The Irish Times/Sport Ireland Sportswoman Award for February: Sarah Lavin (Athletics) “Will we go to the track?” Ollie Lavin only has to hear the suggestion and he loses his mind, mainly because he gets so many hugs from the group of athletes he meets there. Has he tried hurdling yet? “He has, but he’s very … Read more
Time travel, sadly, has not been invented yet but if you could go back in time and give advice to your younger self what would it be? In this special feature to mark International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating the power of hindsight. The best wisdom is hard-earned, accumulated through challenging experiences and mistakes many of … Read more
Given the fact Sophie O’Sullivan can count on one finger the number of times she had raced indoors before going to college in the US, it’s clearly not her preferred running arena. It also makes for a different challenge, physically and mentally. “I think it was the Irish Nationals maybe, I definitely ran one race … Read more