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48 year old Northern AC athlete Kevin Vondy has been recording personal best times in nearly every event this year. A year ago today he ran a personal best of 2:58:18 for the marathon in Belfast, a time he looks set to go well inside in the same event on Bank Holiday Monday in 6 days time when he returns to Belfast.

Belfast Marathon website     2006 results

Kevin’s profile   Kevin is also well known as a rally driver

Photo by Adrian Cowin at the HSBC Manx Harriers 10km showing Kevin leading Andy Bell.

Kevin Vondy smashed his marathon best time by 7 minutes in the Belfast City Marathon on Monday. He recorded 2.51.36 after getting a great start and crossing the line the moment the race started. After an opening 6.13 mile he got into a 6.20 groove but it was only when he reached 23 miles in 2.30 that he realised he was in line for the big improvement that had been forecast. Results here

Kevin, who is 48, attributes his improvement at such an age to two factors. A couple years ago he started interval training with some of his Northern AC clubmates and his basic speed has improved. Also, in the past few months he has targeted key long distance training runs when he has run at a much faster pace than previously. (photo Ben Lambden)