Race record goes in 40th edition of Half Marathon

PETER JONES

The creation of a new race record highlighted the 40th running of the Woodbourne Half Marathon at the base on Sunday.

Nationally-ranked triathlon exponent Gus Marfell underlined his running strength on his way to a time of one hour 13 minutes 48 seconds, eclipsing the previous record of 1.14.04 set by Ian Thomas in 2008. The next fastest was Jeremy McKenzie’s 2012 effort of 1:14:23.

Gus finished around six minutes in front of second-placed Mark Kennedy (1.20.02) with Chris Cartwright (1.23.03) finishing third. There were 61 runners in the annual event.