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05 Sept 2025
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05 Sept 2025
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Milford AC's Martin Kerr
Martin Kerr broke the Irish M70 10k record at the Great Ireland Run, incorporating the National 10k Championships, in Dublin on Saturday.
The veteran Milford AC runner finished in a superb 42 minutes and 39 seconds.
Kerr won the M70 category and set the new Irish record,.
Kerr’s new time shaves 10 seconds off the previous best of 42.49 held by former Olympian Jim McNamara.
The Fanad farmer has been in superb form lately.
Last October, he won at the Autumn Open Cross Country races in Abbotstown, finishing the 6km distance in 27.07.
The steely Kerr also holds the Irish O70 record. He ran 20.14 in the Inter-Firms 5k last July and at the Turkey Trot pre-Christmas in Letterkenny he ran 20.02.
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