Life as an elite athlete begins (again) at 40 for Lizzie Lee

The Cork mother of three will represent Ireland for the first time in three years when she competes in the 10,000m in Birmingham this Saturday

Lizzie Lee and her family, daughters Lucy, aged 6, Alison, aged 3, Jessica, aged 17 months and her husband Paul during the Irish Life Health Family Mile Challenge in Cork. 

Lizzie Lee thought her days as an elite athlete were done.

The Cork runner gave birth to her third child just eight weeks before Leo Varadkar closed the country down in the face of the pandemic and turned 40 a few months later.