Farrell (48) crossed the finish line in just over four hours, pushing his friend Emma Fogarty (40), who suffers from a rare skin condition
Farrell crossed the finish line in just over four hours, pushing his friend Emma Fogarty , who suffers from a rare skin condition
“That run was nothing compared to the pain she is forced to endure every single day, even though she doesn’t show it. It was an honour to see her waiting for me with 4km to go, each of those representing a decade of her life, and to do the final stretch together. I’ll never forget it.”Ann-Marie McGlynn interview: ‘I probably didn’t know what depression was before that ...
Runners then crossed the river again and headed down the South Circular Road and Dolphin’s Barn and on through the city’s suburbs in advance of the finish line on Mount Street Upper. “I was told I would never eat, walk, see, hear again. I had to learn how to rewalk, how to swallow, to see. I had to relearn how to do everything,” he said.
Mr Copeland was presented with the Lord Mayor’s medal at the start line this morning by Lord Mayor of Dublin James Geoghegan and said he planned to celebrate with “a batter burger and a Diet Coke – the same as always”. “There’s a good finish here at Mount Street, lots of noise. I think for this year it’s worked, everything has to stay under review but to my mind, it’s another successful event. This is the best of Dublin.”
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