Alton runs 84km in two days

• Author: MARATHON Jesse Wood
• Published date: 29 September 2022
• Publication title: Te Awamutu Courier

Competing in the over 70s category, Alton completed the Rotorua course in 6 hours 31 minutes, placing 18th out of 24 finishers, while he finished the Tauranga marathon in 6 hours 4 minutes, coming third in his category

“Rotorua is quite a hard marathon because it’s quite hilly around the back of the lake,” says Alton.

“I did a lot of training beforehand on the Gold Coast, as we went over to see our daughter.”

Alton did his training on a 7km course and says that some days it was colder there than it is here.

“I did some training at the gym before I went, on the treadmill and then around Lake Ngāroto.

“At the Gold Coast I did 20km, 25km and then 17km twice.

“Then I did 31.37km and that...