The challenges and comforts of Claire Lambe’s second life

Generations of professional athletes have struggled with the transition from a life in lycra or gaudy nylon to civvies, but a glance at Claire Lambe’s diary would suggest that the former Olympic rower has negotiated it with ease.

The challenges and comforts of Claire Lambe’s second life

Generations of professional athletes have struggled with the transition from a life in lycra or gaudy nylon to civvies, but a glance at Claire Lambe’s diary would suggest that the former Olympic rower has negotiated it with ease.

Still only 28, it’s a year last month since she called time on a way of life that had engrossed her for a decade-and-a-half and since she cashed in her qualifications in mechanical engineering for a job in Cork. Plus, she has already put down roots in Shandon, where she has bought a house.

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