Records
As of 2005 the men's race record of 4h37m41s is held by Phil Costley, who in December 2005 beat Russel Hurring's previous record of 4:41:32 (in 1993). Zelah Morrall smashed the women's race record repeatedly, last in 2003 by a further 10 minutes. A number of competitors should complete the course in less than 5 hours. Others may take up to 11 hours. As of 2006, Murray Thomas, an engineer from Alexandra has run in and completed all 19 Kepler Challenges, while Alan Reid, a school teacher from Greymouth, Peter Dunne, who works for Badminton NZ and (?) have each run 18.
In 2009, one of the competitors, Malcolm Law, completed the run as the last stage in a "7-in-7 challenge", in which he became the first person to run all of New Zealand's 7 Great Walks in 7 days (a total of 360 km, or 9 marathons), in aid of the Leukemia and Blood Foundation of New Zealand.
Also in 2009, Murray Thomas returned from overseas to complete his 21st challenge, Ray Willett (Te Anau) completed his 21st challenge and Alan Reid completed his 21st event from 22 starts (Alan withdrew during the 2006 event due to injury/knee surgery issues).
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