Over the past weekend teams from across the country converged on the University of Otago oval in Dunedin for the Lovelock Relays.
A major part of the event's legend was a record in the six-man 1500m senior men's race, which had been unbroken since 1972.
Had is the key word there, because on Saturday a team from the Whippets running club finally broke the record.
The previous team did it in 24 minutes, 12.6 seconds, while the Whippets took just 23 minutes and 53 seconds.
One of the runners from the record-breaking team William Little talks to Jesse.