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Thanks John Buckley Sports In Cork

17/10/2014 Fri Dungarvan To Waterford

18/10/2014 Sat Waterford To Kilkenny

19/10/2014 Sun Rest Day in Kilkenny

20/10/2014 Kilkenny to Wexford

21/10/2014 Wexford to New Ross

22/10/2014 New Ross to Gorey.

23/10/2014  Gorey to Rathdrum via Arklow

24/10/2014  Rathdrum to Bray.

25/2014   Bray to Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin,(Dublin City Marathon start line)

26/10/2014  Rest day in Dublin

27/10/2014  Dublin City Marathon Start Fitzwilliam Place to Merrion Square North = Finish and 50,000 km  :)


My route to the Dublin Marathon start line is 338 kilometres and the DCM is 42.2 kilometres. Grand total when my foot hits the DCM finish line on Oct 27th will be exactly 50,000km and not a metre more. As someone said anymore would be showing off 
:)

Tonight I am the guest of Jim Leahy father of Vicky and a friend of Rose who we stayed with in Carrickdale, Co. Louth. I very much enjoyed the chat, the jacussi  and delicious food and company. Thanks Jim :)

 

Before leaving Cork I paid a visit to a great friend John Buckley who not only has been a great supporter of my competitive career when he sponsored me several pairs of shoes and again here on this run.

John has also been a great help to athletics in the Cork area not to mention in Ireland. A man who has certainly made a payback to the sport he loved and had so much success. John made his mark as a cross country runner winning many titles including All Ireland Cross country champion, inter counties championships in 1968 and 1972. He also ran for Ireland in the World cross Country Championships in Cambridge, England in 1972.

John Buckley a great ambassador to our sport.

So we had lunch and chatted for a couple of hours talking about the run, my future which is a prolific question these days! Athletics, will we see first the sub two hour marathon in our time, John’s running career. A lovely man, I could have chatted to him all day!

Talking lunch break!

 

When I did run out Cork City this morning John escorted me on his bicycle. It was a dirty rainy day as we say in Ireland with poor visibility so I was delighted by John’s help which made the morning more bearable.

A knee injury put paid to his running career which also saw him post a 2,26 marathon without taking it seriously!

However the heavy rain soon cleared, the sun came out and many local runners took time off work to run with me in the afternoon as far as my finish in Castlemythr.

Thanks everyone but I cant be responsible for work production levels in the eastern Cork area!

 

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3 Responses to “Thanks John Buckley Sports In Cork”

  1. Ann Says:

    Great photos and very good of John Buckley to accompany you in the rain. Take care, nearly there :-)

  2. Mam Says:

    Great meeting up with you Tony in Cork. Only 10 more days to Dublin City Marathon, god bless Mam :-)

  3. Bea Says:

    Huge huge congrats on your run so far! This is mind boggling. What an experience that no one else will ever have!

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About Tony

I have always considered myself to be an average runner. In school, I was even bullied for I was a sports wimp. Through hard work, dedication, perseverance, self-belief and a strong mind I succeeded in not only running around the world but breaking four ultra running world records during my competitive career. Having previously cycled around the world I didn't start running until I was almost 30. Then I had a dream of running around the world. For many reasons, I waited for over 20 years. One reason was to establish my pedigree as an endurance athlete. I started and finished my world run as the current World Record-Holder for 48 Hours Indoor Track 426 kilometres (265 miles), a record I have held since 2007. I also broke and still hold the World Record for 48 hours on a Treadmill 405 kilometres (251 miles) in 2008. When I retired from competition, more pleasing than any of my world, European or Irish records I had the respect of my fellow athletes from all over the world - in my opinion, sports greatest reward - an achievement I am most proud of. Then I finally put myself out to pasture, to live my ultimate dream to run around the world! This blog was written on the road while I struggled to find places to sleep and to recover from running an average of 43.3 kilometres or 27 miles per day for 1,165 road days. There were many nights I typed this blog on a smart phone, so fatigued my eyes closed. Many journalists and endurance athletes have referred to my world run as the most difficult endurance challenge ever attempted. During my expedition I rarely had any support vehicles, running mostly with a backpack. In the more desolate areas I pushed my gear, food and water in a cart which I called Nirvana, then I sent her on ahead to run with my backpack once again over altitudes of almost 5,000 metres in the Andes. I stayed in remote villages where many people had never seen a white person before. I literally met the most wonderful people of this world in their own backyard and share many of those amazing experiences in this blog. My run around the world took 4 years. There were no short cuts, I ran every single metre on the road while seeking out the most comprehensive route across 41 countries, 5 continents, I used 50 pair of running shoes and my final footstep of the run was exactly 50,000 kilometres, (almost 31,000 miles) I eventually finished this tongue in cheek named world jog where I started, at the finish line of my city marathon. I started my global run with the Dublin Marathon on October 25th 2010 and finished with the Dublin Marathon on October 27th 2014 at 3 05pm! Thank you for your support, I hope you can share my unique way of seeing the world, the ultimate endurance challenge! Read more...

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