Gilroy should be down in Dalkey sweet-talking the Cuala heroes

Cuala have just kept finding the answers when the hardest questions imaginable have been asked of them, writes Anthony Daly.

I’ve never run a marathon. (Jeez, give me a break anyone who thinks I might, or could, at this stage). I wouldn’t have the legs, the lungs or the will, but I’ve always been intrigued by the pain and mental strain that goes with it.

You’d hear of runners hitting ‘the wall’, of reaching that perfect — or imperfect — intersection of fatigue and diminished mental facilities.