On Thursday, on the first leg of the Nice World Race in Wolf Fang, Antarctica, Irish runner William Maunsell clocked a formidable time of two:38:42, setting a file for the quickest marathon ever on the frozen continent. Maunsell broke the earlier file of two:53:33 by nearly quarter-hour, held by none apart from his coach, Sean Tobin.
Maunsell’s achievement got here throughout the first of seven legs of the gruelling Nice World Race problem, which includes working seven marathons on seven continents in seven days. The problem additionally makes stops in Cape City, Perth, Istanbul (twice), Cartagena and Miami, with 54 opponents from 15 international locations.
The 39-year-old described the Arctic race as “manageable” regardless of the acute chilly. “It was a bit powerful at first for about 2K, however there’s an enormous again part that’s barely downhill. The wind was behind you, and you’ll actually make time on that half,” he mentioned in an interview with Reuters.
What’s crazier is that Maunsell is taking up this problem two weeks after he ran a private finest marathon time of two:14:23 on the 2024 Dublin Marathon, the place he positioned tenth general and was the third Irish finisher.
On Friday (Day 2 of the problem) in Cape City, Maunsell began proper the place he left off in Antarctica, clocking a 2:34:03 efficiency that noticed him lap the complete discipline on the four-lap course.
Maunsell’s coach, Tobin, set the earlier marathon file for the Antarctic continent on the 2022 Antarctic Ice Marathon. It was Tobin’s first marathon. Maunsell and Tobin each hail from Tipperary, Eire, which implies they are going to be retaining the file within the county.