“I know I can do 5k in about 16 minutes, so hopefully I’ll manage that in the next race.” He said: “The conditions were pretty wet and windy for some of those races, so I think I could have shaved a bit more time off. Later that month, he completed the 10-mile world record at the Teifi 10 in Lampeter, running 55 mins four secs.Īnd, in May, he broke no less than three records – first at the Bristol 10k, running 32 mins 54 secs, and then at the Cardiff 5k at a time of 16 mins 17 secs.Īs if all this wasn’t enough, he then won the White Horse Five in Gloucester by more than two minutes, clocking a time of 26 mins 52 secs.Īmazingly, Martin thinks he could have run much better times at some of these races. This year he produced the Bath Half Marathon’s first world-best performance in a time of one hour 11 mins 32 secs, slashing almost three minutes off the previous record for veterans aged 60 and over. He achieved his first record at 45 and has been smashing them ever since. He said: “That might be why I run so well now, because I didn’t pick up many injuries from running when I was younger.” But, while he ran quite a lot as a schoolboy, he only began training seriously at the tender age of 38.

You would be forgiven for thinking Martin has been running for most of his life. “I think I probably run it all off anyway, so I just eat normally.” “I’ll have chips once or twice a week and maybe the odd pint or two,” he told Wales on Sunday. Martin puts his success down to a killer training routine, but isn’t too bothered about a special athlete’s diet. He has now set a whopping 30 world records – and can run a mile in just over five minutes. With a turn of pace to embarrass runners half his age, the Port Talbot grandad has set five world records this year alone. Instead of settling down to wait for his pension, retired steelworker Martin Rees has set about amassing world records. He's the fastest 60-year-old on the planet – and he’s still partial to a pint and some chips.

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