Perfect day for the 50th Rotorua marathon on Saturday. Tarawera Medical Centre were well represented with Dr. Tony Whitehead completing his 5th Rotorua marathon, his wife, Angela completing her 2nd and both their children, Edin and Paul completing their first. Dr. Lousia Barter’s husband, Richard completed his 2nd lap of the lake. Plenty of Kawerau representatives on the day as usual. Fabulous event with the legendary Rotorua support all around the lake. Great celebration of the multicultural nature of the BOP with awesome haka seeing the entrants off down the start chute, bagpipes up the hill from Ngongotaha village, the regular “Champagne Party” with Chariots of Fire theme up the climb before Hamurana, Japanese drummers after cresting the last big hill at the back of the lake and then the Polynesian drums just before “hitting the wall” at the airport. Great reward for the effort put into training for the day.