Tonosa narrowly misses Irish record at Rotterdam Marathon

Niamh Allen of Leevale AC was the leading Irish performer on day two of the European Running Championships in Belgium. She came home 18th in the women’s 10km, clocking 32:25. Her teammate Emily Haggard-Kearney (North Belfast Harriers) finished 30th 32:51.

JUST OUTSIDE RECORD:Hiko Tonosa came up just shy of breaking his Irish record at the Rotterdam Marathon this morning, the Dundrum South Dublin athlete clocking 2:09:52 to finish 12th. Pic: ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy

Hiko Tonosa came up just shy of breaking his Irish record at the Rotterdam Marathon this morning, the Dundrum South Dublin athlete clocking 2:09:52 to finish 12th.

That was just 10 seconds away from the national record of 2:09:42 he ran to finish third at the Dublin Marathon last year. Tonosa went through halfway in a controlled 1:05:04, and began to crank up the pace in the third quarter, covering that 10K section in 30:32, but he fell slightly off that pace in the closing kilometres to clock the second quickest time of his career.