara Blomfield | Alastair Foster | Michelle Kunde | Laura Pedofsky | Anthony Taylor |
| Kelly Bloore | Wendy Foulds | Brian Kwok | Pam Peldan | Kris Taylor |
| Nicky Bold | Kari Fowler | Carol Lahood | Anna Pepper | Laura Taylor |
| Naomi Bondarenko | Fiona Fox | Willis Lam | Claire Percy | Debbie Te |
| Raewyn Bowe | Jade Francis | Timothy Langenbacher | David Perez | Craig Thomas |
| Marty Bowen | Chris Fraser | Alexander Larsen | Darren Pettersson | Rebecca Thomas |
| Isabell Brinsley-Pirie | Ewan Fraser | Carolyn Last | Jessica Pettersson | Rhys Thomas |
| John Brinsley-Pirie | Anne Fredricsen | Claire Latham | Cibin Philip | Shirley Thompson |
| Pip Broadbridge | Michelle French | Peter Laws | Marie Phillips | Rebecca Thurston |
| Brendan Brown | Ros Frost | Dominique Le | Sarah Pickersgill | Joanne Tickner |
| Gavin Brown | Isaac Fruen | Karen Leadley | Ihaka Pink | Sheryl Tier |
| Jodi Brown | Emily Fyfe | Kathryn Lee | Aaron Piper | Graeme Tindall |
| Maryann Brown | Hayden Gage-Dixon | Ken Leitch | Geraldine Piper | Tsz Ting |
| Mel Burrowes | Raju Ganda | Graeme Lemin | Cindy Plant | Arbe Tiongson |
| Geoff Burrows | Justin Gasper | Bronwyn Leschke | Michael Plant | Peter Tizard |
| Tasha Burton | Ben Gatting | James Lester | Jared Plumridge | Chris Todd |
| Joanna Byers | Paul Gee | Nathan Li | Megan Plumridge | Kirsten Todd |
| Kim Byrne | Tim Gibbs | Mark Liu | Peter Pointon | Glenys Travers |
| Jan Cadwallender | Bronwyn Gilchrist | Ricky Liu | Jeffrey Portelli | Simon Tremain |
| Jill Callon | Robert Gilder | Chloe Lovell-Shannon | Aaron Queree | Maria Trepakova |
| Jesse Campbell | David Goddard | David Luk | Brigid Quinn | Letitia Tunmore |
| Marie Cannon | Fraser Gough | Mary Lyncel | Natalie Radley | Chad Turei |
| Hilary Capon | Moragh Graham | Haoting Ma | Rayan Ramjiawan | Matthew Vaux |
| Sharlene Carlyle | Louise Gray | Lesley Macaskill | Judy Randall | Karan Venter |
| Mark Carryer | Charlotte Graydon | Sam Macdonald | Georgia Reanney | Wendy Venter |
| Norman Chan | Phillip Grayson | Lyn Mackay | Rachel Rees | Mel Verheijen |
| Emma Chegwyn | Paul Green | Angela Mackie | Michael Reid | Manahi Waikai |
| Helena Chesworth | Renee Halliday | Daniel Madley | Emma Reilly | Angela Wallace |
| Jovina Chia | Helen Hall-King | Anna Magdalinos | Angela Remnant | Chris Wallace |
| Ketina Chivasa | Kate Hambly | Ashley Maher | Vicki Remnant | Alice Walsh |
| Christine Clark | Stuart Hanger | Dianne Mannington | Tracy Rhodes | Craig Walton |
| Helen Clarke | Ngaire Hanning | Aaron Mathieson | Barbara Richards | Louise Ward |
| Joanne Coates | Helen Harcombe | Linda Matters | Rachael Rickard | Dave Wasley |
| Claudia Coe | Melanie Harding | Jennifer Mattlin | Jeanette Riddle | Christine Waters |
| Kim Coles | Angela Hare | Sue Maynard | Susan Rigby | Andrea Watson |
| Tony Coles | Billie-Lee Haresnape | Bradley Mccann | Mary Rogerson | Bradyn Watson |
| Emma Collett | Martin Harrap | Merilyn Mccann | Kate Rose | Gilbert Watson |
| Alan Collett | Lisa Harrington | Dominique Mccartney | Andrew Rowe | Natalie Watson |
| Nathan Collier | Wendy Harris | Lara Mccormick | Norm Rusk | Nicola Whalley |
| Rosamond Connelly | Lisa Hartnett | William Mceachen | Anne Russell | Emma White |
