Miles ahead: Running at all ages is possible says three-time Olympian

Three-time Olympian Eamonn Coughlan tells Anna O'Donoghue that it's possible for us to run at any age

Master of the mile, Eamonn Coghlan. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

“I think I’ll take up French.” “Time to dust off those paint brushes.” “I wonder where my old piano books are?” Those were some of my many musings of life as lockdown began in March of this year, a thought very familiar to some of you, who were also searching for some sort of pandemic escapism.

Now, I’m not what you’d call a natural athlete, so you can imagine the surprise of my crusty old runners when I fished them out from the back of the wardrobe.