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Keaveney runs 4-hr marathon
27.10.10
DONEGAL'S Fianna Fáil
senators put in impressive performances at the 2010
Dublin City Marathon. Moville's Senator Cecilia
Keaveney finished the marathon in just over four
hours while her colleague Senator Brian Ó Dómhnaill,
a former international race walker, finished in
under four hours. The former was running to raise
money for the Friends of Letterkenny Hospital while
Senator Ó Dómhnaill pounded the 26-mile route for
the Donegal Hospice.
In the lead-up to the race, Senator Keaveney
described the 'learning curve' that was the
preparation for the marathon. |
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Donegal's Fianna Fáil senators run
the 2010 Dublin City Marathon. |
"I have met people
locally who literally just 'take it in their stride'
but for me, who hasn't done anything like this
before, every extra tenth of a mile has been an
occasion to mark," she said.
In the five weeks up to the big event, she managed
to get to the 20 plus mile mark. "Running from
Moville to Derry was definitely not a goal I had
ever set myself and yet I have achieved it. To
practice the 22 miles, I made a few runs from
Redcastle to near the Foyle Hospice and back," she
said. |
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