Kevin Dooney: ‘These are the days you dream of’

As a famous Irish sportsman likes to say, timing can sometimes beat speed. That was the case yesterday at the Irish Life Health National Cross Country Championships in Abbotstown as Raheny’s Kevin Dooney upset favourite Sean Tobin in the senior men’s race with a performance of impressive precision.

Tobin had 36 seconds to spare on Dooney when they last met on this course in October, but on the first lap of yesterday’s 10,000m race, Dooney made a mental note of something crucial as he followed Tobin through the wettest part of the course.