There are some runners who only compete against themselves, quietly chipping away to beat their own personal best times. And then there’s Dom Harvey’s mum Sue.
The gregarious 71-yearold recently ran the Boston Marathon and became the first New Zealand woman in her age group to receive the Six Star Medal. (This was introduced in 2016 to honour runners who complete all six major marathons.)
And she’s also the first to admit she can’t help but compare her 42-kilometre race times to those of strangers.
“Mum saw someone at a Starbucks wearing a Boston medal and bowled up to them to say, ‘Congratulations! How long did it take you?’” recalls Kiwi radio veteran Dom, laughing. “Another time, we were at a memorial for the Christchurch mosque terrorist attacks, paying our respects at a mosque near us in Auckland. After we’d had a minute’s silence and everyone was sort of reflecting, Mum sidled up to
