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“You Can Make the Time. You Won't Get Any Sleep, but You Can Make the Time”: Steve Flanagan Takes On Ironman and Dublin for the Gavin Glynn Foundation

“Someone Had to Hold the Bags”: Odhran Cussen Takes His Turn Fundraising for the Oesophageal Cancer Fund

“I'm Probably the First Person to Start Running in My Family”: From Baghdad to Dublin’s Marathon Start Line, Rand Al-Najim Finds Her Stride

“Twenty-Six Miles for the Twenty-Sixth Anniversary”: Carol Forster Runs Dublin in Memory of Her Brother Johnny

“I Go on a Run Because Nobody Can See Me”: Pat Chaney Takes On Dublin Inspired by His Wife Michelle

“It's a Privilege to Be Able to Decide to Do a Marathon”: Brian Healy on His Daughter Ailbhe and The Gavin Glynn Foundation

Jack and Jill and Me: Barry and Jenna Mc Ardle’s Story

“I Actually Really Hate Running Marathons”: Frances O'Donnell on Shoeboxes, Three Children and Finding Time for Dublin

“Conor Has Made Me the Person I Am”: Alannah Donnelly’s Dublin Marathon Is Rooted in Her Bond With Her Brother

“Why Is It the Child That Has to Be Excluded?”: Grace Lehane Runs Dublin for Special Olympics Ireland

“Give It Another Chance, and See If You Start Liking It”: Alejandro Castro Takes On His First Dublin Marathon for Make A Wish

“You Won't Imagine a Healthcare Run with What They Have There”: Anca and Costi Run Dublin for the Communities They Met in Kenya

“Resilience Is the Name of the Game for Me at the Moment”: Alison Casey Marks Turning 50 With 26.2 Miles for CRY

“I Got My Period on the Starting Line”: Ria Walls on Tackling The Dublin Marathon and Speaking Up for Women in Sport

“Only for Tom, I Wouldn't Be Running”: Elaine Murphy Takes On Her First Dublin Marathon Inspired by Her Son

“He Doesn’t Know He Has Down Syndrome, So He’s Just Flying Along”: Brendan Egan Runs His First Dublin Marathon for His Son Leo

“We Just Want to Do Him Proud”: Tara and Aideen Smith To Run Dublin Together in Memory of Their Father

“I’m Going to Retire as Soon as One of You Girls Can Beat My County Record”: Liz Gilmartin’s Family of Runners and Her Return to Dublin

“There’s Nothing Holding Him Back”: Lucy Kinsella on Her Brother Simon’s Recovery and Running Dublin to Give Back

“I Can Suffer for Twenty Weeks”: Derek Hennessy Is Running Dublin for His Son Finn and The Keith Duffy Foundation

“My Wife Just Laughed. And Then She Said Go for It”: Aidan Kelly Takes on His First Dublin Marathon After Four Knee Operations

“The Road Was Still There”: Stephen Doherty Is Running Dublin for the Charity Supporting His Wife

“My Mind Would Quit Before My Legs”: Ciara Fitzpatrick on Self Doubt, Preparing for Dublin and Making Her Dad Proud

“I’m Not Afraid of Running Anymore”: Dáithí Casey Is Honouring Sarah Egan With 26.2 Miles for Sarcoma Cancer Ireland

"Running Is My Life." Paolo Lot Is 62, and He's Coming From Italy to Run His First Marathon With His Daughter

“I Just Want the World to Know That He Was Here”: Cherry Phypers Keeps Kitto’s Memory at the Heart of Every Mile

“I Put on My Running Shoes and I Went Out the Door”: Daniel Kenny on Addiction, Recovery and Finding a Reason to Run

“He Handed That Stuff Over, and I Had to Keep Going Myself”: Ally McKenzie is Running Dublin in His Father's Memory

“Who’s Got the Kitchen Key?” The Family Story Behind Ann O’Neill’s Dublin Marathon

"Tell Me I Can't Do It, and I'll See How Hard I Can Push It": Maria Dempsey Is Running Dublin for the Hospice That Supported Her Family

"This Is Yours." Eleonora Lot Gave Her Medal Away Before She Ran a Step

“If You’ve Given Birth, You Can Do This”: Amy Thomson on Motherhood and Making Time for the Dublin Marathon

"What in the Name of God Is a Rest Day?" Niamh Lucas Is Running Dublin for MS Ireland

Beyond the Mask: A Nurse, a Mother and the Road to the Dublin Marathon

"Just Dive In." Anthony Creed Is Running Dublin in a Helmet and Shoulder Pads

“I’m Not Doing This for Myself”: Michael O’Connor is Running the Dublin Marathon in Memory of His Mother

"If I Have to Crawl Over That Finish Line. I wiil." Cara Duffy Is Finally Running the Dublin Marathon

“Even If It Was Just One Brick”: Fiona McGarry is Running the Dublin Marathon to Help Build a Children’s Hospice