Class act Joan Healy must balance work with speed

Joan Healy of Ireland: Balancing being one of Ireland's fastest women with a full-time job. Picture: Sam Barnes

Joan Healy texted back at 4.48pm last Monday to say she could take a call any time that evening as she had finished work and training for the day.

Juggling training with a full-time job is not what you expect to hear from one of Ireland’s fastest women the week of the European indoor athletics championships, but such is the balancing act Healy has been performing for the past number of years.