Veteran marathon competitor shows no sign of quitting

HE’S likely to be one of the unsung heroes in today’s Dublin city marathon.

But there’s no doubting that Jerry Forde, from Blarney, Co Cork, deserves the biggest cheer of all the 14,000 competitors when he crosses the finishing line of a marathon for the 200th time — in a wheelchair.

The modest 61-year-old, who was born with spina bifida, only expected to ever complete one race when he competed for the first time in the Dublin Marathon in 1992.