Dan Nash has been named in the GB team for the IAU 50km World Championships in Brasov, Romania later this year.
The Cardiff runner will be part of a 10-strong squad for the event on September 1st which is being held for the first time since 2016.
Nash has been named after lowering his personal best for the marathon to two hours 18 minutes 51 seconds in Brighton in April.
Me? In a GB vest? Pull the other one https://t.co/UWTljVVDzz
— Dan Nash (@Dan_Nash94) May 13, 2019
Britain won women’s team gold and men’s team silver at the last championships three years ago.
Men:
Lee Grantham (East Cheshire)
Paul Martelletti (Nick Anderson, Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets)
Alex Milne (Enfield & Haringey)
Dan Nash (Cardiff)
Kevin Rojas (Allison Benton, Brighton & Hove)
Women:
Julie Briscoe (Wakefield)
Helen Davies (Ipswich Jaffa)
Aly Dixon (Sunderland Strollers)
Danielle Nimmock (Pauline Ash, City of Norwich)
Hannah Oldroyd (Ribble Valley Harriers)