As soon as I finished Northland100 last year, I’d already decided I had to come back. I'd won the 105k women's race but I'd also spent the last few kilometres hobbling to the finish with a calf strain and knew I had more in me. So I had unfinished business! Chris and Helen (Race Directors / His and Hers Events) have created a really special event. The atmosphere is relaxed, the volunteers genuinely care about every runner out there, and the Northland running community is

Northburn 100, 21st March 2026. Photo: Diego Belli As an endurance athlete, you rely heavily on structure. You follow a training plan, you build your weeks around key sessions, and you understand the value of progressive loading, adaptation, recovery, and consistency. Yet despite this, many athletes continue to treat nutrition as something that sits to the side — important in theory, but not something that requires the same intentional planning as training. The reality is fa

Across the many thousands of athletes around the world, there is one nutrition mistake that appears more consistently than any other: underestimating hydration and sodium needs. It doesn’t matter whether the athlete is preparing for their first half-marathon or training for ultradistance events — the pattern is the same. Fuelling tends to get all the attention, while hydration is usually neglected. Hydration is not optional for performance. It is one of the most powerful dr

Laura Kistemaker - 3:27 marathoner, mum of two boys, and RHSN athlete Why Endurance Nutrition Needs More Than Search Results The internet is overflowing with blogs, social media posts, YouTube videos, brand ambassadors, and well-meaning strangers offering opinions about what you should eat, when you should eat it, and which foods are “best” for performance. For general health, some of it is harmless enough. But endurance nutrition isn’t for the general population. What you