Fahy eyes the double on Leeside

ROY FAHY (East Cork) had hardly fulfilled his ambition to win last year’s race than he was planning a back-to-back double by winning Monday’s Bord Gais Energy Cork City Marathon.

During the week he was going through some old scrap books and came across an Irish Examiner heading “Fahy wins second marathon” which was referring to his back-to-back wins in the Community Games marathon.

“I just thought it would be great to do the same again on Monday,” he said as he put the finishing touches to his preparations for his defence of the title he won in blistering heat last year.