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Interviews with runners from the club of all ages and abilities.

Maura Ginty

This week we have the long anticipated meet the runner from Maura Ginty. Maura is on her way back after a long injury lay off. Known for calling a spade a spade and not...

Karol Cronin

This week we chat to our most successful men's senior athlete of recent years Karol Cronin. When did you join Sportsworld? I joined Sportsworld in January 2010 Where do you work? I’m a primary school teacher in St...

Andrea McNamara

This week we have a chat with a relative newcomer Andrea McNamara. When did you join Sportsworld? I think I first came to training in October 2013 but started attending regularly in March 2014. Where do you work? I'm a solicitor...

Karl Chatterton

When did you join Sportsworld? I joined Sportsworld in 2012 a few months after moving to Dublin from the UK. Where do you work? I work in Sandyford for a company called Logicalis as a Solutions Architect....

Aoife Brady

After talking to her sister Crona a number of weeks ago, this week we meet another one of Sportsworlds most successful athletes Aoife Brady. From a 5k PB of 17:02 to picking up  silver and bronze medals...

Crona Brady

This week we chat to Crona Brady who now lives in Sydney but for many years was one of the top runners at the club. She's missed by everyone at Sportsworld but its great news...

Gavin Finlay

This week we sit down with our USA correspondent and Liberties 6k champion Gavin Finlay. Gavin recently moved to North Carolina and this accidental runner managed to win a Leinster Intermediate Cross-Country Team Gold medal...

Conor Keating

A great meet the runner this week with Conor Keating! Only a recent convert to running, Conor has already amassed a string of impressive PBs, footballs loss is Sportsworld gain! When did you join Sportsworld? In January...

Deirdre O’Connell

Name Deirdre Mai O’Connell, Milltown, Dublin. When did you join Sportsworld? Officially, January 2017, though I’d a few sessions under my belt the previous October and November. I got away without paying until January, but I won’t...

Jim Browne

Jim Browne is recently new to Sportsworld but has plenty of solid PB's in his first running streak 25 years ago. One of the best age group runners in the club Jim  is good craic and...