Palmerston North's Soren Hall has become very acquainted with all sides of the Whanganui River.
The 39-year-old, who was first home in the New Zealand Masters Games duathlon the previous Saturday when running around Kowhai Park, completed his domination of the walkway by winning the 5.28km half-marathon yesterday morning.
Finishing near the Union Boat Club after powering through his laps across the Dublin and City bridges, the iron man competitor was happy with his time of 1 hour, 25.38 minutes, around seven seconds shy of his personal best.
"That's a bit fast," Hall said. "Almost one bridge too far. The triathlon last night [Saturday] hurt a bit."
Hall came second in his age group and third overall in the triathlon on Saturday, which began with a swim downstream to the Wanganui Multisport Club meaning in the last week he has had a better view than most of all aspects of the river. "I was going to jump in it [after the half marathon] to be fair it's pretty warm."