© Copyright – 2020 – Athletics Illustrated
The Athletics Illustrated Person of the Week honours for the week of
October 26, 2020, goes to Irish masters runner, Tommy Hughes. Hughes, age 61, ran a new 60-64 age-group world marathon record in 2:30:02.
Hughes ran a one-off marathon event at Down Royal Racecourse. The event was restricted to five runners.
Hughes ran the first 10-miles (16.1K) in 56:44, which had him on sub-2:29 pace.
The Irishman broke the half-marathon world record on September 12 at the Antrim Coast Half Marathon finishing in the time of 1:11:09. In that event, he took 22 seconds off the previous record. He won the 1991 Dublin Marathon in 2:14:46. At age 48, he ran a 2:28:38. This world record is no surprise as he also took the over 55s record in Rotterdam with a 2:27:52 performance.
He trains around 100-miles per week (161K).
Upon finishing the 2:30:02 performance, the Irishman declared, “I could have run faster,” which is a lot considering, he missed going sub-2:30:00 by just two seconds.
The previous record was 2.36.30 by Japanese runner Yoshinisa Hosaka.
The Athletics Illustrated Person of the Week recognition is an endeavor that aims to recognise noteworthy or newsworthy achievements, actions, or events in the sport of athletics by individuals who are involved or have affected the sport in some way.
The weekly decision will be the discretion of Athletics Illustrated, however, input from readers is welcome.
At the end of each year, the Person of the Week honours will be reviewed and featured along with a Person of the Year recognition taken from the list of weekly honours.
If you feel someone should be recognised, please register, login, and provide the person’s name and reason.
