Ryan Creech embracing the rocky road

Ryan Creech, 33, has long been an athlete whose undeniable talent and work ethic have been coupled with a certain fragility, his injury list one that could rival a jump jockey. 

Ryan Creech at the Irish Life Dublin Marathon Media Day. Pic: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

The one certainty in the marathon is that it’ll never be perfect. Both the build-up and the race are just too long, too arduous, not to be laden with difficulties. 

But some marathons are more imperfect than others.