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Monday, April 08, 2019

59 year old Tommy Hughes runs 2:30 marathon in Rotterdam

At the Rotterdam marathon over the weekend, 59 year old Derry man Tommy Hughes broke the Irish M55 record with a time of 2 hours 30 minutes and 15 seconds!

The previous M55 record was 2:37:42

Tommy is no stranger to fast times having represented Ireland at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.

He has a personal best of 2:13.59.


He won the  Dublin Marathon in 1991 and also Belfast in 1988 and 1998.

On the international front, he managed to win the Melbourne Marathon in 1988.

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1 comment:

  1. Anonymous8/4/19 7:09 pm

    That's absolutely ridiculous. Mighty man!!

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