Comments on: Irish Runner Tony Mangan Victorious Again!

By: Robin Blandford

Robin Blandford — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:24:30 +0000

that took me a while to get…. but when I did I think the noise I made woke the apartment next door.

By: Tango & Cash

Tango & Cash — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:13:21 +0000

great scott, tony clearly dresses to the left!!! aisling, have pity on us - you never heard of image cropping?!!!

By: Eoin K

Eoin K — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:24:07 +0000

I had the pleasure of wheeling Dara back through the airports on the way home. ’twas a bit surreal having the newly crowned Irish 24 hour running champion in a wheelchair. Great sympathy from almost everyone, except for the Aer Lingus Air Hostess who (probably correctly) reckoned he was a fuppin eejit for doing that to himself :)

As for Tony… the man is a running machine… unreal. Amazing to see a man at the absolute top of his game at 50 years old. Gives us all hope!

Is that Mark McLoughlin from Cork?

By: Mark McLoughlin

Mark McLoughlin — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:48:33 +0000

Wow. At the end, he mentions Dara O’Kearney who wrote this account of what these races are like:

http://www.rahenyshamrock.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=443&Itemid=36

“With about 90 minutes to go in the race, the ankle just seemed to go completely. Running was no longer possible, but a fast limp could still be managed. I knew I was near enough to the 200K mark that I could get there if I kept moving. So on I limped, dragging the busted ankle behind me, idly wondering if it was broken, sprained, or just busted in some other way. Tony tried to encourage me to start running again but I told him with finality that my ankle had gone.”

By: Robin Blandford

Robin Blandford — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:18:34 +0000

unreal…. 72hrs running. fup me.