It could be said that Irish marathon running is on something of an all-time high. At least on the men’s side, after Fearghal Curtin produced an unexpectedly fast time to win the Gyeongju International Marathon in South Korea last Sunday.
Curtin clocked 2:07:54, the Cork runner slicing just under two minutes off the previous record set by Peter Lynch in April. He also collected $50,000 (€43,000) for winning in Gyeongju, and it means the Irish men’s record has now been broken three times in the last year.
In last year’s Dublin Marathon, Hiko Tonosa ran 2:09:42 when he finished a surprising third place overall, and top Irish finisher. Tonosa is a late addition to this year’s staging of the race on Sunday, but until this week it appeared he wouldn’t be running.
There’s other Irish interest in the men’s side on Sunday, with Paul O’Donnell running a 2:10:17 ma
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