Runner of the week: Gavin O’Connell - ‘I’ll be running for charity’
Corkman Gavin O’Connell, 43, will take part in the Cork City Marathon having been told after an accident 26 years ago that he would never take part in part in physical sports again.“I ran my first marathon last October in Dublin. I kept it quiet at the time but I trained hard for it and I was delighted to finish it. I’ll be running the Cork City Marathon for charity.”
Gavin is running for the Cork Sick Poor Society, a charity his father always supported. The other charity is close to his own heart, as the National Rehabilitation Centre is the reason he can walk today.
