The secret to running a marathon is the right shoes says Ruthann Sheahan

Ruthann Sheahan tells Clodagh Finn the secret behind her running secret of running through the day – and night.

JUST how does ultra-marathon runner Ruthann Sheahan keep going, sometimes for days at a stretch, over punishing 250km distances in hostile terrain?

The secret, says the Irish 24-hour running champion, is the right shoes — and we’re not talking runners here but designer shoes.