Allison Roe won both the New York and Boston Marathons in 1981 establishing her as the top Marathon runner in the World. Today Allison Roe remains New Zealand's golden girl of athetics.

Allison Roe’s marathon career reached its peak in 1981, when she won both the BAA Boston and New York City Marathons, the latter in a world-record 2:25:29. Although best known for her marathon success, the versatile Allison also set a world record for 20 km and won the New Zealand cross-country championships.

Not content to restrict herself to running, Allison also won NZ championships in triathlon and the cycling team time trial. Allison moved into television, becoming a TV Sports presenter and later an independent sports producer. Following this came her most significant role to date, being a mother of two children.

Allison's name has become synonymous with sport, health and fitness - the three areas that she feels passionate about. Allison started her career as an international record-breaking athleteAllison now devotes her time to helping others have better lives; she raises funds through event production for health education initiatives, and has a manufacturing business making natural, chemical free sun care products.

Today Allison is involved in the Special K Women's Triathlon series. In 2003 the event showed a 100% increase in entrants (up to 12,000). It is a national series of women’s triathlons that take place in 11 towns and cities throughout New Zealand. Allison has also created a 5k/10, run/walk series called Allison Roe Run to Heal with events in Christchurch and Auckland each year, raising funds for breast cancer education and prevention initiatives. Allison is also workin on other initiatives including the setting up of a women’s health trust and she has board appointments with The Health Sponsorship Council and North Shore Hospital Foundation.





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Allison has maintained an interest and commitment to health and wellbeing, and is dedicated to help other New Zealanders achieve these goals.

Allison believes that:

“With optimum health and balance in life we are free to choose, to achieve, to do what we most love to do and make a difference. When we are healthy we are in control, we are able to break down barriers, to open up a world of light, positivism, opportunity and freedom”.

I still run to fit my clothes and because I love to do it. Broadly speaking, my great passion continues to be health and fitness and through example and sharing this with others I hope we see a turn around in the health of New Zealanders over the next few generations. We have a health care system that is imploding and unsustainable so it is up to individuals to take charge of their own health.