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A Ramarama woman won the recent Barfoot and Thompson Auckland Marathon after
competing in the World Mountain Running competition in Europe.
On November 1 Lisa Cross, 42, won the half marathon for the fourth time, with a time of 1
hr, 15 min, and 28 sec.
The mother of two has always considered the Auckland Marathon her “home race,” and since 2011 or 2012, Cross has always participated.
While she does not count her wins, she was pleasantly surprised by her win, thought it was
“quite cool,” and put it down to staying in shape, which she said was not always easy for
most runners.
In September she competed in the 2025 World Mountain Running Competition in Canfranc
Pirineos, Spain.
To qualify, Cross won the senior women’s 12km section at New Zealand Mountain Running
Championships the previous October in Christchurch.
While she enjoyed travelling overseas to compete, Cross said she will not do so again
because it is too expensive.
“It’s just too expensive, you don’t get any funding, we get $50 from Athletics New Zealand
towards our uniform, but the rest is all self-funded, and that trip properly cost me five to
seven thousand, so I just can’t do it again.”
Out of 120 runners representing 80 countries, Cross came in 50th with 637 points, while New Zealand secured 3,125 points.
