Father and son combination Tommy and Eoin Hughes are celebrating after breaking a Guinness World Record at the weekend.
The pair were competing in the Frankfurt Marathon on Sunday..
Tommy (Termoneeny Running Club) and son Eoin (Acorns AC) broke the Father/Son Guinness World Record time.
They finished in a combined time of 4:59.22, beating the previous record of 5:02.11. Eoin finished in a time of 2:31.30, while Tommy finished in 2:27.52.
Tommy also gained a new Age (59) World Record and a PB of 2:27.52, beating his own time which he set earlier this year in Rotterdam.
Meanwhile, at the Dublin Marathon last Saturday (October 26), there were even more reasons to celebrate with both Stephen Scullion (Clonliffe Harriers) and Ann-Marie McGlynn (Letterkenny AC) breaking the NI Marathon Records.
Stephen finished in second place in a time of 2:12.01, taking 65 seconds off the previous record of 2:13.06 which was set by Greg Hannon in 1979.
The 30-year old’s performance is all the more amazing as he had competed earlier this month in the viciously hot conditions in the World Championships in Doha where he ran 2 hrs 21 minutes.
Current Half Marathon Record holder Ann-Marie added another record to her collection, finishing as the 2 Irish Women across the line in 2:32.54, beating the previous NI Marathon record time of, 2:35.27. The previous record was set by Teresa Duffy in 2001.
She was followed by Gladys Ganiel (North Belfast Harriers), who finished as the third Irish Women in a time of 2:36.42.
And in Valencia, 10,000m Record holder Emma Mitchell (Clonliffe Harriers) finished the Valencia Half Marathon in a PB time of 72.29, just 29 secs off the current Northern Ireland record set by Ann-Marie McGlynn.
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