Pages

▼

Monday, June 02, 2014

Cork Firefighter Alex O'Shea sets new world record in Cork Marathon


Cork firefighter Alex O’Shea set a new world today when he completed the 2014 Cork City Marathon in full firefighting attire in a time of 3h 41m 10s. As you can see from the photo above, this included steel-toed reinforced firefighting boots, fire-retardant pants and jacket, as well as his 3lb firefighters helmet and visor.

The previous record was 4h 39m 13s which was set in the London Marathon last April.


3:41 is a remarkable time even for someone just wearing the boots alone let alone wearing all of the fire gear as well. It work out as 8:26 per mile pace.

Alex O'Shea was running this in aid of Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind and BEDA Ballineen Enniskeane playground development fund. If people would like to make a donation then his website is http://greatfirerun.com/ 

Alex finishing...
at

4 comments:

  1. Anonymous2/6/14 5:47 pm

    Well done Alex on a wonderful acheivement. You looked powerful at the 7m mark, well ahead of the 3-15 pacers. Hope your having a few cool ones. Excellent fund-raising effort too. Michael Travers.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Anonymous2/6/14 6:53 pm

    Proud 2 be in the same club as a world record holder .Come on the barrs

    ReplyDelete
  3. Anonymous2/6/14 8:08 pm

    Brilliant, brilliant achievement by any standards by a top class bloke (and family!!) I just hope he's not on nights tonight!

    ReplyDelete
  4. Unknown2/6/14 8:26 pm

    That's just crazy , well done, you absolutely smashed it!

    ReplyDelete

Please note that all comments must be moderated before they appear on the site. All spam and nearly anything with a link in it just gets deleted.