Alice Mason (runner)

For other people named Alice Mason, see Alice Mason (disambiguation).

Alice Mason
Personal information
Full nameDr. Alice Mason
NationalityNew Zealand
Born (1987-06-15) 15 June 1987 (age 37)
Sport
SportTrack and Field
EventMarathon

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]

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.