O’Sullivan ready to take on runners in BUPA race

GILLIAN O’SULLIVAN, Ireland’s silver medallist from the world championships in Paris, will walk alongside the runners in the BUPA Great Ireland run in the Phoenix Park on Sunday week.

It is not the first time she has competed against runners - she has done it regularly in road races around Cork - but this is the first time she has attempted a race of this calibre when runners like Sonia O’Sullivan and Catherina McKiernan will be battling it out for glory.

“I have never competed in a running race as such but I have often used races in the Cork area for hard sessions,” she said. “I am looking forward to competing in the BUPA race.”