Loving dad Ger runs for Lilly

Each week we profile one of the runners taking part in the ‘Irish Examiner’ Cork City Marathon this June

Paramedic Ger O’Dea crosses every finish line with his daughter as his motivation. Lilly, who has global developmental delay, is unable to walk. Ger started running for her.

“We called it ‘Walk with my Daddy’,” Ger says. “Every time I’m running, I have Lilly on my mind, so it’s like she’s there with me. A few years ago when I ran a leg of the Cork City Marathon relay, Lilly actually finished the last number of meters with me in her Upsee Harness.”