McCambridge’s sights on Santry ahead of springtime in Paris

MARIA McCAMBRIDGE, who is currently well into her preparations for the Paris Marathon in just over a month’s time, will return to the scene of one of her greatest triumphs tomorrow when she contests the Woodies DIY national inter-club cross-country championships in Santry Park.

Four years ago she claimed this title over the same course but, since then, she has turned to the marathon and, after winning the Irish title at the Dublin Marathon last October, will attempt to qualify for the world championships in Paris on April 5.

With that in mind she has spent the winter ploughing through snow and gliding over ice up in Letterkenny where she lives with her husband, Gary Crossan, Ireland’s “marathon man” with some 21 races behind him.