Tommy Hughes: 'Without running, I could’ve been six foot under'

Irish Olympian Tommy Hughes turned in another stunning performance to smash the over-60s marathon world record on Sunday, clocking 2:30:02 at the Lisburn Festival of Running – an average pace of 5:44 a mile.

That took more than six minutes off the previous record, held by Japan’s Yoshinisa Hosaka since 2009, and it follows Hughes’ over-60s half marathon world record of 1:11:09 in Antrim last month. Hughes led home the seven-man field on Sunday, which was limited in size due to Covid-19 restrictions.