Dublin and Cork marathons live: ‘I thought my two knees were going to give in’

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“We were set up initially to introduce asylum seekers to running but now we use running to build sustainable bridges between communities and to show that we are all equal,” he said. Graham knew Noel was a good runner so when Cork City Marathon Director Eamon Hayes was looking for someone to act as a pacer, he didn’t hesitate to nominate Noel.

“I found the Half Marathon okay because we have done a lot of training for this with the Sanctuary Runners – we used to come up and train in Cork city, so we were prepared for it.” A native of Ballinspittle in West Cork, Mary, who took up running in her 50s, was doing her fifth half marathon and while she has run a relay marathon in Belfast, Cork holds a special fondness for her.

Michelle Burke and Daniele Whelan from Dublin at the finish line of the Vhi Women's Mini Marathon in Dublin. Photograph: Tom Honan/ The Irish Times.Eamonn Dunne and his father Michael who crossed the finish line together. Eamonn after completing his first marathon and veteran marathon runner Michael after completing the Half Marathon.

Michael Snr revealed that he had done 30 marathons including Dublin, Belfast, London, Berlin, Chicago as well as the full Cork marathon many times but today he opted for the half marathon.

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