Yes you can - marathons come down to willpower

Robert McNamara says a little bit of willpower goes a long way.

WHEN I speak to people about running the Irish Examiner Cork City marathon on Monday, the first thing they usually say is: “Oh I could never do that.” Well actually, they can if they change the way they think about it.

The nation got itself in a tizzy when Barack Obama came here with his oh so American “Yes We Can” slogan in 2011.