Gerry Forde’s amazing 100km in Portumna leads our Irish blog highlights

June 19th, 2012 | Features, Marathon, Races

Wheelchair athlete Gerry Forde did a 100km ultra-marathon in Portumna last weekend. It was his 212th marathon. Yes. 212th. Read about it here. As the Cork Running blog explains: Just to put the distance into perspective, 100 kms is roughly the equivalent of starting a race on Patrick’s Street in Cork City and finishing on [...]

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