Lizzie Lee: ‘Your head is trying to talk you out of it’

After nine months of preparation, Lizzie Lee shaved five minutes from her marathon personal best in Berlin on Sunday, putting her in pole position for a place at the Rio Olympics...

Sat, 03 Oct, 2015 - 01:00

Stephen Barry

Q: Whatever about individual marathon results, getting fifth in the all-time list of Irish marathon runners must be a huge honour?

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