Thomas Frazer of St Malachy’s AC set a new Irish record on his way to victory in the Pistol Alcoa 50km in Alcoa Tennessee, a two-day festival of ultra running. His chip time of 2 hrs 58 mins 00.2 secs knocked 22 seconds off Galwayman Mick Molloy’s long-standing 50km track record of 2:58.22 set in 1978. More recently, Clonliffe’s Gary O’Hanlon ran 2:59.18 at last year’s Donadea 50km
Frazer, who has lived in Indianapolis for some years, was part of the Irish marathon team at the European Championships in Zurich last August. He has a marathon best of 2:17:45 from Berlin in 2013.
* Thanks to Ryan and www.nirunning.co.uk for the info.
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