Alice Mason (runner)

Alice Mason (born 15 June 1987) is a New Zealand long distance runner. She was the 2021 national champion for New Zealand in the marathon. She runs for the Wellington Harrier Athletic Club.[1]

Alice Mason
Personal information
Full nameDr. Alice Mason
NationalityNew Zealand
Born (1987-06-15) 15 June 1987
Sport
SportTrack and Field
Event(s)Marathon

Career

Mason ran a PB of 2:38:35 whilst finishing fifth at the Sydney Marathon in September 2019. With that performance she achieved the Olympic qualifying standard after finishing in the top five in a gold label race. A doctor, Mason had put her career on hiatus to try and qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. After the COVID-19 pandemic started however, she took a part time job again at an urgent care centre in Tauranga.[2]

In June 2020, Mason changed coaches to join the roster of Craig Kirkwood, a former runner himself, he also had Olympic 1500 metre qualifier Sam Tanner and triathlete Hayden Wilde in his training group.[3]

Mason, a three-time defending New Zealand champion, won the ASB Auckland Marathon women's title in November 2020.[4]

References
  1. "Athletics New Zealand Rankings and Records". panzrankings.org.nz.
  2. Guy, Barry (20 September 2020). "Alice Mason: "I was in the best form of my life as we went into lockdown"". Radio New Zealand. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  3. "Christchurch Marathon: One last chance to get to Olympics". Otago Daily Times Online News. 9 April 2021.
  4. "Tauranga runner Alice Mason wins ASB Auckland Marathon women's title". NZ Herald.
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