| Tony Coombe | Rachael Hastings | Margie Mcmahon | Camilla Ryan | Pip White |
| Sean Cooper | Brett Hawthorne | Carly Mcmillan | Todd Ryan | Rosemarie White |
| Jen Corkran | Andrew Hay | Susan Mcnulty | Tom Saddington | Michael Whitley |
| Sandra Cornelius | Sandra Haynes | Will Mctavish | Anthony Salisbury | Logan Wiffen |
| Kate Coughlan | Laurika Hazelhurst | Anna Mellsop | Marton Salisbury | Lucy Wilkinson |
| Miles Coverdale | Alice Hengst | Tim Mellsop | Paul Schrader | Rick Williamson |
| Janna Cowley | Ross Henry | Holly Melrose | Noel Schroder | Elaine Wilson |
| Chante Crasborn | Allmi Heydenrych | Justine Mercer-Moore | Sina Schulze | Laurie Wilson |
| Christo Creffier | Matt Hickey | Anna Methven | Jedda Schutz | Val Wilson |
| Jo Crequer | Kellie Higgins | Cindy Middlebrough | Cherie Sciascia | Robyn Wolfsbauer |
| Melissa Crompton | Donna Holder | Hayden Mikkelsen | Richard Scott | Hazel Wong |
| Helen Crook | Fraser Holland | Cindy Miller | Georgina Selby | Jes Wood |
| Kirsten Crooke | Billy Holmes | Abbie Millikan | Maxim Seliverstov | Duane Woodbury |
| Jessica Cross | Robert Holubicki | Elisabeth Mills | Patrick Sellars | Bernice Woodbury |
| Laura Crossan | Diana Hood | Leon Milts | Sally Shaw | Serena Wooldridge |
| Trish Crowley | Jennifer Hope | Ashleigh Misiloi | Andrew Shearer | Alice Wright |
| Julie Cummins | Camilla Hope-Simcock | Soane Misiloi | Nicola Sheather | Ben Youdan |
| Angela Cunningham | Timothy Horton | 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 | |
| Craig Debenham | Murray James | Erin Moore | Michael Simons | |
| Sally Debenham | Jenni Jamieson | Simon Moore | Krista Simpson | |
| Aimee Denbee | Maxe Janssen | Don Morris | Chris Sims |
* 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 | Rebecca Edgecombe | Milan Jasarevic | Fiona Nash | Sophie Sullivan |
| Margaret Bassett | Therri Ellison | Michelle King | Christine Norton | John Thacker |
| Carly Batemen | Kari Fowler | Amanda Kinnaird | Elizabeth O'Neil | Craig Thomas |
| Phil Batemen | Chris Fraser | Peter Laws | Kath O'Reilly | Graeme Tindall |
| Kim Burn | Michelle French | Graeme Lemin | Tom Pahetogia | Arbe Tiongson |
| Tim Buskens | Paul Green | Glenn Lockwood | David Perez | Kelly Travers |
| Kim Byrne | Martin Harrap | Katherine Lowe | Cindy Plant | Chad Turei |
| Kristina Cherry | Ross Henry | Bradley Mccann | Michael Plant | Jeff Vandersandelacoste |
| Simone Clucas | Werner Hettasch | Merilyn Mccann | Peter Pointon | Andrea Watson |
| Mike Cooper | Kathryn Hibbert | Hayden Mikkelsen | Todd Ryan | Jessica Wong |
| Samantha Croxall | Tracy Hickman | Michelle Milts | James Scott | Bernice Woodbury |
| Shane Devitt | Nikita Higgins | Leon Milts | Awhina Signorelli | Duane Woodbury |
| Annalisa Devitt | Tim Horton | Suallyn Mitchelmore | Peter Signorelli | |
| Maryanne Doherty | Floss Huston | Kellie Moody | Gareth Smith | |
| Will Doherty | Jenni Jamieson | Ian Morton | Alison Spriggs |
* 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
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
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
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.
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!
